Mike McKee - vocals, guitar, melodica
Steve Roche - drums, backing vocals, saxophone, tambourine
Scott Mercer - bass, backing vocals
..and sometimes...
Jeff Ziga - guitar
Andrew Martini - bass, backing vocals
John Ziga - trumpet
Jake Hockel - old drums
Emily Pony Pants - vocals
that's us playing at Death By Audio. I think Rop did the video, which is cool because he's in Rice and the PeeChees and Semiautomatic and represents for the animals and is a funny guy.
and that's us playing at The Farm, a house in West Philadelphia, at a benefit show for the city's public libraries.
..christ, we are a handsome bunch, no?
Influences
If you're interested, check out our blog section, as now and again we'll put up some thoughts / articles / links / essays about the bands, films, literature, events that got our heads where they're at...
RATCATCHER dir. Lynne Ramsey
GEORGE WASHINGTON dir. David Gordon Green
WASP dir. Andrea Arnold
BREAD & ROSES
DAY NIGHT, DAY NIGHT
FIRE & SKILL...
OUR TROUBLED YOUTH...
A REAL INT'L POP UNDERGROUND...
Some music and film... A-to-Z: AMFM, Au Pairs, Billy Bragg, Black Eyes, Blitz, Bikini Kill, BMX Bandits, "Breathless," Elvis Costello, Crass, Chumbawamba, Cockney Rejects, Delta 5, Dexy's Midnight Runners, Eggstone, Electrelane, Excuse 17, Fugazi, Faith, Franklin, the Focus, Gang of Four, Jean Luc Godard, Heavenly, Honeybane, Huggybear, Ignition, the Jam, Jawbreaker, J Church, Kill the Man Who Questions, Kenickie, "La Chinoise," Leatherface, Lungfish, "Masculin Feminin," Menace, Mission of Burma, Neutral Milk Hotel, Off Minor, Orange Juice, the Partisans, Pulp, Q and Not U, Lynn Ramsay, "Ratcatcher," the Rifles, Rites of Spring, Arundhati Roy, St. Etienne, the Shop Assistants, Soulside, Slant 6, Spoon, Stereolab, Superchunk, Talulah Gosh, Thin Lizzy, "Tout Va Bien," Tragedy, True if Destroyed, Francois Truffaut, Unrest, the Vaselines, the Wedding Present, WitchHunt, "Weekend," Wire, Yo La Tengo, Zounds...
Sounds Like
"Like a D.C. band raised on a steady diet of Zounds"
---Fat Bob of Hard Skin
(aka Sean of Rough Trade, Talbot St., London)
Record Label
Cheap Art / Golden Brown (US) / Missing Link (aus)
In 1978, with no prior musical experience, Dutch anarchist band The Ex drew straws at random to determine who would play which instrument.
....Wish we had some convenient excuse like that.
I am proud to announce that I am taking pre-orders for the Her Breath On Glass "What we left behind" collections c.d.
This was a collaborative effort between myself, Bear Records, and Her Breath On Glass.
All the c.d.s are pressed on black poly carbonate discs with elaborate full color arigato pak covers. The c.d. includes songs from hbog #'s 1,3,5,7,8,9,11,12 . plus the live tracks from the limited box sets that hbog did a few months back.
The pre-order version is limited to 25 and come in handsewn sleeves with a screened image, cute her breath on glass lettering, hand numbering, and a special message from me. This is exclusive to my label.
They are $12ppd (only because of the special packaging and shipping) and should ship around July 17th. You can order: paypal: vegan_hugs@yahoo.com or message me about snailmail.
Thank you for your patience. As always I appreciate the support. xo Erick
Some footage of AleDriver from the library benefit y'all played in February. Unfortunately I positioned myself in front of the bass amp and screwed up all the footage of you guys or your secretly vampires.
After an incredible amount of drama, delays, and even more drama, the long-awaited split 7" between Philadelphia's WITCH HUNT and Stockholm's TO WHAT END? is finally available. Two new tracks from WITCH HUNT, picking up where Blood-Red States left off, plus a Rudimentary Peni cover. Aggressive punk with melody. TO WHAT END? offer up three of their most metallic ragers to date, while still retaining the "Swedish Sound" they're known for... Their best stuff yet. This is a split-release between Witch Hunt, Final Attempt Records, and Fight For Your Mind.
We will be selling these at our shows, but FOR MAILORDER PLEASE CONTACT Brian @ Final Attempt Records: www. myspace. com/finalattemptrecords or finalattemptrecords@yahoo.com .
Copies are $5 PPD in the U.S.(outside the U.S. get in touch for shipping), wholesale $2.50 plus shipping. Color vinyl available for mailorder only.
what???!!!! you do a cover of anarchy is broken!!! yes i am in this band. we were gonna cover it to suprise yous but that would be way cooler if you guys did it.
is that the film rat catcher in your influences? it's great! you're doing a uk tour soon, non? if you can play newcastle i'll get chronicity to play too (pete dale of red monkey/slampt records new[ish] band). :)
