Alain Johannes
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Johannes playing his cigar box guitar in a performance in Seattle, November 9, 2010
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Alain Johannes Moschulski |
| Born |
May 2, 1962 Santiago, Chile |
| Genres | Alternative rock, blues rock, experimental rock, hard rock, electronic, indie |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer, recording engineer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, bass, mandolin, banjo, lap steel guitar, keyboard, tabla, mridangam, santoor, theremin, flute, clarinet, soprano saxophone, marxophone, fiddle |
| Years active | 1980s–present |
| Labels | MCA, Interscope, Rekords Rekords, Sire, Ipecac |
| Associated acts | Eleven, Queens of the Stone Age, Desert Sessions, Anthym, What Is This?, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Firekind, PJ Harvey |
| Website | www |
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Fender Jazzmaster MotorAve BelAire |
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Alain Johannes Moschulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and drums. He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has been involved with acts such as hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Lanegan, and the Desert Sessions, both as a musician and as a producer.
Alain Johannes is nephew of Chilean nueva ola musician Peter Rock.
He was born in Santiago de Chile.
In his teen years, Johannes formed the band Chain Reaction (later Anthym) with Hillel Slovak, Todd Strassman, and Jack Irons. This band was later renamed What Is This?. Todd Strassman was replaced by Flea, who was replaced, upon leaving the band, by Chris Hutchinson.
In 1987, Johannes and Natasha Shneider released the album Walk the Moon under the MCA label. Reportedly, Chris Hutchinson and Jack Irons played on some of its tracks.
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