charlie chainsaw

Three years ago, I missed a chance to see Death from Above 1979, and I’ve regretted it ever since.

I had just started a new job working nights at a call centre in Saint John, and by the time I got to the bar that the dance-punk duo were playing at, the bar had reached max capacity.

When I found out that Sebastien Grainger, the former drummer and vocalist for DFA 1979, was playing at the Halifax Pop Explosion, I jumped at the chance to go. Bruns Production Editor Christian Hapgood was already headed to the city with a friend, so I hopped aboard.

What a weekend.

Josh: Why are you so awesome?

Charlie: Why am I awesome I was born awesome. I was born that way god damnit. My daddy was awesome before me, and his daddy before him. I come from a long line of uh, chainsaw background. I don't intentionally mean to be awesome, it's just a complete by-product of everything that I am and everything I do.

J: So what do you want to do with the awesomeness? Do you want to channel it every night? Can you see yourself doing more than chainsawing?