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“Now don’t be afraid, come and join the parade for the ultimate sacrifice…”
“Johnny Hates Jazz” were for a couple of months in the late eighties the toast of the global music industry and their clients, us. A three piece band, they released a string of world wide smash hits between April 1987 and February 1988, before splitting and sinking back into oblivion.
The band’s first incarnation consisted of Clark Datchler (vocals, keys), Calvin Hayes (keys) and bassist Mike Nocito. Although still in their early twenties, the three of them had a plethora of studio experience: Hayes was the son of the owner of RAK Studios, and he and Nocito had engineered and recorded for years. Datchler already had a few releases under his own name under his belt before the other two asked him to join. The unusual band name was apparently taken from one of the band’s friends - Johnny - who couldn’t stand Jazz at all.
All the songs on the first album were written by Datchler, and produced and engineered by the other two lads. The first single “Me And My Foolish Heart”, released under the studio’s own label flopped, but after being signed by Virgin Records their star began to rise: “Shattered Dreams” was the first of eight (!) singles taken of the first album “Turn back the Clock”, followed by “I don’t want to be a hero”, etc, etc.
“Johnny Hates Jazz” were for a couple of months in the late eighties the toast of the global music industry and their clients, us. A three piece band, they released a string of world wide smash hits between April 1987 and February 1988, before splitting and sinking back into oblivion.
The band’s first incarnation consisted of Clark Datchler (vocals, keys), Calvin Hayes (keys) and bassist Mike Nocito. Although still in their early twenties, the three of them had a plethora of studio experience: Hayes was the son of the owner of RAK Studios, and he and Nocito had engineered and recorded for years. Datchler already had a few releases under his own name under his belt before the other two asked him to join. The unusual band name was apparently taken from one of the band’s friends - Johnny - who couldn’t stand Jazz at all.
All the songs on the first album were written by Datchler, and produced and engineered by the other two lads. The first single “Me And My Foolish Heart”, released under the studio’s own label flopped, but after being signed by Virgin Records their star began to rise: “Shattered Dreams” was the first of eight (!) singles taken of the first album “Turn back the Clock”, followed by “I don’t want to be a hero”, etc, etc.
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whitebicycle wrote:
A metaphor for the 80's. Should be on the American Psycho Soundtrack [2]
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Robromov69 wrote:
A metaphor for the 80's. Should be on the American Psycho Soundtrack
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andrinaluvsmart wrote:
♥
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east215 wrote:
Shattered Dreams. I loved the song, and it basically sums up the 80s (AIDS, crack, Reaganomics, and Thatcherism).
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AntinousXXI wrote:
Music is horrible but it gives me warm feeling inside since I had a crush on the singer when I was a kid :">
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hi80s wrote:
80s tape
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Moderntalking16 wrote:
nice
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Miss_Moonlight wrote:
"This is enough of me and my foolish heart..." .. My favourite band!
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Dadal1er wrote:
Shattered Dreams is a great song. The rest goes from filler to utterly horrendous.
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gjorgjid wrote:
Johnny *hates* jazz? Huh? Dumb.
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MissHyperactive wrote:
shattered dreams<3
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Nachtfalke1985 wrote:
klasse band auch wenn der name so schön ironisch ist und ich jazz liebe :)
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PAWOKO wrote:
Super Band!!! :)
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calmev wrote:
Shattered Dreams <3
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ramiroreguerin wrote:
en los 80's fueron uno de mis favoritos ... "turn back the clock", "shattered dreams" ... super canciones ...recomiendo "what other reason"
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Raztro wrote:
LOVE THEM!!
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Z3R0FiR3 wrote:
Who's this Johnny and why does he hate Jazz? (Just kidding, I love this band.)
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addbanner wrote:
You are in my library.
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WerBack wrote:
Peter Hates Johny Hates Jazz, because a) they are even more mainstream than Metallica b) Peter Loves Jazz. Period.
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calwolves wrote:
pleasant and different for the time. loved them!
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