Johan

Dutch pop music group Johan released 1 swell self-titled album in 1997, marrying the jittery indie guitar strum of the marriage Show the great, ironic retro-pop charms from the Cardigans as well as the manic hooks of the greatest Buzzcocks singles. Shaped in Hoorn, Netherlands, by vocalist Jacco de Greeuw and drummer Wim Kwakman, the quartet was originally known as Visions of Johanna following the Bob Dylan tune. When the duo made a decision that name was a little bit pretentious and hazy, they shortened it to Johan honoring the Dutch soccer superstar Johan Cruyff. After guitarist Remco Krull and bassist Niels de Wit became a member of the group, Johan agreed upon using the Amsterdam-based indie Excelsior Recordings and created their self-titled record in 1996. THE BRAND NEW York label Spin Artwork optioned it for U.S. discharge the following season, but Krull and de Wit still left the group quickly thereafter. Jacco de Greeuw and Wim Kwakman proved helpful on / off for just two years for the follow-up record, adding Diet plans Dijkstra on electric guitar and vocals, Diederik Nomden on keyboards, electric guitar and vocals aswell as Maarten Kooijman on electric guitar and vocals. Pergola premiered in 2001.