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Jonathan Houghton

About Me

1976: Born in the same town as Conor Oberst (don't know him).1979: Crippling cocaine addiction begins.1980: Found God.1980-1983: Pretty much just snorted cocaine and read the Bible.1983: Started taking piano lessons. First song learned: "Funky Fingers."1990: Started playing guitar. First song learned: "Every Rose Has Its Thorn."1995: "Jagged Little Pill." Never heard it.1999: Moved to the town where Eminem grew up (don't know him).2000: Began recording legendary unreleased first CD.2005: Began recording legendary unreleased second CD. Also, got married and moved to New York.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/02/2006
Band Members: Robbie Robertson (guitar); Richard Manuel (piano, harmonica, drums, saxophone); Garth Hudson (organ, piano, clavinet, accordion, synthesizer, saxophone); Rick Danko (bass guitar, violin, trombone); and Levon Helm (drums, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar).
Influences: Or, alternately, people whose music I enjoy: AC/DC, The Velvet Underground, The Beatles, James Brown, Bob Dylan, The Misfits, Iggy Pop/The Stooges, The Beach Boys, Chris Isaak, Matthew Sweet, Elvis Costello, The Clash, R.E.M., Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Crowded House, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Harry Nilsson, U2, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, Wilco.
Sounds Like: This reprehensible debut finally offers Britney Spears' much-mocked husband a platform to answer that burning question: Who is the real Jonathan Houghton? "I'm looney/All these model chicks want to do me"; "I'm the pimp of all pimps"; "I come tight with every rhyme." Boasts like these go on ad infinitum over fourteen tracks. Houghton's rhyme flow is the opposite of tight: His voice is decidedly Southern, only he clearly pronounces his "r"s and name-checks things like Tanqueray (so 1992!) and his Yankees cap. Britney almost saves this tragicomedy with some sexy purring in her brief vocal cameo on "Crazy." The rest is poison. If you can stomach making it all the way to the secret track, Houghton actually offers one sage piece of advice: "Put your middle fingers up if you really don't give a fuck." -- Kevin O'Donnell, Rolling Stone
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

You are all so fucking lame.

So, about that mystery song I posted a couple of weeks ago... what the fuck, people? I figured everyone would be clamoring to guess the composer's identity and get some red-hot Stephanie love, but app...
Posted by on Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:12:00 GMT

Let's play a game.

So, I've just posted a new recording -- a cover of a song written by somebody I think most of us have heard of. I'm not going to give away who the author is just yet, though, because I want you to gue...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:16:00 GMT

Greetings and thanks

Hi, everybody. First of all, I'd like to thank Scott Lauck for the pictures of me, which I've included without his permission. I think he'll be cool with it. The songs here were recorded at home last ...
Posted by on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:32:00 GMT