Johnny Temple is an American bassist, known best for his work in the post-hardcore bands Soulside and Girls Against Boys. Temple also formed a side project with fellow Girls Against Boys member Scott McCloud called New Wet Kojak. In 1996 he founded Akashic Books in Brooklyn with the intent of publishing works by independent artists.
Biography Johnny Temple grew up on 16th Street Northwest in Washington D.C. In high school, he worked at a reggae record store where his interest in music peaked. In college he studied the history, culture, and politics of Black Americans at Wesleyan University, eventually earning a master's degree in social work at Columbia University in New York City.
It was during his second year that Temple began playing bass guitar, with much of his influence being drawn from the punk rock and reggae scene in D.C.
Personal life Johnny Temple married in 2002 and has two sons. He has lived in Fort Greene, Brooklyn since 1990 and told The New York Times that one of his "goals in life is to leave Fort Greene as little as possible".Cotto, Andrew. "How Johnny Temple, Book Publisher and Rocker, Spends His Sundays", The New York Times, May 11, 2018. Accessed October 5, 2018. "Johnny Temple is the publisher and editor in chief of Akashic Books and also plays bass guitar in three bands. He lives in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, with his wife, Kara Gilmour, 48, a senior director at Gibney Dance, a nonprofit, their two sons, Arthur, 12, and Abraham (Abie), 10, and a Basenji/cattle dog mix named Cuppy. 'One of my goals in life is to leave Fort Greene as little as possible,' said Mr. Temple, 51, who has lived in the neighborhood since 1990."
Discography Soulside
Year Title 1988 Trigger 1989 Hot Bodi-Gram
Girls Against Boys
Year Title 1992 Tropic of Scorpio 1993 Venus Luxure No.1 Baby 1994 Cruise Yourself 1996 House of GVSB 1998 Freak*on*ica 2002 You Can't Fight What You Can't See
New Wet Kojak
Year Title 1995 New Wet Kojak 1997 Nasty International 2000 Do Things 2003 This Is the Glamorous
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