tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post1729753118489004400..comments2024-01-05T11:27:44.644-08:00Comments on There's Something Hard in There: Punk-rock time capsule: John Macias and Circle OneAndy and Cat Rosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01491754140293333304noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-29978058398770383492023-04-07T19:03:22.132-07:002023-04-07T19:03:22.132-07:00I was a punk,/ skater, and I still kind of am. I&#...I was a punk,/ skater, and I still kind of am. I'm in my 50s now so I remember the scene well. I also am born again. I do believe in Jesus and do believe in his 2 greatest commandments. John was something else, but I like to stress to other Christians out there. We're called to share the gospel, not force it on anybody. Not everybody can evangelize or talk about a properly. The best thing to do is just let it be in your work.dmav72https://www.blogger.com/profile/02709013513538664544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-75884290784809603142022-02-04T12:58:32.065-08:002022-02-04T12:58:32.065-08:00B.S. hit piece by "Fred".
Funny how he N...B.S. hit piece by "Fred".<br />Funny how he NEVER identifies himself Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01014977764015936330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-11439095400233501072020-01-04T18:10:50.372-08:002020-01-04T18:10:50.372-08:00The trigger happy cops had no business shooting an...The trigger happy cops had no business shooting an unarmed man. They should have arrested him, and he would have served his time. The security guard should have known better than to interupt.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556011436050713516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-87137977788672559042019-01-29T10:23:05.331-08:002019-01-29T10:23:05.331-08:00I never said I was a "bad ass" , there&#...I never said I was a "bad ass" , there's always someone bigger. I think your cooler than me , so cool that I'll just call you culo.T Frieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17200555271143408353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-57344350406837822192018-09-29T20:31:21.842-07:002018-09-29T20:31:21.842-07:00Todd F is so cool
He must be a real bad ass
Hahaha...Todd F is so cool<br />He must be a real bad ass<br />HahahaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899030996872615193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-64476569392110736222018-09-16T15:32:33.801-07:002018-09-16T15:32:33.801-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00899030996872615193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-91036932557327316072017-11-01T20:01:50.152-07:002017-11-01T20:01:50.152-07:00Punk and religion can mix. It's violence that ...Punk and religion can mix. It's violence that shouldn't mix with music or religion. RIP J.M.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15912541191336673430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-71554044072118077842017-09-22T14:51:51.214-07:002017-09-22T14:51:51.214-07:00John was mentally ill. He also suffered from the m...John was mentally ill. He also suffered from the madness that is faith. He died badly, and undeservedly. I knew him to have a caring heart. He also recognized his own violence, hatred, and pain. <br />Glorifying the birth of gangs, bullying, and unmitigated violence. And telling others to man up, is nothing but nothing but bragging about licking your own balls. <br />Circle One was a kickass intense hardcore band that eventually brought self hatred and darkness to the hardcore music scene. <br />Khel56https://www.blogger.com/profile/07224230360853378281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-82737988385303530772017-02-05T19:26:18.088-08:002017-02-05T19:26:18.088-08:00such a sad and strange story, John seemed to act a...such a sad and strange story, John seemed to act as something of a bodyguard to smaller punks, which is good, but his mental illness, made him a bit of a threat to people not involved in the scene.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03825930125295961909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-1399775662165174462016-12-17T13:45:27.862-08:002016-12-17T13:45:27.862-08:00What doesn't kill you is supposed to make you ...What doesn't kill you is supposed to make you stronger and this is a perfect example of that! The strong survive and while Todd here looks like he might make it through the apocalypse? Fred on the otherhand I'm afraid wouldn't survive a match of women's roller derby! Madd ~3FS~Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06227524008856585684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-9968620257478897782016-11-30T15:20:37.189-08:002016-11-30T15:20:37.189-08:00the first few times i recall seeing john was at th...the first few times i recall seeing john was at the first vex club in east la and at oki dog...i dont know if the lad thing was up and running yet...but basically, everybody knew him and if you wernt the few people that did know him, you knew of him. To a 16 kid that i was when i started really going out to shows, he was a very intimidating yoked looking guy...now looking hack at these pix, he just looks athletic and not the muscles upon mean muscles that you remeber him by.<br /><br />At godzillas I remeber him shouting out a new song called PAU (parents are useless) and later in the set i got into a fistfight with a rival...right at the stage below john...and i was getting the better in that fight and john stops the band and yells down to us 'defend yourself pussy!' and the crowd erupted in laughter...i was no hard guy...this was no more than a playground fight...<br /><br />At Devonshire downs i remember seeing him and circle one around (i cant remember if they played) but the show had the chiefs, tsol, black flag, i think the adolescents too...well, this was really a trip...in the back of the big hall that was devonshire sowns i saw john in a fist fight with a hippie looking dude...and they were throwing down...it was like rock em sock em robots...no filler just fists, and the hippie was getting the better on john and he would just start wiffing and hippie would just do a 1-2 and buckle john...then somebody bum rush the hippie and leaped into the air and did a flying downle kick into the hippie's side..and then john got tue upper hand and him and a couple other guys started to walk the hippie down until the hippie hit the wall and couldnt go back any further...and it was crazy...the hippie got really scared and john was going apeshit like some haka dance and the hippie puts his hans up shaking them going 'no..nooo..no' and ive never seem such feat on a persons face...and at that exact time john looked possessed and he was doing an evil smile as he winded up and (im not bullshitting here) he licked his lips right before he headbutted the guy and then took the back of his head and pushed it down as he kneed the hippie in the face...at the hippie just went out and convulsed...i was afraid john was foingntonsoccer kick him in the face while the hippie was out but instead he just walked away...Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981209061193111492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-41934687908723041822016-06-22T21:28:28.304-07:002016-06-22T21:28:28.304-07:00Shut the fuck up, keypad warrior wannabe.Shut the fuck up, keypad warrior wannabe.Mr. Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181935037138709529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-12788981189081095992016-06-20T01:53:36.286-07:002016-06-20T01:53:36.286-07:00i knew john from back in the day, true he was huge...i knew john from back in the day, true he was huge, true he could get a little outta hand, but whats also true was dude had one of the biggest hearts, that i have ever witnessed, i once saw him take his own shirt off and give it to a kid without one, say what you will bout the man but he was a good man.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278287778334587296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-7271852504787536272015-12-20T05:07:07.738-08:002015-12-20T05:07:07.738-08:00Hardcore isnt a musical style to be taken lightly,...Hardcore isnt a musical style to be taken lightly, ive had my ass kicked, but did I have fun? ??fuck yeah...and I kept skating. ..Jonhs dead can you let it be ? No one is innocent we all live hard isnt that enough ? Being a skate punk is tough you only live onceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487915735781286373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-8251440126614726512015-12-20T05:04:48.673-08:002015-12-20T05:04:48.673-08:00Fuck yeah real shitFuck yeah real shitAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487915735781286373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-55168210908642463982015-12-19T15:55:49.747-08:002015-12-19T15:55:49.747-08:00erratum
".. to watch Circle One at Spanky...erratum<br /><br />".. to watch Circle One at Spanky's in Riverside ..."<br /><br /><br />Robbie Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384568230004027470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-62050879370151942972015-12-19T11:27:53.725-08:002015-12-19T11:27:53.725-08:00This is such a sad, sad story. What a big shot to ...This is such a sad, sad story. What a big shot to kick a young kid in the face for absolutely no reason at all To ruin his trust in the world and his quality of life, completely disgusting. Look, with all his friends singing his praises, it does not take an ounce away from the fact that this man was a horrible human being, a sociopath at heart and went out the way he lived. I am sorry that happened to you. Mental illness excuses nothing. He was the exact opposite of what a Christian is supposed to be and he was a hypocrite.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17633518416555494042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-72796876558049614932015-06-08T02:45:57.853-07:002015-06-08T02:45:57.853-07:00Check out the youtube video
Circle One - Vinyl Vid...Check out the youtube video<br />Circle One - Vinyl Video SpotlightLA Hardcorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08682482908790150364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-18753451526101886472014-09-07T03:00:57.836-07:002014-09-07T03:00:57.836-07:00Really enlightening article.., Thank You.. !! It s...Really enlightening article.., Thank You.. !! It seems strange to me.., somebody actually whining a bout the "tragic memories, & the emotional damnage" (no typo), they carry with them from an early hc show.. Man.., isn't that why we went in the first place ??!! Fuck ya, it was dangerous, & unpredictable..., & fucking BEAUTIFUL FOR IT..!!!, Cuz, son, it ain't that way no more.., ("Punkrock Festivals"..?? In which "TARGET".., & "BUDWEISER" are "acceptable sponsors"..??)..., Ohhh Fred.., baby, take the good with the bad.., you dont realize how good you had it.., besides, who the hell was stopping you from jumping back up & bustin his f-ng nose for him..?? Don't live in fear man, cuz you can only "teach what you know & live"Mourning Gloryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17590985667319268913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-60444472247913204582014-08-31T17:59:34.663-07:002014-08-31T17:59:34.663-07:00So much stuff has been written about John n circle...So much stuff has been written about John n circle one first of all I got roughed up at every show I went to I can clearly remember limping away from TSOL shows n not being able to walk the next day after really physical shows hell it just happened John was always really cool we all just wanted to be heard it was us against them from my memory I flicked a lit cigarette in Brandon Cruz's face once n he called me up when I got on the stage with him he let me sing no problem the word bully no way never Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215140915462960483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-7373292686815854712014-08-31T17:49:13.638-07:002014-08-31T17:49:13.638-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14215140915462960483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-20517713614856154472014-05-26T01:27:55.222-07:002014-05-26T01:27:55.222-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.lost in spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03521821213902039815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-14858760191594961372014-04-25T12:38:58.524-07:002014-04-25T12:38:58.524-07:00Thanks for the comment, Robbie. Nice to hear from ...Thanks for the comment, Robbie. Nice to hear from someone so vital in the old punk scene. cheersAndy and Cat Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01491754140293333304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-68106035716282475932014-04-22T12:37:31.840-07:002014-04-22T12:37:31.840-07:00Thank you Andy, Jody and Fred for your first hand ...Thank you Andy, Jody and Fred for your first hand accounts.<br /><br />As early as 1980, people were petrified of Circle One. I know I was and when I first met John at the skatepark in Venice where the front cover of "Group Sex" was shot I was flabbergasted that he was warm and effusively friendly towards me.<br /><br />All I was known for at the time was Beach Blvd and maybe the early Red Cross recordings. That was enough it seemed, for him to want to work with me but we never did. I did not chase him down afterwards or seek out the group. And Circle One left me in peace, for their part.<br /><br />11 years later, I was excited to watch Spanky's in Riverside and to spend as much time as possible that evening talking with John. I left convinced that we would now make the record that we didn't make 10 years before. I did my utmost to convince John of that. Just a few days later, he was dead. <br /><br />So I don't know why I did not get John's boot in my face nor did he proselytize to me. I can only report that he was one of the most charismatic characters in the L A punk scene and under different circumstances he would be remembered for some great music, which sadly he isn't.Robbie Fieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09384568230004027470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2414866632427353181.post-24890380815212617602014-01-31T22:12:33.553-08:002014-01-31T22:12:33.553-08:00Sounds like Fred didn't man up from his experi...Sounds like Fred didn't man up from his experiences in the punk scene. Something tells me he needs his ass kicked again.nobodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04599626094729337848noreply@blogger.com