Ex-lead singer, songwriter and rythmn guitarist with seminal jazz/punk weirdcore band BROKEN BROW, (who split following their tour of England and the subsequent recording of their first & last album "HYSTERIAMECAHNICAL" at the end of '97.)
PREACHER JOHN has gone on to perform his own brand of alternative rock, stripped right down to raw vocals and acoustic guitar. Gigging constantly since February '98 - PREACHER JOHN has built up a powerful set of entirely original material, which moves away from BROKEN BROW's off kilter blitz to a darker, more intimately edgy sound which has attracted a loyal and growing fan-base. Influences include Tom Waits, the Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy and Stiltskin.
After a year of on-off travelling the world with his guitar, which saw live performance action both in the bars of Barcelona (Spain), Vancouver (Cananda) and La Paz (Mexico) and also on the balcony of a hostel in downtown Seattle and a party in Los Angeles (USA) Preacher John returned to the UK to put the band ARMY OF PYGMIES back together and continue playing solo. Preacher John was interviewed and played a live solo acoustic set on LINDA SERCK's show on Blast 1386AM in June 2005.
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ARMY OF PYGMIES rocked out a bunch of gigs in and around Reading until November 2006 when they split up. Preacher John went on to record a new 25 track album "Word" which contains new, live-in-one-take recordings of some tracks released earlier and a whole load of tracks new and older which had never previously been recorded! Preacher John continues to gig regularly - upcoming gig dates can be found on here.
Some of Preacher John's press:-
BIZ magazine June '02 "...With the crowd still shouting shouting for more [JAANGA MANTRA] might have been a hard act to follow but this didn't stop PREACHER JOHN from performing with his usual fiery dynamism, with a malevolent glint in his eye and his tongue firmly in his cheek he gave the audience everything he had and they clearly loved it. With his booming vocals and lyrics reflective of the fragmentation of modern society he is quite unmissable, though slightly mad too.".
BBC Berkshire - Entertainment - Review The GIMP May '05 "..happy to belt out his gruff soulful voice like there wasn't in fact a microphone right in front of him.. big vocals and even bigger personality.. self-styled acoustic punk.. puts on a brave show full of melodic vigour, cheeky lyrics (the last laidback song being full of double entendres about fellatio like some kind of Carry On Blues) and, above all, has a notable stage presence that is hard, nay impossible, to ignore..".
Details of more events can be found on www.readingfringefestival.com. They include one off special events from Oxfam Records, Old Orleans and The Global Cafe and Fringe themed versions of the towns host of regular music nights like Bohemian Showcase at Deja Vue and Wicked Boy Promotes at the Face Bar. Look out especially for the Accesible to the Max DJ night at the Global Cafe which is run by COMET, an organization run by and for adults with learning difficulties
Theres only 7 days till the print deadline for the Reading Fringe Festival programmes which will be distributed to the 20,000 early arrivals at the Reading Festival Campsite and also industry and media types staying in the towns hotels with nothing to do until the main festival starts. So, if you are running an event between 21st and 27th August please consider adding it to the the Fringe roster. Together the events will have more impact.
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Click on more on the right its the smaller link, copy it to my space. If you want all your footage I could do you a DVD hd for £40 and post it. No probs if not ill leave it on the site.
Definately the best thing I have seen down the Boho night. I'm sorry, those tourists were Chinese Business delegates without a doubt, complete with political officer. Philipinos my arse, Philipino's sing in the streets on the bus in the office - loud and proud - those guys and girls were Chinese and freaked out by your music man.
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Hi Jon! Quick reminder that it's my birthday on Sunday (29th) and we will all be having a picnic/jam in kings meadow from about 1pm onwards - come down and say hello! x
JOOOOOOOOOOHN! Hallo my lovely, long time no wavin' randomly to each other while passing by in town!
Hope all is well...I'm hoping to make a special trip to come and see thee at the 3Bs one night soon.
You remember The Empty Space Gallery that I invited you to submit stuff to back in April? Hmmmmmm, maybe not?!!!! LOL Anyways, I'm doing it again at the Truck Festival in Steventon on 21 July. I'd love it if you would donate some CDs or even some of your cartoons so I can spread the love to all and sundry. Stop by the blog on my myspace page to see what we're up to. Big up Anna H x
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