January 2016
The Sound STC • Vol.2 Issue 01
After Twenty Years Danko Jones is Still on Fire
After releasing seven albums, three EPs, four compilations, a written Oral History, over 100 podcasts, whilst
performing on stage with Lemmy and Motorhead and Axl
Rose and Guns N’ Roses, Danko Jones has become synonymous with Canadian rock ‘n’ roll. I had the opportunity
to talk with him about his most recent release, Fire Music
and his career as a musician.
By Chris Illich
So your newest album Fire Music came out last February,
how has the tour cycle been for it this past year? We’ve
been on the road for Fire Music since March this year so it’s been a
good ten months of touring and supporting it and it has been good.
The response has been great for it, better than any of our records in
the past. We’re actually making end-of-year lists, so that’s nice for a
change. We’ve never really had that happen before. Supporting our
record is what I do. We go on tour; this is my job, my career, my
hobby and its what I’ve always wanted to do.
With Fire Music, you worked with Eric Ratz – someone
that you worked with before in the past on My Love is Bold
in 1999. What was it like revisiting that relationship? Well,
I first saw you perform when I was a young 16-year-old,
nearly 15 years ago, when you performed at Mindbomb
here in St. Catharines. Listening to you now, you, without
sounding