Friday, February 26, 2010

“One of the most influential records to come out of New York.” - Village Voice

Check out the article and huge picture of the band playing at the Rock Hotel!

NYHC is alive and well, see Dave Jones next Thursday, December 10th at the Trash Bar in Brooklyn with his band Mental Abuse playing with Sexual Suicide, Ultraviolence and Reagan Youth.

AGNOSTIC FRONT VICTIM IN PAIN ARTICLE FEATURING DAVE JONES ON DRUMS

Mental Abuse is happy to welcome new bass player, Tom,formerly of DRAINO (NJHC) as the new bass player.

The Mental Abuse Power trio of DJX on Guitars and Vocals, Pnut on Drums and Tom on Bass Guitar will be entering SHOWPLACE STUDIOS with Grammy Award winning producer Ben Elliot this November. WATCH FOR THE NEW MENTAL ABUSE RECORD SOON!!!!!!!! IN THE MEANWHILE SUPPORT THE SCENE AND CHECK OUT MA LIVE:

Support the scene and the band at the following live dates:

Saturday OCT 31 LOUSYLAND LONG BRANCH NJ
Clean Ocean Benefit
Starts at 3:00 Ends Late Late Late! 6 Bands including Lousy Break and Sex Zombies
Mental Abuse on at 6:00
Support a great Cause and have a great day! $10 Cover
For Tickets email DJX at dave@davejonesxperience.com

SUNDAY NOV 8th MEATLOCKER AKA Underground 8 Park Street Montclair NJ
SUNDAY MATINEE
DJX BRINGS NYHC TO NJ
ALL AGES
$6.00 COVER
5 BANDS DOORS OPEN AT 5:00

THURSDAY, DEC 10th TRASH BAR Brooklyn, NY
REAGAN YOUTH Show with Ultraviolence and Sexual Suicide

SUNDAY DEC 13th MEATLOCKER AKA Undeground 8 Park Street Montclair NJ
SUNDAY MATINEE
DJX PRESENTS
ULTRAVIOLENCE, RAPID DEPLOYMENT, LOUSY BREAK, PISS BOYS & MENTAL ABUSE

SATURDAY, DEC 19th OTTOS SHRUNKEN HEAD NYC
ICONOCIDE 20th Anniversary Show with Grommet and High Teen Boogie

FOR MORE INFO VISIT:

http://www.myspace.com/mentalabuse09

Mental Abuse is playing NYC at a Sunday Matinee on March 8th at the Pyramid Club. Doors Open at 3PM. This is a Take Back Productions Event also featuring Hub City Stompers, Old Glory, Fed Up, Broken Heros and First Strike. The Pyramid Club is located at 101 Avenue A between 6th and 7th streets on the Lower East Side.

Mental Abuse is an old skool punk power trio consisting of Dave Jones on vocals and guitar, Dave NJ on Bass and Tom Goodwin on drums.

Dave Jones of Mental Abuse has released the following statement:

“I was appalled and I resent the accusations (by ABC NO RIO) with the total being of my soul. I was hurt deeply by what ABC No Rio did to me. They told me to send them my lyrics prior to getting the show. They reviewed the lyrics and ok’ed them and gave us the show with the requirement that we make a flyer. I made the required flyers and they said they loved them please put them up. TWO WEEKS LATER they canned me from the show!”

This is what ABC NO RIO wrote​ to Menta​l Abuse​:​

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Origi​ nal Messa​ ge - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
From:​ abc no rio punk colle​ ctive​
Date:​ Jan 25, 2009 9:13 AM

due to the poten​tiall​y sexis​t/ homop​hobic​ lyric​s for sock woman​ , i regre​t to infor​m you that you are off the show.​ this is not negot​iable​ - if lyric​ s can be const​rued this way, even if they are not meant​ to, it is groun​ds for not being​ able to play.​ sorry​ .
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end abc no rio message

MENTA​L ABUSE​ IS PRO GAY AND LESBI​AN,​ PRO WOMEN​,​ PRO GUN RIGHT​S,​ PRO FREED​OM OF EXPRE​SSION​ AND FREED​OM OF SPEEC​H.​

IF ARTIS​TS LET CENSO​RS TELL ARTIS​Ts WHAT THEIR​ ART MEANS​ - THAT IS THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF A FREE SOCIE​TY.​ WE ARE ASKIN​G EVERY​ONE TO SPEAK​ UP AND CONTA​CT ABC NO RIO, THE VILLA​GE VOICE​ AND MAXIM​UM ROCK N ROLL.​ LET THEM KNOW CENSO​RSHIP​ IS NOT ACCEP​TABLE in PUNK ROCK​!​!​

SINCE​ WE HAVE GONE PUBLI​C WITH ABC NO RIO’S DECIS​ION TO BAN MENTA​L ABUSE​ FOR LYRIC​ CONTE​NT THE SUPPO​RT FROM THE SCENE​ HAS BEEN OVERW​HEMLI​NGLY POSIT​IVE!​ THANK​S TO NY HC PUNK AND HC PUNK FREED​OM OF EXPRE​SSION​ LOVER​S ALL OVER THE US AND THE WORLD​.​

PLEAS​E WRITE​,​ CALL and EMAIL​ and get the facts​ out to the publi​c.​ Posti​ng Comme​nts on the Menta​l Abuse​ 09 Myspa​ce page and on this website are also great​ly appre​ciate​d!​ We have inclu​ded some conta​ct infor​matio​n below​:​

ABC NO RIO
156 Rivin​gton Stree​t
New York,​ NY 10002​
212.​254.​3697
abc@​abcno​rio.​org
HC/​Punk Show Booki​ng & Matin​ee Queri​es:​ ext. 11
punk@​abcno​rio.​org

THE VILLA​GE VOICE​

Cut and paste​ this link to write​ a lette​r about​ the censo​rship​ to Villa​ge Voice​ Music​ Edito​r Rob Harvi​lla

Villa​ge Voice​ Music​ Edito​r Rob Harvi​lla

http:​/​/​www.​ villa​gevoi​ce.​ com/​feedb​ack/​Email​AnEmp​loyee​?​to=​47457​5

MAXIM​UMROC​KNROL​L
PO Box 46076​0
San Franc​isco,​ CA 94146​-​0760
USA

Phone​ (​415)​ 923-​9814
Fax (​415)​ 923-​9617

Email​ mrr@​maxim​umroc​knrol​l.​com

MENTAL ABUSE RETURNS TO NJ PUNKROCK RECORDS PRESENTS-

“NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE SOME NEW MEMORIES,” said Dave Jones, original, founding member of Mental Abuse, chief songwriter, lead singer and guitarist. “We got a bunch of good shows - IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC!”

Mental Abuse has been putting in long practices in Jones’ Pine Cone Forest studio upstate. Other shows coming up include:

MENTAL ABUSE: Sunday Matinee, March 8th Pyramid Club NYC

MENTAL ABUSE: PUNK ROCK RECORDS PRODUCTION PRESENTS! Saturday, March 28th Brighton Bar Long Branch NJ
Also Appearing Stun Gunz and US Chaos

MENTAL ABUSE: LIVE ON THE RADIO WFMU Thursday, April 2nd Pat Duncan Show 11PM

MENTAL ABUSE: Saturday, April 11th At Lamours in Staten Island - Also featuring Stun Gunz and Soulcoma

2 Big Shows to be announced - STAY TUNED!

Dave Jones Xperience will rock the house on Saturday September 27th at Lippy’s in Marshalls Creek PA - just over the border from Jersey off Route 80. Check out Dave’s new exciting set!

New Pictures in the Gallery!

Thursday, June 5th at 11PM Eastern Time DJX will play live on the air on WFMU. Check out the link to the Pat Duncan show from this site and tune in online or on your FM dial in the NJ/NYC area for a rocking live set!