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The Three Johns

Duration:
2 hours
First broadcast:
Tuesday 08 May 2012

Hello there, look who we have in session tonight! Only the blooming Three Johns that's who!

Jon Langford, John Hyatt and Phillip "John" Brennan are currently back with a five date tour around the UK, the first live dates since 2006. The Leeds based band that formed back in 1981, just before the Royal Wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, were totally different to Langford's main band The Mekons.

The Three John's were a silly/serious bunch at the height of Thatcher's Britain who played pure pop punk with a left leaning and were often seen as a socialist band. But as they were once quoted saying; "We're not a socialist band. We're a group of socialists who are in a band. It's a fine distinction but an important one".

Music Played

27 items
  • Image for The Three Johns

    The Three Johns Death Of The European

  • Image for The Table

    The Table Do the Standing Still

    1 2 3 4, Universal, 015
  • Image for Milk Maid

    Milk Maid Do Right

    Fat Cat
  • Image for King Creosote

    King Creosote Double Underneath

    I Learned From The Gaels, Domino
  • Image for Laurel Aitken

    Laurel Aitken Rudi Got Married - BBC Session 28/04/1980

  • Image for The Three Johns

    The Three Johns Coals To Newcastle

  • The Travellers Teenage Machine Age

    Mad Daddy's Maddest Spins, Righteous Recordings, 019
  • Image for Hank Williams

    Hank Williams Settin' the Woods on Fire

    24 Greatest Hits, Mercury Nashville, 017
  • Image for Xerox Teens

    Xerox Teens Darlin'

    Big Billy Records

  • Charlie Boyer You Haven't Got A Chance

    Blank Editions
  • Image for Vivian Stanshall

    Vivian Stanshall Sir Henry at Rawlinson End part 2 May 11th 1977

  • Image for The Three Johns

    The Three Johns Secret Agent

  • Image for The Three Johns

    The Three Johns World Of The Workers

  • Image for Euros Childs

    Euros Childs Shithausen

  • Image for Ween

    Ween Voodoo Lady

    Chocolate and Cheese, Flying Nun, 010
  • Image for Jess Roberts

    Jess Roberts Voodoo Woman

    Static Caravan
  • Image for The Magnetic North

    The Magnetic North Rackwick

    Orkney: Symphony of the Magnetic North, Full Time Hobby, 005
  • Image for Crass

    Crass Shaved Woman - John Peel session 28/03/1979

  • Image for The Royal We

    The Royal We All The Rage

    Geographic
  • Image for Veronica Falls

    Veronica Falls My Heart Beats

    Bella Union
  • Image for Caravan

    Caravan In The Land Of Grey And Pink

  • Image for Cate Le Bon

    Cate Le Bon Falcon Eyed

  • Image for Iggy & The Stooges

    Iggy & The Stooges I Need Somebody

    Raw Power, Legacy, 006
  • Image for North Atlantic Oscillation

    North Atlantic Oscillation Chirality

    Fog Electric, Kscope, 002
  • Image for Dr. John

    Dr. John Locked Down

  • Image for Carl Perkins

    Carl Perkins honky tonk gal/babe (alt 4)

  • Image for Perfume Genius

    Perfume Genius Dark Parts

    Matador

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