Gallon Drunk
By All Music Guide
By All Music Guide
Johnston took some time off from the group the following year, as he and Terry Edwards created a soundscape, Dora Suarez, which was inspired by crime writer Derek Raymonds novel I Was Dora Suarez and resulted in a sold-out live performance of the work at the National Film Theatre on Londons South Bank. The same year, Johnston lent his guitar-playing talents to Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds for their 1994 spot on the U.S. festival Lollapalooza, which resulted in Johnston collaborating on several songs with Cave (as well as appearing alongside Cave and Kylie Minogue on a Top of the Pops appearance). After returning back to Gallon Drunk, the bandmembers decided to split from Warner Bros., which resulted in contractual red tape that would prevent the group from issuing any new recordings until the end of 1995 (The Traitors Gate EP, which the group issued on their own), supported by an appearance at the Phoenix Festival and an inaugural tour of Ireland.
1996 saw the release of Gallon Drunks third studio full-length overall (and first for new label City Slang), In the Long Still Night, which was considered by both fans and press alike to be the groups finest recording yet. Up next for Gallon Drunk was soundtrack work, as they contributed music to a feature film by Nikos Triandafyllidis, titled Black Milk, as well as Geraldine Swaynes East End. Meanwhile, Johnston made his acting debut in 2001 in the Ken Russell horror-comedy The Fall of the Louse Usher, based on Edgar Allen Poes novel. Johnston issued the single Hurricane under the JJ Stone moniker that same year. In 2002, bass player
Jeremy Cottingham was added to the group, just prior to Gallon Drunk issuing the vibrant and darl Fire Music .
