Hello, Who are All About Johnny, and how did you all come together as a band?
Cath: All About Johnny are...Lorna, Joe, Casper, Johnny and Cath. We got together through the join my band website. Originally the band was a 3 piece and Cath and johnny joined mid-2014.
How did you each find your passion for music and start out in the industry?
Cath: My dad has always played music (mainly accordion and keyboards), and loved Iistening to Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple and stuff like that. Me and my sis got into music from him. I played acoustic guitar first, but bought myself a bass when my sister's band had trouble finding a bass player.
Johnny: My dad is tone deaf and bought a drum kit for himself, it was so painful I had to have ago myself to see how hard it was, I took drum lessons and eventually did a music course at college.
Casper: I was born with my passion and started out singing in a covers band
Lorna: Doing little shows for Mum and Dad in the back garden in the 1980’s
Who are your music influences?
Cath: Mine are Elvis Costello, Madness, Squeeze, 70s Glam rock, disco....but led Zeppelin and pink Floyd are in there somewhere too. I'm into a variety of stuff. Mainly anything that makes me dance about like a maniac!
Johnny: 1960s music, MoTown/Northern Soul, 90s Britpop, Faithless, Chemical Brothers, DJ Shadow
Casper: Clash, Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry, Buddy Holly
Lorna: AC/DC, Jewell, Jack White, Florence and the Machine
Joe: Chuck Berry, Peter Green, BB King, Scotty Moore
You cover a lot of classic alternative tracks, do you also create your own tracks? If so, how do you come up with ideas?
Cath: Although All About Johnny is a covers band, I would like to give it a try sometime as a separate project. Wrote a song once when I was younger, but it was all about buying meat from a butcher and losing your underwear. Not really a hit. I have written lyrics, but not put tunes to them. Things might pop into my head through the day and I make a note of them. Sometimes if someone really annoys you it can be good inspiration. It's a good way to let it all out without having to have it out with them!
Johnny: In previous bands we have written our own material which was fun. In the future I would like to write some funk tracks.
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