Johnny Sizzle

Back in the Spring of '91 as a poor 19 year old living in downtown Winnipeg, Johnny Sizzle started playing acoustic guitar on the streets. The songs he was playing were not folksy or Beatles-esque Rolling Stones-esque but raunchy energy filled original punk rock and alternative which really stood out. Local street kids began to really dig Sizzle's personal songs and a following spread out from there. Another thing that made Johnny Sizzle stick out in the streets of Winnipeg is that people would recognize him from a public access TV show he did from 1988-1993 which was like an independent music American Bandstand crossed with the Tom Green Show. The show was called "Johnny Sizzle's Entertainment Watch" on GWC Cablevision Chan. 11. And it was a brimming success. He did his show to show that creative & talented people live right in your own community. By 1992 Johnny Sizzle was asked to play cafe shows in downtown Winnipeg while still playing on the streets causing chaos. In 1993 he began playing less for pocket change as he was regularly supporting himself performing in cafes and nightclubs around Winnipeg plus being asked to play all ages shows across Western Canada, hitchh... more...