PRANK RECORDS

ACEPHALIX, BRAIN KILLER last mintue show on JULY 22nd

2009-07-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

BRAIN KILLER from the East coast will be here next week and are playing a last minute show at Sub-mission with ACEPHALIX and STEEPLES- Josh from Born/Dead's latest band.

IRON LUNG @ DUDE FEST IN INDIANAPOLIS!

2009-07-07T20:58:00.000-07:00

IRON LUNG are playing DUDE FEST in Indianapolis, Indiana sunday July 19th. DUDE FEST is a whole weekend long fest that features everyone from a reunion of ( the prank band that got away) ICE 9 to The ZERO BOYS to HATRED SURGE- looks great! Day by day show info and links for advance tickets are at the fest's myspace

DESOLATION - FINAL U.S. SHOW JULY 17TH

2009-07-07T07:46:00.000-07:00

DESOLATION will play their Final U.S. show on July 17th with ABRUPT, ACTS OF SEDITION, POPULATION REDUCTION, and ACEPHALIX. At Yer Hauz in Oakland.

DESOLATION recently recorded 4 new songs. 2 of which will come out on a new Prank EP and 2 of which will come out on a split 7"on a yet to be decided label. They will tour Europe in October 2009 and have tentative dates :

DESOLATION EUROPEAN TOUR ( tentative dates)
October 2nd, Berlin, Germany
October 3rd, Bremen, Germany
October 4th, Hamburg, Germany
October 5th, Stockholm, Sweden
October 6th, Malmo, Sweden
October 7th, Amsterdam, Netherlands
October 8th, Liege, Belgium
October 9th Paris, France
October 10th, Bordeux, France
October 11th, Bilbao, Spain
October 12th Zaragoza, Spain
October 13th, St. Etienne, France
October 14th Genova, Italy
October 15th Rome, Italy
October 16th Bologna, Italy
October 17th Luasanne, Switzerland
October 18th Munich, Germany
October 19th Vienna, Austria
October 20th Brno, Czech
October 21st Prague, Czech
October 22nd, Wroclaw, Poland
October 23rd Leipzig, Germany
October 24th Bielfeld, Germany
October 25th Dortmund, Germany

SAN FRANCISCO IS DOOMED FEST AUGUST 12-16th

2009-07-06T08:21:00.000-07:00

THRILLHOUSE RECORDS and MAXIMUM ROCK'N'ROLL are throwing a fest August 12th-16th. They have some of the show details up at SF's doomed myspace - become their "friend"! tell your friends! Get practicing your softball swing!

RORSCHACH Re-union Shows!!!

2009-07-05T13:17:00.000-07:00

RORSCHACH - the legendary Abc No Rio band- will play a Series of Reunion shows on the East Coast this year! "All original lineup, all original roadies, Jon Hiltz of Born Against on the sound board." September 23rd to the 27th. Details are Still being worked out, but so far it looks like this:

September 23 Richmond, VA (Probably ALLEY KATZ) with FORENSICS and PULLING TEETH.

September 24 Asbury Park, NJ ASBURY LANES with THE BLACK KITES +1

September 25 New York City SANTO'S PARTY HOUSE with CELEBRITY MURDERS (Last Show) +1

September 26 Boston, MA

September 27 Philadelphia, PA Unitarian Church with 1.6 BAND + 1

There are some limited Records in the works for these events!

RORSCHACH played one of the first ten or so shows I put on in the early 90's with Born Against in a House and have always been a favorite. One of the two bands drummers injured his hand, so in the deilirum of having driven 14 hours from Oklahoma to play in a 100 degree house show in central Alabama, the bands swapped up members and somehow ended the night doing Black Flag covers in their boxer shorts. I was lucky to book
RORSCHACH a few times at Gilman after that, always punishing. Don't miss!

For those of you who don;t know the band, Check out a Myspace tribute site here.

TRAGEDY - ONE GIG ON THE EAST COAST IN NYC

2009-07-04T15:25:00.000-07:00

TRAGEDY are playing one gig on their way to Europe in NYC on July 12th - Advance tickets for the NYC Gig can be bought Here

They are also playing in Minneapolis, Minnesota the night before on July 11th at the TRIPLE ROCK SOCIAL CLUB as part of the Extreme Noise Records anniversary shows!!!

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH JAPAN TOUR- AN AWESOME FLYER FROM SUGI!

2009-07-02T10:54:00.000-07:00

We wrote before about The World Burns to Death Japan tour with Paintbox and Blowback. We recently contacted Artist SUGI do do a new cover for the upcoming DESOLATION 7" and he sent up a preview of this awesome flyer for Wb2D we thought we'd share- enjoy!

THERE IS NOTHING LEFT PHOTO EXHIBIT in SF JULY 2nd-4th

2009-07-01T22:56:00.000-07:00

July 2nd-July 4th at Submission Art Space 2183 Mission Street in San Francisco, CA (cross street 18th)

Featured Photographers:
Chrissy Piper (www.chrissypiper.com)
Karoline Collins (www.flickr.com/photos/roadiegirl)
Will Kinser (www.flickr.com/photos/willkinser)
Ryan Furtado
Kevin Hagen (poor-silver.blogspot.com)
Larry Wolfley (www.larrywolfley.com)
Martin Surrondeguy

This will be a collection of diverse yet related subject matter such as Punk/Hardcore bands, Portraits, Street Photography and everything in between.

-Thursday July 2nd opening at 7pm-1am with special guest DJ's Ken prank & Robert Collins
-Friday July 3rd Grand Opening 7pm-1am with special guest DJ Thorninmyhead
-Saturday July 4th 5pm-1am with special guest DJ Justin Briggs (BBQ during the afternoon)

Saturday July 4th at Sub-Mission Art Space (In conjunction with There is Nothing Left Photography Exhibit)

DOPECHARGE
MUNDO MUERTO
SIDE EFFECTS
BAD COYOTES

Bands at 8:30pm

BORN/DEAD EUROPEAN TOUR SUMMER 2009

2009-07-01T21:29:00.000-07:00

BORN/DEAD are touring Europe a final time this summer:

July 30th Hamburg, Germany at Hafenklang with CH3, Love Potion
July 31st Malmo, Sweden
August 1st Stockholm, Sweden at Kafe 44
August 2nd Gothenburg, Sweden at Underworld
August 3rd Oslo, Norway at Funhouse Bar
August 4th off
August 5th Bielefeld, Germany at AJZ
August 6th Scheveningen, Neatherlands
August 7th Liege, Belgium
August 8th Montreal, France Karnivo Chaos
August 9th Bordeaux, France
August 10th Zarautz, Spain
August 11th Bilbao, Spain
August 12th Coruña, Spain at Casa Das Atochas Squat
August 13th Porto, Portugal
August 14th off, Spain
August 15th Barcelona, Spain
August 16th Barcelona, Spain
August 17th Toulouse, France at CARAVAN SERAI
August 18th Saint Etienne, France
August 19th UK
August 20th UK
August 21st UK
August 22nd UK
August 23rd Zurich, Switzerland at KALKBREITE SQUAT
August 24th Biel-Bienne, Switzerland at SCHROTTBAR (Anet)
August 25th Frankfurt, Germany at AU
August 26th Esslingen, Germany at KOMMA
August 27th Vienna Austria at EKH
August 28th Kranj, Slovenia
August 29th Berlin, Germany at KOPI
August 30th Bremen, Germany at FRIESE

BORN/DEAD/FALL

2009-06-26T15:02:00.000-07:00

BORN/DEAD and DEADFALL started around the same time, played countless shows together as they were starting out. Born/dead are heading off to Europe-with Will staying in Europe after the tour, so it seemed fitting they would play one last All ages show together at 924 GIlman Street . July 10th, 2009.

Born/Dead are also playing at the Evil Dead Shed in Concord W/ Abrupt, Zero Bull Shit, Whores Of War, Dolph Lundgren a/a $5 6pm

and
Alcoholocaust Presents "WILL KISNER'S FAREWELL PARTY - LAST U.S. SHOW FOR BORN/DEAD" @
Saturday July 18th @ El Rio / 3158 Mission St. @ Cesar Chavez / San Francisco W/ STORMCROW (Headliner), BORN/DEAD, LAUDANUM, T.V. EVANGELISTS Doors open at 9pm / Show at 10pm
$7.00 Admission / 21+

MORPHEME 7" IN THE WORKS!

2009-06-19T15:47:00.000-07:00

We've blogged a lot about our fanaticism for New-ish bay area band MORPHEME, and We're excited to announce they are recording a 7" EP over at EARHAMMER to be released this summer on Prank.

Their Singer Moto has to return to Japan soon, but they will play in Portland on June 27th at Satyricon with Poison Idea,Hellshock, lebanon ( a new portland band with Brad from From Ashes Rise and early Wb2D), Ripper and more at the second day of Brian Hopper's birthday bash!!!

IRON LUNG AT SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL IN THE UK!

2009-06-19T15:24:00.000-07:00

IRON LUNG are playing the SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL in JULY in the UK.

IRON LUNG are hard at work writing for their Collaborative LP with David Bailey that will be recorded in August and released on Prank in either late fall 2009 or early 2010.

KYLESA- ON TOUR IN EUROPE!!!

2009-06-17T19:07:00.000-07:00

KYLESA are back on tour in support of their newest LP "Static Tensions" on Prosthetic. They are playing some crazy shows!! They will have Copies of both their Self Titled First LP/CD on Prank and Purple Vinyl copies the "110 Degree Heat Index" 7" on Prank. The Current Press of the Lp is the last one with this version of the cover as it's been printed- it will be slightly corrected on the next and subsequent pressings.

Anyway here's the dates:

19.06.09 France Clisson Hellfest
20.06.09 Belgium Antwerp Trix w/ Voivod, Coalesce
21.06.09 Netherlands Steenwijk Trashfest
22.06.09 Germany Munich Feierwerk
23.06.09 Italy Milan Circolo Magnolia w/ Coalesce
24.06.09 Austria Wien Arena w/ Coalesce
25.06.09 Czech Republic Prague Futurum w/ Coalesce, August Burns Red
26.06.09 Germany Lärz Fusion Festival
27.06.09 Germany Saarbrücken Kl. Club Garage
28.06.09 Germany Karlsruhe Jubez - Dudefest Germany w/ Coalesce, Wolves In The Throne Room, Graf Orlock
29.06.09 Germany Köln Werkstatt w/ Coalesce
30.06.09 Greece Athens Rockwave Festival w/ Slipknot, Mastodon
01.07.09 Germany Berlin Cassiopeia
02.07.09 Germany Hamburg Hafenklang
03.07.09 Germany Giessen Muk
04.07.09 France Belfort Eurockeennes
05.07.09 France BASE DE LOISIRS DE CERGY PONTOISE Furiasound

Headline Dates:

06.07.09 Germany Osnabrück Bastard Club
07.07.09 Germany Würzburg Cairo
08.07.09 Germany Stuttgart Schocken

LAST MINUTE MORPHEME SHOW WITH AGHAST!!!

2009-06-16T08:44:00.001-07:00

MORPHEME are playing a last minute show this wednesday with Virginia's AGHAST and Robert From Artimus Pyle and Will From Born/Dead's new combo SUICIDE BOMB - at your favorite can-not-be-named on the internet art gallery venue in San Francisco with cheap mojitos in the mission. This Wednesday!!!

KDVS RECORD SWAP THIS SATURDAY

2009-06-16T08:37:00.001-07:00

Prank Will be at the KDVS record swap in Sacramento this Saturday from 9 am to 2 PM At Luigi's Fungarden in Midtown sacramento-1050 20th St
Sacramento, CA 95811. We'll have an assortment of Prank Titles as well as stuff from Havoc, Feral ward and other labels, as well as used Punk records and records of all Genres.

More Info on the swap Can be found here and here.

BURY THE LIVING 10 TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW!

2009-06-16T08:25:00.001-07:00

Bury The Living are playing a ( delayed) 10th Anniversary show in Memphis on June 24th at the Hi-tone! Jack is the barfield hooked them up with a sweet poster design for the Show. BTL are busy writing and recording a new Album, which will be released on Memphis' SOUL IS CHEAP label- who released the band's first classic album.

Pat and Chris From BTL are also in an Upcoming Horror movie that will be out on DVD In September - Check out the trailer here.

NEW 7"'s SHIPPING WHOLESALE THIS WEEK!

2009-06-13T16:43:00.001-07:00

Ebullition has the three new Prank 7"'s in this weekend's Wholesale update. There are only 400 Judgement singles at Ebullition, so be sure to grab some quick for your store or Distro..or check your favorite store or distro at the end of the week if you still need a personal copy. Prank is still COMPLETELY SOLD OUT of Judgement....though We still have White Vinyl CROW and ACEPHALIX available for mailorder. There is also a White vinyl re-press of DEATHREAT 7" available at Ebullition.

NO IDEA and REVOLVER both have the ACEPHALIX and CROW, as well as the re-press of KYLESA "110 Degree Heat Index" 7".

OUT NOW!!

2009-06-02T19:10:00.000-07:00

THREE BRAND NEW SINGLES OUT THIS WEEK FROM PRANK!!!
Apologies about the higher prices, by the time delivery confirmation, pay pal fees and the new higher USPS rates are figured in, the singles are now hitting the $6 and Up range. Both ACEPHALIX and JUDGEMENT have specialty printing and were expensive to make, and the JUDGEMENT will likely not be re-pressed, so has to recoup it's cost from a very limited pressing. HG FACT will release the Judgement Ep in July in Japan.

JUDGEMENT “JUST BE” 7” EP ( Prank 103 / HG-253)
*** COMPLETELY SOLD OUT, THANKS FOLKS***
JUDGEMENT “JUST BE” was originally released as a CD- Only EP by Tokyo’s HG FACT label in 2001. This was the debut release of the Tokyo bands final line up Comprised of Japanese legends Guitarist ZIGYAKU ( GUDON, HALF YEARS, BASTARD), Drummer MUKAI ( CHICKEN BOWELS, DEATHSIDE) and then-new members singer JHA JHA ( LIPCREAM) and bassist SAKURA. Combining the best elements of the band’s previous works with an upbeat spirit, high energy drumming and incredible guitar riffs, “JUST BE” ‘s is another landmark in the band’s impressive catalog of now classic 7” ep’s dating back to the band’s origins in the mid 1990’s. This is the first time these four tracks appear on vinyl. Split release with HG FACT released for JUDGEMENT’s recent US performance at Austin’s CHAOS IN TEJAS Festival. NO SALES TO JAPAN.

***SOLD OUT THANKS FOLKS*********

CROW “ FLOCK OF BEAST’ 7” ( Prank 101)

STILL AVAILABLE!!

Tokyo Legends CROW return with two new blasting tracks of Doomy Metallic Punk Mayhem – “FLOCK OF BEAST” and “FLOCK OF BEAST 2”. Thundering deeper into epic, mid tempo metallic territory on the A-side with CROW’s trademark gravel-drawn vocals over searing riffs, this EP echoes their recent “THE BEATING OF THE WINGS OF DESTRUCTION” 12” by exploding on the B-side into ferocious, fast paced hardcore. CROW origins date back to the early Japanese punk scene of the 1980’s, but they have attacked in the last decade with a renewed intensity, culminating this decade in two US tours and a second Album “Bloody Tear” which was released in the U.S. by Prank in 2007. This most recent recording testifies they have no intention of letting up that ferocious Intensity!!!

LIMITED WHITE VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.00 +$3.50 = $6.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.00 +$6.50 = $ 9.50

US 15 CROW singles on Black VInyl= $37.50 +$5.65 = $43.15 + $2.10= $45.25
OVERSEAS 15 CROW Singles on Black VInyl = $37.50 +$12.95+ $50.45 + $2.55= $53.00

ACEPHALIX S/t 7" ( Prank 102)

STILL AVAILABLE!!!

A brutal combination of Low end Metallic Distortion, Pummeling riffs and Gnarled vocals, San Francisco's ACEPHALIX's Debut 4 song 7" takes influence from all over the map of Extreme music-from CELTIC FROST to CRO-MAGS and INTEGRITY, from WOLFPACK and Later ANTI-CIMEX to SACRILEDGE and AXEGRINDER, but has hammered out and forged it's own sound by relentless gigs around the SF Bay Area over the past year. Featuring current and former members of THE RIFFS, DEPRESSOR, POISON IDEA, DEFIANCE, DEATHCHARGE and BLOWN TO BITS, this is the heaviest thing prank has released in almost fifty releases, a modern attack yet reminiscent of early classic prank releases by DAMAD, ELDOPA 1332 and the bleak punk metal fusions of the late 90's and early 00's. First printing in a foil stamped sleeve.

LIMITED WHITE VINYL WHILE SUPPLIES LAST.

SINGLE COPIES TO US ( DELIVERY CONFIRMATION) OR CANADA BY PAY PAL: $3.00 +$3.50 = $6.50
SINGLE COPIES TO EUROPE , AUSTRALIA BY PAY PAL : $3.00 +$6.50 = $ 9.50

US 15 ACEPHALIX singles on Black VInyl= $45.00 +$5.65 = $50.65 + $2.10= $52.75
OVERSEAS 15 ACEPHALIX Singles on Black VInyl = $45.00 +$12.95+= $57.95 + $2.55= $60.50

NEW EP's! SOON!

2009-05-28T11:59:00.000-07:00

We're recovering from CHAOS IN TEJAS But the New EP's are almost all ready to go- still waiting for a few elemennts to come in and they'll be ready to go, ORDERING INFORMATION WILL BE UP SHORTLY! Thanks for your patience.

NEW PAINTBOX = TRIP, TRANCE, & TRAVELLING

2009-04-27T09:35:00.000-07:00

The Third Paintbox LP "trip Trance and travelling" will be released on HG FACT on June 15th, 2009! A 2xLP Vinyl version will be available on Prank later this year. We hope to have CD's for mailorder as soon as they are released.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH- BLOWBACK- PAINTBOX JAPAN TOUR

2009-04-27T09:33:00.000-07:00

There will be new WORLD BURNS TO DEATH 7" and split with BLOWBACK out for this tour!

ABOUT FRIGGIN' TIME!

2009-04-08T12:14:00.000-07:00

New MRR website

Still a work in progress, but one of the reasons Prank Started this blog is there should be a simple destination of online Info-tours, shows, records without Messagge board sniping or an excessive amount of " take this dating test" kind of advertising. They hope to add Blogs to the MRR site soon, and then eventually new and old content...yay!

TOURS ! TOURS! Japanese Invasion! European Invasion!

2009-04-08T11:27:00.000-07:00

I updated the Dates for the CRUDE / UNIT 21 and the AI tour WARCRY AI tour today. There's a lot of band s coming from all over to the Chaos In Tejas look for HJertestop on Tour now and SKITKIDS on the west coast after the fest!!!.

We're also completely stoked on the rare opportunity at "Chaos In Tejas" to see the legendary Tokyo band JUDGEMENT, who feature members who once played in LIPCREAM, GUDON, BASTARD, DEATHSIDE and more. Prank is proud to announce we will have a collaborative 7" release of the last JUDGEMENT CD- only release "Just Be" out as a 7" EP in time for the fest!!!

DEVON MORF's 40 TH + CONQUEST FOR DEATH CAL TOUR!

2009-04-01T16:07:00.000-07:00

BE THERE!
It's a good weekend at GIlman with Hellshock and Crude the night before!
CONQUEST FOR DEATH have a mini tour of Caifornia around this gig:
Apr 29 Santa Cruz @ Encinal House
Apr 30 East Lost Angeles @ East SIde Cafe
May 1 Boyle Heights / Los Angeles @ BLVD Cafe
May 2 924 Gilman Street Berkeley, California
May 3 Sacramento @ Java Lounge

KYLESA TOUR UPDATE

2009-03-20T14:44:00.001-07:00

As We mentioned beforeKYLESA are once again on tour, their Previous April tour has been called off and the band is now touring in April with MASTADON and INTRONAUT!

Here are the dates:
KYLESA / MASTADON / INTRONAUT :
04/10/09 Workplay Theater, Birmingham AL w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/11/09 House of Blues, New Orleans LA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/13/09 Granada Theater, Lawrence KS w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/14/09 Fox Theatre, Boulder CO w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/16/09 Martini Ranch, Scottsdale AZ w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/17/09 Echoplex, Los Angeles CA w/Intronaut, Made Out of Babies **No Mastodon**
04/19/09 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/20/09____Paradise Lost, Chico CA w/Intronaut
04/21/09 Hawthorne Theatre, Portland OR w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/22/09 Neumos, Seattle WA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/23/09 Commodore Ballroom , Vancouver BC w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/24/09 MacEwen Ballroom, Calgary AB w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/25/09 Starlite Room, Edmonton AB w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/26/09 Odeon Nite Club, Saskatoon SK w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/28/09 The Garrick, Winnipeg MB w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/29/09 Fine Line Music Cafe, Minneapolis MN w/Mastodon, Intronaut
04/30/09 Metro, Chicago IL w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/01/09 Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac MI w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/02/09 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/03/09 Time to Laugh, Kingston ON w/Intronaut **No Mastodon**
05/04/09 Le National, Montreal QC w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/05/09 Opera House, Toronto ON w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/06/09 The Haunt, Ithaca NY w/Intronaut ** No Mastodon**
05/07/09 House of Blues, Boston MA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/08/09 Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia PA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/09/09 Fillmore NY at Irving Plaza, New York NY w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/10/09 Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn NY w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/11/09 Talking Head, Baltimore MD w/Intronaut **No Mastodon**
05/12/09 9:30 Club, Washington DC w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/13/09 Cat's Cradle, Carborro NC w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/14/09 Orange Peel, Asheville NC w/Mastodon, Intronaut
05/15/09 Center Stage, Atlanta GA w/Mastodon, Intronaut
06/19/09____Hellfest, Clisson France w/Torche, Amebix, Pentagram, Electric Wizard