John Goodsall is a British jazz fusion guitarist most noted for his work with band Brand X. He also started a more rock-oriented side project, Fire Merchants, with Doug Lunn and Chester Thompson, in 1989.

Goodsall began playing guitar at age 7. At 15, he started his first band, Babylon, with members who later joined Joe Cocker's Grease Band. He then toured extensively, first with Arthur Brown, then with Atomic Rooster.

After Brand X's World tour (the last with Phil Collins), Goodsall moved to Los Angeles and worked as a session musician. He worked with artists including Bill Bruford, Peter Gabriel, Billy Idol, Bryan Adams, Toni Basil, Mark Isham, and released two albums with his solo band Fire Merchants, before reforming with Brand X and recording X-communication and Manifest Destiny.

Discography

Brand X

Studio

• Unorthodox Behaviour (1976)
• Moroccan Roll (1977)
• Masques (1978)
• Product (1979)
• Do They Hurt? (1980)
• Is There Anything About? (1982)
• Xcommunication (1992)
• Manifest Destiny (1997)
• Missing Period (1998)

Live

• Livestock (1977)
• Live at the Roxy LA (1979, released 1995)

Compilation

• X-Trax (1986)
• The Plot Thins: A History of Brand X, 1976-1980 (1997)
• X-Files: A 20 Year Retrospective (1999), compilation including side projects
• Timeline (2000)
• Trilogy (2003)
• Macrocosm: Introducing...Brand X (2003)

Fire Merchants

• Fire Merchants (1989)
• Landlords of Atlantis (1994)

References

• All Music Guide: Brand X Discography
• Brand X: The Annotated Discography
• Artist biography from Buckyball Records