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Photo: © Darren White 2001 |
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Steve Maloney
Guitar and Vocals
Jamie Hunwicks
Guitar and Vocals
Lee Wray
Bass and Vocals
Neil Roberts
Drums |
| Biography |
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To quote Raoul Vaneigem as
Johnny Zhivago do; “Who wants a world in which the guarantee the we shall not die of starvation entails the risk of dying of boredom?” Dear God! These people have so got the right idea!
With part of the band kicking their Vive Finito habits in 1999, falling back and gathering up arms and themselves for a new and (Richard) hellish assault on the ordinary, Johnny Zhivago were quickly picked up by Infernal Records,
releasing the Terminal
Boredom EP One slab of smoldering plastic and three tracks of blistering discontent later, the first step to becoming the next and newest best thing was laid down in anticipation of debut album
Some Of The People All Of The
Time. Terminal Boredom incorporated Never Enough, which was the sound of Bobbie Gillespie front a ramshackle garage band whilst simultaneously doing the white line fandango on a pogo stick (never ever a bad thing if you know what enjoying yourself is all about).
No Compromise and Just Wanna Be Loved were/are an as good if not better pair of brooding musical twins, all bludgeon and take no shit attitude. Johnny Zhivago have got the world on their door step right now... and they will fight you for it. So just watch out.
J-P
Storrow
Johnny Zhivago recorded the
album Some Of the People All Of the Time in early 2001 and have since
been gigging around the country to an already established fan base. They
have played with AntiProduct, SilverGinger
5, The
Backyard Babies, Plan A, Groop
Dogdrill and B*Movie Heroes amongst
others... |
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Johnny Zhivago split up in an explosion of dust, concrete, fruit and
toilet roll on stage at the
ChangesOne Showcase in
September 2002. Lee and Neil went on to form Zen Motel
and Steve created Vicious Cabaret |
| Photos
and articles |
External Links |
FiveMilesHigh
- The Mean Fiddler, London - January 27th 2001
The Underworld, London - June
11th 2001
The Bierkeller, Bristol - June 27th 2001
The
White Horse, High Wycombe - September 1st 2001
The
Square, Harlow - September 8th 2001
Live
Review - Mean Fiddler November 14th 2001
The
4 Night Stand - The Borderline, London - December 1st 2001
Live Review - The
Borderline, London - December 1st 2001
Plush* - West One Four,
West Kensington - February 21st 2002
DamoFest - West One
Four, West Kensington - June 23rd 2002
ChangesOne Showcase, West One Four,
London - September 22nd 2002 |

The
Official Johnny Zhivago site

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