Johnny Modern

Johnny is a London based singer/songwriter whose material references key themes and events in politics and pop culture from the 1970s to the modern day, delivered with a melodic mix of seriousness and satire.  Inspired in particular by The Beatles, Neil Young and The Smiths, Johnny's vintage style rock incorporates thought provoking but playful lyricism.

Johnny's rough and ready demo album, Modern Times, was recorded in a week at Bona Fide Studios, Shoreditch in 2000.  This was followed up by the more polished The Time Has Come in 2008, also recorded at Bona Fide.

Following a long hiatus, Johnny started work on the double concept album ‘From A Quiet Place’, a distillation of material written over the last two decades.  Recorded at Press Play Studios in Bermondsey and produced by Stereolab drummer Andy Ramsay, the album explores the descent of  the world from the relative hope and equality of the Seventies  to the societal and personal angst and chaos of today. Sides 1 and 2 of the album were released in 2025 as  EPs ‘I Remember Then’, and ‘All the People’.  Sides 3 and 4 ‘Now’ and ‘Future’ were released in September 2026. The final stage of the project, scheduled for early 2027, will be to release the full album .