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1/21- SundayThe Death of Moon Ska records....... 1983-2000..
The following bands have been confirmed for appearing at the 2001
instalment of Warped Tour. Kevin Lyman states that RANCID, AFI, ME FIRST
AND THE GIMME GIMMES, A NEW FOUND GLORY, THE ATARIS, H20, LESS THAN JAKE,
THE VANDALS and FENIX TX will all take part in punk rock summer camp. Most
of these have been rumoured for quite some time but this is the first
official word (Punkrocks.net).
*We have got these dates from Noeke on the upcoming Warped Tour 2001
(USA). We want to stress that these dates are NOT confirmed yet. Dates can
be found here: http://www.noeke.com/tour/twarp01.htm
*Sweden's premier pop-punker's NO FUN AT ALL has decided to quit. "We've
had a great time with the band" says singer Ingemar Jansson. "We've played
most parts of the world, and have got ourselves memories for life. But
each thing has it's time, and we feel that we want to quit while we
personally still believe we are a great band”.
*A few words from Jerry from THE MISFITS on the past, the future and the
upcoming 25th can be found on Misfits.com. The Misfits are apparently
looking for a new drummer and singer. They are also gearing up for a tour
this year, starting in NYC (preferably on April 18th) running through
April 2002 and ending that Halloween. Read more here:
http://www.misfits.com/News0101.html
*According to the official ALL website the guys are currently working on
new material and will head on tour. The schedule is as follows: South
America: Spring 2001, Canada: Spring/Summer 2001, Australia: March 2001
and Europe: June/July 2001.
*DEATH BY STEREO are doing a live online chat on Yahoo.com next Tuesday
January 23rd at 5:00pm Pacific Time. Please drop by and say hello if you
get a chance. Just go to Yahoo.com then in to the chat section, then in to
the music section.
*As you may know KUNG FU FILMS have produced their first full-length
narrative feature film made specifically for the punk audience, "That Darn
Punk". The film stars, among others, members of The Vandals, with Joe
Escalante playing a punk musician who pays the ultimate price for his back
stage indiscretions. More info here: www.thatdarnpunk.com
*JIMMY EAT WORLD are putting the finishing touches on their latest album
which is entitled "Bleed American." Once they find a label, they hope for
a spring/summer release. Rumour has it the band may go to Virgin Records.
Nothing is certain yet.
*GREEN DAY are facing yet more copy cat claims over their latest single
'Warning'. Radio 1 reported that the little known British band The Other
Garden reckoned that Green Day had copied part of their song 'Never Got A
Chance'. Now both songs have been compared to 'Picture Book' - a 1969
album track by Britpop originals the Kinks. A musicologist is on the case.
*Punk´n´roll band GLUECIFER is currently working on their next album. The
new record will be not be released by White Jazz or SubPop. The band is at
the moment talking to several new labels.
*The first annual VANS "Off-the-Wall" Club Tour is about to kickoff.
Southern California punk rockers IGNITE are teaming up with Vans Footwear,
Hurley Intl., Visions Magazine and Supersonic Records to bring to Europe
the first ever Vans "Off-the-Wall" Club Tour which will begin late
February.
*The new DROPKICK MURPHYS album comes out Feb 6. DKM will be performing
some brief but free shows at select locations in the Northeast. On the
release date, they`ll be announcing the complete tour dates for the 7 week
'Sing Loud Sing Proud' US tour which will begin March 9 and run thru the
end of April
*Apparently there's a rumour that San Diego, California's UNWRITTEN LAW
have called it quits. Their drummer quit for sure and Jordan from Strung
Out had to fill in for a couple shows for them last week. Supposedly the
band split due to "unfixable differences." Remember, this is NOT confirmed!
*Along with the recent announcements of HEY MERCEDES, and DASHBOARD
CONFESSIONAL joining the Vagrant family, it is now official that HOT ROD
CIRCUIT has signed with the label as well. Hot Rod Circuit has recently
released a split seven inch with now labelmates, The Anniversary, as well
as their latest full length entitled "If It's Cool With You, It's Cool
With Me".
*Because of a recent court decision awarding the 3 other remaining Dead
Kennedys members back royalties and damages. Alternative Tentacles now
faces extinction as a label. For more info on how you can help save Biafra
and Alternative Tentacles go to www.alternativetentacles.com and click on
“Legal Defence Found”,
*At The Drive-In will release the track "Invalid Litter Dept." as the next
single from their Grand Royal/Virgin record "Relationship Of Command". A
video for the track was recently shot in Austin, Texas and is expected to
premiere on their official web site shortly.
1/05- SaturdayPunkbands.com as always... PENNYWISE are going to be entering Stall #2 Studios on February 1st to
begin recording their new album. Little other information exists at this
time.
*The ATARIS are gearing up for the release of their highly anticipated
full length entitled "End Is Forever." The record will be out on February
20th worldwide. The band has plans to do various record release shows with
NOFX and Social Distortion. A U.S./Canadian tour with The Vandals and
Lagwagon has also been thrown into the mix.
*EQUAL VISION RECORDS` newest signing, FAIRWEATHER are finishing up
recording their debut album in Washington DC at Salad Days with Brian
McTernan. The record is titled "If They Move... Kill Them" and ins
scheduled to be released February 20th, 2001 on Equal Vision Records.
*PROPAGANDHI is scheduled to headline the next Fat Wreck Tour (tentatively
titled the Humanitarian Intervention Tour) with Avail, J Church and
Fabulous Disaster supporting. Propagandhi will also be releasing their
long anticipated follow up record entitled "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's
Ashes" on February 6th as well.
*Europe's DECONSTRUCTION TOUR is busy plotting bands for it's annual
outing. NOFX, Lagwagon, Less Than Jake, Millencolin, Pennywise and Blink
182 have all been thrown into the pool of possibilities. Official
announcements are sure to follow soon before the tour kicks off in late
spring (Punkrocks.net).
*LINK 80 have found a new bass player to replace Adam Pereira. Mike
Irizarry from Long Island, New York will take over after Adam P was kicked
out of the band in December
*NOFX will do some shows (with LAGWAGON) in Vegas this February Check out
www.nofxonline.com for more info.
*English band, The Other Garden, are suing American band, GREEN DAY. Their
latest single 'Warning' which entered the top 30 at the end of last year
allegedly has a striking resemblance to Garden's 1997 release, 'Never Got
The Chance'. According to their lawyer, Alastair Nicholas, the group could
be due £100,000 in royalties.
*According to SF Weekly (San Francisco free paper), the new ME FIRST AND
THE GIMME GIMMES record will be out on March 20th on Fat. It will include
'60s songs such as Cat Stevens' "Wild World," Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the
Wind" and Del Shannon's "Runaway."
*ATOM AND HIS PACKAGE have signed to Hopeless Records. Expect a release of
their upcoming 7" "Shopping Spree" on February 6th and then the LP
"Redefining Music" on April 3 (Hopeless Newsletter).
*The Official ALL/DESCENDENTS Site http://www.allcentral.com is being
redesigned "with tons of cool interactive Flash features, Digital Jukebox
(patent pending), ALL video games, and a complete on-line catalogue of
CD's, T-shirts, and other cool stuff
*As we reported, NOISE POLLUTION magazine published the 50 greatest punk
albums ever in their latest edition. We have got a lot of questions
concerning this feature, and since the list can’t be found (officially) on
the web, we have posted it here: www.punkbands.com/news/top50.html
*The Official SHAI HULUD website has been completely revamped with some
Macromedia Flash additions among other things. Check it out at
http://www.hulud.com. The boys are also working on a new record and should
have it out by the spring or summer by the latest, on Revelation Records.
*LESS THAN JAKE, THE TEEN IDOLS, ANTI-FLAG and A NEW FOUND GLORY will all
be touring together starting February 16th. Dates to come!
*ROLLING STONE magazine has released their list of the 50 best albums to
come out in the year 2000 and At The Drive-In's "Relationship Of Command"
tops the list, which also includes the latest efforts from Green Day and
No Doubt.
*DEATH BY STEREO’S new website is up and full of new pictures, updates,
and merchandise, see it www.deathbystereo.com
*THE PEEPSHOWS entered Studio Soundlab in Örebro (Sweden) 4th of Jan. to
start the recording of their new album which will be entitled "Today We
Kill, Tomorrow We Die" They will be in the studio for 4 weeks and record
everything live. Expect a smokin´release sometime in May 2001.
*LARS FREDERIKSEN AND THE BASTARDS have just finished recording a solo
record for Hellcat which will be coming out at the end of March. The
record features songs about Lars' hood , Campbell, Ca as well as a cover
of Billy Bragg's "To Have And Have Not".
12/28-Thursday:Punkbands.com once again... FAT MUSIC VOLUME V, Live Fat, Die Young, will be made up of entirely
unreleased songs! It will feature new songs from all your favourite Fat
bands and a few new faces as well: Anti-Flag, Fabulous Disaster, Rise
Against, and Zero Down! It's gonna be out early next year.
*In an online this week KEVIN LYMAN began to drop names for bands they are
attempting to get on WARPED TOUR 2001. Although only Less Than Jake and
The Vandals are confirmed Warped is currently wooing One Man Army, A New
Found Glory (movie lovers), Weezer, Sloppymeateaters, Rancid and AFI
(touring partners).
*SEX PISTOLS have vehemently denied growing rumours that they are to get
back together for a one off show in London on new year’s eve. From their
LA base, the band's management told NME.com that the show will definitely
not happen.
*FUELED BY RAMEN hits you with a new website home. It`s really good
looking and easy to navigate. Check it out at: FueledByRamen.com
*The BEATSTEAKS (Epitaph) finished their pre-productions and went to
Cologne to start recordings for the 3rd album. The as yet untitled album
is scheduled for a late spring 2001 release date. The producer will be
once again Uwe Sabirowski.
*THE GET UP KIDS have officially announced that they will be doing 20
dates with WEEZER in February and March. The tour will be sponsored by
Yahoo. The band will also be rocking out opening up for Green Day in
January for two weeks.
*FUGAZI'S Southern Records website recently announced that the guys are
"concentrating on writing new songs and recording demos." This exciting
information, coupled with the new songs heard at live shows over the
summer, indicates that the fellas intend to soldier on. Can we wait a new
album next year?
*AGAINST ALL AUTHORITY will have a CD of b-sides and rarities coming out
on February 6th, 2001. The CD is entitled "Nothing New For Trash Like You"
and has 18 tracks. The band will also be doing some shows in Florida with
Less Than Jake.
*DYNAMITE BOY has just finished recording their new record. They were in
California for three weeks working with producer Cameron Webb. Look out
for it in February, but in the meantime they'll be on the road. They are
heading out with the Queers in January and march with the Ataris.
*PULLEY are still working on new songs for their next record. They will be
doing some touring soon. We’ll keep you updated on the progress with the
new record.
*FACE TO FACE are gearing up to embark on their upcoming tour with
SNAPCASE, H2O, and label mates NO MOTIV for a tour that runs from late
January throughout early March. This tour promises to be very successful
considering the line-up. For dates, check out http://www.vagrant.com
*NITRO RECORDS very own SON OF SAM will release their debut album titled
"Songs From The Earth" on April 3 2001.
*GREEN DAY is planning an exclusive tour in Germany in spring next year.
It will be one or two weeks long. Talking about Germany, Brett from Ignite
told us that they will come back to Germany to support "A Place called
home" in March. They will be supported by a band from Victory, but he
didn`t want to tell us who.
*The new HOTBOX album was mastered last week and is in the finishing
process. The vocals were produced in-part by Fat Mike! The yet to be
titled album is due out March 2nd. For more info visit www.Hotbox.org
*THE BOUNCING SOULS (fresh-off tour with Green Day) just left the studio
with a new record under their collective belts. According to the Souls
their fans are in for something exceptional: “People definitely won't know
what hit them. The band is so much tighter than ever before, the music is
tougher, faster and more alive than ever before, the songs are brilliant"
(epitaph.com).
*AFI announces the dates for their tour supporting friends The Offspring
throughout Europe in early 2001. Check the tour page for more info
(afireinside.net).
*BIGWIG stopped touring long enough to write their new record, and plan
the recording in February. Hopefully it will be out soon. As we all know,
it’s long overdue (Fearless).
*Victory Records signs WATERDOWN. The guys from Germany will release their
debut next may. The guys recently toured Germany with Grade and played
also a couple of shows with now labelmates Snapcase and also Boy Sets
Fire. Grade liked the guys so much that they helped them to get the deal
12/10-Sunday:Punkbands.com once again... HOT WATER MUSIC have recently finished up their tour with The Alkaline
Trio and Strike Anywhere and are now gearing up to head into the studio to
begin recording their Epitaph Records debut album throughout December
until mid January. The still untitled record is scheduled to be released
May 8th, 2001 on Epitaph with an anticipated tour possibly beginning in
March.
*Hitting the festival circuit next year is a film called "RAGE! 20 YEARS
OF PUNK ROCK – WEST COAST STYLE". It's a documentary about California punk
rock from '78-'98. It includes interviews with the Dead Kennedys' Jello
Biafra and the Circle Jerks' Keith Morris among others. The expected
release date is March of next year (Punknews.org).
*EARTH CRISIS have entered the studio to begin recording their
cover/rarities album which will be released January 23rd, 2001. The record
entitled "Last Of The Same," will feature covers of Slayer, Black Sabbath,
and Dead Kennedy's, as well as rare and unreleased original Earth Crisis
music.
*SNUFF have plans for many upcoming releases in the time to come. The boys
will soon be going into the studio to record 3 new songs. One for the
upcoming Fat Wreck Comp, the other two does not have a home as of yet.
*THE ALKALINE TRIO have recently completed the finishing touches on their
highly anticipated new album entitled "From Here To Infirmary" and is
scheduled to be released on Vagrant Records on April 16th, 2001. The Trio
also have plans to release a three-way split EP with the Dismemberment
Plan and the Promise Ring.
*THE MISFITS will perform on a show December 29th 2000 at the WWF New York
in Times Square. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. More info
including how & where to get tickets it will be posted at Misfits.com when
it becomes available (Misfits).
*The new DIESEL BOY record is titled, "Rode Hard and Put Away Wet" on
Honest Don's Records. The guys are still shooting for a February 20th
release.
*UNION 13 has posted a statement on their website, asking that people who
attend their December shows (up until Christmas) bring a toy or some type
of non-perishable food item as a donation. All things collected will be
given to needy families and children for the holiday season (epitaph.com).
*If you live outside Australia and have bought the OFFSPRING’S Conspiracy
Of One you probably don’t have the track "Huck It". It is an exclusive
track which is only available on the Australian version of the new
records. Download it from Offspring Online (punkbands.com/theoffspring).
*THE DAMNED are currently deciding on a producer for their first release
on NITRO RECORDS. The new album, untitled as of yet, is tentatively
scheduled for May of 2001!
*MILLENCOLIN are finally back home in Sweden after touring extensively
since January/February. They're currently rehearsing and writing new
songs. They hope to record the new album sometime in early summer 2001,
with the release an approximate 6 months after that.
*MICHAEL GRAVES, formerly of the MISFITS, has recorded five new songs that
are now available on Napster. Little is known about the new Graves band,
although we speculate that it includes members of Graves' Lost Boys
project.
*IGNITE got a European record label to release their material, a German
label called Gun Records. The European version of A Place Called Home will
officially be released February 19 featuring two bonus tracks, some
different artwork and some multimedia features on the disc too.
*Vocalist WARD AIMI has officially parted ways with the RIVER CITY REBELS,
and will immediately be replaced by former 4 Heads Deep frontman Andrew
Mauriello (Victory Records).
*After playing a few U.S. gigs in October and early November, GREEN DAY
have now confirmed dates for the initial leg of a 2001 tour. Go to
Greenday.net for more info.
*BAD ASTRONAUT (Joey from Lagwagon's side project) has now finished
recording their first release. "Acrophobe" EP will be out on Honest Don's
in early February.
*Contrary to http://www.weezer.net, THE GET UP KIDS are not confirmed on
the WEEZER tour. It is still in the talking stages. They ARE going out on
tour with Green Day and have not yet decided what their plans will be
after that. This has come straight from our contacts at Vagrant Records.
*THE ATARIS new record “End is Forever” is due out on Kung Fu Records on
February 6th. They are currently on tour with the Vandals in Europe.
11/22-Wensday:After spending much of the year mourning founding member and guitarist
Dennis Danell, SOCIAL DISTORTION are picking up the pieces and getting
back to playing live, announcing a round of SoCal and Las Vegas-area shows
in January. They are finishing up their eighth album, due out next year.
More info can be found here: www.socialdistortion.com
*Honest Don's have signed a new band called BIG IN JAPAN, featuring Zac
from Screeching Weasel and Zoinks. They are planning on having their first
full length out in March.
*On Monday 11/13-- At 9:00 PM EST. www.Twec.com will be holding a live
chat with THE OFFSPRING. The band is promoting their new album,
"Conspiracy Of One" which will be in stores on Tuesday Nov 14 (or just try
Napster).
*VICTORY RECORDS plans to release two live albums titled "Victory New York
City Takeover Volumes I and II" which will showcase material from all of
the New York bands on the Victory roster.
* More MISFITS news. Michael Graves and Dr. Chud have both quit the band
mid-show in Florida on October 25. Jerry and Doyle are trying to find a
solid lineup for their next tour. Finally after many, many rumors flying
around, past and present about the Misfits, apparently half of them have
disbanded. Look for a posting on the official Misfits website
(www.misfits.com) soon.
* THE ALKALINE TRIO have recently finished up recording their new album
which will be out sometime in February/March 2001 on Vagrant Records. They
recorded 15 songs. 12 of which will be on the new album, 2 will be on a
Lookout! single and 1 for a compilation.
*Punk-Ska bands GOLDFINGER, LESS THAN JAKE, HOMEGROWN and the MIGHTY
MIGHTY BOSSTONES among others, are being featured on a Christmas
compilation called "Sleighed: The other side of Christmas". This should be
the perfect gift to give someone you really love (yourself?) for Christmas.
*Fat announced, that the DICKIES will be releasing their next full length
on Fat Wreck Chords. Ever since the break-up of the Ramones, the legendary
Dickies have held the title as the longest running punk band.
*EARTH CRISIS have announced that they will be going into the studio to
record a "rarities album" that will include several unreleased tracks from
the "Slither" sessions, as well as a few surprising covers. Look for it to
be released in January 2001.
*The final RANCID/AFI/DISTILLERS tour dates listing is now up on the tour
dates page: http://www.afireinside.net (under tour).
*G7 WELCOMING COMMITTEE RECORDS will has an exclusive mp3 from the
forthcoming PROPAGANDHI album "Today's Empires, Tomorrow's Ashes" online.
If you want more information on the forthcoming album go here:
www.g7welcomingcommittee.com
*RIVER CITY HIGH are currently in the pre-production stage for their first
full length. After this next tour they plan to take some time off of the
road in order to write and record. For the most part the band will be in
their practice space writing new songs.
*BLINK 182 re-scheduled dates of their Australian Tour. They recently had
to postpone these dates due to their drummer's upper respitory infection.
The new dates can be found here: www.blink182.com
*There have been some rumours on the net, that THE PROMISE RING cut their
tour with BAD RELIGION short due to "bad feedback". This is not the case.
They had to cut short citing health issues related to singer/guitarist
Davey vonBohlen's recent battle with a brain tumour.
*FRENZAL RHOMB`S latest release "Shut Your Mouth", out in the southern
hemisphere November 6th, will be released on Fat Wreck sometime in
February 2001. You can already hear some samples of the new material on
the official website http://www.frenzalrhomb.com
*GRADE is set to release their new full length album entitled "The
Embarrassing Beginning" out November 21st on Victory Records. The record
will feature previously unreleased demo tracks as well as a few tracks
featuring acoustics performances.
*According to the official Strung Out website has announced that STRUNG
OUT will be doing a 10-12 date tour with Papa Roach. Dates can be found
here: www.strung-out.com
*Rumours are flying around the internet that DOWNSET has broken-up. This
is not true. Downset remains intact despite changes. Epitaph confirmed
this with the members of Downset. Pay no attention to the internet rumours
circulating about this situation.
10/9-Monday:WOW! LOOK WHOS BACK!! --- though they were never really gone... Stick Figure Suicide is back in action and ready to play shows again, they had some trouble after their tour.. but they are back with more shows, friday oct. 20 in flemington,nj and monday nov. 6th in wallington, nj.. check my shows page for details!!
10/3-Tuesday:AS ALWAYS straight from PUNKBANDS.com... The OFFSPRING's plan to release its entire new album, A Conspiracy Of
One, as free downloads on its own website (offspring.com) has been
squelched by its record company, SONY MUSIC. The label was "extremely
happy" with the compromise. However, the band apparently doesn't share the
feeling.
* LESS THAN JAKE has landed the opening slot on the first leg of Bon
Jovi's upcoming arena tour. Is this a joke? Prior to the Bon Jovi shows,
LTJ will be performing in Japan (with local bands) and Europe (with MxPx).
LTJ will be playing Australian WARPED TOUR in January (not confirmed yet).
*On December 5th, H2O will be releasing a 2 song 7" on Side One Dummy
Records. The songs will be 2 covers. Ice Cube's -'It Was A Good Day' and
Suicidal Tendencies- 'I Want More.
*BOY SETS FIRE are releasing an exclusive European single called
"Suckerpunch Training" which will be released in the next few weeks by
Join The Team Player Records. It will probably be released in the U.S. six
months after the European release. Boy Sets Fire are currently touring
Europe extensively.
*PETROGRAD just finished all the recordings to their new album “a.b.c”,
which will come out on the 7th of October, on 13 different labels all
around the world.
*AFI, THE DISTILLERS, and RANCID are hitting the road together. You can
get a decent amount of the tour dates on the hell-cat's website:
http://www.hell-cat.com/news
*BURNING HEART RECORDS will broadcast the Independiente Festival in
Bologna, Italy, over the net in a few weeks! Participating bands were
BLINK 182, MILLENCOLIN and NUFAN among others. As soon as we know when and
where, we'll let you know.
*The PAX compilation is finally out. This truly a great comp. is a benefit
for PAX, a grass-roots organization fighting Gun-Violence. The CD contains
24 bands with all unreleased songs including NOFX, AGNOSTIC FRONT, DAG
NASTY, COOTER, MIDTOWN and many more. Support the cause and buy the comp
at Fastmusic.com.
*Following the release of their critically lauded debut Survival Sickness,
the INTERNATIONAL NOISE CONSPIRACY will launch their first US tour this
fall. See http://www.epitaph.com for a list of all dates.
*THE ATARIS released the great "Song 13" from their new album on thier
website, they just released another song "Summer Wind" on their website
and encourage you to download it at http://www.ataris.com
*ANTI-FLAG is busy preparing new songs for an upcoming new album, which
will hopefully be released by march of 2001. Anti-Flag will be on tour
November 29th through December 9th in the Northeast and Midwest (no venues
yet).
*HOMEGROWN are hitting the road again. Check www.homegrownonline.com for
their upcoming tour dates.
*Fueled By Ramen's very own JERSEY will be touring Europe in October
promoting their latest album, "The Battle's Just Begun" which has just
been officially released there. The superb punk rockers will be joining
the mammoth LESS THAN JAKE/MxPx tour in the UK for all the dates. Check
the Jersey feature on Punkbands.com next week!
* LOOKOUT RECORDS estrogen fueled band THE DONNAS will be releasing their
fourth full-length album in the new year. The tentative title is "The
Donnas Turn 21" and it is due to be released on January 23 of 2001
(punkrocks.net).
*FAT WRECK CHORDS just released an MP3 from SICK OF IT ALL's forthcoming
release, “Yours Truly”, at the label's website. Check it out at
fatwreck.com
*All Canadian and most American tour dates for FACE TO FACE with GOB have
been confirmed and are posted under the TOUR section at
http://www.gobnet.com/. The dates range through early to late November.
*UNSUNG ZEROS have 2 new live unreleased and unmixed mp3s up at
mp3.com/unsungzeros. If you haven't checked out these guys, you should.
They are the best of everything that is good, put into one band.
*The PROPAGANDHI upcoming album has been pushed back once again. Due to a
language barrier the new Propagandhi record Today's Empires, Tomorrow's
Ashes has been pushed back to 2001.
*They have tattoos, hot licks, and they're from SoCal. They're Fat's
newest band, ZERO DOWN, and they're fronted by former Strung Out bassist
Jim. Look for their debut full length out early next year (fatwreck.com).
*HOT WATER MUSIC have confirmed studio time for two weeks in December and
two weeks in January to record their new record. Expect a Spring 2001
release. Also, check out the guys on tour throughout the U.S. in the
upcoming months with the Alkaline Trio and Strike Anywhere.
