[3][4][6][7] Although better known as a singer-songwriter and guitarist, Lizotte is also competent on bass guitar, drums, percussion and keyboards; and has also produced an album by Richard Clapton and one by Vika and Linda Bull.

[8] Diesel was born on 31 May 1966 in Fall River, Massachusetts, United States, and emigrated to Australia with his family, in November 1971.

They arrived in Sydney, his father purchased a station wagon and the family drove down the Hume Highway and settled in Albury, New South Wales.

Henry was a professional saxophonist performing in the US and Australia, Diesel and his siblings were surrounded by music from an early age.

[4] He later recalled a time in Year 8 (c. 1980) at Scarborough Senior High School when he decided on a musical career: "I was trying to get my head around algebra [...] and suddenly I thought: 'Hang on, I don't have to do this.

The band took home first place, largely due to the combination of Andrews' vocals and Diesel's guitar work.

[6][11] In 1983 he joined Innocent Bystanders, a Perth pub rock band,[3][4][6][12] and they released a single, "Lebanon" in 1984 with the line-up of Diesel, John "Tatt" Dalzell on bass guitar, Brett Keyser on vocals, Cliff Kinneen on keyboards and Sherrit on drums.

[3] They had attracted the attention of hard rockers, The Angels, and went on to record another single and an album, Don't Go Looking Back, which was released later in 1986, however, Diesel had already left the band.

[3][6][13] The band played a mixture of R&B, blues and Southern rock;[3] they developed a local following in Perth but decided to relocate to Sydney in September 1987.

[14] Johnny Diesel & the Injectors moved to Sydney in September after taking up management by Brent Eccles, drummer for The Angels.

[5] While touring United Kingdom in mid-1989, they broadcast a live performance on 14 May by BBC Radio 1 for the Tommy Vance Sessions, produced by Tony Wilson.

[6] In the meantime, the only recording from Johnny Diesel & the Injectors for the year was a cover of Percy Mayfield's "Please Send Me Someone to Love" for the soundtrack to the Kylie Minogue film The Delinquents.

[3][4] In August 1991, as Johnny Diesel, his solo career was launched with the single "Love Junk", which peaked in the top 20.

[5] November also saw the release of Barnes' next album, Soul Deep, with Diesel on guitar and also duetting on the Sam Cooke cover "Bring It On Home to Me".

[3] He undertook his solo Rock 'n' Soul Tour, early in 1992, with Yak Sherrit on drums, Leslie Barlow on backing vocals, Matthew Branton on bass guitar, Jim Hilbun on rhythm guitar (ex-The Angels) and Roger Mason on keyboards (Models).

[5] It was followed a month later by his debut solo album, Hepfidelity, produced by Don Gehman and Manning,[6] recorded in Los Angeles and Memphis.

[8][21] The album spawned three singles: "Never Miss Your Water" in July peaked at #12, "Masterplan" in October and "I've Been Loving You Too Long" in January 1994.

[3][6][23] The project also featured drummer Angus Diggs, bass player Dean Addison and Bob Woolf on keyboards.

[23] Diesel supplied guitar, backing vocals and production skills on Richard Clapton's Angeltown, released in May.

Following record production, guitar, backing vocals and songwriting work on Vika and Linda's Princess Tabu album,[3] released in October, Diesel went on hiatus.

[3] He returned briefly to Australia in November to perform at the Mushroom 25 Live concert alongside Wilson, Barnes and Vika and Linda.

[citation needed] In March 2004 Diesel filmed his performance at Sydney's Metro Theatre and released his first DVD titled The First Fifteen '89–'04 Live .

[citation needed] 3 July 2009 saw the release of Project Blues: Saturday Suffering Fools, a blues album featuring a horn section made up of ex-Injector Bernie Bremond and family members Hank (Father) and brothers Michael and Brian Lizotte.

Brian owned a theatre bar (under the name "Lizotte's") in the Newcastle suburb of Lambton, at which Diesel has played.

[27] 4 July 2011 saw the release of "Under the Influence" – a collection of Diesel's favourite and influential guitar music featuring tracks by Jimi Hendrix, Link Wray, Albert King, Neil Young and The Sonics.

In 2018, Diesel celebrated 30 years in the industry with the release of a 30-track compilation album, 30: The Greatest Hits as well as national tour titled Give Me Saturday Night.

During 2022 he presented a 12-part TV documentary series Days Like These with Diesel, with each episode describing a pivotal concert by Australian artists: Jet, Baby Animals, Hunters & Collectors, the Angels, Diesel, Rose Tattoo, Jimmy Barnes, Eurogliders, Archie Roach, Icehouse, Troy Cassar-Daley and Cold Chisel.