Luke Anthony Johnson
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Wolverhampton Civic Hall August 2009
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Luke Anthony Johnson |
| Born |
11 March 1981 Redditch, Worcestershire, England |
| Genres | Alternative rock, hard rock, post-hardcore |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, drummer |
| Instruments | Drums, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 2002 – present (Musician) 2012 – present (Writer) |
| Labels | Science Records, Warner Bros. Records, Sony, Columbia |
| Associated acts | Shooter McGavin Shortcut To Newark Amen Beat Union Lostprophets No Devotion |
| Website | |
Luke Anthony "Jocko" Johnson (born 11 March 1981) is an English rock musician, drummer and songwriter. He is most commonly known as 'Jocko'. Johnson began his music career in the late 1990s drumming for a spree of small local West Midlands- punk and metal bands. In early 2003 Johnson was approached by California punk band Amen to join the ranks. After his departure from Amen in 2005, Johnson formed Beat Union as drummer and songwriter with Dave Warsop, Dean Ashton and Mark Andrews. Johnson joined the English group Lostprophets in 2009 until their disbanding in 2013. Johnson has also been involved in other musical projects, including working alongside Producer John Feldmann (Good Charlotte, The Used, Kelly Clarkson) and has performed session work for a variety of bands, including The Wonder Stuff and Foxy Shazam.
Johnson was exposed to music at the very early age of 2. Beginning with his father, Les Johnson, who was a Birmingham promoter for such bands as New Order, Killing Joke and New Model Army. At the age of 5, Johnson started to join his father on tour with the band he managed The Wonder Stuff. Johnson was then given his first pair of drumsticks by Martin Gilks and would often even get to soundcheck the drums. '"All my life I've been around music. I'd go to shows and soundcheck the drums for the Wonder Stuff and get to play kits on these big stages during soundcheck and hearing the sound of a drumkit through a PA I thought, 'Man I really want to do this!'"', says Johnson. With the support of his parents, at the age of 6, Johnson started taking drum lessons.
Beat Union was a pop-punk band from Birmingham, Bromsgrove and Redditch. They were formerly known as Shortcut to Newark. The group has garnered comparisons to Elvis Costello and The Jam, as well as pop punk groups like Green Day.
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