June 4, 2025 • 6 mins
Local legend Tod Johnston joined Clairsy & Lisa to reveal that his band Tod Johnston & PeaceLove will headline Clairsy & Lisa’s Perth Pub Crawl at Pinocchios. He and the guys chatted about all the bands that lead him to V-Capri, including early gigs at the Murdoch Uni Tav.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
And here he is himself, Todd Johnstone, good morning, Good
morning to both of you.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
And it takes me back to the ear and the
fact that you guys are rebuilding Pinocchio's with magnet houses.
So good because I go back to the days of
loaded Dice. So I go back to the days of
the frames, perfect Strangers, the Wookies, the jet that was
such a great year.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Wasn't certainly just on the on the haunting Me note?
Was that? Was that in Neighbors? Did they use that
with Jason and Kylie?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, if you go back to Jason and Kylie's engagement
ringing moment, yes, Jason was, wow, I can't why is
this coming back to me now? Probably could you ask
you the question?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yes, well it came straight back to me.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Thank you, and thank you for a brigida mere. Jason
was lying aimlessly on his bed day dreaming about a
blonde mechanic that he loved, and he decided at that moment,
with haunting Me wafting through his brain cell, you thought,
I think I'll go and chase Charlene. That was it
was a part of it. I think I got about
three dollars sixty five extra.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
All time oh, anything better than nothing?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
When and how did you, you know, get fully involved
in the Perth pub scene.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
When when did you get the band together?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well, see my history was my first band was It
was at Medoch University, right. There was a couple of
great mates and Jeff Price, great guitar player. There were
so many great mates down there and we sort of
kicked off this little band that was It was just
it was called Reflex Action, it was called Manic D.
(01:41):
We just did all these originals and then someone said
to me, look, the music scene at the time was
very divided. There was originals and there was covers. And
someone said to me, if you want more than petrol money,
you're going to have to do covers. So the next thing,
Manic D became the Beavers and we used to play
at the cod Slow Hotel. Chew Whis that was another
(02:01):
that was it. That was a venue where you could
dance on the floor and actually eat had springs in
it because I think the white answitude out the bus.
And then from there that all sort of melted and
then I sort of got invited to join this group
of blokes that were starting up a band previously Harlequin tears.
I think previously perfect strangers and then we're just combined
(02:25):
and all of a sudden kapre kicked off. And of
course that's must there must be something good with my
long term memory, because that was a hell.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Of a long time what I had for lunch yesterday.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
But I can remember going to see guys are perfect strangers.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Yeah, mate, used to go to those Nook and Buster gigs.
I remember they'd be like six hundred girls down the
front and all their jealous boyfriends at the back. But
it was it was a real division between the between
the partners, but big knights, huge nights.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well, I don't think those days will ever come back,
you guys. And you know I'm with great respect the
holder the new guys, so I don't even think you're
old enough to get int you too. But I just
remember those days and Perth, particularly Western Australia, also Perth
and also Queensland had a big, a big system like
a circuit in Queensland. It did covers and entertained a
(03:14):
lot of people. But Perth at the time was enormous
and I think that so many people remember those days
they'll never come back again. Compliments of youtubing and you
can write a song on the end of your bed,
put it on YouTube and become famous. The live scenario
has sort of disappeared. That's why it's really nice that,
I mean, I'm still you know, Priece Love and all
(03:36):
that stuff are still doing gigs. They're still bands around,
but it's a smaller environment and it's nice to know
that the live scene is still there, but it's nothing
like it was back in the eighties.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
It's nice to know you're still part of it. Where
can people catch you these days?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Well, we're doing a gig at the Woodvale on on
Saturday night. We'll do a few gigs at the Paddington
as well, which is good fun. I think. Look, I
think there might be another gig coming out next week.
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Yeah, we've pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Speaking of you performing still, we have pretty exciting announcement
to make Next Friday night, we are throwing a party
at the Old Pinocchio's, the Old Pokes, and you indeed
will be performing with your band Peace and Love.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yes, thank you, I got a bell. I feel very
excited and the guys in the band, I mean, I
really love this, this brotherhood of music. You know a
dynamic hypnotics that the Billy the drummer was in the Tiger.
Johnny was in Nice Tiger. You've got Donnie and guitar,
(04:43):
who was in the Cool Bananas and having a great
time there. You've got Mark on bass, he was in
the frame. Yeah, and yes, you know, I mean there
was always a bit of a roll star. I love
I love bumping into people, particularly muse those but also
bumping into people that fondly remember those those days. And
I think the rivalry back then brought the best out
(05:04):
of everybody. Yeah, you know what I mean. Footy teams
they want to play well against one another. That's probably
what created that. Those big beer barns where people wanted
to go and see some good bands.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah, yeah, jeez, we had the venues, didn't we. Todd
became other things later on.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We've all turned into fabric shops or carpa.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, all these villages.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Todd.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
We're really looking forward to this next Friday night. I'm
going to empty an entire can of taffed into my
hair in honor of I know, I've already got enough
to answer for the ozone lab from back then.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Bring just a celebration is there time to grow it.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Thank you so much for doing this for us at Pinocchios,
and we'll see you next Friday night.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Good to catch up mate.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I'm getting out the likra and the shoulder pads.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
All right, John, then will see that there.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
God by
And here he is himself, Todd Johnstone, good morning, Good
morning to both of you.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
And it takes me back to the ear and the
fact that you guys are rebuilding Pinocchio's with magnet houses.
So good because I go back to the days of
loaded Dice. So I go back to the days of
the frames, perfect Strangers, the Wookies, the jet that was
such a great year.
Speaker 3 (00:22):
Wasn't certainly just on the on the haunting Me note?
Was that? Was that in Neighbors? Did they use that
with Jason and Kylie?
Speaker 2 (00:32):
Well, if you go back to Jason and Kylie's engagement
ringing moment, yes, Jason was, wow, I can't why is
this coming back to me now? Probably could you ask
you the question?
Speaker 3 (00:43):
Yes, well it came straight back to me.
Speaker 2 (00:46):
Thank you, and thank you for a brigida mere. Jason
was lying aimlessly on his bed day dreaming about a
blonde mechanic that he loved, and he decided at that moment,
with haunting Me wafting through his brain cell, you thought,
I think I'll go and chase Charlene. That was it
was a part of it. I think I got about
three dollars sixty five extra.
Speaker 3 (01:07):
All time oh, anything better than nothing?
Speaker 1 (01:13):
When and how did you, you know, get fully involved
in the Perth pub scene.
Speaker 3 (01:18):
When when did you get the band together?
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Well, see my history was my first band was It
was at Medoch University, right. There was a couple of
great mates and Jeff Price, great guitar player. There were
so many great mates down there and we sort of
kicked off this little band that was It was just
it was called Reflex Action, it was called Manic D.
(01:41):
We just did all these originals and then someone said
to me, look, the music scene at the time was
very divided. There was originals and there was covers. And
someone said to me, if you want more than petrol money,
you're going to have to do covers. So the next thing,
Manic D became the Beavers and we used to play
at the cod Slow Hotel. Chew Whis that was another
(02:01):
that was it. That was a venue where you could
dance on the floor and actually eat had springs in
it because I think the white answitude out the bus.
And then from there that all sort of melted and
then I sort of got invited to join this group
of blokes that were starting up a band previously Harlequin tears.
I think previously perfect strangers and then we're just combined
(02:25):
and all of a sudden kapre kicked off. And of
course that's must there must be something good with my
long term memory, because that was a hell.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Of a long time what I had for lunch yesterday.
Speaker 3 (02:34):
But I can remember going to see guys are perfect strangers.
Speaker 4 (02:38):
Yeah, mate, used to go to those Nook and Buster gigs.
I remember they'd be like six hundred girls down the
front and all their jealous boyfriends at the back. But
it was it was a real division between the between
the partners, but big knights, huge nights.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
Well, I don't think those days will ever come back,
you guys. And you know I'm with great respect the
holder the new guys, so I don't even think you're
old enough to get int you too. But I just
remember those days and Perth, particularly Western Australia, also Perth
and also Queensland had a big, a big system like
a circuit in Queensland. It did covers and entertained a
(03:14):
lot of people. But Perth at the time was enormous
and I think that so many people remember those days
they'll never come back again. Compliments of youtubing and you
can write a song on the end of your bed,
put it on YouTube and become famous. The live scenario
has sort of disappeared. That's why it's really nice that,
I mean, I'm still you know, Priece Love and all
(03:36):
that stuff are still doing gigs. They're still bands around,
but it's a smaller environment and it's nice to know
that the live scene is still there, but it's nothing
like it was back in the eighties.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
It's nice to know you're still part of it. Where
can people catch you these days?
Speaker 2 (03:52):
Well, we're doing a gig at the Woodvale on on
Saturday night. We'll do a few gigs at the Paddington
as well, which is good fun. I think. Look, I
think there might be another gig coming out next week.
I'm not sure.
Speaker 4 (04:04):
Yeah, we've pretty sure.
Speaker 1 (04:05):
Speaking of you performing still, we have pretty exciting announcement
to make Next Friday night, we are throwing a party
at the Old Pinocchio's, the Old Pokes, and you indeed
will be performing with your band Peace and Love.
Speaker 2 (04:22):
Yes, thank you, I got a bell. I feel very
excited and the guys in the band, I mean, I
really love this, this brotherhood of music. You know a
dynamic hypnotics that the Billy the drummer was in the Tiger.
Johnny was in Nice Tiger. You've got Donnie and guitar,
(04:43):
who was in the Cool Bananas and having a great
time there. You've got Mark on bass, he was in
the frame. Yeah, and yes, you know, I mean there
was always a bit of a roll star. I love
I love bumping into people, particularly muse those but also
bumping into people that fondly remember those those days. And
I think the rivalry back then brought the best out
(05:04):
of everybody. Yeah, you know what I mean. Footy teams
they want to play well against one another. That's probably
what created that. Those big beer barns where people wanted
to go and see some good bands.
Speaker 4 (05:16):
Yeah, yeah, jeez, we had the venues, didn't we. Todd
became other things later on.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
We've all turned into fabric shops or carpa.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, all these villages.
Speaker 3 (05:32):
Todd.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
We're really looking forward to this next Friday night. I'm
going to empty an entire can of taffed into my
hair in honor of I know, I've already got enough
to answer for the ozone lab from back then.
Speaker 3 (05:44):
Bring just a celebration is there time to grow it.
Speaker 1 (05:49):
Thank you so much for doing this for us at Pinocchios,
and we'll see you next Friday night.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Good to catch up mate.
Speaker 2 (05:55):
I'm getting out the likra and the shoulder pads.
Speaker 3 (05:59):
All right, John, then will see that there.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
God by
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