User:John Lalley

John Lalley is a Canadian musician. He is best known for playing drums in Montreal’s Bootsauce from 1991 – 1995 and enjoyed short stints with both Econoline Crush and the Skydiggers before joining Toronto band Rustyin 1997, where he stayed until they split in 1999. He also played in seminal underground band Groovy Religion for some years. Semi-retired from the music business since 1999, he remains active as a drummer in Toronto.

Lalley was diagnosed with a benign brain tumour called an acoustic neuroma in 2005 and underwent surgery to remove it early that year. He became deaf in his right ear as a result and wrote about the experience in his blog, The Centre of the Rind.

He has recently recorded and performed with Organical and Mamabolo and works in digital marketing. He is also an avid kitesurfer and is sponsored by North Kiteboarding.