John Langley

John Allen Valmont Langley (born September 15, 1969 in Louisiana) is a American musician, songwriter, television writer, record/television producer, audio engineer and photographer. Alongside vocalist/guitarist Brian McNamara, he co-founded Bulla, where Langley acted as a bassist, backing vocalist, occasional lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the band, as well as being in charge of Bulla's visual aspect often selecting album artwork and doing photography work. His lyrics dealt with various themes such as: melancholy, loneliness, death, depression, failed relationships, drug addiction and others.
He acted as a executive producer and co-showrunner on 2017 The Duck Bros. reboot until leaving the show during the season 2.
== Discography ==
;With Bulla
Studio:
* 1995 - Swimming with the Sharks
*1996 - A Shoal of Dead Fish
*1997 - Capricornia
* 1998 - Animal Kingdom
* 2001 - Desintegration Network 
* 2004 - If You Have to Ask... You'll Never Know
* 2005 - Resilience is Futile
* 2006 - Decerebration Channel
*2008 - Close Enough
*2011 - See You on the Other Side 
*2016 - Chaos Theory 
* 2017 - Sweat and Sacrifice 
* 2019 - Sleeping with the Blue Whales
* 2021 - Here or Anywhere
Live:
* 2002 - A Little South of Insanity 
* 2002 - Desintegration Network Bootlegs
* 2004 - Hold Your Country Bootlegs 
* 2005 - Era Vulgaris Bootlegs 
* 2006 - Dracula Revival Bootlegs 
* 2006 - Dracula Revival Live 
* 2006 - Projekt Skhool Bootlegs
*2022 - A Farewell to the World
;Outside Bulla
* 1996 - King For a Day... Fool For a Lifetime (Cypress Creek): "No Strings Attached" and "Drunk Foolish"
* 1998 - The Unauthorized Memories of the Gravity (Cypress Creek): "Recovery"
== Filmography ==
;As a music video director
* 1995 - "Let It Die" (Swimming with the Sharks, 1995)
* 1996 - "Suit" (Swimming with the Sharks, 1995)
* 1998 - "Sweat" (Animal Kingdom, 1998)
* 2001 - "Big Time" (Desintegration Network, 2001)
* 2004 - "Volcano World" (If You Have to Ask... You'll Never Know, 2004)
* 2005 - "Daylight" (Resilience is Futile, 2005)
;Film credits
* 2015 - Mist (director and writer)
* 2021 - Misery, Inc. (co-director with Brad Bird; co-writer with J. J. Abrams, Bird, Damon Lindelof, Jeff Nathanson, Michael Rowe and Josh Weinstein; producer and voice actor)
;Television credits
* 2000-01 - Dangerous House (developer and executive producer)
* 2017-20 - The Duck Bros. (developer, executive producer and occasional writer)
== Equipment ==
;Basses
* Eastman Master VB605
*Fender Ashbory
*Fender Precision
*Fender Squier Affinity Precision 
*Fender Bass VI (used on Sweat and Sacrifice and Here or Anywhere)
* Gibson Les Paul (used on A Shoal of Dead Fish)
*Gibson SG Standard (used on Capricornia, Resilience is Futile, Close Enough, See You on the Other Side and Chaos Theory)
* Gibson Thunderbird IV
*Ibanez AGB140 (used on Desintegration Network and Resilience is Futile tours)
*Ibanez miKro (also used on Sweat and Sacrifice, as well as Sleeping with the Blue Whales and Here or Anywhere)
* Ovation Celebrity Deluxe CC274
*Rickenbacker 4003
*Rogue LX200B
*Schecter dUg Pinnick DP-12 (used on "Good Night, Cinderella", from A Shoal of Dead Fish)
*Spector Euro4 LX
*Spector EUROBOLT 4
*Squier Classic Vibe Bass VI
*Vigier Arpege (used on Desintegration Network and If You Have to Ask...)
*Vigier Passion (used on If You Have to Ask...tour)
*Warwick Rockbass Corvette (used on Resilience is Futile)
*Washburn B-200 (used on Chaos Theory, Sweat and Sacrifice and Here or Anywhere)
*Washburn Bantam XB-200 (used on Sleeping with the Blue Whales)
*Yamaha SA-70 (used on IYHTAYNK, Resilience is Futile and Decerebration Channel)
;Pedals
* BOSS Bass Driver BB-1X
* BOSS Chorus CEB-3
* BOSS DD-3 Digital Delay
* BOSS Dynamic Wah AW-3
* BOSS FZ-5
* BOSS ME-50 multi-effect
* BOSS RV-5 Digital Reverb
* BOSS TR-2 Tremolo
* Danelectro Fab D5 Chorus
* Danelectro Fab Tone
* Darkglass B1K Overdrive
* Dunlop Crybaby Bass Wah
* Dunlop Germanium Fuzz Face
* Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi
* Electro-Harmonix Russian Big Muff
* Ibanez TS9B Tube Screamer
* Jim Dunlop Mini Pedal Volume X (DVP4)
* Moog Music Taurus 3
* SmallSound/BigSound Team Awesome Fuzz Machine
* Voodoo Lab Ground Control Pro controller
* Vox Copperhead Drive
;Synths
* Moog Little Phatty synthesizer
* microKORG
* Novation Bass Station 2
;Amplification
* Ampeg SVT Classic heads
*Ampeg V-4B
* Audio Kitchen Base Chopper heads (used on Close Enough)
*Fender Bassman
*Fender Rumble 100 
*HiWatt
*Orange Micro Terror
Category:American songwriters
Category:Bulla
Category:American music video directors