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Ace Von Johnson

About Me

Hey, my name is Ace, I'm 25 and I live in North Hollywood, CA. I'm a guitarist who's fast learning, exciting to watch and often employed as a "gun for hire". In the music player above, you can check out some samples of my work with different bands and various styles. On all the songs I have done a majority of the guitar tracks, all leads/melodies and either written or co-written with the artist/group themselves. Since my late teens I've traveled all over the world and have made playing my profession for over six years. I've played all kinds of music, everything from pop, rock, punk and more. Some of my influences playing-wise are; Mike Campbell, Slash, Mick Ronson, Johnny Marr and Randy Rhoads (although I don't consider myself a "shred" player). I'm a fan of everything from Alice Cooper to Johnny Cash and bands like Thin Lizzy, the Kinks and more. Here is a list of some of my work...
Record Releases:
The Duane Peters Gunfight - Checkmate (Indian Recordings, 2009)
Shanti - Stranger Days (All One Records, 2008)
The Generators - The Great Divide (People Like You Records, 2007)
Madcap - Under Suspicion (Victory Records, 2004)
Cheap Sex - Launch Off To War (PunkCore Records, 2003)
P.B.R. - Running From Rebel Road (Suburban Hooligan Records, 2002)
As well as being in the above bands,
I also play or have played in the following bands:
Switchblade Kitty/Formerly "XXX" (Hollywood Roxxx Presents)
Charlie & The Valentine Killers
Soda X
The U.S. Bombs (Sailors Grave/PLY/Hell-Cat Records)
Murphy's Law (New York Hardcore Tattoos Records)
The Stranger's Six (Orangepeel Records)
I have also briefly filled-in for the following;
Civet (HellCat Records)
The Deep Eynde (People Like You Records)
The Worthless (Taang! Records)
As well as many other bands over the years.
DVD/Film Releases:
Magma Japan '07 - DVD (Kon Records Japan, 2008)
Performing W/ Murphy's Law, also Includes: H20, Sick Of It All, Bouncing Souls & more. (Avaialable at Interpunk.com)
Bad Boys For Life Vol. 2 - DVD (People Like You Records Europe, 2005)
Performing W/ The Generators, also Includes: U.S. Bombs, Mad Sin & more.
"Stealing Candy" DVD/Soundtrack ( Lions Gate Home Entertainment, 2003). Starring Coolio & Daniel Baldwin
Features the track "Forgotten Soldiers", which I wrote, produced & performed all guitar/vocal tracks.
Music Videos:
The Generators - Point Of No Return (2008)
The Stranger's Six - Trigger Happy (2004)
Other Various Releases:
The Bouncing Souls - The Gold Record (Epitaph, 2006):
Provided back up vocals on "So Jersey" & "For All The Unheard".
Here is a partial list the artists/bands I've had the pleasure of musically collaborating/working with over the years; Greg Attonito (The Bouncing Souls), Rami Jaffee (of The Wallflowers on Madcap's Under Suspicion album), Duane Peters, Jerry Montano (Danzig, Hell Yeah), Bill Bergman (Jack Mack & The Heart Attack, WAR, Tom Petty), Chad Stewart (LA Guns, Faster Pussycat), Ben Graves (The Murderdolls), Danny Nordahl (Faster Pussycat), Sean 'Geronimo' Antillon (The Weirdos, The Nymphs, The Skulls) Jeff Penalty of The Dead Kennedy's, Ms. Liza Graves of Civet, Texas Terri, Chris Armes of Agent 51, Catch 22 (on Under Suspicion) Producers Ted Hutt (of Flogging Molly fame), Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper, Slash's Snakepit), and Brad Haehnel (of Nelly Furtado fame on Shanti's Stranger Days album)
I have done a lot of extensive touring, such as multiple dates on the Warped tour (2007, 2006, 2004), Toured Europe 5 times (most recently, a headlining tour w/ U.S. Bombs) , Japan once (this last June with Murphy's Law), Countless US tours supporting acts like The Dropkick Murphy's, Pennywise, The Dead Kennedy's, Fall Out Boy, David Allan Coe, Simple Plan, Catch 22, Bayside, The Circle Jerks, Mest, and many more.
As far as gear and other things, I have two Gibson Les Paul Customs ('79 & '88), an '08 Gibson Explorer, and an '81 Gibson Sonex that are my main guitars, as well as several Fender acoustics, and an array of guitars from Schecter, Gretsch, Samick & Epiphone, which I use with a variety of pedals/effects. I use Marshall Amplification & Cabinets with Celestion speakers.
As well as performing, I have also done a small amount of catalogue work for such companies as Felon, Lucky13 and Adeline clothing, as well as Draven shoes. I am also endorsed by Dean Markley, Felon Clothing, Lucky 13, Adeline Clothing, Draven Shoes, Tres Noir Sunglasses, Vaudeville 79 and a slew of other smaller companies as well.
So there you have it. Please feel free to contact me here, or at my personal email address:
[email protected]


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Member Since: 03/09/2007
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My Blog

Catch Me in The Generators Video For "Point of No Return"...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wsleoUr7eAo
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 03:22:00 GMT

Live w/ The Duane Peters Gunfight, Dec 07!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bg_TgJKqHXw&feature=related
Posted by on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Watch The Generators "30 Seconds" In Grammy Ad Spot Here!

http://www.adgabber.com/video/video/show?id=546804%3AVideo%3 A79120
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:19:00 GMT