Adolescents East Coast Dates 6/10/13 Chameleons, Pittsfield MA 6/11/13 The Waiting Room Buffalo NY 6/12/13 Echo Beach/Avenues & Alleyways Toronto ONT w/ Rancid + Transplants .. 6/14/13 Amnesia Rockfest Montebello Que 6/15/13 Middle East Cambridge MA w/ Casualties 6/16/13 Music Hall of Williamsburg Williamsburg NY w/Subhumans + Krays 6/17/13 The Barbary Philadelphia PA 6/18/13 Asbury Lanes Asbury Park NJ
10 May USA-Palm Desert- The Hood Bar JUNE 2013 PESTS FROM THE WEST IN THE EAST 10 June USA- Pittsfield, MA @ Chameleons + TEENAGE BOTTLEROCKET 11 June USA- Buffalo, NY @ Waiting Room 12 June CAN- Toronto, ON Echo Beach @ Molson Ampitheater + RANCID, TRANSPLANTS, SICK OF IT ALL
13 June CAN- In the words of Brother Watt: " .... we aren't playin', we're payin'....."
14 June CAN- Montebello, QC @ Amnesia Rock Festival + RANCID+ SOCIAL DISTORTION+ DROPKICK MURPHYS 15 June USA- Cambridge, MA@ Middle East 16 June USA- Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg + SUBHUMANS+ KRAYS17 June USA- Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbary 18 June USA- Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes
JULY - AUGUST PRESUMED INSOLENT EUROPEAN TOUR 12 July GER- BERLIN @ SO36 13 July TBA 14 July TBA 15 July TBA 16 July FRA- TBA 17 JulyFRA-Lorient, le Galion
18 JulyFRA-Bordeaux, l'Heretic
19 July FRA-Toulouse, le Seint des Seins 20 July FRA-Miramont de Guyenne, Festival Abracada 'Sons 21 July FRA-Lyon, Warm Audio 22 July FRA-Paris, la Flèche d'Or 23JulyTBA 24JulyGER- München, Feierwerk 25 July GER-Nürnberg, Zentralcafe im K4 26JulyTBA 27July GER-Regensburg, Jahninselfest 28 July SER- Belgrade TBC 29 JulyITA-Monza (Milan), F.O.A. Boccaccio30 July ITA- tba 31July ITA- Bari, @ Oasi Sanmartino
01 Aug ITA- Cagliari, Sardenia @ Cueva Rock 02 Aug ITA- Naples, tbc 03Aug ITA-Portomaggiore (Ferrara), What is Rock Festival 04Aug TBA 05 Aug TBA 06 Aug TBA 07 Aug GER-Karlsruhe, Alte Hackerei (& CH3) 08 Aug TBA 09Aug BEL-Ieper, Ieperfest with CH3+ BLACK FLAG+ TSOL+ JELLO BIAFRA 10 Aug GBR-Newport, Le Pub 11 Aug GBR-Blackpool, Rebellion Festival 12 Aug GBR-London, Underworld with the CASUALTIES 13 Aug NED-Tilburg, Little Devil 14Aug GER-Köln, MTC with TSOL 15 Aug GER-Hamburg, Hafenklang 16Aug GER-Stemwede, Stemweder Open Air 17Aug GER-Riesa, OJH Open Air with TSOL+ STITCHES
The Adolescents are currently recording the new album Presumed Insolent which is set to be released June, 2013 on Concrete Jungle/Germany
APRIL-MAY 2013 27 April USA Anaheim- House of Blues + DICKIES, SHATTERD FAITH, CROWD 10 May USA-Palm Desert- The Hood Bar JUNE 2013 PESTS FROM THE WEST IN THE EAST 08 June USA TBA 09 June USA TBA 10 June USA TBA 11 June USA TBA 12 June CAN- Toronto, ON Echo Beach @ Molson Ampitheater + RANCID, TRANSPLANTS, SICK OF IT ALL 14 June CAN- Montebello, QC @ Amnesia Rock Festival + RANCID+ SOCIAL DISTORTION+ DROPKICK MURPHYS 15 June USA- Cambridge, MA@ Middle East 16 June USA- Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg + SUBHUMANS+ KRAYS 17 June USA TBA JULY - AUGUST PRESUMED INSOLENT EUROPEAN TOUR 12 July TBA BERLIN 13 July TBA 14 July TBA 15 July TBA 16 July TBA 17 July TBA 18 July TBA 19 July TBA 20 July TBA 21 July TBA 22 July TBA 23JulyTBA 24JulyGER- München, Feierwerk 25 July GER-Nürnberg, Zentralcafe im K4 26JulyTBA 27July GER-Regensburg, Jahninselfest 28 July TBA 29 July TBA 30 July TBA 31July TBA 01 Aug TBA 02 Aug TBA 03Aug ITA-Portomaggiore (Ferrara), What is Rock Festival 04Aug TBA 05 Aug TBA 06 Aug TBA 07 Aug TBA 08 Aug TBA 09Aug BEL-Ieper, Ieperfest 10 Aug GBR-Newport, Le Pub 11 Aug GBR-Blackpool, Rebellion Festival 12 Aug GBR-London, Underworld with the CASUALTIES 13 Aug NED-Tilburg, Little Devil 14Aug GER-Köln, MTC with TSOL 15 Aug GER-Hamburg, Hafenklang 16Aug GER-Stemwede, Stemweder Open Air 17Aug GER-Riesa, OJH Open Air with TSOL+ STITCHES
The Big Rock. Chris Shaefer. I miss you buddy. I get up every day, and I swear, at some point you cross my mind. It's been that way for a couple of years. Usually when I'm on a hunt shopping for stuff, I'll see something and think to myself, "Hey, I wonder if Chris could use this stuff?" You know, something goofy, like sharpies, or tape, or lemon pepper seasoning, or a thermal shirt from Old Navy, or, I dunno, Tapatio, or candy and other silly American goods. Your passing away only makes it worse. As the band gets ready to prepare for the recording of our next record, you're face...... no, your you...... crosses my mind. All versions of the Chris I know. It's been rough, man. Trying to picture a tour over there without you navigating the ship. We've done a couple with Jonathan in Spain, but that was always a different scene. It meant a great deal to me when we did the tour and you drove- the one when Jonathan toured the Germs. It was great to bring you guys together because you guys are special people. Going to Italy with Suz in tow, or France with the Burning Heads. Rocking it with Dudu and Bender the last couple of summers. I wish I'd written it all down. American Dogs In Europe was a good start, but it wasn't supposed to be the whole story. I wrote up some of it in a coloring book, I don't know if you ever saw me working on it. I usually did it late at night when everyone was asleep, like they are right now. I'm at home, and it's peaceful except for a suspense movie on TV providing the static in the back. Damn, I wish I could sleep. I know you remember those sleep cycles and habits. Yours were way worse. Oh well. I'm going to jump brother. You know where to find me. Drop in and say, "Hi" when you can. I'm always ready to talk whenever you can, and wherever you are.
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
ADOLESCENTS TOUR DATES DEC/12- JAN13
12/7/12
Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory, w/ TSOL, CH3, & more ...
12/9/12
Agoura Hills, CA @ The Canyon Club, w/ TSOL, Gears, & Love Canal
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12/27/12
Dallas, TX @ The Trees, w/ Youth Brigade & more ..
12/28/12
San Antonio TX @ The White Rabbit, w/ Youth Brigade & more..
12/29/12
Corpus Christie TX @ The House of Rock, w/ Youth Brigade & more ..
12/30/12
Houston TX @ Fitzgeralds, w/ Youth Brigade & more ...
12/31/12
Austin, TX @ Red 7 on NEW YEARS EVE !! w/ Youth Brigade & more ...
1/2/13
Gainesville, FL @ Loosey's, w/ Youth Brigade & more ..
We love Hallowe'en a whole bunch in this house. We cut our teeth on Universal monstersThis is our good time month. To celebrate, here are 31 great Halloween songs that we like. This isn't a family that pushes censorship, so use your own discretion.
31. Danny Elfman: This is Halloween from Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
There is no denying what an awesome and wonderful song this is, it really caught the spirit of the song. Elfman should be no stranger to anyone who followed Los Angeles Music, or even the Dr. Demento Show. Who can forget the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, Danny Elfman's brother's thing from the Gong Show?
30. Oingo Boingo- Dead Man's Party
Speaking of whom, using whacked, colorful, almost Posadas inspired puppets, this is a great merge of classic new wave from the 1980's & Dia de los Muertos imagery. No doubt that for Hallowe'en, Weird Science works, too, but I think I have to cut ole Danny off here.
29. Ramones- Pet Semetary
"I don't want to be buried in a pet semetary....." No denying the merit of this song as a Hallowe'en classic, and a great example of what a catchy songwriter Dee Dee Ramone was. The Ramones were so much to so many of us, including this family, with the elders being fans and having seen them more times than we recall. The kicker for a movie based on Stephen king's novel of the same name, King was, like so many of us, a fan.
28. Siouxsie & the Banshees- Night Shift
A moody and uncomfortable, creepy riff circling around an obsession. At the top of their game no one from their genre could touch them, and there isn't anything I have heard in years from the spooky kids that even comes close. This clip from Koln, 1983. Anyone who saw this band knew how heavy they could be.
"My night shift sisters,
With your nightly visitors,
A new occassion in life,
My love with a knife."
27. Goblin- Suspiria Theme
The theme from a pretty scary Italian slasher film (but it is so much, much more than that) there is no denying that without Goblin's soundtrack, there would be no grounding for Dario Argento's classic. One of the greatest soundtracks to any horror movie.
26. Alice Cooper Band- Ballad of Dwight Fry
There are a couple of brilliant versions of this on the internet from live shows in 1971, neither of which would load. Using the story of Renfield, played by Dwight Frye, Alice Cooper took mental illness and put it out in the center stage. The following video is pretty heavy. You're warned.
25. John Carpenter- Theme from Halloween
One of the coolest discoveries I learned was that parts of the slasherfest known as Halloween were filmed here in Sierra Madre. The town doesn't boast of it much, but the cemetery scene was filmed here, as was the much later funeral of Laura Palmer of Twin Peaks fame. La tee da. So, John Capenter beat out the keys, and scared the hell out of us all. just hearing the music, much like hearing the theme of Jaws, could prove to be..... unsettling.
24. Screaming Jay Hawkins- I Put a Spell on You
What a great showman! No denyng the charm and the swarm that was Screamin' Jay.
23. Roky Erickson- Two Headed Dog
22. Misfits- Die, Die My Darling
21. It's the Mummy from Mad Monster Party
Dance, dance, dance, but don't lose your head! A dance party claassic with all your fiends dancing along. Woo-hoo!
20. Addam's Family Theme
Not to be confused with the Munsters, this is the show with the French speaking Morticia! Then there's that cute Wednesday and her headless dolly.....
19. Roky Erickson- Bloody Hammer
Roky Erickson and the Aliens put out a record that could have been a Hallowe'en classic on itsown merit (The Evil One) and this song, often lost in the mix of out of this world greatness, is a stand alone classic.
18. Mike Oldfield- Tubular Bells: The Soundtrack from The Exorcist
And the scary hits keep a coming! Put it on with the soundtracks to Halloween and Suspiria and try to go to sleep.
17. Grim Grinning Ghosts-
It's still brilliant. You know I am right.
16. Theme from Martin
"Nosferatu....." Way before that wonderful Let the Right One In, we all met Martin. He was a little bit Harold and Mad.....
15. Siouxsie & the Banshees- Playground Twist
Another tense song from Siouxsie and the Banshees, pretty amazing that it was released as a single in 1978 considering that.
14. Munster's Theme
The other spooky family from the sixties. Thank God the networks were trying to outdo each other. Two great shows for the price of one!
13. Cramps- Human Fly
and I say buzzzzzzz...... Sure do miss the Cramps.
12. Damned- Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
11. Screamin' Lord Sutch- All Black & Hairy
10. Monster Mash
9. Zacherley- Coolest Little Monster
8. David Seville- The Witch Doctor
The creator of Alvin and the Chipmunks, David Seville (Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.) was the cousin of "Bill Saroyan" (writer William Saroyan, both of whom hailed from Fresno, California) as pointed out on this clip. Pretty neat guy, did lots of work with Hitchcock, and figured out cool tricks with tape speed to create his characters.
7. Phantom of the Paradise- Life at Last
6. Samhain- Diabolos '88
Not on many lists, for whatever reason, but this is one damned fine piece of Hallowe'en music. Maybe it wa simply because it fell too vauely between the legend that was the Misfits, and the reality that was Danzig's latter music, but this little gem, and fine band, were pretty much forgotten.
5. Halloween III Silver Shamrock Theme
Omaha, Nebraska, it says, but lots of it is the old downtown Sierra Madre, here and there. Carpenter used the Sierra Madre locale one other time (The Fog) but the dancing pumpkins from a TV store remains my favorite.
4. Sam the Sham & the Pharoahs- Li'l Red Riding Hood
Awooooo! Set with classic cartoons. Great song and a nice presentation here.
3. Theme from Spiderbaby
Good times with knives and ropes.
2. Psycho
Music soundtracks designed for fright and suspense have to acknowledge this one.
1. Theme from Blood Feast
Not going to run the other clips with the scenes here, but it is the original gore film that introduced bright red to the tattered silver screen.
