About Johnny Foreigner
Johnny Foreigner are an indie rock four-piece from Birmingham, UK, consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Alexei Berrow, bassist and vocalist Kelly Parker , drummer Junior Elvis Washington Laidley, and guitarist and visual artist Lewes Herriot.
The band have released six albums, beginning with a self-release in 2005 and their full-studio debut Waited Up 'til It Was Light in 2008. After releasing the record Mono No Aware in 2016, and touring it, the band entered a hiatus. Frontman Alexei Berrow announced the project had been halted in mid-2020, but that the act may release future material. The band announced new activities in July 2021, and in 2024 released two EPs, I Saved these Four Words till the End and The Sky and Sea were Part of Me , followed in September that year by the full-length album How To Be Hopeful.
Johnny Foreigner formed in December 2005 in Birmingham, consisting of lead vocalist Alexei Berrow, drummer Junior Elvis Washington Laidley and bassist Daniel Boyle. Berrow described the band as "a country band with pretensions". This original line-up self-produced and released their first album We Left You Sleeping and Gone Now in 2005 in a hand-made edition of 40 copies.
After the release of the album, Boyle left Johnny Foreigner for Gentle Friendly, and was replaced with bassist and vocalist Kelly Parker . The band released their first single, "Sometimes in the Bullring/Camp Kelly Calm" in October 2006.
The second single, released 21 May 2007, was a split with fellow Birmingham act Sunset Cinema Club and contained the track "Yes! You Talk Too Fast", as well as a cover of Sunset Cinema Club's "Ninki. vs Dingle", whilst Sunset Cinema Club covered Johnny Foreigner's "Candles".
After signing to Best Before Records in 2007, the band issued the EP Arcs Across The City in November of that year. The EP was rated 10/10 by Drowned in Sound.
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