What’s with djs? What’s the point of even having em? You might as well just play a long tape. Are they fun too watch? Do you like watching some poncy little dude hopping up and down on the spot or bending over a turntable? Do you think they are good entertainment value?

I just don’t get it. But I know why they are so popular … they are cheap. The bars, pubs and clubs don’t have to fork out the big bucks for a band, just hire a dj.  The music they play is also cheap. It’s easy to write a song on a computer and you don’t have to hire real musicians to record it.

So the record companies promote this “dance music” which you have to be on E to want to dance to. According to me ol mate Johnny Rotten “… the Sex Pistols wrote dance music, its just no one knew how to dance to it …”

These djs who wander around thinking they are rock stars, are wannabes with no real talent. Anyone can spin a disc. And they give themselves monikers like DJ Petey, DJ Mikey and other wussy names like that. All they are doing is taking the work and money away from us musos.

As far as entertainment value is concerned djs have zilch. I would rather go watch an average band that just stands there then see a dj. At least with an average band that does not put on a great show you can watch the guitarist or put shit on the band and criticize the way they do each song.

But you hear these brain washed geeks sayin’ stuff like, “Man he is mixing it up good. It blows my mind.” No it’s not the dj that is blowing your mind it’s the drugs. And as far as mixing is concerned that’s not mixing; its having two turntables, finding two songs with the same beat and fading one in while you fade the other out. I guess it must take a lot of talent to do that, especially when you’re whacked off your nut on party drugs!

So give me a dirty filthy rock band any day of the week. But as so many venues now have closed or turned into dance clubs I’ll just sit here in my rocking chair on my porch thinking about the good ol days.

Axel