Punk Business Manager: Johnny's

Punk Business Manager

MY MP3 WANT LIST

UPDATED 5.21.2012

A.D.'s "Know Hard Feelings" LP (Albany, NY- Blue Lunch, 1987)

Betong Hysteria- just the song "Det Er Bare Løgn (Live)" [from v/a "Song of Norway" cassette (Den Onde Sirkel, 1983)]

Black Flag- 1980 live shows with "guest singers" during the post-Chavo and pre-Dez period

Blimpy and The Heavies "Sniffin' Panties" 7"EP (O Records, 1981)

Damion Circle and The Luxenboys "Wrap It Up" song (A-side of "Russian Sex" 7") (CA- Dead Ringer, c.1981)

Fags "My Boyfriend Is A Janitor" 7"EP (MI- Westside Audio Laboratories, 1996)

Framfor Flotet "Tro inte pa allt du laser / Vemod" 7" (Sweden, 1983)

John Berenzy "The Final Resolve" LP (NY- Third Rail, 1987)

Martyr "Silent Night / Cleveland (I Love You)" 7" (Ohio- Lady Knives, 1980)

Nights and Days unreleased LP (Seattle, c.1988)

Press (CA) unreleased 2nd 7"EP (Los Angeles, CA- c.1979)

Professor Marx Zydiac "Let's Start A Punk Rock Band" 7"EP (Manville, NJ- Nirvana, 1978)

Red Menace "Farewell Suburbia" 7"EP (South Carolina- own label, 1988)

Scott Hooper "The Fly / The Monolith From Silicon Gulch" 7" (CA- Spiral Arms, 1983)

Snot Puppies- Demo Tape (California, c.1978)

Transformers "Take a Vacation! / Arithmetic" 7" (USA- Bullet, 1982)

Wuffy Dogs "Boys Went South" 4-song 7"EP (CA- Beerhall, 1983)

V/A "Ad Vice" LP (2000) (w/Zymotics, Firestarter, etc.)

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The dapper Punk Business Manager (left) and his Personal Assistant

Being a Punk Business Manager is a lot of work as you could imagine! In between all of the business strategy meetings, power lunches and cocktail receptions I somehow find time to listen to the good ol' punk rock and post some music here. As you can see from my picture above, I try to keep up with the latest fashions so shopping for the latest threads also takes up A LOT of time-- gotta look good on the job, especially when you're about to lay off/downsize people every Friday. But having my trusty Personal Assistant really helps- he drives me to work every day in my plush Jaguar so I can listen to some p-rock and post to the blog. Enjoy!

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Punk Business Manager: Johnny's

Johnny's

JOHNNY'S "SPY FOR YOUR LOVE" 3-SONG 7"EP (LOS ANGELES, CA- OWN LABEL, 1979)

Sorry, no image available! I could not find any
archived listings on Popsike either- has a copy
never sold on eBay??

This record totally was unknown to me until about a month ago when a kind gentleman provided some mp3's (thanks again!), and I have listened to it a lot of times since then. Well, at least the first two songs- although kinda raw, the record has an underlying pop structure but I find the last song too poppy. I am usually not a big fan of poppy stuff but the leadoff track, "Spy For Your Love", is so-damn-catchy. It's also rather quirky with the prominent DIY-ish organ playing that has me hooked and has a nice driving pace. While listening to it makes me think of the great Nick Pagan EP in some ways (but let me say I think the Nick Pagan disc is better). The second track, "Happiness Is High Speed", is just that- a less than 2 minute, in-your-face song played at a fast "race-to-the-finish line" pace for the most part- very nice! The song slows down a bit during the semi-wimpy chorus parts but then the chunky bass kicks in and puts it back on the fast track. Nice quick guitar solo too.

I couldn’t find out much about the band (you try Google-ing "Johnny’s"!) but this record is listed in the Collector Scum SoCal discography. And please know that the band name is not a typo- it is a possessive noun and not plural as you would assume. The Johnny's listing on Collector Scum reveals a scan amount about the band- apparently the disc came in a stamped sleeve that, according to reviewer Marty Rips, has a "ridiculous hype message". Anyone have a scan of it so I can see what it looks like and says? Mr. Rips also thinks it is "almost completely a pop record, with only a slight punk edge". My ears hear something different because, while I do think the record is based around pop, it has WAY more of a punk edge especially on a track like "Happiness Is High Speed". To each his own, eh. Collector Scum also briefly mentions that one of the Johnny's went on to form some 80's band called Wire Train. In quickly scanning through sites about Wire Train it looks like that dude was Kevin Hunter. When I dug a little deeper, it turns out that Mr. Turner was, before The Johnny's, in the awesome Snotpuppies whose two tracks on 1993's KBD #13 were highlights to a great comp. Er, by the way, anyone got the complete Snotpuppies demo circa 1978? It's been on my want list on this site for quite a while now.

Spy For Your Love.mp3
Happiness Is High Speed.mp3
Stuck On Her.mp3