Sunday 25 March 2012

THE JOHNNYS, AGAIN, BECAUSE I CAN . . . . "SHOWDOWN" . . . . RELEASED IN '86 . . . . A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER IT SHOULD'VE DUE TO RECORD CONTRACT WRANGLING . . . . ANOTHER TYPICALLY HILARIOUS VOYAGE INTO THE WILD, WILD WEST . . . . GIDDY UP !!!!



**** INTERESTING MOTORCYCLE RELATED FACTOID . . . . SOME OF THE EXTRAS IN THE PREVIOUS "SHOWDOWN" CLIP ARE FROM ANOTHER EXCELLENT AUSSIE BAND, 'MENTAL AS ANYTHING' . . . . FROM THE MENTALS CAME REG MOMBASSA AND PETER O'DOHERTY [KIWI BROTHERS] . . . . THEY BECAME EVEN MORE FAMOUS FOR THE ARTWORK THEY DID FOR THE EMERGING "MAMBO" SURF CLOTHING LABEL WITH A FELLA BY THE NAME OF DARE JENNINGS, HIMSELF HAVING PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN AUSSIE INDIE MUSIC OF THE POST PUNK ERA THROUGH PHANTOM RECORDS, UPON SELLING MAMBO TEN YEARS AGO HE EVENTUALLY STARTED A SMALL CUSTOM BIKE BUILDING GIG BASED ON WHAT HE WITNESSED IN JAPAN IN AROUND 2004/5 . . . . HE CALLED IT "DEUS EX MACHINA" . . . . THE REST, AS THOSE FUCKING 'THEY' PEOPLE SAY . . . . IS HISTORY. 

1 comment:

  1. brother, that deus ex wizard is crazy! the bikeexif.com people have done a couple features on his bikes and they look ever so fun!

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