DEBUT LP FROM MASSHOLE RAGERS CALIFORNIA X COMES OUT NEXT TUESDAY ON DON GIOVANNI RECORDS AND I’M SIKED. CALI X FEATURES LEMMY FROM THUNDER ZONE WARRIORS 2 TON BUG ON VOCALS AND SOUNDS LIKE ALL THAT 90′S MUSIC THAT WAS HEAVY AND POPPY AT THE SAME TIME. THICK GUITARS AND SICK HOOKS, THIS IS IT PEOPLE! STREAM THE WHOLE RECORD OVER AT SPIN RIGHT NOW!

MY FRIEND MIRI HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF ALL 3 OF MY JAPANESE TOURS AND THIS ONE WAS NO EXCEPTION. BEYOND JUST HOLDING IT DOWN AT THE MERCH BOOTH, SHE TOOK A LOT OF GREAT PHOTOS. A TRUE DOCUMENT OF THE THUNDER ZONE IN JAPAN. CHECK OUT MIRI’S BLOG, ONE OF MY FAVORITE ON THE NET NO DOUBT.

PHOTOS AFTER DA JUMP!
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THIS WEEKEND I’M GOING ON A LIL’ MINI-TOUR TO PREP FOR THIS BIG UPCOMING JAPANESE TOUR I GOT IN THE PIPELINE. DOING A DJ SET, PLAYING WITH WILLY D AND TONY D AKA THE HEARTLAND BAND… ALL THAT SHIT!

THURSDAY NIGHT I’M DOING A RARE DJ SET AT THE BEAUTY BAR IN CHICAGO ALONGSIDE THE CORAL RECORDS #SEAPUNK CREW. PLAYING DANCE MUSIC, FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE!

THEN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY IT’S LIVE AND ROCKING WITH THE HEARTLAND BAND AKA “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH”. FRIDAY I JAM WITH MY GOOD BUDDY AND FORMER TOURMATE FAT TONY AT GRINNELL COLLEGE IN IOWA AND SATURDAY IT’S A HOUSE PARTY RAGER IN OMAHA. CATCH IT IF U CAN/C U IN DA PIT.

SEPTEMBER 20TH-BEAUTY BAR CHICAGO (DJ SET)
SEPTEMBER 21ST-GRINNELL COLLEGE IOWA (WITH FAT TONY)
SEPTEMBER 22ND-HOUSE PARTY RAGER (WITH TALKING MOUNTAIN AND DRRT?!??!)

TONIGHT I WILL BE RAGING THE RADIO, PERFORMING LIVE ON 91.7 WMSE IN MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. I PLAY AT 8PM AND WILL BE JOINED BY WILLY D ON GUITAR AND TONY D (AKA T-DAWG AKA VICIOUS POP) ON DRUMS. PLAYING SOME CUTS OFF OF THE NEW RECORD “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” AND SOME OTHER SHIT. TUNE IN! ROCK AND ROLL WILL NEVER DIE.

THUNDER ZONE ENT. WARRIORS 2 TON BUG ARE PLAYING A FEW SHOWS COMING UP IN BROOKLYN WITH RAGERS LIKE DARK SISTER AND METH DAD, FLYERS ARE ABOVE. IF YOU LIVE ANYWHERE IN THE AREA, THESE GIGS ARE A MUST SEE.

2 TON BUG ARE THE KINGS OF ENERGY DRINK AMERICANA AND ONE OF THE BEST BANDS IN THE LAND. IF YOU LIKE ANDREW WK, GUITAR WOLF AND KATY PERRY, THIS BAND IS FOR YOU. COP THE EP ON THUNDER ZONE RIGHT NOW.

MY NEW RECORD IS OUT NOW AND I’M EXCITED TO SAY THAT THE LABEL PUTTING OUT THE VINYL IS NONE OTHER THAN NASHVILLE ROCK AND ROLL POWERHOUSE INFINITY CAT RECORDS. RUN BY MY TOURMATES JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD, THEY PUT OUT GREAT AMERICAN ROCK FROM BANDS LIKE HEAVY CREAM, NATURAL CHILD AND DIARRHEA PLANET.

SERIOUSLY THIS IS ONE SICK LABEL AND I’M SIKED TO BE THE FIRST RAP RECORD THEY HAVE EVER PUT OUT. WE ARE TEARING DOWN WALLS HERE, PEOPLE! NEVER SURRENDER FOREVER.

BUY THE RECORD RIGHT NOW!

I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS
THUNDER JAM #5
WASTED TOWN
LIKE A RENEGADE
21 ON THE 101
EXPRESSWAY TO THE DARKNESS
PUMP IT
THUNDER JAM #8
LIKE A HURRICANE
THE DARKNESS AND THE DREAM
NEVER SURRENDER FOREVER
FINALLY AFTER A LONG WAIT MY NEW RECORD “I DON’T WANNA GO INTO THE DARKNESS” HAS A RELEASE DATE, COVER, AND TRACKLISTING. THIS MOTHERFUCKER IS COMING OUT JULY 31ST ON MY OWN LABEL, THUNDER ZONE, IN ASSOCIATION WITH INFINITY CAT (DOING THE VINYL) AND GNAR TAPES (DOING THE CASSETTES).

AFTER YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS OF SINGLES, EPS AND MIXTAPES THIS IS MY FIRST OFFICIAL FULL-LENGTH LP AND I’M SIKED FOR ALL YOU RAGERS TO HEAR IT. MORE COMING SOON! FOLLOW YOUR FUCKED UP DREAMS KIDS.

WHAT IS THERE TO SAY THAT HASN’T BEEN SAID ABOUT ISRAELI RAGERS MONOTONIX? I’VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF PLAYING WITH THEM A FEW TIMES OVER THE YEARS AND OF COURSE THEY ARE DA SHIT. PURE ACTION ROCK AND A LOT OF RAZZLE DAZZLE, WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT?

ABOVE IS A GREAT VIDEO I FOUND OF MONOTONIX THROWING DOWN SICK STYLE AT ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITE CLUBS, BOTTLETREE IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. PRETTY MUCH SAYS IT ALL. DO U LIKE ROCK AND ROLL MUSIC? DO U LIKE TO FREAK OUT? WATCH THIS VIDEO NOW!

COMING STRONG OUT OF BMORE CITY, ED SCHRADER’S MUSIC BEAT IS EASILY ONE OF THE SICHEST ROCK AND ROLL BANDS GOING. BEYOND EASY CLASSIFICATION BUT AT THE SAME TIME SUPER CLASSIC AND TIMELESS, THEIR NEW SINGLE “WHEN I’M IN A CAR” (FEATURING RANDY RANDALL FROM NO AGE ON GUITAR) HITS ALL THE RIGHT SPOTS.

THEY HAVE A RECORD COMING OUT ON THE ONE AND ONLY LOAD RECORDS AND ARE ON TOUR RIGHT NOW. GO SEE IT LIVE, SERIOUSLY! AS GOOD AS THE RECORDINGS ARE, IT IS REALLY A LIVE THING. TOUR DATES BELOW.

02.29 Pittsburgh, PA: Garfield Artworks w. Lord Grunge!
03.01 Cleveland, OH: Now That’s Class
03.02 Detroit, MI: Lager House
03.05 Chicago, IL: Empty Bottle w. Psychadelic Horseshit, Wet Hair
03.06 Milwaukee, WI: Quarters w. Rio Turbo
03.07 Minneapolis, MN: the Hexagon Bar w. Skoal Kodiak
03.08 Dubuque, IA: Off Minor
03.09 Lincoln, NE: Bourbon Theatre w. Plack Blague
03.10 Denver, CO: Rhinoceropolis
03.13 Seattle, WA: the Funhouse
03.14 Portland, OR: Rotture
03.16 San Francisco, CA: Thee Parkside
03.19 Los Angeles, CA: Pehr Space
03.21 Phoenix, AZ: Meat Market w. Chapter 24 (London)
03.22 El Paso, TX: M’s Lips Lounge
03.23 Austin, TX: Beerland
03.24 Dallas, TX: Queen City Hall
03.25 Hot Springs, AR: The Exchange
03.26 Birmingham, AL: The Bottletree
03.27 Athens, GA: Farm 255 w. Bubbly Mommy Gun
03.28 Atlanta, GA: Drunken Unicorn
03.29 Asheville, NA: Broadway’s
03.30 Greensboro, NC: TBA
03.31 Chapel Hill, NC: The Nightlight
04.01 Richmond, VA: Strange Matter

I WENT ON TOUR WITH BRAZILIAN BAND BONDE DO ROLE IN THE FALL OF 2007 AND IT WAS A BLAST. PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FUN LIVE BANDS I’VE EVER TOURED WITH AND REALLY GREAT PEOPLE TO BOOT. SINCE THEN THEY HAVE GONE THRU A FEW LINEUP CHANGES AND HAVE AN AWESOME NEW RECORD ON THE WAY.

RECENTLY SOME SICK EARLY PRE-MAD DECENT BONDE DO ROLE DEMOS HAVE SURFACED ON THE INTERNET FOR DOWNLOAD. SUPER LO-FI IN THE BEST WAY WITH LOTS OF FUN SAMPLES AND OF COURSE, THAT CLASSIC FUNK CARIOCA SOUND CARE OF COLLABORATOR DJ CHERNOBYL.

BONDE DO ROLE TOOK BAILE FUNK MUSIC AND ADDED A LAYER OF SNOTTY PUNK ROCK ENERGY, PUSHING THE SOUND INTO A NEW ZONE. LIVE THAT ENERGY IS UNCOMPROMISING AND I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT THEY DO NEXT. UNTIL THEN, I’LL BE JAMMING THESE DEMOS!