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Bio of Ten Times A Day
Ten Times A Day was formed in July of 1999. Yes, that's quite a long time ago. Here it is in a nutshell...
When we first got together, we immediately decided that we wanted to follow the "DIY" way of doing things. (That's "Do-It-Yourself" for the uninformed.)
Within the first three months of being a band, we recorded a full-length cd entitled "Going South" and pressed it ourselves, spent $1,000 on a 1972 BEAT-UP RV, and hit the road. After several tours, writing new music and realizing we needed a new vehicle, we scrapped the RV and got a new ride, a real Winnebago. Financing rules! We recorded an EP entitled, "A Vous Part One" with the original intention of releasing a follow-up EP called, "La Vie Part Two" which A Vous La Vie all together means, "I Want Life", better known as the phrase screamed by Sloth in the movie The Goonies. However, by the time we were ready to record this, we figured screw it, and recorded a full length entitled, "Never Say Never" which was recorded with Darian Rundall(Pennywise, Strung Out, Yellowcard) at Stall 2. In between times, we kept touring...and touring...and touring...
which led us to the Warped Tour in 2001. We spoke with Kevin Lyman and asked him if we could bring our Winnebago and generator, set up a tent and play in the parking lot in the mornings. He couldn't believe we would do that, and was super generous and provided us with a spot inside the festival grounds. We ended up playing 90 (that's right, NINETY) half-hour sets that summer. Sometimes we would play twice, sometimes three times, sometimes four. It really depended on how completely tired we were. But it paid off.
We went straight from the Warped Tour to a Canadian/American tour with FenixTX (RIP), H20, and Lefty. After more shows, more cities, more new friends, we came along to Warped Tour 2002. We originally were on about a weeks worth of dates, and so we drove from Los Angeles to Boise, ID to the first date of the tour in order to ask Kevin if we could set up a merch tent and try to swing onto shows where we could. He agreed (Thanks!!!) and the story gets more interesting. We were currently without a vehicle, with no money. You can't exactly walk into a Ford dealership and ask for a van with nothing to give them. But if you shoot for the stars, sometimes things go your way. We talked to a friend who owned a bus company who fronted us a bus, with the stipulation being that we would need to sell approximately 10,000 cds over the summer in order to pay the cost of the bus. We teamed up with a band from Chicago, and pestered people all day long with our discmans, handmade signs, and megaphone asking attendees to "Support Independent Music." It worked.
In early 2003, we recorded another release called, "The Langmuir EP." The story behind the name is simple: we recorded at our old bassist Paul's place on Langmuir St. in beautiful scenic Sunland, CA. Since we never have any money, we were able to scrounge some together, take a trip down to Guitar Center, purchase a bunch of recording equipment, we bought a computer and used"borrowed" recording software, and holed up for two weeks. The beautiful thing about Guitar Center is that they have a 30-day return policy. So, we recorded, took everything apart, took it back, and looked to set out on yet another tour.
We decided to go on a monster tour, and we were on the road basically from March 2003 to September 2003. As always, it was a lot of fun, but we needed a little break to recouperate..
And here we arewe've been on more than 15 full-length national tours, released 4 self-produced cd's, sold nearly 20,000 copies, played hundreds of shows, gotten into a few fist fights with each other and learned that being in a band is quite similar to having three girlfriends. Wait, no, wives.
Here we are in early 2005 back in action with yet another release...our 5th self-produced cd titled, "Tent City Intensity," which is a 15 song full-length double disc. The 2nd disc is a compilation of old TenX rarities. Come catch us on tour in a town near you in support of our new full-length, "Tent City Intensity."
Some bands we have shared the stage with include: Alien Ant Farm, Midtown, Fenix TX, Something Corporate, Denver Harbor, H20, Lefty, A Static Lullaby, Pulley, Dynamite Boy, Near Miss, Staring Back, AFI, Every Time I Die, Beloved, Norma Jean, Thursday, Skycamefalling, Slick Shoes, Never Heard Of It, Rufio, Spitalfield, Falling Sickness, The Pietasters, Spring Heeled Jack, Tilt, One Man Army, River City Rebels, Age Of Ruin, Unsung Zeros, Shiner, Whatever It Takes, The Berlin Project, Dexter Danger, Nural, Day Two, Clarity Process, Crosstide, Rocking Horse Winner, Hot Rod Circuit, Tabula Rasa, The Pilfers, The Skeletones, Ann Beretta, Automatic 7, Longfellow, The Fairlanes, Much The Same, etc...it's hard to remember all of them.
Now go visit our Official Ten Times A Day website, our Purevolume site, our Merch Store, and go say hello on the Blog!
Looking forward to seeing you at a show near you!
xoxo
TEN TIMES A DAY
Heroes
"rEVOLUTION bEGINS aT lEARNING. iF yOU'RE nOT aNGRY, yOU'RE nOT pAYING aTTENTION."
-rISE aGAINST
"tHE pEOPLE, uNITED, wILL nEVER bE dEFEATED!"
-aNTI-fLAG
TEN TIMES A DAY LYRICS:
tENT cITY iNTENSITY
01 stop falling faster
she knows what i'm thinking, she knows what i'm feeling. she says she is thinking the same things that i'm feeling. so where are the answers? just what is the meaning? this whole episode has simply left me reeling. i've gone outside the lines of my comfort factor, it seems like the future holds impending disaster. struggling for the signs of the meaningless banter, this feels like a joke to me but where is the laughter? back to the question--how did it come to this? feeling such emptiness? there's a substance i'm craving, a drug that i'm fiending. your words can be deceiving but your actions have meaning. i want to drown you out of my entire consciousness. i can't believe we let things slip. so obvious to me something's amiss, stop falling faster. the future starts today, the past is just a memory. we start today! exciting, redefining. without delay! no reason to have to justify the things you're feeling and hiding. no reason to have to criticize the thoughts and process underlying.
02 diseased arms and broken bones
i don't think that it's alright to say that everything's ok--it's not ok. you need to speak but you bite your tongue and you need to think but instead you stay the same, stuck in a dream. so hey! keep your eyes open. keep listening. you'll sense the sounds and see the change. i don't think that keeping things the same makes everything ok--it's not ok. the status quo is a diseased arm and we need reform and we need it desperately, so desperately. i don't think that we should depend on those who've led us astray. the time is now, we choose to lash out.
03 burnet and manchaca
the only thing consistent in my life is the sound of the 3 rolling down 29th. desperate despair and hopeless agony, how long will they stay tonight? what i wouldn't do if i could see things differently--to see things differently we'll try to put the pieces back in line, like how they used to be. if you're miserable, just remember what's inside can't be defeated. we fell into this bed of thorns, and we're still bleeding. and if this should somehow change overnight, do you think that we could rebuild the bridges burnt? revisiting what was the golden past, how long do you think it's last? i once was bruised, broken and torn. and i'm still seething. in a place i never knew--i thought i knew you. i was squeezed for all i had, i was squeezed until there was nothing left to give. we spin together round and round and we all fall down. we all fall down.
04 burned alive
thundering clouds against a darkening sky. i step outside and i ask myself why. the things you say, betray, and how they might change some things like the way i feel inside? you let me down, you fucking lied right through your teeth, right to my face but now i've arrived. i've seen the truth and your real life. i've got ideas of how to proceed--erase the thoughts of you and me. i think about the tears that we both cried. was it just for show? just a game? just to spite? i tried so hard to save this dying life but in the end there's nothing left, but how i tried. the answers lie behind betraying eyes. i grit my teeth and burn alive. the shell that we used to call--what was a dream called love?it's all but gone without a trace. where this heart once was now lies empty space.
05 what it feels like
the lessons of our past were all but left behind. we're all moving fast and not looking at the signs. i can see it coming, it's time to recognize the consequences of shutting down. i could spend my time empty and hollow. i could stand in line instead, and choose to follow. would everything just be ok? so this is what it feels like. the images will last the endless strain of time. are you hiding from the strength you have to find? have we reached the point of no return? try pressure to stop the bleeding. strive to find the pain inside. and when you feel the struggle leaving, that's when you'll know you've won the fight.
06 hypocrisy at it's finest
bloodshot--the way my eyes feel when they see the world falling down around me. i've got a pounding premonition we could fix all this devastation. can you remember feeling no fear? superpower does not mean dictator. the yellow ribbons on the backs of cars, something tells me that just does not go far. remember what you were told. past present future creates this mold. as the youth we must find a way to break this. i'll tell you what the word support does not mean. try cutting pay for combat, shutting down hospitals left and right. the hypocrisy is tragedy. this destiny leaves me screaming travesty! does this keep you up at night? if the answer is yes, then we'll fight. as the youth we must find a way to break this.
07 my dismay
military intervention, ah yes, the call for blood. mass media entertains the thought--what the fuck else would they do? as big business is getting bigger the value of our lives grows smaller. it's all around us, the air is getting colder. cnn controls our minds, msnbc on all the time. constant diatribe. we're not saving anybody, between the lines it's all a story. it's not liberation when you bomb a nation. circumvention? a modern ruse, a deception. consent gets manufactured under right pretenses, our liberties are lost, with no defenses. "i knew that i could never again raise my voice against the violence of the oppressed, without having first spoken clearly to the greatest purveyor of violence in the world today--my own government. and for the sake of those boys, for the sake of this government, for the sake of hundreds of thousands trembling under our violence--i cannot be silent. 4/4/1967 -- mlk, jr. riverside church nyc || let us design a new way of thought throughout our minds. let's open up our eyes! can you see out of the blinds?
08 like cornered animals
check it out--are you listening? it's time for you to start thinking. so pay attention if you please. many mistakes were made, we're digging our own graves. i do not feel safe and now open doors are closing outright. i've got a hole inside. will we make it out in time? let's avoid catastophe. it's apparent that we are the ones in control of our destiny. try to run from tragedy. the possession of this history is ours, you see? the time has come to end the struggling. this system's ours for the taking. soon they'll be on their knees. stop breathing. overanalyzing, overthinking. the blood is on our hands. the blood is on our fucking hands.so pay attention, no indecision. we've got to find a way to switch direction. i know there still is time, i know that change is in our sights. backs against the wall like cornered animals. establishment will fall.
09 228
the walls are crumbling in just like the new romans. i only see the end of dynasty. 228 and here we are like every empire. extending reach, no room for peace. history is what we make. the paths we take are the ones we create! you know the funny thing is we've been here before. it's not that different from what we've encountered. sometimes i think that i don't care anymore but giving up leads to death soon thereafter. the first indication there's something missing--can we please see responsibility? sometimes i find myself asking what the pieces hide. have we forgotten what it means to fight? time to stand up, not hang your head and cry. have we forgotten? screaming inside, fake smile and the ignorance bleeding from this wound we're feeding. it's not too late to change our fate.
10 smoke and mirrors
there's a separation of church and state for a reason. don't you buy this feeling--"all the zealots are overseas!" there's some right here leading our own country. the religious right is neither. what now oh fearless leader? don't amend the constitution or bring your bigotry, create confusion. we see the lies! send kids to die, cause god's on our side? look at the times. black brown or white, your life is my life. stop thinking that you're better than me just because you can fake holy. it's simple, can't you see? we live in a society. don't keep up with this illusion. you're just hiding wrongs that need to find solutions. some detraction from reality. yes i know that it's a sad story.
lost songs:
01 revolution (now evolution)
time passed idly by, the clock ticked slowly, clarifying why. frozen in time, life passes me by. stop and step aside. revolution, now evolution. revelation, not desecration. frustration inside, a typical story. wondering why. unique on the outside, my waking day's glory--frozen in time. it leaves me wondering if there were something i could have done better.
02 memories
it's just not fair to take the people, places, memories from someone's mind. i wish that i could change the way things are today. never thought i'd see the day, remember yesterday. it's finally gone. i wish i could change everything. it's just not right to put that kind of fear and pain inside of someone's life. a moment trapped in time, so distant and surreal. if there were anything i could do to make you not feel the way you feel...
03 state of the union
it's 9 to 5, we wake we drive. we work, we die. pull the wool up off your eyes. it's been a long time. nothing's getting better. they deceive, we believe. all contrived, and all conceived under a blanket flag, the situation worsens. i know you think it's allright to turn away a blind eye, hide yourself from the sight. and when we fall? there won't be a hindsight. indoctrinate the masses! they covered up the senses. they suffocate the impulse, reciprocate the sadness. only fear prevents us. now we do know this much--we question all the answers, we're far away from helpless!
04 george w. bush is a punk ass chump
obvious propaganda in a suburban home setting--this mindless way of thinking that i'm simply just not getting. decisions being made. have we all gone insane? there's certain things you see--it seems that these certain things are driving me crazy. in the papers and on tv--the questions fill my mind. what is true? what to believe? we are the youth, we want the truth. no more lies!
05 a better way
the day passed like a dream. went by so fast to me! so full of self-esteem, top of the world it seemed. too fast to fall away, leading to my dismay. should i not feel betrayed? perhaps just too passe. you'll see that i don't mind. wouldn't everything be so nice? hanging on for my life. with all my might i'll have to try and try. is there not some sort of better way? whatever is the case--my dreams i will embrace. symptom of human race, deep down in the first place. watch me squeeze so tight and not give in. the letdown only serves to fuel my chagrin. when the stress begins to wear you thin, relax, hold strong, i've been where you've been.
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***MAJOR UPDATE***: i got an email today with a link to a video message from jon times a day and a link to a freaky ten times a day halloween website you have to check out. watch it baby
This is a movement of, by, and for the fans of Ten Times A Day to bring them back to life. Has it ever been done before? Has a band's fans, after they have broken up for a while, ever created a network and demanded their asses to come back from the grave? I don't think so. But we fully intend to try. Help us out!!
Ok, here's the deal. Ten Times A Day was a band from southern California, and one of my favorite bands of ALL time. (And that's saying a lot.) I first saw them at the Warped Tour in San Francisco some time back and I was blown away. Every time they had a show I did my best to get to it, that's how much I liked this friggin band. I even drove to Bakersfield a few times to see them. Some of their worst shows I ever saw were better than the best shows put on by a lot of other bands. I saw them play inside a friggin tent to about 50 people, and saw them open for bigger bands to 1000 people and they put on the same energy no matter what.
The other day I was listening to some of their old cds and I went to their myspace page and honestly, I was just really wishing they were still a band. They wrote great songs and had great political lyrics. I know each of them were doing different things, different projects--Roger and Paul were in a band called Versus the Sun and I talked to Nick on AIM a while back and he was doing politics, which if you listened to Tenx's lyrics shouldn't be surprising. Tyler is now the drummer for A Static Lullaby. I think other members might have projects too but not sure. If you know I will post them here.
UPDATE: A fan sent me a message saying that Jon has been playing in a band called Stowaway in Colorado.
Here is the deal--I LOVE THIS BAND. I know it is totally unlikely that they would get back together, or even play a reunion show or something, but I would fly anywhere in the country to see it, and I am guessing there are some others out there that would too. Crazier things have happened on the internet, and even if this effort doesn't result in that "one more show" maybe at least their fans could let them know they were appreciated. If WE could convince THEM to do at least ONE more show, maybe WE can convince them to do more than one show. Or who knows? Crazy ass things happen every single day. If you never listened to Ten Times A Day, check out the video on this page or use one of the "mixtapes" to the left. With all the bands out there if you only have a minute or a short attention span, watch the video and you will see why I love them. I doubt they would mind (they were always giving stuff away and selling their cds and merch really cheap) but if they want me to take it down I will. Maybe I should have set up a "band page" but that didn't seem really right.
If you know what any of these guys are up to or have pictures or mp3s or video please let me know because I am hoping a lot of people will add this page to their friend list, and then I can send it to them. If you send me stuff I will post it--the pictures I have I just found from different places on the internet. Right now Tom is my only friend. I hope that will change soon! If you have friends who liked Ten Times A Day, please send them messages or a bulletin!!! Top 8 this page, copy this message, send to your friends!!! Spread the word!
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Now that bush is on his way out I am a little sad. As much as I hated bush I will miss the angry tenx songs such as "George W. Bush is a punk ass chump" and "smoke and mirrors. "
Wow ten times a day are sick thanks for opening my eyes to them i hope your movement works cause i would love to hear more of them!! Thanks for the add!! Ste..
Hell Yah guys!! I don't know if you remember Chris from Sarasota. You played a show at his house a looong time ago. anyway..You Rock! I still sport the "Grand Theft Auto" Ten Times a Day shirt! Good Luck!
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