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JOHNNY MAFIA: Premier French Punk Rippers Prepare New Album Release - Announce London & Brighton Shows | Dirty Water Records
Johnny Mafia have made a huge impact in just a few months, mixing punk and garage in every sense. With they`re percusive rock, the band from Burgundy, of Sens (the capital of the world as they would like to say).
This young band are exploding energy on stage. ferocious, furious, funny but most of all talented, they make you want to do pogo! Johnny Mafia play music inspired by The Ramones, T-Rex and The Clash, influenced also by contemporary artists such as Ty Segall, Jay Reatard and Wavves.
As seen at Festival Printemps de Bourges (FR) in 2014 ; accompanied by Festival Les Eurockéennes de Belfort (FR) in 2016, Johnny Mafia have forged a place for other french bands to follow having become laureat du FAIR in 2017. With more than 70 concerts in 2017 for the « Sens the capital of the world tour » as well as the famous Eurockéennes de Belfort and This is not a love song in France, The Hipsville festival in Margate (UK), Johnny Mafia have established their reputation before all else on stage.
With the arrival of a new drummer, the band recorded a new album in 2018 produced by Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, The Sonics) and will be released on the English label Dirty Water Records at the end of the year. With 20 years on the clock Johnny Mafia sound some times like a garage resurrection of Syd Barrett with his collected titles, energetic and falsely nieve.
Johnny Mafia play Weirdsville Friday, May 25 at the Prince Albert in Brighton and Saturday May, 26 at The Fiddlers Elbow in London TICKETS
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The Dirty Water Club started in October 1996 in the Tufnell Park neighbourhood of north London, at a venue called The Boston. The club's name is derived from The Standells' 1966 hit 'Dirty Water' which glorifies the US city of Boston, Massachusetts.
Past performers have included The White Stripes (voted by Q Magazine as one of the top 10 gigs of all time, Mojo one of the top 30 and Kerrang one of the top 100!), The Gories, Country Teasers, Black Lips, NOBUNNY, Kid Congo Powers, The Fleshtones, Billy Childish, Radio Birdman, The Dirtbombs, Thee Michelle Gun Elephant, The 5.6.7.8's, The Horrors and The Brian Jonestown Massacre to name just a few. The club has also seen some original '60s performers, such as The Monks, ? and the Mysterians, Kim Fowley, Sky Saxon, GONN, Michael Davis of the MC5 and more grace its stage.
Their in-house record label, Dirty Water Records, is one of the leading garage/beat/(real) R&B labels in the world.
