TEACH ME VIOLENCE

Righty-O! Quick update tonight cuz the new 'Epicly Latered' is up on VBS.TV and im itching to catch it- MNC TECH episode!!!
We had a sick early arvo show last weekend at the Gaso with DARKHORSE from Sydney. Really ripping black crust, D-beat or whatever the cool kids are calling it these days. Straight up good lads too!
This weekend's a biggie for us cuz we've got this shit poppin'

... cuz i'm fucking lazy, I'm just gonna cut and paste the official press release:
Captain Cleanoff need no introduction in the underground grind scene of the world.fast,brutal and rockin! Come to the bendigo hotel on Sat 3rd Dec to witness em for the last time in a while as they work on a new album. Joining em are Internal rot, hight speed thrashing 90's Cali style grind, members of Agents of Abhorrence and Roskopp, Super Fun Happy slide. Counter Attack, fast 80's style shred hardcore and new guys Headless death playing thrashy ol school death metal stink, with members of Roskopp, pathetic Human, Rort and more. Everyone's friends!

Come January, we're doing a mini tour of Sydney...our first as a band. I'm super excited about playing a show with The Hard-Ons. Dudes have been heroes ever since i got into this shit. Also we will have shirts real soon so hang tight. Design comes courtesy of Gustav from Sweden who has dropped some gnarly shit for bands like HAIL OF BULLETS and GODHUNTER. Check his site HERE: http://gugerart.com/ Dude has serious skills. Big shouts also to my homie Noe from L.A. who sent us a bunch of cool shit courtesy of the label he does, THRASHTASTIC. Check whats crackin at: http://thrashtastic.net/ As always, support True D.I.Y.!!!
See ya Saturday!!!!

LETS PLAY FAST!!!

I have to give it up for EPICS. Dudes were definitely on point last weekend. Playing on little sleep and half tanked plus putting up with with Dave DECLARATION's shit...sheeeez!
Powerful, discordant punk rock/hardcore in the truest sense of the word. Everyone who witnessed the show was blown away. I saw some dudes w/ cameras in attendance so if ya got some footy, hit me up!
Also copped a 12"ep plus the cd which hasn't left my car stereo- shit is of the hook!!! check them here
Psyched on this shit for a few reasons...

...First of all, OLD SKIN. Played with these dudes a couple of weeks back. Dudes are bat-shit, psycho power violence. Not the generic type trying to ape INFEST. Think ICE-NINE meets INSECT WARFARE and H100s. Fucking nice kids too-psyched as shit on these dudes.
You need to fucking check INFAMOUS BUTCHER. Fastcore in the vain of early RUPTURE and VOORHEES. On the mic is our old friend, The Geelong redneck, Neil. You would know him from 90's grind legends, UNDINISM and more recently, THE KILL. This is our first show with those dudes-cant fucking wait!
Also, rounding off the night will be LA HAINE who play a thrash/grindcore hybrid and features scene stalwart, Dave Poodle.
Like I said, its gonna be a cracker! Dont front on this shit...

                                                              INFAMOUS BUTCHER

ONE SCENE UNITY

Sorry about the cheesy header... it's very 25 ta Life. Cant help but sing the praises after last weeks show w/ MANIAXE, DEBACLE, THE KILL and us. Every band, besides being gnarly in their own right, is uniquely different. Thrash kids, crust punks, skate rats and metal heads were all present and killing shit. Seriously fucking ruckus show- Cheers to all who came up. No fuckheads= No worries. Kill a mosh!!!
This is our next one w/ Sydney Punks, EPICS

  Sick art on this one from Jimmy from EPICS. Joining us are CLOWNS who are saving for their asia tour and also OLD SKIN. Serious fans of BLACK FLAG and FUGAZI need to take note...EPICS has it down pat!!! 
In other news, we have a gang of shows to finish off this splendid year- These will be posted in the next few weeks. Also, were touring in Jan. w/ some VERY special guest'
Stay tuned for news!!!  See ya Saturday!

NEED'S MORE NAPALM!

Our next show is a burner...

...our violent, grindcore cohorts THE KILL bring their mayhemic destruction to the Bendigo. Those in the know are aware that 2 of the 3 guys from THE KILL played in my old band OPEN WOUND...joining us on the night will be D-beat thrashers, DEBACLE who are also old friends from waaaay back. Dudes have got a split w/ FILTHPACT (Scotland) dropping soon on BEERACHE RECS. Opening the proceedings will be the lads from MANIAXE!!! fucking so psyched about them. We've been trying to hook shit up with those dudes for a minute so it's gonna be gnar!!!

Tell your crew! Tell your fucking nanna!!! If she's still in doubt, tell her to check this:

...BlastAsFuk!!!

LITTLE BASTARD...

So, I ran into an old friend yesterday. Amongst the idle chatter and shit talk, he informs me that we are playing the 'mini' version of BASTARDFEST. I inform him that he's a deluded fuck head and that by no stretch of the imagination would i have said yes to playing a 'mini' anything.

                          ...He pulls out his iphone, gets on Safari and shows me the above...
                                                                 ...nice logo BTW.

UPCOMING SHOWS!

Just a quickie tonight to let you know what we've got coming up:

Friday 16th Sept.@ The Tote w/ CAPTAIN CLEANOFF and BLOODDUSTER- you probably wanna turn up early for this one...in any case, dont bother eating dinner. I heard at the last show, Tony Bloodduster was throwing pieces of KFC at the crowd...Yum! Cleanoff consistently destroy- no more needs to be said- just come for them!

Saturday 22nd Oct.@Gasometer w/ CABIN FEVER, EPICS(Sydney), and THE OPTIONALS (Sydney)
This one's gonna be a cracker! I would describe EPICS as (good) Black Flag meets Fugazi. The OPTIONALS play skaterock ala Descendents/ALL. Definitly for fans of Poison City type shit. Cabin Fever play fast punk/hardcore as well as covers of Poison Idea and Negative Approach...I'm sold!!!

Totally off topic, but i'm stoked on this clip...Vincent Alvarez- not your typical Chocolate Skateboards type...dude is off the hook. Rather than the flip in/flip out slo-mo video aesthetic of today, this kid brings it raw. This actually makes me wanna skate rather than intimidate me into disbelief and inevitably, boredom...

Needless to say, how fucking good is McRAD?!!!   McSHRED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Shit Faced-NIHILISTIK VIEW by paulos crudos

For anyone who hung out at the Arthouse for even an occasional amount of time in the nineties, the name NIHILSTIK VIEW would be somewhat familiar if not synonymous with the late, great haunt. A throwback to the rollicking, chaos punk ethos of bands such as EXPLOITED, CHAOS U.K. and BASTARD SQUAD (of which ex member, Johnny Bastard would fully back and nurture), NV and the influx of a younger, more suburban (for lack of a better word) crew/ clientele, fitted the defiantly D.I.Y. venue like a (studded) glove.

Formed in the outskirts of Melbourne in 95, Matty didn’t join the lads until their first demo dropped (self titled). One thing I and any regular at the Arty will attest to is their huge popularity. I can distinctly remember seeing them for the first time With Matties brother and some other crew.* Mohawks and cider punks a plenty!  Buzzsaw guitars, tight as fuck drums and Wattie-esque vocals aside, what really caught my attention was the general age of the crowd. I’m talking straight out of High School type shit. Nonetheless, we were blown away. And so was Johnny Bastard. So much so that he released the debut full lengnth by NV on his NOISE POLLUTION label.

ÚPHOLD THE RIGHT’ drops and the chaos punx go nuts for the shit. AFL grand final day was traditionally the day of the ARTHOUSE pub crawl that would entail leather jacketed punk kids roaming the CBD, defacing public property with paint, textas or spit,  and the occasional scuffle (who remembers the infamous ‘Riot at the Hyatt?)  This would culminate in a fucking rawkus show at the Arty to cap off the leisurely day. The particular year NV played was bananas. Moshing, slamming and spew. Obnoxious, vile vomit all over the the dancefloor. No one gave 2 shits. NV was blasting! Imagine if that shit went down these days at a fucking DEEZ NUTS show? They’d probably shut the shit down!

The band would soon drop their split cd with fellow melbournites, HEADSORE. Not long after they  call it a day. Despite this, the reverberation and influence, musically and stylistically would be felt for years.  Bands like CHARTER 77, and GGF would continue the reign of cider punkdom whilst BASTARD SQUAD would reform (with the released from corrective services and O.G. vox, Jason Bastard)

Drummer Matt would go on to join street punk cohorts H-BLOCK as well as later forming POISON CITY RECORDS darlings, A DEATH IN THE FAMILY. Matty would form THRILLKILLERS with ex RUPTURE bass man Zombo and then years later with myself, form the crap we peddle now.

*...and if memory serves me correctly, Matty was wearing face make-up ala KISS!!!