Johnny Vicious (born John Coles) is an American house DJ, producer and remixer. He DJed in New York City clubs Mars and Paladium in the 1980s, and in the early 1990s started his own label, Vicious Musik Records, with Jeffrey Rodman.
Vicious became widely known for remixing the hits "Kiss You All Over" by No Mercy, "Let's Go All the Way" by React, and "It's Not Right but It's Okay" by Whitney Houston, as well as doing remixes for the compilations Webster Hall Presents: A Groovilicious Night and Ministry of Sound: Club Nation America. He scored one major chart hit, 2005's "Can't Let Go" (featuring Judy Albanese), which hit #4 on the US Dance charts. His remixes have appeared on the hit Ultra.Dance compilations, as well as on the ThriveMix Presents albums, many of which have hit the US album charts.
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