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ex-lead singer Michael Johns is on American Idol

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Film was a staple on the atlanta music scene from 1995 to 2003 producing ground breaking music. Like any band with a long history, Filmwent through many changes in both personnel and direction, ultimately leading to its final but most solid position. The band was made up of five individuals who all shared a passion for melody, groove, rhythm and emotion, a combination of styles that produced an uplifting, anthemic sound, well renowned in Atlanta. Influenced by British bands like The Charlatans, The Happy Mondays, The Who and The Beatles as well as American rock bands and dance music, Film songs span many genres and showcase awesome songwriting.

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Tracks like ’Chemical Wonder’, ’Q’ and ’Be With Me Now’ have already been featured in movies and on television and heard thousands of times on web sites like mp3.com - The band was voted one of the Top Ten unsigned bands by VH1 and Top 16 by Mars Music. The band has released 2 full CD’s; 1999’s Filmland and 2001’s ’..rolling..’ as well as a handful of other singles.

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Check out some videos of Film featuring Michael Johns on YouTube
Film broke up on 2003, but left a legacy behind them.For more info visit: www.planetfilm.com * * 2007 * * Update!
Micheal Lee (now going by Michael Johns ) is a contestant of American Idol Season 7 . Mike auditioned in San Diego and got through easily. (Not surprisingly!). You can check out his audition here . Rumour has it that Mike made his way pretty far in the competition. He sang in cover bands for years in Atlanta before (and after) his stint in Film, so this competition might as well have been made for him. Michael Lee Johns already has a fan site going: The Aussie Possie! - make sure you add them as a friend and stay tuned as we work together to help Michael go all the way!After Michael Johns left Film he joined The Rising . He used 2 Film songs (Q -- renamed to So Alive" and "Coming Down") but unfortunately got dropped before the cd was ever released. You can’t buy The Rising’s CD, but.. you can still get a copy of those songs (exactly the same version) on Film’s EP "rolling", available from Amazon or iTunes.

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* Useful Links *
www.michaeljohnsamericanidol.com
Michael Johns Fansite - The Aussie Possie
Michael Johns on Myspace
www.youtube.com/michaeljohnsfans - Youtube page
www.youtube.com/michaelleejohnsidol - Youtube page.
michaelleeidol.livejournal.com/ - Live Journal
www.michaeljohnsonline.com
www.myspace.com/michaeljohnsonline
blog.michaeljohnsfans.com - MJ Blog
Michael Johns on FacebookNotable points include:
VH1 top ten Unsigned Band
Mars Music ten 16 unsigned band
’Lead Machine’ Best Modern Rock - JP Folks
’Q’ "Film’s career building song" - Leslie Fram 99x
Five songs in ’Losing Grace’ score
Featured on A&R site Tonos.com
over 16,000 plays on mp3.com
songs featured on MTV shows ’Real World’, ’Tough Enough’ and Road Rules
Atlanta Winner 2000 Band to Band

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Member Since: 9/10/2004
Band Website: planetfilm.com
Band Members: Michael Johns, Michael Sickeler, Christian Prichard, Iain Bluett, Fred Hines
Influences: stone roses, B.R.M.C, U2, radiohead, happy mondays, the cure, the charlatans, ocean color scene, blur, oasis, the farm
Sounds Like: stone roses, B.R.M.C, U2, radiohead, happy mondays, the cure, the charlatans, ocean color scene, blur, oasis, the farm, paloalto, haven, new order, keane, snow patrol, orson, kent, goo goo dolls, andreas johnson, aqualung, appleseed cast, arctic monkeys, ash, athlete, auteurs, avalanches, beautiful south, the bees, neck, beloved, beta band, big audio, black grape, bloc party, bluetones, blur, boomtown rats, british sea power, candyskins, cast, catherine wheel, the clash, coldplay, the cure, curve, dandy warhols, david gray, death in vegas, dodgy, the doors, doves, dot allison, editors, electronic, embrace, EMF, feeder, flowered up, franz ferdinand, gates of berlin, gomez, green day, groove armada,
Record Label: www.youtube.com/michaelleejohnsidol
Type of Label: None

My Blog

CD’s are back in stock!

After selling out of CD's we've got more printed and are fully stocked ready for Mike's tour with The American Idols Live. You can order a copy of 'rolling' (currently, Mike's only recorded material) ...
Posted by Film on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:12:00 PST

400 copies of "rolling" sold since February!

It's great to see the interest in our CD has picked up since Mike appeared on American Idol. We've sold more than 400 since February and our tracks have been downloaded from iTunes thousands of times....
Posted by Film on Sat, 17 May 2008 10:20:00 PST

American Idol Michael Johns in Film - Be With Me Now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxgdgK9m7Ps Video of Film back from 2001...
Posted by Film on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:30:00 PST

104,000 videos watched!!

104,000 Videos Watched!! Our videos have now been watched over 104,000 times on Youtube. Currently in the lead is a video of us performing Q for an internet TV show called Media 1st from back in 200...
Posted by Film on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:17:00 PST

Chemical Wonder Lyrics

Chemical Wonder LyricsIn response to some requests, here are the lyrics to Chemical Wonder. This song was written by Iain. Today is today, tomorrow’s forever... understanding that is the fi...
Posted by Film on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 04:50:00 PST

New Video - Radioheads High and Dry

We just posted some new video on our Youtube page from a show at The Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA from 2000 - the song is a cover of Radiohead’s High and Dry. Watch the video here  or v...
Posted by Film on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 09:04:00 PST

New Video Clips Coming

We’re in the process of uploading some new (and much better footage) of Film when Michael Johns was the singer. The footage includes previously a previously unreleased song written by Michael ca...
Posted by Film on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:29:00 PST

MICHAEL MAKES TOP 11!!

Michael Johns made it through to the top 11 with a safe and slighty boring version of the Beatles "Across the Universe"
Posted by Film on Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:27:00 PST

New photos added

Check out our pics. We've added a bunch of pics from March 10th 2001 from our CD release gig at Masquerade in Atlanta. There's some crowd shots too... recognize anyone!? ...
Posted by Film on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:54:00 PST

Michael Johns makes it into the Top 6 Guys

Michael Johns easily made it through to the Top 6 Guys last night. After a great version of Simple Minds "Don't You Forget About Me", Mike made it through to the top 12 on American Idol. http://www.am...
Posted by Film on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 07:21:00 PST