Johnny Rioux Explained

Johnny Rioux
Background:	non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth Date:	9 May 1974
Origin:	New Hampshire, US
Instrument:	Bass guitar, guitar
Genre:	Punk rock
Occupation:	Musician, record producer, guitar technician, band manager, roadie
Associated Acts:	Street Dogs, Roger Miret and the Disasters, The Bruisers, The Kickovers, The Defiant

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.

Rioux has also been in groups such as celtic 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,^[1] The Bruisers^[2] and The Kickovers.^[3] He has also worked with bands in non-musician roles including as a guitar technician for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones^[4] and tour manager for Dropkick Murphys. He has recently started producing, and has so far produced for Flatfoot 56,^[5] the Street Dogs and Roger Miret and the Disasters.

In 2023, Rioux co-founded the band The Defiant which is fronted by former Mighty Mighty Bosstones singer Dicky Barrett and features members of The Offspring, Smash Mouth and The Briggs. The group released their debut album in October 2023.^[6]

Discography

Performer

• Elmer  - Biblebanger 7" (1994)
• The Bruisers  - Still Standing Up (1997)
• The Bruisers  - Molotov (1998)
• The Business  - Mob Mentality (2000)
• Roger Miret and the Disasters  - Roger Miret and the Disasters (2002)
• The Kickovers - Osaka
• Street Dogs  - Savin Hill (2003)
• Street Dogs  - Back to the World (2005)
• Street Dogs  - Fading American Dream (2006)
• Street Dogs  - State of Grace (2008)
• Street Dogs  - Street Dogs (2010)
• Roger Miret and the Disasters  - Gotta Get Up Now (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  - Black Thorn (2010)
• Roger Miret and the Disasters  - Gotta Get Up Now (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)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Roger Miret side project due this fall. www.punknews.org. June 28, 2002 .
2. Web site: 好运快3官网 - 首页. www.thebruisers.net. November 3, 2009. June 14, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100614193217/http://www.thebruisers.net/biography/default.asp. dead.
3. Web site: Mikey Welsh resurfaces in The Kickovers. www.punknews.org. March 29, 2002 .
4. Web site: The Harvard Crimson Online :: Magazine. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20030216121306/http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=254414. 2003-02-16.
5. Web site: Flatfoot 56 set to record with Street Dogs' Johnny Rioux. www.punknews.org. January 24, 2009 .
6. News: Defiant . The . MEMBERS FROM THE OFFSPRING, SMASH MOUTH, THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES, STREET DOGS AND THE BRIGGS UNITE AND FORM THE DEFIANT. 7 March 2023 . The Defiant . 6 March 2023.