Only two strong, old enough to know better and armed with just acoustic guitars Johnny Heartache formed from the ashes of much loved and self proclaimed Londons hardest band Kick Junk who were touted as the new Feelgoods until they called it a day way back when
The main instigators Brian and Paul lay low in their respective boroughs and licked their wounds for a year or so but were coaxed back from squaresville by an adoring public and a distant memory of a familiar place, commonly known as the circuit...
This time the ethos was to keep it simple and go back to basics. Influenced by the swagger of Punk/Pub Rock and Modism (SLF, Ruts, The Blockheads, The Who), the beauty of Americana (Whiskeytown, Wilco, Steve Earle) and alcohol, they started gigging Summer 05 and have since been described as Johnny Cash meets The Clash and Acoustic Rock n Roll...
Updating Woody Guthries tagline to These guitars kill fascists and raiding the vaults for inspiration, they combine classic songwriting with great harmonies, passion, soul and looking sharp...
So there you have it booze fuelled blue eyed punk rock acoustic folk n roll or as one of the boys recently quipped "We wanna walk like Dr Feelgood and sound like Bob Dylan.......or is it the other way around?"...
They may only be two strong but they're as tough as old boots... Ladies and gentlemen.......... Johnny Heartache
