Hey, welcome back to another Pit Stop for this week. I have posted some funny pictures of the Red Bull Flugtag here in Santa Monica, CA. And I’m sure that you will be amused with the funny pics of the agony of defeat. This past week, I missed a golden opportunity to see The Exploited due to reasons out of my control and I couldn’t be more peeved. So to piss off my peers at work, I’m playing Punk all day at work. Those goofy inbred Bastards! With that in tow, let's do what we do best and Flugtag!

Good Charlotte, Green Day Get Ready - Good Charlotte Green Day, Sum 41, and several other punk rock bands will contribute songs to an album titled Rock Against Bush, which will be released through indie label Fat Wreck Chords next April or May. Green Day will donate a new song, but the other bands have not announced yet whether they'll submit new or previously released material.

Fat Wreck Chords president Fat Mike--who also sings for the punk band NOFX--says he wanted to use his influence in the punk rock world to campaign directly against George Bush, telling MTV.com, "I think it's our responsibility as citizens and musicians to do so. He's wrecking the country and the world...I'm planning on losing a lot of money, but I don't care. This is something I really believe in."

Two tours--one around the release of the album and the other closer to next year's presidential election--are also in the planning stages, most likely to consist of free concerts on college campuses. The tour will probably be named Punkvoter, after Fat Mike's political awareness organization.

Money from sales of the album will go into print and television ads encouraging young people to vote Bush out of the White House. Fat Mike told MTV.com he hopes to have "one or two famous punk rockers" appear in the ads.

Turbo A.C.'S to Tour Midwest Supporting Unsane - Gearhead Record's beloved Turbo A.C.'s have announced a Fall tour supporting NYC noise rock legends Unsane - surely one for the history books, don't miss out if you're in the area.

Thu 10/9/03 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
Fri 10/10/03 Chicago, IL @ Bottom lounge
Sat 10/11/03 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Bar
Sun 10/12/03 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club
Mon 10/13/03 Des Moines, IA @ Hairy Mary's
Tue 10/14/03 Omaha, NE @ Sokol Underground
Wed 10/15/03 Lawrence, KS @ Replay Lounge
Thu 10/16/03 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
Fri 10/17/03 Kansas City, MO @The Brick
Sat 10/18/03 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
Sun 10/19/03 Newport, KY @ Southgate House

Discharge Tour Dates

23/09/2003: Theatre of Living, Philadelphia, USA
25/09/2003: Lupo's, Providence, RI, USA
25/09/2003: Axis, Boston, Ma, USA
27/09/2003: Oasis One Sixty, Chicago Heights, IL, USA (The Exploited, The Addicts)
28/09/2003: Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN, USA (Toxic Narcotic)
30/09/2003: Laga, Pittsbugh, PA , USA (Toxic Narcotic)

Gearhead Bands to Play the Las Vegas Rockaround - It's true; two of our best bands will be rockin' the Rockaround in Las Vegas the weekend of September 26th through the 28th. First The Riverboat Gamblers will hit the mainstage with all the subtlety of an atomic bomb on Friday the 26th at 11PM. Then the other greatest live band in the world The Dragons will bring down the roof (again) on Saturday the 27th at 11:15 PM, also on the mainstage. This is an awesome event featuring lots of our favorite bands like The Cynics, The Paladins and Untamed Youth.

http://www.gearheadmagazine.com/gearheadrecords/

More Gearhead Radio Redux - Yes. Do yourself a favor and tune into what is surely the best streaming audio on the Internet - Gearhead Radio. As promised, we recently overhauled with over 1,000 new tracks, it features the greatest tunes of all time, streaming 24 hours a dayŠ because we love you almost as much as we love rock 'n' roll. The Stooges, MC5, and The Sonics meet 70's punk classics from the likes of The Ramones, Dictators, Radio Birdman, The Vibrators, The Damned, The Boys, The Saints, The Pagans and so many more. Plus there's all the best 90's bands like The Devil Dogs, The Dwarves, Gas Huffer and the Supersuckers rocking right along side hot new stuff from The Briefs, Epoxies, Marked Men, Chop-Sakis, The Network, Randy, Sweatmaster, etc. Of course you also get all the long time Gearhead faves like Rocket From The Crypt, The Donnas, The Nomads, The Flaming Sideburns, Untamed YouthŠ just to name a few. All the stars of the Gearhead galaxy are here too: The Hives, The Hellacopters, New Bomb Turks, Riverboat Gamblers, "Demons", The Dragons, Mensen, The Turbo A.C.'s - and the healthiest dose of The Wildhearts, Silver Ginger 5, solo Ginger stuff and The Yo-Yo's you'll ever hear anywhere. http://www.gearheadmagazine.com/gearheadrecords/

New Bomb Turks Lp/cd Streets Tuesday October 7th - It's here, and it's almost too good to be true. "Switchblade Tongues, Butterknife Brains" is the latest masterpiece from punk 'n' roll legends the New Bomb Turks, and it's shipping to better stores everywhere as we speak. The first copies of the LP are on limited edition colored wax, which will also be available from us on the 7th if your local record store of choice is sold out. The CD is enhanced with a 5-minute trailer for the upcoming Turks DVD, to be released next year, also on Gearhead. 16 stellar tracks, amazing cover art by Joe Newton, this baby truly has it all.

Hot Water Music - They are still out there and show no signs of coming home. These guys play until they are damn near dead...and that's no joke. One of them collapsed last year out on the road from exhaustion; that's enough to get my attention. See all of their latest tour dates at the link below.

Active tour dates on website:http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=37

Death by Stereo - We have a lot of amended tour dates for these guys, so please make sure that you didn't plan on seeing them on a date that has been cancelled or changed. We'll try to reach these guys out on the road to see how things are going, and as soon as we do...you'll know about it.

Active tour dates on website: http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=21

The Weakerthans - These guys passed through L.A. last week and we all got together to hangout with them at Brett's house. They are totally great people that are humble and very happy to be doing what they are doing. It was a pleasure to meet them and their live show was better than anyone expected. You can still stream their new record, "Reconstruction Site" or download three MP3s or watch a new music video a the link below.

http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=321

Active tour dates on website: http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=137

Bouncing Souls - The Bouncing Souls have also taken to the road to support the release of their latest album, "Anchors Aweigh." If you haven't heard this album yet, stream it or download MP3s at the link below; then check out their latest tour dates below that.

http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=319

Active tour dates on website:http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=15

The Disasters - All year long the Disasters have been relentlessly crisscrossing the U.S.A. in support of their Self-Titled debut release playing with The Transplants, The Bouncing Souls, Voodoo Glow Skulls; even playing a national tour opening for Good Charlotte. Now they are hitting the road again, this time with The Dropkick Murphys. This is going to be a straight-up killer punk rock tour, so hit the link below to see all of the dates we have thus far.

Active tour dates on website: http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=104

The Slackers - Their new album, "Close My Eyes" is out and about and now this band will do what they always do...hit the road. We have three full MP3s up on their album page along with all of their latest tour dates, so use the links below to find out when/where you can catch-up with these guys; they put on one amazing live show. http://www.epitaph.com/bands/index.php?id=325

Active tour dates on website:http://www.epitaph.com/toursevents/index.php?bid=66

The Vans Off the Wall Club Tour - is coming your way this fall, hitting 50 North American cities. The tour, sponsored by Vans and Alternative Press magazine features three legs with a rotating cast of bands. The first leg, which starts October 8 at the Glasshouse in Pomona, CA, features New York hardcore legends Sick of it All as the headliner with Boston street punks The Unseen and hardcore's newest rising star, Avenged Sevenfold in the support role.

Vans Records band Western Waste (discovered by Pennywise singer Jim Lindberg) will fill the #2 slot the entire tour, with several bands serving as openers, most notably Victory Records band Glasseater for the first 11 dates.

The second leg, which starts in Cleveland, OH on November 6, features ska-punk veterans The Suicide Machines, who have resurrected their career with their move to Side One Dummy Records. The second leg covers the Northeast, East coast and Florida. Avenged Sevenfold and The Unseen will also be serving as the support bands for the entire second leg.

For the third leg, Suicide Machines are staying on as headliner, while California's favorite gubernatorial candidate, Jack Grisham and TSOL hop on the tour along with punk-pop legends The Queers. After the five Texas dates, Epitaph's hottest punk/metal band, Death by Stereo joins the bill for the last week of West coast dates.

The Vans Off the Wall Club Tour, conceived and put together by Vans' Kurt Soto, Lucky Artist Booking's Denny Lake and TMG management's Tony Cooper, is patterned as a more intimate version of the Warped Tour--a chance for the fans to see the bands up close and personal in a club setting. The idea was to put together a bill that featured bands from different scenes, attracting a wide audience, but one that would still work musically, while remaining true to the Vans aesthetic --truly, "Off the Wall."

Vans Off the Wall Club Tour

Oct 8 Glasshouse Pomona, CA
Oct 9 The Pound San Francisco, CA
Oct 10 Phoenix Theater Petaluma, CA
Oct. 11 Colonial Theater Sacramento, CA
Oct. 12 Vets Hall Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 14 Roseland Theater Portland, OR
Oct 15 Graceland Seattle, WA
Oct. 16 Big Easy Boise, ID
Oct. 17 DV8 Salt Lake City, UT
Oct 18 Ogden Theater Denver, CO
Oct. 20 Ranch Bowl Omaha, NE
Oct 22 The Rave Milwaukee, WI
Oct 23 SPSC North Star Ballroom University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Oct 25 Granada Theater Lawrence, KS
Oct 28 Metro Chicago, IL
Oct 29 Gargoyle's St. Louis, MO
Oct. 30 St. Andrews Detroit, MI
Oct. 31 Headliners Toledo, OH
Nov. 1 Bogart's Cincinnati, OH

Sick of it all, Fat Wreck Chords on all dates Oct 8-Nov.1
The Unseen, BYO Records, on all dates Oct 8-Nov 1
Avenged Sevenfold, Hopeless Records on Oct 10-Nov.1
Western Waste, Vans Records on Oct 8-Nov. 1
Glasseater, Victory Records on Oct.. 8--Oct.. 20
Break the Silence, Hopeless Records on Oct. 28-30
Nov. 6 Agora Theater Cleveland, OH
Nov. 7 Metropol Pittsburgh, PA
Nov. 8 Xtreme Wheels Buffalo, NY
Nov 9 Webster Theater Hartford, CT
Nov 10 Saratoga Winners Saratoga Springs, NY
Nov. 13 Axis Boston, MA
Nov. 14 The Chance Poughkeepsie, NY
Nov. 16 Irving Plaza New York, New York
Nov. 20 Cotton Club Atlanta, GA
Nov. 21 Twilight Room Tampa, FL
Nov. 22 Club Five Jacksonville, FL
Nov. 23 Culture Room Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Nov. 24 House of Blues Orlando, FL

Suicide Machines, Sideone Dummy Records, on all dates Nov 6-Nov. 24
Avenged Sevenfold, Hopeless Records, on all dates Nov. 6-Nov. 24
The Unseen, BYO Records, on all dates Nov. 6-Nov. 24
Western Waste, Vans Records, on all dates Nov. 6-Nov. 24
Nov. 26 Emo's Austin, TX
Nov. 27 Sin 13 San Antonio, TX
Nov. 28 Live Room Dallas, TX
Nov. 29 Engine Room Houston, TX
Nov. 30 Green Door Oklahoma City, OK
Dec. 2 Rialto Tucson, AZ
Dec. 3 The Marquee Phoenix, AZ
Dec. 5 SOMA San Diego, CA

Suicide Machines, Sideone Dummy Records on Nov. 26-Dec. 6 (except Nov. 27)
TSOL, Nitro Records on Nov. 26-Dec. 9
The Queers, Hopeless Records on Nov. 26-Nov.30
Death By Stereo, Epitaph Records on Dec. 2-Dec. 9
Western Waste, Vans Records on Nov. 26-Dec. 9
Audio Karate, Kung Fu Records on Dec. 3 and Dec. 5

Count The Stars Benefit - A benefit show will take place this Saturday (the 27th) in Rock Hill, SC to benefit the band Count The Stars, who was in a van accident earlier this month. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the band. Bands playing the show include Senseless, Young Tom Fury, Crimson Addict and S.O.N.

The Adolescents Must Go Off - Kung Fu Records has announced that the next band to undergo treatment for their "The Show Must Go Off!" live DVD series will be So Cal punk legends The Adolescents. The DVD will be filmed at their upcoming show October 3rd at the House of Blues in Anaheim, CA

Street Dogs (ex-Dropkick Murphys) Video Online! - It's finally here. Boston's own Street Dogs, featuring Mike McColgan (ex-Dropkick Murphys), have world premiered their new video for "Savin Hill" on BlankTV.com, the biggest punk, hardcore, indie and alternative music video site online. The rest of the Street Dogs have equally impressive pedigrees, with Jeff Erna (Ex-Dropkick Murphys), Johnny Rioux (ex-Bruisers) and Rob Guidotti (ex-Vice Lords). The new album, Savin Hill, will be released tomorrow on Crosscheck Records. BlankTV features over 800 free music videos and live clips and is run by a handful of aging Boston punks living in Hollywood and ruining it for eveyone. Check it out here: http://www.blanktv.com/home/home.php4

Full Speed Ahead For Punchline - Fueled By Ramen Records has let us know that Punchline has just wrapped up recording for their new full-length. The disc, produced by Sean O'Keefe, is slated to be released in the very beginning of 2004, so keep your eyes open for more studio updates from the band, the label, and us. In the meanwhile, over at the band's website, you can read what the guys think about "Hurricane Irene," and everything else under the sun. PunchMania has all sort of goodies, as well. Heads up.

Who Likes My Hopes Dashed? - CT's My Hopes Dashed have announced that they've posted a demo version of a new song that will appear on their upcoming album, due out on Who Likes Records? Late this year. The song, "The Arms Race", is available at their brand new mp3.com page, along with their freshly designed website, which can be found here. Other info can be found at the WLR? Site. Hit it up.

Eastern Youth US Tour - Eastern Youth has arrived and started their U.S. tour. Make sure to catch them on this tour if you have not seen them live... They are truly amazing. They will be playing first on most of the Cursive dates so make sure to get to the venue early. Also, they have cool new T-shirts and some Japanese import CDs available at the shows. Finally, their west coast dates are now confirmed. We just added Los Angeles and San Diego so check the details in the tours section. The new album, "What Can You See From Your Place", is available now as well. It includes English translation of the lyrics.

09.25.2003 Carrborro, NC @ Cats Cradle
09.26.2003 Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music Hall
09.27.2003 Atlanta, GA @ Echo Lounge
09.28.2003 Orlando, FL @ The Social
09.29.2003 Orlando, FL @ The Social
09.30.2003 OFF
10.01.2003 Athens, GA @ TBA
10.02.2003 Nashville, TN @ Exit In
10.03.2003 St Louis, MO @ Mississippi Nights
10.04.2003 Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
10.07.2003 Colorado Spring, CO @ Jack Quinns
10.08.2003 Boulder, CO @ Tulagi
10.09.2003 SLC, UT @ Kilby Court
10.10.2003 Seattle, WA @ Vera Project
10.11.2003 OFF
10.12.2003 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
10.13.2003 San Diego, CA - Che Cafe
10.14.2003 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
10.15.2003 Anaheim, CA - Chain Reaction
10.16.2003 Phoenix, AZ - Nita' Hideaway

Tour Dates in The Southern California Dates

#10-03-03 Kozmos
#10-04-03 Universal Bar and Grill
#10-10-03 Stardust
#10-17-03 with FEAR The Allen Theatre
#10-24-03 Stardust

2003 Flugtag winner 22.5 feet of flight -

And that wraps another edition of the Pit Stop. Once again, if you should need to get in touch with me to talk about Punk or just want to shoot the breeze with me, I can be reached at dkleyva@musictap.net. I'll will be back next week. Take care and peace.

D Leyva

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