Michael Wayne Johnson (born July 30, 1982) is an American pop singer and drummer, formerly of the boyband "Natural".
Michael Johnson began a boy band with friend Patrick King, alongside Marc Terenzi and Ben Bledsoe.
[1] While some of the other members already played various instruments, it was through this arrangement that Johnson started learning percussion and became the band's drummer for their debut album Keep It Natural (2002).
In 2001, Johnson provided the singing voice for the US version of The Simpsons character Bart in the episode "New Kids on the Blecch".
[2] Pearlman maintained strict prohibitions against facial hair, piercings or tattoos, girlfriends, and "unwholesome" behaviour, though, dubbed the "bad boy" of the group, Johnson was allowed to have his lip pierced and was required to maintain his blue spikes in his hair until the group disbanded.
However, disagreements arose early as Terenzi wanted to continue to make pop rock songs, while the other members wanted to focus on a more pure rock sound, and the group disbanded despite offers of a reality TV show in Germany and a record deal.
Terenzi continued on a pop rock solo artist while Johnson and the other members went off to form Lukewarm Freeda with a more hard edged punk blues sound.
[citation needed] On May 7, 2008, it was announced on Marc Terenzi's official MySpace that he and Johnson had formed a new band alongside Benny Richter.
[5] The band was featured in the reality show, Sarah and Marc: Crazy in Love which aired on ProSieben in Germany.