"What's going on with you guys?"

Here's the scoop - by the fall of 2003, Johnny Socko had been playing continuously for thirteen years, performing over two thousand shows across every corner of the country, releasing six albums of our own plus a compilation and two records with the Aurelians.  We desperately needed a break from 220 days a year on the road, and needed some time to recharge our creative juices.

So, after a show at the (sadly now-departed) Patio in Indianapolis on New Year's Eve of 2003, we simply haven't booked any shows.  We've never broken up, and have come close to performing a show here and there, but nothing official.  We have a pile of some very interesting demos that we may get around to one of these days, and are still in close contact with one another.

What are we all doing now?  Well, the biggest news is three young additions to the Socko road crew.  In addition, all of us have been exploring (for the first time in a LOOONG time) the concept of a home life.  By January of 2004, I personally hadn't been in the same town longer than a week in over a decade.  Adjusting to life off the road was an interesting experience, to say the least!

In the past few years, we've been focussing on letting the music speak for us while we take a break from the road.  Check out one of our five studio albums, our Double Live album, the three Aurelians discs, and the latest Chris Coolidge album at www.johnnysocko.com.  The music is out there, and growing - more about that in future blogs.

While there are no shows on the books at the moment for Socko, we're involved in several really cool projects individually.  Check out the members' MySpace pages, support your local musicians, and we look forward to seeing all of you out there again someday soon!

Dylan Wissing
Johnny Socko

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