1. What’s your name and what do you play in The Resignators?


Steve Douglas, guitarist, songwriter and producer (I have also played a bit of clarinet, banjo, and trombone on tracks)

2.   How long have you been with the band?


15 years

3.    How did you first get involved with The Resignators?


I was asked to audition when the original guitarist left in 2009, got passed over, but the guitarist who got the gig flaked out so was asked again in 2010. 


MUSICAL INFLUENCES & FAVORITES
4. What was the first album you ever bought?
The Beatles Rubber Soul, with my paper route money, if you do not count the Mary Poppins soundtrack, but I bought many 45 RPM 7" singles prior to that.
5. Who are your top three musical influences?
Old Calypso, first wave ska, punk rock, bluegrass, electronica (too hard to pick artists)
6. What’s your favourite Resignators song to play live and why?
Rabbithole for its intensity or Finale (written for my deceased mom)

7. If you could collaborate with any artist (living or dead), who would it be? 

Voodoo Glow Skulls, Hey-Smith, or Jay from Suicide Machines, but I would also love to hear Brittany from Catbite sing one of my songs.

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ON TOUR
8. What’s the best gig you’ve ever played?
The Limelight NYC with my old band GWAR, CBGBs with my old band Log opening for Dictators, opening for The Ramones at The Bayou in Washington DC with my old band Mudd Helmet, Opening for Butthole Surfers and Wendy O. Williams with my old band Death Piggy, playing with The Resignators at Supernova International Ska Fest or Victoria Ska and Reggae Fest (with Mighty Mighty Bosstones) or Ska Nation 2025 with Voodoo Glow Skulls and Hey-Smith, and touring Australia with Catbite, Planet Smashers, Mustard Plug, and The Toasters
9. Funniest or weirdest thing that’s happened on tour?
Everything that happened in Dresden Germany after drinking Mexikaner shots after a show, as immortalised in the song Cinquante-Cinq. It involved kisses, piss, blood and tears....
10. What’s your go-to snack or drink on the road?
Coffee, squeaky poutine cheese, chicken caesar salads, Reese's Cups, trying the local cuisine.
11. Any pre-show rituals or superstitions?
Not really, too busy setting up, dialing in tone, checking guitar sound, coordinating with soundperson.

 

PERSONAL VIBES
12. When you’re not making music, what are you into?
I am always making music, but spend my spare time studying (especially languages), reading, watching movies, cooking and gardening.
13. What's a fun fact about you that fans might not know?
I was the original Balsac Jaws of Death in GWAR. I took my first guitar lessons (calypso and ska) from 2 Voodoo Priestesses in Nassau, Bahamas when I was 12. That my first instrument was clarinet, and that I started learning trombone during Covid lockdown and have since sat in with Voodoo Glow Skulls and Suicide Machines on 'bone.
14. If you weren’t in a band, what would you be doing?
I would be trying to start a band while working at a record store or a venue (have done both in the past).
15. Describe your perfect day off.
Spending it somewhere exotic in-between two great shows, ideally somewhere scenic or cultural overseas, or on a sailboat in a tropical environment.

FAN CONNECTION
16. What’s one message you want to give to Resignators fans?
That you are the the reason we go to so much effort to do this! Without you it would not be nearly as fun!
17. What’s been the most memorable fan interaction you’ve had?
Spending time in Detroit and seeing Suicide Machines with our Michigan fans Matt & Jamie, the guardians of the Supernova kangaroo "Sir Hopsalot" (and the whole Detroit crew). Eating massive poutines with our friends Stephane and Hassan Montreal and the same with Fred and the Chicoutimi crew in Saguenay, Quebec, and meeting up with our fellow Hey Smith fans that we met in Japan in at Hey-Smith shows in Florida and Australia.

 

JUST FOR FUN
18. Pineapple on pizza: yes or no?
Not my favourite, I prefer Italian toppings, but will eat it if hungry.
19. Zombie apocalypse – who in the band survives the longest and why?
I was going to say Simon (bass player) because he is a runner, but probably me because Zombies are slow anyway, and I was the original Balsac Jaws of Death and could easily take them on...a guitar makes as good a weapon as a bass!
20. If The Resignators had a theme song (other than your own), what would it be?
The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana), the Banana Splits Theme Song,