This past weekend..

..was wild to say the least. The Portland show with Despise You, Crom and Dr. Loomis was a great way to kick off a wild weekend of coast hopping. Despise You murdered it. It was my 2nd time seeing them in the past few months and they ripped. During our set at the show in Portland I dove off of the stage and landed on a girl knocking her out. I didn't notice anyone got knocked out until I got back to the stage and saw people carrying someone out of the building. Right when I saw that I had my friend run outside to make sure everything was okay and the person was doing well. He came back and told me that everything is okay and the girl is awake and doing good. I said sorry on stage at the show and had everyone give it up for her being conscious and feeling better. I couldn't find the girl who it was after the show so I figured I'd post here and say sorry for that. It was a total accident and not intentional at all. I've been knocked out way too many times at shows and it isn't fun at all so I hope she is doing fine and back in good health. After our show at Satyricon in Portland we had to drive to straight to Seattle to catch our 5am flight over to Boston. After a quick layover in Philly we finally made it Boston about 2 hours before we had to hit the stage. We all felt like real deal zombies but Boston didn't disappoint. Kids were flying everywhere. The fest was fucking rad. It felt good to be back on the east coast even if it was only for a few hours. Here are some photo's from our set at the fest check em out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/futurebreed/sets/72157622297828695/ Shout outs to KM and everyone who helped put it together. Hopefully we can make it back out there next year for the fest again. That's all I got for now. The next 9 days of my life will be spent roaming around Portland, OR with my good pal Scuba Steve. If see us in the streets say what's up. Let's do something.

Over and out.

-Lee

Everybody's Working For The Weekend

Hello,

We will be playing two shows this weekend on two different coasts. The first show of the weekend is on Saturday in Portland, OR and it is apart of the MusicfestNW. Tons of rad bands are playing this fest(Bad Brains/Sunny Day Real Estate/Girl Talk/OM + a million others). It's going to be a wild weekend. If you live in the Northwest you should be there. Our show for the fest is:

Saturday October 19th

Trash Talk
Despise You
Crom
Dr. Loomis

@ Satyricon
125 NW Sixth Ave.
Portland, OR
8 PM(We play at 11PM)
10$ at the door or free entry with a festival wristband

For more info on this fest check out their website: www.musicfestnw.com

Our second show this weekend is on Sunday in Boston, MA and it is a part of The Great American Hardcore Fest. If you live in the Boston area you have no excuse to miss this show. Sunday is going to be insane. Here is the line up for the day we play:

Sunday 12 pm doors
................
Integrity
Converge
Guns Up!
Trash Talk
Death Before Dishonor
The Wrongside
COA
Bracewar
The Carrier
The Mongoloids
Foundation
Wrecking Crew
Title Fight
The Banner
Fireworks
Born From Pain
Free Spirit
Bad Seed
Rotting Out
Powertrip




That's all for now. Hopefully we will be seeing some familiar faces this weekend. Party on.

End of Tour

Tour has finally come to an end. The past twenty-some-odd days have been an amazing blur of events; a swirling amalgam of European countrysides, cityscape, and alleyways spent on van seats, stages and floor spaces. My battered body is thankful for the respite, yet I still can't believe this adventure has come to and end. We're gonna be hangin out in Amsterdam, devouring the sights and sounds for a couple of days, so if you're out here, hit us up. Thanks to everyone who came out to our shows over the last few weeks, you made this tour one to remember. To those of you in the UK, we hope to see you this Fall when we come back out with Gallows. We've also got some festivals coming up in the states. You can check out all of those dates here.

Here are some pictures from our show in Kingston at the Fighting Cocks:




...and a video from Ieperfest




If you missed them at Sound & Fury, our first book, Collective: Volume 1, is now up in our webstore. The book is over 100 pages of stories, pictures, interviews, artwork and more, compiled from a group of our friends submissions. Below are some photos of the book. Thanks Jason.






I know you've heard it before, but thanks for holding tight while waiting on your merch orders. We'll be back later this week to speed up the never-ending shipping process. Thanks for understanding.

-Spen

Nottingham Sans Sherriff

Space Jam's on the telly, Thrasher: Skate & Destroy's in the PS2 tray, and my head's filled with cobwebs and the last lingering bubbles from last night's cider filled pre-birthday celebration. Between ciders and doobies, we managed to play a set at Nottingham, England's Old Angel Inn. Despite the inconveniences of the mildly wet, dual landing stair sets we had to fight to load in (big ups to Closure for letting us use cabs) , the show went off surprisingly well. The set was a fun-filled, sweat and no tears extravaganza marked by a one man wet t-shirt contest, front flips straight to the floor, mouth-fulls of Limey fingers, christ-like hovering , and much more. Just before load out, the scene was set: Scattered amongst battered beer cans and cocktail spills, waffled footprints led in all directions, giving indication of the melee that had just occurred. A good mopping later, none wil be the wiser.


Spen

We are currently in the UK...

and it fucking rules. We always have a great time here. Our first UK show kicked off on Sunday at The Underworld with Reagan Youth and it was a raging party. Our good friends in The Bronx just so happened to be in London too so they came out and we turned the streets of Camden into our own personal pub. You can't ask for a better time than that. We played Huddersfield last night and chairs/speakers were flying everywhere. A few lads were sent off to the hospital to get stitched up. I think the pub was a little bummed out on all the broken shit but it turned out okay in the end. We are currently in Leeds getting ready to make our trek down south to Newport. The last time we were in Newport we made friends with the bartender at The Pub and stayed there all night with Paint It Black drinking every kind of alcohol we could find. Andy Nelson ended up driving a girls car around town on the wrong side of the street and hitting curbs along the way(and he was the sober one). It was a wild night to say the least. We ended up at someones parents house in the country side having a good old fashioned english breakfast served up by a kind english mother in the morning. It was a great time. Let's hope Newport gets wild like that again tonight. We are playing TJ's. Come out and hang. We have a few copies of the UK press of our East Of Eden single 7" with us but they are going fast. Try to snag one of those if you can. ..



Hope all is well. See you soon!

p.s. UK, where is the weed at?

-Lee

Back in the Netherlands

5 Reasons why Europe is dope right now:
- Coffee Shops (Given)
- Drinking in the whip
- Crazy Hospitality (Thanks!)
- Playing to 15 kids one night and with SOIA the next
- Mad Beer!


Back in the US we have added a few shows.
Come hang out!

9/19/2009 - Portland, OR @ MFNW 2009
Satyricon
125 NW Sixth Ave 503-227-0999
Wristband or $10.00 at the door.
8:00 PM Dr. Loomis
9:00 PM Crom
10:00 PM Despise You
11:00 PM Trash Talk
www.musicfestnw.com

9/20/2009 - Boston, MA @ Great American Hardcore Fest
Club Lido
1290 N. Shore Road
Revere, MA, Boston MA 02151
United States
www.myspace.com/greatamericanhardcorefest

10/30/2009 - Gainesville, FL @ The Fest for info www.thefestfl.com
10/31/2009 - Gainesville, FL @ The Fest for info www.thefestfl.com
11/01/2009 - Gainesville, FL @ The Fest for info www.thefestfl.com

Peace,
G

Snapshot of Berlin

Tonight, an ongoing tour joke became a reality. Ver ist ze money, Lebowski?

Here I sit, enjoying a delightfully chilled bottle of Berliner Pilsner in Lebowski, a not-so nihilistic bar located in Berlin's cozy and cafe riddled Freidrichshain district. I'm a little stoned and vibing to "Wild Child" by The Doors blasting from well hidden overhead speakers.

The walls are adorned with Big Lebowski memorabilia and photos of patrons and cast members, though not together. Above the bar bowling shoes hang, laces tied, like so many Chuck Taylors back home. A psychedelic, skeletal, caricature of The Dude himself graces the inner door jam, keeping watch over the barkeep and me from behind aviator shades. Ver ist ze money, Lebowski? I've just spotted one of the well concealed speakers, delicately tucked behind a 10lb. bowling ball, literally smashing five bowling pins. Twine and small loops (think fishing hooks) are the lone buffer between the presumably heavy display of art and the nearest bar stool.

Aside from the language barrier, this bar seems American. A friend once told me it was the subtle differences that make foreign countries great. He's right, i just spotted a Social Distortion poster.

The soundtrack for my short stay in Lebowski has been:
The Doors - Wild Child
Sublime - Johnny Butt
Peter Tosh - Legalize It
The Doors - Alabama Song
Jimi Hendrix - Castles of Sand

If Ipods had existed then, my mp3 device in 8th grade could have easily conjured a similar playlist on a trip through shuffle... just sayin.

No peace,

Spen