Group
Johnny Vomit & The Dry Heaves
US teen punk
- From
- Corinth, Corinth
- Active
- 1983–1984
- Releases
- 3
- punk
About
Johnny Vomit & The Dry Heaves was an American high school garage band, that formed in mid-1980s in Corinth, Mississippi, United States, that featured future leaders of the Oblivians and Squirrel Nut Zippers, Jack Oblivian (né Yarber) and Jim Mathus. Under the names Johnny Goopa (Yarber on drums) and Bart Barf (Mathus on bass), they supported Johnny Vomit on two seven-inch records issued on Eric (né Friedl) Oblivian's Goner Records.
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Mathus would later appear (as a guest musician) alongside Yarber in his band South Filthy, which also featured Monsieur Jeffrey Evans, Texan-via-Chicago blues harmonicist, Walter Daniels, and Adam "Bomb" Woodard. Mathus appears on both their Sympathy for the Record Industry-released LPs.
Members
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Bart Barf bass guitar
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Johnny Goopa drums (drum set)
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Johnny Vomit guitar
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Also known as
John Vomit and his Dry Heaves
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7f90eb4a-8f8c-4e31-8644-d33cb830346d
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 14 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.