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​:​

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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!

VICTORYTEAM@LOUSYLAND Dave Jones, Elaine with Special Guest Puppy, John Watson, Irene Jones and Steve – Photo By Jamie Rosenthal

Saturday, April 26, 2008

LOUSYPALOOZA III was a great success!! Thousands of Dollars were raised by John Watson and the team at Lousyland for the children of Ronald McDonald House. Thanks to all the bands and businesses that donated their time and resources and all the punks who came out to support the kids and the scene. This was a great, all day Punk Rock fest with a lot of postive energy. CHECK OUT ALL THE GREAT LOUSYLAND PHOTOS IN THE GALLERY!!!!

Dave Jones gave the crowd an Xperience, hair waiving, Les Paul flaring under a custom portrait of Johnny Ramone that was auctioned off to raise money for the kids at Ronald Mc Donald House. Dave even wrote a song for the show…”There’s a place where punks and skins come together, the place is Lousyland.”

Former Suburbans guitarist and artist Jamie Rosenthal rocked out onstage with Dave in a rendition of Bo Diddley’s “Pills.”

And Jones was joined onstage by John Watson, former, early Mental Abuse guitarist; Lousypalooza co-founder and member of Lousy Break for an “old German folk song” that kicked ass!

As the Lousyland song says, “A Great Time Was Had By All!”

COMING UP:

LIVE ON WFMU PAT DUNCAN Thursday, June 5th

MARK YOUR CALENDER, SATURDAY, APRIL 26th 2008 1PM - 11PM. COME EARLY AND STAY ALL DAY!

WHERE: Lousyland 35 Third Avenue Long Branch, NJ.

PUNK ROCK is alive and well on the East Coast & NJ. Come one Come all to a great ALL AGES, ALL DAY PUNK FEST - LOUSY LAND in Long Branch NJ on April 26, 2008. ARRIVE EARLY, because DJX goes on first with his Les Paul Guitar - a great way to get PUMPED for the day.

There is nothing Lousy about Lousyland! This is a fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House with 10 bands and chicken bar b que. John Watson from NJ’s Lousy Break is organizing the whole thing!

DAVE JONES XPERIENCE
LOUSY BREAK

AND MANY OTHERS

Punk Rock with a Heart. HC4LIFE!

It was a hot night for music on Sunday March 30th in NEPA.

“Thanks for coming out and coming together to help raise money for the fire victims,” Dave Jones said to the crowd before launching into a 50 minute set of songs filled with loud guitar and lots of stories, “and make sure you change those smoke detectors!”

Dave Jones layed down some licks for a good cause Sunday night at SPURS Saloon in Pittston, PA, joining with other local bands to raise money for the Golembeski family who lost everything in a fire. Dave was the only Alternative Rock / Punk Rock act there - Spurs is a country theme bar with cactus on the wall and bull riding each Thursday - Yeah - pretty darn hardcore! The PA locals gave Dave a warm reception as he rocked through Mountain Road, Blue Beam and Game of Life, among others. Sara of Dealer In Wares, also on the bill, joined Dave onstage to play Harmonica in a rendition of Bo Didley’s Pills. And, as the crowd shouted PLAY MORE! PLAY MORE! PLAY MORE! Dave launched into an encore with the with the floor stomping Sugar Mama.

Check out more pictures from the show in the Gallery!