Back in June I was fortunate enough to sit down with the up and coming Montreal band “Basement Superheroes”. Their unique synth-pop sound helped them become the very first group to ever win “Can Your School Rock?” a battle of the bands competition that took place throughout the country. Since then they have been signed to Tab Records and are currently in the studio working on their debut album. The interview took place backstage at Club soda with Max Izzo(vocals/guitar/keyboard), Alex Izzo(drums/vocals) and Shawn Chemtov(bass/backup vocals).

CONFRONT: Let’s start off with a brief history of the band. How did you guys get together?

MAX: My brother and I have been playing forever. We started super young. At junior prom we got Shawn over here and that’s how we started.

SHAWN: I heard some news around school and after my old band disbanded I was looking for some new guys to start a project with. I started talking to them at junior prom and it all went from there.

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This year, for the first time, there’ll be an upscale street party on Peel! It’ll be called PEEL PADOCK.
With superstar Scarlett Johansson in attendance and a host of other celebrities, make sure to catch SEASON 1′s GLOBAL TV “CAN YOUR SCHOOL ROCK’s” BASEMENT SUPERHEROES. CYSR’s president and former F1 chief mechanic Sandro Mauro is no stranger to the fast-paced, world-trotting life of the Formula 1 circuit.

“It felt like a perfect fit for me to have BS perform at this event. They’re incredible and I can’t wait to have the whole world take a look!”

Make sure to check out CYSR`s F1 Lounge booth on Peel Street for the week.

BASEMENT SUPERHEROES is a Canadian pop rock band. Finalists on Virgin Radio’s songwriting contest in 2008, winners of season 1 CYSR 2009; the band has been in studio for the greater part of the year following their win, preparing their debut album produced by veteran producer Tino Izzo. (Celine Dion/Garou/Roch Voisine/Bobby Bazini…)The album promises to be a strong POP CULTURE statement. The young band is extremely talented, composing the totality of the album and meticulously performing every note. These are young seasoned pros at work, make sure to catch them LIVE!