Pre Chrimbo Update

Well having just spent 10 weeks writing and rehearsing and a fast and furious 4 days recording with my band AFS,we have finished our 4th album,Trash Vegas.

Went over to Halifax last night with Carl to be interviewed on the Punk and Disorderly show on Phoenix FM,took along 'Musings and Mumblings' and Steve played 'Mr Policeman' and 'Our Vietnam', yep,Jonny Maveriq on the radio !

Well hopefully we'll go over again sometime in the new year to do an acoustic AFS session and a bunch of my poems too.

Two days to go til TNS/Bomb Ibiza Punk Rock Karaoke at the Retro Bar in Manchester,it appears I may have talked my self into singing White Riot !

Laters Punkers

Punk Rock Double Header !

Ok folks,get ya butts over to the First Chop Pub in Ramsbottom on Thursday 19th November for a night of Punk Rock - Jonny Maveriq will be musing and mumbling through some Punk Rock poetry and UkePunk will be blasting out some old faves on his Ukelele.

The whole thing kicks off around 9.30pm so BE THERE !

Another Update !

Well the recording of my 13 track demo went really well over at Voltage Studios in Bradford,big thanks to Tim Walker,so I've been busy printing and cutting sleeves and burning cd's which I'll be giving away free at gigs(when I get some!) and at various venues I attend in Manchester.

News Update !

Well latest news in the world of Jonny Maveriq is that I've booked myself into Voltage Studiios in Bradford Mid October to lay down some of these Musings and Mumblings

JUST A NUMBER

So,I reached thirteen
Thought Me and Punk Rock
Were gonna change the world
I realised I knew nothing

So, I reached sixteen
Left school to be an engineer
Spent two years on the dole
I didn't know anything

So,I reached eighteen
And now I'm supposed to be a man
Wandered round in a ganja mist haze
Thought I ought to know something

The inbetween years
We pretty much ok
I bumbled along fron day to day
Not really caring about a thing

So,I reached thirty
Full Fucking Stop. !
That was it, My life was over
Still I knew very lttle

So,I reached forty
Anothjer decade passes by
It's said that now life begins
I'm almost understanding everything

So,now I reached forty four and three quarters
I have more than I could have imagined
I know that life must be lived to the full
I guess now that I know something

Retro Bar 2nd August 2009

Well it was with great trepidation that I swigged my beer and stepped up to the mic at 7.25pm,curious as to what kind of reception this Old Punk was gonna recieve from the mostly young crowd.

I need not have worried,the cheering and clapping followed each poem and I left the stage absolutely buzzing !

Can't wait to do it all again soon,bigs thanks to Andy and Bev and the rest of the TNS crew for giving me the opportunity to cut my teeth along with some of the excellent local Punk Rock bands they support.

Gratuitous Plug for My band AFS !!

TNS Night at Retro Bar Manchester Sunday 2nd August 2009

Debut Poetry Reading !

Well folks I will be making my debut as Jonny Maveriq - Punk Rock Poet at the Retro Bar on Sackville Street in Manchester on Sunday 2nd August,I'm on first so I expect that'll be fairly early,doors around 6pm I think

20 YEARS

20 years living in Manchester
20 years living in Gunchester
20 years living in Creativechester
20 years living in Musichcester
20 years living in Footballchester
20 years living in Skatingchester
20 years living in Punkrockchester
20 years living in Skachester
20 years living in Dubchester
20 years living in Artchester
20 years living in Drunkenchester
And my friends still ask
What the fuck did you move to Manchester for
I moved here 'cos it's where I wannabechester
And here's to 20 more

OLD PUNX

Old Punx never die
We just stand at the back
Quietly sipping our Pernod and Black
But not through a straw
Like we did when we were kids
'Cos someone told us
We'd get pissed more quickly

Old Punx never die
We just stand at the back
Wondering whether it would be worth it
Jumping into the pit
And getting kicked to shit

Old Punx never die
We just stand at the back
Often bemoaning
How Punk just ain't what it used to be
Back in the day

Old Punx never die
So lets not stand at the back
Lets get down with the kids
With theirr floppy hair
And skinny jeans
And show 'em whats Punk is really about

Old Punx never die

Mr POLICEMAN

Mr Policeman
You're dancing on my head
Mr Policeman
You're beating me to death

We've the right to peacful protest
But it's around for all to see
The sickening sight of
Ongoing police brutality

Your batons drawn at will
Going in for the kill
Herding us into corners
Did you ever think to warn us

Innocent people beaten
For all the media to see
The Red Tops in the morning
Will label it 'Anarchy'

The sorrowful deaths of so many
Will there ever be an end
I can't even photograph you
Beating shit out of my friend

I don't wanna be another fatality
Police brutality
It's a reality

GLOBAL MELTDOWN

So the worlds in economic crisis
The politicians don't care they're doing ok
The bankers are out there in some far off land
I believe one's got a pension of 700 grand

Those at the top the cream of the crop
Get to wallow in luxury and no poverty
While us down below are wading in shit
Trying to eke out some nornal existance

War rages on across foriegn lands
Killing one another by their own hands
Arms spending increasing to obscene billions
While unemployment rises to untold millions

What's the solution I've no fucking idea
But the rebel kindred spirits gathered here
Can all stand together with one true voice
And maybe one day we'll make our own choice

SONS AND DAUGHTERS (OF THE PUNK ROCK REVOLUTION)

We are the sons and daughters
Of the Punk Rock Revolution
We are the sons and daughters
Still searching for a solution

Blank Generation born in '75
The sprirt of rebellion was still alive
Fast forward to the summer of '76
The Pistols kickin' against the pricks

Babylon burned in '79
Punk Rock and Dub in perfect time
Black and White we did unite
Against the Nazis we did fight

In '81 we all wore black
Discharge screamed FIGHT BACK
The Anarcho scene running wild
Spawned from the Stooges Punk Rock child

Skip a few years to '94
We're all listening to Melodicore
Offspring Green Day Bad Religion
The Old Punk's dreams come to fruition

So now we're here all doin' fine
Jump around it's skanking time
Maybe we'll find our resolution
The sons and daughters of the Punk Rock Revolution

PROTEST SONG

How can I write a Protest Song
When I've been working for so long
All my thoughts are null and void
'Cos I ain't never been unemployed

Fuck the Government
Fuck the Police
Fuck Authority
And Fuck World Peace

How can I write a Protest Song
When the World's been dying for so long
All these words don't mean shit
I love my life and what I've done with it

Fuck the Government
Fuck the Police
Fuck Authority
And Fuck World Peace

How can I write a Protest Song
When I've no idea what's going on
I've no idea what it's all about
But I still stand here scream and shout

Fuck the Government
Fuck the Police
Fuck Authority
And Fuck World Peace

MEDIA MANIPULATION

Media Manipulation
Took a grip of the Nation
You won't be the only person
To ever die of cancer

EMO

Would someone like to tell me
When they have a few months to spare
In plain English
Without crying
What the Fuck Emo is all about ?