Hello...and welcome back to another Duane’s Pit Stop. As of late I have been getting some cool pictures from you readers for display on my weekly column. This week, Diana Harrington sent me some great art masterpieces all the way from Ontario, Canada. Thanks Diana! Bonnie from Queens, New York wanted to know just how did I ever get involved with MusicTAP. Well Bonnie, If you must know.. Matt Rowe, the Bastard Editor and owner of this site, has a rather large pool at his home that has always needed to be cleaned. He could never afford the full price of an adequate cleaning so every now and then he would come over to my produce stand in the middle of the median by his house and asked if he could borrow my brothers and I for a whole day. In return, he would just teach us a few syllables of English and give us some canned beans. Lo and behold, after so many years of canned beans and a vast vocabulary of the English language, not to mention a damn spanky clean pool, I have advanced to his Web Site. Cabron Pinche Juedo!

The album covers above this page are the albums I have been listening as of late. And with that in tow, lets get to this week Pit Stop.

RIP Face to Face – The fallowing information comes directly from the Face to Face web site: Back in '95 when this was new I guess I didn't have a clue I thought the world could change with the right song"

So sang Trever Keith on "Shoot the Moon". He could not have been more wrong. The world can change with the right song and has indeed been changed by Face To Face and their songs.

From their landmark debut, Don't Turn Away---generally considered one of the best punk rock albums of the 90's---through the ahead-of-its-time Ignorance Is Bliss, to their latest, How To Ruin Everything, Face To Face not only carried the torch passed to them from the likes of Bad Religion, The Adolescents and Social Distortion, they took it into brave new creative territory with each album, and in doing so influenced countless young punk bands who came after them. If this sounds like an obituary, well, it is. After nearly 13 years, 6 albums, and countless tours of the US and abroad, Face To Face is calling it quits. Founder and main songwriter Trever Keith has simply stated, " We've said what we had to say." Although Face to Face has endured their share of lineup changes, the decision to split has nothing to do with creative or personal differences. "This is a mutual split, we like to think that we have the good sense to know when a band has run it's course and for us the time has come. Besides, you never want to be the last one to leave the party" says Scott Shiflett, bassist and songwriter. Keith adds, "We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to our fans and supporters over the years, and we would like to extend our most heartfelt thanks."

Just because they are retiring from the road and studio does not mean the band won't be busy. Keith has started up a record label called Sound on Sound for which the band is in the process of compiling a career retrospective CD and companion DVD and Shiflett (with Keith) recently completed work on the second Viva Death album.

From all of here at MusicTAP, thanks for the damn good memories, Boys!

Millencolin Win Swedish Rock Award - Millencolin won the prize for "Best Swedish Rock 2003" at the Swedish Hit Awards earlier this week. The nominees in the category were Bad Cash Quartet, The Sounds and Burning Hearts own Moneybrother. You can have a look at the afterparty photos here www.millencolin.com/news The band leaves for the states later this week, and here are the confirmed tour dates:

19.11 St Petersburg, FL - Jannus Landing - US
20.11 Jacksonville, FL - The Marquee - US
21.11 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle - US
22.11 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club - US
23.11 NY, NY - Irving Plaza - US
25.11 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero Theatre - US
26.11 Montreal, PQ Metropolis - CAN
27.11 Toronto, ON - Kool Haus - CAN
28.11 Detroit, MI - St Andrews Hall - US
29.11 Chicago, IL - Metro - US

August Premier Breaking Up - Fueled By Ramen band August Premier have broken up. Ever the opportunists, the band is taking this occasion to unload their extra merchandise for cheap, so check out their web page if you want any. The band released their FBR debut Fireworks and Alcohol earlier this year.

Go-Kart MP3000 Raceway In Stores - The compilation everyone is talking about is finally in stores! If you don't know what the Go-Kart MP300 Raceway is about get out from under the rock you are living under and listen up - 150 bands, 300 songs on two CD's all as CD quality MP3's all for $9.99. Some bands included are Anti-Flag, The Movielife, The Lunachicks, Shai Hullud, Sick of It All, and much more. For a demonstration and complete band listing, please visit www.gokartrecords.com/mp300.

Drive-Thru Bands Download - Two new Eps from Drive-Thru artists Steel Train and Hidden In Plain View are out today. 1969 from Steel Train features many of the bands favorite covers from 1969 including "I Want You Back" from The Jackson 5, currenty available for download from www.ArtistDirect.com.

Hidden In Plain Views debut EP has a download featured on mp3.com as they are currently on tour with The Early November, Count The Stars, and Copeland.

Both of these releases are available now at the Drive-thru Records store or at your local record shop - www.drivethrurecords.com/store.

Offspring Album Streams - You can listen to 30-second clips of all the new Offspring songs by going here.

Stiffler - Stiffler's new mp3 site is now launched. The site has one song off their new sampler entitled "stories and scars" Be sure to check it out.

The Bouncing Souls - The Bouncing Souls have completed their grueling North American tour schedule and it went extremely well. How well is well? You can see for yourself as we have just posted a great set of live photos from their Halloween show they played in New Jersey, and you can check them out.

The Souls are now headed to Europe for another long tour.

Death By Stereo - Sick Of It All, Avenged Sevenfold, The Unseen, T.S.O.L., Death By Stereo and many other bands will be featured on the Vans “Off The Wall” Tour. DBS will be on the bill for this tour from 12/2-12/8, and you can go here for more information.

DBS is also heading to Europe with Suicidal Tendencies, Madball & Ignite real soon and you can check out those dates here.

Rancid Vinyl - Speaking of Rancid. The “Indestructible” double-LP on clear red vinyl is out and available wherever they sell vinyl…of course. Go and check it out, because it looks (and sounds) sick. Hit the link to get more information on this killer release.

Dropkick Murphys - The Dropkick Murphys will perform live at the Fleetcenter on Saturday November 15th immediately after the Boston Bruins NHL hockey game against the Vancouver Canucks. This should be a blast; further details are available here.

Joe Strummer & The Mescaleros - What more can we say about the new “Streetcore” record? It has been getting a great response across the board since it came out and we couldn’t be happier about it. This record is a must hear if you ask me. If you haven’t heard it, you can download an MP3 for the song “Coma Girl”.

You can also see the video for “Coma Girl”.

Atmosphere - Their new album “Seven’s Travels” is catching a lot of ears lately. Atmosphere won the “New Faces” poll on MTV.com last week, so it looks like the “Trying To Find A Balance” video is going to get some run on MTV2. As soon as we know for sure, we’ll let you know…

If you don’t want to wait for MTV to play this video, hit this link to see it and a lot of other media on their title page.

Turbonegro - By now I’m sure you have heard that Turbonegro was on MTV’s new show “Viva La Bam” last week. If you haven’t heard, then let me tell you how cool it was. Bam and his cronies went to Philly to see Turbonegro perform and ended up bringing the band and the entire Philly crowd back to house for a special show in his living room. Hell, Don Vito was even there - now that is special in itself.

To see some video and a photo gallery from this hilarious episode of “Viva La Bam,” and be prepared to laugh your ass off.

Motion City Soundtrack - Their new video for “The Future Freaks Me Out” is up on the “Oven Fresh” section of the Fuse Music Channel’s website, and we need you to vote for it. If MCS wins this online poll, their video will get air-play on the “Oven Fresh” television show and possibly more. So hit the link and vote for the “Future Freaks Me Out” as many times as you see fit.

The Aquabats 2 Disc Dvd, Tour - The Aquabats and Fearless Records are proud to announce the release of The Aquabats first DVD. These zany, crime fighting heroes are at it again. This time around bringing over 3 hours of live footage, music videos and skits to kids everywhere.

DISC ONE

• A full-length live show from Feb. 2003 with such hits as:

- Giant Robot Birdhead.
- Lovers of Loving Love.
- Martian Girl.
- Pizza Day.
- The Cat With Two Heads.
- Danger Woman.
- Playdough.
- Red Sweater.
- Powdered Milk Man.
- Super Rad.
- Pool Party.
- The Story of Nothing.

• "A Band Called The Aquabats" - A sweaty history of rad-ness.
• Super Rad. the music video.
• CD Repo Man. the demo music video. (Never before released).

DISC TWO

• Ten different songs from ten different shows from the past ten years. (With special live nonsense between each song, including fights and funny stuff).

Action Toolbelt - Long Island's Action Toolbelt will be playing at the Knitting Factory tomorrow at midnight as part of the N.Y. International Music Festival. After performing for 10 mintues at the Paramount at Madison Square Garden on Friday afternoon, and full-set at the Contintental last night, AT left an impression on the folks who put the festival together, who invited the guys to come back for a 3rd appearance on Wednesday night. If you're in or around the NYC area, make sure you check these guys out because they rule.

Look for their debut CD out on Fastmusic in March 2004. More info at www.actiontoolbelt.com www.fastmusic.com www.mp3.com/actiontoolbelt

Pulley Matters - Pulley is headed back into the studio to record their 5th record on Epitaph, which will be called Matters. The CD is slated to be released in late March 2004, along with a fresh new website.

In other Pulley happenings, they have 4 upcoming shows you should know about, 2 of which are in Mexico. Here are the details...

November 14, 2003 Lancaster, CA @ El Dorado
November 15, 2003 Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza with Chiodos Bros., La Vie En Rose, Stereotactic, Gramercy Riff, and others
December 12, 2003 Mexico City, Mexico @ Insomnia w/Elli Noise, Six Feet Down
December 13, 2003 Guadalajara City, Mexico @ Quinta Alejandra w/ a with Kilometro 46, Estrike, Sad Breakfast

For more, check out www.x-members.com

Download 3 New Travoltas Songs - The Travoltas are celebrating their 13th year being a band, throwing parties left and right. Last Sunday, they played to Dutch and Belgian fans at a large sold out party featuring free champagne and CDs. However, the band has not forgotten about the rest of the world.

If you go to their site, www.travoltas.com right now, you'll be able to download 3 never before released exclusive tracks and a sleeve to go with it. Just click, download and join the festivities.

The Shrooms demo MP3 – The Shrooms have posted some new material from their up and coming Album and you can hear them hear, just click on the songs below to hear their latest or you can go directly to their web site here.

Closed Eyes
Don't You Change
God's Love
The Garage
In Time
Los Angeles

Rufio Cancels Ltj Tour - In a letter to their fans Rufio regretfully announced today that they will not be joining Less Than Jake on their upcoming Fall tour due to a tragic personal event within one of the band members family. Rufio was scheduled to begin a U.S. tour with their friends, Less Than Jake, November 14th in San Francisco and continue through December 4th, ending in Atlanta. Dates also affected are scheduled headline dates in Dallas, Houston and San Antonio on December 6th, 7th and 8th.

Rufio are planning another US tour in early Spring 2004. Below is a letter they wrote to fans regarding their situation.

Due to a family tragedy, we need to cancel our tour dates with Less Than Jake. Jon has suffered a loss we cannot fathom and he needs to be at home to spend this time with his family. As his bandmates and brothers, we need to be here for him during this time.

Thank you so much for your understanding and support. If you'd like to send Jon a message, you can do so on our message board. ( www.rufeeoo.com/boards ) or ( www.rufiomusic.com )

As soon as we put together a plan for next year, we'll let you guys know. We can't thank you enough for your support through this past year and especially during this time when we need it the most.

Okay that’s going to do it for this week's Duane’s Pit Stop. I would like to remind the readers that if you would like to get a hold of me or just want to talk some smack to me, I can be reached at dkleyva@musictap.net. And if any one is remotely interested, I will be performing at the Grand Star Jazz Club in China Town area of Downtown Los Angeles with the house band Saturday and Sunday evening. Be good and drink Beer, take care.

Love you Roxy... be good!