"Now don't be afraid, come and join the parade for the ultimate sacrifice...." "Johnny hates Jazz" were for a couple of months in the late eighties the toast of the global music industry and their clients, us. A three piece band consisting of two damned good looking englishmen (and one unfortunately butt-ugly American), they released a string of world wide smash hits between April 1987 and February 1988, before splitting and sinking back into oblivion. The band's first incarnation consisted of Clark Datchler (vocals, keys), Calvin Hayes (keys) and bassist Mike Nocito. Although still in their early twenties, the three of them had a plethora of studio experience: Hayes was the son of the owner of RAK Studios, and he and Nocito had engineered and recorded for years. Datchler already had a single release under his own name under his belt before the other two asked him to join.
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