Vic Johnson (musician)
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Vic Johnson is a rock guitarist best known for playing guitar with The Busboys
and later with Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas.
. He soon began playing guitar and played in several bands throughout high school around the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. Originally from Widefield, Colorado, he moved to Los Angeles, California
in the 1980s to enter the Hollywood club scene, and he soon entered the Bus Boys, a predominantly African-American rock band. The band appeared on the film "48 Hours", performed on Saturday Night Live
, and recorded several albums with Arista Records.
Johnson also took on several side projects during this decade including Sound Barrier, an all-black heavy metal band which was to sign with MCA in the middle of the 1980s. Sound Barrier evolved into Total Eclipse, which recorded for Taboo/A&M Records, and played clubs like the Whisky A Go Go and the FM Station in Hollywood and toured across the country. During the 1990s Vic became a session musician, but in 1997 he auditioned for Sammy Hagar's new band, and soon joined Sammy on the Marching to Mars world tour. Johnson continues to tour with members of Hagar's Waboritas and others.
The Busboys
The BusBoys are a musical group known for playing rock 'n' roll with a bar band, boogie woogie flavor.-Overview:Formed in Los Angeles in the late 1970s, the original lineup featured brothers Brian O'Neal and Kevin O'Neal , Gus Louderman , Mike Jones , Vic Johnson , and Steve Felix...
and later with Sammy Hagar and the Waboritas.
Biography
Vic Johnson grew up with music and was influenced by Jimi HendrixJimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
. He soon began playing guitar and played in several bands throughout high school around the Colorado Springs, Colorado area. Originally from Widefield, Colorado, he moved to Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
in the 1980s to enter the Hollywood club scene, and he soon entered the Bus Boys, a predominantly African-American rock band. The band appeared on the film "48 Hours", performed on Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
, and recorded several albums with Arista Records.
Johnson also took on several side projects during this decade including Sound Barrier, an all-black heavy metal band which was to sign with MCA in the middle of the 1980s. Sound Barrier evolved into Total Eclipse, which recorded for Taboo/A&M Records, and played clubs like the Whisky A Go Go and the FM Station in Hollywood and toured across the country. During the 1990s Vic became a session musician, but in 1997 he auditioned for Sammy Hagar's new band, and soon joined Sammy on the Marching to Mars world tour. Johnson continues to tour with members of Hagar's Waboritas and others.