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Johnny Hollywood

Bass Player/Bartender/Reiki Master

Who is Johnny Hollywood?

When not tucked safely away deep within the womb of his underground lair eating babies or saving the city from evil doers clad only in a terry cloth cape which he fashioned himself from old bath towels, Johnny Hollywood can be found serving PBR’s and shots of Jameson to patrons of The Barbary. He also enjoys spending 40 hours a week chained to a cube inside a Fortune 500 company’s Call Center, resetting passwords for mindless corporate automatons with the memory of goldfish. But Johnny is probably best known as the bass player in the band Son of a Gun. Just for fun, he enjoys sitting with Zen monks for hours on end contemplating the mysteries of the universe (i.e. belly button lint). He is also a Reiki Master who studies ancient healing arts with Mayan Shaman in the hopes of “giving all this up” and moving into an adobe hut along on the shores of Lake Titicaca.

Read Johnny's essay on Dave Mason's 'Alone Together' here

You can email Johnny at Johnnyhollywood@magnaphonemagazine.com

Johnny Hollywood is also the master of the awkward
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Johnny Hollywood answers the MagnaPhone Questionnaire

Favorite Singer/Songwriter?
Bob Dylan

Favorite Band?
All around favorite would have to be The Rolling Stones

Favorite Record?
Pink Floyd - Dark Side of the Moon

What's the most overrated record ever?
Anything that has been played on MTV after 1985. Everything that has ever been contrived to dictate to teenagers what’s cool and to teach them conformity.

Where is your favorite place to see live music?
Wherever a good band is playing. Any venue where you actually hear the vocals.

What was the last record you bought?
Mountain – The Best of Mountain

What was the last record you listened to?
Dave Mason – Alone Together

What was the last artist you saw?
Whoever played last weekend at the bar where I work.

What's your favorite Saturday night record?
The Rolling Stones – Some Girls

What's your favorite Sunday morning record?
Dave Mason – Alone Together

Who was your first concert?
Bob Dylan

Who is your favorite local artist?
Besides my band Son of a Gun: Scareho, Love Cinema Volume 6, TWFCB, Atomic Mom, The Prisoners, Bullcock, Tagg, Backwoods Payback, Sugar Daddie, Another Failed Attempt, Johnny Thursday and The Friday Knights and my guilty pleasure -The Ray Gradys. There are many more that I can’t think of right now too.

What's the best song to drive to?
'Crossfire' by Son of a Gun It’s the Born To Be Wild/Slowride/Radar Love of the new millennium.

What's the best break-up song?
The Blue Notes – Don’t Leave Me This Way

What was the first record you ever bought?
K-Tel’s Rock 80

What's the best rainy day song?
Bob Dylan – Shelter From The Storm

What was the best record of 2005?
The Killers – Hot Fuss

What was the best record the year you were born?
This question is impossible to answer because I was born in 1969. Google “albums released in 1969”, then try to decide for yourself.

What's the best song to get your groove on to?
Zero 7 – When It Falls

Who do you want to see featured in MagnaPhone?
Hot chicks with big thingies, because there just isn’t enough of that on the internet already.

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