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The Mad Caddies On Tour In Canada !
Fat Wreck Chords Recording Artists
The Mad Caddies
The Mad Caddies On Tour In Canada !
The Mad Caddies stand alone in their latest musical achievement. Combining elements of rock and roots reggae that evokes memories of the Clash, the Police and Sublime, the record Keep It Going takes the listener on a musical journey from lively Jamaican dancehalls to the underground DIY music venues of America. Keep It Going, the band’s 5th full length record, May 1st, proved to be the definitive record of the Mad Caddies’ successful career. Grammy award winning producer, Wayne Jobson (No Doubt, Gregory Isaacs, Toots & The Maytals), was brought on to help produce the album, and reggae legend Duckie Simpson (Black Uhuru) joined the Mad Caddies to sing on a cover of Delroy Wilson’s reggae classic “Riding For a Fall”.
Hailing from the central coast of California, the mayhem-core ensemble known as the Mad Caddies came into existence in the summer of 1995. Late in 1996, having grown tired of the regular sun, sand, and surf routine, they opted to lock themselves in a barn where they could truly focus on their music. At this point in the story things could have gotten ugly. Luckily when the band reemerged from the ramshackle studio they had completed their debut album, Quality Soft Core. Punk rock pariah Fat Mike heard their music and wasted no time bringing the young upstarts aboard his label, Fat Wreck Chords.
The Mad Caddies’ talents reach far beyond the boundaries of ska and punk, enabling them to throw a musical curve ball into the mix without notice. Reggae, dixie, jazz, surf, rockabilly, country and swing are all styles in which the group is well versed and aren’t afraid to inject into their unique brand of rock. The members of the Mad Caddies are as diverse as the music they perform but their most notable member is lead vocalist Chuck. Despite his penchant for booze and all things smokable, Chuck’s amazing voice prevails and his crooning could make even Morrissey blush.
The band has toured the U.S., Europe, Canada, Australia and Japan countless times, including stints on ‘97, ‘98, ‘00, ‘03 Warped Tours and both the Euro and American Fat Tours of 2000. Between all this time on the road, the Mad Caddies have managed to release an EP, a live record, and three other full lengths on Fat: Just One More, Duck and Cover and the album that launched the sub-genre of “pirate-core”, Rock The Plank. Think about it, the lifestyle of the Mad Caddies consists of travelling around the country, making port in unfamiliar towns, causing trouble, imbibing spirits and random pillaging.
The Mad Caddies are getting ready to come back to Canada to end 2009 on a sweet note. This tour features Toronto’s own Fil Bucchino from Flashlight Brown on bass and as a special new addition Dustin Lanker from the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies is adding his special touch on keyboards .
The Mad Caddies love Canada and Canada loves The Mad Caddies don’t miss your chance to share the love this November !!!
November 3rd / Victoria / Element
November 4th / Vancouver / The Venue
November 6th / Calgary / The Distillery
November 7th / Edmonton / The Starlite
November 8th / Regina / The Exchange
November 9th / Winnipeg / Pyramid Cabaret
November 12th / Ottawa / New Capitol Music Hall
November 13th / Toronto / The Opera House
November 14th / London / Call The Office
November 15th / Montreal / Le Studio
November 16th / Quebec City / Imperial De Quebec
For more information or to book an interview please contact:
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NASHVILLE PUSSY ON TOUR IN CANADA!
NASHVILLE PUSSY ON TOUR IN CANADA!
True rock n’ roll doesn’t require definition. It’s self-explanatory based on a gut feeling and the unconditional devotion to the musical genre. Nashville Pussy have celebrated their brand of genuine rock n’ roll for more than a decade, in classic style at times, surprising at others, but always earthy, raw and unadulterated. Band mastermind Blaine Cartwright (vocals, guitar), his wife Ruyter Suys (guitar), Karen Cuda (bass) and Jeremy Thompson (drums) spent three years working on their latest rock release, entitled From Hell To Texas, out on Steamhammer/SPV). Three years which saw the band hone their most impressive recording to date alongside the nonstop touring, from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Europe, Japan, and most recently almost a year straight with the Reverend Horton Heat, “We allowed ourselves this time to give the songs the chance to turn out as perfect as possible,” Cartwright explains. “We kept playing the new tracks at our rehearsal room until they really clicked. I feel they’re heavier and grittier than previous releases. The whole creative process took three long years, but the result has been worth the trouble.”
Their songs are mostly about fun and good times, but occasionally – as in the case of ‘Late Great USA’ – they also stick the finger into an open wound. “Although Blaine’s comical and satyrical themes mostly prevail on From Hell To Texas, there are two or three numbers which deal with more serious subjects. ‘Late Great USA’ is a political song, we simply had to vent our anger at certain grievances in this country.”
Like its predecessor, Get Some (2005), From Hell To Texas was produced by Daniel Rey. “We’ve known Daniel for years, he’s uber talented and a fantastic arranger,” Cartwright praises his producer. “Daniel works hard and likes the same music that we like. We’re simply a good team that gels perfectly in the studio.” Along with engineer/mixer Gordie Johnson, renowned guitar guru who is a producer in his own right, rounded out the team. But the best thing was: the whole album was recorded at Willie Nelson’s Pedernales Studio in Texas on the same two-inch tape machine which Willie used to cut all his legendary albums from the mid-seventies,” Cartwright reveals, adding: “That machine sounds simply amazing, so natural, pure and unbelievably alive. We also got to meet Willie by chance while we were doing a photo shoot in his private ghost town, he was hanging with some buddies in his saloon and invited us in, he was truly one of the nicest and coolest people we have ever met.”
Nashville Pussy recorded a total of twelve new songs for From Hell To Texas. “At the end of the day, all four band members were very involved in the composition of these tracks,” Cartwright enthuses about his group’s efficient team spirit. “It’s turned into a real band album, the heaviest and catchiest we’ve recorded so far. We call it the Southern rock album that Alice Cooper never made. It’s our revenge record.” Canadian rock singer/guitarist Danko Jones can be heard on the track ‘I’m So High’
An impressive process based on a perfect foundation: Nashville Pussy’s new kick ass rock n’ roll album From Hell To Texas.
“Nashville Pussy have honed their art for more than 10 years now and “ From Hell To Texas” took more than three years to make, but wow it was worth the wait as this album covers all the bases. This is the band’s crowning glory and should not be missed!” (review from Power Play Magazine).
Don’t miss Nashville Pussy on tour with Motorhead!
September 2nd- Sound Academy – Toronto
September 3rd – Metropolis- Montreal
September 28th- Flames Central – Calgary
September 29th – Events Center – Edmonton
October 1st – Vogue Theater – Vancouver
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The Mad Cowboys On Tour In Canada !
The New Black Label Recording Artists
The Madcowboys
On Tour In Canada
The Madcowboys started in 2003 playing straight ahead angst filled punk, and through the years mashed in influences from all forms of music to achieve an all-encompassing, unreserved, in-your-face form of rock.
D.I.Y. to the bone, keeping one hundred percent control over every aspect has always been The Madcowboys objective.
Trying to bring honesty, intensity, and personality back into music with explosive energy on stage and poignant, thoughtful lyrics with a cynical sense of humor is what The Madcowboys deliver.
The Madcowboys love touring across Canada (once with Canadian rockers Chixdiggit!) and have played shows in the past with D.O.A., Propagandhi, SNFU, Youth Brigade, Wednesday Night Heroes, AlexisonFire, St. Alvia Cartel, Ten Second Epic, St. Catherines, Fucked Up, C’mon, Trigger Effect and many more.
The Madcowboys have a new full length, recorded once again by Sir Ian Blurton of Bionic/Blurtonia/C’mon infamy, released on The New Black Label .
The Madcowboys love music and being on the road and plan to keep the party going until the Jager runs out .
Catch The Madcowboys live …your ears will be in for a treat.
DATES
Sept 1 Medicine Hat, AB @ Ottomans
Sept 6 Calgary, AB @ Drum and Monkey
Sept 8 Kelowna, BC @ Blue Gator
Sept 9 Kamloops, BC @ Little Big House (house show)
Sept 10 Olds, AB @ Tracks
Sept 11 Lethbridge, AB @ Henotic
Sept 12 EARLY Calgary, AB @ Macewan Hall LATE Medicine hat, AB @ Kinplex
Sept 13 Winnipeg, MB @ Ozzys
Sept 14 Kenora, ON @ Shooters
Sept 16 North Bay, ON @ Underground
Sept 18 Toronto, ON @ Bovine Sex Club
Sept 19 Burlington, ON @ Legendary Red Rooster
Sept 23 Quebec City, QC @ TBA
Sept 24 Moncton, NB @ Paramount
Sept 25 Halifax, NS @ Gus’ Pub
October 1 Montreal, QC @ POP MONTREAL, venue TBA
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Youth Brigade On Tour In Canada!
BYO Records Recording Artists :
YOUTH BRIGADE
On Tour In Canada with The Bouncing Souls, Saint Alvia, and Off With Their Heads
Youth Brigade has announced the Canadian leg of their fall tour. They will return to their native country with the Bouncing Souls, Saint Alvia, and Off With Their Heads in support of the upcoming Let Them Know: The Story Of Youth Brigade and BYO Records coming out on Youth Brigade members’ Mark and Shawn Stern’s own independent punk label, BYO Records on September 22, 2009. Let Them Know: The Story of Youth Brigade and BYO Records is a beautifully packaged self-contained, triple-threat: a 90 minute documentary feature that chronicles their part in the Southern California punk rock scene along with a double LP audio compilation all contained inside a full color hardcover coffee table book. This boxed set celebrates the landmark of over 25 years for Youth Brigade, BYO Records and the Stern Brothers.
Youth Brigade formed at the end of summer 1980 amid the explosion of the punk scene in Southern California. The L.A. punk scene at that time had been detonated by the repressive culture of the post-70’s burnout. Amongst many of the bands that would one day become known as early pioneers of the hardcore punk rock scene, Youth Brigade has created a legend as one of the most powerful independent bands in the North America. The history of Youth Brigade as well as the surrounding D.I.Y. punk community — a tight knit group of comrades across the world — is given in the full-length documentary movie included in the above mentioned boxed set. The movie has previously screened in Canada at this year’s NXNE Music and Film Festival to an eager hometown crowd. The documentary is an ambitious undertaking as is it’s companions in the boxed set; a full color, 13 x 13 hard cover book and audio compilation featuring the best to have come from the punk scene (NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Pennywise, 7 Seconds, The Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, Lag Wagon,) and many of today’s up-and-coming acts.
Let Them Know is a history of punk rock in Southern California that bridges the early pioneers with punks huge breakthrough in 1994 to those still smashing things up in 2009 and beyond! It’s an engaging look through visual, audio and the written word at this often overlooked chapter in the rise of punk rock specific to Los Angeles that influenced the rise of what continues to be the epicenter. In short Let Them Know is a movie “Celebrating Over 25 Years of Punk Rock” . Screenings of Let Them Know are scheduled across Canada (dates /times TBA).
Coming to a city near you!!
9/23/09 Montreal, QB Foufounes Electrique
9/24/09 Ottawa, ON Ritual
9/25/09 Guelph, ON Vinyl
9/26/09 London, ON Call The Office
9/27/09 Toronto, ON Opera House
9/30/09 Winnipeg, MB The Pyramid Cabaret
10/1/09 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
10/2/09 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
10/3/09 Calgary, AB Macewan Ballroom
10/4/09 Banff, AB Wild Bills
10/6/09 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
10/7/09 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
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http://www.letthemknowthemovie.com
The Bouncing Souls On Tour In Canada!
Chunksaah Records Recording Artists:
The Bouncing Souls
On Tour In Canada with Youth Brigade, Saint Alvia, and Off With Their Heads
The Bouncing Souls celebrate a 20 Year Anniversary ! 2009 has been an extremely busy year for New Jersey punk legends, The Bouncing Souls, as they continue the festivities celebrating their 20 year anniversary. Starting in January, the band and their label, Chunksaah Records, announced they’d release a brand new song to their fans on the first of every month (seven new tracks to date as of this week), released an amazing new video for March’s new song, “Airpoirt Security,” performed at this year’s SXSW Music Marathon, toured the States with good friends Dillinger 4, The Loved Ones, Black President, The AKAs and more, showed homage to Record Store Day with an in-store acoustic performance at Generations Records in New York City, flew to play Alaska for the first time where Mount Redoubt’s first eruption in 20 years (coincidence?) left the band stranded in Seattle for some four hours, and toured South America for the first time ever.Now, taking us into the second half of 2009, The Bouncing Souls are poised to take part in a Fall tour of Canada w/ Youth Brigade, Saint Alvia and Off With Their Heads, all in conjunction with their current series of new releases (available at their label’s website, Chunksaah.com, and streaming on the band’s Myspace page).
For the past 20 years, The Bouncing Souls have been considered by many to be one of the leading and greatest band’s in the post-Ramones / Misfits era of punk rock. Making a name for themselves with amazing albums such as The Good The Bad and The Argyle, Maniacal Laughter, Hopeless Romantic, How I Spent My Summer Vacation, Anchors Aweigh, and The Gold Record, and high profile tours with the likes of Alkaline Trio, Green Day, Strike Anywhere, Dropkick Murphy’s, Against Me, My Chemical Romance, Hot Water Music, Flogging Molly, Social Distortion, NOFX, Rancid, Youth Brigade, and many more, The Bouncing Souls are one of the most exciting and celebrated bands in the history of punk rock !
Tracklist for 20 Year Anniversary (so far)
Gasoline (released in January)
We All Sing Along (released in February)
Airport Security (released in March)
Dubs Says True (released in April)
I Think That The World (released in May)
Mental Bits (released in June)
Coming to a city near you!!
9/23/09 Montreal, QB Foufounes Electrique
9/24/09 Ottawa, ON Ritual
9/25/09 Guelph, ON Vinyl
9/26/09 London, ON Call The Office
9/27/09 Toronto, ON Opera House
9/30/09 Winnipeg, MB The Pyramid Cabaret
10/1/09 Regina, SK Riddell Centre
10/2/09 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room
10/3/09 Calgary, AB Macewan Ballroom
10/4/09 Banff, AB Wild Bills
10/6/09 Victoria, BC Sugar Nightclub
10/7/09 Vancouver, BC The Rickshaw Theatre
For more information or to book an interview please contact :
Melanie Kaye PR
Office:416-408-3223
Cell:416-823-9139
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She has run the Fat Wreck Chords office in Canada for over ten years, and she would be running it for the next ten if the CD business was better. She has been a huge asset to this company in many ways and she will be greatly missed. I don't think that it is a coincidence that Fat Wreck Chords bands all do very well in Canada and that Melanie did promotion for them. All of our bands love working with her and many of them will continue to independently as will my band NOFX. Canada was the only country outside of the US to air the NOFX television program Backstage Passport and I believe the only reason this happened was because Melanie made it happen. She makes things happen. I have always trusted her to do a great job and she has never let me down. She can hold her alcohol pretty well to. That's all I got, sincerely
Fat Mike : Singer and Brains of NOFXPresident of Fat Wreck Chords
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She has been truly great in every aspect of the word. Consistently great at her job, whether it be publicity, promotion or simply being a mediator for myself or my band. Great as a professional, on top of every detail, no matter how small. And over the years she has become a great friend of mine. Contrary to appearances, our work environment can be very high stress and physically demanding and it is always a good experience working with someone like Melanie, who is friendly, positive and calming. Melanie is full of enthusiasm for her work and has been inspirational in even the most monotonous circumstances. All of these traits are infectious and a pleasure to be near. I hope to work with Melanie again.
Joey Cape : Lag WagonMelanie always comes through …
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-Ian Danzig : Publisher of Exclaim MagazineGrade A publicist
“ I have known and worked with Melanie for quite a while. She is a grade A publicist. The difference between her and other publicists is that she obviously really cares about the music that she chooses to work with. She invests her passion for music into each project. She covers so many parts of the publicity machine that she actually does way more then most publicists. No need to hold her hand or give her direction, she knows what she is doing. Oh, and she is a great person who everybody loves!”
-Greg Werckman : IPECAC RECORDINGSMelanie is very good at what she does, without being Hollywood/obnoxious …
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Jello Biafrahighlights of our 8 year career! …
“ Working with Melanie Kaye has been one of the highlights of our 8 year career! Her enthusiasm and great vibe are contagious. She knows EVERYONE and has the best contacts..and everyone who knows her loves her as much as we do. She is full of creative ideas and makes doing great PR look effortless and fun, even though we know it's not!! WE LUV MELANIE!!!!”
-Spero : Northern StateI trust her like my own mother
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-Hugo Mudie :The Sainte CatherinesMelanie is someone that we wish we had doing publicity for our band all over the world
“ Melanie is someone that we wish we had doing publicity for our band all over the world because she does such an excellent job for us each and every time we come to Canada. She's always been really excited and motivated about our band and it always shows. Always open to and looking for creative ways to help push our band forward. What more could we ask for. Melanie kicks ass !!! ”
-Jordan Burns : Strung OutIn 25 years of working together
“ Me the struggling musician, Melanie the Promoter/Manager/Publicist. I have never had a better professional and personal experience.”
-Dave Gregg : D.O.A. 79-87 /Groovaholics 85- /Real Mckenzies-05-Melanie Kaye is more than just a publicist.
“ She is a someone who knows the business and the personal side of the art better than anyone that I have ever dealt with. She will take you to the top and at the same time take the music to heart and feel it! The hands on approach that Melanie provides is like no other that I have experienced. She is someone who truly understands the way to promote good music through her peers in the media outlets in a positive and interactive way.”
-Chuck Robertson : Mad CaddiesMelanie Kaye
“ is one of few people in the industry that is bullshit free, those folks are hard to find these days.”
-MugisonI hired Melanie Kaye a few years ago,
“ to do publicity for Nuttsactor 5 and Fishbone, at the suggestion of NoFX front man and Fat Wreck Chords owner, Fat Mike. He had nothing but great things to say about her and my personal experience was a pleasure for sure. She was effective in every way, helpful beyond the call of duty and in general, Melanie is a wonderful person to get to know. I look forward to working with her again in the near future. ”
-Norwood Fisher/Fishbone: Founding Member/Bassist /Head Nutt In Charge: Nuttsactor 5 Multimedia/Inna Nuttshell ReekordingzI've been working with Melanie Kaye …
“ on amazing projects since the beginning of 123PUNK, so for almost 10 years now! Without a doubt, some of the best ideas, interviews and adventures we have had on the show have come from her. It is always a pleasure to work with someone who is able to combine so naturally an easy going personality and a great sense of professionalism! ”
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services
Melanie Kaye PR services include:
service album to key media (print, radio and television)
solicit CD reviews -solicit interviews and feature stories
service video to key television (MuchMusic, MusiquePlus, regional TV stations)
organize launch parties and general consultation. If you are a band looking for publicity in Canada feel free to drop me a line
People I work with
These are just some of the bands and Labels I work with
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NOFX -
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The Sainte Catherines -
Northern State -
Jello Biaffra -
No Means No -
Hanson Brothers
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