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Orange County, CA – Aug. 12, 2011 – Channeling the roots of the punk subculture, two of Southern California’s most promising prospects have joined forces to launch their modern take on a time honored tradition. Simply titling the release ROUND 1, Death Punch and The Sparring go for the jugular with eight tracks of all out release. Contributing four tracks apiece, ROUND 1 is anchored by the fundamentals of cathartic punk rock music – driving percussion, flammable string work, and vocal delivery that is part punk swagger, part war cry.

From Los Angeles, the quintet known as DEATH PUNCH might be young, but have already cemented a fervent following among punk purists. Routinely supporting artists that span the generational divide, DEATH PUNCH has shared the stage with everyone from The ADICTS and FEAR, to STRUNG OUT and DEATH BY STEREO. Projecting a sound that is both aggressive and articulate, the five hone in on a message that manages to retain the socially conscious foundation of punk, while never forgetting the pit. In much of the same vein as The Casualties, Bad Religion, and Anti-Flag, DEATH PUNCH is indeed that old school feel with a new car smell.

A little further east on the 91 in Fullerton, CA, THE SPARRING has begun establishing their own punk rock legacy. On the strength of the band’s first 3-song EP, indie punk darlings Old Shoe Records immediately began a partnership. Cathartic, relentless, outright flammable, THE SPARRING would go on to land a spot on the summer long trek of the Vans Warped Tour, showcase their brand successfully at SXSW, and earn the adulation of a wide array of genre mainstays ranging from STREET DOGS and FACE to FACE, to EVERY TIME I DIE! and RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS.

The collaborative effort simply titled ROUND 1, marks the first split from OLD SHOE RECORDS  and ushers in a new era of ageless punk rock tradition. Featuring (3) three new, original recordings from each DEATH PUNCH and THE SPARRING, the overall theme to the album fits perfectly with the title – complete release. Stage dives, circle pits, 20 fans to one microphone, ROUND 1 harnesses the sheer combustion that is a DEATH PUNCH or THE SPARRING onstage. Both bands are also finalizing tour dates to bring the madness to a city near you.

These boys are taking off the gloves – things are about to get heavy.

ROUND 1 now from OLD SHOE RECORDS

To purchase click here – “ROUND 1″

www.oldshoerecords.com

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In anticipation of CHUCK RAGAN’s third full length record COVERING GROUND , the rootsy singer/songwriter is excited to debut the song “Nomad By Fate” on his newly redesigned website www.ChuckRaganMusic.com. After downloading the song for FREE, fans can pre-order Covering Ground, out September 13, 2011 on CD or vinyl, as well as limited edition bundles with custom mini harmonica at SideOneDummy’s webstore:  http://store.sideonedummy.com/bands/chuck-ragan.html

No stranger to the road, Ragan has spent nearly 20 years traveling the world on tour and is excited to hit the pavement again this Fall on Dropkick Murphys’ inaugural Shamrock-N-Roll Festival. Kicking off with two nights at Boston’s renowned Fenway Park on September 8, Ragan will play the Folk stage all nine nights of the tour, which also features Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs, The Mahones, The Parkington Sisters, and more. Following the Dropkick Murphys’ festival, Chuck Ragan will embark on his own international event, The Revival Tour (www.therevivaltour.com), whose UK and European leg will include eight new countries. The three-week acoustic collective boasts solo and collaborative performances from Ragan, Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio), Dave Hause (The Loved Ones), and Brian Fallon (Gaslight Anthem/Horrible Crowes), who also appears on the album, and kicks off on September 27 in Bristol, UK.

Written almost entirely on tour, and recorded between three different tours this year, Covering Ground is filled with “road songs,” as Ragan calls it. “The majority, if not all of these songs were either written on the road or they are about the road,” he says. Singing about the dichotomy of his desire to be on the road (“Nomad By Fate” and “Wish On The Moon”) and to be at home with his wife and loyal Labrador Retriever (“Right As Rain” and “Meet You In The Middle”), Ragan admits the album “depicts what I’ve done since the release of the last record, as well as the majority of my life.”

CHUCK RAGAN

Shamrock-N-Roll Festival all dates with Dropkick Murphys, Street Dogs and more

Sep 8 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park

Sep 9 – Boston, MA @ Fenway Park

Sep 10 – Bangor, ME @ Bangor Waterfront

Sep 11 – Altamont, NY @ Altamont Fairgrounds

Sep 12 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Trib Total Media Amphitheatre

Sep 13 – Columbus, OH @ LC Pavillion (indoor)

Sep 15 – Portsmouth, VA @ Harbor Center

Sep 17 – Rochester, NY @ Main Street Armory

Sep 18 – Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory

The Revival Tour

all dates with Brian Fallon, Dan Andriano, and Dave Hause

Sep 27 – Bristol, UK @ Academy

Sep 28 – Manchester, UK @ Academy 2

Sep 29 – Dublin, IRL @ Academy

Sep 30 – Glasgow, SCT @ ABC

Oct 1 – Newcastle, UK @ Northumbria Students Union

Oct 2 – Nottingham, UK @ RockCity

Oct 4 – Amsterdam, NL @ De Duif

Oct 5 – Hamburg, DE @ Gunspan

Oct 6 – Berlin, DE @ Postbahnhof

Oct 7 – Wien, AT @ Arena

Oct 8 – Munchen, DE @ Backstage Werk

Oct 9 – Zurich, CH @ Dynamo

Oct 11 – Wiesbaden, DE @ Ringkirsche

Oct 13 – Munster, DE @ Skaters Palace

Oct 14 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix

Oct 15 – London, UK @ Shepherds Bush

Oct 16 – Cardiff, UK @ Uni Souls

Oct 17 – Portsmouth, UK @ Pyraminds

www.chuckraganmusic.com

http://www.sideonedummy.com/bands/chuck-ragan

Spooky, sketchy and fantastically well-lit, today’s hardcore matinee continues with the mauling wallop of “Poison City” from the debut album First Four EPs (Vice Music).

The four members of OFF! come from an array of truly awe-inspiring bands. Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From the Crypt). Formed in Los Angeles in 2010, they’ve already released four EPs of classic hardcore and logged more road miles than most bands will in their entire existence. It is an honor to host this group of friends and favorite musicians in Room 205.

Look for the final installment of OFF! at Room 205 to launch on August 15.

View OFF!’s performance of “Poison City” at: http://www.goincase.com/room205/off/poison-city/

“I’ve been playing this music since I was twelve years old. I still wanted to continue playing music so I wasted no time at all in putting together a new project with a great group of guys and now we’re just looking to the future,” Lindberg said. “I was ready for a new beginning for me to play music that I’ve always loved.”

To argue that Pennywise was a staple of punk rock music, would likely be an understatement. For 20 years, Jim Lindberg fronted the band that went all over the world spreading their fervent message  that spanned from brotherhood to giving a big fuck you to the faces of authority.

For the first time, Lindberg is attending the Vans Warped Tour and will, yes, be up on stage but the view will be a little different. “It’s gonna be strange going out on Warped Tour with a new band after Pennywise was such a huge part of Warped Tour,” Lindberg admits. The summer caravan rolls into Southern California this week and the grueling nationwide trek is one Lindberg has made many times, with Pennywise that is. 

Back in August 2009, Lindberg announced that after 20 years, nine albums and thousands of shows around the world, his time with Pennywise had come to an end.

In February of 2010 the remaining members of Pennywise solidified Zoli Teglas, singer of the Orange County based band Ignite, to step into the spotlight where Lindberg once stood.

“We’ll see how long that lasts,” he said.

Lindberg said that Teglas is a great guy, a great singer and has great ideals to be the singer of Pennywise. “I just hope everyone is respectful enough to acknowledge that I was a big part of that band as well,” he said. “I think [Teglas] is as good as anyone to be the front man of Pennywise.”

Lindberg always said that he would keep doing it as long as it was still fun, and with the last album’s recording process and the touring, things just started to get to the point where there was so much compromising and so much conflict and it got to the point where it wasn’t fun anymore. He wasn’t happy with the situation and what it had deteriorated to. When he was unhappy it was obvious to his family and now with The Black Pacific they are very supportive with his decision.

“Now I’m in a situation where it’s exactly what I wanted,” he said. “Everyone is getting along great, there’s no fighting, there’s no negative vibes or animosity,” Lindberg stated.

“After everything we’ve been through I didn’t want to have it to be a situation where there were people who weren’t happy with the band or where it was going,” Lindberg continued. “I didn’t want to be a part of a band where people were playing when they didn’t want to because that’s the ultimate insult to the fans.”

To many people it was a complete shock to hear that Lindberg was leaving Pennywise but to those so close to him it was no surprise.

“Everyone wants to hear that it was a big thing that happened that caused the spit and that’s not the case at all,” Lindberg said. “All I ever said was that there were conflicts.”

Lindberg said that relationships are difficult and just like a job or in a marriage, if you’re miserable you can try as hard as you can for a long time, but eventually the misery surfaces and he admits, that is exactly what happened in Pennywise.

“I tried for a long time and I did everything I could from touring, writing and sacrificing my family by leaving them behind for the band,” he said. “I knew that once it got to a point where it wasn’t fun anymore, I had to make a very difficult decision and I knew what the ramification of that decision was going to be going into it. I had to do what was healthy for me and my family.”

Lindberg’s departure from Pennywise has been a topic of conversation for the past few years for him, nearly on a daily basis, but overall he knows who supports him in his decision.

“The people in the inner circle that surround Pennywise and a lot of my closest friends have been very supportive, whether or not the rest of the band wants to believe that or not,” Lindberg said. “It’s a small town and we all have mutual friends. I think there are some hurt feelings and some resentment but I am hopeful that one day we’ll be able to put that all behind us.”

He believes that we’re gonna see a lot of good things from both bands. “The people that liked what I did in Pennywise will like what I’m doing in the Black Pacific and there’s room for plenty of bands out there,” he said.

Lindberg has an unmistakable voice that will now carry on in The Black Pacific as they take the Vans Warped Tour for a couple of weeks and head overseas as well.

“I sing a certain way and my philosophy hasn’t changed at all,” he said. “I still have the same fire and intensity I’ve always had. When I pick up a guitar, this is the type of music that comes out of me,” Lindberg said. “Its definitely gonna sound like Pennywise, it’s impossible for it not to because that’s how I write. It’s pretty difficult for me to understand how anyone would think it wouldn’t.”

He compares it to as if Fat Mike from NOFX started a new band, it would still sound like Fat Mike.

Lindberg refuses to change his personality or sing a different brand of music completely and he is aware that some say that it sounds like Pennywise.

“I could see if people thought that I should start a country band but I wouldn’t be true to myself or my ideas and the type of music that I love,” he laughs.

The variation has leaked out into Lindberg’s personal life off of the stage as well. In May of 2007 Lindberg wrote a book called Punk Rock Dad revealing that there is more to his life than just what people see on stage. There has been much interest in Lindberg’s book and inspired a documentary called The Other F Word. The documentary shows punk rock’s leading men fight a new fight, possibly the biggest battle of their life, fatherhood.

The Other F Word was just wrapped up and was sold to Adam Yauch’s (MCA from the Beastie Boys) film company Oscilloscope Pictures.

“After twenty years of being in a band and on the road, there’s a certain lifestyle that goes on while you’re on the road and a lot of the guys really fall into the drugs and alcohol,” Lindberg said. “Being a family man and wanting to be a good role model for my kids what I do other than something on the road that is destructive. I think it too many people got into it to be rock stars and if that’s what you’re going for, it’s always going to be a hollow victory,” Lindberg said.

His days of partying like that are well behind him and thoughts of his family and The Black Pacific are the things that occupy his head now. His exit from Pennywise was for his health, the bands health and for the scene in general.

“I wanted to protect what I liked about it and what was great about it and then let that legacy rest before it got to a point where it was fulfilling anymore. But that’s why I created the Black Pacific and have things more balanced and now I have that. I hope that for everyone involved and everyone in the scene that everyone comes to that point, that they’re doing it because they enjoy the music and they really love it. I think it would be healthy for the scene in general.

As for the radical idea of The Black Pacific ever doing a show with Pennywise, Lindberg says that’s exactly what it seems like right now, radical and at this point slim to none.

By James Gobee

http://www.theblackpacific.com

Catch Fullertons finest The ADOLESCENTS doing a FREE Show at The Slidebar Sunday August 7th!

http://www.theadolescents.net/

Monday July 25th:                                                                                                         Queens of The Stone Age                                                                                                   Fox Theatre Pomona

Tuesday July 26th                                                                                                                 Fucked Up & Trash Talk                                                                                                            El Rey Theatre

Wednesday July 27th:                                                                                 Trash Talk & Fucked Up                                                                                                     The Casbah – San Diego

Lady Sinatra and Continental                                                                                                The Slidebar Rock N Roll Kitchen                                      http://www.slidebarfullerton.com 

Thursday July 28th                                                                                                       Spyders from Bars – All Star tribute to Bowie                                                           The Slidebar Rock N Roll Kitchen                                                                                    http://www.slidebarfullerton.com

Friday July 29th:                                                                                                                     Cadillac Tramps, Royal Crown Revue                                                                      The Glasshouse                                                                                     http://www.theglasshouse.us

Saturday July 30th                                                                                                                 The Slackers                                                                                                                                    House of Blues Anaheim                                                                                http://www.hob.com

Tiger Army                                                                                                                        The OC Fair – Pacific Amphitheatre

Rage Against The Machine                                                                                         The LA Coliseum                                                                                                                   http://www.goldenvoice.com

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]]> http://oldshoerecords.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/salty-saturdays-video-of-the-day-7-23-11/feed/ 0 oldshoerecords http://oldshoerecords.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/rage-rehearsal-video-l-a-rising-happens-july-30th/ http://oldshoerecords.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/rage-rehearsal-video-l-a-rising-happens-july-30th/#comments Fri, 22 Jul 2011 22:44:47 +0000 oldshoerecords http://oldshoerecords.wordpress.com/?p=257 Continue reading →]]> There are going to be the people that argue how obviously this was amped for the cameras, but really, let’s assume it wasn’t so we can say how rad it is to watch Rage Against The Machine getting into their own rehearsal. After a couple of decades in becoming one of rock music’s most influential outfits, to see the guys bouncing around to their own tunes brings a tear to our eye. The band just released another video in a series of behind the scenes type episodes, giving fans a glimpse into the prep for the historic L.A. Rising event happening at the L.A. Coliseum July 30th. Alongside Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against, Muse, El Gran Silencio, and Immortal Technique will comprise the support on the bill.

Who’s ready to party with Old Shoe?