Chicken John Rinaldi, a well-known showman in the San Francisco Bay area, has had a varied career owning nightclubs and performing with punk rock bands. He has announced his candidacy for the 2007 San Francisco Mayoral Race with goals of establishing himself as a runner-up and promoting alternative fuel options.
Chicken John Rinaldi is a self-styled showman well known in the San Francisco Bay area, with a variety of careers to his credit. Chicken John has owned nightclubs and performed with a number of punk rock bands over the years. His style is often referred to as eclectic and his wry sense of humor is considered one of his defining characteristics. Alternately praised as an artist and con artist, Chicken John has announced his intention to declare himself a candidate in the 2007 San Francisco Mayoral Race, against the popular incumbent, Gavin Newsom. Here’s some background on Chicken John and his wildly varied career.
Not much public information about John Rinaldi is available. Raised as the son of Victor and Patricia Rinaldi, Chicken John has hinted time and time again that he was interested in an esoteric approach to life from the beginning. His popular nickname, according to some sources, came about because young John refused to fight the bullies in his neighborhood. Later, when he entered the punk rock scene, his nickname stuck and helped form the basis of his stage persona.
Over the years, Chicken John has been associated with a number of Bay Area-based punk bands. Two of his most popular stints were with the Murder Junkies in the early 1990s and his seven-year association with the Circus Redikuless performance troupe. The year spent with the Murder Junkies has been alternately praised and damned by Chicken John in various interviews over the years, and there seems to be some tension between John and the band’s fans.
While with Circus Redikuless, Chicken John toured extensively and worked with an ever-changing roster of crew members. After five national tours and hundreds of performances, Chicken John was ready to move on to a new project. As the new century dawned, Chicken John began to focus on other pursuits, such as running his website and working as a mechanic. From time to time, he attends various events around San Francisco.
Chicken John officially announced his run for mayor on July 9, 2007. Among his goals for the race is to firmly establish himself as a runner-up, behind incumbent Gavin Newsom. Among its platform issues are local topics such as the various issues facing artists living in San Francisco and the promotion of alternative fuel options for use with all city-owned and operated vehicles.
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