John Strohm (or John P. Strohm, born March 23, 1967 in

Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of Monroe County, Indiana, Monroe County in the central region of the U.S. state of Indiana. It is the List of municipalities in Indiana, seventh-largest city in Indiana and the fourth-largest outside ...

) is an

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musician, singer, and lawyer. He began his musical career playing drum set in Indiana's punk rock scene, then moved to Boston in 1985 and switched to guitar. With

Juliana Hatfield Juliana Hatfield (born July 27, 1967) is an American musician and singer-songwriter from the Boston area, formerly of the indie rock bands Blake Babies, Some Girls (band), Some Girls, and The Lemonheads. She also fronted her own band, The Julia ...

and Freda Love (then Freda Boner) he co-founded the

indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...

trio

Blake Babies Blake Babies were an American college rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts. The three primary members were John Strohm, Freda Love, and Juliana Hatfield. They recorded three albums before splitting up in 1991. They reformed to reco ...

in 1986. In 1994 the band Velo-Deluxe with Strohm as the frontman released their only album ''Superelastic'' through

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. Strohm also played drums in

The Lemonheads The Lemonheads are an American alternative rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1986 by Evan Dando, Ben Deily, and Jesse Peretz. Dando has remained the band's only constant member. After their initial punk-influenced releases and tour ...

from 1987 - 1989 and guitar during the years 1993-1994 and 1996-1997. He led the indie rock band

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and released his first solo album, ''Vestavia'', in 1999. In 2007 Strohm released another full-length album, ''Everyday Life''. From 2011 to 2017, Strohm worked for the Nashville law firm Loeb & Loeb LLP as Senior Counsel in their Music Industry practice. In late 2017, he was named President of Rounder Records.

References

External links

John P. Strohm discography on idiot-dog.com

John P. Strohm Myspace Page
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