Johan was a Dutch indie band, founded in 1990 in the town of Hoorn, The Netherlands, by singer, guitarist and songwriter Jacco de Greeuw, who initially named the group Visions Of
Johanna (after the Bob Dylan song of the same name).The band;s name was changed into
Johan in 1996. That same year the band put out their eponymous début album. In total,
Johan recorded four studio albums of melodic, crafty, Beatle-esque guitar pop with English lyrics. All four of
Johan's albums were welcomed with overwhelming praise from the Dutch music press and are generally regarded as some of the best in Dutch pop/rock history.Frontman Jacco (or Jacob) de Greeuw is the only
Johan member to have been in the band fr...
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