John Collinson

The Arwen Lewis Show

Drummer John Collinson has played with numerus bands over 30 years in Los Angeles and is a veteran performer of LA’s most notable and notorious underground music venues, including Al’s Bar, Raji’s, Mr. T’s Bowl and Café NELA. John’s playing spans art rock, hard rock, garage, funk, jazz and punk. He is featured on 11 albums, including two double-album rock operas “Even Song” and “Lilith” by Thomas Kugler and the 2018 holiday compilation album “Something Shocking from the Stocking” (JoZee Records). He has performed on stage and/or in the studio with experimental art rockers Leather Hyman, Motorcycle Black Madonnas, Tony Clifton, Punk Rock Vatos, The Golden Rulers, Crawlspace, Brass of Steel, Legal Weapon, Sylvia Juncosa, and Arwen Lewis and Peter Lewis of Moby Grape. In 2022, John appeared on the “Loteria” double album with bass virtuoso Mike Watt (Minutemen and fIREHOSE) and Paul Lacques of I See Hawks in LA among a cast of 30+ other Los Angeles musicians paying tribute to the late musician Richard Derrick. His current projects include psychedelic garage rockers The Magnet Hearts, Star Party, the Arthur Alexander Band, disruptive surf rockers Furious Nakamura and Santa Sabbath, which thrills fans worldwide with holiday-themed versions of Black Sabbath classics. John’s music with Leather Hyman is prominently featured in “Tales of the American Hotel,” a documentary film about LA’s first Black hotel, its bohemian history and the nightclub Al’s Bar that occupied the hotel’s first floor. When not playing music, John is a non-profit warrior raising funds for arts and cultural and civic organizations. He has worked for the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, the Los Angeles Zoo, the Aquarium of the Pacific (Long Beach), House of Blues Foundation, Kidspace Children’s Museum, The Colburn School of Performing Arts and the Autry Museum of the American West. Host | Arwen Lewis Executive Producer | Jeremiah D. Higgins Producer - Sound Engineer - Graham Palmer (Surprise Studio) arwenlewismusic.com/ On Instagram, Follow Arwen Lewis Here: @thearwenlewisshow @arwenlewis www.thejeremiahshow.com On Instagram @jeremiahdhiggins linktr.ee/jeremiahdhiggins

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