Artist description PREACHER JOHN plays his own brand of alternative rock, stripped right down to raw vocals and acoustic guitar. Gigging constantly in Reading and London since February '98 - PREACHER JOHN has built up a powerful set of entirely original material, with a dark, intimately edgy sound which has attracted a loyal and growing fan-base. Radio play: 107.3 Reading FM (Dec.'98 + April '99)and namechecked on Steve Lamacq's Evening Session - BBC Radio 1 (Aug. '99)

Music Style Alternative Rock - Solo Artist

Musical Influences Tom Waits, The Disposable Heroes of HipHoprisy, Dead Kennedys, Stiltskin

Similar Artists Don't. Am an acoustic punk, how many of those you heard of?

Artist History PREACHER JOHN was the 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

Group Members PREACHER JOHN

Instruments Guitar and vocals

Albums Your Patron Sinner (10 tracks) & Voices You Can't Hear (13)

Press Reviews Some of Preacher John's press:MELODY MAKER Nov. 28th 1998 ...sombre guitars and heavy atmosphere... [everything] pales into insignificance compared to this voice.The BADDAZINE Dec. '98 ...vicious and delicate as the human psyche...intoxicating tone, heavy vocals and somnific [sic] music conspire to cradle you, kiss you gently, then throw you down,impaling you on the barbed lyrics that lie underneath.MAKING MUSIC Feb. '98 ...deep lyrics... ...breadth of sound, skewed arrangements and overwhelming mood.NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS, Sept. 4th 1999 "Preacher John is a man on a mission."MELODY MAKER - Mar 8 to Mar 14 2000"[Yesterday] is characterised ... by exceedingly sparse acoustic guitar and a deep vocal so slow and deliberate you wonder if the guy's still awake. His shrillness on [Come A Long Way Baby] shows that he is. Good."

Additional Info Photo by afharrold

Location READING, Berkshire - United Kingdom

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