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johnny normal

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About Me

Johnny Normal creates a musical bag of 'Englishness' that finds its roots in pop, punk and electronic music from the 1980s onwards.Johnny's inspiration is drawn from the life he sees around him, the things people gloss over... everyday stuff like family, fried breakfast, relationships, fear, envelopes and being run over.In recent reviews Johnny has provoked the following ...""this is just fun and snide in a very Lydon-esqe manner""""This is an ultimate alternative punk sound. This music is raw, new and very intelligent""""The beat is very groovin'. Very danceable""""Nice original sound but with an 80's electro feel""""It makes me want to jump around until I have a heart attack""""It got me craving tea!""""English, original and Barking Mad at times""The style of johnny normal is very much what electronic 1980 England should have been together with a an oddly modern edge. Grab a bunch of Gary Numan, Human League, The PetShop Boys, The Sex Pistols, OMD, Adam & the Ants and Ian Dury...stick them in a mincer and look what comes out...loverrrly!LISTEN TO JOHNNY NORMAL's ELECTRO RETRO MUSIC AT: http://iacmusic.com/artist.aspx?id=36602

My Interests

Breathing in, and out, and in again....and out again. Eating, drinking, my wife and lovely kids

I'd like to meet:

Adam Ant, John Lydon, Debbie Harry, Gary Numan, Paolo Di Canio, Stephen Fry

Music:

Adam and the Ants, Sex Pistols, Gary Numan, Soft Cell, OMD, Human League, Jarvis Cocker, Streets, PiL, Fergie, Marc Almond, Ian Dury & The Blockheads

Movies:

Godfather part 1, Killing Fields, Shrek, Leon, Star Wars movies

Television:

Not a lot really....Most Channel 4 documentaries are pretty cool though, Gordon Ramseys Kitchen Nightmares, News Knight.

Books:

with big pictures and little words

Heroes:

Ian Dury, John Lydon, Martin Luther King, Adam Ant, Ronnie Barker, Trevor Brooking, Debbie Harry, Stephen Fry

My Blog

New Gig Dates for 2008

The Adam & Eve,Digbeth,                             Sun 6/7/08 ...
Posted by johnny normal on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

Electro act needs gigs

Johnny Normal is a creator/performer of original synth-based songs with gritty sound and witty vibe. JN is looking for live gigs/festival slots, etc, in and around the UK.Sound like...Numan/Soft Cell/...
Posted by johnny normal on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:57:00 PST

Johnny NOrmal Videos now playing on MySpace

Yep!...There are now 4 videos playing on Johnny Normal’s MySpace site including ’How You Destroy Me’ (whitelabel promo)’Stop & Have Another, Johnny’ (LIVE)’Hate...
Posted by johnny normal on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:12:00 PST

BarFly Gig Review

Just received a review of the BarFly Resurrection gig...   "Well...Resurrection at BarFly Birmingham...A collection of wonderful and wickedly bizarre musical acts performing to a mainly Gothic au...
Posted by johnny normal on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 05:39:00 PST

Thanks to the BarFly Gig attendees

Easter Sunday at Barfly Birmingham...’Stilettos All Dayer’ - ’’RESURRECTION’’... A big thank  you to everyone who turned out to support the gig at BarFly on Su...
Posted by johnny normal on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:32:00 PST

Johnny Normal supporting DEVIANT UK, 23rd March, Birmingham

STILETTOS RESURRECTION @ BARFLY BIRMINGHAM MARCH 23RD Easter Sunday at Barfly Birmingham... Another ’Stilettos All Dayer’ - ’’RESURRECTION’’... Presented in conju...
Posted by johnny normal on Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:48:00 PST

ANTFEST 2008 Birmingham TICKETS AVAILABLE

THE Best Adam & The Ants Festival, tickets available! Yep! Johnny Normal is very happy to be performing at the famous ANTFEST 2008 gig in Birmingham (at the Warehouse) on Saturday 30th August 2008...
Posted by johnny normal on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:57:00 PST

Johnny’s New Songs...download all of them!

Hey people! Sorry for the delay. I've been helping the squirrels count their acorns (it's that time of the year again). There are now three new Johnny Normal songs up on MySpace.... 'Tony the TaxiMan'...
Posted by johnny normal on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:17:00 PST

Gig Review for Johnny NOrmal...ANTLiB Gig, London

This was ANTLIB 2007...the 30th Anniversary celebration of Adam and the Ants. 250-odd goths crammed in to the basement club in London's West End to witness some of the finest indie/electro/post-punk a...
Posted by johnny normal on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:49:00 PST

GIG REVIEW for Johnny Normal...Birmingham

THE ROBOCAST RADIO spies were lucky enough to catch the Johnny Normal phenomenon recently. An excellent set at The Cross in Moseley as part of the Connect Four night.   The set including a ...
Posted by johnny normal on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:39:00 PST