Madcap on hiatus, Johnny Madcap forms the Distractions

Contributed by an Anonymous Source. Posted by adam on Sunday, September 7, 2008 at 3:00 PM (EDT)

Los Angeles punk act Madcap is taking a break, but a new band has emerged from the hiatus. Frontman Johnny commented:

As you know we have not played shows in a very long time. Infact it's very hard to get us all in the same room together. Lee is now a father with another one on the way!, Jake and Ace are still out there banging away with various bands. I'm alive and well in Los Angeles and have started a new band called Johnny Madcap and The Distractions. So as you can see we are all very busy and it doesn't leave much time for Madcap. We can never say Madcap is broken up because we've always considered this a friendship before it was a band. So that's it. We are out. Maybe for a while, maybe for good. Can't tell and really don't think about it. But we can tell you how much we appreciate the constant flow of new and old fans support for what we did. So hopefully now you will support again. I have not been this excited about a project in a long time. The Distractions are the fun I've been looking for and If you dug what I did in Madcap you will definately dig this. See for yourself.....

Johnny Madcap and The Distractions, a three piece, have songs online at MySpace.

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WYOR (September 7, 2008)

I dont see what this has to do with the Fest.

14theroad (September 7, 2008)

lol. Pete, sawtooth would be proud.

WYOR (September 7, 2008)

I'm glad. I love sawtooth!

HOISTDATRAG (September 7, 2008)

I kind of see what this has to do with Madball

mikexdude (September 7, 2008)

Hahahahahahahahha...

dlangl4 (September 7, 2008)

lol @ madcap. I bought a cd of theirs like 10 years ago and only listened to it once.

dlangl4 (September 7, 2008)

I guess lol @ myself then really.

niveK82 (September 7, 2008)

I own the bosstones/madcap split. The Bosstones tracks are sugar free, a reason to toast, and you gotta go but I can't name a single madcap song off of it.

nocigar (September 7, 2008)

thanks, carson palmer....for doing absolutely NOTHING for my fantasy team today.

Cheesetits (September 7, 2008)

Thank you Drew Brees :)

I think the only amount of joy and laughter I received today after a horrific performance by the Seahawks and that bullshit that was the UW-BYU game is seeing Tom Brady go down and imagining the city of Boston committing mass suicides. Ah, it's about time that dude gets brought down to earth.

nocigar (September 7, 2008)

no kidding..he can't take a hit. i hope that little bitch is out for a few games..at least.

spec (September 7, 2008)

That call was complete horseshit at the end of the UW-BYU game.

Cheesetits (September 7, 2008)

Yeah, sports are seriously losing any semblance of fun they once had and turning into conservative backsweat. I blame Bush.

nocigar (September 7, 2008)

What happened at the end of the game? I didn't catch it.

Cheesetits (September 7, 2008)

UW drives at the end of the game and scores with about 4 seconds left to potentially tie the game, but in a fit of excitement due to the fact that the QB just scored against a ranked team, he's young and playing at home, he thew the ball in the air. I guess there's a rule where the ball can't be thrown too high in the air during a celebration or it's a penalty for excessive celebration. They get flagged for it, pushes the PAT back 15 yards, which is a big deal in college, and it gets blocked, game over. Some of the gayest shit I've ever heard, I'm sure the Mormons are all thanking God that the NCAA has the politics of the current administration that they probably voted for.

nocigar (September 7, 2008)

damn that sucks. i watch a lot of college football and have never heard of that rule - what a bunch of bullshit.

Cheesetits (September 7, 2008)

EXACTLY where did this rule come from and why was it never used before? Seattle bad luck, it just keeps adding on to what's easily one of the worst years for sports in a city.

spec (September 7, 2008)

I dig Madcap's first two albums.

Mammoth (September 7, 2008)

I thought their first 2 albums were ok but they just really hit the shit fan after that.

GlassPipeMurder (September 7, 2008)

pretty good band, i only have "Under Suspicion" but it's a lot of fun.

skottybloodbank (September 7, 2008)

isnt this like 4 years two late this band never did anything ever really.. I did like them though from what i can remeber

domotime (September 7, 2008)

i love this band (not a lot of people can say that)

but seriously...i think this was one of those underrated bands, that if they really just stuck it out had a decent future of being a street punk band....like the briggs or something.

haha my band actually played a Madcap song for battle of the bands once...

but ya i agree, 4 years later to post this? haha thanks guys...we kind of just assumed what you stated...... but anyways, thanks for the 2 years of magic? lmao. no really you guys were cool, peace

LookingForCorpses (September 8, 2008)

They had their "shot" and never did anything. They were bad. No one cared. The end.

VStoriesFallen (September 7, 2008)

Has anyone put that Punknews Bemis photo on a shirt?

OzmanX (September 7, 2008)

What a shame, they were great when they opened for the Souls in 04.

ReelBigMike (September 7, 2008)

Damn, I really liked Under Suspicion and was just thinking last week that I haven't heard of these guys doing anything in years. I assumed they broke up but Wiki told me otherwise, until now.

IRuinEverything (September 8, 2008)

This band really grew with each release. Stand Your Ground was okay, East to West was solid and Under Suspicion really made you think this band had a decent future ahead of them.

Unfortunately not. Wish they had announced this a few years ago and done some proper farewell shows.

kraze (September 8, 2008)

I remember when this band wrote an essay about why they decided to play 5 shows with Simple Plan. That was the last time i ever heard their name.