These boys are hot right now, and we have a company policy about bands that are hot: work 'em like rented mules. Strung Out will be touring their scrawny So-Cal asses off in support of Exile In Oblivion, and it all starts with a tour of Australia in April, then they're off to Europe for the Deconstruction Tour, then they come home to play the Warped Tour's mainstage for the entire Summer. Boy, are their girlfriends gonna be pissed...wait, these puds don't have girlfirends! Hardy har, kidding, kidding...
Now for the real payoff, Strung Out has just finished their video for "Analog" and we have it available for your chewing satisfaction
Lagwagon's Live In A Dive album is almost upon us and we feel it's our duty, our obligation, to steer you towards a thoughtful Valentine's gift. Now we make no gaurauntees, but the 'Wagon has been droppin' panties/boxers for 15 years steady, so your chances are pretty good with this CD. It comes out February 8th, JUST IN FUCKING TIME for your loved one! Or loved self. That said, see their e-card for additional relationship advice
'The Greatest Songs Ever Written (by us)' is a chunk of NOFX's impressive career, lopped off into one disc, including a brand-new song specifically written and recorded for this release. NOFX is one of the best loved punk rock bands of all time because they never soul doubt...continually making their legions of fans laugh and think.
Check out the brand new Epitaph Tour 2005 micro-site. Find out everything you ever wanted to know about the first ever Epitaph tour featuring Matchbook Romance, Motion City Soundtrack, From First To Last, The MAtches and Scatter The Ashes! Check dates, order tickets, watch videos of the bands, download some goodies, check out sponsors and more!
While you are there don't forget to sign up for the contest where the grand prize winner will recieve a Pork Pie drum kit signed by the bands and played by all the drummers on the tour! You could also pick up and Apple iPod and tons of band merch!
The first ever Epitaph Tour is hitting ever major US city from February to March 2005! Head HERE to view the micro-site!
Featuring 26 songs from some of the best bands in Punk, Ska and Psychobilly. Includes songs from Roger Miret And The Disasters and Tiger Army plus 17 unreleased tracks from Rancid , Dropkick Murphys , Nekromantix (Rancid cover), The Slackers , F-Minus , The Unseen , Joe Strummer And The Mescaleros (live at the Brixton Academy), The Aggrolites , Die Hunns (Duane Peters band)... & more!
New Fat releases on the way
Our first release in the New Year will be Lagwagon's Live In A Dive out on February 8th; then comes Smoke or Fires debut full length in March along with a Snuff B-side collection. On top of all that greatness, we'll have Epoxies, No UseFor A Name, Soviettes, Chixdiggit!, and Propagandhi releases earlynext year. We hope. Check here for info on our upcoming releases:
These youngsters are the latest in a long line of great punk bands to come outta Richmond, Virginia, and judging by how much they can drink, we think they have a lot of potential. That is how labels choose bands, right? Until recently, they were known as Jericho RVA, but they were getting sued a bunch by some loons, ANYHOW, we'll have their debut album out by next March and you can learn all about Smoke Or Fire here:
Nofx 7" Club!
The club starts February '05 and all members will a receive a new NOFX 7" each month as they crank out the hits. We still have over 1,000 colored vinyl subscriptions available, so now's the time to hit up your granny. Look, that old crone is about to kick off and she's not gonna need that money as much as you're gonna need a bunch of new tunes from NOFX. For more info on how to sign up (and even hear a sample from one of the songs you'll be getting!) go here:
Fat Bands Tour the world
Fat Tour Japan: Lagwagon, Mad Caddies, and Only Crime!
It's our first official Fat Tour of 2005 and it's seven shows in the Land Of The Rising Sun! The lineup is gonna be Lagwagon, Mad Caddies, and Only Crime; with Hi Standard's Ken Yokoyama joining the tour for a couple shows too. First they get all those really good video games with full nudity, now Japan is getting the best Fat Tours! I bet you can buy psychedelic drugs in vending machines over there too...MORE Battle Royale, LESS Lost In Translation.
Strung Out is on a roll!
The guys are wrapping up their first bit of touring in support of their latest album, Exile In Oblivion, and are about to take a little holiday break. They are gonna be sooo stoked when they see all the coal we got for them! Actually, they dudes will probably devise some sort of coal-powered super pipe for who knows what...point is, people are loving their new record and they will be touring some more in the New Year. Check out their e-card
Rise Against and Volcom
The goods from your friends in Rise Against keep on coming! No more than an hour before the prior RA contest wraps up we hit you with another. Now you can enter an autographed copy of the new Rise Against album Siren Song Of The Counter Culture plus a Volcom Clothing / Volcom Entertainment CD catalog! Thats over 400 dollars worth of Volcom swag in one shot. Click below for all the details on how to enter.
Rancid, Tiger Army, Nekromantix, Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros, The Slackers, U.S. Bombs, HorrorPops, Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards, Roger Miret and The Disaters, Transplants, Dropkick Murphys, and F-Minus.
DownloadPunk is adding a brand new feature where you can search the site by classic punk, and here's the important part... We want to know which DownloadPunk.com albums you think are punk rock classics. You can win a bunch of free stuff from true veterans of punk rock like Operation Ivy LPs autographed by Jesse Michaels, as well as autographed Circle Jerks posters and an MP3 player.
