Duane's Pit Stop
Welcome back to another edition of the old Pit Stop. This week we have tons of US punk news and information on new releases as well as tour dates and the latest gossip in punk. Also, in this week's Pit Stop, a old friend of mine, Johnny “Boots” Rodriguez caught up with me at a gig that I was performing at and passed along a great story that was written by Jimmy Alvarado. The piece is about the punk bands that had formed in the East Los Angeles area of California USA around the 80’s and 90’s. You will be amazed at what you learn of the bands. Some of the people who are huge now in the music industry had come out of there as well as yours truly. Click here to read it in it's entirety. With that in tow, lets slam.
Meat Puppets News – SST Records has just re-released The Meat Puppets II, one of the Meat Puppets many masterpieces and that’s great to hear that SST Records is back in the spot light again.
New The Juliana Theory Track Available - A New track is available from the upcoming live album, due out August 5th. Go to http://www.thejulianatheory.com to hear "Duane Joseph" live.
Planes Mistaken For Stars Update - As reported last week on the official Planes Mistaken For StarsWebsite www.pmfs.net, their bassist Jamie Drier has decided to leave the band after their upcoming tour for undisclosed reasons. The band was currently in the middle of writing their next record. The following tour dates will be the last chance to see Planes Mistaken For Stars with the line up of Gared, Mikey, Matt, & Jamie. Whether or not the band will continue with a new bass player remains to be seen.
Denver band End Game is supporting all dates. All dates are "all ages" except for Lawrence. You can also win tickets at http://www.pmfs.net to these shows.
7/31/03 Lawrence, KS @ The Replay (21 + - sorry)
8/01/03 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
8/02/03 Louisville, KY @ Krazyfest
8/03/03 Toledo, OH @ Frankies
8/04/03 Detroit, MI @ Alvins (5756 Cass Ave.)
8/05/03 Indianapolis, IN @ Rehearsal Studios
8/06/03 East Peoria, IL @ E. Peoria Legion Hall
8/07/03 off
8/08/03 Chicago, IL @ Fireside Bowl
8/09/03 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
8/10/03 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
Green Day Give Away A Piece Of Their Drummer - Despite not releasing an album in about three years, an seemingly with no new material on the way, Green Day always seem to nudge their way into our music news. A couple weeks ago we let you in on the status of drummer Tre Cool and the details surrounding the surgery on his leg, which led to the postponement of the band’s upcoming album.
The latest reports from greenday.net find the drummer giving away the bone chip that was removed from his leg to the person who can write the best Haiku poem. At first, Cool joked about bidding good riddance to the chip, but fans held him to his word and now if you can put your poetic skills to work, you might be in luck. Forget about the days of old when musicians gave away their guitar picks or drumsticks, this is your chance to literally get a piece of a musician.
Rancid New LP - 8/26 - RANCID new album will be called INDESTRUCTIBLE and should be out on August 26th see http://www.rancid.com for more information.
Unbiased Records To Release Salem EP - Unbiased Records will be releasing the new EP from Gainesville, Floridas very own Salem. The EP will include 4 songs and a video for the song Smoke and Mirrors. It will be Limited to 1000 Pressing. No Release Date or Title have been set but check the Unbiased Records site often for updates. More info at: www.unbiasedrecords.com and www.salemgvl.com
Boy Sets Fire Loses Bassist - Boy Sets Fire's bassist of the past 3 and half years, Rob Avery, has departed and bassist [and BSF guitar tech] Robert Ehrenbrand has been pressed into service. This will be the band's third bassist in their existence
River City Rebels Tour -The River City Rebels will be on the road this summer with tours all across the United States and Canada. They're playing a few shows with Mustard Plug before hooking up with Good Riddance and None More Black.
SONIC IN FINLAND, SERBIA, AND CHICAGO - Shortly after finishing the US portion of this summer's tour, Sonic Youth will head to Europe for two festivals. On July 12th they will play the Ilosaarirock festival in Joensuu Finland. And on the 13th, the Serbia Echo Festival in Belgrade.
Then, on the 15th of August, Sonic will perform at Goosefest in Chicago, which will take place at the intersection of Southport and Armitage.
The Ends West Coast Tour & More - Pelado Records band The Ends has annouced their West Coast Tour dates. The Texas band will hit the road the first of July. Check out tour dates and mp3's at http://www.peladorecords.com
Pelado Records band The Ends - has annouced their West Coast Tour dates. The Texas band will hit the road the first of July. Check out tour dates and mp3's at http://www.peladorecords.com
The Made Tour is coming. - The tour kicks off on June 25th and features Further Seems Forever The Movielife Autopilot Off and Anberlin. Check out the official tour website for more information on the tour, the bands, the music and for your chance to win a guitar signed by all the bands and more at http://www.madetour.com
Bedouin Soundclash - Have finished recording their 2nd release on STOMP Records. "Sounding A Mosaic" was recorded in Montreal with Darryl Jennifer of the legendary Bad Brains. If that wasn't enough, the band also recorded their song "Money Worries" with Vernon Buckley of The Maytals. The band will be doing dates throughout the summer and fall. Check'm out at http://www.bedouinsoundclash.com
The Ripcordz - Have finished recording their new CD and are gearing up for their Canadian tour in August. Check out the tour section or visit http://www.theripcordz.com for date and venue information.
The Union Label Group - Has just announced that they have signed NYC's The Toasters to their growing roster. They will be releasing a "Best Of" compilation September 2nd on STOMP Records. They will follow it up with a tour of the East Coast. You can visit the band at http://www.toasters.org
If that isn't enough they also signed Ann Beretta , who left Lookout over a year ago, to the label's "Union 2112 Records" for North America. They're currently doing some demo tracks for the upcoming release, which is expected on October 7th. The band will be doing select dates all Summer long with a full North American tour in the fall. Have a look at what they're up to at http://www.annberetta.com more info at www.unionlabelgroup.com
The Planet Smashers new release "Mighty" was finally released - In stores on June 3rd and the reaction has been incredible so far. The video for the first single "Explosive" featuring Neville Staples from the Specials, is in the can and will be submitted to Muchmusic and Musiqueplus within a couple of weeks. Make sure you request the hell out of it. ondemand@muchmusic.com and http://top5.musiqueplus.com
There will be a few listening parties for the release through out the next couple of months.
July 3rd - Toronto, ON @ K-OS (434 College St.)
July 6th- Whistler, BC @ The Boot Pub (7124 Nancy Green Dr.)
Level 27 Clothing and DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show -Has teamed up to bring you an amazing show. On Monday June 23rd 2003 come down to The Village Pub South in Amityville NY Long Island to see The Goodwill Last Week, Throne and Brookside. Level 27 and DJ Rossstar merchandise will be on sale all night. The doors open at 7pm and tickets are only 10$. For more information check out www.djrossstar.com and www.level27online.com
Hot Water Music - The band has been out on the road for some time now...and will stay there until further notice. This should come as no surprise as this is how these guys made a name for them selves. Anyhow, Jason Black has been checking in on the band's official web site, so hit the link below to read all of the latest news on Hot water Music: http://hwmrock.com/news/
Hellfest 2003 - Is just two and half weeks away, and you're lucky bastards if you're going! This is a damn good show, and it’s a three-day festival damn this dude just may pack up the truck and call in sick and head up there from the west coast. And partake on all of the festivities.
That’s going to do it for this week in Punk. Sure hope every one has a great week end and remember if you want to talk crap or even talk about punk news you could always reach me at dkleyva@musictap.net. Be good...and I will talk to you next week.
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