22nd Century’s hard punching and sometimes comical style is a mixture of Ramones style power punk with a healthy dose of 1990’s grunge. Their
debut CD was produced by legendary music producer John Webster (Aerosmith, Cher, The Cult) and has garnered attention, including honorable
mention in Billboard’s 2009 song writing contest and having to hits on the top ten of the Somojo UK Indy Charts. The second CD has 3 hit singles
including a remake of Martha and the Muffins “Echo Beach” and the title track Howie the Skid as well as Teenage Underwear Model
22nd Century are seasoned veterans of the West Coast music scene. Drummer Zippy Pinhead was recently featured prominently alongside Gun's
and Roses Duff McKagan in "Bloodied but Unbowed" a film documenting the rise and demise of the early West Coast punk scene. Duane Chaos has
played with a plethora of notable musicians as has Tim Plommer. The three members also moonlight at the band behind Jim Cummins "I, Braineater"
project.
The band has a long history. Back in high school, drummer Zippy Pinhead formed the Stiffs with Gerry Useless (who later formed the Subhumans)
and Mike Normal; later forming “Sgt. Nick Penis and the Brassball Battalion” with D.O.A. founders Randy Rampage and Chuck Biscuits. While still in
Victoria, Duane met Zippy while playing bass for soon to be star Chrissy Steele. Zippy went on to move to San Francisco to play with the influential
band K.G.B. before returning to Vancouver to join D.O.A.? ?Over the next 6 years, Zippy Pinhead shifted between Vancouver and California playing
in some well known bands (The Dils, Art Bergman, The Mutants, Los Popularos, Black Molly’s, Beat Farmers and The Fiends.) and even appeared on
music videos with Sheena Easton and Rick Springfield. Duane left the music scene for a while to pursue a career in professional cycling after leaving
recording band Centerfold when the band’s funding vanished. He returned to music nearly a decade later after joining up with Wade Morissette,
brother of Alanis Morissette, to play acoustic performances.
Although distracted by his day job, Plommer still pursued his passion. He achieved music success in the summer of 1999 as a guitarist for Anthill
when their debut CD spun off a song called “Child of Ambition”. The blistering, guitar heavy, single was picked up by rock radio stations all across
Western Canada. After some petty conflicts with the singer, Plommer left Anthill in 2001 to pursue a solo project called Little Green Planet. Tim
worked hard on his solo CD (released 2006) while Duane played with Vancouver alt-punk band F.L.U. After taking Little Green Planet live Plommer
met Chaos at a gig in late 2006 and both realized their respective projects were not where they needed to be. 22nd Century was formed soon after
with original drummer, Glen Gaupholm rounding out the trio. Duane continued playing part time for Punk-Metal band Stress Factor 9 which included
former Annihilator drummer Ray Harttman and D.O.A. bass player/founder Randy Rampage.? ?Glen left 22nd Century in the Spring of 2009 due to
persistent wrist injuries and, after a lengthy search for a replacement, Zippy completed the trio early in the summer of 2009.
www.22ndcenturyofficial.com
| Power Punk from Vancouver's 22nd Century |
| Music Genres: Indie / Alternative / Rock / Power Punk / Pop / Grunge |
| Trenchtown |
| Music Genres: Punk / Rock / Reggae / Ska / Dub |
For Trenchtown, brotherhood is everything. From the first time five kids with guitars met up after school in the rural town of
North Adams, MI, just some 50 miles south of Detroit, they simply followed the path laid out for them. It was one that would
take them to far-off places as well as other rural towns, still guitars in hand, providing their signature four part harmonies
blended with driving punk beats and rhythmic reggae accents.
Trenchtown’s music, then under the name Maryz Eyez, garnered them 1 and 3 hits on XM radio and two spots on the Vans
Warped Tour. After several years of calling the Detroit music scene home, the band decided to take their show to SoCal and
relocated to Hermosa Beach to work on their self titled debut “Trenchtown EP”. Since arriving in the same beach town which
has given rise to bands such as Black Flag and Pennywise, Trenchtown has been hard at work writing songs and learning the
LA music scene. Upon a chance encounter, Nichols ran into Billy Graziadei of the band Biohazard at a local Best Buy and
offered up a demo.
First track, the driving ska fueled opener, (“Ay Oh”). “We literally had this song complete,” vocalist Ryan Wagler reveals. “But
Billy thought it needed some changes, one being a slight tempo increase of two BPM. Needless to say, we started over and
worked all night. That’s how dedicated we all were on this project” The six songs move from the melancholy and abstruse
(“Paralyzed”) to the hook laden feel good reggae/pop of (“Unpaid Holiday”), featuring shout-it-from-the-rooftops choruses
(“Let it Go”) and narratives about the wrongful conviction of an innocent man (“Murderer"). Yet, the Trenchtown brotherhood
is best conveyed live. “Our shows are no different from the house parties we started at,” Nichols says. “You rarely find us
back stage, we only want to hang out with everyone before and after shows and share music during. Hope to see you there!!”
For more information, visit www.trenchtownmusic.com
North Adams, MI, just some 50 miles south of Detroit, they simply followed the path laid out for them. It was one that would
take them to far-off places as well as other rural towns, still guitars in hand, providing their signature four part harmonies
blended with driving punk beats and rhythmic reggae accents.
Trenchtown’s music, then under the name Maryz Eyez, garnered them 1 and 3 hits on XM radio and two spots on the Vans
Warped Tour. After several years of calling the Detroit music scene home, the band decided to take their show to SoCal and
relocated to Hermosa Beach to work on their self titled debut “Trenchtown EP”. Since arriving in the same beach town which
has given rise to bands such as Black Flag and Pennywise, Trenchtown has been hard at work writing songs and learning the
LA music scene. Upon a chance encounter, Nichols ran into Billy Graziadei of the band Biohazard at a local Best Buy and
offered up a demo.
First track, the driving ska fueled opener, (“Ay Oh”). “We literally had this song complete,” vocalist Ryan Wagler reveals. “But
Billy thought it needed some changes, one being a slight tempo increase of two BPM. Needless to say, we started over and
worked all night. That’s how dedicated we all were on this project” The six songs move from the melancholy and abstruse
(“Paralyzed”) to the hook laden feel good reggae/pop of (“Unpaid Holiday”), featuring shout-it-from-the-rooftops choruses
(“Let it Go”) and narratives about the wrongful conviction of an innocent man (“Murderer"). Yet, the Trenchtown brotherhood
is best conveyed live. “Our shows are no different from the house parties we started at,” Nichols says. “You rarely find us
back stage, we only want to hang out with everyone before and after shows and share music during. Hope to see you there!!”
For more information, visit www.trenchtownmusic.com
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| The Return of Bowling For Soup |
| Music Genres: Indie / Alternative / Pop / Punk / Rock |
Having been in constant creative demand for over 17 straight years, pop-punk
uber-band Bowling for Soup clearly has no problem kicking out fresh songs,
ridiculous videos, and album after album of music that sets the bar for their
genre. Even after nearly two decades together, some things are the same. They
still call Denton, TX home, they still are putting out an avalanche of new music
every year, and they’re still the guys you’d cut class with to get a beer and a Hot
Pocket. For a band that has had only one personnel change in 17 years, which
is a remarkable feat by any standards, it’s clear that the team stays tight and
that ain’t gonna change. As much as things are the same, however, recent times
have brought massive changes for Bowling for Soup, and some things are very,
very different and completely awesome.
At the core, Bowling for Soup is still Jaret Reddick, Erik Chandler, Gary
Wiseman, Chris Burney, and 3 generations of loyal, ravenous fans. As of Fall
2009, though, the partner no longer at the party is Jive Records. Jive and the
guys parted ways on good terms, but sadly just four weeks after the release of
Sorry for Partyin’. Away with the label went all promo plans for the album, and no
single from the record was ever released to radio. Though they were shell
shocked, the decision not to slow down was obvious. Rather than spend a
couple years trying to get ownership of Sorry for Partyin’ from Jive so they could
release it themselves, Jaret locked himself in a room for a month and wrote the
songs that have become their latest release, Fishin’ for Woos.
Available worldwide on April 26th, 2011, Fishin’ for Woos is their response to
being label-free for the first time in years and deciding to go balls out as an
independent band with a mind-blowing fan base. “The only pressure we felt was
not to make a record just to fill the space and keep things moving,” says
songwriter/frontman Jaret Reddick. “It had to be just as real as everything else
we’ve done.” It worked. Fishin’ for Woos is the classic Bowling for Soup sound
and energy, led by marquis tracks “S-S-S-Saturday”, “Girls In America”, “I’ve
Never Done Anything Like This” featuring Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo, and
“Turbulence” featuring Gabriel Mann, who is 1/4 of The Rescues and composes
the music for mega hit TV show Modern Family. Also making its full-production
debut is “Guard My Heart,” which will make legions of fans very, very happy.
Written by bassist Erik Chandler for a film called Sardines, the rough demo was
leaked to fans online in 1997 and became a monster favorite around the world.
Being able to include “Guard My Heart” on the record simply because they want
to is the nutshell of where Bowling for Soup is at right now. “The freedom is
amazing,” says Reddick. “If we want to release a new record every 6 months, we
can. If we want to make a Christmas album, or remix album, or sing in a Disney
project, we can. We don’t need to get anyone’s permission.”
He’s not kidding about the Disney thing. In 2008, the creators of the Disney
cartoon TV series Phineas and Ferb, which is hailed as one of the most-viewed
cartoons in the world, asked Jaret to expand the Emmy-nominated 30-second
theme song into a full-length radio single. “Today is Gonna Be a Great Day” is
the result, and the song and music video have become fixtures on Radio Disney
and the Disney Channel. Since the first one went so well, Disney has since
invited Jaret back to write several more songs for Phineas and Ferb, have cast
him in a recurring role on the show as the voice of “Danny,” the lead singer of
the band Love Handle, and have included both Jaret as “Danny” and Bowling for
Soup as themselves on the two Phineas and Ferb Christmas albums, and
several other releases. All in all, the Disney thing turned into a pretty sweet deal,
and in addition to making them heroes to their kids, it reconnected Bowling for
Soup to fans young and old.
While keeping their fans of all ages fat and happy on BFS music and TV
goodness, the guys have kept right on doing what they’ve done from the start:
the road. Having literally played around the world several times, including Cuba,
Australia, Japan, Belgium, Italy, China (twice), thousands of shows in the US and
26 separate tours of the UK just since 2000, these guys know the road. “You
gotta stay busy to stay relevant,” remarks Jaret. “Plus, we love what we do. It’s
our job to play music for people, and we love our job.” In 2011, “the job” will
include April in the UK on an acoustic tour headlined by Bowling for Soup and
supported by Erik Chandler’s solo project The Mulberry St. Socialites and
People On Vacation (Jaret’s other band), and then May/June shows in the US
before spending July in Asia playing for the U.S. Military. After Asia, it’s back to
the US for college shows in August/September and then a full-force full band UK
tour to drop Fishin’ for Woos on the world.
Some things, like their endless touring schedule and love for their fans, are the
same. Other things have changed. It’s not like they thought, “hey, pretty soon we’
re gonna be cartoons without a record deal playing shows for the military across
Asia.” That’s just how it went down, and in solid BFS-fashion, they’re using it as
fuel and killing it. Plans and deals and ideas get different, get weird, get gone.
Some things, though, like fans and friends and kick-ass music stay exactly the
same. Some things will never change. They’ll just grow.
www.bowlingforsoup.com
uber-band Bowling for Soup clearly has no problem kicking out fresh songs,
ridiculous videos, and album after album of music that sets the bar for their
genre. Even after nearly two decades together, some things are the same. They
still call Denton, TX home, they still are putting out an avalanche of new music
every year, and they’re still the guys you’d cut class with to get a beer and a Hot
Pocket. For a band that has had only one personnel change in 17 years, which
is a remarkable feat by any standards, it’s clear that the team stays tight and
that ain’t gonna change. As much as things are the same, however, recent times
have brought massive changes for Bowling for Soup, and some things are very,
very different and completely awesome.
At the core, Bowling for Soup is still Jaret Reddick, Erik Chandler, Gary
Wiseman, Chris Burney, and 3 generations of loyal, ravenous fans. As of Fall
2009, though, the partner no longer at the party is Jive Records. Jive and the
guys parted ways on good terms, but sadly just four weeks after the release of
Sorry for Partyin’. Away with the label went all promo plans for the album, and no
single from the record was ever released to radio. Though they were shell
shocked, the decision not to slow down was obvious. Rather than spend a
couple years trying to get ownership of Sorry for Partyin’ from Jive so they could
release it themselves, Jaret locked himself in a room for a month and wrote the
songs that have become their latest release, Fishin’ for Woos.
Available worldwide on April 26th, 2011, Fishin’ for Woos is their response to
being label-free for the first time in years and deciding to go balls out as an
independent band with a mind-blowing fan base. “The only pressure we felt was
not to make a record just to fill the space and keep things moving,” says
songwriter/frontman Jaret Reddick. “It had to be just as real as everything else
we’ve done.” It worked. Fishin’ for Woos is the classic Bowling for Soup sound
and energy, led by marquis tracks “S-S-S-Saturday”, “Girls In America”, “I’ve
Never Done Anything Like This” featuring Kay Hanley of Letters to Cleo, and
“Turbulence” featuring Gabriel Mann, who is 1/4 of The Rescues and composes
the music for mega hit TV show Modern Family. Also making its full-production
debut is “Guard My Heart,” which will make legions of fans very, very happy.
Written by bassist Erik Chandler for a film called Sardines, the rough demo was
leaked to fans online in 1997 and became a monster favorite around the world.
Being able to include “Guard My Heart” on the record simply because they want
to is the nutshell of where Bowling for Soup is at right now. “The freedom is
amazing,” says Reddick. “If we want to release a new record every 6 months, we
can. If we want to make a Christmas album, or remix album, or sing in a Disney
project, we can. We don’t need to get anyone’s permission.”
He’s not kidding about the Disney thing. In 2008, the creators of the Disney
cartoon TV series Phineas and Ferb, which is hailed as one of the most-viewed
cartoons in the world, asked Jaret to expand the Emmy-nominated 30-second
theme song into a full-length radio single. “Today is Gonna Be a Great Day” is
the result, and the song and music video have become fixtures on Radio Disney
and the Disney Channel. Since the first one went so well, Disney has since
invited Jaret back to write several more songs for Phineas and Ferb, have cast
him in a recurring role on the show as the voice of “Danny,” the lead singer of
the band Love Handle, and have included both Jaret as “Danny” and Bowling for
Soup as themselves on the two Phineas and Ferb Christmas albums, and
several other releases. All in all, the Disney thing turned into a pretty sweet deal,
and in addition to making them heroes to their kids, it reconnected Bowling for
Soup to fans young and old.
While keeping their fans of all ages fat and happy on BFS music and TV
goodness, the guys have kept right on doing what they’ve done from the start:
the road. Having literally played around the world several times, including Cuba,
Australia, Japan, Belgium, Italy, China (twice), thousands of shows in the US and
26 separate tours of the UK just since 2000, these guys know the road. “You
gotta stay busy to stay relevant,” remarks Jaret. “Plus, we love what we do. It’s
our job to play music for people, and we love our job.” In 2011, “the job” will
include April in the UK on an acoustic tour headlined by Bowling for Soup and
supported by Erik Chandler’s solo project The Mulberry St. Socialites and
People On Vacation (Jaret’s other band), and then May/June shows in the US
before spending July in Asia playing for the U.S. Military. After Asia, it’s back to
the US for college shows in August/September and then a full-force full band UK
tour to drop Fishin’ for Woos on the world.
Some things, like their endless touring schedule and love for their fans, are the
same. Other things have changed. It’s not like they thought, “hey, pretty soon we’
re gonna be cartoons without a record deal playing shows for the military across
Asia.” That’s just how it went down, and in solid BFS-fashion, they’re using it as
fuel and killing it. Plans and deals and ideas get different, get weird, get gone.
Some things, though, like fans and friends and kick-ass music stay exactly the
same. Some things will never change. They’ll just grow.
www.bowlingforsoup.com
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