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Johnny Unicorn

I don't do it if it ain't secret.

About Me


My name is Johnny Unicorn. I heard the most successful bands are mismarketed. I do rock music. I spent some time in Los Angeles, then came to West Michigan to pursue a music career. Please contact me for booking.
Here's how some people have described the music:
"hes the illest the rillest and the freshest like whoa!!!! Cant touch his skillz ull get faded straight up FADEDDDDDD!!" - Dillon Thomas
"ELP meets Return to Forever."
"It's like YYZ and Talking Heads."
"It's like a mix between Dave Matthews Band and Primus."
"Phish and Nintendo"
"Oingo Boingo meets Faith No More"
Referring to 1-25-2005, "This is John in his element. This is John completely exploring John territory. It sounds like a mix between Phil Collins, Kenso, and Happy Family. I dig it!" - Jamie Grefe
Referring to Dates Or Non-dates, "Ben Folds, Genesis and the Beatles on a 10-day Tetris binge." - Revue magazine, April 2007
Those people, not surprisingly, were drunk.
List of recordings:
Special Dental Team
1. Vacations...and Other Vacations (2003)
2. Indeterminacy Of Existence (IOE) (2003)
3. Elephantom (2003)
4. Career Ender (2003)
Friend
5. Of Whom? (June 2004)
6. Wolf Tales (unreleased, 2004)
7. 3:26ep (unreleased,2005)
Johnny Unicorn
8. Sweet Edith Manton (unreleased, 2005)
9. Dates Or Non-dates (December 2006)
10. Riversongs (June 2007)
The following albums are in production:
11. Put Your Mind Inside My Mouth (2008)
12. Not Afraid of the Open Space (2008)
13. Frubbles (2008)
14. The Secret Mystery (2008)
15. Heavy Jugs to the Moon (2009)
16. Beard of Bears, a Collection of Demos and Outtakes (2009)
Besides composing and performing on my own, I am one of the keyboard players for Phideaux , am featured on the song "Tempest of Mutiny," and his upcoming album, "Doomsday Afternoon," and in his touring band.
I recorded a remix of the song " Trust " by Vincent Knobil .
I am the bassist and accordionist for The End Times Orchestra
I am bassist, guitarist and accordionist in a cover band with Dan Adams
I also have worked with Audri the Great , who also provided excellent back up vocals during my live sets in Southern California.
Now, I want you to marvel at my music videos!
RIVER TO THE SEA, the MUSIC VIDEO!!
THE OPEN SPACE, the MUSIC VIDEO!!
FURENDO, live from Japan and California!
4-24-2002, the MUSIC VIDEO!!
METASEX, the MUSIC VIDEO!!
RIVERMAN, the MUSIC VIDEO!!
JU movie soundtrack!
During his Michigan vacation, John rejoined Jamie Grefe and Alex Hamel to form H.U.G. The band lasted only three days. They wrote four songs and had one performance. Here's a video:
Johnny Unicorn loves Myspace:
Johnny Unicorn is the solo project of John B. Adams.
John, a West Michigan native, has relocated to Los Angeles,
where he will seek out talented musicians to play his
music. He needs a bass player and a drummer now.

JU is currently finishing up an album of music he wrote over four years ago, entitled "Sweet Edith Manton," and is in the process of composing another album, entitled "Dates Or Non-dates," and an album about rivers, entitled, appropriately, "Riversongs".

Johnny Unicorn is part of Systeket's network of bands and artists, including Friend and Lap Dancer and Special Dental Team .

JU thanks you for listening.
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Music:

Member Since: 6/18/2005
Band Website: johnnyunicorn.com
Band Members: Johnny Unicorn - accordion, alto saxophone, clarinet, drum programming, flax, glockenspiel, guitar (electric, acoustic, electric bass, slide, e-bow and classical), marimba, piano, Rhodes electric piano, synthesizers and vocals

Contributors:

Alex Hamel - drum kit, marimba, vibraphone, xylophone and sound engineering

Jason Campbell - drum kit

Audri the Great - vocals

Joy Moore - vocals

Ari Parker - drum kit

Matthew Olmos - tenor sax, trombone, clarinet

Charles Brandick - electric bass guitar, acoustic guitar

Joel Weinstein - electric bass guitar

Matt Clifford - double bass

Chris Marin - drum kit

Influences:

Thanks to Alex Hamel, Mike Bouman, and Jamie Grefe for musical help at different points in my career.
Sounds Like: Friend, Special Dental Team
Record Label: Systeket
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Show Last Night!

The show last night went very well.Everyone had very much fun.  I would like to thank the other groups that performed, the Bowditch Brothers, Jeremy Hoekstra, and Spencer Mulder, for bringing in ...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:37:00 PST

Open mics

    I would like to thank JT and Buddy for letting me jam last night at Juke's open mic.  It was very fun.  There were only a couple of people in the bar at that point, and th...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 10:43:00 PST

show last night

    I had fun at the show last night.  Thanks to those of you who showed up and watched the show, and to those of you who bought the cd.  I can now pay my utilities because of...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 08:44:00 PST

Show last night!

The JU show last night went very well.I would like to thank everyone who showed up, paid attention, and enjoyed themselves at the show.  Also I would like to thank those who bought my cd.  I...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sat, 10 Mar 2007 07:42:00 PST

Tempest of Mutiny by Phideaux - featuring ME

Phideaux has done a song for an upcoming compilation album called "Pirate Tales."  The song is entitled "Tempest of Mutiny" and I played hammond B3, piano, rhodes and synth on it.  Please go...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sun, 04 Mar 2007 03:57:00 PST

Show

    Played my first show of cover songs with my father earlier tonight.  It was very fun.  This will be a regular thing.  Our next show is at Cheer's in Grand Rapids on M...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 10:32:00 PST

Thank You Steve

Firstly, I'd like to thank Steve for buying my cd on Wednesday.  Steve, you paid for my flatbread.Secondly, I am toying with some ideas for the new album...I was going to tell you all about it, b...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sat, 24 Feb 2007 09:06:00 PST

Thanks!

I would like to give my thanks to the following people for buying my cds on Friday and Saturday at the Unurban:Stephanie (I hope it was good for you)Jill (I look forward to seeing your hometown)Kate (...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 01:36:00 PST

Check out this event: Johnny Unicorn FREE Show

Hosted By: Johnny UnicornWhen: Saturday Jan 13, 2007 at 11:00 PMWhere: Unurban Cafe3301 Pico BlvdSanta Monica, CA 90404United StatesDescription:Johnny Unicorn Click Here To View Event...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 10:23:00 PST

Thank you for coming to the show.

I would like to thank everyone who showed up to the show last night and who was supportive.Thanks to Georgo Soto, Harlequin Jones, William:Kaiser / Birds.Fled.From.Me, and Cosio for all playing awesom...
Posted by Johnny Unicorn on Sun, 24 Dec 2006 09:45:00 PST