The Hold

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