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- Birth nameMatthew Johnson
- Matt Johnson is an English singer-songwriter best known as the vocalist and only constant member of his band The The. The The began 1979 as a duo, then a four-piece, then a singular entity with a rotating cast of musicians that has included Johnny Marr, Simon Fisher Turner and Sinéad O'Connor. By 1983 Johnson had signed a contract with Sony Music and released The The's debut album Soul Mining. By 1986, The The had released their second album Infected, which reached number 14 in the UK Albums Chart and remained in the chart for 30 weeks, making it The The's most commercially successful album to date. The The went on to release further albums through Sony Music including Mind Bomb (1989), Dusk (1993), Hanky Panky (1995), NakedSelf (2000) and compilation album 45 RPM: The Singles of The The (2002).
- IMDb mini biography by: PW
- He is the second of four brothers. His three siblings are: Andrew (aka Andy Dog; 1959-2016), Eugene (1965-1989) and Gerard (b. 1973).
- My issue with Spotify is not the mode of delivery but the repercussions of the normalisation of a low cost in return for such great access. What if we were to continue down this road to a point where all music is consumed in this fashion?
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