Vinyl Junkie

The man like the DJ Vinyl Junkie… A product of the late 80s / early 90s rave scene. Established himself as a DJ in his hometown of Bristol in 1991. Has played at hundreds of events all over the UK and abroad. Began producing in 1994. Owner of Warehouse Wax records. Discovered rave culture in April 1989 when in Ibiza for what was supposed to be a fortnight holiday. Little did he know that from this point forward, his life would never be the same again! On the night before he was due to board his flight back to Bristol he attended the Ku Club with a friend and so the ecstasy honeymoon began. Needless to say John didn't board that plane the following day. He and his friend stayed behind and waved goodbye to the other 12 of their holiday making buddies, who couldn't understand why they had decided not to return home. After a party fuelled summer of love spent on the 2 glorious islands of Ibiza and Tenerife John finally arrived back in Bristol in October with just one thing on his mind: "Where’s the next rave at?" A week later he went to “Sunrise Vs Back to the Future” in an aircraft hangar at Santa Pod Racecourse, totally blown away. The next 18 months is a blur, week in, week out it was party time. During this time he picked up a strong fascination about what was going on behind the decks and soon he had acquired a set of turntables and started buying records. The fuse was lit... He picked up the skills of the bedroom DJ very quickly and in February 1991 the Vinyl Junkie was unleashed on an unsuspecting public in a small club on the outskirts of Bristol called Fairways, at a night he promoted himself called After Dark. This was the first of many and soon John started to pick up a strong local following, which secured him gigs at many other clubs in and around Bristol. Around this time the free party scene was massive in the south of England, more commonly known as traveler’s partys back then. Johns persistence and willingness to hang around behind the decks all night earned him a regular slot for a lot of these free party organisers such as: Free Party People, Sweat Sound System and Circus Warp. He played at many of these events throughout 1991 along with other DJ's like Easy Groove, Donovan "Bad Boy" Smith, DJ Die (now of Full Cycle), DJ Jody (now of Way Out West) and The DJ Producer. Then at the end of 1991 John played at Vibes Alive at the University of the South West of England. This at the time was probably the biggest event in the Bristol calender.

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