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From Sunday 14 July 2002

Slow Coming Day grab new drummer

Californian emo crew Slow Coming Day have brought in a new drummer after their old one got married, bassist Ryan McIntosh told Punktastic. In an interview with the rising indie-rock band, Ryan told us that their old drummer Matt had left the band so he could get married. Ryan

Saturday 13 July 2002

Who has won a holiday?

The winner of the last-ditch Holidays In The Sun competition we ran on Thursday night has been picked out of the hat and is… Stephen Gorton… So congrats to Stephen, who wins a pair of tickets to next weeks fest. I trust he won’t try and flog them

Lightyear to support Green Day

Lil from Household Name Records contacted us this morning to let us know that Lightyear will be supporting Green Day on July 15. Lil said: “LIGHTYEAR have been invited by the Kings of Loud Pop, GREEN DAY, to open for them this

Friday 12 July 2002

HHN tour changes

The Household Name Records tour continues this weekend, and there have been some minor changes to the schedule. Tonight, July 12, the Swindon Town Gardens gig is cancelled because the organsisers couldn’t get a license for the outdoor event SO Lightyear are taking the night off while at : CHESHAM

Catch a Hot Snake soon

The Hot Snakes (members of Rocket from the Crypt, Delta 72 etc) are coming to the UK in September, Punktastic can reveal. The guys have just completed a US tour, and will depart on another, before they reach the UK in support of their new record ‘Suicide Invoice’. The

Guttermouth go ‘Gusto’

Purile punks Guttermouth are release their new album ‘Gusto’ on Epitaph Records on August 12. The tracklisting is as follows: 1. Camp Fire Girl #62 2. Scholarship In Punk 3. Gusto 4. Vacation 5. Contagious 6. Pee In The Shower 7. Walk Of Shame 8. My Town 9. Contribution 10. Foot-Long 11. Looking Out For #1 12. Twins 13.

Ataris confirm producer Lou

As we stated earlier this week after several murmurings from the Ataris camp, Lou Giordano will indeed produce the next Ataris album. ‘So Long Astoria‘ will be produced by the chap who has previously been at the helm for Samiam, Goo Goo Dolls and

Hot Water Music throw ‘Caution’ to the wind

Floridian punkers Hot Water Music will follow up their August UK tour with the release of a new record, ‘Caution’. The band pop over for a three-date UK tour in late August, and the new cd will drop on September 25. And those fine people over at Epitaph Records

Join the Goon Platoon

I just want to say that I’m not advocating anyone joining this, but I found it relatively amusing so I thought I’d post it… Straight from the latest Sum 41 newsletter: “If you need even more Sum 41, you should consider joining their official fan club

Win a holiday!

Well, not quite… but we have 2 tickets to give away to this years Holidays In The Sun festival weekend in Blackpool next week. Basically we gave away 5 pairs last month, but one of our winners cannot go and has kindly given them back so one lucky