Chris Wardman first came to the public eye as the guitar player and songwriter for seminal Canadian new wave band Blue Peter, who were at the forefront of the Toronto post-punk scene and shared stages with The Police, Simple Minds, Blondie, The Jam and The Boomtown Rats. Their song “Don’t Walk Past” continues to garner airplay over 40 years later
Wardman went on to a successful producing career working with many artists including Art Bergmann, The Tragically Hip, Rusty, Chalk Circle, Randy Bachman, The Leslie Spit Tree-o, Emm Gryner, The Watchmen, Big Wreck, Ensign Broderick and more. He has also worked as in-house producer, A&R and New Media at major labels including Capitol Records, BMG Music and Universal Music.
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