IRON LUNG @ PRE-MARYLAND DEATH FEST IN MAY!

ADVANCE NOTICE! IRON LUNG will be playing a pre-party for the Maryland DEATHFEST! IRON LUNG will most likely also appear at CHAOS IN TEJAS that same weekend. Prank is now working with 625 thrashcore on a re-press of IRON LUNG's first LP "life.ironlung.death."

NEW PRANK RELEASE: AVSKUM

AVSKUM ""Folk Som Har Kan Inte Do " 7" EP

A-Side features 4 new tracks from Avskum in the vein of their most recent LP "Uppror Underifran", blasting Swedish hardcore, fueled by sturdy D- beat bashing and harsh vocals. Flip side is two re-worked versions of Tracks from "Crucified By The Sytem". Features guest vocals from Diana of shades of grey. First press Limited to 600 copies, recorded at Evil Grille, art by crash mange, pocket sleeve. You can check out a track from the EP at the band's myspace LIMITED PRESS ON CLEAR VINYL

NEW RECORDS INFO!

THREE BRAND NEW SINGLES OUT THIS WEEK FROM PRANK!!!

Apologies about the higher prices, but both AVSKUM 7"'s are limited pressings. I also have left over merchandise from the Avskum Japan tour, read down for details.

SET DEAL: GET ALL THREE RECORDS FOR
$15.00 PPD US by Pay Pal first class Mail, Delivery confirmation,
$16.00 PPD Canada by Pay pal
$21.00 PPD TO EUROPE, AUSTRALIA.
Other combinations- combine individual prices ( I.E. AVSKUM DEMO + MORPHEME = $7.50 +
$6.50 = $14.00 PPD US) or write for a quote.

PAY PAL to prankrec AT mindspring DOT com

PLEASE MAKE SURE THEIR IS AN ADDRESS ATTACHED TO YOUR PAY PAL ACCOUNT/ PAYMENT AND THAT IT IS CORRECT.
HOPING TO SHIP EVERYTHING THURSDAY OR FRIDAY, THANKS.

AVSKUM ""Folk Som Har Kan Inte Do " 7" EP ( Prank 109)
LIMITED PRESS ON CLEAR VINYL
A-Side features 4 new tracks from Avskum in the vein of their most recent LP "Uppror Underifran", blasting Swedish hardcore, fueled by sturdy D- beat bashing and harsh vocals. Flip side is two re-worked versions of Tracks from "Crucified By The Sytem". Features guest vocals from Diana of shades of grey. First press Limited to 600 copies, recorded at Evil Grille, art by crash mange, pocket sleeve. You can check out a track from the EP at the band's myspace: http://www.myspace.com/avskum

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $4.00 +$3.50
= $7.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $4.00 +$6.50 = $ 10.50

NO WHOLESALE

AVSKUM "1982 DEMO" 7" ( Prank 108)
LIMITED BLACK VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
Vinyl pressing of Avskum's original 1982 demo tape. No one could make out or remember the lyrics, so there's photos from the original photo session and 12 tracks of raw, crude swedish hardcore bashing, remastered by George Horn to sound bright and shiny.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $4.00 +$3.50
= $7.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL :$4.00 +$6.50 = $ 10.50

NO WHOLESALE

MORPHEME 7" ( Prank 106)
LIMITED WHITE VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.
Six tracks of rampaging noise! Torrential waves of guitar distortion blast as vocals shout and swirl through the burning chaos, fueled by rapid fire drumming and thundering bass charges. This San Francisco band makes an explosive combination of Japanese-styled noisy hardcore ( KURO, GAI, CONFUSE, DISCLOSE) and heavy early 80's Finnish Hardcore influences - ( KAAOS, BASTARDS, KANSAN UUTISET ), with lyrics sung entirely in Japanese by a Tokyo Transplant and Japanese- American. MORPHEME's debut solo release after a quickly sold out demo tape and recently released a split 7" EP with Nagoya Japan's DCLONE, Recorded by Greg Wilkinson at Ear Hammer studios in Oakland, it captures the bands wild live delayed vocal effects and distorted attack. Comes in a hard pocket sleeve with an insert.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.00 +$3.50
= $6.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.00 +$6.50 = $ 9.50

US 15 MORPHEME singles on Black VInyl= $37.50 +$5.65 = $43.15 + $2.10= $45.25
OVERSEAS 15 MORPHEME Singles on Black VInyl = $37.50 +$12.95+ $50.45 + $2.55= $53.00

LEFTOVERS FROM AVSKUM JAPAN TOUR: ( limited availability)
If you want a bunch of stuff, write for a shipping quote.
AVSKUM ( classic) Logo stitched cloth patch 6" x 2" black with white lettering. $6 PPD US/Canada, $7 Europe, $5 with any order.
AVSKUM "Uppror Underifran" Button $1 to any order.
AVSKUM " Crucified By the System" EP cover Square Button of Ep Cover $2 PPD. $1.50 with any order.
AVSKUM " Uppror Underifran Japan Tour 2009" Towel- black screen printed towel with Grommet- $12 PPD US. Write for Europe.
AVSKUM " Crucified By the System" 7" Re-press on Red Vinyl. $3 + shipping.
AVSKUM "Crucified by the system" T-shirt ( I have 2 Larges, 3 mediums) Front and back print of the Front and back cover fo the crucified By The system EP $10 + Postage.
AVSKUM " Uppror Underifran" Japan tour T-shirt ( I have 7 Larges, and 2 Medimums) Features uppror Logo on Front, Same character with Japanese tour dates on the back.

PAY PAL to prankrec AT mindspring DOT com

INCLUDE:
#1) what you're paying for
#2) an address to mail it to - expect a ONE MONTH delay if you don't do this, no kidding.
#3) full name for overseas / Canada shipments.

OTHER STUFF: I still have a handful of Paintbox Limited left. Christ oN parade re-press. We will be having a year end wrap up deal and sale after these new records.

COMING SOON:
ACEPHALIX LP/CD, CROW `BLOODY TEAR" LP RE-PRESS, CROW "BEATING OF THE WINGS OF DESTRUCTION" 12" PICTURE DISC, DESOLATION 7". 2010 is going to be busy.

ON TOUR: CROW WEST COAST + TX MAY 2010.

NEW PRANK RELEASE: MORPHEME 7"!

Six tracks of rampaging noise! Torrential waves of guitar distortion blast as vocals shout and swirl through the burning chaos, fueled by rapid fire drumming and thundering bass charges. This San Francisco band makes an explosive combination of Japanese-styled noisy hardcore ( KURO, GAI, CONFUSE, DISCLOSE) and heavy early 80's Finnish Hardcore influences - ( KAAOS, BASTARDS, KANSAN UUTISET ), with lyrics sung entirely in Japanese by a Tokyo Transplant and Japanese- American. MORPHEME's debut solo release after a quickly sold out demo tape and recently released a split 7" EP with Nagoya Japan's DCLONE, Recorded by Greg Wilkinson at Ear Hammer studios in Oakland, it captures the bands wild live delayed vocal effects and distorted attack. Comes in a hard pocket sleeve with an insert.


Morpheme were one of our favorite Live band's we saw this year. These Ep's have been pressed on Limited Edition White vinyl for the U.S. and Red Vinyl for Japan. Check a track of the EP at Prank's Myspace

AVSKUM JAPAN TOUR! HERE'S A FEW PHOTOS!

SYOON (Isterismo) and SO Hardcore survives "Mr. Christmas"! these dudes rule and took super good care of us in Tokyo, they gave me a lot of hope for the future of the Japanese Punk scene. If you see SO at any time buy him a "party cocktail" in a can at the kombini from me, and I'll pay you back.
Gunnar and Hakan from avskum, fresh off the plane and shellshocked in Koenji. This tour was a very short one and there was little time for sight seeing.

We thought we were clever making the Avskum demo from 1982 on vinyl for this tour, more than one person showed up with faded shirts of the cover!!!...Old Swedish Punk is really well known in Japan, and after Asta Kask, AVSKUM are only the second old and active Swedish punk band to tour in Japan. Avskum played in Tsuyama, japan - a small rural town.. and members of the band SKIZOFRENIADJ'ed impossibly obscure Swedish Hardcore all night. Avskum's minds = blown, when's the last time you heard NISSE NOTTER?

Hiroshi from Dclone @ Soundcheck in Tsuyama Japan. Dclone were fantastic all nights. I didn't unfortunately get to see complete sets of many bands, hence not a lot of live band photos - but I am stoked on this photo of Yu-taro at the same show, (hey these are all off my phone!) TSUYAMA IS BURNING!!!!












Vocalist / Guitarrist of DISTURD was kind enough to pick us up at the train station and drive us back to Okayama, host us, and made some absolutely incredible miso soup that Avskum was a little scared to try in the morning. DISTURD are Great band that combines CROW-style metallic punk with maybe more of an Oakland Sabbath-metal punk vibe. They will do an LP and tour the states in the coming year.
















AIchi from Reality Crisis the man who brought this whole tour together- Domo arigato gozaimashita. Reality Crisis Caused my rare, annual appearance in the slam pit twice for their classics off of "Discharge your frustration" that are up on their myspace, so killer. We awere lucky to have support from CLOWN, who totally killed it every night as well.


Post a great show in Nagoya at the Izakaya at 2 AM or later, Aichi, Shinii from D-Clone and vocalist of SYSTEM FUCKER.. I had the most incredible deep fried potato Mochi filled with cream cheese at this Izakaya and it was nice to share good food with good people.


Shin from FRAMTID and Avskum at the Osaka Train station. Avskum played an incredible all night show with Organism, Warhead, Framtid, Reality Crisis, Clown, Elekids, It was so overwhelming, I'm still processing it. Thank you Shin for your organization, honoring Avskum by having them play this special event and everything you do for the Osaka and Japanese punk scene.

Maybe I'll post some more later!

NEW PRANK RELEASE: AVSKUM 1982 DEMO 7" EP

Pressed for Avskum's Japan tour at the start of this month, this is Avskum's original 1982 demo put to vinyl for the first time. 12 tracks original recorded in 1982, these are lo-fi crude bashing akin to the band's legendary "Crucified By the System" EP (with the band's original guitarrist-Bassist Hakan switched over to Guitar in the early 90's and Jorgen was added on Bass) Limited to 600 copies!

NEEDLES - New 7" out Now ! Ex- DEAD AND GONE, TALK IS POISON

NEEDLES- a group featuring Brin from DEAD AND GONE / TALK IS POISON and Jim from TALK IS POISON as well as Martin from Crudos and Limp Wrist and Scott from Limp Wrist released a new 7" that's just as stellar as the first, you can order it at BAD SKULLS as well as Distros everywhere.

ARTIC FLOWERS! New band from Stan from Deathreat and Signal Lost!

Stan From Deathreat and Signal Lost has a new band in Portland Called ARTIC FLOWERS - the name taken from the RUBELLA BALLET song, they have some of their 4-song demo up at MYSPACE which is being re-mixed by Smok from POST REGIMENT / PESD for eventual release on a 7"! Check it out!!!

ELDOPA 1332 TONIGHT @ ANNIE'S SOCIAL CLUB

Eldopa 1332 released their first record on Prank as the label's 7th release in the mid -1990's, they went on to release a full length record on the short lived East Bay Menace label and those recordings can now be found on Tee Pee records. They have done intermittent reunions since the 90's, they are playing tonight in San Francisco at what they're billing as their final show:
Alcoholocaust Presents
Annie's Social Club / 917 Folsom Street @ 5th Street / San Francisco
EL DOPA (Reunion) Headliner
http://www.myspace.com/eldopaunofficial
THE MAKAI (from Chico)
http://www.myspace.com/themakai
http://www.themakairocks.com/
CRETACEOUS
http://www.myspace.com/cretaceousmetal
Doors open at 9:00pm / Show at 10:00pm
$7.00 Admission / 21+


Make it out if you can!

IRON LUNG @ "THE FEST", EAST COAST TOUR DATES!

IRON LUNG are appearing at "THE FEST" this weekend and Fucked Up's "Fucked Up Weekend" and then doing a short East coast tour:

October:
f 30 gainesville fest 8 @ common grounds (6pm, all age) w/ torche, coliseum, young widows, magrudergrind, coalesce + more.

sa 31 toronto @ sneaky dees (431 college st. m5t 1t1, 7pm, 18+) w/ fucked up, dsb, force fed, brutal knights, nomos

november:

su 1 montreal @ underworld (251 Ste-Catherine East on the third floor, 7pm, all age) w/ cro-mags, the endless blockade, plus minus, surroundings

m 2 buffalo @ ex funeral parlor w/ gas chamber

tu 3 pittsburgh @ modern formations (4919 Penn Ave, 8pm, all age) w/ brian handle, slices

w 4 dc @ tba w/ bomb the music industry, d.o.c., ilsa, mind is prison

th 5 philadelphia @ terrordome (624 N 48th Street, all age, show done by 10pm) w/ salvation

f 6 boston @ holden chapel (harvard campus, all age, 8pm) w/ mind eraser, dry hump, sqrm

sa 7 providence (olneyville) @ sweat shop w/ mind eraser

su 8 nyc @ cake shop (152 ludlow st, 3pm, all age) w/ mind eraser, brain handle, nomos

Here's a Youtube playlist of recent and not so recent Iron Lung shows around the world!

CHRIST ON PARADE TOUR POSTER!

CHRIST ON PARADE TOUR POSTER! Tour Starts October 30th! Here's a Youtube playlistof some Christ on Parade shows when the band was here in 2007, in Europe and Last Year in Japan.

SF: BENEFIT SHOWS TONIGHT FOR MRR @ THRILLHOUSE & EL RIO

Tonight Thrillhouse is throwing a benefit for MRR- they're a hair short on their print bill this month, so They' re throwing a show so the next issue can be printed, check it out:

Saturday October the 3rd
@ THRILLHOUSE show starts at 6 cause it must be over before 10
BAKED GOODS AVAILABLE!!!
We're asking $5 donation, all ages
-NODZZZ
-DUCK AND COVER
-CULTURE KIDS
-TROUBLE

Then right after that show, they have a second benefit happening at El Rio, just down the street...

@ EL RIO!
Show starts at 10-doors at 9
$7 21+
-LOVE SONGS!
-AIRFIX KITS!
-ED MUDSHI (from Marseille Le France!!)
-COBRA SKULLS

Please come out and help MRR, they need your help, and please re-post this if you can!!!!!!!!!!

AVSKUM JAPAN TOUR DATES DECEMBER 2009

AVSKUM are touring Japan in December! Supported by D-CLONE and REALITY CRISIS! It's a quick 5 Day tour, but sure to wail and Prank will release two new EP's for tour- a new 4 song Ep with 2 re-recordings From "Crcuified by the system" and a 7" of their demos from 1982. Avskum are a killer live band and to get people stoked for the tour, I've created a You tube playlistof live shows and songs.

Here are the dates:

December 2nd - Tokyo @ 2000V with D-CLONE, ISTERISMO,DEATHTRIVE,UNARM
December 3rd- Tsuyama @K2 with D-CLONE
December 4th- Nagoya @TINY7 with REALITYCRISIS, D-CLONE
December 5th- Osaka- "IT LOOKS FORWARD TO A LIFE" @ KING COBRA with AVSKUM, REALITY CRISIS, CLOWN (nagoya) D-CLONE, DIEDRO LOS DIABLOS, ELEKIDZ , the SICK , ACROSTIX , the TELEPATHYS, BAD DIRTY HATE, SECOND TO NONE, HUMPTY DUMPTY, ORGANISM, WARHEAD, FRAMTID + DJ MINAMI/SHIGA/KAZUHIKO/KENTA MADNESS 7:00 start/all night December 6th- Tokyo @MOON STEP with REALITYCRISIS,LIFE,ACUTE,CLOWN,

CHRIST ON PARADE -WEST COAST AND SOUTHWEST TOUR

Christ on Parade are returning for another West Coast tour in October and November. Here are the dates, We are down to the last few copies of "loud and Live" on Green vinyl but there will be a small run of the "loud and live" Lp on clear for there dates. "Sounds of Nature" will also be re-pressed for this tour:

OCTOBER
30 FRIDAY – SEATTLE, WA, THE MORGUE
31 SATURDAY – PLAN B, PORTLAND, OR
NOVEMBER

1 SUNDAY – BOISE, ID @ Gustos
2 MONDAY – CLUB VEGAS, SLC, UT
3 TUESDAY – DENVER, CO 3 KINGS TAVERN
4 WEDNESDAY – COLORADO SPRINGS, CO THE ROCKET ROOM
5 THURSDAY – OKC, OKLAHOMA, THE CONSERVATORY
6 FRIDAY – DALLAS, TX, JULY ALLEY - ALSO AT THE PHOENIX PROJECT
7 SATURDAY – AUSTIN, TX W/ NEGATIVE APPROACH @ RED 7 (same day as FUN FUN FUN FEST)
8 SUNDAY – EL PASO, TX, THE LAIR
9 MONDAY – PHOENIX, AZ, JUGHEADS
10 TUESDAY – OFF
11 WEDNESDAY – SAN DIEGO, CA, RADIO ROOM
12 THURSDAY – POMONA, CA, ANGELOS
13 FRIDAY – LONG BEACH, CA, ALEX’S W/ CH 3
14 SATURDAY – BERKELEY, CA, 924 GILMAN W/ELDOPA, ACEPHALIX
15 SUNDAY – SAN FRANCISCO, CA, THEE PARKSIDE, SF

IRON LUNG SHOWS + NEW RECORD

Just got dates from IRON LUNG - they'll play a special record release show this weekend for their Collaborative live recording with members of WALLS and PIG HEART TRANSPLANT this weekend with KYLESA. This record was recorded last Halloween and mixed with greg at Ear hammer. IRON LUNG will be preforming at "THE FEST" in Gainesville, FL with KYLESA, COALESCE, TORCHE and more and then also at FUCKED UP's "fucked up weekend." in Toronto. They will do a mini-tour of the East coast after that.

I Caved!!! Prank is now on Twitter.

"tweets" here

PAINTBOX- YOUTUBE PLAYLIST + REVIEWS

We've been busy all week shipping out the Vinyl versions of "relicts' and "trip, Trance & Travelling" 2XLp- the limited versions are still available but going really fast. Chekout a Pretty Neat review of Trip, Trance & Travelling here From the HG FACT CD version. I also found a Cool Set of Photos From Huck Finn in Nagoya, Japan.

Finally to also celebrate the release of these I also made A Youtube playlist of tracks off the LP, Videos from their most recent Japanese tour, and older videos- enjoy!

These are also now available for Wholesale through Ebullition, No Idea and will be in this weeks REVELATION Update.

PAINTBOX "TRIP, TRANCE & TRAVELLING" and "RELICTS" OUT NOW!

NEW PAINTBOX LP’S NOW AVAILABLE!!!
CD VERSIONS Available Here:
http://www.interq.or.jp/japan/hgfact/

Prank website at www.prankrecords.com will also be updated with Paypal buttons up later tonight.

PAINTBOX “ TRIP, TRANCE & TRAVELLING” 2XLP
The Third LP from Tokyo’s PAINTBOX was almost ten years in the making is finally available on Vinyl. Combing the ferocity of Japanese hardcore with influences from across the music spectrum-Classic rock, J-Pop, Psychedelia and more- this double LP is an almost 70 minute journey through a myriad of emotions and Sound scapes that stretches the concept of a hardcore LP to it’s limit in a way only Japanese legends PAINTBOX could. ( Prank 105) Comes in a heavy weight tip-on Stoughton sleeve with fold out lyric sheet with English lyric translations. Mailorder copies on Yellow vinyl.

PAINTBOX "RELICTS " LP
Collecting PAINTBOX’s four 7” releases- their debut 7” EP, “DOOR /PROVIDED RAILRAOD” 7”, “CRY OF THE SHEEPS” and “BACK REPORTER” FLEXI with tracks from tribute records to both POISON IDEA and JAPANESE legend GHOUL, “RELICTS” is as much of an overview of the bands progression as a litmus of their skill at combining diverse music ideas within the framework of “Burning Spirits” styled hardcore. ( Prank 104) Mailorder copies come on Blue vinyl with a bonus blue vinyl LP of the “Raise the capital” show only CD-R of live tracks , full color record labels , insert and obi strip. Limited to 300 in the U.S.. The copies in stores will just be a single LP of the studio material.

COST FOR BOTH RECORDS : “TRIP, TRANCE AND TRAVELLING” 2XLP on Yellow vinyl and the MAILORDER ONLY blue vinyl 2XLP VERSION OF “RELICTS” are:
$40.00 US, $50.00 Canada, $58 Mexico $60.00 World ( Europe, UK, Russia, Australia, S. America) paypal to prankrec@mindspring.com

“TRIP, TRANCE AND TRAVELLING” 2XLP on Yellow vinyl is
$22.00 US, $26.00 Canada, $32Mexico $35.00World ( Europe, UK, Russia, Australia, S. America)

“RELICTS” MAILORDER ONLY 2XLP on Blue vinyl with Obi is
$23.00 US, $27.00 Canada, $33Mexico $36.00World ( Europe, UK, Russia, Australia, S. America)

“TRIP, TRANCE AND TRAVELLING” 2XLP on Yellow vinyl and the Regular black vinyl Single LP version of “RELICTS” is :
$32.00 US, $42.00 Canada, $48 Mexico $52.00 World ( Europe, UK, Russia, Australia, S. America)

“RELICTS” Regular version LP on Black vinyl is
$12.50 PPD US / $13.50 PPD CANADA/ $17 PPD MEXICO /$21 PPD WORLD/

WHOLESALE COPIES of “TRIP TRANCE AND TRAVELLING” 2XLP (5 minimum , Black Vinyl) $12.50 EACH + SHIPPING AND PAYPAL.

WHOLESALE COPIES- of the Single LP version of “RELICTS” on black vinyl are $6.50 Each plus + shipping and pay pal. Ask nice and I’ll include OBI strips for wholesale copies.

Write for any other wholesale combinations.
paypal to prankrec@mindspring.com


FOR MORE STUFF, CHECK PRANK MAILORDER PAGE.


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paypal to prankrec@mindspring.com
INCLUDE:

1) what you're paying for

2) an address to mail it to - expect a ONE MONTH delay if you don't do this, no kidding.

3) full name for overseas / Canada shipments.

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PLEASE LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE IF YOU WANT SHRINKWRAP SEALS BROKEN AND THE RECORD SHIPPED WITHOUT SHRINK. PLEASE ASK FOR THIS WHILE PLACING YOUR ORDER NOT AFTER YOUR ORDER HAS BEEN PLACED.

With the High Volume of orders, we streamline the process to which the orders are shipped out and it’s actually often FASTER to just stick with our post paid Media Mail price. If you want priority mail in the U.S, Add $10 AND put US PRIORITY MAIL ORDER in the Subject line.

Wholesale also available from No Idea and Ebullition. Mailorder everywhere.

COMING SOON:
MORPHEME 7”, DESOLATION 7”, ACEPHALIX LP/CD, CROW ‘BLOODY TEAR” LP RE-PRESS, CROW “BEATING OF THE WINGS OF DESTRUCTION” 12” PICTURE DISC.

ON TOUR: KYLESA US OCTOBER- NOVEMBER 2009. DESOLATION EUROPE OCTOBER 2009. CHRIST ON PARADE WEST COAST TOUR NOVEMBER 2009. IRON LUNG EAST COAST MINI TOUR NOVEMBER 2009. AVSKUM JAPAN TOUR DECEMBER 2009.

INITIAL STATE!

2009 Marks the 15th anniversary of the original Release of INITIAL STATE " Abort The Soul" which was original released on Clearview Records in 1994. An Evolution of Antischism and despite only laying four shows, Initial State with it's wild downtuning really was a key element in the genesis of the Downtuned Southern Crust of the mid to late 90's. I found a pretty neat blog where One of the guys from Clearview responded a little about the band and about the making of the LP , which was recorded, like many, Antischism, Deathreat,Guyana Punch Line, Damad recordings at columbia, South Carolina's The Jam Room which is still active as a recording studio today.

Bay Area's Abrupt on Tour in Europe!

Sam From Desolation and Wyatt from Born/Dead's other band ABRUPT are on tour in Europe in September-
here's the dates:
9/4/2009 8:00 PM at lobusch
, Germany, Hamburg

9/5/2009 8:00 PM at the Mukkes
grote hoogstraat 26, Holland, Leeuwarden

9/6/2009 4:00 PM at @ VOS squat w/ the Fucking Virgins
, Holland, Wormerveer/Wandelweg

9/7/2009 8:00 PM at ?
, need help, w.Germany,Holland,Belgium

9/8/2009 8:00 PM at ?
, need help, w.Germany,Holland,Belgium

9/9/2009 8:00 PM at the plu
, Holland, Heerlen

9/10/2009 8:00 PM at Carlo Levi w/ Muckrackers, Antimaster (Mex)
, Belgium, Liège

9/11/2009 8:00 PM at cafe Dada w/ Furious, the beginning of the end (uk)
, Belgium, Brussels-capital

9/12/2009 8:00 PM at cafe lilliput /w Furious, Muckrackers
, Belgium, Wetteren

9/13/2009 8:00 PM at the Pits
, Belgium, Kortrijk

9/14/2009 8:00 PM at ?
, need help, France

9/15/2009 8:00 PM at les tanneries w/ ASCO
, France, Dijon

9/16/2009 8:00 PM at @ mermaid’s singing w/ Motored, Otaku Party
, France, Lyon

9/17/2009 8:00 PM at La Farga
, Spain, Barcelona

9/18/2009 8:00 PM at @ Bar Creepy w/ El Hambre
, Spain, Sedavi (near Valencia)

9/19/2009 8:00 PM at tba
, Spain, Zaragoza

9/20/2009 8:00 PM at ?
,need help, France,Spain?

9/21/2009 8:00 PM at ?
,need help, france,spain

9/22/2009 8:00 PM at babalonia
, Italy, Imperia

9/23/2009 8:00 PM at ?
,need help, Switzerland, ?

9/24/2009 8:00 PM at ?
,need help, Germany,?

9/25/2009 8:00 PM at AU w/ Gewapend Beton (nl)
, Germany, Frankfurt

9/26/2009 9:00 PM at hafermarkt, w/ dishonorable discharge (norway)
, Germany, Flensburg

9/27/2009 8:00 PM at ?
,need help, Germany,?

10/2/2009 8:00 PM at tba, w/Deslation (usa)
, Germany, Berlin

10/3/2009 8:00 PM at Friese w/ Desolation (usa)
, Germany, Bremen

10/4/2009 8:00 PM at tba, w/Deslation (usa)
, Germany, Hamburg

BORN/DEAD EURO TOUR UPDATES!

Born/Dead are on tour Right now in Europe. here's a few updates to their tour Schedule:
19/08 Wed - Brighton @ Hobgoblin
20/08 Thu - Manchester @ Retro Bar
21/08 Fri - London @ Dirty South
22/08 Sat - Bristol @ White Hart

also Barcelona
August 15th Barcelona, Spain with ANTIMASTER, ETACARINAE at FIESTAS ALTERNATIVAS
August 16th Barcelona, Spain with ANTIMASTER, ETACARINAE at FIESTA DE GRACIA

Born/Dead have colored vinyl copies of "The final Collapse" in tow and the new prank re-press of their debut "24 hostages" EP.

SAN FRANCISCO IS DOOMED FINAL LINE UP!!!

"SAN FRANCISCO'S DOOMED" FEST AUG 12-16TH

Wednesday Aug 12th
@ Balazo (Aka Submission Gallery)
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th) San Francisco
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Nodzzz
-Younger Lovers
-Rank Xerox
-Robocop 3
-Fugitive Kind
-Celine Dion
-Awesomes
-Year One



Thursday Aug 13th
@ The Knockout
3223 Mission St (cross street Valencia) San Francisco, CA
8pm 21+ $5
-Skin Like Iron
-Young Offenders
-Never Healed
-Airfix Kits
-Dirty Cupcakes


Thursday Aug 13th
@ Balazo (Aka Submission Gallery)
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th) San Francisco
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Parasites go! (Last Show Ever)
-Yankee Kamikaze
-Culture Kids
-Mutoid men

Thursday Aug 13th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Trainwreck Riders
-Fucking Buckaroos
-Gunner
+ 1 tba

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH
Alcoholocaust Presents
@ Annie's Social Club
917 Folsom Street @ 5th Street, S.F.
5pm (EARLY SHOW) 21+ $5
-BAD FRIENDS
-COMPLAINTS
-THE KEENERS (1ST SHOW!)


Friday Aug 14th
@ Balazo (Aka Submission Gallery)
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th) San Francisco
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Bananas
-Underground Railroad to Candyland
-Love Songs
-Shangalang
-RVIVR

Friday Aug 14th
@ Kimo's
1351 Polk St, San Francisco CA
8pm 21+ $5
STONER ROCK SHOWCASE
-Flood
-Pigs
-Danger Stranger
-and suprise special guest




Friday Aug 14th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm ALL AGES $5
-Conquest for Death
-Acephalix
-Tuberculosis
-NN
-Descarados
-Adelitas

Saturday Aug 15th
@ 29th Street House
84 29th Street, San Francisco CA
2pm (early show) all ages $5
-Here Comes a Big Black Cloud
-Stoned at Heart
-Shang-A-Lang
-Street Justice
-Crimewave

Saturday Aug 15th
@ Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street, San Francisco CA
8pm ALL AGES $5
-50 Million
-Screaming Females
-Shellshag
-Kreamy Lectric Santa
-Reaction

Saturday Aug 15th
@ Balazo (Aka Submission Gallery)
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th) San Francisco
8pm ALL AGES $5
666 Hell on earth show presented by 625 records, Deep Six records, and Six weeks records
-ALL bands are suprise secret bands - gauretted madness!!!

Sunday Aug 16th
@ Jackson Field
(that baseball field across from Parkside)
-sandlot baseball game, everyone encouraged to come out and play baseball,


Sunday Aug 16th
@ Balazo (Aka Submission Gallery)
2183 Mission Street (between 17th and 18th) San Francisco
8pm ALL AGES $7
-CRIME
-Wild Thing
-Primitivas
-Lou Lou and the Guitarfish
-Contaminators

BORN/DEAD FIRST 7" RE-PRESS!!!

BORN/DEAD are about to head off to Europe and to coincide with their upcoming tour of Europe , Prank has licensed the first single off of No Options records and re-pressed it on Gold vinyl!!! This single has been out of print for four or five years. The covers are still being printed and have a few tweaks from their previous version, but look for mailorder info soon.

This Pressing is Limited to 800 copies and will not be re-pressed. Both it and "Our Darkest fears now Haunt us" 12" will go out of print, and be re-issued as a full length LP later this year or early next.

ACEPHALIX, BRAIN KILLER last mintue show on JULY 22nd

BRAIN KILLER from the East coast will be here next week and are playing a last minute show at Sub-mission with ACEPHALIX and STEEPLES- Josh from Born/Dead's latest band.

IRON LUNG @ DUDE FEST IN INDIANAPOLIS!

IRON LUNG are playing DUDE FEST in Indianapolis, Indiana sunday July 19th. DUDE FEST is a whole weekend long fest that features everyone from a reunion of ( the prank band that got away) ICE 9 to The ZERO BOYS to HATRED SURGE- looks great! Day by day show info and links for advance tickets are at the fest's myspace

DESOLATION - FINAL U.S. SHOW JULY 17TH

DESOLATION will play their Final U.S. show on July 17th with ABRUPT, ACTS OF SEDITION, POPULATION REDUCTION, and ACEPHALIX. At Yer Hauz in Oakland.

DESOLATION recently recorded 4 new songs. 2 of which will come out on a new Prank EP and 2 of which will come out on a split 7"on a yet to be decided label. They will tour Europe in October 2009 and have tentative dates :

DESOLATION EUROPEAN TOUR ( tentative dates)
***CANCELLED*** GET WELL SOON SAM!!!

SAN FRANCISCO IS DOOMED FEST AUGUST 12-16th

THRILLHOUSE RECORDS and MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL are throwing a fest August 12th-16th. They have some of the show details up at SF's doomed myspace - become their "friend"! tell your friends! Get practicing your softball swing!

RORSCHACH Re-union Shows!!!

RORSCHACH - the legendary Abc No Rio band- will play a Series of Reunion shows on the East Coast this year! "All original lineup, all original roadies, Jon Hiltz of Born Against on the sound board." September 23rd to the 27th. Details are Still being worked out, but so far it looks like this:

September 23 Richmond, VA (Probably ALLEY KATZ) with FORENSICS and PULLING TEETH.

September 24 Asbury Park, NJ ASBURY LANES with THE BLACK KITES +1

September 25 New York City SANTO'S PARTY HOUSE with CELEBRITY MURDERS (Last Show) +1

September 26 Boston, MA

September 27 Philadelphia, PA Unitarian Church with 1.6 BAND + 1

There are some limited Records in the works for these events!

RORSCHACH played one of the first ten or so shows I put on in the early 90's with Born Against in a House and have always been a favorite. One of the two bands drummers injured his hand, so in the deilirum of having driven 14 hours from Oklahoma to play in a 100 degree house show in central Alabama, the bands swapped up members and somehow ended the night doing Black Flag covers in their boxer shorts. I was lucky to book
RORSCHACH a few times at Gilman after that, always punishing. Don't miss!

For those of you who don;t know the band, Check out a Myspace tribute site here.

TRAGEDY - ONE GIG ON THE EAST COAST IN NYC

TRAGEDY are playing one gig on their way to Europe in NYC on July 12th - Advance tickets for the NYC Gig can be bought Here


They are also playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota the night before on July 11th at the TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB as part of the Extreme Noise Records anniversary shows!!!

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH JAPAN TOUR- AN AWESOME FLYER FROM SUGI!

We wrote before about The World Burns to Death Japan tour with Paintbox and Blowback. We recently contacted Artist SUGI do do a new cover for the upcoming DESOLATION 7" and he sent up a preview of this awesome flyer for Wb2D we thought we'd share- enjoy!

THERE IS NOTHING LEFT PHOTO EXHIBIT in SF JULY 2nd-4th

July 2nd-July 4th at Submission Art Space 2183 Mission Street in San Francisco, CA (cross street 18th)

Featured Photographers:
Chrissy Piper (www.chrissypiper.com)
Karoline Collins (www.flickr.com/photos/roadiegirl)
Will Kinser (www.flickr.com/photos/willkinser)
Ryan Furtado
Kevin Hagen (poor-silver.blogspot.com)
Larry Wolfley (www.larrywolfley.com)
Martin Surrondeguy

This will be a collection of diverse yet related subject matter such as Punk/Hardcore bands, Portraits, Street Photography and everything in between.

-Thursday July 2nd opening at 7pm-1am with special guest DJ's Ken prank & Robert Collins
-Friday July 3rd Grand Opening 7pm-1am with special guest DJ Thorninmyhead
-Saturday July 4th 5pm-1am with special guest DJ Justin Briggs (BBQ during the afternoon)

Saturday July 4th at Sub-Mission Art Space (In conjunction with There is Nothing Left Photography Exhibit)

DOPECHARGE
MUNDO MUERTO
SIDE EFFECTS
BAD COYOTES

Bands at 8:30pm

BORN/DEAD EUROPEAN TOUR SUMMER 2009

BORN/DEAD are touring Europe a final time this summer:

July 30th Hamburg, Germany at Hafenklang with CH3, Love Potion
July 31st Malmo, Sweden
August 1st Stockholm, Sweden at Kafe 44
August 2nd Gothenburg, Sweden at Underworld
August 3rd Oslo, Norway at Funhouse Bar
August 4th off
August 5th Bielefeld, Germany at AJZ
August 6th Scheveningen, Neatherlands
August 7th Liege, Belgium
August 8th Montreal, France Karnivo Chaos
August 9th Bordeaux, France
August 10th Zarautz, Spain
August 11th Bilbao, Spain
August 12th Coruña, Spain at Casa Das Atochas Squat
August 13th Porto, Portugal
August 14th off, Spain
August 15th Barcelona, Spain with ANTIMASTER, ETACARINAE at FIESTAS ALTERNATIVAS
August 16th Barcelona, Spain with ANTIMASTER, ETACARINAE at FIESTA DE GRACIA
August 17th Toulouse, France at CARAVAN SERAI
August 18th Saint Etienne, France
August 19th UK Brighton @ Hobgoblin
August 20th UK Manchester @ Retro Bar
August 21st UK London @ Dirty South
August 22nd UK Bristol @ White Hart
August 23rd Zurich, Switzerland at KALKBREITE SQUAT
August 24th Biel-Bienne, Switzerland at SCHROTTBAR (Anet)
August 25th Frankfurt, Germany at AU
August 26th Esslingen, Germany at KOMMA
August 27th Vienna Austria at EKH
August 28th Kranj, Slovenia
August 29th Berlin, Germany at KOPI
August 30th Bremen, Germany at FRIESE

BORN/DEAD/FALL

BORN/DEAD and DEADFALL started around the same time, played countless shows together as they were starting out. Born/dead are heading off to Europe-with Will staying in Europe after the tour, so it seemed fitting they would play one last All ages show together at 924 GIlman Street . July 10th, 2009.

Born/Dead are also playing at the Evil Dead Shed in Concord W/ Abrupt, Zero Bull Shit, Whores Of War, Dolph Lundgren a/a $5 6pm

and
Alcoholocaust Presents "WILL KISNER'S FAREWELL PARTY - LAST U.S. SHOW FOR BORN/DEAD" @
Saturday July 18th @ El Rio / 3158 Mission St. @ Cesar Chavez / San Francisco W/ STORMCROW (Headliner), BORN/DEAD, LAUDANUM, T.V. EVANGELISTS Doors open at 9pm / Show at 10pm
$7.00 Admission / 21+

MORPHEME 7" IN THE WORKS!

We've blogged a lot about our fanaticism for New-ish bay area band MORPHEME, and We're excited to announce they are recording a 7" EP over at EARHAMMER to be released this summer on Prank.

Their Singer Moto has to return to Japan soon, but they will play in Portland on June 27th at Satyricon with Poison Idea,Hellshock, lebanon ( a new portland band with Brad from From Ashes Rise and early Wb2D), Ripper and more at the second day of Brian Hopper's birthday bash!!!

IRON LUNG AT SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL IN THE UK!

IRON LUNG are playing the SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL in JULY in the UK.

IRON LUNG are hard at work writing for their Collaborative LP with David Bailey that will be recorded in August and released on Prank in either late fall 2009 or early 2010.

KYLESA- ON TOUR IN EUROPE!!!

KYLESA are back on tour in support of their newest LP "Static Tensions" on Prosthetic. They are playing some crazy shows!! They will have Copies of both their Self Titled First LP/CD on Prank and Purple Vinyl copies the "110 Degree Heat Index" 7" on Prank. The Current Press of the Lp is the last one with this version of the cover as it's been printed- it will be slightly corrected on the next and subsequent pressings.

Anyway here's the dates:


19.06.09 France Clisson Hellfest
20.06.09 Belgium Antwerp Trix w/ Voivod, Coalesce
21.06.09 Netherlands Steenwijk Trashfest
22.06.09 Germany Munich Feierwerk
23.06.09 Italy Milan Circolo Magnolia w/ Coalesce
24.06.09 Austria Wien Arena w/ Coalesce
25.06.09 Czech Republic Prague Futurum w/ Coalesce, August Burns Red
26.06.09 Germany Lärz Fusion Festival
27.06.09 Germany Saarbrücken Kl. Club Garage
28.06.09 Germany Karlsruhe Jubez - Dudefest Germany w/ Coalesce, Wolves In The Throne Room, Graf Orlock
29.06.09 Germany Köln Werkstatt w/ Coalesce
30.06.09 Greece Athens Rockwave Festival w/ Slipknot, Mastodon
01.07.09 Germany Berlin Cassiopeia
02.07.09 Germany Hamburg Hafenklang
03.07.09 Germany Giessen Muk
04.07.09 France Belfort Eurockeennes
05.07.09 France BASE DE LOISIRS DE CERGY PONTOISE Furiasound

Headline Dates:

06.07.09 Germany Osnabrück Bastard Club
07.07.09 Germany Würzburg Cairo
08.07.09 Germany Stuttgart Schocken

LAST MINUTE MORPHEME SHOW WITH AGHAST!!!

MORPHEME are playing a last minute show this wednesday with Virginia's AGHAST and Robert From Artimus Pyle and Will From Born/Dead's new combo SUICIDE BOMB - at your favorite can-not-be-named on the internet art gallery venue in San Francisco with cheap mojitos in the mission. This Wednesday!!!

KDVS RECORD SWAP THIS SATURDAY

Prank Will be at the KDVS record swap in Sacramento this Saturday from 9 am to 2 PM At Luigi's Fungarden in Midtown sacramento-1050 20th St
Sacramento, CA 95811. We'll have an assortment of Prank Titles as well as stuff from Havoc, Feral ward and other labels, as well as used Punk records and records of all Genres.

More Info on the swap Can be found here and here.

BURY THE LIVING 10 TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW!

Bury The Living are playing a ( delayed) 10th Anniversary show in Memphis on June 24th at the Hi-tone! Jack is the barfield hooked them up with a sweet poster design for the Show. BTL are busy writing and recording a new Album, which will be released on Memphis'  SOUL IS CHEAP label- who released the band's first classic album.

Pat and Chris From BTL are also in an Upcoming Horror movie that will be out on DVD In  September - Check out the trailer here.

NEW 7"'s SHIPPING WHOLESALE THIS WEEK!

Ebullition has the three new Prank 7"'s in this weekend's Wholesale update. There are only 400 Judgement singles at Ebullition, so be sure to grab some quick for your store or Distro..or check your favorite store or distro at the end of the week if you still need a personal copy. Prank is still COMPLETELY SOLD OUT of Judgement....though We still have White Vinyl CROW and ACEPHALIX available for mailorder. There is also a White vinyl re-press of DEATHREAT 7" available at Ebullition.

NO IDEA and REVOLVER both have the ACEPHALIX and CROW, as well as the re-press of KYLESA "110 Degree Heat Index" 7".

OUT NOW!!

THREE BRAND NEW SINGLES OUT THIS WEEK FROM PRANK!!!
Apologies about the higher prices, by the time delivery confirmation, pay pal fees and the new higher USPS rates are figured in, the singles are now hitting the $6 and Up range. Both ACEPHALIX and JUDGEMENT have specialty printing and were expensive to make, and the JUDGEMENT will likely not be re-pressed, so has to recoup it's cost from a very limited pressing. HG FACT will release the Judgement Ep in July in Japan.



JUDGEMENT “JUST BE” 7” EP ( Prank 103 / HG-253)
*** COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, THANKS FOLKS***
JUDGEMENT “JUST BE” was originally released as a CD- Only EP by Tokyo’s HG FACT label in 2001. This was the debut release of the Tokyo bands final line up Comprised of Japanese legends Guitarist ZIGYAKU ( GUDON, HALF YEARS, BASTARD), Drummer MUKAI ( CHICKEN BOWELS, DEATHSIDE) and then-new members singer JHA JHA ( LIPCREAM) and bassist SAKURA. Combining the best elements of the band’s previous works with an upbeat spirit, high energy drumming and incredible guitar riffs, “JUST BE” ‘s is another landmark in the band’s impressive catalog of now classic 7” ep’s dating back to the band’s origins in the mid 1990’s. This is the first time these four tracks appear on vinyl. Split release with HG FACT released for JUDGEMENT’s recent US performance at Austin’s CHAOS IN TEJAS Festival. NO SALES TO JAPAN.

***SOLD OUT THANKS FOLKS*********

CROW “ FLOCK OF BEAST’ 7” ( Prank 101)

STILL AVAILABLE!!

Tokyo Legends CROW return with two new blasting tracks of Doomy Metallic Punk Mayhem – “FLOCK OF BEAST” and “FLOCK OF BEAST 2”. Thundering deeper into epic, mid tempo metallic territory on the A-side with CROW’s trademark gravel-drawn vocals over searing riffs, this EP echoes their recent “THE BEATING OF THE WINGS OF DESTRUCTION” 12” by exploding on the B-side into ferocious, fast paced hardcore. CROW origins date back to the early Japanese punk scene of the 1980’s, but they have attacked in the last decade with a renewed intensity, culminating this decade in two US tours and a second Album “Bloody Tear” which was released in the U.S. by Prank in 2007. This most recent recording testifies they have no intention of letting up that ferocious Intensity!!!

LIMITED WHITE VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.00 +$3.50 = $6.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.00 +$6.50 = $ 9.50

US 15 CROW singles on Black VInyl= $37.50 +$5.65 = $43.15 + $2.10= $45.25
OVERSEAS 15 CROW Singles on Black VInyl = $37.50 +$12.95+ $50.45 + $2.55= $53.00

ACEPHALIX S/t 7" ( Prank 102)

STILL AVAILABLE!!!

A brutal combination of Low end Metallic Distortion, Pummeling riffs and Gnarled vocals, San Francisco's ACEPHALIX's Debut 4 song 7" takes influence from all over the map of Extreme music-from CELTIC FROST to CRO-MAGS and INTEGRITY, from WOLFPACK and Later ANTI-CIMEX to SACRILEDGE and AXEGRINDER, but has hammered out and forged it's own sound by relentless gigs around the SF Bay Area over the past year. Featuring current and former members of THE RIFFS, DEPRESSOR, POISON IDEA, DEFIANCE, DEATHCHARGE and BLOWN TO BITS, this is the heaviest thing prank has released in almost fifty releases, a modern attack yet reminiscent of early classic prank releases by DAMAD, ELDOPA 1332 and the bleak punk metal fusions of the late 90's and early 00's. First printing in a foil stamped sleeve.

LIMITED WHITE VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.00 +$3.50 = $6.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.00 +$6.50 = $ 9.50

US 15 ACEPHALIX singles on Black VInyl= $45.00 +$5.65 = $50.65 + $2.10= $52.75
OVERSEAS 15 ACEPHALIX Singles on Black VInyl = $45.00 +$12.95+= $57.95 + $2.55= $60.50

NEW EP's! SOON!

We're recovering from CHAOS IN TEJAS But the New EP's are almost all ready to go- still waiting for a few elemennts to come in and they'll be ready to go, ORDERING INFORMATION WILL BE UP SHORTLY! Thanks for your patience.

NEW PAINTBOX = TRIP, TRANCE, & TRAVELLING

The Third Paintbox LP "trip Trance and travelling" will be released on HG FACT on June 15th, 2009! A 2xLP Vinyl version will be available on Prank later this year. We hope to have CD's for mailorder as soon as they are released.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH- BLOWBACK- PAINTBOX JAPAN TOUR 2009

There was a new WORLD BURNS TO DEATH 7" and split with BLOWBACK out for this tour!