Johnny Rioux is a musician primarily known for playing in and working with many punk rock bands. He was initially based in Boston, MA but is now based in Texas. Rioux is most known for his tenure as bass guitarist with the Street Dogs with whom he joined in 2003. In February 2020, Rioux and lead singer and founding member Mike McColgan announced that after 17 years the Street Dogs were disbanding. He was mentioned in the song "Teenage Gluesniffer" by the Queers. Rioux has also been in groups such as

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rock band Murder the Stout (along with former Street Dogs guitarist Marcus Hollar) and Street Dogs' americana side project FM359. He has previously played with

Roger Miret and the Disasters Roger Miret and the Disasters are a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret. The band started when Miret was writing songs that were not a style suitable for Lady Luck (a band fronted by his wife Denise) or Agnostic F ...

The Bruisers The Bruisers were a punk band that pioneered the American streetpunk/oi! movement, formed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1988. The original lineup included: Al Barr (vocals, now the lead singer of the Boston punk band Dropkick Murphys), Scotty ...

and The Kickovers. He has also worked with bands in non-musician roles including as a guitar technician for

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (informally referred to as The Bosstones and often stylized as The Mighty Mighty BossToneS) were an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. From the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky ...

and

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for

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. He has recently started producing, and has so far produced for Flatfoot 56, the Street Dogs and Roger Miret and the Disasters.

Discography

Performer

* Elmer – Biblebanger 7" (1994) *

– ''

Still Standing Up The Bruisers were a punk band that pioneered the American streetpunk/oi! movement, formed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1988. The original lineup included: Al Barr (vocals, now the lead singer of the Boston punk band Dropkick Murphys), Scotty ...

'' (1997) * The Bruisers – '' Molotov'' (1998) * The Business – ''Mob Mentality'' (2000) *

– ''

'' (2002) * The Kickovers– '' Osaka'' * Street Dogs – '' Savin Hill'' (2003) * Street Dogs – '' Back to the World'' (2005) * Street Dogs – ''

Fading American Dream ''Fading American Dream'' is the third album by Street Dogs. It was released on October 24, 2006 by Brass Tacks Records, a division of DRT Entertainment. The album was released both with and without a bonus DVD. Track listing All songs by Street ...

'' (2006) * Street Dogs – '' State of Grace'' (2008) * Street Dogs – '' Street Dogs'' (2010) * Roger Miret and the Disasters – ''

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'' (2011) * Street Dogs – " Crooked Drunken Sons" 7" (2013) * Street Dogs – " Rust Belt Nation" 7" (2013) * Johnny Rioux – ''Cowboi!'' (2013) * FM359 – ''Truth, Love & Liberty'' (2014) * Street Dogs – '' Street Dogs / Noi!se'' (2014) * Street Dogs – '' Stand For Something Or Die For Nothing'' (2018)

Producer

* Street Dogs – '' Street Dogs'' (2010) * Flatfoot 56 – ''

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'' (2010) * Roger Miret and the Disasters – ''

'' (2011) * Flatfoot 56 – '' Toil'' (2012) * Street Dogs – "Crooked Drunken Sons" 7" (2013) * Street Dogs – "Rust Belt Nation" 7" (2013) * Johnny Rioux – ''Cowboi!'' (2013) * FM359 – ''Truth, Love & Liberty'' (2014) * Street Dogs – '' Stand For Something Or Die For Nothing'' (2018)

Technical

* Street Dogs – ''Street Dogs'' (2010) * Flatfoot 56 – ''Black Thorn'' (2010) * Street Dogs – "Crooked Drunken Sons" 7" (2013) * Street Dogs – "Rust Belt Nation" 7" (2013) * Bricktop – ''Murder at 45rpm'' (2013) * FM359 – ''Truth, Love & Liberty'' (2014) * Street Dogs – ''Street Dogs / Noi!se'' (2014)

References

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