Johnny Edwards (musician)

Johnny Edwards
Birth name	John Douglas Edwards
Origin	Louisville, Kentucky
Genres	Heavy metal, glam metal, hard rock
Associated acts	Buster Brown, Montrose, Northrup, King Kobra, Wild Horses, Foreigner, Royal Jelly

John Douglas "Johnny" Edwards is an American rock singer who sang for the bands Buster Brown, Montrose,King Kobra, Wild Horses, Northrup, Royal Jelly and is best known as the second lead singer of the rock band Foreigner.

Edwards' first band of note were Buster Brown from Louisville, Kentucky. Together with drummer James Kottak, who had joined the group for their 1985 sophomore album, Sign of Victory, Edwards was recruited by guitarist Ronnie Montrose to appear on his 1987 album, Mean. Now based in California, Edwards teamed up with the band Northrup whose members were approached by drummer Carmine Appice to join forces in a new version of King Kobra. The resulting King Kobra III' album was released in 1988 but Appice's focus was already on Blue Murder by then and King Kobra split up.

With Northrup not making any progress and a deal with Enigma Records falling apart, Edwards joined former Buster Brown and Montrose bandmate James Kottak, fresh out of Kingdom Come, and Kingdom Come guitarist Rick Steier in a new band called Wild Horses, championed by producer Keith Olsen. However, Edwards would end up leaving the band before their first album after receiving an offer to join Foreigner.

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