Mike Johnson

Whether being a single musician, an accompanist for Tag Lanegan, a bassist for Dinosaur Jr., or even a sought-after mixing machine, the talented Mike Johnson is definitely an active area of the indie rock and roll scene. Beginning in 1985 using the melodic punk-influenced combo Snakepit, he sang and performed the guitar with this group for six years. For the reason that period they were able to discharge materials locally in Eugene, OR, but around 1990 Johnson was sick and tired of the group plus they split up. Johnson fulfilled up with J Mascis in this time around, and eventually present his method into Dinosaur Jr. being a bassist throughout their 1990/1991 tour. He continued to be for the next record, 1993’s Where You Been, and finally outlasted primary drummer Murph and became the only real other member still left besides Mascis. In addition, he also started playing with Tag Lanegan, getting the instrumental push behind his single albums while performing periodic gigs with him. Johnson shifted to tasks with Juned in his free time, and lastly released a single recording (Where Am I?) in 1994. His materials echoed the stark acoustic function he had finished with Lanegan, and showcased his folky songwriting abilities. The Dinosaur Jr. recording Without a Audio came out at exactly the same time, and Johnson’s period was mostly adopted by his use Mascis. But 1995/1996 was a occupied period for the musician, as he released Yr of Mondays, toured, and do another recording with Juned. When Dinosaur Jr. returned together for his or her last record, Johnson was hardly involved and had not been surprised to start to see the music group break apart in 1998. He converted his focus on his single effort PERSONALLY I THINK Alright plus some use Lanegan, but remarkably got an invitation from Caustic Resin to focus on their fresh recording. Their collaboration, Technique Question, made an appearance in 1999, but Johnson wasn’t highly involved at that time. After more use Lanegan, he spent another couple of years playing live gigs along with his different collaborators and piecing together his fresh recording, 2002’s What CAN YOU Do, an attempt inspired from the tragic passage of friend and creator from the Up label Chris Takino. After four many years of comparative inactivity, Johnson came back along with his rawest, most guitar-driven recording up to now, 2006’s powerful Eliminated Out of YOUR BRAIN.