History John Coffey

John Coffey was formed in 2005 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Begin 2012 John Coffey tore down a small pub somewhere in Groningen during the Eurosonic

Festival. 30 minutes of sheer guitar loudness left the audience in awe with ringing ears and renewed punkrock hope. It got them a record deal on German based Redfield Records. Distribution in the

Benelux will be done by Suburban Records and bookings are done by Rock ‘n Roll

Highschool in the Netherlands and Sparta Bookings in Europe.

Recap

After a year of hard work, rehearsal space fights, torn cymbals and moulted amps John

Coffey travelled up north to Sweden in November 2011 to cooperate with producer

Pelle Gunnerfeldt (The Hives, Refused) and Jag Jago (ex-guitar player The Ghost Of a

Thousand). Surrounded by Grammy Awards, they recorded their album in the legendary

Gröndahl Studio.

Being flat broke, John Coffey was massively supported by their fans who, through

Sellaband, donated their money like it was going out of fashion. All to get the band to

Sweden.

The Result is ‘Bright Companions’. A raw punk/rock n’ roll record written during an

intense year the band had while making it. A year in which part of the band travelled to

Asia to work on the record on desolate roads, in a hospital and in a Phnom Penh slum,

while the other half laboured endlessly in dark Utrecht rehearsal spaces. A conversation

between five friends about fear of change, vultures, Romans and The Bomb. Musically a

mixture of punkrock, screamo, metal and modern hardcore. Presented with a big shot of

rock n’ roll bravery.

In October 2009 John Coffey released its debut album VANITY on Sally Forth Records

while touring with bands like Underoath, Cancer Bats, Architects, The Chariot and Ghost

Of A Thousand. Besides Holland, the band toured through Great-Brittan, Germany,

Poland, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

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