Garry Johnson - The New Face Of Rock'N'Roll

[@eddieoi8906]

fucken loved this when I was a young skin... bloody brilliant to hear it after all these decades...

[@davidstevens9006]

Working class late 70s down to a teethanks for telling our story a true English prophet

[@garyjonson1103]

Thanx for those nice words - if you want to hear more of me performing checkout Punk Rock Stories And Tabloid Tales by Garry Johnson and Soren Sulo Karlsson on Cargo Records ... or if you want to read the poems buy a copy of The Cockney Bard published by New Haven ... My autobiography is also called Punk Rock Stories And Tabloid Tales published by New Haven.

[@willieluncheonette]

Again, thank YOU for all your work. And thanks for posting where we can all read more of your wonderful writing. I'm honored you read my channel and took the time to respond. I added you to my channel. Hope you don't mind.---Oops, see I can't add you....oh well. I subscribed to YOU.

[@mauriziogozzelino4632]

Awesome

[@willieluncheonette]

Saturday afternoon here in New York City and we got some TREMENDOUS oi coming up. But first let's listen to some poetry. Yes, POETRY!! YO MATE, WHERE YOU GOIN'?. DON'T LEAVE!!.... THIS IS PUNK POETRY! When we first heard the tremendous compilation Strength Thru Oi in May 1981 we immediately noticed that sprinkled between the great oi tracks there was a lad named Garry Johnson reciting his poetry. This was no pretty rainbows and daffodils swaying in the breeze stuff, but rather real working class kids' thoughts, short and to the point with pure impact. Here's some info on Johnson from the website Last.FM---Garry Johnson was a true working class punk poet. A genuine rebel who I liken to a Cockney Dylan. He was half-Irish and a champion of the underdog. His musical influences were The Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Jam but Johnson was also influenced by the likes of Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King, Bob Dylan, Robin Hood and working class rebels. He was also influenced by British movies such as Quadrophenia, Get Carter and The Long Good Friday. All those influences are featured in his five books.. "The Boys Of The Empire", "The Gangster Of Slang", "The Punk Poet", "Richard Grimson Is Guilty" and "Born In A House In Hackney". His lyrics and punk poems also appear in "Boys Of The Empire" and "My Life In Words" Various punk bands recorded his songs. (my note---The Business' great Suburban Rebels which we just heard yesterday was written by him.) Let's hear two of his poems before we encounter The Last Resort.

[@garyjonson1103]

Thanx...

[@willieluncheonette]

Gary Jonson cheers, Gary. My pleasure and THANK YOU!! So nice to hear from you.

[@garyjonson1103]

Hello again and thanx for that ... join me on Facebook ... I`m on as GARY JONSON ... Cheers The Punk Poet...

[@magenta6045]

real life not a show!!!