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johnny foreigner

gin, beer, and sandwich materials, please.

About Me

hello this is the ongoing interactive story of johnny foreigner. there are 3 of us, we come from birmingham, we dont go out too much and we have a tendency to overcompensate. we write noisy pop songs for people what like the same bands as we do. last year we put out two 7" records on Laundrette Records. they both sold out and got played on the rah-dio and stuffs. we were pretty fucking proud. last summer we signed a proper record deal, with cone-tracts and everything, for Best Before Records. we recorded an eepee called arcs across the city at southern studios, it got mega good reviews from magazines we’d almost stopped buying and a lot more people started listening to us. we went to new york to make a proper album at the end of last year, you get to hear it in summer. so far this year we’ve mostly been living in a van with lea playing 5 shows a week and failing to eat healthily. we just got back from sxsw where we discovered its possible to have a career in the music industry and spend whole days getting slowdrunk on a pier. more please.if you would like to know more about us, click or read below. or even, yeh, write to us!
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also, every month alexei pretends to be a music journalist or something on drownedinsound.com
january february
us on the rah-dio !!
Huw Stephens Introducing...
us on video !! EYES WIDE TERRIFIED made by type2error, drawn by lewes
salt, pepa and spinderella in jrs bedroom
camp kelly calm, by our friend eds
us on record !!
our first record! sometimes, in the bullring b/w camp kelly calm. 300 7" vinyl with hand made sleeves and a picture postcard. blame Laundrette Records .. sold out , yo!
split single with Sunset Cinema Club, incestouising over each others songs. we play yes! you talk too fast and SCC..s ninki vs dingle. 500 7" vinyl with 3d sleeves and 3d glasses. also Laundrette , also sold out !
our last release, a 6 song eepee called arcs across the city , came out last year. check us wit our bad ass record deal. praise be: Best Before Records .. the limited edition 3d sleeve has sold out , but you can still buy the standard cd here:
rough trade
HMV, but they did once sack alexei for NO REASON AT ALL
amazon
play.com
our bipolar friends
our new single! sha! available MARCH 10th on ltd 7" (sold out) (might find leftovers in indie shops if yr lucky) and digital download (still available), backed with a new new song called ’the houseparty scene is killing you’. you can ORDER HERE:
recordstore (signed!)
banquet records
us over the internet !!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 4/6/2006
Band Members: there was alexei, then there was junior, then there was kelly. theres also lea and lewes. we use guitars and drums and a casio SA-21. theres a lock up in digbeth with our name on it but at this point home is an ideal at best. and we've got legends to keep up.... written communicationpersonal - [email protected] (noone in this band is called "johnny foreigner, k?)press and publicity, write to james - [email protected] (an infamous 90s pop icon wants him dead)label things, write to anthony - [email protected] gigs, write to david - [email protected] (fruit obsessed, says kate) MyGen Profile Generator
Influences: loud and quiet and fast and slow songs. moments you..d probably otherwise forget, capn jazz, the most serene republic, broken social scene, film school, bloc party, up up down down left right left right b a start, death cab for cutie, dismemberment plan, voo, explosions in the sky, joan of arc, owls, make believe, ghosts n vodka, american football, promise ring, oxes, love of everything, biffy clyro, seafood, friday 6pm - saturday 1pm, little dipper, twist, jetplane landing, sky larkin, free diamonds, the van pelt, minus the bear, the autolight, low, rapider than horsepower, guillemots, rainer maria, stapleton, final fantasy, the stupidly pretty girl from the ub40 show (says lex, we don't collectively hang out these types of places in general (i saw her like, 2years later, she lost her glow)), the notwist, my vitriol, los campesinos!, my bloody valentine, m83, hella, pavement, modest mouse, piperazine, drug of the future, umlaut, clem snide, hot club de paris, metric, blakfish, lady sovereign, jim o'rourke, the combination of amoxicillin n paracetamol, the national, akira the don, action plan, from monument to masses, 35 seconds, stars, deus, pixies, futureheads, !!!, hot hot heat, bright eyes, sparklehorse, an alphabet, wilco,the sea and cake, rilo kiley, boo radleys, little things, little things, the wrens, the hold-steady, longpigs (both albums, yeh?) staring vaguely into middle distance, joanna newsom, god speed! you black emperor, super 8 motels...and you will know us by the trail of dead, metronomy, the starries, art brut, the great depression, cable, local history, fight like apes, at the drive in, rival schools, blood brothers, tindersticks, liking someone so much you cant meet their eyes, fourtet, yeah yeah yeahs, boards of canada, urusei yatsura, dananananaykroyd, gin, shy child, paper cups and more gin, jeniferever, ac acoustics, your mom, bis, far, the wannadies, sam isaac, copy haho, kaito, the weakerthans, twinkie, kenickie, karate, pj harvey, beck, love ends disaster, grandaddy, kel moving heavy amps whilst the guys blag free tees from the other bands, ella fitzgerald, radiohead, window seats, standing alone in festival crowds, breeders, the calming presence of lea room, captain, steven malkmus, preston school of industry, micah p hinson, cay, sonic youth, the ibanez tubescreamer ts-9, distophia, the crocketts, waiting for summer, smashing pumpkins, wake'n'bake, zea, deicide, sleater kinney, machine the man, fly pan am, the holdsteady, set fire to flames, king adora, meet me in st. louis, girls vs boys, the lemonheads, ask/answer, q and not u, nearly falling asleep in metal pubs, friend/enemy, not getting lost, postal service, lali puna, deftones, metric, goodbye, motor skills!, antlers, yourcodenameis:milo, fugazi, jesus lizard, eels, be good tanyas, belly, lftr pllr, the stills, chow chow, flight socks, actually needing a ponce rack, arcade fire, jetlag, i can make a mess like nobodies business, we'regayforsunset cinema club, paper chase, anathello, that night kelly showed the academy her arse, talking the proverbial shit, wedding present, teenage fanclub, jeff buckley, desaparecidos, calexico, your dad, sorry alexei likes (sleeper), k, dexys midnight runners (not the drug its rubbish) the 'reimagined' battlestar galactica, elastica, the go! team, duran duran, wow and flutter, matmos, lewes herriot, crimson curse, akon, xiu xiu, no-one knowing the answer to my dynasty warriors 5 question cos no-one else plays it, alexei and ryans 7 year plan, microphones, feeling you should really be somewhere else, cornelius, do idea, death in vegas, the dears, breaking into hotel rooftop gardens, tegan n sara, the big ass emulator discs 1 and 3, nada surf, weezer, her space holiday, dntel, figurine, winaeu-x, dive dive, gofaster, frank sinatra, rocketship, europa cafe on 42nd and broadway, settlefish, shy child, the teenagers, the changes, claires mix cd, mezzanine owls, elle s'appelle, barr, casiotone for the painfully alone, the casio sa soundboard, the headlights, nigel, mild recreational drugs, squarepusher, belle n sebastian, shellac, mr harvey birrell, seu jorge, luna, hiding from bayliffs, joy division, ides, 6th street and keeping austin weird, jesus & mary chain, mclusky, pull tiger tail, tender forever, advance wars dual fronts, john spencer blues explosion, van she, waking on arrival, remembering that it used to be called college rock, candence weapon, operator, please!, taco bells 4th meal of the day, sub of the day, shocked elevator family, arco, dead relatives you hate talking about, good concierge, bad concierge, good taxi, bad taxi, good soundchecks, bad soundchecks, good customs, bad customs, francoise hardy, miss kittin, atienne de rocher, hole, clinic, sleepy jackson, mouldy peaches, the black panther movement, not being violently sick all day, shotgunning this, shotgunning that. yo la tengo, miles davis, dirty three, sheryls magnetic aura/meneguar, volcano, i'm still excited!!!, piers, lakes, free bars and bat colonies, laura who never added us, anticipation, everyone you ever met, ever. ping!

Record Label: best before records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Our Bipolar Friends - March 10th 2008

a rock song about trust and friendship and the birmingham music scene, called "our bipolar friends" is the first single of our album what do come out summertis out March 10th on 7" record (dinosaur) a...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 03:12:00 PST

o how we miss america

blogaloghello, we went to america to make an album is some pictures of it.we stayed in times square in the hotel that deus-ex used. probably. fed our (my) addiction to beat up fairgrounds and empty bo...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:06:00 PST

super extended tour dairy product

we went on tour. it was fun. here is some photos and descriptions of what funs we did have - we did a little warm up show at the sunflower. im totally standing on the sign that says "do not stand on...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 08:49:00 PST

Nice Things People Say Part Deux

Yeah we've been slight behind on doing this. Only just got inspired. In fact, let's not keep it to just the nice things people say, we'll pop in the bad, bad, bad stuff as well. Cos that's always fun ...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Sat, 09 Jun 2007 01:56:00 PST

words of what we done did

hello. we`ve been a bit lax with this blog thing really. so, here is what we again are and have also been, during the past months, for you and partly ourselves.our second single came out t`other week....
Posted by johnny foreigner on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 03:35:00 PST

Reeevieeeeeeewssssssss!!

lookee here. heres what complete strangers think of our debut noise::the a side, sometimes in the bullring, is a chaotic four minute noise pop song with scratchy guitars, lofi busy beats and a repetit...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 10:45:00 PST

buy our fucking record! (here)

hello our first ever ever single comes out next month. Sometimes, in the Bullring and Camp Kelly Calm. really really thick vinyl in a hand made and stamped sleeve with a free postcard inside a branded...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Fri, 29 Sep 2006 02:24:00 PST

videos!

jenna has filmed us playing some songs when we played wit jeniferever. theyre here: www.youtube.com/profile?user=fakesincerity. sweat! xx
Posted by johnny foreigner on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 05:09:00 PST

The Best Thing About Riding The No. 6 Bus Into Town In The Evening

The Sun sets in the direction the bus travels towards = really beautiful skies, and it kinda runs down (I think) a hill and I imagine it's one of the few perspectives you can see t...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:15:00 PST

y`know, just, like...stuff

this is what we, johnny foreigner, have been and are doing the flapper gig was sweet as, thanks to everyone for coming and cheering and treating us like a living jukebox. HOT GIRLS KNOW THE NAMES OF O...
Posted by johnny foreigner on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 02:42:00 PST