James Johnston (English musician)
James Johnston (born 1966, Guildford, Surrey, England) is an English alternative rock musician.
Biography
Johnston founded the London-based alternative rock band Gallon Drunk with Michael Delanian, Nick Combe and Joe Byfield in 1990. The group have been active, both recording and touring, to the present, releasing eight studio albums, compilations, and one live album, most recent being 2014's acclaimed 'The Soul Of The Hour', Johnston remaining the sole original member of the group as frontman and main songwriter. Johnston and fellow Gallon Drunk band-member Terry Edwards provided the musical accompaniment for Derek Raymond's spoken word album Dora Suarez in 1994. Johnston was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from 2003 to 2008, having originally toured as a guest guitarist with the band in 1994 on the Lollapalooza tour. He has also recorded and toured with a wide variety of other musicians, including Lydia Lunch (both solo and as the band Big Sexy Noise), French alternative rock group Ulan Bator, Barry Adamson, and as a member of legendary Krautrock band Faust, and currently recording and performing with PJ Harvey. Johnston has contributed scores to numerous film and television projects, working with Ken Russell and acting for Olivier Assayas in his award-winning film Clean.
James Johnston
Notable people with the name James or Jim Johnston include:
James Johnston (Northern Ireland politician)
Sir James Johnston PC (29 November 1849 – 13 April 1924) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Johnston was a company director and was elected to the Belfast Corporation for the Irish Unionist Party. He was High Sheriff of Belfast in 1912/3, and Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1917 to 1919. In 1921, he was elected to the Senate of Northern Ireland, but served only three years. He was a Deputy Speaker of the Senate from 1921 until 1923.
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James Johnston (rugby union)
James Johnston (born 6 March 1986) is a New Zealand rugby union player of Samoan descent who plays club rugby for Wasps in the Aviva Premiership. He plays at tighthead prop. He has represented Samoa. Johnston lived in Surbiton whilst playing for Harlequins, before making the move to St Albans upon signing for Saracens in 2013. He started for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.
On 15 June 2015, James signs for Premiership rivals Wasps for the upcoming 2015-16 season.
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