Johnny Foreigner
| Johnny Foreigner | |
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.jpg) Alexei Berrow and Kelly Southern (2008) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock , punk rock , noise pop |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | johnnyforeignertheband.com |
| Founding members | |
Electric guitar , vocals |
Alexei Berrow |
Drums , vocals |
Junior Elvis Washington Laidley |
| Daniel Boyle (until 2005) | |
| Current occupation | |
Electric guitar, vocals |
Alexei Berrow |
Drums, vocals |
Junior Elvis Washington Laidley |
Bass, vocals |
Kelly Southern (since 2006) |
Electric guitar |
Lewes Herriot (since 2012) |
Johnny Foreigner is a four-piece indie rock band from Birmingham , England, founded in 2005 . They are currently with the British label Alcopop! Records under contract.
history
Before founding the band, Alexei Berrow played in the band Panda Love Unit and Kelly Southern played in Twist. The first Johnny Foreigner formation consisted of Berrow, Laidley and Daniel Boyle and, according to their own statement, was a "country band with high standards". Boyle left the band to attend university and is currently playing in the Gentle Friendly group. Before leaving the band, they released WeLeftYouSleepingAndGoneNow in 2005 , their first self-produced album with an edition of 40 pieces, which includes 11 tracks.
Johnny Foreigner's first single Sometimes in the Bullring / Camp Kelly Calm was recorded by the Laundrette Recording Company and released in October 2006 (300 copies). The second single was a split single with Sunset Cinema Club and includes the song Yes! You Talk Too Fast and a cover of Sunset Cinema Club's Track Ninki. vs Dingle , who in turn covered Johnny Foreigners Candles .
After moving to Best Before Records in 2007, Johnny Foreigner released the EP Arcs Across the City on November 26th of the same year. The EP received the top rating of 10/10 from the well-known British online music magazine Drowned in Sound . The third single Our Bipolar Friends / The Houseparty Scene Is Killing You was released on March 10, 2008 and was almost completely sold out with 1,000 copies shortly before it was released.
In July 2007, 15 demo songs under the name I Like You Mostly Late at Never were offered for free download on the official website.
Eyes Wide Terrified is the first single from Waited Up 'Til It Was Light and was released on May 18, 2008. Lea Room / DJ's Get Doubts was released on January 12, 2009.
The album Waited Up 'Til It Was Light was released on June 2, 2008 and recorded in Hoboken, New Jersey . The Nettwerk label is responsible for North American sales .
On March 30, 2009, Berrow announced during an appearance as the opening act for Hundred Reasons, their next studio album, which was released under the title Grace and the Bigger Picture on October 26.
The previously unreleased track With Who, Who and What I've Got has been available for free download from the official website since May 30th.
Johnny Foreigner are working on their fourth album from late 2010 to July 2011 and in October 2010 they went with Los Campesinos! on a North American tour. An EP called You Thought You Saw a Shooting Star but Yr Eyes Were Blurred With Tears and That Lighthouse Can Be Pretty Deceiving With the Sky So Clear and Sea So Calm was released in November and contains six new songs. They also left Best Before Records and are now with the independent label Alcopop! Records under contract. The EP Certain Songs Are Cursed was released on April 18th.
The album Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything was released on November 7, 2011.
In April 2012, Lewes Herriot joined the band as an additional guitarist. He was previously responsible for the graphic design of the albums and merchandise.
The album You Can Do Better followed two years later . Her current album Mono No Aware was released in July 2016.
Alexei Berrow
Kelly Southern
Junior Elvis Washington Laidley
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Discography
Albums
- 2005: WeLeftYouSleepingAndGoneNow
- 2008: Waited Up 'Til It Was Light
- 2009: Grace and the Bigger Picture
- 2011: Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything
- 2014: You Can Do Better
- 2016: Mono No Aware
EPs
- 2007: Arcs Across the City
- 2009: Winterval EP
- 2010: Every Cloakroom Ever
- 2010: Johnny Foreigner Is Aces (Hearts Edition)
- 2010: You Thought You Saw a Shooting Star but Yr Eyes Were Blurred with Tears and That Lighthouse Can Be Pretty Deceiving with the Sky so Clear and Sea so Calm
- 2011: Certain Songs Are Cursed
- 2011: You vs. Everything
- 2012: Names
- 2013: Manhattan Projects
Singles
- 2007: Sometimes in the Bullring / Camp Kelly Calm
- 2007: Yes! You Talk Too Fast / Ninki vs. Dingle (Split with Sunset Cinema Club)
- 2008: Our Bipolar Friends / The Houseparty Scene Is Killing You
- 2008: Eyes Wide Terrified
- 2008: Salt, Peppa and Spinderella
- 2009: Feels Like Summer
- 2008: Cranes and Cranes and Cranes and Cranes
- 2009: DJ's Get Doubts / Lea Room
- 2009: Feels Like Summer
- 2009: Criminals
- 2009: Feels Like Summer
- 2009: Johnnyforeignerisaces
- 2010: Johnny Foreigner / Stagecoach Split
- 2011: (Don't) Show Us Your Fangs / The Hand That Slaps You Back
Compilations
- 2007: I Like You Mostly Late at Never
- 2010: We Left You Sleeping and Gone Now, Also
- 2010: Every Day Is a Constant Battle
- 2011: European Disco - Collected B-sides and Remixes, 2008-10
live
- 2010: Live at the Garage (15-07-10)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Johnny Foreigner at Allmusic (English)
- Johnny Foreigner at Discogs (English)
- Johnny Foreigner on MusicBrainz (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Whyman: Interview: Johnny Foreigner. Death to Music, March 25, 2008, archived from the original on June 3, 2008 ; accessed on February 17, 2010 (English).
- ↑ LRC002 Johnny Foreigner: Sometimes In The Bullring. (No longer available online.) The Laundrette Recording Company, April 4, 2007, archived from the original on February 7, 2009 ; accessed on February 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ LRC003 Johnny Foreigner / Sunset Cinema Club split single! (No longer available online.) The Laundrette Recording Company, April 9, 2007, archived from the original on February 7, 2009 ; accessed on February 17, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Arcs Across The City (2007). hmv.com, accessed February 17, 2010 .
- ↑ Ben Yates: Johnny Foreigner - Arcs Across The City. Drowned in Sound, November 16, 2007, accessed February 17, 2010 .
- ↑ went to south africa, made a song. it's free to you. Johnny Foreigner, May 30, 2010; archived from the original on February 21, 2011 ; accessed on June 29, 2010 (English).
- ↑ luna park. Johnny Foreigner, June 17, 2010, accessed June 29, 2010 .
- ↑ Alexei Berrow: letter to america. (No longer available online.) Johnny Foreigner, May 30, 2010, formerly original ; accessed on June 29, 2010 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Benjamin Hiorns: Featured article ... Johnny Foreigner. (No longer available online.) Subba-Cultcha, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 12, 2010 (English). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ OCTOBER NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SUPPORT: JOHNNY FOREIGNER. Los Campesinos !, September 16, 2010, archived from the original on November 24, 2010 ; accessed on September 16, 2010 (English).
- ^ Johnny Foreigner: How's the new record going ?? (No longer available online.) Formspring, July 31, 2011, formerly in the original ; accessed on August 2, 2011 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ I got something MCs can kiss. Johnny Foreigner, September 28, 2010, accessed September 28, 2010 .
- ↑ information broadcast transmission! Johnny Foreigner, September 9, 2010, accessed September 9, 2010 .
- ↑ Alexei Berrow: Talk to me. Johnny Foreigner, March 24, 2011, accessed March 25, 2011 .
- ^ A blog of many things good. Johnny Foreigner, March 29, 2011, accessed March 30, 2011 .
- ^ Johnny Foreigner vs. Everything. Johnny Foreigner, September 2, 2011, accessed September 2, 2011 .
- ^ Curious Joe recommends… Johnny Foreigner. (No longer available online.) Curious Joe, April 29, 2011, archived from the original on May 1, 2011 ; accessed on May 2, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Matt Fearon: Matt talks to ... Ice Sea Dead People. backlash, archived from the original on February 20, 2012 ; accessed on December 13, 2010 (English).
- ↑ Johnny Foreigner: We're super… Facebook , April 29, 2012, accessed April 29, 2012 (English).
