Todd "The Rod" Kowalski (born May 27, 1973) is a Canadian

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and singer, currently a member of

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band

Propagandhi Propagandhi is a Canadian punk rock band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by guitarist Chris Hannah and drummer Jord Samolesky. The band is currently located in Winnipeg, Manitoba and completed by bassist Todd Kowalski and guitari ...

. Along with his band, he lives a

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lifestyle and supports

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Career

In the early 1990s, Kowalski was the frontman of

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, a

band from Regina, originally called Klump. He and the band moved to

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in 1994. They recorded a split CD/10" with Propagandhi.

played together until the summer of 1996, when they decided to call it quits. In 1996 Kowalski joined a band called

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who released a 7" record and an Anthology Cd. Kowalski joined Propagandhi in 1997 and also played bass for J Church on their 1997 Japanese tour. In 1998,

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released an I Spy anthology album called ''Perversity is Spreading... It's About Time''. Today, he is the bassist for the band

and has so far recorded five albums with them, '' Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes'' (2001), '' Potemkin City Limits'' (2005), '' Supporting Caste'' (2009), ''

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'' (2012), and ''

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'' (2017). He contributed guest vocals to the Western Addiction song "Taedium", from their 2017 album, ''Tremulous'' and bass on protest the hero's song "the canary" on their album ''palimpsest''. Todd Kowalski is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt under Rodrigo Mundaruca in Winnipeg.

Gallery

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kowalski, Todd Canadian people of Polish descent 1973 births Living people Anarcho-punk musicians Musicians from Regina, Saskatchewan Canadian punk rock bass guitarists 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists