Sunday March 30
Panama City, Panama
More info really soon!
2.19.08
MORE DATES ANNOUNCED
04.30 - Minneapolis. MN - Triple Rock Social Club
05.01 - Chicago, IL - Bottom Lounge
05.02 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre
05.04 - East Rutherford, NJ - Meadowlands Sports Complex
Presale tickets go on sale
Wednesday, February 20th at 12 PM local time here: http://bouncingsouls.ducatking.com
2.6.08 AN EVENING WITH THE BOUNCING SOULS
Bouncing Souls are pleased to announce
new April-May US dates:
Apr 5 – Irvine, CA @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
(The Bamboozle Left Festival)
Apr 7 – Long Beach, CA @ Alex’s Bar
Apr 8 – San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew
Apr 9 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
(Presale thru www.gamhtickets.com)
Apr 10 – Sacramento, CA @ True Love Coffeehouse
(Acoustic Set)
Apr 11 – Portland, OR @ Berbati’s Pan
Apr 12 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Apr 16 – Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Apr 17 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
May 4 – E. Rutherford, NJ @ Meadowlands Sports Complex
(The Bamboozle Festival)
By buying tickets through our fan presale, you'll be able to get your tickets before anyone else AND save some money on service charges.
More dates will be announced shortly!
12.16.07 Yo yo, Bryan and Pete here. Recently, it's occurred to us that the people we know, the places we go, and things we do can be pretty interesting. So before it all gets lost to our burnt-out memories, we've decided to capture some of it, in the form of a podcast TV show we can share with everyone. We'll be making this up as we go along, but we have some rough ideas on how we'll structure the show. When Harley-Davidson hired the two of us as web-TV correspondents to cover bike rallies (Bike Week, Sturgis) some of it turned out kinda funny, so we'll be taking a couple of those same ideas, like the roving "man on the street" questioning/interviewing strangers, maybe some skits, who knows?
But, as much as an announcement, this is a call for suggestions. Take a second and watch the video below to grab the e-mail to contact us. You can also link back to the YouTube page and leave comments on the video if you have an account. We want to know what you guys want to see from us. So, hit us up, let us know, and keep an eye out for "2BudsTV".
11.29.07
Hi everybody, and greetings from tour! We're down here soaking up the sun in Australia, and thought this would be a good time to drop a line to all our friends out there. Australia's warm, the people are nice and everything's great, but our minds keep returning to the upcoming "Home For The Holidays" shows. We're making some cool plans for the three-night stand at the Stone Pony. Here's the story: a while back we had you the fans vote for your favorite Souls songs. Consequently, we ended up with a sort of "top 40" list. We will be counting down that list in order, from #40 to #1 (20 songs each night) on the 28th and 29th. For the 27th (first night), we will be playing a mix of 20 other fuckin awesome Souls songs. That's right, 60 DIFFERENT SONGS IN THREE NIGHTS! Wow. And who knows, maybe we'll even play more. We could ya know. The tickets are already selling fast so treat yourself or a loved one to a great holiday gift.
THU DEC 27, 2007
w/ WORLD INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY & LOW BUDGETS
[ticket link]
FRI DEC 28, 2007
w/ TIM BARRY, ERGS, & TOMMY BRUNETT
[ticket link]
SAT DEC 29, 2007
w/ LOVED ONES & STATIC RADIO NJ
[ticket link]
10.22.07
Hello!
We just got back from a great week of shows with our friends in Lifetime, World/Inferno Friendship Society, Modern Life Is War, and The Low Budgets. Good times were had by all.
For our next adventure, we'll be traveling down under to visit our aussie and kiwi mates. here's the dates!!!! Friday 30th November The Zoo Brisbane
Saturday 1st December Gaelic Theatre Sydney
Sunday 2nd December Corner Hotel Melbourne
Monday 3rd December Fowlers Live Adelaide
Tuesday 4th December Amplifier Perth
Wednesday 5th December off
Thursday 6th December Peninsula Lounge VIC
Friday December 7th - San Fran Bath House, Wellington (R18)
Saturday December 8th - Transmission Room, Auckland (All Ages/R18)
On our way home we'll be stopping off in LA to play a benefit for WHEELS FOR HUMANITY with our good friends in Flogging Molly. It's on December 11th at the Avalon Theater in Hollywood... so please come out and rock to roll...
And then...so exciting....
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS!
3 nights! 60 different songs!
Stone Pony, Asbury Park, NJ
December 27th, 28th and 29th
Go to the TOURDATES page for all the ticket links!!!! See you out there!!
10.12.07
Yo What's up everybody!
Pete and I have just emerged from the studio. No, it's not a new Souls record unfortunately, but it's it's us doing what we do best. In case you haven't heard, Pete and I are now PRODUCERS. That's right, together with Bob Strakele, Pete and I have just produced the new record from the Loved Ones. It's badass, this band is full of hope, and with our help, something great was born, worth checking out! In other news, Souls are playing a week of shows coming right up, should be nothing but badass! It's been a great summer, and we're looking forward to fall's crisp weather and new days. See you all out there, keep an eye out for some cool holiday news...
~Bryan
10.04.07
Hey all, it's Greg here!!!
Its been a great labor of love and its finally done! A childrens book illustrated by ME (Greg) and written by Shanti, my wife. The book is called "I Went For A Walk" and you can check out a video version of the book at: www.myspace.com/iwent4awalk Shanti and I will be reading our book in schools, bookstores & libraries all over the country this fall. Here are the dates so far: 09.30 - Fremont, CA @ Pizza Patio - 4PM
10.02 - Marysville, CA @ Marysville Library - 7PM
10.05 - Sacramento @ The True Love Coffeehouse - 8PM
10.06 - Auburn, CA @ Winston-Smith Books - 1PM
10.07 - San Francisco @ West Portal Bookshop - 11AM
10.27 - Bayonne, NJ @ Chez Marie - 4PM
10.28 - Brooklyn, NY @ BookCourt -11AM
11.03 - Barnegat, NJ @ Barnegat County Library - 1PM
11.03 - Toms River, NJ @ OC Library Toms River Branch - 6PM
11.04 - Pen Argyl, Pa @ Sweet Temptations -1PM
11.08 - New Britain, CT @ Another Bookstore - 6PM
11.15 - Metuchen, NJ @ The Raconteur (Bookstore) - 6:30PM Bring your kids, If you dont have one bring a nephew or a cousin. Or just bring yourself and say hello!
Much Love,
Greg & Shanti
08.27.07
Hello Everyone,
We had a great time hanging out with our New Brunswick crew last week. The show with Lifetime and The Ergs and Static Radio NJ were so much fun. We're off to seattle this weekend for the Bumbershoot festival so if you're in the beautiful pacific northwest you should come make the scene. Also, we've got some more good fun coming up...presales start today!!!!!!!!!
Oct 16: New York, NY @ Webster Hall w/ Lifetime, Modern Life Is War, & The Low Budgets
Oct 17: Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Theater w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
Oct 18: Northampton, MA @ Pearl Street Night Club w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
Oct 19: Providence, RI @ The Living Room w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
Oct 20: New Haven, CT @ Toads Place w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
Oct 21: State College, PA @ The Cellblock w/ World/Inferno F.S., Modern Life Is War, The Low Budgets
08.11.07
Last month the New Jersey Punk Community lost a dear friend, Zack Finch. So many people cared about him and are trying to help his family in their time of need. They asked us to help. It's not a situation where you feel like there's anything you can do besides let them all know that you care and raise some money so they at least don't have to think about that.
We're going to auction off two pairs of tickets to the August 18th Court Tavern show with The Bouncing Souls/Lifetime/The Ergs/Static
Radio NJ to the highest bidder. This is the hottest ticket in town (and probably the hottest, sweatiest show ever...) and for a good cause...so dig deep and show your Jersey pride.
Here are the links to the auctions: AUCTION 1 | AUCTION 2
Auctions end Saturday August 18th.
Hello everyone!!
How we are spending our summer vacation:
Bryan and Pete are currently in Sturgis, South Dakota reporting on the biker rally for Harley Davidson!! You can click on the weird google gadget thing below or visit harleydavidson.com to read their blogs and watch their silly videos! Next week we are getting together with our bros in Lifetime, The Ergs, and Static Radio NJ for a couple of shows!!! It's like a little celebration of the New Brunswick scene... check out the tourdates section and come hang out and see a great show. We're also headed to Seattle for Labor Day weekend to play at the legendary Bumbershoot festival...so that should be cool
06.25.07
Hello everyone!
We had a great time this weekend. If you missed it, you lose...but you will have another chance really soon! The Souls are happy to announce a weekend of NEW BRUNSWICK PRIDE!!! 2 of your favorite NBNJ bands of the 90's (the Bouncing Souls and lifetime) and 2 of your
favorite NBNJ bands of today (The Ergs and Static Radio NJ) are getting together for a crucial hang in August. Here are the dates!!!
August 16: The Roxy - Boston, MA
August 17: The Electric Factory - Phildelphia, PA
August 18: Sonar in Baltimore
August 19: Court Tavern - New Brunswick, NJ
And these 2 shows are NOT with Lifetime:
August 20: Cha Cha's - Coney Island, NY
August 22: Asbury Lanes - Asbury Park, NJ
Hello! More exciting news and updates from BSHQ! First of all, we will be heading to JAPAN at the end of the month to play some awesome shows. We will probably add some club shows in
Osaka or Nagoya so please check back for information about those.
Here are the main events:
Sat May 26 MAGMA festival in Okinawa
Sat June 2 MAGMA festival in Yokohma
please visit this website for line-ups and information:
Tue May 29 at Budokan with My Chemical Romance
Also, we have added a couple more shows to the big weekend celebrating the School of Rock Festival here in our current hometown of Asbury Park. A limited number of tickets have been held for Bouncing Souls fans and will be available through a special presale that begins this
Tuesday, May 1st at 1 PM Eastern Time.
June 21: Lancaster, PA @ The Chameleon
June 22: Troy, NY @ Revolution Hall
June 23: Farmingdale, NY @ Crazy Donkey
June 24: Asbury Park, NJ @ School of Rock Festival (On sale now!)
And also, our good friend jackal is hosting an auction to benefit juvenile diabetes...a guitar signed by the souls...so bid big: LINK!
Rock on fine people.
04.26.07
Greetings from The Canadian Gold tour. The weather and the people here are beautiful, and
what could be better than hanging out with all our best friends every day! This line-up is so special that a lot of people have been coming up from the states to bear witness to all the glory, so thanks to everyone for helping to make it one of the most memorable tours ever.
Also, we are proud to announce that we are playing the Paul Green School Of Rock Festival in our own Asbury Park NJ on June 24th with
the Bad Brains and lots of other fine acts. Just for our friends we have a couple hundred tickets available at a reduced price, but only for the next week so don't delay: The presale is scheduled to begin this Friday, April 27 at 1PM local time through Ducat King.
Link: bouncingsouls.ducatking.com
And one more thing...Rockworld TV
is gonna air the Bouncing Souls show/interview they filmed at Mean Fiddler (London):
Part 1 - Saturday 28th April 8:30pm
repeated Sunday 29th 2:30pm
Part 2 - Sunday 29th 8:30pm
repeated Monday 30th 2:30pm
03.26.07
Happy spring!!!!!! We are excited about out upcoming trip to the great lands of Canada! We also added 2 dates in the states afterwards...we will be playing in Bellingham, WA on May 9 and in the sunshine state, Denver, CO's Fillmore Auditorium on May 11. Check here for tickets. Come out and hang!
03.03.07
Hi! Even though the Souls are "off" right now, there sure is a lot going on!! Bryan and Pete are still in Florida at Bike Week and you can watch their hi-jinks here: www.harley-davidson.com/daytona. Greg is on Interpunk's Punkradiocast Top Ten voting this week, so go vote for his song: www.PunkRadioCast.com/top10. Also, our friends from SOIA are releasing a 20-year anniversary tribute record next month and you can check out the Souls' contribution at: www.myspace.com/soiatribute. Also, our old friend Toby has a new online community
thingee and he made a page for us for you fine people to check out: www.trig.com/bouncingsouls. So if you are missing us like we are missing you....come visit online! And if you are in Canada...look out...we are coming to get you really soon!
02.26.07
Hi everyone, we're home from yet another trip abroad!
The UK/Scotland/Ireland leg of the Gold Tour is behind us, leaving nothing
but great memories.
As we Bouncing Souls settle into home life, my thoughts
might naturally be turning to my next big bike run, and by some incredible
stroke of luck (or genius) I will be joined by my best friend The Pete,
and the whole thing will be sponsored by none other the Harley Davidson!
March 1st- crack of dawn, I will set out on the old shovel, riding a chilly
1,000+ miles straight down from my New York City home to Daytona Florida.
There Pete will meet me (riding whatever bike the HD folks have around for
him) and from March 3rd through March 9th, Pete and I will run amuck in
search of good times (basically do what we do whenever we're together) at
the annual motorcycle rally known as Bike Week. Each night we will do our
best to record our experiences (mishaps) in words and pictures for their
website.
There should be
a new post every night for the duration of the rally. First of course my
old bike and I have to make it down in one piece! Haha. ~Bryan
P.S. Bouncing Souls will be on Fearless Music TV in NYC this Saturday night, March 3rd, performing "Gone". Fearless Music TV is on Saturday nights at 1am on Fox 5 in NYC, and if you are not in NYC, check out the time and channel listing on our website at www.fearlessmusic.tv/channels.html to find out when and where else it airs.
02.16.07
We have been hearing a lot of rumors and headlines about our recent UK tour and the situation with local bands and we wanted to clear up things from our end. Back in november we decided to come to the UK and Ireland for a 2-week tour and we invited our old friends from THE DRAFT to join us. In addition, we thought it would be cool to have a package tour and had met TAT on Warped Tour in the US last summer and asked them if they wanted to rock with us. We understand that in a lot of places there might be cool local bands to play with (and this is what we have done the last 10 years....) but we just wanted to try something new. The tour was booked this way with every promoter, but in some places the promoters did not read the tour agreements and asked local bands to play...only to cancel them later. We agree, this sucks...but we would never have asked for a local band to be dropped from a show once they were asked. this was all done without our knowledge. The only place that we became aware of the situation was in Liverpool (and extra apologies go out to the DOWN AND OUTS, who we hear are totally great) but there have been some suggestions that it might have happenned elsewhere. The only stop we were aware of this happening was in Brighton, where the promoter told us ahead of time that he had asked a local band to play before he read the agreement and we let them play.
We have been misrepresented and for any resulting disappointments, we apologize.
1.31.07
Winter has finally arrived, for a minute there it looked like NY/NJ would stay in the 60's and 70's right through to Spring thanks to global- warming's unpredictable weather changes. January was the month of weird weather and weird one-off's. Sundance Film Festival, the Punk Rock Bowling Tournament, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame were all unique gig experiences.
The Warped tour exhibit and show at the Rock Hall of fame was an amazing experience in so many ways. There we all were in glass cases next to Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, The Clash, Elvis, James Brown, The Ramones and all the rest of the Rock 'N' Roll originals. Wow! The acknowledgement of the Warped Tour at the Rock Hall is so great because the tour itself is a true original. It is not something of the past but something that is alive and rocking today. Music isn't meant to be locked up in a museum because its living in us all right now! Thanks to everyone at the Rock Hall for supporting the music of today by supporting a great music festival of yesterday, today and tomorrow. The only thing we would have added to the exhibit would be a tribute to Fran, Kevin Lymans wife, and the unsung ladies that made shit happen. To everybody who has made the Warped Tour possible: We thank you from the bottom of our hearts and we're glad to have been along for the ride! Also, we did an episode with Pennywise for Steven's Untitled Rock Show which will air on Fuse on February 14th at 7pm so you can see for yourselves!!
Now it's time to pack again for another tour already. People of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, get ready to come out and singaway those winter blues, cuz we're on our way! Looking forward to having a blast "across the pond" with our friends The Draft and England's Tat. Seeyou out there! Also, check out this link for our contest with Radio 1!
12.16.06
We've added two shows before we leave for the UK. We'll be playing Suede on January 18th in Park City, UT during Sundance and January 19th at the Empire Ballroom in Las Vegas, NV with Dillenger Four, Strike Anywhere, and Nothington. Tickets for the Vegas show can be ordered here! And don't forget about the NYC and Atlantic City shows on the 28th and 29!
11.15.06
We're doing a UK tour with our THE DRAFT and TAT. Here
are the dates & venues...
2/06/07 Exeter, UK - Cavern
2/07/07 Brighton, UK - Concorde
2/08/07 Portsmouth, UK - Wedgewoods Rooms
2/09/07 Birmingham, UK - Barfly
2/10/07 London, UK - Mean Fiddler
2/11/07 Bristol, UK - Fleeche
2/12/07 Manchester, UK - Academy
2/13/07 Leeds, UK - Cockpit
2/14/07 Liverpool, UK - Barfly
2/15/07 Glasgow, UK - Cathouse
2/16/07 Belfast, N. Ireland - Spring and Airbrake
2/17/07 Dublin, IE - Temple Bar Music Centre
2/18/07 Newcastle, UK - Academy
11.07.06
Hi everybody and greetings from the road. We're making history
every night out here and having a blast. Here's one account
by our friend Barspinner who came out to Anaheim House of
Blues the other night:
"Man, have I got a crazy story about
your show. So here is how it starts, I am on the 2nd floor
watching the band before you and I sneak into upstairs V.I.P.
Ok, no biggie. Then I sneak into a sound room, starting
to get scketchy, I am detremined to get on stage and do
a stage dive. Side note, I got on the Glasshouse DVD doing
a dive. Relive the glory years, ya know. So I drop a metal
rope style ladder, scale down when the band before you goes
to black, I hide behind the curtain behind the drums. The
drum tech even grabbed the curtain like what the fuck is
behind this. I send some text messages saying watch for
me during the first song. Bam, 20 seconds into it I pull
up the curtain behind McDermott and fly into the crowd.
I am a six six ninja. Later Greg rocked my dvs hat for a
few songs. Then I tried to get on stage, got shit slammed
hard by the bouncers all the way out the back door. One
of them was pushng me backwards then ran backwards holding
onto him, did a 180 and smashed him. They went for the beat
down after that. I some how managed to squirm away. I went
to a bar in downtown Disney for a shot of Jager and a Budweiser
to cool off then went and walked in the front and watched
the rest of the show low key. I think it was a full moon"
-Spinner
10.31.06
Happy Halloween!
We added one more show in Pensacola, FL on December 5th.
We also combined packages with Circle Jerks in Atlanta,
GA on December 12th - both rooms will be used at Masquerade
with staggered set times to be finalized. All tickets purchased
previous to combination will be honored.
10.21.06
GREETINGS FROM THE GOLD TOUR!
We're a week in and the tour has taken on a life of it's
own. All the bands have really bonded, and in a way merged
into one gang, the jokes are flyin' and great new friendships
have been made. Check it out- we've been playing THE PIZZA
SONG most nights so far but are really missing that little
trumpet part, as we have no trumpet player on the road with
us. SO... If any of you kids out there know and can play
this part on a trumpet, just show up a couple hours before
doors open and we'll try you out in sound check. (We'll
even provide a trumpet if you don't have one.) If it goes
well, we'd love to bring you on stage to play it with us.
Sure the gig doesn't pay much, free admission for you and
a friend, maybe a couple beers or whatever. Hey while we're
at it, any accordion players out there?
MANIACAL LAUGHTER!
Yo, we're also celebrating the ten-year anniversary of the
release of Maniacal Laughter, our second CD (released in
1996). So dig this we're gonna play the record from end
to end on certain nights. WE'll do it on the SECOND NIGHT
in SEATTLE (10/29). Chances are we'll be doing this on the
second night of any city we're playing twice in a row; like
SF, Orlando, Denver.
Aaw yeah!
10.17.06
THE GOLD TOUR is in full swing!! The Souls and their friends
and comrades are currently rolling west laying a golden
trail behind them!! Don't miss out...people are talking
about how great all of the bands are and how special the
Souls' set is!! Also, we have added the final date of the
tour: Dec 16 at the Ottobar in Baltimore.
The Bouncing Souls will also be playing a couple of HOLIDAY
shows!! December 28th at Webster Hall in New York City with
WORLD/INFERNO FRIENDSHIP SOCIETY and THE PAUL GREEN SCHOOL
OF ROCK ALL-STARS!!! and December 29th at the House Of Blues
in Atlantic City, NJ with WESTON (reunion show!!!), STICKS
AND STONES (!!) and THE PAUL GREEN SCHOOL OF ROCK ALL-STARS!!
ALTERNATIVE PRESS magazine is one of the proud sponsors
of THE GOLD TOUR. Now through NOV 1 (or while supplies last)
you can get a FREE 'The Gold Record' PICTURE DISC when you
sign up for a year subscription. REALLY!! check it out:
http://altpress.com/subscribe.
You can also WIN a subscription as part of our GOLD TOUR
CONTEST. Sign up at your local participating store for this
and other prizes!! (www.thegoldtour.com/contest.html)
That's it for now...see you out there!!!!!!!
10.05.06
Hello!! We are gearing up for THE GOLD TOUR which starts
next week! We have some amazing parties lined up to celebrate
Papillon's birthday and to get our act together! On Tuesday
the 10th we are playing at the legendary CBGBs with the
equally legendary BAD BRAINS (we can't believe it ourselves!).
On Wednesday the 11th we are going to hang out and give
away contest prizes at VINTAGE VINYL in Fords, NJ (7pm)
so come by!! And then...let the good times roll. Get your
tickets! Enter to win! Stay gold!
9.21.06
Bust out your leathers everyone, fall is here! And as the
Bouncing Souls never-ending road circus has briefly pulled
over to buy snacks and take a piss, it's time for a NEWS
UPDATE! ... Our rock and roll mission of spreading the "gold"
news across the world is far from accomplished yet. Check
TOURDATES
to find out when we're coming to your town on the GOLD
TOUR this fall.. And, the Gold Tour contest starts next
week!! In each tour city a local record store will be hosting
our contest where you can win tickets to the show as well
as great stuff from all of our sponsors... for details and
locations, check out: www.thegoldtour.com/contest.html
Also, we have invited our good friends Iraq Veterans Against
the War to come along on the gold tour and educate us all
a little more on this important subject. They will have
literature and volunteers at each show. learn more at the
show or visit: www.ivaw.org
Okay, I guess that's it for now brothers and sisters. Enjoy
the cooler weather, and we look forward to seeing you out
there somewhere.
8.8.06
Hey everyone. We're rollin' along on the last few dates
of Warped Tour, then heading over to Europe, and then we're
doing the whole U.S. again on THE
GOLD TOUR! We'll be bringing Street Dogs, Whole
Wheat Bread and on select dates Left Alone and World/ Inferno
Friendship Society.
A limited
number of tickets have been held for Bouncing Souls fans
and will be available through a special presale that Wednesday,
August 9th at 1 PM (local time). By buying tickets through
our presale, you'll be able to get your tickets before anyone
else and save some money on service charges.
The 12" Picture Disc LP version of "The Gold
Record" is now available for preorder via Chunksaah
Records. Preorders ship August 1st and the street date
for the release is August 8th.
A couple weeks ago we stopped by the Blender offices for
an acoustic set, with Vic Ruggiero from the legendary ska
band the Slackers sitting in on accordion. Check out these
links: "The
Pizza Song" "Gone"
6.9.06
This is why we love Johnny X. Just got this letter today
from him, after a great record release party:
Hey guys,
Just wanted to say thanks again for a great week of memorable
moments. I'd like to be able to write something to describe
how great the show last night was, but words fail me. Really.
I suppose that's why we have music, and there's no use in
verbalizing some things.
I've been following the reaction to your new record since
it was leaked. It's been interesting to read peoples' comments.
The majority of course seem to love it straight away. Other
people have started out saying they hate it, and have slowly
changed their tunes. The general reaction from that crowd
seems to be "this isn't what I expected". I can't
understand how something being what you'd expect could be
a good thing. Seems boring and predictable to me. To me
it sounds like a Souls record. It ain't ELO for chrissakes.
I think last night made classics of every song on it, at
least for the people who were there.
Anyway, I know it gets sticky for a band, but I've never
believed that it's an artist's job to give the people what
they want. It's not our job to maintain things as they are.
It's our job to be on the frontier and push and to send
back reports of what we find there, whether the folks back
home want to hear the news or not. There's no going back
to your first record or second record anymore than you can
go back to 15. There's as little point in making that record
again as there'd be in going back to high school. There's
nothing to learn about life there anymore. Life is in front
of us. An artist isn't someone who drags a brush across
a canvas, or writes a song or dance or whatever. An artist
is someone who comes back from a dream or a nightmare and
tells us what they saw.
There's no greater message to send back to anyone than to
say Do What You Love. It negates violence, dissolves corporations,
dispels doubt, breaks chains, renders hate irrelevant.
Good luck out there this summer.
See you soon,
X
6-6-06
Today is the big day! Brand new record and a brand new
website. So, after you get done checking out the new site,
head down to the store and pick up a copy of "The Gold
Record".
Tonight is our last night of our six day stint at NYC's
Knitting Factory. We'd like to thank all the kids and all
the opening bands for being a part of our week long record
release party. We have two Philly shows coming and then
we hit the road with the 2006 Warped Tour all summer long.
Enjoy the new site, check out the new tunes, drop us a
line on the guestboard, sign our mailing list, look at pictures,
talk shit on the message board, find out when we're coming
to your town, and be sure to stay tuned for more as things
begin to heat up this summer!
