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Reviews & Testimonials

• Passionate and Provocative
• The Guitars Are Rockin
• Tongue-In-Cheek
• 14 Going On 24
• Bent Lyrics
• Prodigy of Aussie Underground Music
• Damn Good Music
• This Stuff Is Different

Passionate and Provocative 

A passionate and provocative Aussie blend of the Violent Femmes and Billy Bragg. Powerful and inspiring messages with great melodies and a vibrant streak of angst.

Robbie Buck, Presenter, Triple J Radio & TV, Sydney, Australia

The Guitars Are Rockin 

There we were sitting around this omnipresent fookin piece of technology (the laptop) on a rainy Sunday morning in Country Ireland eagerly listening to each new Johnnie Mac tune comin all the way from the outback. I’d heard him sing these songs before in many an Irish pub - but never like this. This time he knows what he’s doin and for a vegetarian his songs sure pack a rockin meaty punch.  Teenagers and fat forty year olds will love this CD. It’s great to hear someone sing passionately, powerfully and poetically about things that mean a lot to all of us. Even on a laptop it sounded brilliant! Oh Johnnie Boy the guitars, the guitars are rockin....thank fook!

Tongue-In-Cheek 

Johnnie Mac entertains us with some delicious songs about compassion and frustration, love and politics, addiction and admiration, nicotine and disintegration! With a Violent Femmes flavour, his songs and stories speak, sometimes tongue- in-cheek, from around the globe. More people should hear his brand of gentle-caustic Australian original music.

Alan Boyd, (32) Radio RTR-FM, Musician, Heathridge, Western Australia.

14 Going On 24 

I don't believe it, I'm 14, my dad’s nearly 50 and here is one album we both enjoy... I actually love my Dad's Johnnie Mac album, go Johnnie!

Jesse Butler, (14 going on 24 they say), Student, Perth, Western Australia

Bent Lyrics 

Paul Kelly meets the Sex Pistols…  an awesome Aussie blend of rock, punk and folk. Johnnie Mac’s combination of bent lyrics with a raw and hard edged sound will blow your mind.

Prodigy of Aussie Underground Music 

Johnnie Mac is a prodigy of the Aussie underground music scene who has finally emerged delivering his latest collection of songs with a captivating and rebellious raw energy. These songs tell stories that are oh so familiar - but only once we've been told. They weave their way into our psychies and paint pictures before our eyes. The years of ceaseless playing have shaped Johnnie into master of melody and a poetic lyricist...I'm overjoyed to finally have the products of his recent labours in my hot little hands...they'll be wearing thin in our cd players!

Damn Good Music 

Having heard much about Johnnie Mac’s music, but never actually hearing it myself, I wasn’t sure what to expect.  The first song I played was The World Seems Happy and instantly it met the inherent strict standards I require for 'damn good music'.  Suddenly I was happily addicted. This album has an appeal that will cross generations with its insightful, pondering knack for telling stories, inspired and heart-filled delivery, and of course - catchy and enjoyable tunes to boot. Awesome stuff.

This Stuff Is Different 

I’m a kid who loves music and I play guitar. Anyway, my parents were playing a CD the other night and it sounded cool. Most times, the music they play makes my ears hurt, but this stuff was different. Turns out it was Johnnie Mac. It's the kind of music I would play in my own room.”