Background
Bramwell was born on 27 November 1964 in Hyde, Cheshire (now part of Tameside, Greater Manchester). He grew up in Gee Cross, Hyde.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
John Bramwell
Edit ProfileCareer
He is the frontman for the three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot, and has previously issued solo material under the guise of "Johnny Dangerously". He is left-handed, but plays guitar right-handed. In the early years, John was the front man of a four-piece band called "The Ignition" that toured in the early to late 1980s.
Following that he became a solo performer and Granada Television presenter Johnny Dangerously, introducing a local Saturday morning magazine programme Fresh that included one of the first television appearances for KFM Radio personality Caroline Aherne in her Mistress
Merton role. In this guise he also released You, Maine and the Alarm Clock, named in The Guardian newspaper as one of "greatest albums you"ve never heard". He also released a single with The deBuchias.
The Mouth first played live at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, and on returning from America, Bramwell worked booking bands at Manchester venue Night & Day Café during the midto late-1990s. In 1999, he formed I Am Kloot.
The band released its first single "Titanic/To You" as a 7" double A-side single in 1999 and its first album Natural History in 2001 – both produced by Guy Garvey from Elbow.
Membership
In the early 1990s, Bramwell formed The Mouth with friend and musician Bryan Glancy (the titular Seldom Seen Kid) that later included members of I Am Kloot – Andy Hargreaves and Peter Jobson.
