Thu Oct 4, 2012
Music

One degree of Danko

At the end of the 1990s, the most exciting thing about Toronto’s music scene could be summed up in two words: Danko Jones. The fiery and flamboyant frontman of his eponymous band blended the stadium-worthy showmanship of Jimi Hendrix, the hardcore punk intensity of Henry Rollins, and the media-baiting mystery only recently matched by The Weeknd. The cruel irony of Danko Jones, as detailed in The Grid online editor Stuart Berman’s new book, Too Much Trouble: A Very Oral History of Danko Jones, was that once he attained worldwide success, he became an afterthought—a joke even—in his hometown. Jones’s legacy at home and abroad is indisputable, however, as this web of relationships shows.

Click here for a close-up view of the web of Danko.

i) Too Much Trouble release party takes place Oct. 4 at Supermarket (268 Augusta Ave.); Danko Jones’s new album, Rock N’ Roll Is Black and Blue, is out Oct. 9 on Bad Taste Records.

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Taylor

I always thought his raw supercharged stage presence would make him into an international phenomenon. But sometimes rocking, hip-swiveling energy doesn’t always resonate. Look at Robbie Williams. He tried to break America with the same type of sexual intensity, and no one cared.
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12:56 am on October 4, 2012

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Ralphonso

Danko’s appeal to Torontonians was always partially tongue-in-cheek. Once he went international interest here waned because the wink-wink nudge-nudge component evaporated. You really can’t take the lyrics, the music or the persona seriously.
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12:35 pm on October 5, 2012