RIP Cliff Johnson
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 4:52 am
Singer of Off Broadway has passed.
and my personal fav....
and my personal fav....
R.I.P.
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Re: RIP Cliff Johnson
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:27 pm
Had that 80's sounding voice.
R.I.P.
R.I.P.
Re: RIP Cliff Johnson
Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2022 5:32 pm
RIP. I don't think I've heard of this band before though.
Re: RIP Cliff Johnson
Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2022 3:42 am
Re: RIP Cliff Johnson
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 10:15 am
Cliff Johnson, singer for legendary power pop band Off Broadway, remembered as fearless showman
Johnson was part of Pezband until 1975, when he exited to form a transitional band, d’Thumbs, with future members of Cheap Trick and Whitesnake (Tommy Aldridge).
Off Broadway’s record label did not promote the band as well as it could have.
“They dropped the ball on Off Broadway,” Patti Johnson said of Atlantic Records. “They would tour with bands like (hard rock group) UFO — bands that were totally not pop-related. It was like, ‘Why are you doing this to them?’”
In a 1998 Tribune interview, Johnson agreed.
“On our 1979 tour, all we did was open for metal and Southern boogie bands whose fans hated us,” Johnson said. “Touring with the Pretenders or the Cars would have been more appropriate.”
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Johnson was part of Pezband until 1975, when he exited to form a transitional band, d’Thumbs, with future members of Cheap Trick and Whitesnake (Tommy Aldridge).
Off Broadway’s record label did not promote the band as well as it could have.
“They dropped the ball on Off Broadway,” Patti Johnson said of Atlantic Records. “They would tour with bands like (hard rock group) UFO — bands that were totally not pop-related. It was like, ‘Why are you doing this to them?’”
In a 1998 Tribune interview, Johnson agreed.
“On our 1979 tour, all we did was open for metal and Southern boogie bands whose fans hated us,” Johnson said. “Touring with the Pretenders or the Cars would have been more appropriate.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ ... _RUKk-x7FY