Johnny Goudie
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John Charles "Johnny" Goudie (born October 14, 1968 in Miami, Florida
, U.S.
) is a Cuban-American
singer, songwriter
, multi-instrumental
musician
, record producer
, actor
, and podcast
er based in Austin, Texas
. Goudie is fluent in Spanish and English, but primarily sings in English.
area, Goudie comes from a family of Cuban
medical doctors
. At age 13 after attending a Cheap Trick
concert, Goudie started his first band, which he called ZEPHYR, and decided to pursue a career in music. His family was supportive (his father had also been a singer in a band). On October 13, 1985, when Johnny was 16, his mother, Natalie Antonetti, was beaten over the head in her apartment. She died 18 days later. The crime went unsolved for 23 years until a tip led police to arrest Antonetti's ex-boyfriend Dennis Davis. On April 15, 2011 Davis was convicted of the murder. The traumatic loss of his mother had a profound influence on Goudie's subsequent songwriting.
In the mid 1980s while living in The Woodlands
area outside Houston, Texas
Johnny started a funk
–soul
band called Panjadrum. Shortly after recording a 4-track EP
entitled Chuck, Panjadrum broke up in 1990, and Goudie formed another band called Lovetree as well as pursuing a side career as a solo artist. In 1992 Lovetree recorded an EP entitled Sorry About the Drum Machine. Lovetree's sound was influenced by rock, funk and Latin music.
By 1993 Goudie had left Lovetree and moved to Austin, Texas
where he fronted the rock band Mr. Rocket Baby
, which included former members of Panjandrum and Lovetree. The band's philosophy was to play 70s-influenced rock music while dressing and acting like they were from the 70s. Mr. Rocket Baby's first shows were opening for Davíd Garza
and Bob Schneider
before crowds of hundreds, and they became an instant hit in Austin. The band secured a management deal within two weeks of their first concert and began touring the country. In 1993 Mr. Rocket Baby was voted best pop band in the Austin Chronicle
's readers poll. Mr. Rocket Baby released one album, Make Believe
, before parting ways.
On April 10, 1994 Johnny married Traci Campbell in Austin. The couple were married for ten years. Goudie's divorce was the subject of many of the songs on his 2005 album Boy in a Box.
Over the next few years Johnny toured as a power trio
with bassist Einar Pedersen and a drummer Kyle Schneider. The trio independently recorded an album Fantastic in 1996. In 1997 Johnny played on the album 4-Track Mind
with the band Jez Spencer, an early incarnation of Spencer Gibb's band which would become 54 Seconds. He also co-wrote the song "Stuck in a Hole", which ended up on Darin Murphy's 1998 album Solitarium as well as co-writing with Mark Addison the song "Sun Earth Moon" which appeared on The Borrowers second album Overcoming Gravity and was also featured in a commercial
for The Cleveland Planetarium
. In late 1997 Goudie was again working on his own material and decided to put a new band together.
In the Spring of 1998 Johnny's new band played the South by Southwest
festival in Austin, and happened to catch the attention of Metallica
drummer Lars Ulrich
, who was looking to sign bands to his new record label The Music Company, a subsidiary of Elektra Records
. Johnny's band was the second band signed to the label.
The band had a major label contract, but still did not have a name. They decided to simply call themselves Goudie. In July 2000 Goudie released their first album, Peep Show
, to critical acclaim. The band set out on a year-long tour supporting the album, touring with such acts as Blur
, Veruca Salt
, Agent Orange
, Supergrass
, Alejandro Escovedo
, Davíd Garza
, Julianna Hatfield, and Unified Theory
.
In June 2001 the band left Elektra and joined forces with friends at independent Austin label India Records, which released the band’s critically acclaimed second album ...Effects of Madness
in March 2002. However later that year, the band split up.
entitled 18 Unreleased Home Demos 1996-2001 as well as a Christmas album Johnny Says Ho
which was released only to his fan club. The popularity of these releases led to a series of other demo collections entitled Return of the Handlebar, I Think I'm a Genius, Helloprah! and The Loyalist; the latter of which consisted entirely of covers
. He appeared on Eliza Gilkyson
's 2002 album Lost and Found as well as Jeff Klein
's 2003 album Everybody Loves a Winner and played guitar and keyboard in Jeff Klein's live band. During this time, he continued to perform in several other bands, including God Drives a Galaxy, Lowery 66 and Ennui the Fawn. He continued to write his own material and in the summer of 2003 he released a solo album entitled I Love Elke
on Strangelove Records, a label dedicated to artists making records on their own terms. Johnny supported I Love Elke with a tour with God Drives a Galaxy and Einar Pedersen as his backing band. Johnny also found the time to co-write the song "Intertwined" which appeared on Canvas
's 2004 album Four Days Awake
. He joined the popular Austin band Endochine for their Day Two tour and was voted best keyboard player in the 2004 Austin Chronicle
music awards.
Goudie also took to the role of record producer
, producing albums for scores of local bands and musicians. In 2004 Johnny produced Canvas
's third album Painting The Roses
. On the subsequent tour for Painting the Roses, Johnny played as opening act with Canvas as his backing band, and then played keyboard with Canvas during their headlining set. Goudie also played several acoustic shows with Canvas frontman Joseph King and was briefly a member of King's post-Canvas band which became Deadbeat Darling
.
Later in 2004 Johnny played on Pale's album Here in addition to completing his second solo album Boy in a Box
, which was the debut release of F+M Records. The album again won him critical praise and is regarded as his strongest work to date. The tracks "Back of a Magazine" and "Everyone Remembers (When You're Cool)" from Boy in a Box also found their way onto the soundtrack of the 2006 short film Surf Gang. 2006 also saw the release of Johnny's acoustic
album All You Can't Undo, which he supported with a cross country unplugged solo tour. In 2007 Johnny joined long-time friend Ian Moore's band on a nation-wide tour, playing guitar and keyboard. Johnny also plays in the 70s-80s cover band SKYROCKET! which he formed with Trish Murphy
, Darin Murphy, Paul English, Benjamin Hotchkiss, Kyle Crusham, and Mike Belile. SKYROCKET! was voted best cover band in the 2006 Austin Chronicle Music Awards and also won the Critic's Choice Award. In addition to being a member of The Ian Moore Band and SKYROCKET!, Johnny still plays live shows as a solo artist, and has assembled a super group
, Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions, which includes Brad Byrum and Scott Thomas of Canvas
and Ryan Holley of (a+)machines and Plow Monday
. The band released their debut album El Payaso on February 3, 2009. The Little Champions experienced several lineup changes depending on which musicians were available for shows and tours - including an all-female lineup which was dubbed "The Lady Champions."
In 2010 Johnny joined a new band called Liars & Saints along with singer/songwriters Kacy Crowley
and Jeremy Nail. In May/June 2011 Liars & Saints recorded an EP and released it in August 2011.
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
) is a Cuban-American
Cuban American
A Cuban American is a United States citizen who traces his or her "national origin" to Cuba. Cuban Americans are also considered native born Americans with Cuban parents or Cuban-born persons who were raised and educated in US...
singer, songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...
, multi-instrumental
Multi-instrumentalist
A multi-instrumentalist is a musician who plays a number of different instruments.The Bachelor of Music degree usually requires a second instrument to be learned , but people who double on another instrument are not usually seen as multi-instrumentalists.-Classical music:Music written for Symphony...
musician
Musician
A musician is an artist who plays a musical instrument. It may or may not be the person's profession. Musicians can be classified by their roles in performing music and writing music.Also....* A person who makes music a profession....
, record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
, and podcast
Podcast
A podcast is a series of digital media files that are released episodically and often downloaded through web syndication...
er based in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Goudie is fluent in Spanish and English, but primarily sings in English.
Early life and music career
Raised in the Miami, FloridaFlorida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
area, Goudie comes from a family of Cuban
Cubans
Cubans or Cuban people are the inhabitants or citizens of Cuba. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...
medical doctors
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
. At age 13 after attending a Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
concert, Goudie started his first band, which he called ZEPHYR, and decided to pursue a career in music. His family was supportive (his father had also been a singer in a band). On October 13, 1985, when Johnny was 16, his mother, Natalie Antonetti, was beaten over the head in her apartment. She died 18 days later. The crime went unsolved for 23 years until a tip led police to arrest Antonetti's ex-boyfriend Dennis Davis. On April 15, 2011 Davis was convicted of the murder. The traumatic loss of his mother had a profound influence on Goudie's subsequent songwriting.
In the mid 1980s while living in The Woodlands
The Woodlands, Texas
The Woodlands is a master-planned community and a Census-designated place in the U.S. state of Texas within the metropolitan area. The population of the CDP was 55,649 at the 2000 census—a 90 percent increase over its 1990 population. According to the 2010 census, The Woodlands' population rose...
area outside Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
Johnny started a funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
–soul
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
band called Panjadrum. Shortly after recording a 4-track EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled Chuck, Panjadrum broke up in 1990, and Goudie formed another band called Lovetree as well as pursuing a side career as a solo artist. In 1992 Lovetree recorded an EP entitled Sorry About the Drum Machine. Lovetree's sound was influenced by rock, funk and Latin music.
By 1993 Goudie had left Lovetree and moved to Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
where he fronted the rock band Mr. Rocket Baby
Make Believe (Mr. Rocket Baby album)
-Track listing:#"The Avon Lament" [0:13]#"67 Hours" [5:02]#"The Senator's Wife" [3:08]#"Shiny Car" [3:10]#"Across The Sky" [4:49]#"Last Week" [4:51]#"Beautiful" [3:28]#"Off The Wall" [3:24]#"Dancing Nina" [5:07]#"Why" [4:24]#"Hey Roxy" [4:28]...
, which included former members of Panjandrum and Lovetree. The band's philosophy was to play 70s-influenced rock music while dressing and acting like they were from the 70s. Mr. Rocket Baby's first shows were opening for Davíd Garza
Davíd Garza
Davíd Garza is an Austin-based, American singer-songwriter who infuses rock and pop with a Latin feel and whose vocal style draws comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Donovan and Robert Plant.-Biography:...
and Bob Schneider
Bob Schneider
Bob Schneider is an Austin, Texas-based musician and artist. He currently resides in Bee Cave, Texas.- Early career :...
before crowds of hundreds, and they became an instant hit in Austin. The band secured a management deal within two weeks of their first concert and began touring the country. In 1993 Mr. Rocket Baby was voted best pop band in the Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly, tabloid-style newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic...
's readers poll. Mr. Rocket Baby released one album, Make Believe
Make Believe (Mr. Rocket Baby album)
-Track listing:#"The Avon Lament" [0:13]#"67 Hours" [5:02]#"The Senator's Wife" [3:08]#"Shiny Car" [3:10]#"Across The Sky" [4:49]#"Last Week" [4:51]#"Beautiful" [3:28]#"Off The Wall" [3:24]#"Dancing Nina" [5:07]#"Why" [4:24]#"Hey Roxy" [4:28]...
, before parting ways.
On April 10, 1994 Johnny married Traci Campbell in Austin. The couple were married for ten years. Goudie's divorce was the subject of many of the songs on his 2005 album Boy in a Box.
Over the next few years Johnny toured as a power trio
Power trio
A power trio is a rock and roll band format where the traditional power trio has a lineup of guitar, bass and drums, leaving out the rhythm guitar or keyboard that are used in other rock music to fill out the sound with chords...
with bassist Einar Pedersen and a drummer Kyle Schneider. The trio independently recorded an album Fantastic in 1996. In 1997 Johnny played on the album 4-Track Mind
4-Track Mind
4-Track Mind is an album by the band Jez Spencer, which was a project of Spencer Gibb, son of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, prior to the formation of 54 Seconds. The album was recorded in the spring and summer of 1997 at Gibb's home in Austin, Texas and is considered by some fans to be the first 54...
with the band Jez Spencer, an early incarnation of Spencer Gibb's band which would become 54 Seconds. He also co-wrote the song "Stuck in a Hole", which ended up on Darin Murphy's 1998 album Solitarium as well as co-writing with Mark Addison the song "Sun Earth Moon" which appeared on The Borrowers second album Overcoming Gravity and was also featured in a commercial
Television advertisement
A television advertisement or television commercial, often just commercial, advert, ad, or ad-film – is a span of television programming produced and paid for by an organization that conveys a message, typically one intended to market a product...
for The Cleveland Planetarium
Cleveland Museum of Natural History
The Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum located approximately five miles east of downtown Cleveland, Ohio in University Circle, a 550-acre concentration of educational, cultural and medical institutions...
. In late 1997 Goudie was again working on his own material and decided to put a new band together.
Goudie 1997–2002
- see main article Goudie (band)Goudie (band)Goudie was a glam rock band from Austin, Texas fronted by Johnny Goudie.Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of frontman Johnny Goudie. In 1998 Johnny's friend Einar Pedersen joined on bass and Bill Lefler replaced the original drummer Kyle Schneider, and Jimmy Messer was brought in as lead...
In the Spring of 1998 Johnny's new band played the South by Southwest
South by Southwest
South by Southwest is an Austin, Texas based company dedicated to planning conferences, trade shows, festivals and other events. Their current roster of annual events include: SXSW Music, SXSW Film, SXSW Interactive, SXSWedu, and SXSWeco and take place every spring in Austin, Texas, United States...
festival in Austin, and happened to catch the attention of Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
drummer Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich
Lars Ulrich is a Danish drummer, and one of the founding members of the American thrash metal band Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis player in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age sixteen to pursue his training; though rather...
, who was looking to sign bands to his new record label The Music Company, a subsidiary of Elektra Records
Elektra Records
Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009....
. Johnny's band was the second band signed to the label.
The band had a major label contract, but still did not have a name. They decided to simply call themselves Goudie. In July 2000 Goudie released their first album, Peep Show
Peep Show (Goudie album)
Peep Show is the debut album by Goudie. It was recorded at Brooklyn Bridge Studio in Austin, Texas. The song Julia is a collaboration between Johnny Goudie and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's. The song When Will You Be Mine features vocals by Aimee Mann. The album was recorded twice...
, to critical acclaim. The band set out on a year-long tour supporting the album, touring with such acts as Blur
Blur (band)
Blur is an English alternative rock band. Formed in London in 1989 as Seymour, the group consists of singer Damon Albarn, guitarist Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree. Blur's debut album Leisure incorporated the sounds of Madchester and shoegazing...
, Veruca Salt
Veruca Salt (band)
Veruca Salt is an alternative rock band founded in 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included vocalist-guitarist Louise Post. Guitarist Stephen Fitzpatrick has been with the band since 1999 and drummer Kellii Scott has worked with the group on and off since 1999...
, Agent Orange
Agent Orange (band)
Agent Orange is an American punk rock band formed in Orange County, California in 1979. The band is one of the first to mix punk rock with surf music. They first gained attention with their song "Bloodstains" which they released on their own 7" E.P. An early demo of the song was presented to...
, Supergrass
Supergrass
Supergrass was an English alternative rock band from Oxford. The band consisted of brothers Gaz and Rob Coombes , Mick Quinn and Danny Goffey ....
, Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo
Alejandro Escovedo is an American singer-songwriter.-Biography:The son of Mexican immigrants to Texas, Escovedo is from a family that boasts several professional musicians, including brothers Coke Escovedo and Pete Escovedo, and Sheila E...
, Davíd Garza
Davíd Garza
Davíd Garza is an Austin-based, American singer-songwriter who infuses rock and pop with a Latin feel and whose vocal style draws comparisons to Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Donovan and Robert Plant.-Biography:...
, Julianna Hatfield, and Unified Theory
Unified Theory (band)
Unified Theory, previously Luma, were an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998. The lineup consisted of Chris Shinn , formerly of Celia Green, former Blind Melon members Christopher Thorn and Brad Smith as well as Dave Krusen formerly of Pearl Jam.Following the death of...
.
In June 2001 the band left Elektra and joined forces with friends at independent Austin label India Records, which released the band’s critically acclaimed second album ...Effects of Madness
Effects of Madness
...Effects of Madness is the second and final album by Goudie. It was recorded at The Slaughter House and at Johnny Goudie's house in Austin, Texas. The song Leave it Alone features vocals by Patty Griffin, and Jeff Klein played keyboard on the track Don't You Love Him When He's Cruel...
in March 2002. However later that year, the band split up.
Post-Goudie career
After the breakup of his band, Goudie returned to his biggest passion: writing and recording songs in his home studio. He independently released an album of self-recorded demosDemo (music)
A demo version or demo of a song is one recorded for reference rather than for release. A demo is a way for a musician to approximate their ideas on tape or disc, and provide an example of those ideas to record labels, producers or other artists...
entitled 18 Unreleased Home Demos 1996-2001 as well as a Christmas album Johnny Says Ho
Johnny Says Ho
Johnny Says Ho: The Christmas EP is an album by Johnny Goudie which was sent out as a Christmas gift to his fan club in 2001. It is composed of recordings from live acoustic radio appearances, cover songs, and original demos.-Track listing:...
which was released only to his fan club. The popularity of these releases led to a series of other demo collections entitled Return of the Handlebar, I Think I'm a Genius, Helloprah! and The Loyalist; the latter of which consisted entirely of covers
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...
. He appeared on Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson
Eliza Gilkyson is an Austin, Texas-based folk musician. She is the daughter of songwriter and folk musician Terry Gilkyson and Jane Gilkyson. She is the sister of guitarist Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X...
's 2002 album Lost and Found as well as Jeff Klein
Jeff Klein
Jeffrey Lawrence "Jeff" Klein is an American singer/songwriter from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three critically acclaimed albums.-Biography:...
's 2003 album Everybody Loves a Winner and played guitar and keyboard in Jeff Klein's live band. During this time, he continued to perform in several other bands, including God Drives a Galaxy, Lowery 66 and Ennui the Fawn. He continued to write his own material and in the summer of 2003 he released a solo album entitled I Love Elke
I Love Elke
I Love Elke is a solo album by Johnny Goudie. Elke refers to 1960s actress Elke Sommer and is a lyric from the song "Open Invitation". The album was originally to be titled "Someone's Trying to Kill Me and This Time, I'm Not Just Saying That to Get Attention"...
on Strangelove Records, a label dedicated to artists making records on their own terms. Johnny supported I Love Elke with a tour with God Drives a Galaxy and Einar Pedersen as his backing band. Johnny also found the time to co-write the song "Intertwined" which appeared on Canvas
Canvas (band)
Canvas was a rock band from Austin, Texas. For most of their history the lineup was Joseph King , Julian Mandrake , Ben Rada , Brad Byram , and Scott Thomas...
's 2004 album Four Days Awake
Four Days Awake
Four Days Awake is the second album by Canvas. The track "All About You" was co-written by and features guest vocals by Blue October frontman Justin Furstenfeld. "All About You" was also released as a video. The song "Intertwined" was co-written with Johnny Goudie, although he does not perform...
. He joined the popular Austin band Endochine for their Day Two tour and was voted best keyboard player in the 2004 Austin Chronicle
Austin Chronicle
The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly, tabloid-style newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States. The paper is distributed through free news-stands, often at local eateries or coffee houses frequented by its targeted demographic...
music awards.
Goudie also took to the role of record producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
, producing albums for scores of local bands and musicians. In 2004 Johnny produced Canvas
Canvas (band)
Canvas was a rock band from Austin, Texas. For most of their history the lineup was Joseph King , Julian Mandrake , Ben Rada , Brad Byram , and Scott Thomas...
's third album Painting The Roses
Painting the Roses
Painting The Roses is the third and final album by Canvas. Track five, "Thursday" is a cover version originally by the band Morphine. The album was produced by Johnny Goudie.-Track listing:#"Pretty Please"#"Come Down"#"Priscilla is Sleeping"...
. On the subsequent tour for Painting the Roses, Johnny played as opening act with Canvas as his backing band, and then played keyboard with Canvas during their headlining set. Goudie also played several acoustic shows with Canvas frontman Joseph King and was briefly a member of King's post-Canvas band which became Deadbeat Darling
Deadbeat Darling
Deadbeat Darling is a Brooklyn, New York based rock band founded by former Canvas frontman Joseph King. Immediately upon the breakup of Canvas in October 2005, King moved to New York City where he continued to write new songs and play solo gigs around the city...
.
Later in 2004 Johnny played on Pale's album Here in addition to completing his second solo album Boy in a Box
Boy in a Box
Boy in a Box is a solo album by Johnny Goudie, released in 2005. It was the debut release for F+M records and was originally to be a "best of" album...
, which was the debut release of F+M Records. The album again won him critical praise and is regarded as his strongest work to date. The tracks "Back of a Magazine" and "Everyone Remembers (When You're Cool)" from Boy in a Box also found their way onto the soundtrack of the 2006 short film Surf Gang. 2006 also saw the release of Johnny's acoustic
Acoustic music
Acoustic music comprises music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means, as opposed to electric or electronic means...
album All You Can't Undo, which he supported with a cross country unplugged solo tour. In 2007 Johnny joined long-time friend Ian Moore's band on a nation-wide tour, playing guitar and keyboard. Johnny also plays in the 70s-80s cover band SKYROCKET! which he formed with Trish Murphy
Trish Murphy
Trish Murphy is an Austin-based singer-songwriter.- Music career :Trish Murphy grew up in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a struggling musician and songwriter. After earning a Bachelor's Degree in philosophy at the University of Dallas, she formed a duo—Trish and Darin—with her brother Darin Murphy...
, Darin Murphy, Paul English, Benjamin Hotchkiss, Kyle Crusham, and Mike Belile. SKYROCKET! was voted best cover band in the 2006 Austin Chronicle Music Awards and also won the Critic's Choice Award. In addition to being a member of The Ian Moore Band and SKYROCKET!, Johnny still plays live shows as a solo artist, and has assembled a super group
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
, Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions, which includes Brad Byrum and Scott Thomas of Canvas
Canvas (band)
Canvas was a rock band from Austin, Texas. For most of their history the lineup was Joseph King , Julian Mandrake , Ben Rada , Brad Byram , and Scott Thomas...
and Ryan Holley of (a+)machines and Plow Monday
Plow Monday (band)
Plow Monday is a five-piece musical group from Austin, Texas. They officially disbanded in 2003, but have played several "reunion" shows since then.- Members :* Jon English - lead vocals, guitars* Ryan Holley - vocals, rhythm and lead guitars...
. The band released their debut album El Payaso on February 3, 2009. The Little Champions experienced several lineup changes depending on which musicians were available for shows and tours - including an all-female lineup which was dubbed "The Lady Champions."
In 2010 Johnny joined a new band called Liars & Saints along with singer/songwriters Kacy Crowley
Kacy Crowley
Kacy Crowley is an American musician and singer-songwriter. A New England native, she currently resides in Austin, Texas.-Early life:Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, her mother was a piano teacher and her father was a construction worker. Her family soon relocated to Connecticut, where Kacy...
and Jeremy Nail. In May/June 2011 Liars & Saints recorded an EP and released it in August 2011.
Podcast
In 2011 Johnny started broadcasting a podcast entitled "How Did I Get Here" in which he interviews fellow musicians and entertainers. The podcast gained instantaneous popularity within the Austin music scene.Selected discography
| Year | Group | Title | Label |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Panjadrum | Chuck EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
|
| 1992 | Lovetree | Sorry About The Drum Machine EP Extended play An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact... |
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| 1994 | Mr. Rocket Baby | Make Believe Make Believe (Mr. Rocket Baby album) -Track listing:#"The Avon Lament" [0:13]#"67 Hours" [5:02]#"The Senator's Wife" [3:08]#"Shiny Car" [3:10]#"Across The Sky" [4:49]#"Last Week" [4:51]#"Beautiful" [3:28]#"Off The Wall" [3:24]#"Dancing Nina" [5:07]#"Why" [4:24]#"Hey Roxy" [4:28]... |
Crystal Clear |
| 1994 | Mr. Rocket Baby | Homegroan Volume 1 | KROX KROX-FM KROX-FM, aka 101X, is an alternative rock terrestrial radio station in Austin, Texas, United States.-History:101X signed on as "Austin's New Rock Alternative" on June 8, 1995.... |
| 1994 | Mr. Rocket Baby | Local Licks Live '94 Local Licks Live '94 Local Licks Live '94 is the sixth CD of live music recorded for KLBJ's Local Licks Live. The proceeds from this benefit CD went to the Austin Victims of Domestic Violence Emergency Fund.-Track listing:#Mr... |
KLBJ KLBJ-FM KLBJ-FM is a classic rock music radio station serving the Austin, Texas area, broadcasting at 93.7 MHz from its broadcast tower on Austin's Mount Larson.The station was owned by the Lyndon B... |
| 1994 | Mr. Rocket Baby | Tales from the Edge Volume Nine & Ten | KDGE |
| 1996 | Johnny Goudie Trio | Fantastic | |
| 2004 | Johnny Goudie | I Think I'm a Genius | |
| 2004 | Johnny Goudie | The Loyalist | |
| 2004 | Johnny Goudie | Helloprah | |
| 1997 | Johnny Goudie Trio | Rotating Parts: A Propeller Collection | Propeller Records |
| 1997 | Jez Spencer 4-Track Mind 4-Track Mind is an album by the band Jez Spencer, which was a project of Spencer Gibb, son of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, prior to the formation of 54 Seconds. The album was recorded in the spring and summer of 1997 at Gibb's home in Austin, Texas and is considered by some fans to be the first 54... |
4-Track Mind 4-Track Mind 4-Track Mind is an album by the band Jez Spencer, which was a project of Spencer Gibb, son of Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, prior to the formation of 54 Seconds. The album was recorded in the spring and summer of 1997 at Gibb's home in Austin, Texas and is considered by some fans to be the first 54... |
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| 1998 | Johnny Goudie Trio | Do Me Baby! - Austin Does Prince | |
| 2000 | Goudie Goudie (band) Goudie was a glam rock band from Austin, Texas fronted by Johnny Goudie.Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of frontman Johnny Goudie. In 1998 Johnny's friend Einar Pedersen joined on bass and Bill Lefler replaced the original drummer Kyle Schneider, and Jimmy Messer was brought in as lead... |
Peep Show Peep Show (Goudie album) Peep Show is the debut album by Goudie. It was recorded at Brooklyn Bridge Studio in Austin, Texas. The song Julia is a collaboration between Johnny Goudie and Jane Wiedlin of The Go-Go's. The song When Will You Be Mine features vocals by Aimee Mann. The album was recorded twice... |
TMC/Elektra Elektra Records Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group. In 2004, it was consolidated into WMG's Atlantic Records Group. After five years of dormancy, the label was revived by Atlantic in 2009.... |
| 2000 | Goudie Goudie (band) Goudie was a glam rock band from Austin, Texas fronted by Johnny Goudie.Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of frontman Johnny Goudie. In 1998 Johnny's friend Einar Pedersen joined on bass and Bill Lefler replaced the original drummer Kyle Schneider, and Jimmy Messer was brought in as lead... |
ASCAP's EAR Volume 3 | ASCAP |
| 2001 | Johnny Goudie | Johnny Says Ho Johnny Says Ho Johnny Says Ho: The Christmas EP is an album by Johnny Goudie which was sent out as a Christmas gift to his fan club in 2001. It is composed of recordings from live acoustic radio appearances, cover songs, and original demos.-Track listing:... |
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| 2002 | Goudie Goudie (band) Goudie was a glam rock band from Austin, Texas fronted by Johnny Goudie.Goudie started in 1996 as a solo project of frontman Johnny Goudie. In 1998 Johnny's friend Einar Pedersen joined on bass and Bill Lefler replaced the original drummer Kyle Schneider, and Jimmy Messer was brought in as lead... |
Effects of Madness Effects of Madness ...Effects of Madness is the second and final album by Goudie. It was recorded at The Slaughter House and at Johnny Goudie's house in Austin, Texas. The song Leave it Alone features vocals by Patty Griffin, and Jeff Klein played keyboard on the track Don't You Love Him When He's Cruel... |
India |
| 2002 | Johnny Goudie | 18 Unreleased Home Demos 1996-2001 | |
| 2003 | Johnny Goudie | I Love Elke I Love Elke I Love Elke is a solo album by Johnny Goudie. Elke refers to 1960s actress Elke Sommer and is a lyric from the song "Open Invitation". The album was originally to be titled "Someone's Trying to Kill Me and This Time, I'm Not Just Saying That to Get Attention"... |
Strangelove |
| 2003 | Canvas Canvas (band) Canvas was a rock band from Austin, Texas. For most of their history the lineup was Joseph King , Julian Mandrake , Ben Rada , Brad Byram , and Scott Thomas... |
Four Days Awake Four Days Awake Four Days Awake is the second album by Canvas. The track "All About You" was co-written by and features guest vocals by Blue October frontman Justin Furstenfeld. "All About You" was also released as a video. The song "Intertwined" was co-written with Johnny Goudie, although he does not perform... |
Desert Tide |
| 2003 | Daniel Kang | I Wish I could See You | |
| 2002 | Eliza Gilkyson Eliza Gilkyson Eliza Gilkyson is an Austin, Texas-based folk musician. She is the daughter of songwriter and folk musician Terry Gilkyson and Jane Gilkyson. She is the sister of guitarist Tony Gilkyson, who played with the Los Angeles-based bands Lone Justice and X... |
Lost and Found | Red House Records |
| 2003 | Jeff Klein Jeff Klein Jeffrey Lawrence "Jeff" Klein is an American singer/songwriter from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three critically acclaimed albums.-Biography:... |
Everybody Loves a Winner | |
| 2004 | God Drives a Galaxy | Pale Blue Dot | |
| 2004 | Colin Gilmore | The Day the World Stopped | |
| 2004 | Pale | Here | |
| 2005 | Johnny Goudie | Boy in a Box Boy in a Box Boy in a Box is a solo album by Johnny Goudie, released in 2005. It was the debut release for F+M records and was originally to be a "best of" album... |
F+M |
| 2006 | Saturday's Radar | Kill All the Dj's | National Records |
| 2006 | Johnny Goudie | All You Can't Undo | |
| 2006 | Johnny Goudie | Surf Gang Soundtrack | |
| 2008 | Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions | Seachange Compilation | Seachange Records |
| 2008 | Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions | Battle Scar Maxi Single | Seachange Records |
| 2009 | Johnny Goudie and the Little Champions | El Payaso | Seachange Records |
| 2011 | Liars & Saints | Liars & Saints EP | |
Selected filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
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| 1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep... |
A Slipping-Down Life A Slipping-Down Life A Slipping-Down Life is a 1999 romantic drama film directed by Toni Kalem. Based on a novel by Anne Tyler, it stars Lili Taylor and Guy Pearce.-Plot:... |
Jesse |
| 2007 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
A Very Bad Day | Officer Shumanski |
Television Roles
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| 2002 | Going to California Going to California (TV series) Going To California was an American comedic television series created for Showtime and airing from 2001 to 2002 on that channel. It starred primarily Sam Trammell and Brad William Henke as Kevin "Space" Lauglin and Henry "Hank" Ungalow respectively, two friends on a road trip across the continental... |
Band Member (with Jerry O'Connell Jerry O'Connell Jeremiah "Jerry" O'Connell is an American actor, best known for his roles in the TV series Sliders, Andrew Clements in My Secret Identity, Vern Tessio in the film Stand by Me, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack, and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama Crossing Jordan... ) |
Episode: "Searching For Eddie Van Halen Eddie Van Halen Edward Lodewijk "Eddie" Van Halen is a Dutch-American guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter and producer, best known as the lead guitarist and co-founder of the hard rock band Van Halen, inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame... " |