March 19th, 2006

It's Sunday March 19th, 2006. SXSW sucks. Not the event itself, which I can't really pass judgement on from the couch in my living room, but the effect it has on music news. While this week had a few neat stories (The Hold Steady signed to Vagrant? New Lillingtons record?) it seemed for the most part the world stopped spinning. The ratio of user submitted news to stuff we dig up ourselves fluctuates week by week, but in the past few days I think we were scrounging for table scraps more often than not. Things should pick up soon though, because Texas was most certainly the reason for this drought…

Stories you were talking about this week

So it wasn't exactly for the most dangerous of crimes, but Less Than Jake's guitarist Chris was arrested while shooting their new video in a mall and you all seemed to have a comment. Similarly quite a few of you jumped into the debate on MSNBC and the New York Times' efforts to define the "emo" movement. The Lawrence Arms remained atop the news pile this week with their new video hitting the interweb (that and a certain interview you'll read more about below). While their new television show is geared towards pre-schoolers, the Aquabats seem to have amassed quite a buzz among the Punknews commenters as well. Not sure what that says about us, mind you. Fearless continues their collection of "Punk Goes" covers compilations with the 90's edition, proving the nostalgia cycle is moving way too quick these days. From First To Last's media blitz was in full force this week, as they released both album streams and a new video from Heroine. The perpetually troubled Lollapalooza refuses to die, returning once again this year with a number of acts including Sparta, Cursive, Sleater-Kinney, the Hold Steady and many more. Finally a tour featuring Paint It Black, the Loved Ones and Shook Ones seemed to turn some heads.

This week we posted the second part of a video interview with Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms. Check it out.

Current contests Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire contest Anti-Flag will be releasing their hugely anticipated For Blood and Empire soon and to celebrate we're giving away a ton of swag including the band's complete discography!

Win an iPod Nano from Bullets and Octane
Orange County, California's Bullets and Octane are gearing up for the April 11th, 2006 release of In the Mouth of the Young and to celebrate they're giving away an iPod Nano.

Win a ton of swag from No Trigger No Trigger is preparing to release their debut full-length Canyoneer on Nitro Records this March. We're giving away a nice prize pack from the band including records and downloads from DownloadPunk.

Win the Pure Punk Rock DVD Punkcore Records recently released the two DVD Pure Punk Rock compilation. The disc features bands like Action, Blood Or Whiskey, the Casualties, Cheap Sex, Defiance, the Havoc, the Lower Class Brats, the Messengers and the Scarred.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

March 12th, 2006

It's Sunday March 12th, 2006. See this thing? Awesome. Bow to the new sasquatch lobster, which mightily grasps at the soul of man with its glorious woolly claw. If any of you start a hardcore band called Kiwa Hirsuta I promise we'll give you a totally undeserving amount of coverage here.

Stories you were talking about this week

While I can guarantee you we'll still be announcing Warped Tour bands for months to come, the major lineup for the annual punk rock summer camp was announced this week. Charges were dropped against the student involved in the surreal This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb bike scare fiasco. Another Victory hardcore band parted ways with their vocalist as Scott Wade left Winnipeg's Comeback Kid. With each new Anti-Flag track comes a flurry of attention and this week's release in support of the After Downing Street Coalition was no different. Vendetta Red called it quits and their breakup announcement brought out the usual throng of eulogizing supporters and venomous detractors. Finally a new batch of bands including AFI, the Riverboat Gamblers and Alexisonfire were added to the forthcoming Bamboozle festival.

This week we posted the first part of a video interview with Brendan Kelly of the Lawrence Arms. Check it out.

Current contests Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire contest Anti-Flag will be releasing their hugely anticipated For Blood and Empire soon and to celebrate we're giving away a ton of swag including the band's complete discography!

Win an iPod Nano from Bullets and Octane
Orange County, California's Bullets and Octane are gearing up for the April 11th, 2006 release of In the Mouth of the Young and to celebrate they're giving away an iPod Nano.

Win a ton of swag from No Trigger No Trigger is preparing to release their debut full-length Canyoneer on Nitro Records this March. We're giving away a nice prize pack from the band including records and downloads from DownloadPunk.

Win the Pure Punk Rock DVD Punkcore Records recently released the two DVD Pure Punk Rock compilation. The disc features bands like Action, Blood Or Whiskey, the Casualties, Cheap Sex, Defiance, the Havoc, the Lower Class Brats, the Messengers and the Scarred.

Win a Thrasher skate deck Thrasher Magazine recently released the 12th instalment of their long running Skate Rock compilation series featuring songs from Alkaline Trio, Millencolin, Only Crime, the Riverboat Gamblers, Die Hunns and many more. To celebrate we're giving away two limited edition skate decks.

Win some kicks from the Loved Ones Loved Ones recently released their debut full length Keep Your Heart and to celebrate Fat Wreck Chords and Draven Shoes are giving away some merch.

See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

March 5th, 2006

It's Sunday March 5th, 2006. And the Oscar for greatest use of a flaming dumpster by a punker with a giant Conflict patch draped over his ass during a riot goes to…

Stories you were talking about this week

This was one of those weeks where we had more than a few huge punk news stories that weren't directly tied to the usual cycle of tours and new song releases. Yesterday a riot broke out during the GBH / Adicts headlined British Invasion 2k6 show. Earlier in the week a student was charged after a This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb sticker caused a bomb scare. Not many bands ever have the good fortune to be in this sort of situation, but Hawthorne Heights went to great lengths to convince fans to give their album that extra nudge to the top of the Billboard charts. The band was also among many to campaign for the controversial animal rights organization PETA. The usual suspects of course reared their heads this week, as the announcement of Warped Tour dates and upcoming releases from Anti-Flag, Less Than Jake, Rise Against and Bad Religion all took their share of attention. Some new additions to that cast included Slayer and Against All Authority, both of who have new releases in the wings.

This week we posted an interview with instrumental Springman act Tera Melos. Check it out.

Current contests Win original Lawrence Arms lyrics sheets
The Lawrence Arms' forthcoming full length Oh! Calcutta! arrives on March 7th and to celebrate Punknews.org and Fat Wreck Chords are giving away one of a kind pieces of the band's history. We've got twelve handwritten lyrics sheets for twelve winners. This is an opportunity you won't find anywhere else! Only two days left! Anti-Flag For Blood and Empire contest Anti-Flag will be releasing their hugely anticipated For Blood and Empire soon and to celebrate we're giving away a ton of swag including the band's complete discography!

Win the Pure Punk Rock DVD Punkcore Records is releasing the two DVD Pure Punk Rock compilation on March 7th. The disc features bands like Action, Blood Or Whiskey, the Casualties, Cheap Sex, Defiance, the Havoc, the Lower Class Brats, the Messengers and the Scarred.

Win a Thrasher skate deck Thrasher Magazine recently released the 12th instalment of their long running Skate Rock compilation series featuring songs from Alkaline Trio, Millencolin, Only Crime, the Riverboat Gamblers, Die Hunns and many more. To celebrate we're giving away two limited edition skate decks.

Win some kicks from the Loved Ones Loved Ones recently released their debut full length Keep Your Heart and to celebrate Fat Wreck Chords and Draven Shoes are giving away some merch.

See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

February 26th, 2006

It's Sunday February 26th, 2006. Well, it's over. I watched more curling in the past few weeks than I ever thought possible. The Tournament of Hearts just started though so it looks like the obsession has some fuel to continue. I think it's high time for someone to organize us a Punk Rock Curling Tournament. Get the Sterns on the phone.

Stories you were talking about this week

We all knew it was coming, but the Sex Pistols just can't be in the news without putting their own personal spin on it. See their letter to the Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame to join in on the fun. Jumping forward a few eras, a lot of you had something to say when Finch announced their "indefinite break" this week. Looks for headlines in March when acts like Bright Eyes, Chuck D and Michael Stipe appear at the Bring 'Em Home Now event in New York. Joining a long list of ridiculous border incidents faced by North American bands, Further Seems Forever managed to get themselves blacklisted from Canada. Epitaph signed a pair of bands, including hip hop act Busdriver and post-Hot Water Music project The Draft. New songs that had you talking this week included the first track released by Punknews Records act Ryan's Hope, new demos from the good sir Ted Leo, and music from the upcoming Less Than Jake release. Other big stories this week included the upcoming release from Good Riddance and the upcoming tour featuring Teenage Bottlerocket, the Epoxies and the Phenomenauts.

This week we posted the second half of the joint Punknews / Pastepunk interview with Dr. Dan Yemin of Lifetime. We also bid farewell to Brent Dowe of pioneering rocksteady act the Melodians.

Current contests Win original Lawrence Arms lyrics sheets
The Lawrence Arms' forthcoming full length Oh! Calcutta! arrives on March 7th and to celebrate Punknews.org and Fat Wreck Chords are giving away one of a kind pieces of the band's history. We've got twelve handwritten lyrics sheets for twelve winners. This is an opportunity you won't find anywhere else!

Win a Thrasher skate deck Thrasher Magazine recently released the 12th instalment of their long running Skate Rock compilation series featuring songs from Alkaline Trio, Millencolin, Only Crime, the Riverboat Gamblers, Die Hunns and many more. To celebrate we're giving away two limited edition skate decks.

Win some kicks from the Loved Ones Loved Ones recently released their debut full length Keep Your Heart and to celebrate Fat Wreck Chords and Draven Shoes are giving away some merch.

See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Take Action Tour 2006
To celebrate the upcoming 2006 Take Action! Tour we're giving three winners a selection of albums by bands featured on the tour.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

Shameless self promotion

Punknews' head honcho Aubin recently took part in a roundtable interview along with Latterman drummer Pat Schramm and the staff of Wreck The Place Fantastic. Check it out.

February 19th, 2006

It's Sunday February 19th, 2006. This was a hard article to write, as last week we really missed the chance to use one of those great Dick Cheney hunting pictures and it just seems too late to open with one now. I just don't know what to do. Here's some pictures of the bird flu scare that hit Iraq the other day. I'm sure there's something clever to say about it, but I'll leave that to you folks.

Stories you were talking about this week

He usually targets the major label world, but this week Victory head Tony Brummel turned his guns on Apple's iTunes music store. Was he promoting the album as an art form, defending his business model or on the wrong side of the digital divide? You all had something to say about it. A number of anticipated new songs surfaced this week, including cuts from NOFX's new EP, Anti-Flag's major label debut and Less Than Jake's next. It's raising money for a great cause, but there's really something weird about My Chemical Romance selling a custom blazer. Speaking of weird, the kid-friendly version of Devo fit's that label well. Other hot topics included a Bad Religion DVD trailer, Paint It Black's upcoming performances and as always more additions to the Warped Tour.

Although most of you seemed to debate Propagandhi in the comment section, we published a huge interview from Boy Sets Fire this week. We also spoke with the Fall of Troy and launched the first half of the joint Pastepunk / Punknews interview with Dan Yemin of Lifetime, Paint It Black, Kid Dynamite and Armalite.

Current contests Win original Lawrence Arms lyrics sheets
The Lawrence Arms' forthcoming full length Oh! Calcutta! arrives on March 7th and to celebrate Punknews.org and Fat Wreck Chords are giving away one of a kind pieces of the band's history. We've got twelve handwritten lyrics sheets for twelve winners. This is an opportunity you won't find anywhere else!

Win a Thrasher skate deck Thrasher Magazine recently released the 12th instalment of their long running Skate Rock compilation series featuring songs from Alkaline Trio, Millencolin, Only Crime, the Riverboat Gamblers, Die Hunns and many more. To celebrate we're giving away two limited edition skate decks.

See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Take Action Tour 2006
To celebrate the upcoming 2006 Take Action! Tour we're giving three winners a selection of albums by bands featured on the tour. The prize package will include recent albums from headliners Matchbook Romance and Silverstein as well as material from the Early November, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, Man Alive, I Am Ghost, Hit The Lights, We Are The Fury and Roses Are Red.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

Site news

Just an update to our review posting schedules. We've finally after many months cleared out a huge backlog of review submissions and things look to be back on track. With that, the Sunday review update will be put on hold for a while, so check out the updates every Tuesday and Friday for a nice selection of reviews of both new releases and classic material.

February 12th, 2006

It's Sunday February 12th, 2006. I don't know about you, but my TV's been tuned into the games in Torino all weekend long. Ahh the Winter Olympics, what's not to love? Canada vs. Italy: 16 to 0. Canada vs. Russia: 12 to 0. California's Shaun White taking names in the half pipe. I think the Chinese figure skating pair were performing to Zeppelin's "Kashmir." Good times.

Stories you were talking about this week

Some music "leaked" from Tom Delonge's new band Angels and Airwaves, and the frontman's hype for the forthcoming record is becoming as much a discussion point as the music itself. Another upcoming record with a huge profile `round these parts is of course the Lawrence Arms' Oh! Calcutta!, new music form which was released online recently. The Lookout fallout continued this week as the good Sir Ted Leo parted for greener pastures at indie powerhouse Touch and Go. Tour plans from bands like Against Me! and Bigwig had anticipation running high, as did the rare announcement of upcoming Rancid performances. This week also saw the A Wilhelm Scream minus a bassist, Green Day getting its industry accolades at the Grammys and Dischord distributing DVDs of that crazy Pancake Mountain kids show.

Current contests Win original Lawrence Arms lyrics sheets
The Lawrence Arms' forthcoming full length Oh! Calcutta! arrives on March 7th and to celebrate Punknews.org and Fat Wreck Chords are giving away one of a kind pieces of the band's history. We've got twelve handwritten lyrics sheets for twelve winners. This is an opportunity you won't find anywhere else!

See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Take Action Tour 2006
To celebrate the upcoming 2006 Take Action! Tour we're giving three winners a selection of albums by bands featured on the tour. The prize package will include recent albums from headliners Matchbook Romance and Silverstein as well as material from the Early November, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, Man Alive, I Am Ghost, Hit The Lights, We Are The Fury and Roses Are Red.

GG Allin - Terror In America Music Video Distributors will release the DVD GG Allin - Terror In America: Live 1993 on February 21st. The label's giving away packs of five depraved GG DVDs to three depraved `Org readers.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

February 5th, 2006

It's Sunday February 5th, 2006. You know I'm really not the best person to say anything the least bit informed or clever about football. I'm not even going to try. Seriously.

Stories you were talking about this week

Anti-Flag made some waves this week with the first preview of a song from their major label debut For Blood and Empire. Bad Religion's Greg Graffin is in the studio recording a solo project backed by the the Weakerthans, featuring a guest appearance by Jolie Holland, and produced by Brett Gurewitz -- a combination of players that raised a collective "holy crap" from the `Org staff when we learned. I guess you can go home again, as Vagrant signed Saves The Day, again. None More Black finished their new record while Green Day just got started thinking about theirs. Other big stories this week spanned such topics as the With Honor vocalist change, the surprise appearance of a Silverstein song on American Idol, the break up of Champion, and details on the new Less than Jake EP.

This was a tragic week as well, and our condolences go out to the families, friends and fans of both Jason Sears of RKL and Thomas "Pig Champion" Roberts of Poison Idea.

Current contests See the Taste of Chaos at Long Beach Arena
Punknews.org and the Taste of Chaos Tour will give one lucky winner a chance to see the tour stop in Los Angeles, California on March 30th, 2006. Besides putting you on a plane, the package will include a Nintendo DS, accommodations when you arrive, backstage passes, a year's supply of Rockstar energy drink, and a guitar signed by Thrice, The Deftones, Atreyu, Story of The Year and American Eyes.

Take Action Tour 2006
To celebrate the upcoming 2006 Take Action! Tour we're giving three winners a selection of albums by bands featured on the tour. The prize package will include recent albums from headliners Matchbook Romance and Silverstein as well as material from the Early November, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, Man Alive, I Am Ghost, Hit The Lights, We Are The Fury and Roses Are Red.

GG Allin - Terror In America Music Video Distributors will release the DVD GG Allin - Terror In America: Live 1993 on February 21st. The label's giving away packs of five depraved GG DVDs to three depraved `Org readers.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

Plugs for friends

Two great music websites that have contributed features and reviews to the Punknews community were relaunched recently. Punk International, the source of our soon-to-be restarted International Spotlight features, lives on as Wreck The Place Fantastic. A source for many great Canadian punk reviews, Canada Noise, is also sporting a beautiful new design with lots of great content. Frequent Punknews contributor James Hepplewhite recently did a great interview with Bane, running on the always informative Pastepunk.

January 29, 2006

Kung hei fat choi! It's Sunday January 29nd, 2006 (or 4701 if that's how you're counting), welcome to the Year of the Dog. Now was going to go off on some tangent about the controversy surrounding Google's Chinese censorship (we're still ok), but why ruin a holiday? Happy New Years!

Stories you were talking about this week

Well it seems that a few weeks of time hasn't let cooler heads prevail when it comes to Against Me!, as our recent interview with the band brought everyone out for another round of sparring. Industry politics once again sucked some of the fun out of life, as independent labels railed against Best Buy's pricing and Nettwerk took a stand against the RIAA. Other topics of interest included Bright Eyes special special recognition from GLAAD, the recently announced Alkaline Trio / Against Me! tour, the new single from the Loved Ones and Nitro's new deal with Much The Same. Two upcoming festivals announced their line ups this week, and both the International Ska Circus and the Bamboozle turned some heads.

If you're looking for a bit less controversy with your interviews check out our recent chat with I Am The Avalanche.

For a goofy picture of the `Org staff (with pro bowling ringers) from last weekend's Punk Rock Bowling in Vegas check out the Punknews MySpace page.

Current contests GG Allin - Terror In America Music Video Distributors will release the DVD GG Allin - Terror In America: Live 1993 on February 21st. The label's giving away packs of five depraved GG DVDs to three depraved `Org readers.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

January 22, 2006

It's Sunday January 22nd, 2006. You may have noticed that our Sunday reviews are missing this week and that your cat calls to Justin go unanswered. So just what has happened to Punknews this weekend? Well it's Punk Rock Bowling time in Las Vegas and the Org team has proven once again that you can be a bowling team without practice, skills or teamwork, you just need matching shirts. Rest assured though that tomorrow we'll pull the Punknews posting androids off the job and reintroduce that warm human touch you so desperately crave. You're all just quivering in anticipation I'm sure…

Stories you were talking about this week

Well once again a break up of a divisive band had the most attention, and our announcement of the demise of the Transplants was this week's top story. The new NOFX EP, cover art in particular, managed to turn some heads. Once again the Warped Tour was a hot topic with news on the addition of Aiden and Joan Jett of all people as well as further comments from tour head Kevin Lyman. Detail on the upcoming albums from Yellowcard, the Lawrence Arms and the Bronx all had their share of attention, as well as topics like Against Me!'s upcoming benefit show and Sony Music's new label for GLBT.

Oh, and apparently Brian's not very hip on the list of (discriminatory) punk bands and let a questionable article slip. Sorry about that one folks, it's been removed and we certainly don't tolerate that kind of stuff `round these parts.

This past week we posted a chat with Doghouse Records act Push To Talk and Canadian buzz act Hot Hot Heat as well as a live video of one of our favorite bands of 2005, Paint It Black.

Current contests GG Allin - Terror In America Music Video Distributors will release the DVD GG Allin - Terror In America: Live 1993 on February 21st. The label's giving away packs of five depraved GG DVDs to three depraved `Org readers.
Define the Meaning 'Zine
To celebrate the publication of their first issue, Define The Meaning Zine would like to give 10 Punknews.org readers a copy of the first issue. The issue includes interviews with Comeback Kid, With Honor, Tim McMahon from Mouth Piece/Triple Threat, Rise Against, Soulfire, and Folly as well as show reviews, cd reviews and more.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).

January 15, 2006

It's Sunday January 15th, 2006. I did a bit of research and found that the first Punknews occurrence of the ever infamous "sandwich comment" was in our 2002 announcement of Fenix TX's breakup. Now I'm not taking credit for starting that little gem, as I'm not that clever and I assume I stole it from Buddyhead's then hopping gossip column, but it's somehow comforting that four years later it's still used proudly by our readers. It brings a tear to my eye.

Stories you were talking about this week

Fat Wreck claimed both top spots this week with stories on their new signing Dead To Me and the upcoming NOFX EP Never Trust a Hippy. As usual, the Warped tour got a ton of attention with new band announcements (the Bouncing Souls, Armor For Sleep and Billy Talent if you were wondering). Mest broke up. `Nuff said. Upcoming records from AFI, Streetlight Manifesto, the Lawrence Arms and Anti-Flag all had their fair share of attention, both positive and negative. Strangely, an account that Ian MacKaye was speaking at Yale received quite a reaction as well.

This week we spoke with two bands who rocked your 2005, so check out our chats with A Wilhelm Scream and With Honor.

Current contests GG Allin - Terror In America Music Video Distributors will release the DVD GG Allin - Terror In America: Live 1993 on February 21st. The label's giving away packs of five depraved GG DVDs to three depraved `Org readers.
Define the Meaning 'Zine
To celebrate the publication of their first issue, Define The Meaning Zine would like to give 10 Punknews.org readers a copy of the first issue. The issue includes interviews with Comeback Kid, With Honor, Tim McMahon from Mouth Piece/Triple Threat, Rise Against, Soulfire, and Folly as well as show reviews, cd reviews and more.

Sponsored tours Take Action Tour Matchbook Romance, Silverstein, Chiodos, Amber Pacific, Paramore, The Early November, I Am Ghost and Hit The Lights are among the bands playing this year's Take Action Tour. The Sub City organized event provides support and resources for young people to turn to when in need through the National Hopeline Network and 1-800-SUICIDE(784-2433).