Watch Nardwuar's first ever interview from way back in 1985

29 September 2015, 10:33 | Written by Laurence Day

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There's only one Nardwuar - but where did he come from? Well, probably Vancouver as Wikipedia says, but his origin story as The Human Serviette stretches back furth than you might think.

In 1985 - 30 years and three days ago - Nardwuar completed his first interview with Poisoned while still at school. He's thrown the clip up on YouTube, and written about the context:

"30 years ago today - Sept 26 1985 - I did my first interview ! It was with Art Bergmann and his band Poisoned. Art had also played in an amazing Vancouver punk band called Young Canadians. On their 2nd EP "This is your Life" they thanked my High School in their liner notes! I was shocked! Being the president of the student council I decided they would be a great band for the first dance of the school year. The Young Canadians had broken up but Art was rockin' with his new band Poisoned. They wanted $1400 bucks and i talked them down to , um, $1398 because in my mind that number would look cheaper to the teachers! Now that the band was secured, when the night arrived I got my buddy Glen Winter to get a video camera for an interview with Art, because I just had to find out why he thanked our High School! So on Sept 26 1985 I did my first interview! Doot doo !"

Nardwuar's been uploading a variety of vault clips and interviews related to the upcoming Canadian elections lately; two of his most recent musical interviews were with Dej Loaf and Tinashe.

Watch the interview below.