Career
A multi-instrumentalist who predominantly sings and plays guitar, Mitchell is best known as the current frontman for British prog-popular band lieutenant Bites (having replaced original singer and guitarist Francis Dunnery in 2006). Mitchell has also played guitar for a number of other progressive rock bands including Arena, The Urbane, Kino, Frost*, and the John Wetton band. In 2008, Mitchell was drafted in to join A, playing bass in place of original bass player Daniel P. Carter to support The Wildhearts on their December United Kingdom tour, as well as a ten-date headline tour in 2009.
In 2012, Mitchell toured with Martin Barre in his band "New Day", singing lead vocals on many of the Jethro Tull songs.
Mitchell is also a record producer and sound engineer at Outhouse Studios, a recording studio in Reading, United Kingdom, where he has recorded and produced music for a number of rock bands including Enter Shikari, You Maine At Six, Lower Than Atlantis, Architects, The Blackout, Kids In Glass Houses, Funeral for a Friend, My Passion, Exit Ten, I Divide, Ivyrise, Anavae, Touchstone, Your Demise and You And What Army. Mitchell"s latest music project is a solo project called Lonely Robot, whose album "Please Come Home" was released on 23 February 2015.
lieutenant features a number of guest artists including Peter Cox, Steve Hogarth, Jem Godfrey, Nik Kershaw, and British actor Lee Ingleby. Mitchell primarily uses Cort Guitars - white and black G254s on stage, and for recording, a tobacco G210 and a blue/black G290.
He also plays an Alvarez Yairi acoustic guitar in the studio, and a PRS Classic.
John"s rack setup consists of a Marshall JMP1 Preamp with effects being produced by a vintage Korg A3 effects unit This signal is then amplified by a Marshall Valvestate 80/80 power amp to a 4 x 12 Marshall cab.
