London Real

John Joseph McGowan is a musician, author and triathlete from New York City, most famous for his work as the lead singer of the Cro-Mags in the 1980s.  WATCH THIS FULL EPISODE FOR FREE: https://londonreal.tv/john-joseph/  Chapters: 00:00 Trailer. 02:15 Brian’s thoughts on the episode. 04:47 Brian’s introduction. 05:26 Incredible London music scene different to New York. 10:15 Abusive and violent childhood in New York City leads to a dangerous drug scene. 19:57 Whatever hell we were going through, music was the salvation. 23:23 A time-bomb waiting to go off is conclusion of his Navy SEAL psychological test. 28:38 No band could ever touch the Bad Brains in a live performance. 31:21 AWOL, fighting for his life in New York, in need of healing. 44:15 Facing racial hatred down south and how John got his nickname Bloodclot. 47:27 How a crazy, drug dealing, scrapping in street guy comes to front a band. 50:25 Honour the music, study your craft; learning a lot from Robert McKee before writing his story. 51:35 It was h