Ex-CRO-MAGS Frontman JOHN JOSEPH: Why I Moved From New York To Florida

Former CRO-MAGS frontman John Joseph, a pioneer of the punk rock and New York hardcore (NYHC) music style, spoke to the “Tea & F**kery” podcast about his latest determination to maneuver to Florida after dwelling in New York Metropolis his complete life. The 59-year-old, who can be an creator, Ironman triathlete and proponent of a vegan, clean-living life-style, mentioned partially (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I compete in Ironman and I needed to be someplace the place it is heat year-round, the place I can practice. New York, when you get November, December, January, February, March, the coaching exterior is no matter. However the high quality of life has gone down in [New York] Metropolis, man, and it is the politicians’ fault. If folks do fucked up shit, you do not let ’em out of jail. Dude, I am sorry. I did time after I was a child.

“The factor that basically received me was, like I mentioned, the standard of life was happening,” he continued. “The entire shit they pulled over COVID — shutting the fucking metropolis down after which all these [vaccine] passports for shit that do not even work. Motherfuckers are speaking about [needing] 5 pictures now. So if it do not cease the unfold and do not cease you from getting it or anything, why the fuck are they mandating it? And it simply received actual silly. I’m going again lots — I am engaged on the BLOODCLOT report now, so I used to be up there mixing and doing different stuff. And I nonetheless do the strolling excursions and every thing.

“[Florida] is residence base for me, and I adore it, ‘trigger the price of dwelling in New York is ridiculous,” John defined. “I am paying 600 {dollars} much less a month right here for a fucking three-bedroom home, and I had a one-bedroom condominium [in New York]. It is simply misplaced its mystique, and that is coming from someone who’s a fucking lifelong New Yorker. I grew up within the ’70s on the streets, the ’80s, the fucking ’90s, when New York was New York. Now it is only a bunch of those fucking trust-fund children that moved into the town. They have attitudes with all people.

“I like New York,” Joseph clarified. “And I wanna protect these recollections that I’ve of New York, the way in which it was. And I had shit go down — some silly shit on the road. Motherfuckers tryin’ to violate, and you have gotta deal with enterprise. And I did, and I nearly caught a [criminal] case for it.

“We had honor. Again within the day, it was, like, if some shit went down… I received shot, I received stabbed, I received beat with fuckin’ baseball bats, pipes. I by no means went to the cops and snitched on anyone. So it is a totally different mentality now.

“I had this child — a 20-something-year-old fuckin’ Spanish child — attempt to rob my good friend’s bike wheels and shit, and I used to be, like, ‘Yo, come on, man.’ And the motherfucker pulled a field razor on me and tried to slice my face, and I did what I do. I have been a road fighter my complete life. So it did not finish nicely for him. After which he went and received the cops towards me. And if there wasn’t a witness, I might have went to fucking jail.

“I do not know, man,” John added. “It has been going downhill for some time. And I simply wasn’t feeling it anymore. Now I get to dwell vicariously by the previous instances and what we went by. And I am writing about it. There is a TV present — one other TV present — coming concerning the Decrease East Aspect, which I am on workers to write down. And I nonetheless hold slightly little bit of my finger within the water of that power. I used to be simply there — so I am there as soon as a month or regardless of the fuck.”

Final December, Joseph mentioned that he beat COVID-19 by “investing” in his immune system. He defined on the time: “I care for myself. I fasted, [ate] a whole lot of fruit, a whole lot of teas, a whole lot of natural vitamic C and totally different drinks. And what? I nonetheless ain’t takin’ that motherfuckin’ shot. I ain’t takin’ none of them. That is simply me. I do not inform anyone else what the fuck to do.

“The issue now’s the overreach, like these motherfuckers within the authorities saying, ‘Oh, yeah, there’s gonna be a whole lot of sickness and dying visiting the unvaccinated.’ Actually? Fuckin’ inform me about it, dude.

“Fuck this shit present. This authorities now signing shit to lock motherfuckers up that do not take the vaccine. The unvaccinated ain’t the issue. In the event you received three fucking pictures in and you are still getting coronavirus, that you must ask your self what the fuck is happening. That is the true fucking deal.

“Anyway, the voice of fuckin’ cause. You are entrusting your well being with those who’re profiting off of your sickness,” Joseph added. “Take into consideration that for a fuckin’ second. Take into consideration the disconnect that it takes so that you can entrust your well being to those motherfuckers. All of them — Pfizer, J&J [Johnson & Johnson], Moderna, fuckin’ AstraZeneca — fuckin’ corrupt corporations. Do some fuckin’ analysis. Earlier than they have been all protected and efficient; now the J&J, yeah, it causes blood clots.

“Get up, folks. You are being fuckin’ performed, and that is the truth of the scenario.”

In 2019, Joseph and drummer Mackie Jayson reached a settlement with CRO-MAGS founder Harley Flanagan relating to possession of the CRO-MAGS identify. Flanagan is now performing underneath the identify CRO-MAGS whereas Joseph and Jayson are performing as CRO-MAGS “JM”.