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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2026 · 43 MIN

Lawrence Nichols, Lowest of the Low

from Toronto Legends · host Andrew Applebaum

Lowest of the Low’s Lawrence Nichols talks about celebrating the 35th anniversary of their seminal debut album Shakespeare My Butt, his pivot from being ‘band-adjacent’ to becoming a full-fledged card-carrying group member, balancing the needs of fans that want to hear the ‘old stuff’ with their continued generation of fresh material, the band’s historical connections to The Barenaked Ladies and radio station CFNY, getting inducted into the Canadian Indie Music Hall of Fame, why it was surreal for him to actually meet The Jazz Butcher's Pat Fish in real life, and his reaction to the host’s suggestion that they somehow get original founding member Stephen Stanley involved in these anniversary shows! Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Shakespeare my Butt with Lowest of the Low as they perform the album in its entirety...full details at https://lowestofthelow.com/ For Simon Head’s band documentary SUBVERSIVES: The History of Lowest of the Low, please go to http://apologue.ca/video/ Photo credit: Robert Ciolfi TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lowest of the Low’s Lawrence Nichols talks about celebrating the 35th anniversary of their seminal debut album Shakespeare My Butt, his pivot from being ‘band-adjacent’ to becoming a full-fledged card-carrying group member, balancing the needs of fans that want to hear the ‘old stuff’ with their continued generation of fresh material, the band’s historical connections to The Barenaked Ladies and radio station CFNY, getting inducted into the Canadian Indie Music Hall of Fame, why it was surreal for him to actually meet The Jazz Butcher's Pat Fish in real life, and his reaction to the host’s suggestion that they somehow get original founding member Stephen Stanley involved in these anniversary shows! Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Shakespeare my Butt with Lowest of the Low as they perform the album in its entirety...full details at https://lowestofthelow.com/ For Simon Head’s band documentary SUBVERSIVES: The History of Lowest of the Low, please go to http://apologue.ca/video/ Photo credit: Robert Ciolfi TORONTO LEGENDS is hosted by Andrew Applebaum at [email protected] All episodes available at https://www.torontolegends.ca/episodes/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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