Ivan Julian
| Ivan Julian | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 26, 1955 |
| Genres | Punk rock, rock & roll |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar, bass guitar, vocals |
| Labels | Sire, Radar, Warner Bros. |
| Associated acts | The Voidoids, Lovelies |
Ivan Julian (born June 26, 1955) is a guitarist and bassist. He is also founding member of such punk groups as Richard Hell and the Voidoids and Lovelies. He has performed with the Isley Brothers, The Clash, Matthew Sweet, The Bongos, Richard Barone, and Shriekback.
Julian was inspired after seeing Jimi Hendrix play, not so much by Hendrix's guitar style, but the freedom of expression that Hendrix represented. Julian apparently went home and burned his Chuck Taylor shoes in his backyard- a symbolic gesture against conformity.
The child of a Navy officer, Julian spent his formative years living in exotic locales like Haiti and Cuba. He enjoyed spending time alone and was an avid reader of books by Edgar Allan Poe and Ovid. He also enjoyed putting his own thoughts in writing.
When he was 13, Julian sang in a Led Zeppelin cover band, which led him to pick up the guitar at 14. Prior to this, he also studied bassoon and saxophone. He spent his high school years as a part-time student in a college program studying music theory. And then at the age of 17, Julian toured the United Kingdom, Switzerland and the former Yugoslavia as a member of The Foundations, known for hits like "Build Me Up Buttercup" and "Baby Now That I Found You”.
In 1977 Julian returned to the U.S. to New York, where he was a founding member of the seminal Punk/ New Wave group Richard Hell and the Voidoids. Soon after the band recorded an EP that was heralded by the Village Voice as one of the best records of the year. Early traces of Julian's prowess grace two sides of this historical platter.
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