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A few show changes to report. Sadly it seems that DOA has cancelled their slot on the 5/4 show in Richland but we are still going to make the drive up there and play anyway! Atomic Records is enlisting some local bands to play with us as you read this. Also, for the 5/17 show in Bend both Grey is Gray *and* Red Tide Affair have cancelled! Fortunately the Confederats have stepped up to the plate. It’s now going to be a 3 band show featuring Thirty 3, The Confederats and 800 Octane. Should be a rad show! By the way we have new long sleeve shirts on the merchandise page!
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This bit of news is nothing but thank you’s. First off thanks to everyone who came to our CD Release show at the Paris. You made that the best show we’ve ever had and we can’t thank you enough for the support! The next thank you goes to Rick Emerson. We sent him a CD and he’s said all kinds of flattering things about it on his radio show! Speaking of radio, our last big thank you goes to Daria and Gustav on KNRK for having us on the air, playing our songs and being cool to hang out with for our big interview!
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So did anyone hear us on the Rick Emerson show? Man, that was totally cool to hear our songs being played and wanted to thank Rick for the props! Check out his show from 12:00 until 3:00 on 1080 AM! Anyway, three more days until the official release of our new album AND our big release show at the Paris Theater in Portland! No Thanks To You will be tearing up the stage that evening and if you’ve seen them before then you know they rock. If you didn’t know then you will find out. Thirty 3 will also be playing and it turns out it’s their new album release as well so bring some extra cash. The fourth (and yet unnamed) band features at two ex-memebers of Fistfull and has promised us they will rock. If that wasn’t enough entertainment for you we are having our friend Kelvis serve as DJ in between bands. He has promised us a mix of rap, punk, old school metal and some “really wild shit”. Aside from the host of awesome bands and music we are going to be selling our new CD at a slightly discounted price that evening! Who can resist a sale? Last but not least we have brand new long sleeve shirts AND all sizes of our flaming 800 ball t-shirt onour merchandise page!
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Thanks to all who attended the Kick Back Punks chat last week! Apologies to those who had to endure the weight of Dave’s insulting and smack talking! Speaking of things to do for computer literate people … our new MP3’s are available! Get them from our download page now! If you live in Portland make plans to attend our CD Release show on 4/26. New long sleeve shirts are on the way next week as well as other sizes of the flaming 800 Ball T-shirt.
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Sounds like we got quite a few of you with our little April Fool’s joke! We awoke on Monday to dozens of messages from all over the place with people saying how excited they were for us and offered their congratulations! Slowly though, as the day wore on the follow up e-mails and phone calls started rolling in with people calling us cold hearted bastards for deceving them! In the words of the A-Team “I love it when a plan comes together.” So for the record
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Boo. More cancellations to report. Our April show in Chico got dropped because the club double booked. Also our May show w/ Statch at the Meow Meow got cancelled for the same reason. Oh well, that just gives everyone one more reason to come to our April 26th CD release show at the Paris because it will be our only all ages show in Portland until July!!! Oh yeah, by popular request we actually have real pictures of our merchandise now! One more funny thing
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The CD is at the pressing plant and being manufactured as you read this! The official CD release date is April 26th but rumor has it we might get the CD’s a week or two early. Early release or not we are going to celebrate it’s release with a show in Portland at The Paris w/ No Thanks To You, Thirty 3 and The Greatest Mistake. The word on the street is that we might possibly even have a surprise guest DJ between bands. So is it time for some new clothes? Well, we finally have pictures of our latest merchandise! Check out the new t-shirts, the baby doll tee’s and our new hoodies that we have for sale!
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Here’s the latest CD update … recording is done, mastering is done, artwork is about 99% done so it should be off to the pressing plant late next week. That means we are still on track for a release date right around April 26th. If you want a sneak peek at song names and lyrics look around the web site. You’ll have to wait a bit longer to hear the new songs though. Also, huge thanks to our Portland Street Team who really came through for the Tiger Army show
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Up-And-Coming Artists: 800 Octane. In 1994, four kids from Boone, NC got together to form a band called Hoss. 8 years, a 3000 mile move, a few demo tapes, 2 full-length CDs, countless compilations, 239 shows, 2 member changes, and a record deal later, they are still here, under the name 800 Octane. Dave, Eric, Jim, and Justin can’t be put it any one genre. The band successfully blends the sounds of alternative rock, punk, and pop-punk. Managing to be too catchy and slow for true punk enthusiasts but too aggressive for the pop-punk crowd, 800 Octane has a truly innovative and original combination of sounds. The Portland, Oregon band’s creative lyrics and fresh sound form the one-two punch that makes 800 Octane a must-hear. The band is currently in the studio, recording their third full-length CD, entitled
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