End Us in Chino Hills

We had an amazing time in California last weekend.We're truly honored to share our music and the experience(s) with everyone involved. It was a surreal experience to say the least and we would like totake a quick minute to thank the people that made this weekend so great:

Rayney at Moshpit Tragedy: it was a pleasure meeting you in person, Bud, thanks again for everything!

Brad Boatright at AUDIOSIEGE Media: thanks for always being in our corner.

Jeff and Josh and everyone involved with Beyond andScion A/V: thanks for taking such good care of us. We envy your Peter Pan lives.

Our airplane mates in Morne: you are incredibly kind/rad dudes and seeing you play was a highlight of our trip. We hope to play together again soon.

Joe Grindo and the Skarp crew for hanging into the wee hours and letting us play 10 minutes of their 20-minute set. We’re better for knowing you.

And all the other maniacs in Phobia and Total Fucking Destruction: thanks for blazing fast daytime grind and excessive poolside drinking.

Sherise at Man In Decline Records for dealing with us in her car, her room, her dinners, and for sitting in endless blankets of sticky heat to sell t shirts and records. Saying she’s a trooper is an understatement.

Thanks to the crew of The Glass House and the backline company as well as the photographers and interview team for being fun people and excessive drinkers (and professional human beings, of course).

Amy Rial and Greg Mauri for driving gear and overloaded duct taped boxes around Los Angeles county for us and Skarp. Thanks, we would have been playing air guitar without you.

And the people that treated us well at the Joint; you,Sirs, are also sweet and gentle souls.

Finally, the biggest thank you: to all the people who purchased our records, said a kind word, and left us kind messages on social media sites—thank you so much. We appreciate all your support and love being able to meet you. Speaking of support, we can’t acknowledge those who support us without saying an EXTRA MEGA special thank you to Michael and his lady friend who red eyed it from PHX to Pomona to catch our set. You are all true believers.

Ok. That’s probably enough emotional gushing for now. We will be back in California before you know it. We’ll let you know when and where on this blog. We hope to catch up with you then.

stay pissed.

Moshpit tragedy Label Showcase

We have been asked to and accepted a chance to play at the Moshpit Tragedy Records Label Showcase Presented by Scion A/V July 21st in Pomona California .  We are more then excited to have been given the opportunity to represent Moshpit Tragedy Records/Audiosiege Media alongside bands like Morne, Phobia, Skarp and Total Fucking Destruction.


One of the aspects of this event that intrigues us the most are the nature of the two entities involved in this showcase: Scion A/V and Moshpit Tragedy Records.


In Scion A/VMetals own words:
"Scion A/V Metal works with the world’s best and most vital metal bands, bringing them to the stage at Metal Matinees, releasing exclusive audio releases and creating new music videos."
Alot of these metal matinees they curate are free/RSVP based events, they also pay the artists and they promote the shows. This isn't an argument for or against the marketing department of a car company's role in under ground music, its just stating what role Scion A/V is playing.


In Moshpit Tragedys own words:

"Moshpit Tragedy Records is a punk/metal label from Canada, which is proudly the very first label to fully adopt a pay-what-you-want (even nothing for most titles) download concept." 
While our record is on this site for a pay what you want starting at $3.99, most of the releases are set at $0. 

The reoccurring theme here is that both Scion A/V and Moshit Tragedy are entities that are essentially offering music, live performance and recorded, for you the fan for free. You don't have to sneak in to the show or get on a bands guest list, you don't have to pirate the music or borrow it from a friend. These two "thriving" entity's are in the business of providing you with free entertainment at a very effortless commitment on your part. 

That is both bizarre and incredibly awesome.

Is this a the new standard? Are we looking at revolutionary weirdos or carpetbagging war profiteers? A mix of both? I say a whole lot of the first and a little of the latter. With music increasingly being a digital entity, with gas prices and rent increasing forcing outlets of cultural/musical/art/expression to adopt new models, some of them not benefiting heavy music, makes us find this event incredibly significant in a new culture of music and performance in general. At least in terms of public awareness. 

Or we could be full of shit and this is just a label showcase put on by a car company, either way, RSVP and lets drink water together.


RSVP LINK


CVLT NATION is also hosting a mixtape which features two of our songs as well as a bunch of other songs by Moshpit Tragedy artists


CVLT NATION LINK

If you feel dirty from reading all this praise to corporate sponsorship then read about these groups and do your part to balance the scales


NO MORE DEATHS LINK 

BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB PHX LINK

TUMBLEWEED LINK