The Scene Report:
Arizona
RUMOR'S, INNUENDO'S AND HALF TRUTH'S (Phoenix,
AZ Scene)
No need to fear all the useless information is here:
AZPX has teamed up with artist
Sam
Esmoer to create a new line of old school pool
skate decks
w/ o.g. shapes, sizes and killer graphic's, good stuff,
from good guys...
Bigkidnow's super
cheap
Warped 4 CD comp w/
Fourbanger, A.D.D, Ag Session,
Logik, Do Over, Fayuca and Six Penny, covers
all the punk styles and is available along with
AZPX's
goods at:
Drop In Skates 36th St. &
Indian School Rd...
Authority Zero's
New DVD should be out by the time you read this and
they are working on a new material after being
released by
Lava Records... ...
Jimmy
Eat World continues to tour almost non-stop
w/
Taking Back Sunday and just added
U.K. dates w/
Green Day and the
Foo
Fighters.
J.E.W. will
be playing the
KFMA Day show in Tucson
on May 7th w/
Unwritten Law,
Sum
41 and the
Format...
PunkRock
TV is in the process of taping new episodes and
is on on Mondays @ 10pm on Cox Cable ch. 98, Qwest ch.
24 (Phoenix)... After you watch
PRTV
Unplug your cable TV!! Because
KPHE TV
ch 44 "Bohemia After Dark" is on the air playing,
punkrock to hip-hop videos 24 hours a day via a huge
transmitter and dvd player on top of
South Mountain...
Jenna's
Arrival is working with
Barc
Management, and will be recording a new E.P.
in late May in L.A. ....Hope you didn't miss
Mourning
Maxwell's week as the featured artist on Purevolume.com
highlighted with new acoustic tracks mastered @
AZ's
Big Session Mastering, You can also see
Mourning
Maxwell again on this year's
Warp Tour...
Sk8 punks
Ag Session are diligently
working on their third CD which is a mixture of
skate/punk/surf rock, look for a summer release...
No
Gimmick and
Oktober are currently
looking for new drummers...
The Big Fish Pub
is under new management, their former head honcho is
now the big man @ the
Marquee Theater.
The Marquee Theater may have some competition
in the market. The word is that some very big players
are renovating what was Tempe's
Club Rio
to compete directly w/ the Marquee, hopefully we will
see some reduced ticket prices out of this...In other
venue news the infamous
Mason Jar Rock
Club has closed and will become an "alternative
lifestyle club", yep! keep your eye out for 80's
rockers with mullets seeking a new local watering
hole...
Redfield will embark on a short
tour of Southern California in May...Checkout
azpunk.com
for all your information on upcoming local
shows, new band listings and their featured band
section, featuring some of the dirtiest punk bands
in the scene...
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
new release "The City Sleeps In Flames" will
be available June 28th. They will be touring most of
the summer on the
Warp Tour....Fellow
Immortal
label mates
A Change of Pace had to
cancel some shows due to Tony's throat problems... Rumors's
abound that arguably one of Phoenix's best pop punk
bands
Plinko will play some reunion
shows, Lets hope so!!!...Congrats to the
EDGE
103.9, SKaPunk host Craven Moorehead
on his marriage, it shouldn't be long before we
see some little skapunksters running around ... In related
news
SKaPunk is now on M-F from 9-10
PM. The original 3 hours on Sundays from 8-11 PM has
been nixed... Neckbeard's Soda Bar, a new all ages club,
is open in Tempe, the Pirate themed venue (ARRGH)
boasts over 30 varieties of soda and is a great place
to see up and coming local and national acts...
send us your news at azsmashnews@hotmail.com
