WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT THEN AND WHO'S THE MAD OLD BLOKE WITH THE GUITAR?

There are only a few things that matter in life. Let's face it, so much stuff that we should be concerned about is way beyond our control and even the stuff that isn't can mean a lot of hard work......and who needs that especially since the pubs are open and there's a new Aerosmith live album out.

We need to get our priorities right. and the way I look at it we owe it to ourselves to have a good time, to live life to the full and help others do likewise. It's not much to ask out of life is it? Have a good time all the time. If only it was that easy.

I love rock n roll, football, food and drink and I take the same attitude to them all.

For me when they're any good, they're a bit wild, untamed, raw and full of passion.

And basically that's what the Footy Rock Bar is all about.

If you've heard of me before it'll probably be through my column on the groundbreaking web site Football365 which has tolerated and encouraged my fevered rantings and lurid tales for over 5 years now and I suppose it's given me a bit of notoriety as a mad bugger. 

You might even have heard me on the radio talking about Middlesbrough F.C. or ranting on about The Groundhogs or some other 70's band.

You might have met me in a bar somewhere in the world and if so I will have bored you by talking a lot about obscure bands, guitars and curry. Or there's a chance you'll have seen me making a rock n roll noise on my Fender Squire during my obscure career on the lowest rung of rock n roll's very long ladder.

If so then hello! Good to see you again.  If I did anything unpleasant, spilled any kind of bodily fluid on you or forgot to buy you a drink, then I'm sorry. I'm a good lad really. Honest.

For years people who have written to me asking for more of my stories, rants and recipes for tasty okra dishes. So this Bar is for all of that and anything else that rocks.

If you read me on F365 you'll also know that I own & run a rock t-shirt company called DJTEES. So in a desperate attempt to make a bit more cash with which to buy old vinyl copies of Trapeze albums, I'll also be using these pages to advertise what we're doing.

If you don't like football or rock music then all of this will seem like a mad world and I suggest you run away now before you're permanently corrupted or stained.

Everything here is expressed as I talk, which means its full of swearing, profanity, references to genetalia in all their glory and other bodily functions. In other words it's how most of us talk in the real world. But if such things upset you, don't say you haven't been warned......Cock! See, I told you.

But if you don't mind a bit of blunt northern talk about all the good stuff of life then I suggest you get a few drinks in you, crank up some rock and roll noise on your stereo and enjoy yourself - let's face it you deserve it. In these fucked up times, we all deserve it.

To read anything here you have to register an email address and password with the site. This is so that I can use your email address to send you news about updates here and stuff that's for sale on DJTees.

Because I'm very lazy and a bit pissed a lot of the time I won't be doing that very often and I won't be flogging your info to anyone in return for drugs, expensive vodka, women called Candy or even hard cash. But in order to avoid the Spam police violating me with their cyber truncheons I have to tell you this.  What a fun world we live in eh.

So sign up, get yourself in the Bar and get a round in

cheers!

Johnny