John Frenett is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 bassist

Bassist

A bass player, or bassist is a musician who plays a bass instrument such as a double bass, bass guitar, keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as a tuba or sousaphone. Different musical genres tend to be associated with one or more of these instruments...

, best known for his slippery dub-style playing in the bands Moonshake

Moonshake

Moonshake was a UK-based experimental rock/post-rock band existing between 1991 and 1997. The only consistent member was singer/sampler player/occasional guitarist David Callahan, who initially co-led the project with Margaret Fiedler...

 and Laika

Laika (band)

Laika is a British alternative rock band founded in 1993 by ex-Moonshake members Margaret Fiedler and John Frenett, and producer/engineer Guy Fixsen. The band was named after the first animal to orbit the earth, the Russian dog Laika.-Sound:...

 in the 1990s.

He had formed The Hangovers

The Hangovers (band)

The Hangovers were a band formed by The Raincoats member, Gina Birch.The band also featured actor/composer Simon Fisher Turner , Ida Akesson , Phil Legg , Laika member John Frenett , Mary Deigan , and former Th' Faith Healers member Joe Dilworth .Their debut album, Slow Dirty Tears, was released in...

 with former The Raincoats

The Raincoats

The Raincoats are a British post-punk band. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.-Career:...

 member Gina Birch

Gina Birch

Gina Birch is an English musician and film-maker, probably best known as a founding member of The Raincoats.Born in Nottingham where she attended Nottingham High School for Girls, Birch formed The Hangovers and released an album, Slow Dirty Tears, in 1998. In 2002 and 2007 she performed live at...

, and played bass and guitar on their debut album, Slow Dirty Tears

Slow Dirty Tears

Slow Dirty Tears is the debut album from The Hangovers was released in 1998-Track listing:#"Duck Song" – 4:02#"I'm Glad I'm me Today" – 5:17#"Sweetest Pain" – 4:16#"Hello Moon" – 4:58#"Soho" – 2:50#"I Feel Like..." – 3:32#"Sorry" – 3:54...

released in 1998. He had contributed bass to "Tamagnocchi" on Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars

Mouse on Mars is a duo from Germany who have been making electronic music since 1993. Their music is a sometimes quirky blend of IDM, krautrock, disco, and ambient with a heavy dollop of analog synth sounds and cross-frequency modulation...

' Autoditacker

Autoditacker

Third album by German electronica group Mouse on Mars, released in 1997.-Track listing:# "Sui Shop"# "Juju"# "Twift Shoeblade"# "Tamagnocchi"# "Dark FX"# "Scat"# "Tux & Damask"# "Sehnsud"# "X-Flies"# "Schnick Schnack Meltmade"# "Rondio"...

LP in 1997.

Frenett currently lives in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, and is believed to have moved on to a managerial career in the music industry.