Download Full Trucker Effect on MySpace
Current mood: chipper

Johnny Socko, ever at the forefront of cutting edge technology...

We're now offering the classic 1998 release Full Trucker Effect on our MySpace page, thanks to the fine folks at MySpace and SNOCAP.  Scroll down our MySpace page and look for it on the right!

Coolio!

Currently listening : Fox Confessor Brings the Flood By Neko Case Release date: 07 March, 2006

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Triple R Records and Born Again Floozies
Current mood: pleased

From Joe Welch, founding guitarist of Johnny Socko, comes the long-awaited and much-celebrated debut release from the Born Again Floozies, Novelties, Addenda, and Ephemera!  Featured in PASTE Magazine this very day (the October issue, on newsstands Sept 26th).  Buy it now at Triple R Records!

A voluptuously surreal performance: the rhythm section is two tap dancers and a tuba, the singer plays guitar the way most people play the piano. Steve Albini describes them as "...a rock band with extras, but that's comically understated--kind of like saying Franz Liszt only waltzed." But we like to think of them as Fellini-esque songmongers. A brilliant debut from one of the most unique and interesting new groups on the scene today!

www.bornagainfloozies.com
The Born Again Floozies on MySpace:

www.myspace.com/bornagainflooziesband

Currently listening : Heroes By David Bowie Release date: 28 September, 1999

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Triple R Records is back up
Current mood: accomplished

Triple R Records is back up and running!  We'll be releasing four new records this year from the Born Again Floozies and Skidmore Fountain, and we've found some cool long-lost Socko discs, including Full Trucker Effect on vinyl!

Have a look: www.triplerrecords.com

Cheers!

Currently listening : Dub Reggae Essentials By Various Artists Release date: 13 June, 2000

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Johnny Socko on Satellite Radio
Current mood: recumbent

Hey all,

So, we recently found out that Johnny Socko's Full Trucker Effect is the theme music for the "Bubba the Love Sponge" radio show on Sirius' Howard 101 station.  Cool!  Truxploitation rules...

Dylan

Currently listening : The Great Destroyer By Low Release date: 25 January, 2005

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The Number One Most Asked Question of Johnny Socko...
Current mood: quixotic

"What's going on with you guys?"

Here's the scoop - by the fall of 2003, Johnny Socko had been playing continuously for thirteen years, performing over two thousand shows across every corner of the country, releasing six albums of our own plus a compilation and two records with the Aurelians.  We desperately needed a break from 220 days a year on the road, and needed some time to recharge our creative juices.

So, after a show at the (sadly now-departed) Patio in Indianapolis on New Year's Eve of 2003, we simply haven't booked any shows.  We've never broken up, and have come close to performing a show here and there, but nothing official.  We have a pile of some very interesting demos that we may get around to one of these days, and are still in close contact with one another.

What are we all doing now?  Well, the biggest news is three young additions to the Socko road crew.  In addition, all of us have been exploring (for the first time in a LOOONG time) the concept of a home life.  By January of 2004, I personally hadn't been in the same town longer than a week in over a decade.  Adjusting to life off the road was an interesting experience, to say the least!

In the past few years, we've been focussing on letting the music speak for us while we take a break from the road.  Check out one of our five studio albums, our Double Live album, the three Aurelians discs, and the latest Chris Coolidge album at www.johnnysocko.com.  The music is out there, and growing - more about that in future blogs.

While there are no shows on the books at the moment for Socko, we're involved in several really cool projects individually.  Check out the members' MySpace pages, support your local musicians, and we look forward to seeing all of you out there again someday soon!

Dylan Wissing
Johnny Socko

www.myspace.com/esw
www.myspace.com/coolco
www.myspace.com/elchoclo
www.myspace.com/dylanwissing

Currently listening : Revolution Of The Mind( Live At The Apollo, Vol. III) By James Brown Release date: 23 March, 1993

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