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Johnny Rock

This is Johnny. He is a physiologist at The Baker Institute, researching how and why people get high blood pressure. Working in the neuropharmacology laboratory he specifically is interested in what the brain is doing. He also just got back from a world tour with his spych rock band, Pretty City.

Bro you don’t look like a scientist.
Have you seen Einstein? We’re like twins. But true, yeah mostly everyone is surprised I am a scientist.

Most interesting thing you’ve learned?
If you take the kidney of a person with high blood pressure, and put it into a person with normal blood pressure, the recipient develops high blood pressure – and vice versa. Weird!

Have you discovered anything?
During my Masters degree, I showed the way scientists have been using a model of high blood pressure for the last 20 years, was hugely flawed. It had some wide repercussions in the scientific community – I love that even a student can shake things up.

You sound SMRT. RU still a fan of MySpace?
For sure. My band Johnny Rock and The Limits released a song on MySpace. I didn’t think that much about it, but suddenly we got our first gig – headlining at Revolver on a Friday night. We packed the place out, then when we played ‘Shoeshine’ everyone went bananas, singing along – couldn’t believe they knew the words!

I’m way good at rapping, but find it hard to choose a topic –
Overthinking can kill good songs. One song I wrote was based on the sound check from our bass player. It ended up on a Cornetto commercial.

What’s the kewlest thing to happen to you in the band?
Being in a band is pretty kewl all round, but so far:

  • Getting invited to play SXSW a few years back and again this year
  • Having Seth Rogan at one of those shows last time
  • Recording an album at someone’s beach house in Portland
  • Touring Europe twice, and then seeing the audience lose their minds, having only heard of us on the radio a few weeks prior
  • Hearing our single getting spun on Toronto’s biggest rock station (2 million listeners) during Canadian Music Week.

How did you get to host an MTV Show?

You’re playing at the Community Cup on Sunday – any tips?

 

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