John Avila (born January 14, 1957) is an American bassist and music producer, best known for being in the new wave band Oingo Boingo from 1984 to 1995.

[1] Avila co-founded the music group Food for Feet [2] in 1981, and played with them until 1991.

[3] In 1984, he joined Oingo Boingo, replacing bassist Kerry Hatch.

Avila has worked with many other musical acts including Psychotic Aztecs and Neville Staple in his backing band The Hitmen.

[5] He is currently the bass player in the Los Angeles–based multi-media group the Mutaytor [6] and The Gama Sennin.