Alain Johannes

Musician

Birthday May 2, 1962

Birth Sign Taurus

Birthplace Santiago, Chile

Age 61 years old

Nationality Chile

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1962

Alain Johannes Mociulski (born May 2, 1962) is a Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, whose primary instruments are guitar and bass.

He is a founding member of several bands, including the alternative rock group Eleven, and has been involved with acts such as hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey, Chris Cornell, Arctic Monkeys, Mark Lanegan and The Desert Sessions, both as a musician and as a producer.

Alain Johannes is nephew of Chilean nueva ola musician Peter Rock.

He was born in Santiago de Chile.

1987

He was married to Natasha Shneider from 1987 until her death in 2008.

In his teen years, Johannes formed the band Chain Reaction (later Anthym) with Hillel Slovak, Todd Strassman, and Jack Irons.

This band was later renamed What Is This.

Todd Strassman was replaced by Flea, who was replaced, upon leaving the band, by Chris Hutchinson.

In 1987, Johannes and Natasha Shneider released the album Walk the Moon under the MCA label.

Reportedly, Chris Hutchinson and Jack Irons played on some of its tracks.

1990

Eleven was formed in 1990 and released their debut album Awake in a Dream in 1991, which included the pop based singles "Rainbows End" and "All Together".

1993

They followed this with regular releases Eleven in 1993, Thunk! in 1995, Avantgardedog in 2000, and Howling Book in 2003.

1996

Johannes was the only other contributor on the 1996 debut album by Jason Falkner, Jason Falkner Presents Author Unknown.

1999

He was also a significant contributor to Chris Cornell's 1999 solo album, Euphoria Morning as a guitarist, writer and producer.

He also toured as part of Chris Cornell's band in support of this album.

2004

He mixed and played on Jack Irons' first solo record, Attention Dimension, released in 2004, and he co-wrote on Danish stoner rock outfit The Royal Highness.

2005

In 2005, he joined Queens of the Stone Age to play guitar as well as bass on Lullabies to Paralyze.

He had previously guested on Lullabies' predecessor, Songs for the Deaf, having also co-written the track "Hanging Tree" during one of The Desert Sessions.

He would participate in the tour for the album and appears on the live DVD, Over the Years and Through the Woods in the main concert.

Johannes once again contributed a main role to Lullabies' follow up, Era Vulgaris, but he opted to concentrate on Eleven with Natasha Shneider, and the pair bowed out of touring before the album's promotion started.

2007

In 2007, Johannes became a part of Brody Dalle's post-Distillers effort, Spinnerette.

2008

In late 2008, a song he co-wrote with Shneider, Time for Miracles, was recorded by Adam Lambert and used in the movie 2012.

2009

In August 2009, he joined Them Crooked Vultures, with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme and former Led Zeppelin bass player John Paul Jones.

Johannes contributed guitar, bass, keyboards, and backing vocals on their 2009–2010 tour, often playing his own solo guitar section during the set.

2010

On October 5, 2010, he released his solo debut album Spark, a tribute to the late Natasha Shneider.

2012

On September 5, 2012, Jimmy Eat World announced that he would be a producer/engineer on their 8th studio album.

2013

In 2013, he became a player in Dave Grohl's Sound City Players project, writing and recording a song for the album, and playing a major role in the live performances.

2014

On November 11, 2014, he released his second solo album, Fragments and Wholes Vol. 1, drawing inspiration from the death of his parents as well as that of Natasha Shneider.

Johannes began working with PJ Harvey in 2014.

2015

In 2015, he was the producer of K's Choice album The Phantom Cowboy, and Edith Crash's Partir.

2016

From 2016 to 2017, Johannes was a part of PJ Harvey's touring ensemble for her world tour in support of her album The Hope Six Demolition Project.

He also played on the album itself.

In 2016, he composed and performed the soundtrack for the Ubisoft game, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands.

2020

In 2020, his third solo record Hum was released on Ipecac Records to favorable critical reviews

On September 3, 2022, Them Crooked Vultures reunited for a performance at Wembley Stadium in honour of Foo Fighters' late drummer Taylor Hawkins and again on September 27, 2022 at the KIA Forum for the second tribute show.

Throughout his career Johannes has worked with a wide range of artists and bands in various genres as a musician, record engineer and producer.