Charlee Johnson

Charlee Johnson (also Charlee Johnsson) is an American drummer, guitarist and songwriter, originally from San Bernardino, California. Johnson was a founding member and chief songwriter of Utah punk band Deviance / 3½ Girls. The band relocated to Boston, Massachusetts and signed with Curve of the Earth Records for their sole EP, "Rule". Johnson then left to form Halfcocked (then known as Half Cocked) with guitarist Tommy O'Neil, bassist/backing vocalist Jhen Kobran and lead vocalist Sarah Reitkopp, later adding guitarist Johnny Rock Heatley who guested on debut album Sell Out (Halfcocked album) and joined as a full member with second album Occupation: Rock Star. Halfcocked relocated to Los Angeles and signed with DreamWorks in early 2000 by Powerman 5000 frontman Spider One, released final album The Last Star in 2001 (produced by Ulrich Wild), then folded after a brief tour. Johnsson went on to join childhood hero Danzig for a brief stint as "Charlee X", before joining award-winning Nirvana tribute band, Pennyroyal. In 2004 he went on to start a Rick Astley Doo-wop group, "The Never Gonna Give You Ups" but due to the lack of support and interest in Doo-wop acts from major labels and a heated argument over a corndog in a denny's bathroom on a mid summer tour the group folded In 2006 Charlee admitted to a news media outlet that after the group folded he fell into a great depression and that he lost hope in the music world once his doo-wop passion project fell through, but he found hope and a newfound purpose in the world when he started stripping at local San Francisco strip club, "Sweet Cheeks". In 2012 he opened a bakery in Denver, Colorado called "Charlee's Buns" to much surprise the bakery was a success and won multiple business awards for its cleanliness and customer service. In 2016 in a blog post which was shortly taken down due to Johnsson' fear it would spark an unintended outrage, he admitted to loving animals, he is the proud owner of a cat "Destiny's Child"