Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Johnnie Dee and Derry Grehan from Honeymoon Suite: Toronto Mike'd Podcast Episode 1493

Episode Date: May 24, 2024

In this 1494th episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Johnnie Dee and Derry Grehan from Honeymoon Suite about the origin of the band, New Girl Now, their many hits and keyboardists (including some guy named Rob Preuss) and their new music. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Ridley Funeral Home, The Advantaged Investor podcast from Raymond James Canada, The Yes, We Are Open podcast from Moneris, The Toronto Maple Leafs Baseball Team and RecycleMyElectronics.ca. If you would like to support the show, we do have partner opportunities available. Please email Toronto Mike at [e-mail]

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Today, making their Toronto Mike debut is Johnny D and Dary Grant. Grant, say it for me Dary. Graham. Graham, you know what? I was going to butcher that no matter what, but welcome to the show. You two gentlemen from Honeymoon Suite. What a pleasure. Welcome. Ah, nice to be here. What's up, man? You got some nice stuff on the walls. What's this Friday the 13th?

That's the real deal, man. So that's that's an old mask. Like that's not a replica. That's not like pretty, pretty interesting. You play hockey, Johnny? Oh, no, I try to stay away from it. I don't like pucks. You don't want pucks in the face.

No, that's why they got masks. A lot of ground I want to cover with you too. But firstly, Derry, where does the name Derry come from? That's an unusual first name. Short for Dermot, which is Irish. I'm Dermot Fergus. And the show I enjoyed from Northern Ireland was Derry Girls. Did you ever see Derry Girls?

Yes, I saw a bit of that. It was pretty funny. You guys are at a Classic Bowl tonight in Mississauga, so I have a couple of questions off the top. First of all, Ed Souza, he's the guy behind these Classic Bowl tonight in Mississauga, so I have a couple of questions off the top. First of all, Ed Souza, he's the guy behind these Classic Bowl concerts, right? Yes, he is. There's been many a times where I asked him to be our tour manager, road manager, whatever manager.

He's so good at organizing and doing all these things. How many bands will people see tonight? I got a note from Midtown Gord. Four bands. So how is it that Lee Aaron goes first? Like I feel like I don't make these decisions. Does Ed make these decisions? Who decides who goes in what order? That's a tough question. That's not a good question. That's a great question. I mean you guys got a headline for sure, but I'm just curious how do you decide? Okay Lee goes first of the four bands. Just Ed

That's up to the promoter, which is Ed so up to Ed Okay So I'm gonna ask some questions from listeners and then I got some songs and I got a you know Special clip for you guys and we're gonna learn more about Honeymoon Sweet looking forward to this But Kevin and Alberta writes in can you ask them about opening for a Glass Tiger show in Newmarket? I can't find any record of it but I'm sure it was them. So this is a simple question for Kevin in Alberta. This has been haunting him for decades. Did you guys open for Glass Tiger in Newmarket? I doubt it. You know, usually it was

the other way around in the beginning and you know we've done numerous shows over the years, different configurations. I think that was answered quite well. Well let's find out from Johnny here. Do you have any memory Johnny? A memory of that? Yeah. I remember playing with Glass Tiger lots of times. But maybe Glass Tiger opening for you guys. Oh yeah I know that they did a tour with us opening for us you know in the very beginning. Of course. Which is cool but they're great friends of ours and normally some of these festivals go for three days, you know in the very beginning of course cool, but they're great friends of ours and Normally some of these festivals go for three days

So, you know they might be on the night before but it's you know, it's all the same thing and who cares the glue is on First really it's not a it's not a you know, come on It's like, you know who cares whose dick is bigger right? Like we'll hit a rock and roll. There you go, but That was okay. Got it. We're thing in the morning. All right. All right Yeah, well that was funny and oh you ate one too. Okay, that's obviously at Van Halen reference Oh you ate one too writes in all this. Oh, we're gonna get into Van Halen now. Okay. Well, no, it's just a name I know it's not Stary's favorite band. It's like, you know Eddie, you know, it's like come on sir Ask them about the old days at Spanky's in Brampton.

We were in high school and we used to load in for the bands that they played there a lot before they got big. And then did they, uh, this is a really awkwardly worded question, but when did they ask us kids if we wanted to load in when we played our basically you're awesome guys. And I guess these guys, these guys were helping you guys load up at Spanky's in Brampton. Man, that's, that's going way back. I think we were, any minute, still a cover band at that point. Oh, Spanky's. Yeah. You know, first album has a thanks to Spanky's on it. Spanky's. Yeah.

Because we, we played there. Um, if I remember correctly, we had a really special night in, in where's that Brampton, that was the night that all the labels came up, uh, from the U S to see us. And we didn't know about it. I thought that was in Toronto, but right anyways, I don't want to confuse you, but Spanky's in Brampton. Yeah. I know.

Okay. I know it. I know it. I that's in my head. I just, it's taken me a little bit to go back that far. Yeah. Oh, you went to, he points out that you thank Spanky's on your first album. And he says, I saw them a lot back then.

I got to see them in their hometown when they played Springalicious in Niagara Falls. Great night, not sure if he still does it, but Johnny used to be a hairdresser. Johnny used to be a hairdresser? I do not think so. See, you're here to correct these myths that are floating around. Definitely not. You've never been a hairdresser. No, it's hard enough taking care of my own hair.

Anyways, that's pretty funny. That's wild that he thinks you used to be a hairdresser. Okay, so that's not correct. Oh, you got a few things wrong there. But he says, there's been a lot of Bon Jovi craziness because there was a documentary and Bon Jovi did a lot of press for this. He says, he remembers hearing a long time ago that it's because of Honeymoon, Sweet and Loverboy that Bon Jovi came to Little Mountain Sound Studios to record Slippery When Wet with any, you know,

it's OU812, maybe he ate a few too many. No, that is true. That's true. That's correct. That is true because Fairburn did our big prize record, which was amazing. And this is right before Bon Jovi. And I think it was Richie Sambora heard the record and he turned John onto it. And because of that, they just loved the sound of it and they tracked down Bruce and Ben, you know, on our little mountain.

So pretty cool. Okay, he's got some stuff right here. Oh, you ate one too. Okay, good. Thanks for the comments there. By the way, Midtown Gord looks forward to seeing you tonight. He's going to be a VIP. So he says, uh, he's going to have a fantastic evening with you guys

tonight at classic bowl. Cool. See you there. Shout out to midtown, midtown Gord here. My friends, uh, let's go back. If you don't mind, uh, Johnny, can you give us a little, I know you've probably told this story a million times, but you've never told it here. Just give us a little of the Honeymoon Suite origin story.

How it started? Yeah, like just how it came to be. I was working, okay, simply, I was working in a cover band as a guitar player. All right, now this band was not interested in really writing songs, okay. Anyways, covers, covers, covers, but I was writing my own stuff, right?

And it was really hard to get it in there. Anyways, it just, I said, screw this, I need to move on. So I moved to Toronto and I said, geez, it shouldn't be too hard for me to get into a band playing guitar here in Toronto who wants to do something, but I couldn't, right? Nobody would hire me, so whatever. I put an ad in the paper, read something like

Management Company seeks musicians to form me so whatever. I put an ad in the paper read something like management company seeks musicians to form long-term rock and roll project and I put it in the Sun or the Toronto Star or something and I give them all these calls and it was like crazy. Anyways well I'm trying to make this story short my manager was an agent. Anyways I formed my own band, right? And we went across the country playing covers and whatever, playing bars three nights a week. But I was doing my original stuff

and I'd send out set lists and whatnot, saying that we're gonna do these songs. I get hired and after the first night, the owner would go, well, how come you guys are not playing this song? Bang, I was fired. Anyways, now, but some, some of those three nights were great. We'd, we'd go in there and, um, after the first night, there'd be a

half decent crowd second night. It was like full third night. It was, you know, it was great. And, um, okay. So we're going and going and going. And then my manager, um, set me up. Oh, you gotta meet Derry Grant. That's like, okay. Whatever. you gotta meet Derry Grant.

It's like, oh, okay. Whatever, I pick up Derry, he's at rehearsal with some other band, right? And he gets in my car, doesn't say a word. And it's like, who is this guy? Anyways, he's got songs. And he plays this song, it's called New Girl Now. It's like, so, he's singing through a megaphone.

I go, geez man, this sucks. And it's like, I go, this is great, you know? But you need a singer. Anyways, we got together, but before you know it, Darryl was with me, and that was a long time ago. Like that was decades ago, and he's lit right from the very beginning. He's like, New Girl Now, Burning in Love, Stand love stay in the light wave babies all that stuff came from this guy

right beside me right and yeah I can keep going on you know so you two Derry what's your relationship like we've done Johnny through for all these years you guys still close yeah I would say we're close I mean it's a friendship that goes back 40 years we have our ups and downs we're two different people but we wouldn't be sitting here today and working together if we didn't you know, if we didn't have a You know who are like brothers or whatever you want to call it It's been a long standing. I guess it's a risk. It's a respect respect. It's a respect for each other I mean, we're yeah, like Derry said we're two different people but Now it's really cool because I'm getting

into the writing lots now more so than I have, like Derry is more of a principal writer. But like there's, you know, I'm getting my you're wetting your beak. Yeah, yeah, things have really shifted around in the last several years where Johnny's really come into his own. I've done a lot of co-writing myself and other projects over the years, which was just, you know, for somebody who wrote everything to step outside of my comfort zone and learn how to do that, it is an art. And so Johnny has really stepped up there. And like this last record, the live record

was me, Johnny and our producer, Mike Crumpus, wrote the whole thing three ways and it's a lot more interesting like that. I think it's better because of it. So yeah. Yeah. Well said. Well said, Darry. Now we're going to dive into that first big hit you wrote there. I want to ask a few questions about New Girl Now. Primarily, how does the original version of New Girl Now end up in the Q107 contest. Tell me about the Q contest. And I've been playing the two versions. I'm gonna play a little bit of the original version just because you can hear how it changed for the version

that most of us know. Even before you play it, the first line I believe is different. Yeah, it's a cold winter nights. Cold winter night and changed to hot summer. Yeah. So tell me, Derry, you wrote new girl, you had this song. Did you know it was a hit when you wrote it? No, I wrote it when I was in college. I went to Fanshawe college in London for a couple of years and that was one of the first demos I did down there. Just as I was learning to write and produce. So that's where the first demo came out where Johnny heard it,

me singing into a megaphone, which was like, God, winter night, you know, I was trying to be cool. So that's where it started. And then with honeymoon suite, we started playing it in the bars and, um, we recorded it in our producer's basement and the whole thing we're, we're trying anything and everything, you know, to, to not be a cover band anymore. So we're submitting demos and stuff to labels all over the place. And one of the ones that the Q on7 and just really caught... Homegrown contest? Homegrown, yeah.

And it really caught fire and started playing it and we won it that year. And when we assigned us, because they wanted to put the record out like in the spring or the summer, they asked, they don't want cold winter nights, storm clouds in the air. They asked, you know, can we do something a little more summer themes? I just hot summer night. What is it? Storm clouds in the air? Hot summer night, storm clouds in here. So that's that was the case. Do you say that you're asleep? Like you're sleeping. I just know the track.

Are you allowed to do a honeymoon sweet show and not play new girl now? Or would there be a riot? We have to, we got to play that song and it's fun song even after all this time. Okay, so I'm gonna play an early version of the song that talks about the winter night. Just I'm gonna play a bit of it and then fade it down and then we'll play the, and then we'll talk about

the differences and stuff. But here is, and tell me, I think this is the version from the Homegrown contest, but let's listen to this in the headphones here you're not hitting off the G it's different no you're not hitting I think you know winter night Snow is in the air snow is in the air But you know, the bones are there, man. You've got the song. It's just not quite the version we're all used to hearing on Q107

and elsewhere. But can I ask about a gentleman who came over here just last month to make his podcast debut? Not his Toronto Mike debut, but apparently it's the first podcast he's ever done in his entire life. And we talked about you guys, we talked about a lot of stuff, but what's the role of Bob Roper in all this? Does Bob hear this version and want to talk, or what happens? Give me the real scoop there guys.

Yeah, yeah, he would have heard it. He would have heard it. No, the labels in Toronto would have heard it and they all came out and Bob stepped up and says, I want to, you know, I want to put you guys in the label. I really, I believe in this band. Um, I can, if I can add to that, please, um, we're doing bars, right? And it's like, there's this thing that goes, it's like, um, the word gets out. And it's like, what's this honeymoon sweep and everyone's, but you know,

when people are coming out and this goes to back, I know it goes to the labels and there's always scouts, you know, looking to go find new talent. And it was Bob Roper that came up to me after we did some show outside and said look we're gonna sign you up I said a ball junk and whatever right he goes no there's nothing to take you know we're gonna do it And it's like wow it was like one of the best most It was a great moment for me Bob's listening right now I've said it on stage many a time you know

and I brought him actually on stage to say if it wasn't for you Bob you know we wouldn't be here and they took care of us for the whole signing with a ten-year term of Warners right? It was great. Changed our lives man. We owe a lot to Bob you know you don't forget those moments. They don't come they're hard to come by when you're a band. For any band, especially bands out there now, it's like, geez, it's tough. It's tough sliding out there.

Let me play the version that you, so let me get this right, you guys re-recorded obviously, you have to play the new version. Yeah, the guitar part's different too. Yeah. Yeah, so he goes, it's A, A, G, ba, da, da, da, right? So he it's a, a G, right? So he's not hitting off the G, right?

So different, different players too. And yeah. And the tempo is different. Okay. Let's play a bit of that. There you go. It's better in the summer, by the way. They were right. to get the idea. I gotta wait till you play that you gotta wait till you you say the name of the song you know I can't fade down till you tell me a new girl now okay so this was not only you know sometimes you got these bands you got a gown we got a Canadian hit here but this was a hit in the States too hey this is a top this is a let's us too. This is the top 50 hit in the USA.

Yeah, your first single to hit. You know what you had there, like the secret sauce is the vocal. Kudos to Johnny. We had an instantly recognizable, a great lead singer but he had his own identity as a singer. Like when you hear Reno on the radio or John Bon Jovi, the vocal, the singer is so important. That's what the labels listen to, and that's what radio people like. And pull people in. Well, you gotta have that in the front.

Well, you gotta have the music to sing to. I mean, what a track. I mean, listen to that first track, try singing to that. Right, so. Now, thanks, Jerry. That's, in my opinion, that's the trick. I love the mutual admiration in society. You know, you need the vocals, you need the song. I love the mutual admiration society. You know, you need the vocals, you need the song.

You guys came together and this is still a big jam. I've been kicking around Toronto for a long time, different bands, and never found... I always knew, you know, you gotta have a great front man and a singer. And it'll happen. Who named the band? I always... Geez, what a question. You know what you're gonna say?

I always say. I don't want to know what you always say. I always say. I always, geez what a question. You know what you're gonna say, I always say. I don't wanna know what you always say, Johnny. I wanna know the truth. No, it's just, I never wanted to be called Honeymoon Suites. It sounds like a bar mitzvah band. All right, and I never, so there were a few names kept going around.

I said, why don't you just go out as Johnny D. And I want to go out as Johnny D. Then Honeymoon Suite came up. And it's like, Johnny, you're from Niagara Falls. You know, it's like, why don't you do that? So I went with it, right? And just let me say this. Some of our first tours that we're doing are in the US

in front of like, I don't know, ZZ Top or Jethro Taller, whatever. And it's like, ladies and gentlemen, Honeymoon Suite, what's the crowd going to think when you hear Honeymoon Suite? So it takes like, you know, five songs to let these people know, hey, we're a rock band, you know, and it's like, oh, yeah. So that's the origins of Honeymoon Suite. You know, it's a worse name than Honeymoon Suite.

Go ahead. Teenage Head. I got these from Gene Champagne. He was here last week and he gave me these teenage head drumsticks. But that's that try break it in the states of a name like Teenage Head. It's a bad name. It's all I'm saying. Oh yeah. Because it's a blow job. Right? Like right? Right. Right. You know what I'm talking about. Right. I'm looking at Derry? You know what I'm talking about, right? I'm looking at Derry. He knows what I'm talking about. But so new girl now, Bob Roper, you're now signed.

You're now charting in the USA. It's taken off for you because of time. Honestly, I could do several hours with you, but we have to get you to a sound check at the Classic Bowl. So I'm going to kind of move quickly because there's these spots I got to hit. So let's move to the, that was a big first debut album, let's just move to the second album because I can't get the song out of my head. This is a catchy ditty here. Let's play a little bit of this earworm. Although New Girl Now is in her earworm. You know, a lot of people are going to be hearing it for several weeks now because I played it on the

By we thank you for the wave babies video man young Mike fucking loved that video Mm-hmm. The Toronto Rocks wave babies. Let's go Shout out to John Major. Make great. You'd find me indispensable I played it damn and destiny That place is you with me, whoa, whoa, whoa Wanting you here in the seas Wandering around incomplete Waiting so long to feel it again incomplete So, Jerry, you wrote this one too, right? No. No? Who wrote this one?

Ray Colburn. Giving you credit, Ray. Ray Colburn. Okay. Great song from you. Yep. Okay, but you still, at this point, you're writing the lion's share. Well, in the past I have, yeah. For sure. Back here. So this is from the follow-up album, The Big Prize,

and I'm just curious, what was the pressure like in Honeymoon Suite, to follow up the big debut, and I'm sure you have your eyes set on more American hits, right? Is that the goal? Yeah, but we're working with Bruce Farber now And he made it like really really easy this song for example I wasn't sure about it. We got little words like sensible indispensable Destiny and it's like geez right he goes. We'll give it a shot Johnny and I did anyways

You know the thing that I'm really proud of in this song is the chorus to feel it again Then it goes the high one to feel it and it goes a high one and I told Bruce I go this course really needs something so he goes. Well, what do you think it needs? I will just let me get behind a mic So I did that high one that you see I can't do a live because it's whatever I get dairy to sing it But a totally interesting song. I love it now. I love the sound of it Yeah, so why does Ray Coburn leave the band? Because he's a keyboard player, this is what they do.

There's something about them. I don't know, it's like, okay. Kind of like drummers, right? It's like, hey guys, I'm bored, I'm gonna move on, whatever, and you know. But he wrote a top 40 hit. I know, but it's just Ray. He's still in America, by the way.

We love the guy, like he's a brother to us, and he's just, I don't't know it's definitely a keyboard player thing But we're so happy that Peter Nunn has been with us for the last three decades now, and it's great So it's like actually Peter Nunn is more original than Ray Colburn But you know Ray is just one of those guys But I say at the end of the day is like a brother to us and if we call him up It's like bang he'd be back with us, but then we know he'd leave again, so we don't. Derry, how many keyboardists says Honeymoon Suite,

now you've got your guy for a long time here, or Peter there, but how many keyboardists did you guys burn through in your time together? Oh man. Well, I started off with a totally different keyboard. Yeah, there was an original one. Then Ray. Then Ray, and then then Peter and that's that's all they've been. I mean there's been well, I have a Special message for you guys. So you're gonna hear it in your headphones feel it again

I'm gonna be stuck in my head for a long time now, but here's a special message that just came in from you guys Hey, Mike, it's Rob. Ah I Could have zoomed in. Yeah to say hello to your special guests today. But I can't. Unfortunately, I'm in a public school with my wife playing piano and teaching songs to some little motherfuckers. Some little kids.

They're not motherfuckers. They're really cute, actually, but they sort of need all our attention. But I wanted to say hello to the dudes who are with you because I miss them so much. So hi guys. Hi, Rob. Oh, we can't. Yeah, I'm so glad that you've got to spend some time here

and meet Toronto Mike because Mike is a good friend of mine now for the last couple of years. And I try to tell everybody I know. And I feel like it's a really special little universe to be a part of, and I'm excited that Mike is getting to hear your stories and talking to you guys, and I cannot wait to listen to what's going on with you guys. Congratulations on your music making,

continued music making through all of these years, because Lord knows that I played with you guys a hell of a long time ago. What is it now, like 36 years ago or something crazy like that and I think of all the adventures that we had and how much fun it was and it resonates through our lives to this day which is super cool and I'm so happy to see you guys out there doing it for all of our fans

and all of your fans and all the people who still love all the music and you guys are still together making the music and I just think it's the coolest thing ever. Last time I played with you was in 2010, which is only 14 years ago. That's a long time ago. And I hope someday we can do it again. I would love one day for us to be able

to make some music together somewhere, somehow. So yeah, that's it. I just want to say hello. Love you guys. And that's it. Ciao. Yeah. No, no, this is why it's because we're getting, we're into the big prize record, which is Ray Coburn. Right. And then you started asking who's playing, but if we would have got, you know, I was setting you up because you're going to say the name Rob Bruce, then I'm going to play that. No, but I was just because once we get into the racing after midnight record, this is what heaves.

This is where Rob Bruce comes into play. Yeah. And like Ray, and we, we, we kind of got left high and dry just up in after the, you know, big prize, incredible record. He's like, I want to leave. And it's like, wow. So fortunately, you know, Rob came into our view and he fit, you know, he was great. He was a pro and he was a great, you know, guy to come in. In a minute, I'm going to play a big radio hit that has a Rob Pruss on keyboard,

keyboards. But before that, please tell me, how do you guys get the type to record the title track for Lethal Weapon? What's the story there? I know that Rob Pruss is on that song. Mm hmm. Derek, go for it. It's a record company thing. It's Ted Templeman. Anyways, Derek can explain. We ended up being on Warner Brothers. Our US label is Warner Brothers in Burbank and Ted Templeman, famous world-class producer, was head of A&R. He was a big guy there at Warner's. So Warner Brothers Pictures, this new movie had come out, Lethal Weapon. Nobody had heard of it, but it was finished and the soundtrack was all done except for the title track, which is written by Michael Kamen, but they didn't have a band. They needed a band to record it. Ted was a fan of our band

because Warner put our record out and we were on his radar. He liked the band. So he suggested in his infinite wisdom, like, you know, let's bring these guys down and see, you know, get them to cut the lethal weapon. So that was our first experience with Ted. We flew down to LA and went into the studio and Johnny heard the little demo, which he didn't like. Anyways, let me start off by saying this. Ted Templeman is Van Halen's producer.

We know that, right? So I really respect him and all that. But we were in Los Angeles and studios, you know, I don't know, you're laying down beds and all that. So there was, I just need to hear the tempos and one, and then I had to get out of there. Anyways, I go back to Toronto, just, I was living in Toronto, just needed a week or just get out of this LA scene sort of thing. And I go home and then they send me, they go listen to this song because we want you to track it. And

this is the song called lethal weapon. They played this over the phone to me i go this is i can't i can't i just there's no freaking bad attitude lethal weapon oh come on you know it's like no this is this is complete no this ain't honeymoon suite anyways ted gets on the phone with me just come on back John and do whatever you got to do behind the microphone. He goes, anything Ted? And you know, I took Michael Kamen's lyric and all that sort of stuff and I just went with it. And he goes, this is great.

And it's like, you're going to let it go, Ted? And he goes, yeah, okay. And then it's fine. I got my stamp on it. Go, you know, but I did not like the piece of music I was hearing. Ted can be very persuasive yes he can but his instincts are bang on and what was good about that I mean it was a big hit and got in the movie ton of exposure for us but the next step was Ted decided to produce our next album. Yeah Racing After Midnight by Ted temple, right now before we play the cut

I would hear all the time on 680 CFTR big jam here coming up But first I need to ask you Johnny about the car accident. Oh, jeez. I know you don't want to talk All right, it's fine. It's fine. I'm alive. I didn't go under the car. You're a light it up on top No, shout out to Ridley funeral home. Oh, yeah, that was good I went to the airport to pick up somebody at the time and there's so many lanes to get from the airport actually where you park your car. Yeah LAX and you know like I'm walking slow I'm looking at all these buses and all this sort of stuff. I know the deal like I've been to many airports I won't

get hit by no freaking car. Anyways there's a car park that's got this laneway on my last lane before I got to my vehicle. Bang! I got, I got nailed by a car but I didn't know it at the time because I went black, you know, black. You know, next thing I know I'm on the ground and I can hear all this yelling. There's this cop yelling at this, this girl and then what the hell? I look at the car, the windshield's broken, right, and this cop's just laying into this girl, girl starts crying. Next thing, cop comes up to me, my eyes opened up I guess, and he goes, you've been hit by a car.

And I said, oh really, okay. Anyways, I guess, well how's my face? Because I gotta do a photo shoot in New York. Like in the next, it goes, sir, your face is fine, but your leg is not. Your leg is fine. Anyways, I look at my leg, and it's going left, right, and every which way. And it's like, then the pain set in.

Right? Then it's a matter of you hear the ambulance, and then they've got to lift me up. Then they bring me to one hospital and say, you've got no insurance. What do you mean, you've got no insurance? Anyways, they bring me to another one and say you got no insurance. What do you mean you got no insurance? Anyways, they bring me to another one. I'm getting lifted and lifted.

Finally, anyways, they brought me to this university hospital. Sorry, this is getting long. They brought me to this university hospital and they straightened out this leg, put me in this chair where you hold your hands into this little thing really, really tight. That's hard to explain. And the leg got straightened out. I got sent back to Toronto and got to the Wellesley Hospital. Dr. Hastings was his name who was the Maple Leafs doctor. So that's my hockey sort of thing. But anyways, yeah you go, you need surgery buddy.

And it's like okay they put a pin in my leg, straightened out though. I don't know what it's tibia, fibia, whatever, it was cracked all over the place. Ibeas, yeah. Yeah, whatever, so anyways, I wore this pin, and like eight weeks later, like a hockey player just busted his leg, I was ready to go and we did that video,

looking out for number one. And the guy goes, and I told the director, producer, whatever you wanna call him, I wanna drive that motorcycle. He goes, no, you can't. And turns, screw this. I took the motorcycle. That's a rock star. Right.

I'm a bike rider. You know, and I had this little cast on it. You couldn't see, but anyway, it was fun. Now, Dari, during this period of, uh, you know, when, when, when, uh, D's on the sidelines there, you gotta play with Michael McDonald. Is that right? Michael McDonald steps in to help out. So one of the tracks on Racing was Long Way. What's the name of that song?

No, that's not Long Way. It's about a boy. What's the name of the track? I don't even know. But there was one of them that, and we cut all the beds, music was done and I, for the life of me, we could not get the bright lyric on. We had really struggling with, what's this song about in a lyric. So Ted being, um, Ted said, let me send it over to Michael McDonald. And I said, what? Mike's a really great friend of mine, you know, from the doobies. He did, sends it over. Next day, Michael shows up at the studio. Here's your, here's your lyric boys.

And he comes in and sings the, you know, sings a lyric over the track. Boom. It's, it's done. So I just have to, you can't cop Michael McDonald. I mean, that's, that was a hard lyric to sing. What's the name? Did you got the name of that track there somewhere? Oh, I didn't know. I didn't. No, I didn't. Wasn't looking for it.

I don't have it. But I do, I'm now thinking of the SCTV skit with Rick Moran. Yeah. It's such a long way to go. I think so. Yeah. And then,

Mike McDonald just runs in, drops a lyric for Honeymoon Suite, gets out of there. Michael is just, you know, so he sees, Ted said, can you stick around, man, and help with the vocals? And Mike said, whatever. Next thing I know, so he sees, he's talking, Ted said, can you stick around man and help with the vocals and likes it? Whatever. Next thing I know, I'm out on the floor.

Johnny had cut the lead vocal. I'm out on the floor with a, with Michael McDonald and myself around a mic doing the background vocals. How surreal is that? It's wild. Yeah. Yeah. Move over. Kenny Loggins, Derry's here. Wow. But you recovered after not Eight weeks later eight weeks later after I got back It's a kid the mythology of this now is like you're on death's bed honeymoon suite. The momentum is kind of fucked up by it It's like well, you know stories go but like I say I ended up print the legend over the car

I rather to under if I had okay your head was fine. Yeah fuck it could have been so much worse so yeah you know you know yeah every band's got to have something like that and we came through it yeah. Alright I'm gonna play a song I promised a Rob Pruss I play something that he plays on so I'm gonna play a jam I always loved and then we'll get to the new stuff and oh and there's an ad I'm gonna play I got a few points to touch. We're gonna be on target here for time but I gotta play a little bit of a Rob Pruse on keyboards everybody. Rob by the way will be here Sunday for Toast so Rob's in town. Hey Rob's in town. We should get him to Classic Bowl tonight for a cameo. He's in town. He's in Burlington. Yeah his mom's in Burlington. Oh come on. Co-writer too by the way. Rob was a great

writer. He's a co-writer on this as well. Okay, Rob Prues, co-writer. He also co-wrote Romantic Traffic. For Spoons. Wow. And Spoons are at Classic Bowl tomorrow night. Right. Rob, you should be at both shows, buddy. There was a time I wore a different face I stood alone

Feelings had no place I'm giving it all Taking nothing back You brought this lonely heart Back to from a cold Dust like a fire, burning higher You got my heart on a string But now I know love changes everything

I don't hate money Alright, this is from Racing After Midnight. Love changes everything. What does Rob add to this? Just some of the music there? Is that what Rob's adding to this track? Well, you hear his keyboards in there and like I say, he's a co-writer on it. I came in with the idea but Johnny and Rob, we all finished I don't know exactly what he wrote but we wrote it. We finished it together and that's what's important. For sure, for sure here. Alright gentlemen, I saw Johnny was looking at some of this stuff in front of you So let me just tell you guys very quickly here because of time that I do

I don't know you guys are rock stars. Do you even drink anymore? All the rock stars I know are just drinking Perrier now. Yeah, you've got to be really careful with that sort of stuff. Yeah, well be careful with the Great Lakes beer. I'm gonna give you here some fresh craft beer to take home with you. And Derry, you live in the States, right? Mm-hmm. So how long in town for? Chill tomorrow. Till tomorrow. Go home tomorrow. So how often do you just come by for shows now and then? How often do you get back to Ontario? Well this time in spring and summer it's every weekend, you know, but this is the way it is. We do festivals, so not only me fly up from the States, all these guys, we fly wherever

we need to go. Edmonton, Vancouver, Halifax, somewhere in the States, everybody just gets and plays and flies there. It's awesome. We're together a lot. That's awesome that you guys are still playing that. That is awesome. So fresh craft beer from great lakes brewery.

These books here, these are, this is the history of Toronto Maple Leafs baseball. They play at Christie pits and I will be throwing out the first pitch, believe it or not, on June 2nd. I'll also be recording live. It's going to be amazing. So Christie pits, everybody be there for like 1 45 PM for the opening ceremony. See if I throw a strike and come out to some games this year. Good food, good time. So thank you. Toronto Maple Leafs baseball. That's

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Pepsi, the choice of a new generation. Alright, Pepsi, the choice of a new generation. Jerry did, I sat, oh forget it. What do you have to say about that there, Johnny? Oh, was it a Pepsi commercial? That's a Pepsi commercial. And I have to disclaimer, man, that's not me playing. Not you playing, but that's you, uh, big playing. Yes, because the guys, the kid's name was not a kid anymore.

His name's Vinnie Moore, who's a friend of mine, amazing shredder guitar player guy. They'd already done the, Vinnie had already done the track by the time they called me up. And they just wanted a somebody to come in on this and pretend to play it. It's a long story anyway so you had to look I guess so because I was a guitar player so I looked like a guitar player so yeah you look like a rock star and they're like we need a rock star. Was that ad on your screen? No I just had the audio.

Oh, okay. I was thinking to myself, geez, that's the Pepsi thing. Yeah, that's the Pepsi commercial with dairies in that Pepsi commercial. It's amazing. I recognize it. Okay, cool. Thirty-second commercial that took a week to film in LA. Why did it take so long?

Because it just does. It's Pepsi. It's you, it's Michael Jackson, right? Who else was in it? Madonna? It was a else was in the Madonna? It was a big production thing, whatever. But you know, they should have had you play. I guess it was already done.

It was already done. And I can't, I don't shred like that. That's not, that's not my thing. And that's what they required. They wanted an Eddie Van Halen thing. And he's amazing, so. But did you audition for this? Like, is this like a gig you auditioned for?

Yeah, well, it was just one of those off the cuff things. I was in, again, Los Angeles with our manager and there's so many things happening at once with me and Johnny and the band. At that time, stuff was happening all the time. And just out of the blue, Steve called me up and said, there's a Pepsi commercial they need a guitar player for. They've been auditioning handsome actors. But when they give them a guitar, they look awkward.

And they look the part, but they don't look like a guitar player. So I threw your name in there, and I said, oh, thanks, Steve. I said, just go down, you know, to wherever this audition is and just walk in. So I did just for the hell of it. And I think they gave me a tennis racket and said, pretend to play. So yeah. Well, you know what? They need a handsome guy who looks like he can play. There's only one man for that job. And when he wasn't available, so Derry did it. Yeah, right. Exactly. No, Derry, you're the guy for that job. No, it's just, just what we did at the time. It was good for the band too. You know, you know, I mentioned a minute ago, I gave you those books and I said, cause I was at the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball game at Christie pits on May 12th and I was, uh, sitting with Rick Emmett and then I realized that so Johnny D you, your solo album songs in D,

you played with Rick Emmett. Uh, well he, yeah, he came and did it, did a track, you know, had different players, even dairy came out on it. So dairy Kim Mitchell, Rick Emmett, this is, yeah, this is quite, it came out like it's, you know, something Derry had moved to, Derry had moved to the America, you know, and it's like, okay, you know, this is weird. Like then I'm in my garage now and start writing songs and ended up with different, by the time I was done, I had like 16 songs. It's like, what do I do? You know, anyways, things sort of made a play, but the only thing that I can say is I wanted to, um, didn't want it to be honeymoon sweet.

And I wanted to go as Johnny D to make it separate, but I went out and played a couple of shows and as soon as I pull up and say honeymoon sweet on the marquee. Right. And I, okay, this is not working out too good. Right. And now I want to do another solo record and I'll hit it, right? But after as long as we can we get into the new record now, you know my cuz it's it. Yeah, we're there now Yeah, it's intertwined. Well, you want to play a little bit and then bring it or you finish your thought there

Okay. Anyways, it's intertwined because I was thinking about doing a solo record and doing it properly, you know putting it out As Johnny D But now Frontiers wants to do another record, so me, Derry and Krampus are starting on another record other than Alive. So, so, so no other than Alive, because Alive is still fresh. Alive is still fresh. And it's like, and it's like we, Derry had some time after a show we did in Kitchener, I believe, and we are, Mike Krampus lives in Oshawa now

which is not far so we spent two days you know with Mike again and go getting on the table what okay what do we got here and anyways after like I don't know a couple days we got like great tracks and it's like oh geez we got to do this again already you know okay so another record. You got to pace yourself. Yeah as you know what these things take a long time. It's great to get a good start on them, but back to the solo thing, okay, that's out of the question for me at this point.

It's Honeymoon Sweet. Yeah, it's Honeymoon Sweet, yeah. And Derry, you're on board, right? I mean, I'm gonna play a bit of this song alive in a moment here, but how's the new Honeymoon Sweet stuff sounding to you, Derry? The new songs, well, it's, you know, we just started writing. They are an extension songs, well, it's, you know, we just started writing.

They are an extension of what's on Alive, you know. We've only worked on two or three things, but they're exciting, you know, and it's just gonna be more straight up. I think we're refining the sound where we started on Alive. It's gonna take a one step further. If I just might add, it's gonna be a lot easier because Krampus lives in Canada now.

And we had to travel to, you know, the UK and Nashville and all this sort of stuff to follow this guy. Now he's like up the street. So it's really cool. Yeah. That's a whole story. The making of alive. That's another podcast, but we went all over the frigging world, but finally, and then COVID in there too. Yes. Actually, that's the last 10 minutes. We have 10 minutes left. Let's spend it on. So again, cause we talk about the new stuff and then we talk about the new stuff. And then COVID in there too. Actually, that's the last 10 minutes. We have 10 minutes left. Let's spend it on. So again, cause we talk about the new stuff and then we talk about the new stuff and it's like, this is the new new stuff. And then, okay, so alive. This album is available now. Yes. Okay.

And this new album is actually still being developed. You mentioned dairy, you're only a few songs deep or whatever, but it is the natural name of this new album is, is dead, right is dead right you gonna call this dead? Derry doesn't find it as funny as I find it okay so can I play some alive and then I want to hear about the making of alive and how and the sequel and how it all kind of comes together here so let's play some of the new honeymoon suite Got a lot of noise in my head, don't lose control Pulling all directions, don't wanna go Fight it all on me, I'm not afraid

Let it fall like rain I won't wash away Nothing that you say can dark me out of you I don't need a reason not to try Cause you make me feel alive We don't need, need to have everything To spend our lives, taste and time Make what we got got and follow me Let it fall on us, cause this is hard to find

Nothing that's the same can top me out of you I don't need a reason not to try Say something, one thing to hold on to Nothing that you say can drop me out of you, out of you I don't need a reason not to try Say something, one thing to hold on to Cause I wanna feel alive that song. Honestly, I mean, normally, you know, oh yeah, we got some, uh, okay. So that was leftover from the, uh, the official video on YouTube there, but, uh, sounds fucking great. So who wrote this one? That's all three of us. Collab. Oh, name check. Who's on it? I got it. Just so we can keep track. Uh, obviously you two are the kind of the core members, but who,

who's on this track besides you, Derry and you, Johnny, you mean the writers or every players? I mean, sorry. Well, Mike Krampus is the other writer, our producer, and Dave and Gary, and I did some keyboards, Mike did some keys, Peter did some keys. It was a lot of... Huge collaboration. It's like, and at the end of the day,

there's so many different tracks from so many different players in-house in-house you know the band but like hearing that Mike put it all together though it's great. Beautiful. Hearing that you know when you play it tonight at Classic Bowl it's gonna fit right in with these these legacy hits too it's gonna fit right. This is the this is the tough part we've got this record but we can't get together to rehearse for like two two weeks or something like that to get these new songs into the set so they're slowly getting into the set okay so it's really really difficult okay play this song and it's like the only time we really can get together is in

soundcheck right and it's like then it takes a little bit so and there's so many songs that people want to hear that they know and you only have so much time on the stage. So we're doing a few of them. We're working the new tracks. You're doing that one, right? We're gonna try. We're still working on it. You better.

Okay, I can see your finger. That better be played tonight. Okay, go ahead. We're trying to get as much as we can into the set, but I see you better sing that song, Drotty. Okay. Well, you love it. I can tell by your eyes when you're listening that you're like, I love this song. Well, I can see you better sing that song, Jody. Okay. Well, you love it. I can tell by your eyes when you're listening

that you're like, I love this song. Well, I can see you doing the same thing. Well, I was gonna fade it down. And it's like, as soon as that guitar solo came in, it's like, no, I gotta keep this going. We gotta keep going here. And you know what? I think it's a really cool song

because it's nice and short. Is there any frustration at all from you guys, from people who are like, they just want New Girl Now? Like, it's like, you're like, dude, that was the 80s. Listen to us today. You know what, that's totally fine. But we're not that band. You know, it's like, we're like,

we're gonna play New Girl Now, cause it's, but we're always gonna write songs. I don't wanna be that band that just continues on their past successes, that kind of thing. If I don't, I'm not saying that that's wrong, it's just not for us. Terry's always writing, we're always, you know, we always want to move ahead and move forward. Like, when we talk about moving forward, we're just already starting a new record on top of a new record, you know? Hey, so Midtown, we're live streaming at live.torontomike.com and Midtown Gord said he wants you to know he really likes the new album. So, your legacy fans who are absolutely loving the new stuff.

Absolutely. And I got a note too from Basement Dweller who wants me to ask you, Derry, about a forthcoming instrumental solo album. Any update on this? Yeah, it's done. It's going to be just a guitar record. All guitar. And it's called Dirty Power. Exactly. And it's done. I'm just waiting for it to get manufactured and it'll come out in a couple months.

Can I ask a question? Because this is all new to me. I'm gonna ask it to Derry. Please, let's hear it. What's Dirty Power? What does that mean? Dirty Power is actually a roadie term from, Damon told me about it, my tech, that when you get into some of these shitty old theaters and gigs where the power supplies or the wiring is crappy.

Why was it a great name? We're firing up the amps, Damon goes, Dervitt, you know I got your rig but we got some freaking dirty power tonight. So you play in your sound, your level goes up and down because you got dirty power in the venue. That's totally interesting. Well, I'm glad that I asked the question. Yeah, I think your mind went somewhere else. Derry Grin fans will know at least the titles. I just thought it was cool sounding. It is a cool, dirty power.

Dirty power. It could have been dirty. Okay. So what are you working on? Lots of stuff here, Derry. I can't it was cool. So it is a cool, dirty, dirty power. It could have been dirty. Okay. So what are you working on? Lots of stuff here, Derry. I can't keep track of it. Also, there is a new honeymoon suite album that's in the works right now. We started writing, started writing, started writing no title yet. You're very early. No, we're a ways off, but we're getting an early start on it. If it is named dead though, you're going to take back that giggle. You gave me there because that's a natural you know never no save that for a posthumous release in years save

that one there but that's wild instrumental so Johnny like when you guys have projects that don't involve honeymoon suite do you guys give you set each other like a courtesy phone call I'm just one is all like sure just I wonder how aware like how aware are you Johnny that Darry's got a dirty you didn't know the name obviously just learned it but that he's got a solo album come on oh there's working on it I know that he sent the tracks to Dave Betts to do drums on it so all the power to him I think it's great and it's like you know yeah it's like he wants to do his own thing go for it he doesn't have to have to deal with me and vocals and say, I'm not doing

that. Really transparent. Like Johnny, when he did his songs and D's, like I'm going to do this solo record, man, I said, go for it. I mean, it only helps the band and, uh, you know, Honeymoon Sweets, the mothership, right? And that will always be there, but mothers that's cool and Johnny I encouraged him. Yeah that's kind of neat. I encourage him because you know and mine's a guitar record will be for my guitar noob fans whatever so it's all good we're very transparent about what we do. It's the constant writing thing like he's on stage playing these playing these riffs and I gotta stop and go go, okay, what the frig is that? Dairy. And it's like, uh, well, that's going to go on my solo record. I go,

well, maybe it shouldn't. Anyways, you know, whatever. Cause that could be a song. Well, it could be a song. And it's like, okay, well I'll see what he's, uh, I'll listen to it and see what he's done. But he's always, uh, we're always fiddling. Well I got lazy and you know, COVID, I had a lot of time at home to play. So these riffs came out. I just didn't want to write lyrics and melody for him. So I just made him instrumental.

Right. There you go. You don't have to deal with me. So now hearing, now getting to know Johnny a little bit here, I got a question for you, Johnny, just before I play us out here, which is like, has there ever been a honeymoon sweet song that initially maybe it's a song Derry wrote or whatever and you heard it and you said, that's shite. But then you record it. But then for that, that, yes, I have,

but then it's recorded and then it's kind of in the, you can't do nothing about it. But has there ever been a time where you said, you know, Derry, I was wrong about that song. That's actually a great fucking song. Yes, I have. So I got it. Yes. Yes. There's been times where I said, geez, I wish I would not have changed it. And then there's times where I wish I wish I wouldn't have saying that and I'm not gonna tell you what. But it's like there was a weird next question in the very beginning in the very beginning when things are like so fast, right? The we got this first, you know writing and writing and writing and it's like and then I sang some stuff and I listened

To it and it's like yeah, okay I got a stuff and I listened to it and it's like, yeah, okay. I gotta take it, you know, take it because I sang it. But yeah, there's times where I go, geez, I wish I had not sang that. And Derry, now that you're not, you know, you're not writing everything, like, so is there something that you didn't write and you're like, okay, I'll play on this

and we'll put this out, but this is not very good. This is not honeymoon sweet worthy. Has that ever happened, Derry? Well, yeah, but I'm not gonna name songs. I mean, in the beginning, we didn't even, there was a couple songs that we cut from other, other writers, you know, because just to, just from pressure from management and labels. And, um, you know, I didn't, there, we probably could have, you know, written more songs, but that was just the way it was.

And, you know, overall it worked. So on, you know, we move on. On a good note, the band is in a really, really good place right now. I mean, we've gone through so much different musically and touring and all that sort of stuff. We're in a good place. You're in a good place. You guys look great.

You sound great here on your way, on our way out. I just had Greg Fraser over to talk about Brighton Rock and Brighton Rock, you know, I hope, Greg, are you listening? But it's kind of like a honeymoon sweet junior, a little bit, I find. Like a sort of like, I would say like Max Webster being like, you know, Rush Jr. or whatever. But Brighton Rock, what was your relationship like

with Brighton Rock? Is this a Bob Roper thing? What can you- Same management, the whole thing, yeah. Started with our managers, took them and got us on the same label. Yes. All right. Shout out to Brighton Rock. There's a, again, Greg Freezer episode in the feed here,

but Johnny Derry, I love the chat, man. I was watching my clock. I said, okay, 11's my heart out. It's 10.59. Oh, geez. That was quick. Yeah, I told, what did I say? Exactly what you said.

You said you want another hour, but you guys said an hour. I'm a man of my word. I would have done too. No, that's great. That's great. Thank you. What a pleasure. So thank you for the deep dive in Honeymoon Suite.

Great great great Canadian band. We did lose Derry to the States, but there's no chance you'll ever move back. He's got family here. He'll be back. Never say never man. Canada's look. I love Canada. It's our bread and butter. I'm here all the time so no love lost for this country but I just like you know moving other places and it's good for the band, good for the music, whatever. Yeah.

And you're a happy guy and you're looking great and they were right to book you for that pepsi commercial You should still be in pepsi commercials. You should play you should play. Yeah sure and that brings us to the end of our 1494th show you can follow me on Twitter blue sky all over the place at Toronto Mike Is it honeymoon sweet calm? Where's a good place we can send people if they want to find out about upcoming shows and new music? There's a honeymoon suite dot com honeymoon suite band dot com it'll take you to the same place that's our website all the dates on

there go to Instagram it's pretty active all the dates in Facebook that's where it is for the merch it's called itpapermurch.com. That's our web store. It's amazing. It's got everything, vinyl, CDs, shirts. It's all totally current and old stuff. So rock, paper, merch. Yeah. Rock, paper, merch. Get your honeymoon suite gear. Even though Johnny didn't love the name, it stuck and too late to change it now. Yes, it worked. It's not, that's been just last thing why don't we there was a time with different music was different and it was like honeymoon suite whatever that let's change the

name I go not gonna happen HMS for you cool kids out there just HMS we'll just call it much love to all who made this possible that's Great Lakes Brewery that's Palma pasta that's recycle's Recycle My Electronics.ca. That's the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team. Join me June 2nd. That's Minaris. Ridley Funeral Home. Pillars of the Community. See you all Sunday with another episode of Toast with another guy who was in Honeymoon Suite. Rob Pruse. See you all then. And we'll see Bob Ouellette there too, but Bob I don't think was ever in Honeymoon Suite. Peace and love. See you all then and we'll see Bob will let there too. But Bob I don't think was ever in Honeymoon suite. Peace and love. See you then I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, I am, Cause everything is rosy and green Well I've kissed you in France and I've kissed you in Spain

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