A Grape Dope

American drummer and producer

A Grape Dope

Birth name| John Herndon
Also known as| Johnny Machine
Born| April 9
Long Island, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Origin| Chicago, Illinois
Genres| Instrumental hip hop, indie hip hop, jazz, post-rock, electronica, progressive rock, dub
Occupation(s)| Producer, drummer
Instrument(s)| drums
Years active| 1990–present
Labels| Galaxia
Website| www.trts.com

Musical artist

John Herndon is an American musician and artist. Based in Chicago, he plays drums and percussion, and works as a producer for instrumental hip hop under the name A Grape Dope.[2]

## Career[edit]

John Herndon is a member of the bands Tortoise and Isotope 217, playing mainly drums but some other percussion (vibraphone, etc.) and occasional keyboards.[3] He produced Deep Puddle Dynamics' song entitled "More from June" in 2002.[4] He released the Missing Dragons EP under the alias A Grape Dope on Galaxia in 2003.[5] It features a guest appearance from rapper Doseone.[6]

## Discography[edit]

See also: Tortoise discography, Isotope 217 discography, The For Carnation discography, Five Style discography, and Poster Children discography

### Albums[edit]

* Backyard Bangers (2020)

### EPs[edit]

* Immediate Action (2000)
* Missing Dragons (2003)

### Productions[edit]

* Deep Puddle Dynamics \- "More from June" from We Ain't Fessin' (Double Quotes) (2002)

### Contributions[edit]

* Themselves \- "You Devil You" and "Hat in the Wind" from The No Music (2002)
* Doseone \- "By Horoscope Light I&II" from Ha (2005)

### Remixes[edit]

* Tommy Guerrero \- "Birds Over Head (John Herndon Remix)" from Junk Collector (2001)
* Trans Am \- "Cold War" from Extremixxx (2002)
* Themselves \- "Dr. Moonorgun Please" from The No Music of AIFFS (2003)
* Via Tania \- "On Sawyer" from Boltanski (2004)
* Via Tania - "Felt Cave" from True (2005)

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "John Herndon". Allmusic.
2. ^ Gordon, Scott (May 27, 2009). "Tortoise's John Herndon to DJ with Madison's Ka-Boom!Box at Mickey's". The A.V. Club. Archived from the original on June 15, 2012.
3. ^ "A GRAPE DOPE, "MISSING DRAGONS"". Brainwashed.
4. ^ Hunt, Sam (March 31, 2002). "Dusted Reviews: Deep Puddle Dynamics / Anticon - More From June / We Ain't Fessin' (double quotes)". Dusted Magazine.
5. ^ Bryant, Andrew (July 2, 2003). "A Grape Dope: Missing Dragons EP". Pitchfork Media.
6. ^ Lee, Andy (May 2003). "A Grape Dope - Missing Dragons". Exclaim!.

## External links[edit]

* A Grape Dope discography at Discogs
* John Herndon discography at Discogs
* U-Sheen discography at Discogs

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