[2] He was a child actor in his youth, including appearances in the 1960 film Village of the Damned[2] and a television commercial for Quaker Oats.
[3] He later joined MuchMusic as the host of a daily entertainment news show Rockflash[2] and the alternative rock program City Limits.
[7] After leaving The New Music in 1996, Champniss moved into production roles with MuchMusic and its sister stations within the CHUM Limited media conglomerate, including as a contributing producer for Bravo!
[9] His collaborators on the album included Joe Vizvary of Images in Vogue and Dave Rout of Rational Youth and Digital Poodle.
[9] He left CHUM in 2000 to form his own company, Invisible Republic,[10] which provided music management for artists including Serial Joe and the revived The Grapes of Wrath.