From the Dirtboys' myspace: Who are the dirtboys?!? The ‘dirtboys’ are all working class musicians, each addicted to the powerful drug that is music; the medicine for the soul. Except for Johnny, who decided in 2005 that working was overrated. JohnnyFedX, really J.P. Hodge, has been writing songs prolifically for the last 10 years. The band members had been playing off and on for about 3 years, for friendly fun only, until a batch of home recordings found it’s way into the hands of many excited new fans. Enough to make voice of itself throughout the local artistic community, and .