192: Johnny Stevens from Highly Suspect

192: Johnny Stevens from Highly Suspect

By rova | Jay & Dunc

We were lucky enough to have Johnny Stevens, frontman for Highly Suspect, and the band's manager, Gregg, join us for a chat!

Approximate interview timings:

1 - What do you make of being back in NZ/booking issues
4 - How Johnny got into music, ripping into the Backstreet boys
5 - All is still surreal for Johnny
6 - How Johnny met Rich and Ryan
7 - Beef with Ryan 7.13 - Band fights
9 - Where did the name come from?
10 - What would the new name be?
12 - Influence from Muse 
13 - Highly Suspect newspaper article confused locals
14 - First gig ever at a bar 
15 - The day they quit their day jobs
16 - The time Lindsay Lohan called the police on Johnny when he worked at a Karaoke bar
18 - The time Johnny had sex with an Elf and got robbed at the same time
20 - How did the record deal come about
22 - Writing the second record in Colombia
24 - Thoughts on coming to NZ to make music?
25 - Piha waterfall x Serj Tankien
28 - Trusts Arena Show
29 - Recording the new release in Muse's studio
31 - Have you scratched the surface of what you're capable of?
33 - New album is the best they've ever made
38 - Bath Salts
40 - Lydia
42 - Johnny's new music will be a bit sadder than usual
44 - All Blacks / Dan Carter chat
45 - Lee Irished goodbye'd Johnny and Greg

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