{"id":74957,"date":"2022-04-08T17:02:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=74957"},"modified":"2022-04-08T17:48:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-08T15:48:22","slug":"fun-with-science-we-speak-to-darren-ollinger-of-calgary-band-julius-sumner-miller-about-the-bands-name-their-music-and-why-theyre-really-well-known-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/04\/fun-with-science-we-speak-to-darren-ollinger-of-calgary-band-julius-sumner-miller-about-the-bands-name-their-music-and-why-theyre-really-well-known-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Fun With Science: We Speak To Darren Ollinger Of Calgary Band Julius Sumner Miller About The Band\u2019s Name, Their Music, And Why They’re Really Well Known In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in February<\/a> we were amazed to discover that there was a band from Canada who had named themselves after Professor Julius Sumner Miller, a science educator who made his name on tv in the 60s and 70s, primarily in Australia but also in North America. We reviewed their single, ‘Leave The Key’, from their fourth album, ‘Try It Out’, and now we introduce you to Darren Ollinger, frontman of Julius Sumner Miller – or as we like to call them, JSM. <\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Hi there, thank you for agreeing to talk to us!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off, I grew up in Australia in the 70s and 80s, and Professor Julius Sumner Miller was an absolute fixture on tv in that country back then, with his gruffly delivered shows about the wonders of science winning us all over. How on earth then does a band from Calgary, Canada, know about the man? What is the story behind you naming the band after this legend? Why is it so?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Canada, we only know the good Professor from an amazing kid\u2019s show from the early 70\u2019s called \u201cHilarious House of Frightenstein\u201d. He was basically the Mad Professor\u2026and would do a physics demo segment on every episode. The show was on in syndication forever here, so anyone who\u2019s seen HHoF knows exactly who he is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no real good story as to why we decided to name the band after him. A couple of us were just hanging out at our old studio watching YouTube clips and laughing our asses off at his \u201ceccentricity\u201d and thought it would be a cool\/funny\/unique band name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Years later, it\u2019s really paid off, because a lot of people, who don\u2019t live in a punk rock world, check out our band because of the name and end up digging it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s also how we realized he was bigger than Jesus in Australia\u2026 once our first album \u201cWhy is It So?\u201d was released.\u00a0We kept getting tagged, mentioned and played over there. And we were like \u201cWTH??\u201d. That definitely wouldn\u2019t have happened if we had some standard punk handle like \u201cPutrid Oi-Hawks\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your song, \u2018Leave The Key\u2019, was released last month, an incendiary punk piece that is as ferocious as Professor Sumner Miller was grumpy. What\u2019s the source of your rage, and do you feel putting it into your music is cathartic?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not really an angry fellow, but I do seem to always write a couple of \u201cpissed off\u201d songs on each album. I find it a healthy way to get things off my chest, without causing any real-life issues. For \u2018Leave The Key\u2019 in particular, I had a law suit that I was named in finally get settled after 8 years\u2026 and this was pretty much my swan song to a shitty situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How\u2019s the Covid-19 Pandemic of the past 2 years affected JSM? Has it been a help or a hindrance in terms of motivation and energy? Have you found that having more \u201cfree\u201d time has helped you musically? Or has it been life as usual?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

JSM took the Covid stop down and really ran with it.  We wrote and released our full length \u201cTry it Out\u201d, made 5 music videos, found a new bass player, played live a few times\u2026 and we just finished in the studio on another new record.  It\u2019s crazy how productive you can be when 5 people aren\u2019t being pulled in different directions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you could do it all over again, what, if anything, would you do differently, and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the band\u2026 2 things. I would have tried to stay on fire longer than 26 seconds in that video shoot, and we for sure would have asked our new bass player \u201cRobito\u201d to join earlier. Cause he\u2019s the god damn best.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For me personally,\u00a0I guess nothing\u2026 \u2018cause I like how I\u2019m turning out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are the band\u2019s musical instruments of choice? Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scott Burton is our drummer who doesn\u2019t own drums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sean Hamilton is our guitarist who owns the drums that Scott plays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monty plays lead\u2026 most likely because he\u2019s wonderful at it, and most everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Robito plays the Bass (because someone has to).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Darren Ollinger (me) sings\u2026 and we\u2019ll use that term loosely.  Mainly for the reason I don\u2019t have the patience to learn an instrument and I\u2019m pretty comfortable on stage doing ridiculous shit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who \u2013 apart from the great JSM \u2013 have been your greatest inspirations in life? What about in music?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I worship the mighty \u201cALL\u201d in life and music. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we are totally inspired by anyone who hustles as hard as we do. Especially if they\u2019re doing it just for their love of the art and not for any other reason. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Scott is really into the band \u201cCreed\u201d for some reason. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What question do you wish someone would ask you in an interview, but nobody ever does? And what\u2019s the answer to that question?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nobody ever asks if Sunday Mornings are really that easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer is \u201cno\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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