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johnny foreigner
Melodramatic Popular Song / Melodramatic Popular Song / Club

..annoying, and too turbulent for cerebral action.



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Member Since4/6/2006
Band Membersalexei, kelly and junior play all the musics. lewes does the arts. martin does the live sound and lea and vicky tour manage and drive and fix stuff and tell us where the toilets are. we use guitars and drums, a casio SA-21 and a little box we brought in japan. theres a lock up in hockley with our name on it but this year we're chasing the perfect tour. we're connisseurs now... and we've got legends to keep up

written communication

personal - johnnyforeigner@hotmail.co.uk (noone in this band is called "johnny foreigner, k?)

management, it took us 2 years but he's a total catch - write to gareth - gareth@fearandrecords.com

for press and publicity ting, or just to praise him, write to matt - matt@devilpr.co.uk

label things and world-wide restaurant advice, write to anthony - anthony.shaw@channelfly.com

gigs, buy us bottle of gin then write to david - david@codaagency.com

Influencesand it starts like: 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, the girll in brighton who danced to joan of arc, joan of arc, owls, make believe, ghosts n vodka, 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, the invisibles, 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, mr music and his cds, 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, diner dash ds, set fire to flames, king adora, tubelord, 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, text adventure, 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, getting free levis, marvel civil war, the paper chase, anathello, that night kelly showed the academy her arse, talking the proverbial shit, wedding present, teenage fanclub, jeff buckley, fear, records, fear and records, desaparecidos, calexico, your dad, sorry alexei likes (sleeper), k, dexys midnight runners (not the drug its rubbish) the 'reimagined' battlestar galactica, i fly spitfires, elastica, the go! team, duran duran, wow and flutter, matmos, lewes herriot, crimson curse, akon, dublin, futureshock studio crew, redditch, shibuya, tuttlingham, west philly, v for vendetta, 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, robot chicken, korean grills, the dears, breaking into hotel rooftop gardens, swimming in yr villa pool with cocktails at 3am, being on first name terms with famous bands crew, tegan n sara, the big ass emulator discs 1 and 3, nada surf, weezer, her space holiday, dntel, figurine, not having arrest warrants, winuae and winuae-x, dive dive, gofaster, frank sinatra, rocketship, europa cafe on 42nd and broadway, settlefish, shy child, the teenagers, the changes, claires mix cd, arms at last, mezzanine owls, hotdog machines, elle s'appelle, barr, pete the tm, casiotone for the painfully alone, the casio sa soundboard, the headlights, nigel, mild recreational drugs, thomas tantrum, squarepusher, fight like apes, shellac, mr harvey birrell, seu jorge, luna, neverwhere, thinking you have hours left on flights when you have minutes, hiding from bayliffs, joy division, ides, 6th street and keeping austin weird, jesus & mary chain, mclusky, pull tiger tail, tender forever, hiding our weed from the rozzers, advance wars dual fronts, john spencer blues explosion, van she, waking on arrival, kexp seattle, remembering that it used to be called college rock, candence weapon, BA long haul inflight entertainment, operator, please!, taco bells 4th meal of the day, sub of the day, japanese mcdonalds, simons lovesick calls to kelly, shocked elevator family, hotel awesome ny, ibizian dancing girls, the subways, 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, promotors that feed us, miss kittin, atienne de rocher, hole, r4/TTds, clinic, sleepy jackson, mouldy peaches, late of the pier, getting our proper rider, getting surplus rider, the black panther movement, 59c orange tropical fantasy, not being violently sick all day, knowing layouts of capital cities, shotgunning this, shotgunning that, yo la tengo, the mae-shi, by suprise, 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, where's the gin, there's the gin, everyone you ever met, ever. ping!






iLike Johnny Foreigner

because buying band shirts from h&m is fucking lame..


wait.. laura added us. everythings alright forever. xx
Record Labelbest before records
Type of LabelIndie


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Jul 3 2009 8:00P
roadmender 3 w/ Copy haho and Calories (RESCHEDULEDDdddd) northampton
Jul 4 2009 8:00P
Hop Farm Festival Kent
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Tramlines Festival, Redhouse Sheffield
Jul 31 2009 8:00P
Y Not Festival Derbyshire
Oct 5 2009 8:00P
bodega 14+ nottingham
Oct 6 2009 8:00P
jericho tavern oxford
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THE FLAPPER! 14+ birmingham
Oct 8 2009 8:00P
the cavern 16+ exeter
Oct 9 2009 8:00P
audio 16+ brighton
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the garage 14+ london
Oct 12 2009 8:00P
the harley sheffield
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deaf institute manchester
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brudenell social club leeds
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korova liverpool
Oct 17 2009 8:00P
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   About johnny foreigner


. 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, it came out in spring and we had like, 4 months living in a van and peoples floors touring it round the country (with the occasional overseas holiday/show). we spent the summer alternately jetting around the world and vanning around the uk playing festivals. we just finished a yookay tour with some awesome other bands, if you weren't there you so missed out.. junior lost his ipod, alexei went crowdsurfing and kelly got totally bloody.

After that, there was a headline tour of the UK (again) with Dananananakroyd (yay) and then the end of 2008 saw us playing the biggest places we've ever played in support of the Futureheads, who are all amazing, and equally very, very tall. In 2009 - this year - we sat and wrote songs and songs and more songs. Then we did our first tour of Europe with Sky Larkin. That too was good. Show great. Repetition. Show amazing. Repetition. We like gigging. On 8th March we flew from Sweden to Heathrow, we then didnt leave Heathrow and got on another plane to NYC which is where we are right now recording ALBUM NUMBER TWO. You'll be hearing more about that real soon. After we're done we're playing more gigs with 100 Reasons and then... TBC. But obviously it will involve more gigs. Obviously...

Anyway, the plan is to keep playing shows and making records until we explode or run out of fingers. we're permanently achey but its still the best job we'll ever have..we do what we can...

if you would like to know more about us, click thusly. or you could always ask....



us on video!!>>


SALT, PEPPA AND SPINDERELLA
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djs get doubts from johnny foreigner on Vimeo.


Johnny Foreigner Summersonic 08(HD) from cherry028 on Vimeo.


our singles!!



Johnny Foreigner - Eyes Wide ShutJohnny Foreigner - Waited up til it Was Light



our ceedees!!

arcs across the city, 2007

Johnny Foreigner - Waited up til it Was Light waited up till it was light, 2008


us in yr hands!!>>




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us over the internet!!>>


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robbie h.





Jul 4 2009 11:24 AM

Last night was so rad. xx
Joss





Jul 4 2009 7:36 AM

Yay, northampton show was vair good!
robbie h.





Jul 3 2009 11:20 AM

Tonight is gonna be so rad. xx
Domino





Jul 2 2009 12:50 PM

got the tshirt in time! :D and wore it on my bday.
i can't stop wearing it. haha

can't wait to see you live in portugal, dunno when, but i'm patiently waiting!

xx
Ren





Jul 2 2009 7:59 AM

new version of camp kelly calm!!!! i love you guys!xxxx
KrEid





Jul 1 2009 7:30 AM

Hey, no problem :D
babybear +♥s





Jul 1 2009 2:26 AM

hello foreigners :)
the new october gig, i was gonna get tickets just to be sure + stuff. but then i saw they were e tickets and i'll lose them before october, will there be just a normal pay on door thing @ the flapper, yeah?
don't wanna miss oooouuuttt xxx.
luke





Jun 29 2009 4:12 AM

really diggin' "feels like summer"
BreakyDaFunk





Jun 27 2009 7:25 PM

Wooooo you're coming back to Leeds awesomeness defo getting down there for that and Dananana two weeks later October is turning into a wicked month!

Kev
[R.I.P JACKO!] Candycanes™





Jun 26 2009 2:06 AM


Check out my page
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Let me know if you like me YES or NO
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Perfume-Vee





Jun 25 2009 3:28 PM

hello people!
the video for Feels Like Summer is aceee (and geeky too!) :)
x
Veee
This is Tomorrow





Jun 25 2009 2:02 PM

Gonna be a pleasure hosting our last show with you guys 2moro!!!



xxxxx
Caitlyn Petersen





Jun 23 2009 3:29 AM

thanks ( =
as soon as I fix my laptop I'm going to download your music foshoo first thing !!
HOG





Jun 21 2009 10:01 PM

the pleasure's really all mine, you's are pretty awesome,
and also hailing from birmingham so i hear.
x
ArchieTRON!





Jun 20 2009 1:01 PM

Sup
Like I missed out on the Bollocks to poverty gig tonight because of the credit crunch and that Im a lazy jobless teen, so will you be coming back to yorkshire anytime soon?
babybear +♥s





Jun 18 2009 9:47 PM

hello lovely foreigners.
this is tomorrow on the 26th, is it 18+? i went last time you played there, but i was on guestlist, so worried about getting in innittt.

i lost my ID xxxx.
This is Tomorrow





Jun 18 2009 12:35 PM

Big Post Rock gig tomorrow @ The Vic...FAMR (Sigur Ros tour support) and friends..



Hope to see u there xxx
Little Dipper





Jun 18 2009 10:05 AM

i am actually going to yr show next friday.guesssssssssstlisted innit!!should be good,lets have a fucking massive night.

hows the new album coming along?i'm intrigued...

love from me

xxx
Hong Kong Gig Guide





Jun 17 2009 11:29 AM

Thanks Johnny Foreigner :)
moodie.





Jun 17 2009 12:35 AM

i'll take your word for it! don't worry too much, it's only a couple of quid.  naaaa I'm afraid I don't think I'm related to an alan moodie. sozza.

 can't wait for album #2, feels like summer keeps the kids dancing at the indie night I do :) x
moodie.





Jun 16 2009 5:39 PM

oi! I bought a nice t shirt from your online store, but you didnt bother putting a stamp on the parcel! now i've gotta fork out £3.16 to the grumpy old man at my local post office!

sort it out jooooofo! x
Ethos Photographic/Gig photography-£30





Jun 16 2009 7:51 AM

Hey.Just to let ya know if you have any gigs coming up I'm still doing gig photography for only £30(not for too much longer though).Also doing portraiture/promo and documentary.I've added some new examples recently so have a look to see if you like it.Let me know if ya want owt doing.Cheers.Thanks for the add if I havent said so before.
layne02





Jun 12 2009 10:45 PM

please come back to dublin!!
DJ Katy Jay - 101.8 WCRfm





Jun 11 2009 6:15 PM

Heya :o)
 
Thanks for your friendship; looking forward to getting to know you better. Hope you’ll send me some of you music to the details below… would be great to have a listen and see if we could play you on-air. Looking forward to supporting your musical quest.
 
PS: If you have friends who are in Unsigned Bands then please get them to add themselves to my Myspace.
 
Mushy Peace,
 
Katy Jay – ‘Freshly Picked’ – Sundays 8-10pm
101.8 WCRfm. xxx
 
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Jun 8 2009 6:11 PM

Ha ha no problem, you guys are great! I love British music, it's awesome.
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