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Johnny Foreigner

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Birmingham, United Kingdom (2005 – present)

Johnny Foreigner is a guitar pop group from Digbeth in Birmingham, UK. They like to scream a bit and sing a bit. They like a bit of a drink and get flustered and glowy when they read good press. They have been playing together since December 2005.

their first two singles (sometimes, in the bullring and yes! you talk too fast) were put out at the end of 2006 and the start of 2007 by a nice man called ren who runs the laundrette recording company in sheffield. they were played on the radio and people wrote loads of nice things about them on teh internetz.

they became national tv failures after failing to win a channel 4 battle of the bands to open V festival 2007. undeterred, they continued touring throughout the year by train and hire car and national express till they had literally NO MONEY LEFT

in autumn 2007, they signed a deal with Best Before Records. the first release was an ep released in october called “arcs across the city”.

in december the band moved to new york for a month to record an album proper. “johnny foreigner waited up till it was light” was released in spring 2008. the album has so far yielded 2 singles - “our bipolar friends” and “eyes wide terrified” with a 3rd, “salt, pepa and spinderella” being released at the start of september.

the band toured constantly from january to june 2008, and is now preparing for a summer of festivals and sitting at home trying to write brief 3rd person resumes of their superfun careers.

1	Eyes Wide Terrified full track	593
2	Our Bipolar Friends free download	475
3	Yes! You Talk Too Fast full track	433
4	The End And Everything After full track	428
5	Lea Room full track	379
6	Hennings Favourite full track	333
7	Yr All Just Jealous full track	289
8	Cranes and Cranes and Cranes and Cranes	277
9	Sometimes, In The Bullring full track	262
10	Champagne Girls I Have Known full track	261
11	Absolute Balance full track	234
12	Salt, Peppa And Spinderella	199
13	Dj's Get Doubts full track	179
14	Sofacore full track	155
15	The Hidden Song At The End Of The Record	146

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Backtojack wrote:
yesterday evening

the frontman is probably the nicest frontman i have ever seen.

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overdose_babybl wrote:
Thursday morning

SO AMAZINGGGGGZ

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evertonian89 wrote:
Thursday morning

they were good at Reading:)

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oprimus wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

A review of their latest single is here! http://thefourohfive.com/2008/08/24/johnny-foreigner-salt-pepper-and-spinderella/

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alejandros69 wrote:
7 days ago

last time I saw this band has like 50,000 plays. wow

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BurntSun wrote:
9 days ago

Waited Up Til It Was Light < 3

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Soulscream wrote:
9 days ago

this is 1 f*cking good band.

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robsyme1 wrote:
9 days ago

love this band

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Maelogan wrote:
12 days ago

These songs are amaaaziingg

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steve_FR wrote:
14 days ago

your life is a song, your life is a song, your life is a song but not this one! i cant get enough of them right now

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AxYoung wrote:
14 days ago

Review of new album: http://consequenceofsound.net/2008/08/15/album-review-waited-up-til-it-was-light/

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fishisthebest wrote:
15 days ago

the champagne girls will get you in

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lagginswag wrote:
16 days ago

FUCK I LOVE THIS SHIT

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OH-LIVIA wrote:
17 days ago

Lovelovelove 'em. The album's amahzing.

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carisbrooke wrote:
17 days ago

Bloc Partys remix of "Salt Peppa and Spinderella" on here http://newmusicconr.blogspot.com/2008/08/new-band-new-band-new-band-new-band.html

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astrummer wrote:
19 days ago

Wow it took me months before I realised it wasn't waited up 'till last night. Does anyone have an e-mail address cuz I actually like that name better maybe they'll change it

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twisted-TXB wrote:
20 days ago

by far the best new act of 2008 imo

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iuchik wrote:
21 days ago

haha s'funny cookie mountain

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dystopicnovelty wrote:
23 days ago

I lol'd, Cookie_Mountain

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Cookie_Mountain wrote:
24 days ago

A newer British band that NME loves that isn't complete shit??? What the hell's going on?

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Aug 22 Reading Festival Little John's Farm, Reading, United Kingdom
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Aug 30 Offset Festival Hainault Forest Country Park, Southampton, United Kingdom
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