HarleyLive Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 We're very happy to welcome the brilliant Johnny Foreigner back to the Harley, since it's been bloody ages since they last played for us. http://johnnyforeignertheband.com/ Our band is called Johnny Foreigner. We're from Birmingham. You can read what you want into that. We've been a band since 2006. We've released 5 eps, 2 albums and 10 singles. We've lost track of how many shows we've played. We've toured in 4 continents, done enough major festivals to impress girls and guitar techs alike, been wowed and appalled by The Music Biz and we're still here, bedazzled by what we've achieved and in love with the future. We play what we'd mostly describe as college rock, with occasional bursts of electronica or alt-country or anything else that seems like a good idea at 5 in the morning. We're at that 3rd album stage where we're learning to relax, but we're also learning to be more abrasive. I quite don't know why I feel so obliged to point that out; but so many of the bands we've loved have got to this point and lost their spark, and from our completely subjective viewpoint at least, we still have demons to exorcise. We write songs about our lives and the things that occur around us. It's the same dull everyday (or mostly night) things that pass through everyone's mind, only more overdramatic. girls, drink, distance, closeness, hope and defeat. We don't think too hard about how songs are going to sound. Our artwork is always drawn by our friend lewes herriot. You may have realised we have a theme. We seem to garner a lot of press from the way we treat our fans and how open we are about the machinations of the industry we exist in. We grew up on limited edition glittery 7"s, american imports, record store gossip and pre-broadband downloads. Being young and in love with our favourite bands was like being in a gang, the shows like joyous drunken family reunions. Being able to soundtrack peoples lives is an amazing privilege, and the bands were always at the least courteous and friendly as we'd shakily mumble thanks for a signed setlist. We've been on the other side of the barrier for a while now and it never gets any less flattering. The best bands feel personal, and it's no parlour trick or marketing campaign. We're using the same channels available to everyone else, and I think it's pretty sad that we stick out mostly thru lack of competition; To our minds, this is what a band should do. We release our records with Alcopop. When our last label became a mess of corporate facepalm, we avoided the subject for a year. We put a record out ourselves, paid for by presales. Like bitter divorcees, we talked about how we didn't need anyone else. We were right but we were lonely. We've always had respect for Alcopop and BSM, we're in love with many of their bands. We share some good friends and everything we heard about Jack made us want to be on their roster. He understands what we're doing and why, and, less personally, sees the decline of The Music Industry and value of songs as an excuse to put more effort and imagination and FUN into the end physical product. Alcopop are everthing we'd want from a record label apart from A Giant Bag of Someone Else's Money; but we've all been broke since long before we started this. Support TBC Tickets: £5.50 members, £6.00 non-members, MOTD http://www.harleylive.co.uk/ticket-shop/ http://www.gigantic.com/harleylive/event_gce_32894a.html http://www.seetickets.com/Event/JOHNNY-FOREIGNER/The-Harley-Sheffield/612244 Or from The Harley, The Wick at Both Ends, Record Collector, HMV Fargate, HMV Meadowhall, The Old Sweet Shop, Kuji and Rocky Horrors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyLive Posted February 7, 2012 Author Share Posted February 7, 2012 Supports for this show are now confirmed, and they will be: Tip Yr Bartender Screaming Maldini http://screamingmaldini.bandcamp.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyLive Posted February 22, 2012 Author Share Posted February 22, 2012 Here's the track-by-track that Drowned in Sound did for Johnny Foreigner's most recent album Johnny Foreigner Vs Everything. Enjoy: http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4143931-johnny-foreigner-vs-everything-track-by-track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyLive Posted February 24, 2012 Author Share Posted February 24, 2012 Some lovely words about Johnny Foreigner from Sloucher. Check it out http://sloucher.org/2012/02/24/some-march-gigs-to-look-for/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarleyLive Posted February 27, 2012 Author Share Posted February 27, 2012 Tickets are still available for Johnny Foreigner at The Harley. Check out the Facebook page for more details. http://www.facebook.com/events/365794810105683/#!/events/354328964577804/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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