Johnny Whitney
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Johnny Whitney is a singer, author and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle.
He is probably most well known for his vocals alongside Jordan Blilie
in the now defunct post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is currently the vocalist of Jaguar Love
. Johnny has also provided vocals for The Vogue
, Soiled Doves
, and Neon Blonde
. His voice has been described by critics at Alternative Press as sounding like "a child being tortured."
Johnny has gone on to remix songs from Jaguar Love, as well as songs by other artists: "Positive Tension" by Bloc Party
, Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
and a clash of "Heartbeats" by The Knife
with The Notorious B.I.G.
's "Juicy". Some of his remixes can be found on his "DJ Johnny Whitney" MySpace page.
In 2010, Johnny provided vocals for Felix Cartal's track "Volcano", featured on the album "Popular Music".
He runs a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing along with his wife Amy Carlsen http://www.crystalcityclothing.com/2006/about.html.
On the 21st July, 2010, Johnny released volume 1 of his acoustic mixtapes through Crystal City clothing:
On October 1, 2010 Johnny released the short story "The Mermaid and the Actor" through www.crystalcityclothing.com
In 2011 Whitney collaborated with Belgium electro-pop group Arsenal (band)
on their album Lokemo. He joined them on several live gigs in Belgium. They headlined the Rock Werchter
festival.
He is probably most well known for his vocals alongside Jordan Blilie
Jordan Blilie
Jordan Blilie is the vocalist for the bands Past Lives and Head Wound City. However, he is best known as the co-lead vocalist and co-lyricist for The Blood Brothers, which he was a part of since their formation in 1997 until their breakup in 2007...
in the now defunct post-hardcore band, The Blood Brothers. He is currently the vocalist of Jaguar Love
Jaguar Love
Jaguar Love is an American indie rock band from Portland, Oregon, composed of former members of The Blood Brothers.-History:The band was formed by members of the bands Blood Brothers and Pretty Girls Make Graves...
. Johnny has also provided vocals for The Vogue
The Vogue
The Vogue were an American rock band that evolved into Soiled Doves after the departure of their keyboardist. As lead vocalist and founding member Johnny Whitney began to focus more on his other group, The Blood Brothers, the rest of the group supported bassist Adam Miller's side project The...
, Soiled Doves
Soiled Doves
-Albums:*Soiled Life CD *# "Black Cactus Choir" - 2:49*# "Death Knell for Paper Children" - 2:36*# "Hot Siberian Heart" - 2:39*# "Fuck This Nest" - 2:07*# "Accelerator" - 1:57*# "Soiled Doves" - 3:37...
, and Neon Blonde
Neon Blonde
Neon Blonde is an experimental rock musical group consisting of Johnny Whitney and Mark Gajadhar from The Blood Brothers. They are from Kirkland, Washington...
. His voice has been described by critics at Alternative Press as sounding like "a child being tortured."
Johnny has gone on to remix songs from Jaguar Love, as well as songs by other artists: "Positive Tension" by Bloc Party
Bloc Party
Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band, composed of Kele Okereke , Russell Lissack , Gordon Moakes , and Matt Tong...
, Maps by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo, who joined as a touring...
and a clash of "Heartbeats" by The Knife
The Knife
The Knife are a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consists of siblings Karin Dreijer Andersson and Olof Dreijer, who together also run their own record company, Rabid Records. They first received international attention after their song "Heartbeats", covered by...
with The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...
's "Juicy". Some of his remixes can be found on his "DJ Johnny Whitney" MySpace page.
In 2010, Johnny provided vocals for Felix Cartal's track "Volcano", featured on the album "Popular Music".
He runs a clothing company called Crystal City Clothing along with his wife Amy Carlsen http://www.crystalcityclothing.com/2006/about.html.
On the 21st July, 2010, Johnny released volume 1 of his acoustic mixtapes through Crystal City clothing:
On October 1, 2010 Johnny released the short story "The Mermaid and the Actor" through www.crystalcityclothing.com
In 2011 Whitney collaborated with Belgium electro-pop group Arsenal (band)
Arsenal (band)
Arsenal is a Belgian music band formed in 1999 by Hendrik Willemyns & John Roan who forced their way into various dj-sets with the release of their first EP "release" - a moody-deephouse-track on Wally's Groove World with guestvocals by Blissphemy. The track made it to Cafe del Mar and was...
on their album Lokemo. He joined them on several live gigs in Belgium. They headlined the Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter
Rock Werchter is a Belgian annual music festival held in the village of Werchter, near Leuven, since 1974. It is one of the five biggest annual rock music festivals in Europe...
festival.