Sieht ganz danach aus...ein Statement steht allerdings noch aus.

http://www.myspace.com/lifelongtragedy

Dear lovers & fighters,

In times when the music industry is stumbling across its own feet, it is time to break new ground. As a band you have 2 choices, you either play the game by the old rules hoping you're one of the few at the mercy of the old marketing and promotion strategies. Or you can trailblaze your own pathway through the ever-changing music business jungle.

Sounds a lot like biz-talk, but in the end it's all about you, the fan, the listener, the fuel that keeps The Blackout Argument running. We have toured with Boy Sets Fire, Parkway Drive, This is Hell, just to name a few, played shows all over Europe, we have various releases out on great independent labels, a ongoing record deal with Lifeforce Records, got massive press attention all over the place, worked with some of the most renowned designers and have a long list of partners and supporters. Yet still, this is all about you. It's you who we are trying to reach with our message and music.

To go the most direct way without detour to your hearts and ears we decided to release a FREE DOWNLOAD EP in June 2008. It's titled "Smile Like A Wolf" and contains 5 brand new and exclusive songs, by the way the first recordings with Roughael, our new singer. No fees, no email-registration, no myspace friend requests requiery or any other bullshit.
Just go to www. smilelikeawolf. com and download the songs for free alongside a complete cd artwork and lyrics.

We put at least as much effort in "Smile Like A Wolf" as in any other release we put out so far. We spent hours and hours at the practice place, later on in the studio, forced our most drastic life experiences into lyrics, got Dave Quiggle (Rise And Fall, Sick of it All, Atreyu, War of Ages, etc.) to do the artwork and Milchglas Media to do the web development, to make sure "Smile Like A Wolf" is gonna fully satisfy us and you. This is our hearts and our lives, this is what we love to do and this is what we want to share with you, the fan, the listener, the fuel that keeps us running.

Chris, Sascha, Phil, Roughael, Chris
(a.k.a. THE BLACKOUT ARGUMENT)

http://www.smilelikeawolf.com/
http://www.myspace.com/theblackoutargument

There is absolutely no truth to any speculation that SSD will be performing this summer. The fact is original vocalist David Spring "Springa" is assembling a band of hired guns to tour and rip off the public playing under the name SSD. Due to his selfish actions David Spring has officially been terminated from ALL association with the band SSD. His attempt to recreate SSD in 2008 will utterly fail and I hope the public will not attend his performances and if they do they make it as miserable as possible for him to remain on stage safely. I know I personally will make every attempt to make him pay for his corrupt, cheating selfish actions. SSD will always be a team with integrity. It's unfortunate that a fat overweight "has been" and "nobody" will try to fool the public under the mighty moniker SSD.
His overall contribution to what made SSD such a special band is so far under the radar and almost next to zero. Anybody intimately involved and close to the band understands his contribution. The real fact is that the band had to go out of it's way to compensate for his talent, work ethic and criminal behavior.
I feel bad for those fans who have been waiting for a chance to see the band but attending this Dave Springa performance is a travesty and borderline criminal. He is a terrible human being and I'm not just saying this now. He is basically the reason the band dissolved. Our relationship has been civil since we stopped playing but clearly after then band dissolved his musical and organizational ability pretty much guaranteed his ability to get to get zero accomplished. He couldn't write a song if it fell in his lap. Having said that, I have been monitoring this potential SSD rippoff roadshow for sometime and I have done my best to discourage it through various legal and illegal tactics. I have actually held off some royalties and payments to hold over his over his head and help him make the right decision. He is basically following the business model laid out by Cliff from the Freeze, Chris Doherty from Gang Green, Choke from Slapshot, I can only speculate but I believe their motives are clear. I hate to throw anybody under the bus but I'm sure this support system of 40 year olds living in the past has helped David Spring organize the tour.

Motives
1) Rip off the public as 40 plus year olds playing music made by kids and capitaize on American Hardcore Movie
2) Make enough money to buy their alcohol, drugs and coke and whatever else
3) Pounce on as many foreign chicks who think these American punk rock stars are special and give them 20 year old pussies . Hopefully they will give them something else as well
4) Escape their miserable lives and US wifes and girlfriends to pursue their sexual fantisies
5) Hopefully come back to US with enough money so they can collect unemployment and continue their life avoiding a disciplined work schedule in which you wake up and go to work. They will repeat the cycle every two tears

If it wasn't for my efforts, Springa would have justified this plan and pulled this shit sooner. It seems like he might pull it off this time but I am a fucking fighter and I don't take well to people ripping me off and tarnishing the name of my band. I am assemblng a network of supporters who will help do everything possible to make him uncomfortable and fearful for his safety at each show. If he gets close to the Boston New York area then I will execute the plan. My goal is to make the tour fall apart due to poor attendance, hopefully get the promotors to back off after my legal representative serve papers. I would also appeal to the general public to understand when they are getting ripped off and for them to NOT BELIEVE that this lineup is NOT SSD. It's just a fat overweight scumbag breaking ranks from the band. He must be stopped.

Please share this letter to anybody or punk rock news outlet.
It's time to put a stop to these rogue motherfuckers who have no integrity.
Anyone who can help make David Springs life miserable will be on my list of close friends who I will be entirely indebted to and hopefully I can repay the favor somehow

thanks

Alan Barile
Leader SSD

It's been a while since we've announced a new signing, and we're FINALLY, FINALLY proud to announce that we've officially signed the South Shore's (let's just say Boston's) very own, Energy.

Energy has been cutting their teeth around the region over the last couple of years, recording their debut EP Punch The Clock with Jim Siegel at the Outpost. Following the EP’s release on Rock Vegas Records, they quickly started doing multiple tours up and down the East coast and into the midwest. Following the line-up changes that most new bands undergo, the band's lineup recently settled with singer Jason Tankerley, guitarists Dan Mancini and Joe Freedman, bassist Conor o' Brien and recently acquired new drummer, Justin Flaherty. The band has shared the stage and shows with everyone from Death Before Dishonor to Strike Anywhere, Modern Life Is War, Comeback Kid, Crime In Stereo, Converge, Set Your Goals, and just about everyone in between.

Owner Chris Wrenn said, "One thing at Bridge Nine is that we always listen to our bands, both past and present, about people to keep an eye on. Two years ago, we got a phone call from Aram [the man of Champion, Betrayed, and Armenian descent] saying 'there's this band you need to keep an eye on called Energy-they're from Boston, so you have no excuse.' After that call, it seemed I was always watching Energy open for one of our bands and they kept getting better and better to where we needed to bring them into the fold. They add something different to the Boston area scene, and we're stoked to have them in the mix.

Energy enters Q Division studios in two weeks to record their debut full-length album to be released this fall, as well as an EP this summer. Until new material hits, you can check out some demos they posted last year on http://www.myspace.com/thisenergy

Schweiss, Blut, Benzin, kilometerlange Staus, schlaflose Nächte, unendlich viele Telefonate und Emails, Angebote und Meetings, Verträge in englisch,deutsch und kisuaheli…

…um letztendlich DAS Label zu finden, mit dem man in Zukunft arbeiten wird.

Und was war für uns ausschlaggebend? Die drei Koffer voller Geldscheine und fünf niegelnagelneue Porsche Turbo (in weiss und mit roten Bremsbelägen) inklusive gefälschtem Führerschein für Bernhard, die wir bei Vertragsunterzeichnung bekommen haben? Die Rechte an allen Michaela-Schaffrath-Filmen?

Definitiv nicht. Im Ernst, wir haben mit Nuclear Blast mehr als nur ein Label gefunden. Es war eher das Gefühl, zu alten Freunden zu gehen, die einen auch ohne Worte verstehen. Wir freuen uns schon jetzt auf die spannende Phase der Albumveröffentlichung, und natürlich auch auf weitere gesellige Abende vorm Flipperautomaten und zünftigem Weißbier bzw. Wodka-Lemon.
Hoch die Tassen auf eine Zusammenarbeit, die es in sich haben wird!!!

Nicht nur das Label ist gefunden, sondern auch der arme Tropf, der uns für vier Wochen im Studio ertragen muss. Gerade noch mit seiner eigenen Band Dark Age kräftig abgeräumt, wird Eike Freese diesen Sommer in den Hamburger „EiKeystudios" mit uns das neue Album produzieren.
Die Testaufnahmen waren mehr als nur vielversprechend, und wir fühlten uns bestens aufgehoben.

Wahrscheinlich werden wir aber, statt ein vernünftiges Album zu zimmern, jeden tag auf der Reeperbahn rumzuhängen, und das Geld von Nuclear Blast in dubiosen Etablissements ausgeben. Einen genaueren Termin für die Aufnahmen wird es bald geben. Wir werden Euch dann regelmäßig über den Stand der Dinge informieren, so be prepared for the studio diary of the walkin' dead!!!

Bei der Macht von Greyskull, tausend Dank an Euch alle, die bis hierhin mit uns gegangen sind, die uns unterstützt und diesen totalen Wahnsinn möglich gemacht haben! Euer Support ist in Gold nicht aufzuwiegen!! Möge jede(r) Einzelne von Euch in Chipstüten scheissen!
UND DAS IST ETWAS SEHR POSITIVES!!!GLAUBT UNS!!!

...und wenn ihr Briefe, Glückwünsche, fettarme Schokolade oder Heiratsanbgebote loswerden wollt,
sendet sie an Philipp Alexander (La Rocka Artistmanagement), Lars Stewens (edition TAKK) und Nico Meckelnburg (SONY / ATV), die uns geholfen haben und helfen werden. Danke Jungs, dass wir euch im Team haben. Ihr habt die Kraft!!!!

eure ultimatewarriors von callejon

http://www.myspace.com/killingthedream
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Neues Album "Fractures" kommt noch dieses Jahr via Deathwish in die Läden!

NFG haben einen Song ihrer bevorstehenden 7" auf Bridge9 Records bei MySpace hochgeladen der hier angehört werden kann°