Alain Johannes

Alain Johannes is one of those musicians I treasure precisely because he rarely stands center stage. A Chilean-American multi-instrumentalist who can carry a song on guitar, bass or voice, he has quietly shaped records for Queens of the Stone Age, Them Crooked Vultures, PJ Harvey and Chris Cornell, among many others. What moves me is his generosity: the ego to lead is far more common than the grace to make someone else's music sound its absolute best. Players like him are the connective tissue of rock, the reason so many landmark albums simply work. I find that kind of craftsmanship deeply worth celebrating.

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Name (English)

Alain Johannes

Name (Japanese)

アラン・ヨハネス

Reading

あらん・よはねす

Born

May 2, 1962 (age 64)

Origin

Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile

Occupation

guitarist / singer / DJ producer / singer-songwriter / composer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Tiger

High school

Fairfax High School

• Official sitehttps://www.alainjohannes.com/
• Xhttps://x.com/AlainJohannes
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Johannes
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q984115

Tags

• Santiago Metropolitan Region
• guitarist
• singer
• DJ producer

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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