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Johann deStrand

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Get Your Own! | View Slideshow Johann deStrand is a dedicated and ambitious songwriter/singer/keyboard player, who makes melodious pop music with an edge! He is an unsigned pop/rock act based in London and is currently looking for a home to his music. He has released an EP: 'A Boy's Adventure Tale'.

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Member Since: 10/18/2006
Band Website: johanndestrand.com
Band Members: Johann deStrand: vocals, keyboards. Musicians: Yoad Nevo (gitars), Omer Marantz (gitars, bass), Roberto Menes (violin), Eirik Kaasa (piano), Svein Edvardsen (guitars). Backing vocals: Johann deStrand, Kristin Hild.

Influences: They have all inspired me: A-ha (Paul Waaktaar Savoy, Magne Furuholmen, Morten Harket), Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Michael Jackson, Morten Abel and The September When (my heros from my hometown of Stavanger- Norway), Phil Collins and Genesis, Elvis Presley (my first musical memory), girlfriends, and music of the 80's... They have all had an impact on me: Keane, Coldplay, Queen, U2, ABBA, INXS, George Michael, ELO, Daniel Bedingfield (fantastic ballads), Michael Cretu (the man who gave us Sandra and Enigma), ATB, Bryan Ferry, Prince, David Bowie, The Beatles...
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Record Label: None
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Making of video!

I'm happy to announce the making of a music video to 'Without You' on location in east London is scheduled beginning of June! Producer/director is Svein Edvardsen. Check him out on http://www.my...
Posted by Johann deStrand on Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:26:00 PST

Check This Out! It Changed My Life!

A few years ago my mother gave me a book by the American naturopathic physician Dr. Peter J.D'Adamo called 'Eat Right For Your Type'. It changed my life completely. I really want to share this with yo...
Posted by Johann deStrand on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:26:00 PST

Hey-That's Scary!

HEY-THAT'S SCARY!   01. Hearing the key turn in the front door when you're watching porn, mid-wank, trousers down, on the sofa in the lounge 02. Realising the road works are happening right next ...
Posted by Johann deStrand on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:25:00 PST

'Why I Fired My Secretary'.

Why I fired my secretary (A true story-from a Toronto article)   Two weeks ago, was my forty-fifth birthday, and I wasn't feeling too hot that morning anyway. I went into breakfast, knowing my wi...
Posted by Johann deStrand on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:23:00 PST