On today’s Hyphenate Randy sits down with legendary drummer John Herndon. John has played in Chicago post punk supergroup Tortoise from its inception. He shares stories of growing up on a commune and being friend with Bob Moog. As well as stories from his time as a tattoo artists and painter. Herndon truly is a multi-hyphenate!

John Herndon Links:

https://www.instagram.com/agrapedope/

https://www.brooklynvegan.com/tortoises-john-herdon-releasing-debut-album-as-a-grape-dope-shares-new-single/

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/john-herndon-mn0000187016#biography

Randy’s Gear links:

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/ETSPVSGH--epiphone-sheraton-ii-pro-vintage-sunburst

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DD8--boss-dd-8-digital-delay-pedal

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/DVP4--dunlop-dvp4-volume-x-mini-pedal

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PhilosMicro--pigtronix-philosophers-tone-micro-compressor-sustain-pedal

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/SugarDrive--mxr-m294-sugar-drive-overdrive-pedal

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/WhiteyTighty--jhs-whitey-tighty-mini-fet-compressor-pedal

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/AcapulcoV2--earthquaker-devices-acapulco-gold-v2-distortion-pedal

Mentioned in this episode:

Distrokid

https://distrokid.com/

Schecter Guitars

Izotope