Johnny High Ground is singer/songwriter Joe Rybicki. (Also: lyricist, guitarist, bassist, percussionist, loop arranger, PR manager, recording engineer, producer, roadie, and web designer and editor — i.e., me. Hi there!)


Except when it’s not. For a brief time in 2001, when Cheaper Than Skydiving was recorded, the band featured Mike Shin on bass and backing vocals, Mark Manzo on drums, and me on guitar and vocals. I also had the help of Brian Hegedus in writing the lyrics for “End of the Line,” and of Lee Pugsley in writing the main verse riff for “Happily Ever After.” And one of these days I’ll blackmail some new musicians into joining me for various musical endeavors.

I’ve put together four collections of music — fine, I’d guess you’d call them “EPs” — which can be found here, here, here, and here. And anything I’m currently working on goes here.

If you like what you hear, you might also enjoy whatever…, the Cleveland punk band I sang and played bass for in the early ’90s. You can get our first CD used through Amazon (please don’t pay $130 for a new copy!) or a slightly different version at Dead Beat Records. And maybe one of these days I’ll see if we can get some MP3s for sale through the usual channels.

Questions? Hit the Contact page and ask away.