The Three Johns

The band initially formed just before the 1981 wedding of Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, and their first gig was to be part of a "Funk the Wedding" event, but they were refused permission to play because they were drunk. The band regularly appeared in the UK Indie Chart during the mid-1980s, with singles such as "A.W.O.L.", "Death of the European" (an NME "Single of the Week"), and "Brainbox (He's a Brainbox)". The band split up in late 1988 after a disastrous US tour, but reformed in 1990, releasing Eat Your Sons, a concept album about cannibalism, before splitting again. Langford continued with the Mekons, later releasing a solo album, while Hyatt concentrated on his academic career. and continued to perform intermittently through 2017 in the UK, mostly in the Manchester and Leeds-Bradford areas. Vocalist John Hyatt died after suffering from neck and head cancer on 4 December 2023. ==Discography==

Chart placings shown are from the UK Indie Chart. Studio albums • Atom Drum Bop (1984, Abstract) No. 2 • The World by Storm (1986, Abstract) No. 4 • The Death of Everything (1988, T.I.M/Caroline Records) No. 19 • Deathrocker Scrapbook (1988, ROIR) • Eat Your Sons (1990, Low Noise/Tupelo Recording Company) Singles and EPs • "English White Boy Engineer" (1982, CNT) • "Pink Headed Bug" (1983, CNT) No. 44 • Men Like Monkeys EP (1983, CNT) • A.W.O.L. EP (1983, Abstract) No. 14 • Some History EP (1983, Abstract) No. 17 • "Do the Square Thing" (1984, Abstract) No. 6 • "Death of the European" (1985, Abstract) No. 3 • "Brainbox (He's a Brainbox)" (1985, Abstract) No. 3 • "Sold Down the River" (1986, Abstract) No. 10 • "Never and Always" (1987, Abstract) No. 5 • "Torches of Liberty" (1988, Abstract) Live albums • Live in Chicago (1987, Last Time Round Records) Compilation albums • (Crime Pays...Rock and Roll in the) Demonocracy - The Singles 1982-1986 (1986, Abstract) • The Best of The Three Johns (1996, Dojo) • Volume (2015, Buried Treasure) ==References==