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 communication
personal - johnnyforeigner@hotmail.co.uk (noone in this band is called "johnny foreigner, k?)
press and publicity, write to james - info@decadepr.com (an infamous 90s pop icon wants him dead)
label things, write to anthony - anthony.shaw@channelfly.com
gigs, write to david - david@codaagency.com (fruit obsessed, says kate)
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!
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 amsterdamn, there was multiple crowdsurfers but we lost our passports. we do what we can...
if you would like to know more about us, click or read below. or even, yeh, write to us!
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:
this was the first single from our supernew album, ltd 7", b/w 'the houseparty scene is killing you' (sold out) you might find it in some indie shops, maybe, or you could (legally) download it.
eyes wide terrified
our new single! sha! available MAY 19th, ltd 7" and digital download. yayerzzz! b/w new songs!:: 'i heard, he ties up cats' and 'what burlesque won't stand' why don't you pre-order here?::
If I promise to round up say... 4 friends... no shall we say 6 friends then would you add a Leeds date to your new tour? I've seen you every other time you've played Leeds you owe me Johnny Foreigner people!!!
I might try and make York but yeh come to Leeds w00t ¬_¬
