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| Birth name | John Herndon |
| Also known as | Johnny Machine |
| Born | April 9, 1966 Long Island, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Origin | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Genres | Instrumental hip hop, indie hip hop, jazz, post-rock, electronica, progressive rock, dub |
| Occupation(s) | Producer, musician |
| Instrument | Drums |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Labels | Galaxia |
| Website | www |
John Herndon is an American musician and artist. Based in Chicago, he plays drums and percussion, and works as a producer for instrumental hip hop under the name A Grape Dope.
Career
John Herndon is a member of the bands Tortoise and Isotope 217, playing mainly drums but some other percussion (vibraphone, etc.) and occasional keyboards. He produced Deep Puddle Dynamics' song entitled "More from June" in 2002. He released the Missing Dragons EP under the alias A Grape Dope on Galaxia in 2003. It features a guest appearance from rapper Doseone.
Personal life
He is the father of dance pop musician 2hollis.
Discography
See also: Tortoise discography, Isotope 217 discography, The For Carnation discography, Five Style discography, and Poster Children discographyAlbums
- Backyard Bangers (2020)
EPs
- Immediate Action (2000)
- Missing Dragons (2003)
Productions
- Deep Puddle Dynamics - "More from June" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)
Contributions
- Themselves - "You Devil You" and "Hat in the Wind" from The No Music (2002)
- Doseone - "By Horoscope Light I&II" from Ha (2005)
Remixes
- Tommy Guerrero - "Birds Over Head (John Herndon Remix)" from Junk Collector (2001)
- Trans Am - "Cold War" from Extremixxx (2002)
- Themselves - "Dr. Moonorgun Please" from The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
- Via Tania - "On Sawyer" from Boltanski (2004)
- Via Tania - "Felt Cave" from True (2005)
References
- Locker, Melissa (19 November 2020). "John Herndon of Tortoise has a deal for you". Chicago Reader.
- Ankeny, Jason. "John Herndon". Allmusic.
- Gordon, Scott (May 27, 2009). "Tortoise's John Herndon to DJ with Madison's Ka-Boom!Box at Mickey's". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012.
- "A GRAPE DOPE, "MISSING DRAGONS"". Brainwashed.
- Hunt, Sam (March 31, 2002). "Dusted Reviews: Deep Puddle Dynamics / Anticon - More From June / We Ain't Fessin' (double quotes)". Dusted Magazine.
- Bryant, Andrew (July 2, 2003). "A Grape Dope: Missing Dragons EP". Pitchfork Media.
- Lee, Andy (May 2003). "A Grape Dope - Missing Dragons". Exclaim!.
External links
- A Grape Dope discography at Discogs
- John Herndon discography at Discogs
- U-Sheen discography at Discogs
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