Rudyland

Goth Jones set to record album #5!!!

2008-07-14T23:04:00.001-07:00

Goth Jones will be recording at Sage and Sound studios next Wednesday to lay down 12 punishing tracks with Tim "Jim Jones" Boland. The band has described the new album as "raw, grimy, and uncompromising." Songs will include Tongue Tied, Quake, Grumpy, Critical Mass, and many more. (8 more, in fact!)

"Some Kind of Corretja" documentary

2008-04-30T11:29:00.000-07:00

To celebrate the 1 year anniversary of Corretja's "New Brutalism" sessions, we are proud to present this thrilling documentary chronicling the band inside the studio. Death to bass..long live bass!

Wayne Clark "32 Angels"

2008-04-16T09:38:00.000-07:00

Mike 'Flash' Clark of Unwonted fame recently helped his father with a life long dream as they entered the studio to cut an album. The first single "32 Angels" is Wayne's gripping tribute to the victims of the Va Tech massacre. (featuring a hot pickin' solo by Flash!)

Rita Burrita "Shot to the Pants"

2008-04-14T13:09:00.000-07:00

The band finds unlikely inspiration for their next hit. You can't TAME them!

Nooria "Swingin"

2008-03-30T20:31:00.000-07:00

Nooria "Bassinet Sound System"

2008-03-25T19:12:00.001-07:00

Bauji and Family "Jenga"

2008-03-22T12:34:00.000-07:00

Jenga is a great way to pass the time when awaiting childbirth.

The Defenders "Lep In Tha Hood"

2008-03-13T09:54:00.000-07:00

Check out Charmicarmicat's 'Season of the Lep' feature this week, for all of your Warwick Davis needs. If you still can't get your fill, here's the Defenders with "Lep In Tha Hood."

Tres Petitioner meets Thor in SF

2008-03-12T13:17:00.000-07:00

Getting his Thor poster signed...dreams really do come true.

The Unwonted "Comar Basement Tape"

2008-03-02T20:58:00.001-08:00

Here's the complete session. Unsurpassed Waynesboro thrash circa 1991. Features band originals "What?" "Lazy Daze" "Hypertox" and "Mort De Suicide," as well as covers of Slayer's "Mandatory Suicide," Vio-lence's "Officier Nice," and Nuclear Assault's "Surgery."

(wow, must've been a fun place to grow up!)

The Defenders "Defender"

2008-02-26T19:16:00.000-08:00

After blowing away Charlottesville, VA with their rowdy brand of rock n roll hi-jinks, The Vitamen relocated to NYC/Hoboken, NJ as a Whitney-less power trio. (as documented on the Metal Party '97" demo.)

In less than a year, the band was down to just Ben and Sam, and in a desperate attempt to hang on to their dilapidated rehearsal room they dubbed themselves the Little Lovers (during an intense AC/DC phase) and got to work. The Little Lovers immediately switched their name to The Defenders after they plugged in and ripped this epic 12 minute cover of Manowar's "Defender."

(PS. drag that picture down to your desktop to get a better look at Don Knotts and the exploding beer foam.)

Rita Burrita suits up for Iron Maiden at the Great Western Forum

2008-02-20T13:47:00.001-08:00

Mob Rulz "Primal Urges" demo tape

2008-02-18T15:50:00.000-08:00

As per the request of Dave 'Swollen Goat' Denton, we have unearthed the demo tape from Greene County, VA metal legends Mob Rulz. The Unwonted frequently opened for MB at the turn of the 90s at the Back Door in Cville, now known as the Outback Lodge.

Enjoy such timeless classics as Spiderwoman, Anti-Love, and Fire in Heaven.. right here!

Seared Flesh covering Dust!

2008-02-13T14:10:00.001-08:00

Here's a serious banger from the halcyon days of late-90s Richmond. Check out OOTK/Nudibranch death metal side project Seared Flesh ripping an amazing cover of Rudyland favorite "Suicide" by the otherwise not so note worthy Dust.

Tell your friends not to call!

Ron Revog "Verb" video

2008-02-01T08:54:00.000-08:00

The videos just keep on comin' from these guys. Watch them hit a new height of self indulgence!

Order of the Keys "Melodia" preview

2008-01-29T11:03:00.000-08:00

Rudyland Records is pleased to announce that we have signed Raleigh, NC act Order of the Keys to an exclusive research and development deal. This band truly fits Rudyland's virtual band model as it features an NC vocalist and a drummer that currently resides in Germany. These two have been holding it down since their days helming VA kult act Nudibranch.

"Melodia" was recorded at the famous Tool & Die Studios in Richmond, VA by Dave Branch, who many of you may remember as the genius behind the original Vitamen demo.

Listen to two tracks here.

Ron Revog "CEO" video

2008-01-25T16:09:00.000-08:00

We'd like to thank the makers of Guitar Hero III for putting our song in the game. Download Belly Flop from iTunes today!!

Goth Jones "Let It Pound" review on Snakehandler Syndicate

2008-01-10T17:04:00.000-08:00

Jospeh B. Gray III of the Holy Southern Ghost and Snakehandler Syndicate has posted a mind bogglingly comprehensive review of "Let It Pound," the latest slab of wax from Goth Jones. Read it here.

JB Gray III has become one of Rudyland's true renaissance men. In addition to creating the Holy Southern Ghost webzine, he can be found bashing the bass for Watts Passage and working on his upcoming solo project: Magnetaur.

Bauji "Thinking Outside of the Blob"

2008-01-06T22:04:00.001-08:00

Watts Passage "Soft Rock Town" Video

2007-12-20T21:12:00.000-08:00

Watts Pasage delivers some hard hitting bubblegum doom for the end of 2007 with "I Don't Want to Live...(In a Soft Rock Town)" the first single from 2008's NEW TRANSMISSION album. Rudyland's A/V club has sliced together footage from Jeff Krulik's "Neil Diamond Parking Lot" to bring you an exclusive music video. Long live the Boro, deth to Cville!

This year has been a roller coaster ride for the band after plans to complete their sci-fi epic CONQUEST TODAY were put on hold indefinitely. NEW TRANSMISSION will surely satisfy the band's core demographic with a heavy dose of blue ridge blugdeoning.

Ron Revog "Belly Flop" video

2007-12-16T21:34:00.000-08:00

Two years in the making, finally the video for the title track appears..

Rita Burrita "Alex Van Halen"

2007-11-18T18:40:00.000-08:00

Rita Burrita has recently reunited after taking the better part of 06-07 off to pursue various endeavors. Check out Fred Z. performing a very special tribute to Alex Van Halen!

Corretja "New Brutalism" released!

2007-10-03T15:25:00.001-07:00

Write to samretzer at gmail dot com for your copy of this amazing album which is sure to be on the best of 2007 lists of most pencil pushing rock scribes! Hear three songs on Corretja's Myspace page.

Goth Jones "All About G' music video

2007-08-30T17:16:00.000-07:00

Filmed on location at the Westwood Arcade. "All About G" is available on the new album LET IT POUND, available on GJ's myspace page and on iTunes.

Bedbugs invade SoCal!!

2007-08-13T13:04:00.000-07:00

The Bedbugs are making their presence known all over Southern Cali! Watch for them performing "Be My Lover" in a bed near you!