In the early 90's in Northern Ontario, kids were inspired by the alternative, grunge, and punk rock movements to form bands, record their own albums, form small labels, and put on local punk rock shows. Cragmatic Pope was one of those bands. Hailing from a small mining town called Kirkland Lake, the band recorded 2 tapes (that's right kids tapes) "Disappear Today", which was recorded in a small 8-track studio in 1995, and "Get Away From That Fish", which was produced by Austin on a 4-track in Jasmine's basement in 1996. Roughly 50 copies of "Disappear Today", and 125 copies of "Get Away From That Fish" were pressed. MP3s ripped from an old tape found their way onto the interweb in 2009. After Cragmatic Pope Austin, Jasmine, and Ryan formed a band called Groundstate. Shane formed The Deefons

( www.punkrockers.com/thedeefons )