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Thanks to everyone who made that Death By Stereo show so much damn fun. We’re stoked to be playing some more and have added a few more shows for June and July. Also our 7″ for Get In The Van is available now. You can pick it up at a show, mail order it from us or get it online at Interpunk.com.
Show Journal 2003-05-11
My neck hurts. Why you ask? Headbanging. Uncontrollable headbanging for an entire evening. The discomfort is partially because we hadn’t played in so damn long (3 1/2 months) but mostly due to the fact that all of the bands provoked this sort of response. Despite a flaky guitar amp CTL ruled. If you haven’t seen them you are foolish. Do not pass go, do not collect $200, just get your late pass and step. Damn it was nice to play again. Our whole set was kind of a blur, only occasionally interrupted by smiling faces and fists in the air. I can’t believe how much support we had and it was totally appreciated. (Now is a good time to give props to the PDX street team – you rocked!) The new songs went over well and the one we refer to as “the new metal song” appears to be everyone’s new favorite. Perhaps this was because we were at a hardcore show? Who cares, I like it. I only watched a few songs of Western Waste because quite honestly I thought I was going to vomit. This statement begs the question “Eric, why were you going to vomit?” however I’ve decided to leave it creepy and mysterious sounding with no explanation. Anyway, from what I heard they sounded good. This was my first Death By Stereo and it will not be my last. Here’s the thing about DBS … people don’t just like them passively … people LOVE them! I can totally see why too. They are amazing musicians, they have a million sing/shout along parts and their singer is insane on stage. My god they were good. There are too many thanks tonight to list individually so you’ll have to take it upon yourself to pat yourself on the back if you did any of the following: a) helped us load b) brought friends to the show c) sang along d) sold merch e) wore a shirt that said “kill eric” f) played drums or lastly g) crawled in the roof of our van with another female and simulated an orgasm while shouting “Eric, Eric, Eric”. Ah yes, it’s good to be king.
Album Review
I bought this album straight from the band on about the 5th time I saw them. To see them live then listen to the record is like 2 completely different experiences, the live show is an intense experience with many of their songs incorporating gang chants, and everyone around you singing every lyric. The album is equally great the music is tight the lyrics are catchy, with songs for everyone such as “Day of the Dead” with its misfits-esque lyrics or the emotional “Refuse to Be.” I recommend you buy this album immediately if your into great punk rock
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This will probably be our last update before the big show with Death By Stereo so I’ll try to make it a good one. First and foremost this will be our first show since January so please come out early and show your support! We’re going to be playing some new songs that have never been heard before which is always an event in itself. They either go great or they go horribly … there is no in between. Also, this show is going to be the official release of our first actual record … a 7″ for ‘Get In The Van’ on Infringement Records. We’ll have them for sale at the show including the limited edition ones on blood red vinyl! You might have noticed we added a few more shows to our calendar as well. One is in Portland w/ Bigwig and the other is in Longview w/ Himsa and Countdown To Life. Both of them should be great shows and we’re totally looking forward to both of them. Another thing we’ve got coming up is a few appearances on some more compilation CD’s, most notably ‘Shut The Punk Up 3’ on New School Records (along w/ NOFX, The Deviates, Thrice and more). For more info and release dates check our discography page. Needless to say it’s shaping up to be a good few months and we’re looking forward to seeing some familiar faces again at the shows. Oh yeah, big ups to the PDX/Longview street team people for helping with the flyer distribution!
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Does anyone have pictures of us from the Halloween show with Gwar? We were just thinking how it would be cool to see those sometime. Also, props to The Jimmies for 16 years of rocking.
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Ok, so maybe the April Fool’s Joke this year didn’t top the great Styx hoax of 2002. I guess it’s flattering to know you can’t out do yourself. So yeah … just to clarify Mr. T will not be playing drums for 800 Octane this year. Before you criticize our questionable sense of humor ask yourself how many other bands went through the trouble to try and amuse you this year?
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The new ‘discussion forum / message board / guestbook / space for public abuse’ is up and running. Don’t like it? Too bad. It’s free and it doesn’t require Eric to learn any more of that godforsaken ASP coding.
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Despite not actually having an active drummer we’ve managed to line up a few more compilation CD appearances. Go figure? Release dates will be posted when they are available on our discography page. Also, it turns out we’ve got a ton of extra Long Sleeve T-shirts in size Small so we are selling them for $8 which includes shipping. They are usually $12 so if you wear a size small check out the merch page.
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In the latest installment of “bad shit that happens to 800 Octane” we have to announce that Dan has left the band. His last show was this weekend and unfortunately we have had to cancel and/or postpone all of our upcoming shows. If you are looking for gossip there is very little drama to report. As you can imagine this also means we are now officially looking for a new drummer … again. If you or someone you know is interested e-mail us. Obviously when we find a replacement we’ll post the news but for the immediate future I think you can expect to see us laying low for a few months and writing some more new material. We have pretty solid plans to record a new full length album and an additional split CD this summer so we’ll just keep writing until the right person comes along. Now someone go and find us a drummer!
Show Journal 2003-01-25
Despite the surprisingly large crowd I’m not sure we really played as well as we could have. We did ok and the new songs went over well but ultimately I think we were all preoccupied with the fact that this was Dan’s last show with us. I don’t know if it showed on stage but I gotta confess my mind was somewhere else for much of the show. I’ll spare any further insight because it was still a good time. Big thanks to all the bands who played, particularly huge shot out to the hip hop group who’s name is escaping me, more thanks to Conor and crew, and the biggest thanks go to Sam and the EPD boys for setting up this rad show. I guess one last thank you should be reserved for Dan. Despite it not working out in 800 Octane I wish you the best!
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