Alain Johannes

Alain Johannes first earned recognition on the music scene when he formed Eleven with his late wife, Natasha Shneider, and drummer Jack Irons (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam). They recorded five critically-acclaimed albums which have won the respect and admiration of fellow musicians. They toured extensively with Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Queens of the Stone Age, joining the latter as touring and recording members for several years.

A gifted musician and songwriter, Alain has performed, engineered and produced recordings for many artists, amassing fantastic instruments and equipment from all over the world.
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Some career highlights to date include:

›  Sound City - Alain co-wrote "A Trick With No Sleeve" with Dave Grohl
      for the Sound City movie. The song is featured in the movie, and is on
      the soundtrack with Alain on lead vocals and guitar, Dave Grohl on
      drums, and Josh Homme on bass.

›  Chris Cornell - Alain co-produced, engineered and mixed
      Cornell's debut album, "Euphoria Morning." He recorded the album
      at his studio, 11AD, performing and arranging all of the tracks
      as well as co-writing many of them.
      Alain recently co-produced "The Keeper" with Chris for the film
      'Machine Gun Preacher.'

›  Queens of the Stone Age - Alain engineered several projects for this
      band as well as co-wrote several songs on "Songs For The Deaf" and
      Lullabies To Paralyze." Alain has also performed on
      these albums.

›  Eagles of Death Metal - "Peace, Love and Death Metal"
       and "Death By Sexy" recorded and mixed at 11AD.

›  No Doubt - Alain began his relationship with No Doubt by engineering
      "Return To Saturn." Alain and Natasha also co-produced "Love To Love You Baby" 
       which appeared on the "Zoolander" soundtrack, as well as several tracks on
      "B-Sides" album.

›  Live - Their album "V" was recorded at 11AD and co-produced/engineered by Alain.

›  Brian May (Queen) and Jimmy Gnecco - Alain and Natasha wrote "Someone
       To Die For" which is on the Spider-man 2 soundtrack.

›  Desert Sessions 7&8 and 9&10 - Alain and Natasha have performed and written on
       this critically acclaimed series of callaborations which include P.J. Harvey,
       Josh Homme and Dean Ween, as well as many others.


Selected PRODUCTION / MIX credits

- Teenage Kicks - currently in production
- Jimmy Eat World - forthcoming album 'Damage' (RCA) (P-E)
- The Mighty Stef - forthcoming album (P-E-M)
- Brody Dalle - forthcoming album (Anthem) (P-E)
- Sound City Players - several tracks from 'Real to Reel' (Roswell) (CW-Performed)
     #1 Billboard Soundtrack
     #3 debut in Canada
     #4 Top Rock Album
     #6 debut in AUS
- Loading Data - Double Disco Animal Style (Deadlight Ent) (P-E-M)
- Hifiklub - From Coast To Coast (Albeille Musique) (P-E-M)
- Mark Lanegan Band - Blues Funeral (4AD) (P-E-M)
- Chris Cornell - Songbook  (UME) (M)
- Chris Cornell - "The Keeper" from the 'Machine Gun Preacher' (Relativity Media) (CP-E-M)
     Golden Globe nominee "Best Original Song in a Motion Picture" (2011)
- Black Box Revelation - My Perception (T4 Tunes) (P-E-M)
- Aqua Unit Patrol Squad 1 - theme song (Cartoon Network) (CP-CW)
- Alain Johannes - Spark (RekordsRekords/Ipecac) (P-E-M)
- Them Crooked Vultures - several tracks from Them Crooked Vultures (Interscope) (E)
     Gold in Canada
     Grammy Winner "Best Hard Rock Performance" (2010)
- Adam Lambert - "Time For Miracles" from For Your Entertainment (RCA) (CW)
    and the motion picture 2012 (Columbia Pictures) (CW)
     #3 debut on Billboard's Top 200
     Platinum in Canada
     Gold in US
- Natalie Imbruglia - 'What You Up To' from forthcoming album Come to Life (Island) (P-CW)
- Arctic Monkeys - Humbug (Domino) (E)
    #1 debut on Billboard's European Top 100 Albums Chart, a first for the band.
- Nosfell - Nosfell (V2) (P-E-M)
- Spinnerette - Spinnerette (Anthem) (P-E-M)
- People In Planes - Beyond The Horizon (Wind-Up) (P-E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Era Vulgaris (Interscope) (E-M-CW)
     album debuted at #14 on Billboard's Top 200, #5 in CAN, #7 in UK
- Whitestarr - forthcoming album (Atlantic) (P-E-M)
- Wires On Fire - self-titled (Buddyhead) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Eagles Of Death Metal - Death By Sexy (Downtown) (E-M)
- Eagles Of Death Metal - Peace, Love and Death Metal (Ant Acid Audio) (E-M)
- Eleven & Josh Homme - "Stone Cold Crazy"
     from Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (Hollywood) (P-E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - Lullabies To Paralyze (Interscope) (AE-CW)
     #1 album in the UK
     #5 debut on the Billboard Top 200
     One of the Top 50 Albums of 2005 - Rolling Stone
     Gold in UK and Canada
- Queens of the Stone Age - Stone Age Complication (Interscope) (P-E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Never Say Never" from The Punisher soundtrack (Wind-UP) (P)
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Hangin' Tree" from Songs For The Deaf (Interscope) (W)
- Queens of the Stone Age - "Back To Dungaree High"
     from the Turbonegro Tribute: Alpha (Hopeless) (E-M)
- Queens of the Stone Age - B-sides (Universal/Interscope) (P-E-M)
- UNKLE - Never, Never, Land (Global Underground) (P-RM)
- Janubia - Mother Tongue (Lengua Materna) (M)
-  Mark Lanegan Band - Bubblegum (Beggars Banquet) (CP-E-M)
- Live - Awake: The Best of Live (Geffen) (P)
- Live - Birds of Pray (UK Bonus Tracks) (Radioactive) (P)
- Live - "Deep Enough" remix from the Fast & The Furious soundtrack (Universal) (P-E-M-A)
- Live - V (MCA) (CP-E)
- Jack Irons - Attention Dimension (Breaching Whale) (CP-E-M-C-A)
- Smallville - "Smallville: The Talon Mix" for the original TV soundtrack (P)
- Steadman - Carried (Elektra) (P-E-M-A)
- Steadman - Revive (Elektra) (P-E-M-A)
- Desert Sessions - Vol. 7, 8, 9, 10 (Southern Lord) (E-M-CW)
- Mark Lanegan Band - Here Comes That Weird Chill (EP) (Post P-E-M)
- Mondo Generator - Drug Problem That Never Existed (E-M)
- No Doubt - Return Of Saturn (Interscope) (E)
- No Doubt - Return Of Saturn B-Sides (Interscope) (P-E-M)
- No Doubt - "Everything In Time" from Boom Box (Interscope) (P-E-M)
- No Doubt - "Love To Love You Baby" from the Zoolander soundtrack (Hollywood) (CP-E-M-A)
- Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (A&M) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Chris Cornell - "Mission 2000" from the M:i-2 soundtrack (Hollywood) (P-E-M-CW-A)
- Chris Cornell - "Sunshower" from the Great Expectations soundtrack (P-E-M)
- Eleven & Chris Cornell - "Ave Maria" from A Very Special Christmas, Vol. 3 (A&M) (P-E-M)
- Catwoman soundtrack - "Who's In Control" (W-A)
- Brian May (Queen) & Jimmy Gnecco - "Someone To Die For"
     from the Spiderman 2 soundtrack (Sony) (W)


ELEVEN's discography

- 1991  Awake In A Dream (Morgan Creek)
- 1993  Eleven (Hollywood/Third Rail)
- 1995  Thunk (Hollywood)
- 2000  Avantgardedog (A&M)
- 2003  Howling Book (Pollen)

Videos

›  Alain Johannes "Endless Eyes" (Pukklepop 2010) 

›  Alain Johannes "Unfinished Plan" (Coronet 2010) 

›  Alain Johannes "Make God Jealous" (Pukklepop 2010) 

›  Eleven "Crash Today" 

›  Eleven "Reach Out" (live) 

›  Solo with Chris Cornell

›  Queens of the Stone Age "Burn The Witch" (Jimmy Kimmel live)

›  Myspace.com/Elevenesque

P=produced / CP=co-produced / E=engineered / M=mixed
W=wrote / CW=co-wrote / A=arranged