Duane's Pit Stop -- May 02, 2003 Get Yer Hard Core News Here...w/ no Matt filler.

Duane's Pit Stop

[Editor's Note: Awwww...what's the use?]

Welcome back to another Pit Stop and I do apologize for last week's posting not being posted due to the fact that our inbred Editor Matt Rowe found it fitting to put his personal life ahead of MusicTAP’s postings. In all actuality, Matt seems to think that a little kiddie movie was more fun. And to make it worse, he had seen a screening of the new Winnie the Pooh movie. Matt, ya sick bastard...stay away from Piglet and post the Punk.

On another note, we have the line up for what seems to be a killer show in UK’s very own Download Festival as well as some US punk news. A lot of the readers have been emailing me asking what do I look like...well? In the picture above I’m the dude with a tan. Cheers.

New Download Festival Additions - Violent Delight, Chimaira and Reef have been confirmed to perform at the Download Festival on Saturday 31st May and Sunday 1st June.

The lineup now looks like:

Saturday 31st May:

Main Stage

IRON MAIDEN
MARILYN MANSON
DEFTONES
MINISTRY
INME
MURDERDOLLS

Scuzz Stage

REEL BIG FISH
TAPROOT
HIM
REEF
SOIL
HELLACOPTERS
QUEEN ADREENA

Radio 1 / Kerrang Stage

A
HATEBREED
SIKTH
STAMPIN' GROUND
FUNERAL FOR FRIEND
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
3 COLOURS RED
SHADOW'S FALL
ARCH ENEMY
CHIMAIRA
MURDER ONE

Sunday 1st June

Main Stage:

LIMP BIZKIT
AUDIOSLAVE
ZWAN
LESS THAN JAKE
DISTURBED
STONE SOUR
THE DARKNESS

Deconstruction:

NOFX
BOYSETSFIRE
THRICE
SPUNGE
T.S.O.L.
REAL MCKENZIES
STRUNG OUT
RANDY
FABULOUS DISASTERS
BOUNCING SOULS
NOT KATIES

Radio 1 / Kerrang Stage:

MUDVAYNE
SPINESHANK
ONE MINUTE SILENCE
RAGING SPEEDHORN
BRAND NEW
TAKING BACK SUNDAY
EVEREST
CHEVELLE
BLOOD BROTHERS
VIOLENT DELIGHT
INSTRUCTION

52 Lessons On Life" Compilation - Reinforcement Records is releasing 52 Lessons On Life - a double CD of 52 bands. $9 in the US and $12 worldwide. Bands include Teen Idols, Queers, Apers, Ultimate Fakebook, Count The Stars, Reunion Show, The Stereo, Bouncing Souls, Bigwig, and tons ...read more

Relient K New Album And Video - Relient K's new album "Two Lefts Don't Make A Right... But Three Do" is out, the band is on the road and their video for "chap stick, chapped lips, and things like chemistry" is everywhere. If you've missed it, check it here:

Listen To The Motion City Soundtrack - Epitaph's Motion City Sountrack is gearing up to release their debut full-length, I Am The Movie on June 24th. The band has put out an E-Card so you can preview the album in advance to the release date. Access here.

Brand New Hero Release - The first release from Brand New Hero Records in the UK is now available at Interpunk in the US and www.brandnewhero.com in the UK and features tracks from Lucky 7, Don't Look Down, The Reunion Show, Brodie, Suburban Legends, Agent 51, Travoltas and ...read more

Dropkick Murphys news and Blackout track listing - the Dropkick Murphys news page with information on everything that the band has been up to and whats going on with the new album. As everyone knows "Blackout" will be out on June 10 in the US and June 9 everywhere else but what we ...read more

Eulogy Records can read your minds, and they know that you want to see their bands. Anyway, the point is that the Eulogy tour page has gotten a nice refresher and slews of new dates have been added for Unearth, Evergreen Terrace, On Broken Wings, This Day Forward and their newest addition, The Judas Cradle. Hit up the tours page for everything you need to keep you busy all summer.

Victory Records - added new media footage from Snowdogs, Waterdown, The Reunion Show and more. To feast your eyes on the new media, click here.

Bad News For Millencolin Fans - Everyones favorite Swedish punk quartet Millencolin were forced to cancel the second leg of their North American tour. The band cites unavoidable family issues, but won't reveal any more details.

Big News From the Bouncing Souls - The Bouncing Souls have announced their new album Anchors Aweigh is set to drop on August 26th. The album was recorded at the same place as How I Spent My Summer Vacation - Longview Farms Studio. Check out photos from the shoot, and while you're at it check out their newly redesigned website.

Love Me Destroyer (ex-members of Pinhead Circus and Jedi Five), - will be hitting the west coast for a week of dates with Planes Mistaken For Stars. The dates are as follows:

5/20/03 Las Vegas, NV -The Hammer House
5/21/03 Anaheim, CA Chain Reaction
5/22/03 Bakersfield, CA Jerrys Pizza
5/23/03 Reno, NV - Ark a Ik
5/24/03 Berkeley, CA - Gilman St
5/25/03 Portland, OR - Solid State
5/26/03 Seattle, WA Studio 7
5/27/03 Boise, ID JD and Friends
The band's full-length is due out this summer, but you can catch up with the band at www.lovemedestroyer.com for everything you need.

Anthym - California's own Anthym is rocking all over the place. The band has popped up in Alternative Press' "guitar gods" special feature along side acts like Thrice and Death By Stereo. Both James Mitchell and Tim Johnson get a nice blurb, so check into the issue and read up. The band's release Masks of Sanity is praised. Addtionally, Anthym's drummer Dan Ardis will make an appearance with Blink-182 on MTV's "Duets." That show will air May 9th at 5pm EST along with live footage of Anthym in action. To hold you over, check out AnthymMusic.com and Anthym's Mp3.com page.

Trustkill - Lucky you. Trustkill Records has set up an amazing show database with venue, show, band, location, and city information for all of the US and all over the world. You can view show flyers, tour line-ups, venue maps, and a billion other things in their new database which applies to a vast multitude of bands, not just the hotshots on Trustkill. Not only can you scour the database to find yourself a hot show, but you can choose your views by your state, country, venue, band, frequented shows, label. Additonally, you can imput your show info into their files, too. Head over to http://trustkill.com/shows for everything ASAP.

Lobsters In The Studio - Well, not really lobsters, but Lobster Records' bands Days Like These and A Small Victory are both entering the studio to bring you new discs for this summer. Days Like These will be working with Darian Rundall (Pennywise, Yellowcard) for their debut release. The band will start recording this summer.

Additionally, A Small Victory will be hitting the studio in the next couple of weeks to record their The Pieces We Keep EP which is due out this summer. Lobster Records has all the details.

Hellfest 2003 Line Up - For those of you lucky enough to live in or near the Syracuse, New York area it looks like you're in luck, because the famous Hellfest is back once more taking place July 4-6th at the New York State Fair. Bands playing this year include (but are not limited to)

Death By Stereo, A Static Lullaby, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Every Time I Die, Alexisonfire, Autopilot Off, Further Seems Forever, From Autumn To Ashes, .hopesfall, Norma Jean, Underoath, Between the Buried and Me and Thursday. For up to date info on Hellfest keep checking the Hellfest web site.

SLAYER! -Slayer has been added to the Snickers Game On line-up. There is no news as of yet to what day they will play on.

Slackers Tour - Check out the Slackers new tour dates:

4-May London Dingwalls
5-May Sheffield Cooperation
6-May Belfast Giros
7-May Cardiff MS1
8-May Hartlepool TBC
9-May Brighton Concorde 2
10-May Southend The Minerva

That’s it for now and always remember play more Punk and less junk and be good humans. Late.