The Three Johns is a British rock band formed in 1981 in Leeds , Yorkshire , England . The founders of The Three Johns were guitarist John Langford (also formed another Lida band, The Mekons ), vocalist John Hyatt and bass player Phillip “John” Brennan, who used a drum machine instead of a live drummer [2] .
| The three johns | |
|---|---|
| Genres | postpunk alternative rock |
| Years | 1981 - 1988 |
| A country |  Great Britain |
| City | Leeds Yorkshire |
| Where from | |
| Labels | CNT Records Abstract Records [1] |
| Former the participants | John langford Phillipp brennan John hyatt |
| Other projects | The mekons |
| www.threejohns.co.uk | |
The group performed a politicized post-punk with acutely social, satirical texts in which it expressed socialist ideas. “We are not a socialist ensemble. We are a group of socialists who have assembled an ensemble. This is a subtle distinction, but very important ” [3] ,” said in a press release from The Three Johns.
Seven singles of the group and three albums of Three Johns were included in the first twenty of the UK Indie Chart . The debut Atom Drum Bop , released on Abstract Records in 1984 (under the motto: “Rock and Roll Against Thatcherism” on the cover) rose to # 2, followed two years later by The World By Storm and rose to the 4th on indie lists places [4] . The group recorded six radio sessions for John Peel on BBC Radio 1. The song "Death of the European" took 14th place on his 1985 list of Festive Fifty (Best Songs) [5] .
Over the years the group has existed, its members basically refused to become rock professionals: Langford continued to work as a graphic designer, and Hyatt continued to teach at the Leeds Polytechnic Institute [3] .
In 1988, after the unsuccessful American tour, The Three Johns broke up, in 1990 they reformed, released Eat Your Sons (a conceptual album about cannibalism ) and broke up again [6] . Langford continued to collaborate with The Mekons and later released a solo album, Hyatt focused on academic activities [6] .
Content
Discography
Singles
- English White Boy Engineer (1982) CNT
- Pink Headed Bug (1983) CNT # 44
- Men Like Monkeys EP (1983) CNT
- AWOL (1983) Abstract # 14
- Some History EP (1983) Abstract # 17
- Do The Square Thing (1984) Abstract # 6
- Death Of The European (1985) Abstract # 3
- Brainbox (He's A Brainbox) (1985) Abstract # 3
- Sold Down The River (1986) Abstract # 10
- “Never And Always” (1987) Abstract
- “Torches Of Liberty” (1988) Abstract
Albums
- Atom Drum Bop (1984) Abstract # 2
- The World By Storm (1986) Abstract # 4
- Live In Chicago (1987) Last Time Around
- Crime Pays - Rock 'n' Roll In The ... Demonocracy - The Singles 82-86 (1986) Abstract
- The Death Of Everything (1988) TIM # 19
- Deathrocker Scrapbook (1992) ROIR
- Eat Your Sons (1990) Tupelo
- The Best Of ... (1996) Dojo
Notes
- ↑ The Three Johns Discography . www.allmusic.com. Date of treatment January 6, 2010. Archived on April 14, 2012.
- ↑ John Dougan. The Three Johns . www.allmusic.com. Date of treatment January 6, 2010. Archived on April 14, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 Larkin, Colin (1992) “The Guinness Who's Who of Indie & New Wave Music”, Guinness Publishing, ISBN 0-85112-579-4
- ↑ Barry Lazell & Iain McNay. UK Indie Charts> T> The Three Johns (link unavailable) . www.cherryred.co.uk. Date of treatment January 6, 2010. Archived on April 9, 2001.
- ↑ The Three Johns at the BBC 's Keeping It Peel
- ↑ 1 2 Strong, Martin C. (1999) “The Great Alternative & Indie Discography”, Canongate, ISBN 0-86241-913-1