THE JOHNS
by Christer Davidsson, July 2006
Hey! What's up? Mike: The fucking temprature. What's the weather like over there?
It’s hot over here as well. Tell me about band. For how long have you been playing togeteher as The Johns?
Mike: A little over a year. We've been in and out of bands in the same area for a while now but this is the first time we've all been the the same band.
How did you get together?
Mike: Rob called me and he was "-Hey mike it's rob...I'm returning your call from 13 weeks ago." and I'm "I forgot what I needed. How you doing?" and Rob was "I just got home from tour and I want to hang myself" so you know we talked him down. Talked him into another band....SUCKER! (band laughing)
Describe the sound of The Johns to the ones who are new to your music.
Mike: Punk Rock -N- Roll, Loud, Dead Boys, Steve Jones, Stooges, Etc. Do the math.
You’ve got your debut album Preacher coming out on ANKO Records pretty soon. How was the recording of it?
Mike: It was the first time I haven't been compromised because of budget or ability or time or studio or equipment.
Tommy: It's great working with a producer that got it and added to it! Go Paul Miner!
Tell me about the title of the album. How come it’s called Preacher?
Mike: Do you want the press release arty answer? (more laughing)
Cause Rob is a Dick and he didn't like anything else!
Tommy: It's the only song title that kind of worked. Simple as that.
What can you tell me about the songs on the new record?
Mike: Out of 123 songs these are the only songs asshole Rob would let us put on the record! (hysterical laughing)
Tommy: We liked ‘em and thought you might.
Will you be touring a lot after the release of it?
Other than The Johns, how much time do you guys spend on music?