LiverAF fundraiser

Cheers to everyone who stuck around at the LiverAF fundraiser tonight. We jumped on the bill last minute, and it was well worth it. Next to Nowhere is always an amazing place to play! Good to see so many friends show up for a last minute gig and it was good to see people dancing and having a good time despite the confrontation with the fascists earlier.

Don't let the bastards drag you down.

Getting Spannered on a Sunday.

We're on stage at 12. Get down and dance your hangover away.

Spannered Extreme!

29th June to 1st July

Our next show is at the amazing DIY organised festival, Spannered Extreme!

Spannered Extreme is a collaborative effort from organisers Cait (Roughneck Riot) and Adam (Hated Til Proven) and venue owner Mark Hale. The festival started out last year as an all day event in Warrington under the name Spannered Fest. They found Hale's Superbole when Roughneck Riot played a show there last summer. Although the gig itself was slightly shambolic (an outdoor, open-top stage in the rain and car headlights lighting the stage!), the Spannered crew were impressed by the venue. They spoke to Mark who was  keen to put on a music festival combined with one of the extreme sports events that he frequently hosts there.


Spannered Extreme will host some of the best Punk and Ska bands in the UK over the space of three days, with some acoustic aftershows on the Friday and Saturday. Check the links below for some examples of bands who are playing.



Roughneck Riot - Ignorance is Easy

Hated Til Proven - Don't Go Breaking My Legs


China Shop Bull - Rave To The Grave


Rasta4eyes - Good Old Rock n Roll


Revenge Of The Psychotronic Man - Drinkin In The Van


Faintest Idea - Bull In A China Shop


Inner Terrestrials - White Nightmare


For more information:
https://www.facebook.com/spanneredfest
http://www.halesuperbole.co.uk/
http://borninabarn.bigcartel.com/

Why we started a mailing list.

Hey Everyone! How’s it going? You good? Good!

You might already be aware of the changes Facebook has made to their Page system, but incase you aren't, I'll sum it up for you. Facebook is now a publicly traded company, which means they need to answer to shareholders. What do these shareholders want? Money, obviously! So now they have implemented a pay-to-post system for status updates from Page accounts.

Usually, if you 'like' a page, it's because you want to see their status updates on your newsfeed. The lovely people at Facebook (along with EdgeRank) have decided that Pages shouldn't be able to communicate with the people who want to hear from them without paying first. Most status updates are seen by approximately 10% of your fans, and admins are asked to 'promote' their posts for cash. Posts will be promoted for free if they get a lot of likes, comments and shares, but even that is a bit of a lost cause. So we've decided to start a mailing list. This way, we can guarantee that the people who want to hear from us do, and it gives control back to us, instead of Facebook.

What will be included.

Subscribers will receive emails from us about tours we're planning and upcoming releases. We might mention some of our bigger gigs, but we promise not to email you every time we play a show that might be nowhere near you. We will also try to include some exclusive content for the mailing list, such as unreleased tracks, preorders and giveaways.

So that’s it from me. See you all at Spannered Extreme!

Fall Like Rome

Last night we played at a fundraiser in Basement 20. Unfortunately we turned up late due to work problems. We arrived at the venue at about 9:10 and walked straight onto the stage. It took about 5 or 10 minutes to get everything sorted, then we played. It was a very strange feeling, just walking into a place, plugging in and playing straight away. Plus the place was packed (Nice one, Vicky!) We played well and people were singing along and dancing which made me feel a lot better about it.

We also played our new song Fall Like Rome. It's a little bit different from the songs on the EP, but I think it's a step in the right direction. Right now we're going to focus on more new songs, but hopefully we should be able to record some more tunes to share.

There's a few gigs in the works at the minute too, so keep an eye out for them.

Cheers!
Tony

2012

So it's 2012 already. 2011 had some great things and loads of shite. Mostly shite. The Arab Springs and subsequent uprisings, when paired with the Occupy! protests set a promising future for us, but the resulting heavy handed tactics employed to stifle these movements provides more cause for concern. This isn't really a political blog or a Charlie Brooker end-of-year review, so I'll leave the rest of that up to yourself.

2012 looks like it could be a good year for us as a band though. With the addition of Mark to the band, we now have more scope to play around with and we are currently working on new material for the new year. We are also working on booking a small tour in March. Hopefully followed by the recording of our first full length album. I'll tell you more about all of that as it unfolds.

Have a good 2012, and we'll see you soon.