Article about California Redemption / Summer Meltdown Review!

So...It all started on Friday. I checked my e-mail and had a message that Brenda Stardom wrote another report about us. It mostly talked about me, but she also described our songs on the split and wrote, "I'm having a blast listening, my brain operating on all cylinders, pistons pumping, I'm in the pit, fist is punctuating the air. I dig CARE." I hope as other reviews start rolling in, the response is that good! She also talked about Live Free Or Die, which off the top of my head, is one of the two songs Doug has ever written the lyrics for. It is one of my favorite songs we've ever written, so that was cool. Check out the article here.

Ok...Saturday: We met up to load the equipment into Keegan's truck early and made it to Santa Clarita's Golden Valley High School at around noon. We loaded in our equipment, and realized that we were hungry, so Keegan and I went to go pick up food while Doug and Mikkei hung out with our stuff. We got some sandwiches from a place called Poor Boys. Pretty good stuff. The bread MADE the sandwiches. We got back to the school and watched about half an hour of Indiana Jones before the show started. The school seemed brand new, and their amphitheatre was pretty awesome. At a normal show at an average venue, the amount of people would have seemed incredible, but because the amphitheatre was so big, it didn't seem so crowded. So anyway, the show began at 2 and the crowd started rolling in. Every band was COMPLETELY different, and it made for a very diverse crowd. The whole thing was a benefit show for Santa Clarita's "Yes I Can" special education program, so that brought a few people that you know wouldn't have normally been there.

At 4:05 we took the stage and had a blast. The music was loud, there were a good group of kids singing along up against the stage, and the stage started coming apart! It was great. The sound equipment was too good for us, and we could hear ourselves way too well at first, but then the sound guy turned everything down and I felt right at home up there. It was weird playing during the daytime outside and on a hot windy stage, but it was a great time, and it was awesome to meet new people and kids that I had only known through MySpace or e-mails.

After we played, we went over to our merch table and sold a ton of CD's and shirts. We donated the money we made to the program, and did a few minute long interview for some local AM radio station. I'll post more info when I get it. I was told that the whole thing will be downloadable...I'll let you know.

If you were at the show, THANK YOU! It was a great time, and we're totally stoked that we made so many new friends. Hopefully we'll see you next time we're out there.

Here's the setlist: Youth Culture, Armor Piercing Words, Live Free or Die, Preserve and Protect, Religion For Dummies Part II: The Resurrection, Sectional Tension, Golden Rule, People With Guns, Our Way, and Equals.

Some news..!?

Hey Hey...so I guess this has become my offical place to talk about California Redemption stuff. It's about time this thing got to work. So anyways...there is some big news California Redemption-wise. (did that make sence?)

CAre is recording soon and has 2 releases comming out this summer! It is kinda hard getting together lately to work on things because of our crazy work/school schedules, and with Mikkei playing so many shows with FP its kinda hard to work on shit...but it's happening.

The first release is going to be a 7" record tentatively called "kick in the chest." It will be put out by AWOL records in Texas. It'll have at least 4 songs on it, and it will be released this summer.

Not too long after that comes out, a label in Ireland called Deadlamb records will be releasing a CD-EP we're recording. It'll have about 6 songs on it...and all we really know right now is that it'll be on a fancy looking "fandisk" which just means that part of the CD will be see-through...if you have NOFX's "The Decline" on CD you'll know what I mean.

In addition to all that, the Agression Tribute album should be comming out fairly soon, and there should be a Minor Threat tribute album comming out as well.

I also heard of a rumor of a 7" split?! Who knows.

All I know for sure, is that this will be a crazy busy summer...and you best be ready for full length news soon after!!

PEACE.

Show at Skatelab 3/24

On Friday 3/24/06 we played at Skatelab in Simi Valley for the last of our SPLIT album release shows. It was a really good time. I don't have time to talk about the show in details but here is the setlist:

PEOPLE WITH GUNS, PRESERVE AND PROTECT, YOUTH CULTURE, LIVE FREE OR DIE, ARMOUR PIERCING WORDS, THE CROWD (OP IVY COVER), OUR WAY, SECTIONAL TENSION, EQUALS

PEACE.

Show at The Roxy!

Friday night (3/10/06) we played a show at The Roxy in Hollywood. It was show #2 of our string of shows to promote our Split CD with Start The Panic. It was fun playing at a new place, and it was cool that a lot of our friends came out to Hollywood. I was especially happy cuz Nicole came out this time :) . Last time we played on Sunset was years ago at the Whiskey...hopefully we'll play out there more often.

We played mostly new songs that night, and had a blast. A song or 2 into the set, I decided that my knuckles were a suitable substitute for a drumstick and I split them open on one of Doug's cymbals. Other than the blood, the show went really well.

Here's the set list: Armor Piercing Words, Live Free or Die, Youth Culture, Preserve and Protect, FUCK ARMAGEDDON (Bad Religion song), Scene and Not Heard, R.F.D. Part II: The Resurrection, Golden Rule, People With Guns, Vet's Hall, Our Way, and Equals.

PEACE.

Show at Studio S...

This last Friday (3/3/06) we played a show at Studio S in North Hollywood. The crowd was slim, but we had a good time. There were a couple bands from out of town (further out of town than us)...All Or Nothing HC, and Grave for the Fireflies, and they rocked. Simi Valley locals the Duchés opened up the show and rocked out. You could tell they were having a good time, and later I met them...nice guys. Next up, Homesick Abortions kicked ass as always and rocked out as if it were a sold out show...it's always cool to see them play.

After the out of towners played, we got on the stage and played a set of mostly new songs. It was freezing cold inside the building...Studio S is a warehouse with about inch thick walls. Durring our set I hit Keegans bass(to try and screw him up) and my hand was numb until I got home that night. You could see your breath indoors...this is CALIFORNIA!! What the hell.

Last but not least, Start The Panic took the stage and ended the show in style. They fucking rule. They played some of the songs off of the split, which made me happy cuz those are the songs I am most familiar with. Johnny from Homesick Abortions kept calling out songs for them to play but changing the names to fit the freezing conditions...(ex. Some Say We're Frozen...instead of Some Say We're Chosen) Thinking about it now, its not THAT funny...but at the time it was...so yeah.

Altogether it was a great show, a fun time, and I can't wait for The Roxy next Friday night. (3/10/06)

PEACE.

Annual Blog!

Hello to the super mass of people who regularly check my Blog! haha. OK, so nobody checks this thing...that's probably because I write in it about once a year and nobody knows it exists. Alrighty...so now i'm talking to myself...great.

I think I am going to use this thing to talk about what I am up to at the moment...like what shows I went to/played...or what I did over the weekend with Nicole...or maybe I just wont post in it for another year...we'll see. I like the idea about posting about things within a few days, because for 1 I have a REALY shitty memory and it would be fun to read about stuff I forgot...and 2, whoever comes on here can hear about shows and things they missed..

Here's some news...

This CD comes out on Friday...if the shipment makes it on time!

We (California Redemption) are playing some shows in March for the release of this CD. We had a friend named Roger do the cover for us, and I put together the insert and layout with Keegan and Doug's input.

I'm really excited about the new songs on this CD. There are five of them, and you can listen to an MP3 at www.lterecords.com

It is the first time in YEARS that CAre released a good quality recording. These new songs are a good look into what sort of sound our next Full-Length will have.

Here's a list of shows we are playing in March with STP:

March 3rd: Studio S in North Hollywood with Homesick Abortions, The Douches, All or Nothing HC, and Grave for the Fireflies. $7.00
March 10th: The Roxy in Hollywood with the Ms.FITS. Contact us for $5 tickets!!! Otherwise it's $11 at the door!
March 11th: Suburbia in Santa Clarita with Held Hostage. $8 with flyer
March 24th: Skatelab in Simi Valley with the Scuffs. $5

ALL SHOWS ALL AGES!

Alright...I'm back on here...lets see how long it lasts.

PEACE.

"Be the change you wish to see in the world"

I'm at work right now, and I re-found this blog thing that I was going to try a long time ago.

I have this journal that Nicole gave to me, and the cover says "Be the change you wish to see in the world."...its where I write songs...journal entries...whatever comes to mind. I tend to write more songs(or at least words) in there than anything else. Well anyways, I decided that I would write on here whenever I can't write in the journal...Like at work...or school...or whenever. I still don't know how much I like the idea of telling everyone EVERYTHING I write in my journal...but for now I'll try and post stuff...and I dunno who I'll tell about this.

Work es muy stinko.

LOVE and PEACE.

ALon.

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