![]() ![]() Off and on Johnston continued taking the band on the road throughout the west and in Ontario, and released the follow-up THREE THE HARD WAY before the end of the year. Produced by Streetheart‘s Spider Sinnaeve, who also played bass and ex-Aldo Nova and future Streetheartdrummer Bill Carmassi on drums, it was another three-track heavy metal barrage that kept various versions of the group in the bars, which included new singer Joey Saltell (ex Nuthin’ Pritty). Playing shows with his new group, Ironhead, Johnston released yet another three-song EP in late ’86 with Saltell on the mic in late 1986. He then resurrected Lawsuit for some club dates around the area that same year that featured new vocalist Joey Saltell (ex of Nothin’s Pritty, before the band just faded away by the following spring. Johnston released STONED TO DEATH in ’03, which featured most of the first two EPs, along with some sessions Johnston did with a who’s who in the studio over the years, including Sinnave and Carmassi, as well as Helix‘s Brent Fritz and Killer Dwarfs‘ Darnell Dwarf, and Streetheart, Jet Set, MacAlpine, and Aldo Nova‘s Billy Carmassi on drums.
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