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For someone as harmonious with the musical
lifestyle as Wetherell, it comes as no surprise
that he came from a household where music
struck a prominent chord. Inspired by his father,
a drummer who played the length of venues
along Toronto’s popular Yonge Street, and a
brother who introduced him to Led Zeppelin
and The Who, Wetherell never lacked exposure
to the innovative sounds that revolutionized the
movement of progressive rock.
In addition, Wetherell was greatly influenced
by Bob Marley. He remembers walking by
his older sister’s bedroom and hearing the
saint of reggae drifting from her speakers.
Having grown up in a rock and roll household,
Wetherell was confused when he first heard the
music; “I couldn’t understand what was coming
out of the boombox until I heard ‘Red emption
Song’. The song used to stop me dead in my
tracks in the hallway. I would stand outside the
almost-closed bedroom door and just listen.”
While listening to music through his
childhood was a given, it wasn’t until his teenage
years that Wetherell followed in his father’s
footsteps. “My musical path first began when,
at the tender age of fifteen, metal claimed my
soul,” he recounts, “I rocked out on the drums
for a few years and played and toured in a
signed act before being bitten by the writing
bug in my early twenties. I found my voice as
a singer/songwriter and have been riding that
vibe ever since!”
Recently with the release of his new album,
The Jackknife Letters, Wetherell has been focusing
on his LSD—“Lead Singer’s Disease”—