PRANK NEWS - April 22, 2010

ACEPHALIX'S "APORIA" LP / CD will be out in May . it's 14 tracks recorded by Jef Leppard at Lennon Studios here in San Francisco and mastered by George horn and comprises the majority of their Live set over the past year. They are touring from the west coast to "Chaos In Tejas" and Back. Kyle and Dan have re-worked the "Corpus" concept into a new band called VASTUM.

BORN AGAINST "Rebel Sound of Shit and Failure" LP has been re-pressed with Re-done artwork. It has been out of print for about three years or more. The artwork of the original Prank press had a really bad moray pattern on it, and it's been corrected to more closely resemble the original Vermiform Records press. Other BORN AGAINST re-presses will hopefully follow later in the year.

BURY THE LIVING are hoping to resume playing this summer. DESOLATION's new 7" is out now, as well as a split 7" with AUDIO KOLLAPS in Europe. Will is now playing in RED DONS, Justin in VACCUUM with Daiki From MORPHEME, Robert from ARTIMUS PYLE. Sam is concentrating on ABRUPT with Wyatt from BORN/DEAD. Josh From BORN/DEAD is now in RULETA RUSSA with Jose from PELIGRO SOCIAL. Robert from Artimus pyle also has a new band called NO STATIK with Moshelle from SCROTUM GRINDER, B from END OF THE CENTURY PARTY and Mark from DESTROY / LOOK BACK AND LAUGH.

CROW will tour California and play the "Chaos in Tejas" Festival in May. "Bloody Tear" has been repressed with an altered cover and new mastering. They have also recorded a new 2-song EP for the tour and " The beating of the Wings of Destruction" will also be back out in the U.S. as a picture disc. "Neurotic Organization" is also being re-pressed as a limited edition EP with altered artwork.

The Debut LP from THANK GOD - featuring ex-members of GUYANA PUNCH LINE is coming soon on exotic fever records; www.exoticfever.com

ICE NINE 's new 7" EP is available now. The band is writing more songs in the summer and playing some mid-west dates.

KYLESA are in Europe and working on a new LP. Their Self Titled LP/CD will be re-mastered and re-released at some point.

IRON LUNG are touring the west Coast as well as doing a short tour of Europe this summer. They now have a blog for their label activities: http://lifeironlungdeath.blogspot.com/ . Prank will re-press their first LP in conjunction with 625 thrash for these tours, as well as a new press of "sexless/ no sex",

MORPHEME are playing the "Chaos In Tejas" festival and possibily a Bay area show. Daiki also has a new band with people from Face the rail called YAKODAI.

TALK IS POISON are playing shows in both the Bay Area and at "Chaos In Tejas". There will be very limited colored vinyl editions of their EP's available at the shows in Texas. They are working on new material.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are touring the East Coast for the First time since 2004 with SLang from Sapporo, Japan. There will be a limited edition 7" for the tour and SLANG will be touring out to the East Coast with MIND ERASER.

Prank will Co-release the fantastic NAGOYA CITY HARDCORE compilation on Vinyl in Conjunction with MCR, AGIPUNK RECORDS. Limited to 1000 Copies, this comp features great tracks from D-CLONE, CLOWN, REALITY CRISIS, ZILEMMA and DEMOLITION.

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PRANK NEWS - September 24, 2009

ACEPHALIX have recorded 14 tracks some of which will be part of their Prank debut LP. They have a new side project band called "CORPUS' with the "No Mans Slave" -era infest drummer. Think slower, heavier. BURY THE LIVING are recording a new LP for memphis' SOUL IS CHEAP label, home to the first BURY THE LIVING LP. BURST are on tour in the U.S for the first time! DESOLATION are touring Europe and will have a tour version of their new 7" in tow. SUGI ( DEATHSIDE, SELFISH, etc) is drawing the cover for the final version.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH new Japan-only 7" and split with Blowback are out on HG FACT. They also have a track on Under the Surface records' great new compilation CD " Demented Anthem Hardcore Assemblage" which also features tracks by Blowback, Jabara, Warcry, Nightmare, Wormsmeat and more. MORPHEME's split with D-CLONE is out now, MORPHEME's Prank single should be out shortly.

AVSKUM have recorded 4 new tracks and re-recorded 2 tracks from their "Crucified By The system" 7" for a Japan tour single. Their original Demo tape will also be pressed to limited edition vinyl for the tour. KYLESA are on tour. Robert From Artimus Pyle and Kiku from Assfort's band CONQUEST FOR DEATH are touring Japan.

IRON LUNG are playing both Gainesville's THE FEST and Fucked Up's "Fucked Up Weekend" in the same weekend. They'll also briefly tour on the east coast. Carl from HIS HERO IS GONE is touring japan with his band DRAIN THE SKY. Brian from Eldopa 1332 has a debut LP out with his band ONE IN THE CHAMBER.

Stan from SIGNAL LOST has a new band in Portland Called ARTIC FLOWERS. Chris from Signal Lost is back playing guitar and singing with THE ALTARS. Andreas from SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS and Jon From ACURSED's band SAYYADINA 's finally have their great CD "Mourning The Unknown" out on vinyl LP on Nerve Altar.

Bad Skulls is now offering Officially licensed HIS HERO IS GONE shirts- Brian from DEAD AND GONE / TALK IS POISON used to make these from when the band toured, so they're cut from the same screens and designs! His band NEEDLES, also with Jim from TALK IS POISON recorded a new 7" EP. You can still buy the first 7" at Bad Skulls.

CROW are writing new material and tentatively coming back here in 2010. "Bloody Tear' re-master will be out shortly, as well as a prank Picture disc version of their "beating of the wings of destruction" 12". SHIKABANE have released a third full length on CD in Japan on the Mangrove label.

PRANK NEWS - May 29, 2009

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Prank is excited about working with some new Bay area bands- The Debut 45 by ACEPHALIX is out now, and MORPHEME head into the studio later this month. DESOLATION are recording in the next few weeks as well for a new 45 on Prank as well as a split 7" to come out in Europe. BORN/DEAD are playing local shows again and now have Mackie from PELIGRO SOCIAL playing drums. They will tour Europe in August. IRON LUNG are writing a collaborative LP with David Bailey on bass and recording in August. They will do a small amount of dates in the UK in July. WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are touring Japan in August with BLOWBACK and PAINTBOX. They have a new 45 out on HG FACT and a split EP with BLOWBACK out on HG FACT for the tour. Jack has a new mastering studio, Enormous door. KYLESA are on tour and "110 Degree Heat Index" 7" has been re-pressed.Will From Born/Dead and Robert from Artimus Pyle have a new band called SUICIDE BOMB. Will and Grant from DESOLATION's other band DOPECHARGE also just went into the studio. AVSKUM will tour japan at the end of the year and are working on a tour Single to coincide with the tour. CROW " Bloody Tear" is being re-mastered for re-release.

PRANK NEWS - February 1st, 2009

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ACURSED have rehearsed a few times- will there be a show this decade?? Jon's other band Sayyadina with Andreas from Sunday Morning Einsteins has been recording and is touring Europe in February. Jon also plays in VICTIMS , and their latest record "Killer' is being issued here in the U.S. on Deathwish Records. Victims are also touring the East coast and playing Maryland Death Fest Reviews are in for ACURSED " Tunneln I Ljusets Slut" LP / CD on prank - Deaf Sparrow, Asbestosis Webzine, Sparkplugg.com, Exclaim!, Suburban Voice Blog ( scroll down) Grind and Punishment Blog, Scanner ( NZ), Razorcake , My Last Chapter ( Search Reviews) , Attack Fanzine ,

ARTIMUS PYLE "Fucked From Birth" LP and "Fortress" 7' Have both been re-pressed on Colored Vinyl. They have a new 7" "Tonight is the End Of Yout way"recorded in Japan at Our House on Too Circle Records and is available in Europe from Insane Society Records

Robert did another absolutely insane tour with CONQUEST FOR DEATH . Another new band with Robert and Jon From Artimus Pyle, MALACHI , Just toured has a new CD out on Halo Of Flies Records and Siege Of Power

AVSKUM have been playing out a lot since the release of "Uppror Underifran". They are still planning new "Punk Illegal" festivals and have DVD's on some of the previous festivals available at http://www.myspace.com/punkillegal. Avskum are also playing Festivals in Both Croatia and hopefully Canada later this year! "Punkista" has been re-pressed on Purple vinyl. Reviews for "Uppror Underifran": "Best D-Beat Record of 2008, i've no idea what kind of drug they take but this release just blew me away." ( Haltung Bewharen Blog) "I've never really paid too much attention to Avskum before (with the exception of their classic debut, Crucified by the System), but I checked out this LP after hearing several trusted sources give this their highest recommendation. Indeed, this thing is a fucking bulldozer... there are a lot of bands in the "heavier than everything else" race, but these guys take the cake. This is absolutely no-frills hardcore, the musical equivalent of a well-cooked steak." ( deadmetaphor.com), Peace Dog Man, Backlash, Collective 'zine UK. More Here

BORN/DEAD are playing the Threat Fest at the Colbalt Cafein Los Angeles in February. They are slowly writing new material and hoping to tour Europe again in 2009. Wyatt is also playing in Abrupt and Will is now playing in DOPECHARGE with members of Desolation, Peligro Social and more. Markley is currently playing drums again for Born/Dead, while also busy with his printing company Econo press . Here's some links to reviews of The FinalCollapse

Will Born/Dead has also been cranking out some great releases on his NO OPTIONS label- check it out HERE

CHRIST ON PARADE are contemplating more touring. Here's a few "Loud and live" LP / CD reviews - Razorcake, Peacedogman , Direct Hit Webzine. The LP version is almost sold out.

CROW have recorded a new two song 7" for Prank and two songs for a split with Czech band SEE YOU IN HELL. "Bloody Tear" will be re-pressed shortly. "Live at Gilman DVD's" on Crow Records are still available through Prank for $11 ppd by Pay pal . We only have a limited quantity of these Japanese imports. It's rumored CROW ( the singer) has something to do with the recent KAIBOUSHITSU releases on HG FACT.

DAMAD- a singles collection CD is still in the works for HYPERREALIST. I think they want to make the release as comprehensive as possible, hence it taking a worth-the-wait-while!

DEAD AND GONE- Shane from Dead and Gone's new-ish band YELLOW EYES has a demo out, you can listen to a few tracks here and here. He has another newer band called "Pins of Light" that's just played a few shows so far. Brian is in the increasingly brutal CALIFORNIA LOVE and NEEDLES. Rockey's band YEAR FUTURE ended and some of the same members are now playing as OPTIONAL BODY

DESOLATION are back playing Live shows and touring the Pacific Northwest In February. They have five new songs that they will hopefully be recording soon and will see some 7"'s released from the session. Sam from Desolation and Scurvy Dog's New band with Wyatt from Born/Dead, Abrupt have a new Self-released LP out and are touring soon. Grant WILLIAMSON the band's old singer, plays bass currently in DOPECHARGE

DROPDEAD are touring Texas in February. Bob's other band Lolita Black just released their first cd on Ben's Armageddon Label. When in Providence, be sure to visit the Armageddon Shop. The Split with Totalitar is still available on various colors of vinyl.

ELDOPA 1332- Brian's band One In the Chamber finally just released their debut LP/CD!!!! They have a new 7" in the works as well. There's an Eldopa CD collection, including the prank debut 7" out on Tee Pee.

GAUZE 's website is down! I will try to post their gigs on this site until they have something new up for people travelling to Japan. The third press of their 5th LP "Binbou Yusuri No Rizumu Ni Notte " is now available

GRIMPLE " get me out of the van I have no key Phil" Grimple's debut 7" was repressed last year on Clear vinyl and is going fast. We hope to re-issue the "Up your ass" on vinyl sometime this year.

GUYANA PUNCH LINE- Kevin, Matt and Troy from GPL are busy with their new band, THANK GOD who have a bunch of new records out and are doing a lot of touring . Chris from GUYANA PUNCH LINE / INHUMANITY is busy with his Noise project Anakrid

HIS HERO IS GONE- Carl has been busy with DRAIN THE SKY and well as a new band called REPTILE BRAIN VIRUS. TRAGEDY have been playing shows again. Yannick's label Feral Ward has been releasing non-stop good stuff, including new records by Paul's band CRIMINAL DAMAGE and a third record by WARCRY featuring Todd on vocals. Todd also had a new SEVERED HEAD OF STATE record released on Havoc and SHOS ( who also feature Jack Control from World Burns to Death) recently played with AMEBIX in Texas

IN/HUMANITY " The Nutty Antichrist" has been re-mastered for CD. No ETA on a release date as we figure out where in the packaging to put the ads for " I hate Hank Williams Jr. and I'm gay" t-shirts..

IRON LUNG have been on tour relentlessly since the release of "Sexless / No Sex" LP/CD. They recorded a special gig on Halloweeen 2008 with members of WALLS and PIG HEART TRANSPLANT where all bands played in unison and will release the recording ( and maybe a live dvd) on Iron Lung records. They have lots of special Iron Lung records releases in the works. They are still hoping to return to Australia soon. Here's a Killer video of arecent set

. Here's some links to reviews of Sexless No Sex

Jensen's Other band WALLS have an LP on PAINKILLER and a new self-released 12" on Iron Lung records soon. Check out Jon's other project PIG HEART TRANSPLANT HERE KYLESA have a fourth LP out soon on Prosthetic Records with vinyl on 20 Buck Spin they are doing a considerable amount of touring on the record soon! Current Kylesa line ups have included Javier from Born Against! We're making new covers for "110 Degreee heat Index" and hope to have it back in circulation soon.

PAINTBOX Have a singles and live collection coming out soon on HG FACT called " Relics" as well as a new 45. The studio Portion of "relics" will come out on 12" on Prank shortly after and the Live stuff as a limited Lp. They are completing theThird Paintbox LP "Trip Trance and Travelling" for August release.

SIGNAL LOST played their last show in September 2007. The post humous split 7" with Japanese band Protess on HG fact / Prank is almost sold out. Signal Lost also have a DIRT cover on the Berlin's KOPI squat benefit LP and the original recorded version of "Blurry vision" is to be released on a 3x7" set on Stonehenge records from France sometime. Stan relocated to Portland and has opened a new recording studio, as well as working on a new band. Jasmine is still playing in TERROR MANAGEMENT THEORY

SUNDAY MORNING EINSTEINS - Andreas is working on a new mix of "Sannigen Om Sunday Morning Einsteins" and there will be a limited edition final release of this LP ( that was originally only pressed in 300 copies) in 2009. Andreas is busy with Sayyadina and Jens is recording a new LP with MARTYRDÖD . The ever delayed SME/ ARTIMUS PYLE split will see release at the same time.

TALK IS POISON are working on the CD of the "Prank Ep's" so that will come out sometime in the near future. Jim and Brian band with Martin and Scott from Limp Wrist called "NEEDLES" have a 7" out on Lengua Armada / Bad Skulls and might be recording again soon. Grant is playing in WARCRY with Todd from His Hero is gone and they just release a third LP on Feral ward and are touring the West coast in May with AI from Japan. Brian's Screenprinting company and Distro Bad Skulls sells a lot of Prank band t-shirts and is where Prank usually gets their shirts made- check 'em out!

TOTALITAR's catalog will be re-pressed shortly. Poffen and Andreas recorded a new project with Rolf from Missbrukarna called "Krig I Hudik" of old Swedish Punk covers and some new songs that will be out on Feral ward. Poffen is also a permanent " guest vocalist" in MAKABERT FYND who have done some new recording. Jallo's other band KVOTERINGEN has a new 45 out on Communichaos and is recording a new LP. His other bands Meanwhile and AARITILA have a new LP's out stateside on Feral Ward as well as re-issues of some of the older Meanwhile releases. A Totalitar Singles collection is tenatively in the works for later in 2009 on Prank.

WORD SALAD's sonny is now playing guitar in the SAVIOURS " Death March 2000" is almost out of print on LP

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are touring Japan in August from the 15th to 30th. They have recorded a new track "babylon endures" out soon on comp cd on UNDER THE SURFACE records. Their Prank Debut LP continues to recieve rave reviews-

"Amid the grim darkness of World Burns To Death, on this record, bring into focus a few of the atrocities Russia committed from the early stages of Communism to more recent times, as well as taking to task the Western intellectuals who turned a blind eye to it all. World Burns To Death do an excellent job at conveying the ugly mood and despair through their music and lyrics. As much as the music is dynamic and crushing at the core, this is some depressing music, which I imagine is what it is supposed to be. More convincing than a large majority of bands who attempt the same message. I'm not saying this to discount the band. Quite the opposite. Truth is, World Burns To Death are one of the very few truly relevant bands out there. And this is perhaps their best release yet. "Wormwood Star," with Ashley Marshall, of Signal Lost, adding vocals, is one of their best songs yet. -Matt Average (Razorcake)"

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