Pop Jerry

I have to write my own bit here. I founded Pop Jerry with Dave in Calgary in 2009. I was originally a young musician from the punk scene of Victoria during the late seventies and early eighties. Band from that time were; The Twisted Minds, Disrupt, Islander, and The Trouble Boys.

Just kicked around doing sporadic musical stuff during the 1980s and 1990s in Vancouver, Port Hardy, and Victoria.

Met Dave and Don in Saskatoon in the early 1990s and we did some work together on the Non-Happners project. Did a couple of solo albums with the help of Dave and Don, and various friends and musicians in Saskatoon.

Moved to Calgary in the new century and “hung up” the music thang for 5 years or so – but kept the home studio alive.

Dave ended up moving to Calgary, and it was inevitable that we would eventually begin writing and recording together again.

So the Pop Jerry project will continue as we create some new songs, videos, etc.

Below – Victoria – Trouble Boys
(manager thought we were The Knack)
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Below – Victoria  – Twisted Minds
(the hat is to shield face from gob)
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Dave Tycholis is a co-founder of Pop Jerry and founded the project with me. Dave is the most talented front-man, singer, and song writer I have ever had the privilege to work with.

Dave has played with many different bands and shared stages with many different musicians through the 1980s and 1990s. He is originally from Dauphin, Manitoba and lives in Calgary during the time of this writing.

Dave toured with the Joddrells and founded The Non-Happners (see video) with Don Schmid in Saskatoon during the mid 1990s. The Non-Happeners did a few music videos and various gigs around Saskatoon in the mid 1990s, and was getting radio and Much Music rotation in the summer of 1995.

I couldn’t find many pictures of Dave in the studio or playing live, so I robbed these from a Non-Happners video that is on Youtube. The video link is above if you want to see Dave live – although there is allot of slow motion stuff, you get the point.

Dave’s vocal style and tone set’s him apart from the vast majority of singers (professional or amateur) and it’s great to see him back writing, recording, and singing again.

Pic is Dave backstage