Saturday, June 03, 2006
Tickets on sale today!
To quote BennieP:
Oh, and we had a great time in Truro, as per usual. We even managed to get lost again.
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To quote BennieP:
Gigantic Entertainment is proud to present the first installment of the
Rogers' “Flip the Switch” festival on August 14; a day-long alternative music
extravaganza at the Alderney Landing Events Plaza on the Dartmouth
Waterfront. California punk pioneers NOFX headline the festival in their
first appearance in Atlantic Canada since the early 1990s. They will be
joined by Florida's Against Me!, Ontario's Protest the Hero, Hostage Life
and the Cancer Bats, and Montreal's The Gorgeous. There will also be a
side stage featuring locals Dean Malenkos, Risky Business, the Letter
Unfolds, Hope and the Hold.
Tickets for this all-ages event are $28+applicable service fees and go on
sale Saturday, June 3rd @ 9am through Tickets Atlantic. They are
available at participating Superstores, the Ticket Atlantic box office in
the Halifax Metro Centre, by phone @ (902) 451-1221 and at
www.ticketatlantic.com. Gates open at 4pm and the show runs rain or
shine. This is a general admission show with limited unreserved seating.
NOFX was formed in LA back in 1983 and has released 10 studio full
lengths, about 6 EPs, and a metric ton of 7”s. They’ve somehow managed to
sell over 6 million records worldwide, which is an unprecedented feat for
an independent band. They’re true pioneers of the genre as they’ve toured
all but one continent (no Antarctica yet, sorry), and insisted on holding
true to their punk ethics. No band has achieved more success
independently, and no band has turned down major labels and MTV more
often. Although they’re reluctant to admit it, they’re musically
influenced by bands like Bad Religion, Misfits, RKL, etc. At least they
were back in the day, now they do all the influencing. After years of
working with mega-indie Epitaph, the band switched to Fat Mike’s own
imprint. Thus began 2003’s War On Errorism, one of their most successful
releases yet, and a record that catapulted the band into the mainstream of
political press: Newsweek, CNN, NY Times, etc. Next up for the band is
the 6-song CDEP Never Trust A Hippie (uhhh, definitely see record cover
for explanation). It’s just a taste of what’s to come from the skate-punk
kings as they have a new full length, Wolves In Wolves’ Clothing coming
April ’06. Then they headline Warped Tour.
Fat Mike – Vocals & Bass
Smelly – Drums
Melvin – Guitar
El Hefe – Guitar & Trumpet
Oh, and we had a great time in Truro, as per usual. We even managed to get lost again.
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Thursday, March 09, 2006
What in the hell is this? The Hold blog? Wow. What have we done since last time? A lot. Not much.
There's a DIVORCE party coming up. A showace.
We're playing a North by North End show at the One World Cafe on St. Patrick's Day.
Attack Mode, Bed Bad, and Gilbert Switzer are also playing. It's early, so you can pretend to be Irish later.
There's also a DIVORCE marriage coming up.
April 5.
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There's a DIVORCE party coming up. A showace.
We're playing a North by North End show at the One World Cafe on St. Patrick's Day.
Attack Mode, Bed Bad, and Gilbert Switzer are also playing. It's early, so you can pretend to be Irish later.
There's also a DIVORCE marriage coming up.
April 5.
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Monday, November 21, 2005
We got back from tour and we went back to work.
We recorded again.
KC and I went on tour with the "pop band" we're in.
Now, Christian is on tour with the "indie band" he's in.
We have some shows coming up when he gets back.
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We recorded again.
KC and I went on tour with the "pop band" we're in.
Now, Christian is on tour with the "indie band" he's in.
We have some shows coming up when he gets back.
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Wednesday, August 03, 2005
If you saw the Seahorse ad in the Coast (congrats, Gilbert Switzer for scoring the cover) and got excited to see us this Friday (Aug 5), I should let you know that the ad is incorrect. This show has changed dates and lineups, but the Hold were never supposed to play. We're on a break. For those of you who don't know, our drummer also plays bass for the Burdocks, who are on the road supporting their newest release, What We Do is Secret.
It still looks like a fine show, and I'll be in the audience. The bands playing are Los Mantolinos (sp? I know nothing about them), Warring States, Pull's Key, and A Million Dollar Rock Band. Warring States is our friend Robin (formerly of the Warming Signs) and Jason (formerly of the Heelwalkers). A Million Dollar Rock Band are also friends of ours and if you check the past shows section, you'll see we played at least one show with them when we were first starting out. Back then, they were a two-piece. Now, they're a "full" band. Johnny Flinn, Jora Wentzel (who played bass in my first band), Erik Southey (who was in Head Injury Convention [I should go to one], the Debonnaires, and other stuff), and a guy named Hayden, affectionately known to us as "the Heckler". He comes to our shows and yells stuff at us like, "you stink like piss!"
In other Seahorse news, I heard a rumour that the show on August 13th is the end of an era. After that, they're "done with punk shows." I knew it was coming, but it would've been nice to play there one last time. (edit-or not. Just saw a good show listed for the 19th. But, hey, that's why it's a rumour. It'll still probably happen soon.)
In other Hold news, we're almost done that split 7". Gilbert Switzer are just waiting on us to finish our vocals, which we will get to when they hit the road this weekend. Speaking of hitting the road, we will be at the end of the month. We're taking another short trip west (but no further west than Ontario). Christian bought a van, so hopefully this one will be our first without rental costs. Watch here, or the shows section, to find out where we'll be when. We should have our little movie done by then. We're playing Reflections (with A Million Dollar Rock Band) August 24 before we go, and Gus' Pub (bands TBA) September 22, after we get back.
Divorce is growing, but more on that later.
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It still looks like a fine show, and I'll be in the audience. The bands playing are Los Mantolinos (sp? I know nothing about them), Warring States, Pull's Key, and A Million Dollar Rock Band. Warring States is our friend Robin (formerly of the Warming Signs) and Jason (formerly of the Heelwalkers). A Million Dollar Rock Band are also friends of ours and if you check the past shows section, you'll see we played at least one show with them when we were first starting out. Back then, they were a two-piece. Now, they're a "full" band. Johnny Flinn, Jora Wentzel (who played bass in my first band), Erik Southey (who was in Head Injury Convention [I should go to one], the Debonnaires, and other stuff), and a guy named Hayden, affectionately known to us as "the Heckler". He comes to our shows and yells stuff at us like, "you stink like piss!"
In other Seahorse news, I heard a rumour that the show on August 13th is the end of an era. After that, they're "done with punk shows." I knew it was coming, but it would've been nice to play there one last time. (edit-or not. Just saw a good show listed for the 19th. But, hey, that's why it's a rumour. It'll still probably happen soon.)
In other Hold news, we're almost done that split 7". Gilbert Switzer are just waiting on us to finish our vocals, which we will get to when they hit the road this weekend. Speaking of hitting the road, we will be at the end of the month. We're taking another short trip west (but no further west than Ontario). Christian bought a van, so hopefully this one will be our first without rental costs. Watch here, or the shows section, to find out where we'll be when. We should have our little movie done by then. We're playing Reflections (with A Million Dollar Rock Band) August 24 before we go, and Gus' Pub (bands TBA) September 22, after we get back.
Divorce is growing, but more on that later.
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Sunday, July 03, 2005
We're recording again. I'm excited. Tonight should be very fun. We're doing a split 7" with Gilbert Switzer. I can't wait to see those guys (and I mean guys in a non-gender specific way).
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