Alain Johannes - A Brief History of Alain Time

[@sleven8013]

As an eager listener to Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age I eventually also stumbled upon the godly assemble of men that is Them Crooked Vultures. Listening to a live performance on youtube I became curious of the bald 4th guy that had vocal lines, which led me to wiki the vultures live ensemble and got me the name Alain Johannes. Not stopping there, I ventured out to youtube once again to listen to his band Eleven. This was about 3 years ago. I am still mesmerized by this man. This genius. Alain Johannes and Natasha Schneider will forever live on in my heart. Their huge amount of work in the shadows is mind-baffling, and that they never received the recognition of the mass as their many colleagues did is sad. But I truly hope that they never was discouraged, and kept rocking on. RIP Natasha and all the love to Alain. I am blessed to have your music in my life.

[@MauricioAmthauer]

Same story here! In fact, it was even better for me to know about him, cause he is chilean, just like I am. Just 2 weeks ago he played live here in Concepción with his band "Alain Johannes Trio". They released some months ago their new -and first- single ft. Mike Patton (singing in the chorus), and its awesome.

[@gillesbourgeois5348]

recognition of the mass maybe never mattered for Alain and Nat, maybe they worked only for the blessing of playing their music and help other musicians they respected...maybe! The recognition of their music fellows was hugely sufficient, I guess...when Dave Grohl introduced Alain as the most talented musician on stage, his humblety might have been shook somewhat!

[@brandymullins1720]

You should listen to Eagles Of Death metal

[@stoneylonesome4062]

Listen to Kyuss

[@leafbelly]

I was fortunate to meet Alain this past weekend in Cincinnati at a very scaled-back show (about 50 people in attendance). He sounded great and was very friendly and down-to-earth to speak with and I got a pic with him -- one of my bucket list items as he's one of my top three favorite songwriters of all-time.

[@jratcliffe91]

Alain's the unsung hero of so many of my favourite bands / projects!! and his solo stuff is immense. there's a reason he's played with so many great musicians!

[@AlexTapisevic]

Forgot to mention he teached Flea to play the bass.

[@juancarloshernandez2921]

It was Hillel.

[@goofayoo]

I was fortunate enough to see the Euphoria Morning tour in Seattle, and although Chris is awesome, his band blew me away. I'll never forget how that show ended, with the cacophony of loops.. So f'n killer.. I've been a fan ever since. On Spark.. It's in my top five albums of all time. I can't think of another example of such profound sorrow, loss, love and hope, so beautifully done. I'm a forty eight year old metal-head, and that album still can make me cry. So incredibly moving, it's helped me through some sad times as well. Among all the static and noise we are assaulted with daily, Alain's music truly is a gift. An oasis. Solace.

[@renapeppers20]

RIP Chris.

[@andrewneedham3281]

That was a wonderful show! I got my brother and myself tickets for his birthday from Ticketmaster, care of a Disc Jockey outlet in the local mall. Tickets were the nosiest of the nosebleeds, and we borrowed my mom's car to drive to Seattle for the concert, but it was an amazing experience nonetheless. My brother lost it when Cornell covered "Boot Camp." We talked about that show for weeks, and it's part of the tapestry that forms my relationship with him. All that, at least in some small way because of Alain and Natasha. Hopefully more people find stuff like Eleven and like it. I can still listen to "Thunk" all the way through and think, "This album is awesome!" Those were good musical times.

[@RenardDV]

I hope you're doing good dude!

[@treehouseapefeet5185]

No one else sings or shreds like Alain, which is why so many people wanted him in their arsenal. Alain and Natasha's harmonies were unreal, like their voices were meant for each other.

[@VolvoImpala]

Thanks for this as an Alain fan. The guitar riff or really both riffs to "Reach Out" are some of the best of all time. Alain's incredible vocal is just the icing on the cake. I got my dad into the band with almost no pushback by playing the song for him. If Alain is in your band he's playing lead guitar. I don't care who you are, unless you happen to be Robert Quine.

[@coffinshaker]

Amazing amount of talent mentioned in the video

[@KowankoMusic]

I met Alain and Natasha on the streets of NYC in 1996 and they could not have been lovelier. I've been a huge fan of Eleven ever since I saw them open for Soundgarden in '94 and their talents, while widely utilized, have never been properly recognized. This was a really great thing you did - and thanks for making me aware of the Spark record, which I've just ordered. RIP Natasha!

[@fozzifoster26]

So hes basically a badass.

[@VolvoImpala]

*superbadass.

[@shrapnelface5978]

I stumbled apon Alain from Them Crooked Vultures and have become a fan of his ever since. Thanks for making this video.

[@The4cymbals]

Great job! Alain is a hero of mine musically, saw him with TCV on their tour in 09, phenomenal musician, and my band played on Monday with Loading Data whose album he produced and played on... fantastic.

[@jhonfrustante]

Gracias amigo!!! un muy buen trabajo el que realizaste En chile somos muchos los fans de Alain...

[@kdy4life]

Eleven have to be thee most underrated band ever. They kicked everyone’s ass and the ass they kicked agreed

[@sebaken]

Natasha+Alain+Chris= Magic, real magic❤️

[@Happyingaloshes]

Underrated musician, I feels his pain for Natasha too, I love their time in Qotsa.

[@renapeppers20]

WOW!!! Didn't know all of the connections between all of them!!!

[@ClaytonEastridge]

Amazing history that I have been trying to tell my friends for years. Never done better than right here. Thanks!

[@angelicalbuquerque]

AMAZING, dude! Really. Alain deserves it!

[@red-xv5ki]

This was fantastic. I have a great love and respect or Alain and I'm glad someone appreciates him enough to make this. Wonderful choice of backing music as well, Spark was a beautiful album.

[@marcalving1753]

Alain is the missing link in those bands that I like.pure genius he is.

[@PsychedeliKompot]

Alain closed his recording Studio "11 AD" recently. The last album recorded and produced there was Patrón's selftitled album featuring Patrón himself, Alain Johannes, Joey Castillo and Nick Oliveri among others. Great record and a worthy last album to come out of that historic studio. You can find it here: patronofficial.bandcamp.com/album/patr-n Alain has some guest appearances on the album and produced it as well.

[@tomasoconnor]

Great litte video. I like the drawing board style.

[@LeonardoBruno54]

We need an update of this!

[@frankmcdman]

Agreed! Will try to make that happen soon!

[@LeonardoBruno54]

@@frankmcdman We still do! lol

[@stupy1424]

great video did, love alain and natasha

[@jonwootten]

Wow. I loved this. I would love more like it!

[@MIGeoMous]

What an awesome video!!

[@DevonGalleyMusic]

Holy crap! He's got his hands into everything!

[@mcdman]

Thanks for the nice note... passed it on to Alain...

[@DjangoJohnson1911]

Very well made..I will one day work with this man.

[@gonza77777]

Great job!!! However, there is no mention to the Alain´s father who was a famous singer in the 60s in its own country in south-america.

[@jhonfrustante]

VERY GOOD!!! NICE... con subtitulos en español please!!

[@garrickbisogno8809]

Wow!! Very cool!! Very informative!

[@KowankoMusic]

Very cool. Another side note I particularly enjoy is Alain & Natasha's appearance on King's X singer/bassist Dug Pinnick's solo album Strum Sum Up. King's X being another horrifically overlooked band and all...

[@mauro1480]

Alain ES UN GENIO!!!

[@mcdman]

Thanks for the nice note! Will make sure Alain sees it ;)

[@chrisponton4233]

In like 82 I worked with Don Davis, he let me hear , What is this..singing I'll be around! I loved it! He said his step son was in the band. Who is his step son?? Anyone know??

[@mcdman]

there's a version with spanish subtitles on line now...

[@DevonGalleyMusic]

Cheers to that!

[@jakesguitarvidz]

where did you get the instrumental tracks from? I really enjoy just hearing the instruments..especially "No, I Know"… Howling Book is in my top 10 albums list and I think it's one of THE most unknown masterpieces of modern music out there!

[@AlexTapisevic]

Hi jakes glad to see you here I like your guitar vids. specially STP ones.

[@mikeyjacob4654]

Please do one on faliure

[@ZachCanPlay]

thank you so much for this. Alain is God.

[@cyanplaza5153]

Alain Johannes is the Ramza Beoulve of 90's rock. He'll never be the first name you think of, but in terms of impact he probably should be.

[@FucKOff_]

Últimos resquícios da linhagem do rock n' roll

[@mcdman]

Good idea... I'll work on Spanish subtitles!

[@CrashedOutComedy]

i am working on a fan made doc about the film ROCK N ROLL HIGHSCHOOL FOREVER, Alain is busy and cant take part in it, and im discovering a possible link to the chili peppers being on the soundtrack and i would very much like to use part of this video for an explanation, i will give all credit. please let me know

[@frankmcdman]

sure... feel free to use/reference this video

[@MrMhg71]

The Desert Sessions?

[@js312raf]

The Desert Sessions!

[@brandymullins1720]

Yeah.. they left that out completely...

[@celestepetitechatte]

la media historia! >.

[@yamid]

Do the What is This albums have actual cd releases, or were those just mocked up for the video?

[@mcdman]

Sorry... just mocked those up for the video!

[@delaythefade343]

What is the name of the first song?

[@mcdman]

The first song playing under the narration is "The Bleeding Whole" from Alain's album, "Spark."

[@delaythefade343]

Awesome, thank you!

[@victorricardoperaltagomez394]

Pero no tuvo un grupo ni fue famoso solista, era amigo y productor de los grandes como varios o un monton de gente, era el gordito que le hacian bulling, cero pinta de rockero......en fin ....del montón

[@mcdman]

haha... no rest for the wicked ;)