John Hoye
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Music career
In 1972, John, through a mutual friend, met Adrian Smith and Dave Murray (who later became members of Iron Maiden) and formed the band Stone Free. They rehearsed in the cellar of John's house or in the back room of Dave Murray's house and on the stage of John's school. Their first gig was in the art room at John's school, and their second gig was also in John's school, but this time in the school hall for the end-of-term disco, for which they were paid a small amount of money from the door takings. They went on to win several local talent competitions.
In 1974, Dave decided to leave Stone Free, and Adrian and John met up with guitarist Maurice Coyne, a friend of a friend. After a jam session in John's school hall, they decided to form a band, and Evil Ways was born. The next step was to audition drummers, and Barry Tyler joined the band. After gigging around local pubs and a residency at The Earl Amherst PH in Hackney, they decided they needed a singer/frontman and recruited Dubliner Dave Hall.
By this time, Evil Ways were playing regularly at most well-known London venues, and in August 1976, they were signed by Nomis/Morgan (owned by Simon Napier Bell, who also managed The Yardbirds, Ultravox, T Rex, Marc Bolan, Japan, Asia, Candi Staton, Boney M, and Wham!). They changed the band's name to Urchin and secured a contract with DJM Records.
They went into a recording studio in London's Tin Pan Alley (Denmark Street) and recorded their first single, "Without Love" (by Dave Hall), with a B-side of "Rocka Rolla" (the Judas Priest song). This was never released, and soon after, in early 1977, John left the band and was replaced by Alan Levett (an old school friend of Barry's).
John went on to form a new band called Headlights with Paul Tottman (drums), Jim Francis (guitar), and Rob Brown (keyboards). They played the London pub circuit and around the south coast until 1980, when the band split up.
From 2002 to 2005, John played in a three-piece cover band, Don't Look Back, and he sometimes filled in for the show band, The Smoking Jackets.
Acting career
In 1984, John went to drama school, where he met Kevin Squelch and Barry Shannon and formed Operating Theatre Company (OTC). The company performed many shows in the two venues they ran – The Copper Theatre Club on Tower Bridge Road, London, and The Hen & Chickens Theatre Bar in Islington, London. OTC also won two major awards for new works: The LWT Plays on Stage Award in 1988 for The Harlot's Curse, written by Rodney Archer and Powell Jones; and the Guinness/Royal National Theatre Festival Award for Roberto Calvi Is Alive and Well, written by Roy Smiles. From 1992 to 1994, John acted in several professional stage shows, including several number-one UK tours. He also appeared in the stage production of Alfie, starring 60s pop star Adam Faith, at Queen's Theatre in London's West End in 1993.
John has acted extensively on television, and has appeared in Allo Allo, Miss Marple, Love Hurts, Journey's End. He also played the lead in a series of underwater commercials for Taunton Dry Blackthorn Cider.
In 2007, he wrote and directed his first short film Theatre of Souls, which was shot on 16mm film and was shown at the Cannes film festival that year.
In 2008 and 2009, the feature films Heathen (in which John plays Josh) and Jen (in which John plays the romantic lead, Brian) were due to be released.
External links
- John Hoye on IMDb
- https://www.spotlight.com/interactive/cv/3493-3490-3751 The Spotlight
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