On Saturday December 1st 2007 in Provincetown Massachusetts,
Angry Johnny and the Killbillies played their final show.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the band over the many years.
Here's a couple Christmas Songs for ya...Happy Holidays.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MP3
6 BULLETS FOR CHRISTMAS MP3
Angry Johnny and the Killbillies played their final show.
Thank you to everyone who has supported the band over the many years.
Here's a couple Christmas Songs for ya...Happy Holidays.
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING MP3
6 BULLETS FOR CHRISTMAS MP3
posted by Angry Johnny at 8:32 PM
14 Comments:
WHAT THE FUCK? That's BULLSHIT! I used to like you guys. All that talk about playing Texas again, new CDs... fuck it.
Very sad news. Thank you for the great music and great times and memories you've given us all. You guys will be sorely missed. Best of luck to all of you in your future endeavors. Godspeed.
The Lone Gunman
HA HA, very funny, I only saw you guys one time, now quit fuckin around, make a new CD and come back to Indy!!! Fuckin Angry Fan
damn it all wtf omg! no more band? what the hell happened? where will goatis play his mandolin now? there must be a story here. ya'll were my favorite band in w.mass. right after pajama slave dancers, nothing personal, i just love me some psd.
what about the fool? where shall he get drunk and cause a commotion without the killbillies? what about the fool? think about your fans!
i was hoping to see ya'll next year at the noho beer fest in holyoke since i couldn't be there in 2007.
maybe angry will release some more "beers from the basement" recordings in the future? i've been a fan since about 1995 and would hate to lose this experience.
i will keep the giant 'angry johnny and the killbillies' coffin sticker on my car in memoriam.
and if angry stops painting, than that is a crime against humanity. his artwork is pure awesomeness, maybe someday i will own an original angry painting.
i don't know which is better, angry's music or his art. but i will miss seeing him live with the killbillies. times change, and time marches on. and that sucks.
I was very disappointed to get the e-mail from the militia about the Killbillies extended hiatus, especially since I had to leave the last show in Richmond, VA early. Guess I’ll just have to stick with listing to my CD’s and hope for a reunion tour in 2008 or so. Best of luck to you all, you will be missed. Oh, and one more thing…”Fuck you Jesus boy”.
sad sad news
i wish it wasnt true
but the killbillies have been on the road for a long long time
so if they need a break then i say take a break
hope you guys keep zecording an makin tunes even if your not on the road
an let me know if you end up in richmond
keep in touch motherfuckers
killer
:(
I'm so sad. How can we go on without Angry? How I will miss seeing Goatis on the mandolin.
Please make some "posthumous" recordings/CDs, and keep doing your artwork.
I refuse to accept it. I will not.
Could you at least have said something on the main site about this?
I had no fucking clue. I go on one day and the band is done? What the hell?
I understand that bands can have their problems and chances are you're as pissed off about this as we are, but you could have said SOMETHING.
I've been a fan of you guys since I was 14 years old but I've never been able to make it to a show, I live in California, you see. When I read this my heart just dropped in my fucking chest. If I had known this was the last show, I would have figured out some way to make it out there and see you guys play.
I'm mad as hell.
Maybe if some more "fans" had figured out a way to make it to a show (calling the airlines was always my method) there would still BE shows.
Likewise, I assume that those waiting for a new CD have purchased the other 14 or so already...
By the way, Angry, if you ever get run down by a truck, I'm going to be REALLY pissed off if you don't let me know ahead of time so I can plan my life and how it will affect ME...
But hey, if everything ends tomorrow (and kids, sometimes stuff ends tomorrow, or today even -- so tell your mom you love her, and go see every band you want to see like you are not going to see 'em again) this has been and will always be one fuckin' Hell of a band.
As to the future... You can't get the blood out of the grass. It stains. Seeps into the earth. Roots feed on it.
Something new will grow out of this.
"And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the Dark Side of the Moonshine..."
You know, It's real easy to point the finger and cast a mean eye at me.
I mean, any minimum wage slave could afford 700 dollar round trip tickets across the country, right, Nomad?
The fact of the matter is, yes I could have afforded it if I pinched a penny here and rubbed two dimes together there. I could have saved up a bit for gas and tried to have taken my beater of a truck across the country to New England.
And, I would have. I would have done something, borrowed money, robbed a bank, whatever the hell would have been necessary.
But, I didn't know. I couldn't have known. There was nothing, expressed or implied, towards the end of the best band ever to whack on a guitar string.
The end of band is not an act of god. It is not a natural disaster. The signs are there and something could have been said.
In any case your post snags a key point, I AM whining. It is my fault that I hadn't gone to see the Killbillies before the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune cast them down. I'm voicing regret is all.
I think, down through the years, that Angry is what kept me from blowing my brains out all this time. It was nice knowing that there was a kindred spirit out there. Someone I could go see at the Brass Cat and buy a shot of whiskey for. Someone I could maybe share a beer with and talk a spell with. Share some stories. Shoot the shit with. But it's gone. It's not gonna happen.
I just wish I could have did something...
Angry,
Congrats on your retirement. All of your killbillie minions in Ashfield, MA wish you the best, although we are very sad to see you go. I wish now, that I had made the effort to attend more Killbillie soirees. We are honered and privledged to have seen one of your final? performances. Your talent, showmanship, kindness, and sense of humor will long be remembered up in these hills. Rest assured, in the years to come, I will ride out many a noreaster in my basement, drinkin my BBC and listening to my treasured AJ&K cds. If you ever feel the urge to dust off the ol gitar, c'mon up and play for us. The beers and jacks are on me.
Opening for Angry at Zeno's in State College Pa in '01 was the most fun I ever had playing a show. Not only did a drunken attorney pay me $20 to play a Neil Young song I had no clue how to play, but this was the only time I ever saw Skinheads headbangin' with Rastafarians. I saw the band 4 times and every time was killer. Greedy w/ a Green Bullet duct taped into a harp holder + playin bass + harpin like a muthafucker at the same time while Angry beat the shit outta that old Yamaha and snarled "this is a song bout Henry" Too damn cool. Rock on Angry.
I honestly teared up a little bit. I figured I would go to the show whenever you came to California. I wish I knew it was coming, I would have hauled my ass to Texas.
But I guess since I am not willing to drop a few hundred dollars when I'm working 6 days a week...I'm just a "fan."
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