At the age of 16 John dropped out of high school in rural Tennessee to join the teenage garage punk band “Be Your Own Pet”, who signed a joint deal with XL Records and Thurston Moore’s ‘Ecstatic Peace’ label. Since then he has been a member of bands such as; Public Access TV, The Virgins, Chairlift, Smith Westerns and more, on various instruments. He’s made several TV appearances (Fallon, Conan) and recently supported on tour The Pixies, The Strokes, Weezer, Dinosaur Jr, The Killers, Gang of Four, and more. He has performed at all major music festivals (Bonnaroo, Glastonbury, Primavera etc...) John has recently embarked on a solo career which has seen his main single ‘Burnout’ exceed 1,200,000 streams on Spotify. John has partnered with Johnny Jewel on a new project to create band 'Club Intl' who have released their second single 'Ash is Gone' through label "Italians do it Better."