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From Tuesday 18 June 2002

thisGIRL get made up!

Rising UK stars thisGIRL have been all over the shop recently, gracing all the mainstream magazines, but it’s great to see these top Rotherham lads still have time for us smaller fish… Drummer Ryan Jenkinson emailed Punktastic to let us know how they’ve been coping since they’ve, ahem,

Milk2Sugars make Top 100…

It’s with a proud tear in our eye that we learn of a fantastic success by one of our fledgling hosted bands – those crazy Wakefield skasters have defied all expectations by breaking into the mp3.com Ska Top 100, at the princely position of 92nd. Top

Monday 17 June 2002

Spanking Good Newcomers!

Introducing Spankboy, Punktastic’s tip for greatness! You might not have heard of them yet, but rest assured they WILL soon be absorbed into the national punk consciousness. The UK Ska outift from The Wylye Valley are touring in a venue near you in the upcoming months, and are also touring

Sunday 16 June 2002

Live Well with Midtown

Those fantastically nice peeps over in the Midtown camp have given us not one but three competition packs to give away to you lucky, lucky people, comprising of a signed poster and copy of their latest release “Living Welll Is The Best Revenge”, which we

Milk2Sugars in mp3.com shocker!

OK, that was a little too tabloidy, but hey, at least you all looked at the story! For all those that haven’t yet heard those crazy-assed Wakefield ska-punks Milk2Sugars (shame on you!), now you have absolutely no excuses as the band have hijacked the infamous MP3.com

Bosstones jackknife a swan

Ska sensations The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, fresh from their Deconstruction Tour appearance, are to release a new record on July 9. ‘A Jackknife To A Swan’ will not, however, get an official UK release until later in the year. The tracklisting for the record, released on Side One Dummy,

Saturday 15 June 2002

Jesse James cancel AGAIN!

Southern ska hopefuls Jesse James have been forced to pull out of another show, their fifth cancellation this month. The band state that because of recording commitments, they have had to postpone the show in Leicester on July 17, although they claim they will reschedule as soon as

Brodie sign to 20 Deck Records!

US pop-punkers Brodie have signed to UK label 20 Deck Records. The band, particular favourites of mine, will release a brand spanking new EP in July for release in the UK, and there is even talk about the band coming over here to tour. Sean from 20

Join the Official Punktastic band!

That’s right, we are forming the official Punktastic band. Well, just about anyway. The plan is to record an E.P in a studio in Leeds over the summer and sell it to as many unsuspecting punk lovers as possible. To keep it ‘punk’ everything will be completed over two

Shoot your Ace Troubles

Pop-punkers Ace Troubleshooter are getting geared up to release their new album by redesigning their official website. If you now log on to www.acetroubleshooter.com you will see that the band have completely reworked their page, bringing it into line for the release of ‘The Madness Of The Crowds’