{"id":19507,"date":"2026-10-13T21:08:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/?p=19507"},"modified":"2026-10-13T21:08:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:08:34","slug":"news-john-mack-releases-meta-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heavensmetalmagazine.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/13\/news-john-mack-releases-meta-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"News: John Mack releases meta-novel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When Birds Fly In Formation,&nbsp;<\/strong><em>new meta-novel from the drummer for Seattle Band<\/em> <strong>LoudMotor&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Longtime Pacific Northwest punk stalwart and drummer&nbsp;<strong>John Mack<\/strong> has alchemized a personal punk history book cloaked in mystery and confession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s not easy to tell which parts are my life and which are&nbsp;the parts of the fictional Jeremy Bender,&#8221; he admits. &#8220;I have worked in the mental health field for<br>over 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The human condition includes the reality of suffering, and I think we can&nbsp;all relate to that. We all have something that is torturing us.&#8221;<br><br>This book is a jolt of personal revelation for fellow acolytes of writers like <strong>William S. Burroughs<\/strong>, enamored with the street reality of <strong>Lou Reed,&nbsp;Jim Carroll,<\/strong> and hard bop jazz of the 50\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I must admit that <em>Naked Lunch<\/em> by Burroughs&nbsp;was hard to digest all at once, but I felt the cut-up technique was brilliant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <em>When Birds Fly In Formation<\/em>, Mack also seamlessly taps into the near stream of consciousness of &nbsp;classic modern&nbsp;German and French philosophy, including urban decadence of Symbolist poets Baudelaire and Rimbaud, extrapolating the world between spiritual reality and the every day.<br><br>&#8220;It&#8217;s kind of like a recovery amusement ride for the soul,&#8221; Mack adds. &#8220;Jeremy is doing everything in his power&nbsp;to stay alive despite the tormenting in his soul. Similar to the notion of suicide being&nbsp;\u2018troublesome\u2019 to Camus, but in the punk bunkers of late 20th century America.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for Mack&#8217;s own specific background, &#8220;One of the first punks I met was <strong>Sam Henry<\/strong> of <strong>the Wipers<\/strong> back in the 70\u2019s when I was&nbsp;living in Portland. I moved to Seattle in 1980 and joined my own bands. I was in a band&nbsp;called <strong>DSML<\/strong> and <strong>Circus of the Stars<\/strong> which was all pre-grunge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We played with the&nbsp;<strong>Melvins, Malfunkshun, March of Crimes, Green River, Deranged Diction, Bundle of Hiss,&nbsp;Soundgarden,&#8221;<\/strong> Mack says. &#8220;All the bands our guitarist Tony DSML promoted!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The book covers the esoteric lineage of spiritual punk that had most in common with East Coast vibes. &#8220;There is&nbsp;a secret history of hundreds of bands in Seattle who all went to each other\u2019s shows. No&nbsp;one cared about stardom, just having fun. The latter-day fame that many bands&nbsp;achieved had a precursor to them. It was in the zeitgeist. Seattle had a strong art scene&nbsp;back then that probably rivaled New York City.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mack and his band <strong>LoudMotor<\/strong> is releasing <em>It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life<\/em>, an acerbic, fun, and challenging collection of punk that rivals Detroit&#8217;s greatest 60s\/70s garage groups. He is thankful to still be around to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Well, at my age it\u2019s great to be alive, but I also am in the middle of grad school which&nbsp;blows me away,&#8221; he says. &#8220;I have an amazing family. I am also a teacher at a local college and&nbsp;have been for 16 years. I am immersed in academia, but it can be a love\/hate&nbsp;relationship. It\u2019s a balance. Academia can be progressive but also a little out of touch.&nbsp;The courses I teach share the reality of the street. There must be a marriage of the two.&#8221;<br><br>LoudMotor came together when&nbsp;<strong>Loud Fartz<\/strong>&nbsp;of the seminal Seattle hardcore band <strong>The Fartz&nbsp;<\/strong>and <strong>Cannibal<\/strong>&nbsp;started many years before Mack got there, &#8220;but the recovery community is what brought us&nbsp;together,&#8221; he says. <strong>Bobby Crash<\/strong> was a&nbsp;good friend and asked John to try out for LoudMotor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think we all just sort of hit it off. In many ways we have a parallel experience,&#8221; hence the title of his book. &#8220;It\u2019s not always easy finding&nbsp;sober musicians to play with, so we cherish it when we connect.&#8221;<br><br>As for the future, &#8220;When I finish grad school, I have a plan for three more books (novella\u2019s). This may&nbsp;continue the journey of Jeremy Bender and will explore more Buddhist principles in the&nbsp;same technique.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the inimitable LoudMotor, &#8220;Loud is turning 71 and we plan to play and record until he is 91!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please let me know if you need a copy of <em>When Birds Fly in Formation<\/em>and\/or <em>It&#8217;s A Wonderful Life<\/em>. John is available for chatting about the original punk days, addiction, recovery, and of course French Symbolist poets! Among many other potential topics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/loudmotor.bandcamp.com\">h<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/loudmotor.bandcamp.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ttps:\/\/loudmotor.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loudmotor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loudmoto<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/loudmotor\">r<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmotor\/?hl=en\">h<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmotor\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmotor\/?<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/loudmotor\/?hl=en\">hl=en<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Birds Fly In Formation,&nbsp;new meta-novel from the drummer for Seattle Band LoudMotor&nbsp; Longtime Pacific&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":19511,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1022],"tags":[4058,4059],"class_list":["post-19507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-d70","tag-john-mack","tag-loudmotor"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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