DOWNLOADS:

RED BEANS AND RICE (6-18-2006) fill in show - live board recording:
Treat Me

GUN AND DOLL SHOW:
Boys, Toughest Thing, Yes I know, New World Order, Guerilla Girl
STREAMING VIDEO: see below or:
Broadband Not so broadband

KRONIC self-produced demo CD:
Invisible, Come Down, Seethe, Father, Kings

LIVE CULTURE self-produced 4 track demo:
Get 2 U, Stckshift, 441-8889, Groove Thang

Drumming Resume:

8 year old Johnny's favorite thing to do was to take his drum sticks, a little red wagon full of Tupperware, a record player and a 78rpm single of the Hawaii 5-0 theme song to his friend JJ's house where they would play along. After destroying a complete set of Tupperware, mom and dad decided it would be better to get the little angel a real drum set. Years later he is still playing, only now he carts his drums in an Audi turbo wagon listens to an iPod.

Professional experience ranges from original recording and showcase projects to shameless dance bands. Projects included pop-funk-metal with Paradox, roots-rock in August Heat, groove-world-beat fun with Live Culture, dark alt-pop in The Believers and pop metal with Kronic. As a member of "Monterey's best cover band" The Cubes, featuring Tom Ayres (of Persephone's Bee's), the band perfected the seamless rock-n-roll dynamic show set of non-stop dance music. He took the experience and formed his own cover band; The Joystix, aka The Free Radicals.

Current projects include San Francisco institution The Gun and Doll Show and a Drum n' Bass improvisational project. John also does fill-in shows with many bands including New Champions (blues-funk-blue eyed soul), Stormin' Norman and The Cyclones (roots rock), Young Presidents (rock), Jive Hounds (funk), Erotica (glam), Red Beans and Rice (southern Blues), Broadway Band (blues), Money Band (#1 hits) and Tony Miles Band (reggae).

John is available for live shows, studio projects and lessons.

Equiment Roster:
Ludwig Champagne Sparkle Reissue
thin maple shells - live open tone
Kick: 20", Snare 14"x5" toms: 10, 12 & 14"

Yamaha Recording Custom (black lacquer)
Bright and clear, recording industry standard.
Kick: 22", Snare 14x7" toms: 10, 12, 13, 14 & 16"

Tama Granstar Custom (lipstick red lacquer)
Thunderous Rock and Roll... captive in a cage.
Kick: 26", Toms: 10, 13 & 16"

Snares:
YAMAHA: Dave Weckl 5x13" Dual Strainer.
TAMA: 3x13" Hand Hammered, 5x14" Artwood Maple, 8x14" Artwood Birdseye Maple.
LUDWIG Rocker 3x13 maple
MAPEX 5x13" all brass "Black Panther",

Zildjian Cymbals: A, Z, K custom and K. Constantinople.

Axis single and double bass drum pedals.

Electronics: Roland SPD-20 trigger pad, Aphex Impulse trigger to MIDI interface, Roland R8M Sound Module with 3 sound cards, Alesis D5, ddrum acoustic drum triggers, Yamaha mixer and effects, Audix, Shure, Sennheiser, Audio-Technica and Beyerdynamic microphones, lab.gruppen power, JBL SRX700 series loudspeakers.