He grew up in Toronto, where he befriended future MP, Charlie Angus, and along with Angus founded the Toronto punk band L'Étranger.
Angus's fifth book, Cage Call, a photo documentary with photographer Louie Palu, was released in 2007 as part of an award from Portland-based PhotoLucida.
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He was also a longtime columnist for the Catholic New Times, and wrote an admiring biography of Father Les Costello, the celebrated Toronto Maple Leafs player who left professional hockey to become a Catholic priest in Timmins.
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He was also a musician in the punk rock band L'Étranger with Andrew Cash (now the Member of Parliament for Davenport), and later in the more folk-oriented Grievous Angels.
In March 2013, NDP MP Charlie Angus called on PM Stephen Harper to remove Del Mastro from the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics.
In 2013, the band released No. 1 Northern, an album of cover versions of songs by Canadian songwriters, including Neil Young, Gordon Lightfoot, Ron Sexsmith, Gene MacLellan, Linda McRae, Charlie Angus and Andrew Cash.
Charlie Chaplin | Charlie's Angels | Angus | Charlie Parker | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Charlie Crist | Charlie Rose | Charlie Sheen | Charlie Brown | Charlie Chan | Charlie Watts | Angus cattle | Good Luck Charlie | Charlie Weis | Charlie's Angels (film) | Charlie Rich | Charlie Mariano | Charlie Daniels | Charlie | Charlie Kemp | Earl of Angus | Charlie Ward | Charlie Sexton | Charlie George | Charlie Black | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (film) | Charlie Norwood | Charlie Higson | Charlie Haas | You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown |