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Well, another year has arrived and another one has passed. I can’t believe we started this in 1994. Granted it’s not the same lineup, songs or even musical direction, but after joking around and playing bad metal at practice today I realized that it is still pretty much the same. Oh well, not much newsworthy to mention except that we go in to demo our songs for the next album on Jan 10th. I’m anticipating that the songs will be too rough to post on the web site but you never know we might try and sneak a song in if they turn out ok. Happy new year everyone.
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Finally some new merchandise offerings. The big news is that we’ve got hoodies again! They’ve got creepy cats on them whipped up by Aaron Edge of odeum.org. The pullover hoodies are here and ready to order. The zip-ups got delayed a little but should be ready to go by the new year. Also, for those of you on a budget (or those with an obsessive button collecting habit) we’ve got two new buttons designs. One features a variation of our 800 ball and the other features, you guessed it, a cat. For those and more items check out the merchandise page. Other news is we are adding people to our street team again. We’re stopping at 175 so if you want to help out our band at all here’s your chance to get on board. The only other news of interest is that we’ve booked our studio time for the next album. We’re scheduled to record at Egg Studios in Seattle in mid-Feb and early March. Overly obsessive updates on our progress can be expected
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If you live near Portland come check out our last show for a few months on Dec 4th. Other news is that we’ve got some new merch being made including zip up hoodies, some new buttons and some fancy new posters. Also, we saw a little glimpse of the first song of the live Halloween DVD and it looks pretty amazing. It’s still going to be a few months before it’s release because it still has to get edited and manufactured. However, to quote Dave “the shit looks dope”.
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Another weekend of shows is almost upon us. Friday is a return trip to Richland which has always been one of our favorite places to play anywhere in the country. Saturday is the big Thirty 3 CD release extravaganza in Portland. Don’t think it’s going to be exciting? You’ve got 6 bands each playing short 20 minute sets and if that’s not enough at least one band has promised to play in ninja attire, another band will be dressed as cowboys, yet another will dress as pirates and we’ve been promised a few other wacky surprises that only a band like Thirty 3 can pull off. What are we dressing as? We can’t really tell you but here’s a hint … “think outside the cardboard box”. Prepare to be offended. Very offended.
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We’ve gathered up the last remaining copies of ‘Swank’ and a few old promotional VHS copies of our ‘Get In The Van’ video from this web site. They will be given away at upcoming shows to anyone who asks for them using the secret pass phrase. The phrase is “hook my ass up with that old crap that no one else wants yo”.
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Well it took four and a half years and about 200 shows but we finally sold all our copies of our second album ‘The Kelvis’. Amen.
Show Review
The headliner this evening was 800 Octane. If you have ever seen the Octane boys play, there is no reason to even read on. Of course the set was solid. Of course the songs were flawless. Of course Dave was golden throated. Of course Eric nailed each song. Of course Justin jumped approximately 875879458954 times at an average height of 78 feet in the air. Of course Jim amazed us once again with his double bass action even though he doesn’t have a double bass pedal. Great set, great way to end the evening.” (Alex Cook / portlandmusicians.com)
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We can’t even begin to thank everyone who came to the Halloween show in Longview enough. It was easily one of the best times we’ve ever had playing! Now pat yourself on the back and say good job because you totally made our night.
Show Review
800 Octane was just the band to provide that rock. I said earlier that 800 Octane never fails to entertain, and tonight’s show was no exception. If anything they put on their best live performance I’ve yet seen from these PDX cats. They came onstage decked out in skeleton shirts and zombie makeup, splattered in blood, and proceeded to start things off with a bad-ass cover of the Mistfits’ “Halloween”. Things didn’t slow down after that. Lead singer Dave continually spit blood into the crowd, who were going nuts, moshing, dancing, hopping onstage to sing along, and crowdsurfing throughout their entire set. One of the highlights of their set was the always crowd pleasing “Day of the Dead”, when several members from the crowd along with members from other bands playing took the stage to sing along with the band. The band is always great to it’s fans and tonight they had people flinging candy into the audience for the entire duration of their set. I’m talking probably 20 pounds of candy here. (note, do not stare at candy being thrown at your face, tootsie pop sticks hurt when they plunge into your face).” (PJ Crader / geekass.com)
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Bonfires burning bright, pumpkin faces in the night, I remember Halloween. Dead cats hanging from poles, little dead are out in droves, I remember Halloween. Only one more day until the festvities so now’s your last chance to get a map and find your way to Longview.
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