White Eagle Hall Presents Mekons with Johnny Dowd

July 18 @ 20:00 – 23:30

🎸 Mekons with Johnny Dowd – Live at White Eagle Hall
📍 White Eagle Hall, Jersey City, NJ
📅 Friday, July 18, 2025 | ⏰ Time TBA

A night of fearless, genre-defying music from two underground legends.

Formed in the chaotic heart of the 1977 British punk scene, Mekons are punk rock’s most enduring misfits—fusing rebellious spirit with alt-country twang, literary subversion, and boundary-blurring experimentation. With a career spanning nearly five decades, this cult collective from Leeds has evolved from dissonant art school upstarts into one of the most vital, unpredictable bands in modern music.

Lauded by critic Lester Bangs as “the most revolutionary group in the history of rock ‘n’ roll,” Mekons are a living art project as much as a band—collaborating on everything from surrealist musicals to conceptual novels, while consistently releasing wildly creative, politically charged records. Their latest album, due in 2025 via Fire Records, builds on that legacy with the single “You’re Not Singing Anymore”, a defiant new anthem for uncertain times.

🎤 Also featuring: Johnny Dowd
Known for his dark humor and gritty storytelling, Johnny Dowd brings his own brand of southern gothic rock and experimental Americana to the stage. Think Tom Waits meets Captain Beefheart in a roadhouse gone rogue.

🎶 Why You Can’t Miss This:

Experience the classic Mekons lineup, still together since the 1980s and legendary for their unpredictable, high-energy shows
Hear brand-new material from their upcoming album before its release
Witness two underground icons share one stage in an unforgettable night of music, poetry, and protest
Fans of Wilco, Patti Smith, The Clash, and Nick Cave will feel right at home

🎟️ Tickets are limited – this is a rare opportunity to catch one of the most respected cult bands in rock history, live and loud.

🎥 Learn more:
Watch Revenge of the Mekons (Music Box Films, 2015) to see why this band’s story is unlike any other in rock ‘n’ roll.

Source: White Eagle Hall Events