Artist description Solo project by Kjehl Johansen.

Music Style Experimental Pop

Musical Influences Wire, Gang of Four, Barry Adamson, Pylon, The Last, Mike Watt, Apples In Stereo, Pete Townshend,Charo

Similar Artists Depending on the song, early REM/Pylon meets Wall of Voodoo, Nick Drake and Barry Adamson

Artist History Kjehl Johansen was an original member of the Los Angeles based bands The Urinals, 100 Flowers and Trotsky Icepick. Starting in 1978, The Urinals formed Happy Squid Records and released one single and two EPs before changing their name to 100 Flowers and releasing an album and a five song EP. The band broke up in 1983 and Johansen resurfaced in 1986 with Trotsky Icepick, a band with a twisted approach to pop music. After releasing two albums on the Old Scratch label, the band was picked up by SST Records. The first two albums were re-released as well as five additional albums before the band broke up in 1993. In 1990, Rhino records re-issued the 100 Flowers material and in 1996 The Urinals materal was re-issued on AmRep. After a reunion with The Urinals to promote the AmRep re-issue, Johansen began work on several solo projects, the first of which is the four song CD Pieman vs. The Light Bulb Men.

Group Members Kjehl Johansen

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Keyboards

Albums With The Urinals: Negative Capability . . . Check It Out. With 100 Flowers: 100 Years of Pulchritude. With Trotsky Icepick: Poison Summer, Baby, El Kabong, The Utraviolet Catastrophe and Carpet Bomb the Riff.

Additional Info "Tower of Isolation", Kjehl Johansen's 14 song solo album, will be released on the Mustard Only label in the fall of 2000.

Location Santa Monica, California - USA

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