Alain Johannes

Guitarist, songwriter, and producer Alain Johannes has been a mainstay on the American hard rock scene since the late '80s. Born in Chile in 1962, his first band, Anthym, later renamed What Is This? included Red Hot Chili Pepper' Flea and Hillel Slovak, and in 1987, he teamed up with future wife, Russian keyboardist Natasha Shneider on the album Walk the Moon. Three years later, the pair recruited drummer Jack Irons to form progressive rock trio Eleven, who released five studio albums over a 12-year period. During that time, Johannes contributed to records by various alternati...