Alain Johannes

Alain Johannes (born 1962 in Chile [ [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=11776840 MySpace.com - Alain Johannes - 46 - Garçon - Los Angeles, California - www.myspace.com/elevenworld ] ] ) is a guitarist and, along with his partner Natasha Shneider and drummer Jack Irons, a founding member of the band Eleven. As well as his work with Eleven, he has also collaborated with many other bands and artists, both as a musician and as a producer.

Anthym, Eleven and solo work

As a teenager Johannes formed the band Anthym with Jack Irons, Michael Balzary (Flea) and Hillel Slovak; this band was later renamed What Is This? In 1987, Johannes and Shneider released the album "Walk the Moon" under the MCA label.

Eleven was formed in 1990 and released their debut album "Awake in a Dream" in 1991, which included the pop based singles "Rainbows End" and "All Together". They followed this with regular releases "Eleven" in 1993, "Thunk!" in 1995, "Avantgardedog" in 2000, and "Howling Book" in 2003.

Johannes was the only other contributor on the 1996 debut album by Jason Falkner, "Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown". He was also a significant contributor to Chris Cornell's 1999 solo album, "Euphoria Morning", both as a guitarist and producer. He also toured as part of Chris Cornell's band in support of this album. He mixed and played in Jack Irons' first solo record, Attention Dimension, released in 2004, and he co-wrote on Danish stonerrock outfit The Royal Highness. [http://www.www.theroyalhighness.com The Royal Highness' official website] ]

Queens of the Stone Age and Spinnerette

In 2005, he joined Queens of the Stone Age to play guitar as well as bass on "Lullabies to Paralyze". He had previously guested on "Lullabies"' predecessor, "Songs for the Deaf", having also co-written the track "Hanging Tree" during one of The Desert Sessions. He would participate in the tour for the album and appears on the live DVD, "Over the Years and Through the Woods" in the main concert. Johannes once again contributed a main role to "Lullabies' " follow up, "Era Vulgaris", but he opted to concentrate on Eleven with Natasha and the pair bowed out of touring before the album's promotion started.

He is currently a member of Brody Dalle's post-Distillers effort, Spinnerette. [http://www.nme.com/news/the-distillers/27343 NME article on Spinnerette] ] He also recently did mixing on "Gypsy Woman" from Hilary Duff's new album "Dignity".

Musical Equipment

Johannes was the first person to place an order for the Motor Ave BelaAire semihollow guitar and is also known to play a Fender Mustang with humbucker pickups. Johannes is currently endorsed by Line 6 Amplifiers, and is listed as a user of their Flextone series of amps.

Links

* [http://www.myspace.com/elevenworld Alain's myspace page]

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