What shall it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his own soul? Mark 8:36.

John Paul Young, the Canadian musician, is the lead singer and a founding member of the punk rock band Cardboard Brains. Here's a brief summary of his career: - Born: July 16, 1956, in Toronto, Canada - Active in the music scene: Late 1970s to early 1980s - Band: Cardboard Brains (formed in 1977) - Genre: Punk rock, new wave - Notable release: "Metal Messiah" (1978) - Style: Known for his raw, energetic vocals and rebellious stage presence Please note that information about John Paul Young and Cardboard Brains might be limited due to their underground and local nature during the punk rock era. If you have any specific questions or need further clarification, feel free to ask! Well that is as AI (Meta) when I asked it about myself. ChatGPT seems to be better. The above is rather incomplete. Here’s another snippet: Nardwuar, the legendary Canadian music journalist and interviewer, has indeed met and interviewed John Paul Young from Cardboard Brains! Nardwuar is known for ...

Cardboard Brains White EP 1977 When looking at the Blogger stats I see people around the world tuning into this blog and I would bet that some don’t know what a Cardboard Brain is so let me Illustrate.  (The) Cardboard Brains was…is, because I say Never Say Die… a punk band I started forming in Toronto, Ontario Canada in 1976 but really came to fruition in th summer of 1977. That’s when we put out our first record, The White EP. Before it as pirated a few years ago, it was selling for $US400 a copy. I’m posting this so you can listen for free. Rat d 9 out of ten by New Yorks Killed By Death, here it is first generation original gangster punk

  I wrote this song and we recorded it in 1979. The legendary John Peel played it on his BBC show amongst other things.

  I was attending The University of Western Ontario in London when I received a fairly substantial legal win. And as usual I did the reckless thing and dropped out suddenly for some fun. My long time close friend Director Tibor Tackacs invited me to be a guest in Los Angeles for a bit. I couldn’t say no. I should have stayed in University. The University of Western Ontario was my THIRD university after Ryerson University and the University of Toronto. It wasn’t until 2000 that I was diagnosed and treated for ADHD (inattentive type).  The tyranny of the shoulds.  I SHOULD have stayed in the field of Systems Analysis and Electronic Data Processing after being Military Immersion trained by Honeywell Corporation in 1982. If I stayed in that field I would be worth a fortune today. C’est la vie. What happened is I won  CASBY award for most promising male recording artist. My ambitions inflated, I chose to focus on music. So Director Tibor Takacs invited me to L.A. His hous...