TOP JOHNNY
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TOP JOHNNY! is redefining New Classic Rock & Melodic Hard Rock with it's signature sound and high-energy live performances. Their music fuses diverse genres such as Pop, Metal, Rap and Alt Rock combining them to create intense songs with catchy hooks, huge guitar riffs, pile-driving rock beats and anthemic, sing-along choruses. The result? An electrifying combination that the band hopes will “give the people what they want”. Even Canadian Rock Diva, Alannah Myles described their music as "Fantastic, rocking, fun, powerfully sung and produced! Great work!!"
The band released “Kick It!”, their debut 7 song EP in November 2005 (mastered by Bryan Martin) and their full-length, hard-driving, self-titled album "Top Johnny!” in December 2008 (mixed & mastered by Glen Robinson).
TOP JOHNNY! is constantly striving to give their audiences more than they expect with a slick, refined image, charismatic stage presence and a dynamic live show that succeeds in exciting even the most discriminating rock fan. The band’s primary objective is to stimulate and engage their audiences with unique, high quality original songs but they are also ready for any performance scenario boasting a large repertoire of hit cover songs spanning over 30 years of new, modern, classic and alternative rock. First and foremost however, TOP JOHNNY! wants to be defined by their live shows. A TOP JOHNNY! concert is not to be missed, epitomizing pure energy and spontaneity with TJ Star regularly venturing out into the crowd to play his wailing guitar solos to get up close and personal with his fans. Band members are also all accomplished musicians often switching instruments in mid show to surprise their audiences.
Formed in 2005, TOP JOHNNY! has gone on to receive rave reviews for their immense wall of sound which features songwriter TJ Star's powerful vocals and searing guitar, sexy hard-driving bassist and back vocalist Karo, drummer Hitman anchoring the rock solid rhythm section, and young guitar virtuoso Izzy Slater adding yet another layer of magic to the band's monumental sound. The band has opened up for well-known bands like Helix and won the coveted Judges’ Best Of Show award at the 2007 Emergenza Canadian Finals with Izzy Slater also taking the Best Guitarist award and Hitman getting the 2nd Best Drummer award.
TOP JOHNNY! is produced by StarBrite Productions, Montreal, Canada and is the brainchild of triple-threat (composer, performer and co-producer) TJ Star and his long time collaborator, Executive-Producer and Band Manager Mr. Positive(+).Band/artist history
�A few years ago my partner Mr. Positive(+) asked me to do an exercise to visualize my ideal show. When I did, I saw a sea of people goin� crazy, heads bopping, fists pumping, dancing and generally going wild with the music. After describing this vision to him in detail he told me straight out ... �then you know what you gotta� do!� "And the rest as they say, is history, or I should say, TOP JOHNNY!�
�I wanted to make super intense and exciting live music that would floor people, to put on a show that I wished I could have seen when I went to a concert hall. In fact that�s what I was thinking of when I wrote one of my songs called �We Are Live�, which is really the very first TOP JOHNNY! song. Before starting to write the song I asked myself if I were to walk into a concert hall right now, what would blow ME away? �Have you performed in front of an audience?YES! TOP JOHNNY! music was written for playing live!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your musical influences
?My musical inspirations came from artists like Kiss, C&C Music Factory, Billy Idol, Public Enemy and Metallica to name a few. I was always blown away by the energy and detail that bands like Kiss put into their show and I guess TOP JOHNNY! became our way to doing more and giving more than most bands think is necessary. I also wanted to do this in the absolute biggest and best way I could because I am not in this business to show people what a clever boy I am but to connect with our audience, hopefully millions of people worldwide. And I also wanted to prove that TOP JOHNNY!?s music and concerts could be edgy and fresh without having to use profanity or crooked sexuality to get our point across.?
?When I was 10 years old, on the cusp of adolescence, Kiss really changed my life. I had no way to channel all of the tumultuous emotions that I was experiencing. Basically, I was on the path to becoming a real delinquent. But that band gave me something to hope for, something to look forward to. I learned the guitar by playing Kiss ALIVE! over and over and over until I could pick out the parts by ear . It kept me out of trouble and in the end gave me a tonne of self-confidence. I became a different person as a result of the inspiration Kiss gave me and I hope one day my music will also inspire a young person to pick up a guitar instead of a gun.?
Crashing guitars wailing Rock guitars classic rock metal rock fresh new sound high intensityWhat equipment do you use?
Too long to list!!Anything else?
�My objective is to inspire people to move to the music, vocally and physically expressing the intensity of the experience. Besides, people these days spend a lot more passive entertainment time at home with their TV�s, DVD�s, video games and the Internet however when they go out to see a concert, they want to feel transformed, invigorated, alive and rejuvenated by the experience. So our objective was, and will always be, to have our audiences leave a TOP JOHNNY! show feeling thoroughly satisfied and somehow transformed�. kinda� like that feeling you get when you leave a movie theater after a really good film and somehow it�s the outside world that appears surreal. To accomplish this, we set our standards high to make sure that a TOP JOHNNY! show is as much a ritual of sight and sound as well as being a high intensity, multimedia extravaganza!�
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