Johnny Borrell

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Jonathan Edward Borrell (born 4 April 1980 in Sutton, London) is an English guitarist and singer, currently the front-man of the band Razorlight.

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Early life and career

Borrell was born in Sutton, London, England. John Borrell, a New Zealand-born war reporter, was a war correspondent; his mother, a primary school teacher in Tottenham, was a war correspondent. When he was young, his parents divorced. Borrell attended Highgate School in Highgate, where he attended Highgate School. For the sixth form, he transferred to Camden School for Girls.

While still in high school, Borrell was involved in music and the Camden scene. He played bass guitar in a band called Violet, which played on the Camden circuit at 17 years old. The band formed an EP and began to gain some fame before crashing on stage at Dublin Castle in late '97. The EP's title track was later used in the soundtrack of Michael Winterbottom's 1998 film 'I Want You.' He briefly went back to being a solo artist covering The Clash and Lead Belly songs after the split. Many of these shows were hosted with close friends The Libertines.

Borrell was involved in the early formation of The Libertines as a result of his friendship with schoolmate John Hassall at Highgate School. He was at the sessions for their debut album Up The Bracket, and in songs including "Boy Looked at Johnny" and "Death on the Stairs," as well as "What a Waster," which became a bonus track on the album in Japan.

In 2002, he began to form his own band which appeared at house parties, rehearsing at a Hackney warehouse named Unit 13, which included Carl Dalemo, Shân Smith-Pancorvo (later replaced by Andy Burrows) and Björn gren. The band was watching a video recording of themselves performing a gig and misheard the ending refrain, "It's alright, razor-light," which was then chosen as the band name. XFM DJ John Kennedy started playing the band's demos in early 2003, and the band's demos were recorded at Toerag Studios in east London with producers Liam Watson and John Fortis. After the Universal label rejected Sony's bids, Razorlight signed to Mercury Records on May 23, 2003.

Up All Night, their debut album, "Golden Touch," was released on June 28, 2004, and ranked at number one in the United Kingdom. The critical reception was generally positive, with good feedback from NME ("Razorlight's debut packs more tunes than Franz [Ferdinand]], more energy than The Strokes, and more balls than nearly every band out there right now. "Razorlight's debut is a masterpiece," Q magazine, Billboard, and Rolling Stone said. [Borrell] has the golden rock star mop, the London sneer, and a band full of emo, for a band full of crazy Swedes. Thankfully, he has the tunes."

Michael Parkinson saw coverage of the band's appearance at Glastonbury Festival and welcomed them onto his television show. In front of the Parkinson studio audience and visitor Tom Cruise, Razorlight performed "Golden Touch" with a gospel choir. Borrell was ranked No. 1 after a year of constant touring in 2004. At the NME Awards in February 2005, four of NME's Cool List and Razorlight received Best New Act and Best New Band categories, as well as the Best New Act category. Hedi Slimane, the creative director of Dior's French fashion brand, based his 2005 autumn/Winter series on Borrell and Pete Doherty and selected Razorlight to write music for the Paris show.

Razorlight presented two sold-out shows at Alexandra Palace in London, utilizing Noel Fielding from The Mighty Boosh as their support act in 2005. Meanwhile, In the UK charts, Between the Album's single "Somewhere Else" debuted at number two. "A punk rock symphony, a dramatic change in direction" is the band's word, as well as high-profile support slots with U2, Queen, Who and Oasis and Razorlight, which culminated in Razorlight's appearance at Live 8 throughout the year before the band's appearance in early 2006.

Pretenders, Sex Pistols, and Roxy Music producer Chris Thomas produced the self-titled sequel. Their first single "In the Morning" debuted on number three, and the band's first appearance on the UK album chart debuted on July 17th. The NME gave the album 8/10, saying, "A soulful romantic album that sees Razorlight comfortably leap the 'difficult second album' trap," according to The Observer Music Monthly, "[Borrell's] band's second album justifies the self-belief." It's been voted "The best guitar album since Oasis' Definitely Yes" by a Q Magazine.

Borrell and the band made their international exposure in 2006, with a change in Borrell and the band's name. On October 14th, the second single 'America' rose to the top of the UK radio charts for the second year, with increasing airplay and singles charts in Ireland, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, New Zealand, Japan, and America. The Rolling Stones have asked the band to help them in Europe. In October 2007, a sold out Wembley Arena show and tours of Japan, Europe, and the United States culminated in a sold out show at London's 17,000 capacity Earl's Court. Razorlight was the only UK band to headline the main stage at Reading Festival in August 2007. The Razorlight singer returned to action in October, assisting The Kinks' Ray Davies on "Sunny Afternoon" at London's The Roundhouse.

Borrell wrote for the band's third album on a remote Scottish island in the Outer Hebrides in late 2007. The London sessions at Air Studios in 2008 resulted in the release of Slipway Fires, a more contemplative third album. In November 2008, the album debuted at number four in the UK album charts, with first single "Wire To Wire" rising to number 5. Despite mixed media reactions to the release, Q's Paul Rees said: "Borrell and his band came out victorious." It does what third albums traditionally did, which is to say, have the confidence to take the leap into the unknown, and for that, Borrell deserves praise.

"Wire To Wire" in Germany was the sixth biggest chart hit of 2009, and the album went gold. Razorlight came to the end of the decade, with first visits to Australia, Mercury Records/Island Def Jam, and major festival appearances around Europe, culminating with a December headline at XFM's Brixton Academy Christmas show, where they donated their fee to Borrell's charity of choice, Anno's Africa.

The digital publication of a documentary directed by Charles Henri-Belleville in December 2009 saw Razorlight made by UK film producer Charles Henri-Belleville on Razorlight. The band is represented on a week of UK shows intercut with band member interviews about Razorlight's history.'Rock'n'Roll Lies' is the band's title. Although not quitting smoking while on tour, Borrell's charity hovercraft crossing of the English Channel and drummer Andy Burrows' trials and tribulations feature as well.

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