I am Johnny Icon, lead singer, songwriter and producer for Lannon, Icon & The Black Roses and Ace of Hearts. I was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. What you might not know about me is that I started playing guitar when I was about 10 and took it pretty seriously. I was 10 following the steps of a classmate who the girls seemed to love. I guess I wanted the attention but very soon I realised that I had found my true passion and started writing songs straight away. I frequented a couple of music schools. At some point I wanted to be a guitar hero but deep down inside I guess I always wanted to be a singer.
When I turned 15 I joined a doom metal band called Delightful Solitude. As I was so young and, had very strong ideas, the band decided to offload me just before they recorded their demo, which had a couple of sections written by