In the '80s, the Cro-Mags were a powerful force in hardcore and well as an important bridge in the sonic union of punk and metal. And, singer John Joseph played a significant role in the band's confrontational and political impact, exploding onstage with the destructive might of a truck bomb.
Currently, Joseph spends much of his time with his other band Bloodclot, who have upcoming shows August 11 in Washington, D.C. and August 13 in New York. He is also a published author, having recently published his autobiography "The Evolution of a Cro-Magnon" on Punk House (www.punkhouse.org). His follow-up, "Meat is For Pussies," will drop this summer.
I just want to know one thing… What the hell happened to the revolutionary attitude in music? You can’t find it anywhere. I know. I looked. Is it just a coincidence that bands that talk about it have been silenced from the mainstream? I think not. Where’s the next Bob Marley, Public Enemy, KRS-ONE, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys or Cro-Mags? Well I have been talking about this for over 25 years in my music career, and now it’s all coming to light.
The TV media is controlled, the print is controlled, what you hear is controlled. Why? One word, people. Agenda. Certain people in power want to make sure that you stay numb and dumb. I mean, do you think they want you pondering the issues being brought up in the truth movements? Hell, no. They want you to pay attention to the mindless fluff on TMZ (FOX – TV; no coincidence there) and follow the downfall of Anna Nicole Smith, or Britney Spears, or find out who’s banging who and which stars are headed to rehab.
I give Gov. Jesse Ventura major props for standing up and voicing his opinion. He’s even gone on Alex Jones’ show and talked about how he knows we were lied to big-time about 9/11 and questioned what really happened that day. Having witnessed the buildings fall from a mile away, I, too, questioned what we were told and got my answers in the past seven years. All I can say is, Man, what a crock of s--t we were fed.
Let me tell you something, people. You had better turn all that crap off on the idiot box called TV and get informed. Major stuff is going down right under your noses and you don’t even know it because the rabbit hole runs deep. I’ve been into punk since the summer of ’77. I was on the DC/NYC hardcore scene in the early ‘80s and never has there been a more urgent time for the punk message and throw-the-middle-finger-up-to-the-man attitude that it used to represent.
Our food is being poisoned (google: “The Future of Food”), our troops are dying (check out “Iraq for Sale”), for a False Flag War (“9/11 Mysteries,” “Terror Storm”), the economy is tanking (“America: Freedom to Fascism”), prescription and recreational drug use is soaring and we are just one fat-ass nation (“Super-Size Me”), forced to rely on what info dribbles down the legs of our pimps… the Bush administration. And make no mistake about it, they are our pimps. They ho us out, work our asses off, then bitch-slap us and take our money so they can line their pockets with our hard-earned tax dollars.
The truth is… all of this is happening because we let it. We’ve become complacent. We let them destroy the constitution and take away our rights. We let them dumb us down because we believed the info they’ve spoon-fed us. It all starts with the youth of this country and the world. If you guys let them distract you away from the real issues and dumb you down, then we are all done. The youth are the future and what kind of future will we have if it’s simply a bunch of mindless robots that have been bred to obey? I’ve never sold out, I always question authority and I’ve been involved in the ‘TRUTH MOVEMENT’ for years. Now it’s your turn.
It’s up to every one of us to get informed. It’s still ‘WE THE PEOPLE’ for the time being anyway. Research the real deal and make your voices heard. I, personally, have little faith in any of the choices this election but at least Obama’s talking the talk of change. Let’s make them answer the issues we want addressed. Otherwise we will be the ones incarcerated in all the camps FEMA has set up across America. Oh, you don’t know about that? You better put that TV remote and X-Box down and get online for that one. Peace & Tofu – J.J.
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