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January 3rd | Music Articles

Upcoming DC-Jam Releases 2009 Release Date

DC-Jam Skate Rock Volume 1 May
This all-star lineup features 53 songs from 30 Artists including tracks from: JFA, Government Issue, The Big Boys, The Swingin’ Utters, New Skool Kings, McRad, Pezz, Naked Lady Wrestlers, Fishbone, Trusty, Psycho, The Dwarves, Frontside Five, Minus-One, Painted Willie, The Copyrights, Narcoleptic Youth, The Party Downers, The Heard, Venomous, The American Werewolves, 300 Pounds, Off With Their Heads!, Disastroid, The Rudy Schwartz Project, Neutralboy, Wednesday Night Heroes, Whatever Dude!, The Suspects dc, and Plan 9.

JFA-“To All Our Friends” July
JFA’s first release since 1999 will be issued on both CD and hand signed limited edition colored vinyl. Email us today to reserve your copy before they are gone!

Government Issue-“The Punk Remains the Same” July
EP will feature unreleased live tracks (5 on CD & 4 on 7″ vinyl) from one of the worlds best know punk bands!

The Neon Wilderness- “Pure Power” July REVIEW by SCREAMSFROMTHEGUTTER
This two man wrecking crew from Seattle deliver “pure power” skate songs with a powerful punch. Produced by Chuck Treece of MCRad!

Painted Willie-“Mind Bowling” July REVIEW by SCREAMSFROMTHEGUTTER
Painted Willie’s long unavailable “Mind Bowling” will be released for the first time ever on CD! Formed in Los Angeles in 1984, Guitarist Vic Makauskas, bassist Phil Newman, and drummer Dave Markey originally released Mind Bowling on SST Records in 1985.

300 Pounds-“Trail of Numbered Days” July
This funk-n-punk trio from Santa Cruz, CA are about set to deliver the bands 4th record and their first issued through DC-Jam. These guys are very talented.

Frontside Five-“Resurrection Cemetary” August
Guaranteed NOT to disappoint. Hang on to your hats because the bands 4th and best release ever is coming soon!

Other News

Tours
The DC-Jam Skate Rock Tour 09′ is well under way on the West Coast and features performances by: Frontside Five, JFA, Anarchy Taco, Minus-One, 300 Pounds, 5 Days Dirty & Hightower. Please check our tour schedule at www.dcjamrecords.com for a date near you!

This tour will be hitting the Midwest/South by mid-summer and the East Coast in early Fall.

The 2009 Skate Rock Tour is sponsored by energy drink maker Skaterade who have been kind enough to create a very cool limited edition DC-Jam Skate Rock Vol.1 can! You can check it out at www.skaterade.biz/tour.php

New Label Group
DC-Jam Records has joined up with Cockroach Media Label Group, a new and exciting venture that features the formation of 8 punk labels.We are very excited about this project and believe it will allow us the opportunity to now showcase our artists around the world. You can read about it here: www.emediawire.com/releases/2009/3/prweb2277734.htm

Media News
Dave Markey of Panted Willie, Sin 34 & We Got Power Films, has been featured in this months issue of PunkGlobe! www.punkglobe.com

Joe Newman of The Rudy Schwartz Project and Jeff Nelson of Fast Piece of Furniture (and former drummer of Minor Threat), have both been featured with new radio interviews in the past two months on Hussieskunk Radio. You can check em both out here: www.hussieskunk.com/interviews.shtml

Venomous has a brand spankin new video out for their song “Perimeter” which was produced by Bam Margera of Jackass fame. See it here: www.venomousband.com/media.htm