Hailing from Austin, TX is intergalactic space cowboy Johnny Dioxide, chemical formula JO2 -- the disembodied voice of a lovelorn ghost. He refers to his music as Ghost Rock, and it has been described as intricate yet breezy, haunting yet playful, and all with a sweet western flair to leisurely mosey along to. 

 

When you pull back the red curtain, behind Johnny Dioxide you’ll find Chase Risinger. Born in the midwest, he has been playing guitar and writing songs since he was 13, (a catalogue that includes a love song to Elizabeth Swan, aka Keira Knightley, which can likely be found on a worn-out cassette tape in his parents’ basement). In 2013, Risinger packed up his truck and tried his luck in Austin, Texas, to be among his own kind. Once there, he quickly fell in with the local musicians, playing in a number of bands, including the Pendulum Hearts, Songbird Fever and Rent Party. Still, any original song that he deems too weird for his other projects gets released and performed under his pseudonym, Johnny Dioxide.