ENGAGEMENT, 9/29, 9/30, 11/4, and a bunch of other shit...

Ok...so since last time I posted on this page, I GOT ENGAGED, California Redemption played 3 awesome shows, finished up our 7inch record, and broke in a new (2nd) guitarist. Man...I need to update this more often. I work too much.

On WED. OCTOBER 4th, 2006 I asked my girlfriend of 3 years, Nicole Leigh Lyons to marry me!!! She slapped me...then said yes! Life is good! WOOOHOOOOO!!!!!!! I can't wait...

Man...that rules...I am seiously so damn excited...! There is no topping that...but here is the California Redemption news:

So, September 29th and 30th. Bakersfield, then Lompoc.

Bakersfield was awesome. All the bands kicked ass. The Vaggie Scabs, Broken Bottles, Los Dryheavers, us, and finally AGENT ORANGE! The locals Vaggie Scabs had 1 hell of a crowd, and as the show progressed, the crown outside grew larger, and the crowd inside grew as well...just not as quickly. All the local punks hung out outside while Broken Bottles and Los Dryheavers played...they missed out. By the time we took the stage we had won some of their love by offering some free CD's and hanging out with some of the locals. It was fun...hot as hell...Joe, our new guitarist, was rocking...the crowd grew thicker...Roach stage dove into some unsuspecting kids...and just as we were about to start playing The Crowd (Op Ivy Cover), the place got PACKED. So we started playing The Crowd, and the place went off. It was insane. From that moment on, the energy was at about 120%. There were skateboards in the pit, stage-dives galore, and one hell of a good time. GREAT show. If you weren't there, you missed out.

Then there was Lompoc! The next night was fun. I forgot to mention earlier that we convinced some friends to come along and we had about 3 or 4 car loads of friends with us. It was fun. I was able to pick up Nicole before the Lompoc show so that made it even better. Nicole and I met up with everyone at a little mexican restaurant in Lompoc. We had already eaten, so we drove with Mikkei over to a subway where he could get a vegan sandwich. We then hung around Lompoc for the next few hours waiting for the show to start and exploring the local area. We found the venue and it was a HUGE old vets hall. Pretty radical. There was some drama with missing bands, so we took the stage somewhat early. It was a totally awesome time. This night we decided to cover Fuck Armageddon by Bad Religion. Good times were had. Our friends in the Bad Samaritans were there as well, and they played later in the night. We ended up driving home that night...

Leftover Crack and Citizen Fish show now...man...what a show. We got about a hundred free shirts from Keegan's uncle, so when we were printing our new sweatshirts we decided to print on our free shirts and give them away at the show...If you got one, I hope you enjoy. :) I spent the night before puking, and I didn't have much energy before the show. I thought it would keep me from having the best time possible...it didn't. When we started playing, the energy was there and we had a great time. It was nice playing again in Ventura. There were a bunch of familiar faces and a bunch of kids singing along. I can't wait for a cheaper local show. It'll be great. After we played I downed a bottle of water and felt like I was going to start throwing up again so I went and met Nicole, wen't home, and was asleep before the show was even over.

These three shows were Joe's first shows with us. He kicked ass and so did the shows. If you recognize him, it's because he was the lead guitarist and singer for the Punk band Product Of Suburbia. We played a bunch of shows with them years ago and we have known Joe for a long time. Before joining, he would come to a ton of our shows and would always be singing along. It only made sence to throw him on guitar. He was always there anyways! If you go searching around the internet for pictures of us, you'll see him on such episodes as "California Redemption goes to New Mexico"..."Ronald Reagan sings along,"..."California Redemption headlines Ventura Theatre"...and a bunch more. If you see him around yell out "Joe Suburbia sucks!!"...he'll tell you abunch of cool stories. He rules.

Also since the last post, we finished recording, mixing, and mastering our 7inch. It has taken way too long to get this done, and it's great to finally be finished. We're just waiting on the artwork now and record release dates should be available soon. It'll be out on AWOL records, was recorded at ONE ROOM STUDIOS, it'll have art by MCHARDCORE, and will feature 4 new songs including the lyrics on a full poster.

Alright...I think that's it. Maybe not...I dunno. I'll try to post more often...

There are some videos out there for these shows, so as soon as I get a hold of them I'll get them posted online and i'll link to 'em here.

PEACE.