Summertimes in full swing here in sunny southern California and it's proving to be a busy one. Thanks to all who attended the Cheap Sex final shows. It was our first time playing the Alley and we had a great time. Sold out, tons of people in the pit and making the room hot (and smell like a wet dog). Word to a few of you guys in the pit.. DEODERANT. It's not expensive. We know your parents have it in the house - you can buy brands that are cruelty-free and you'll smell a lot nicer after pit action.

Seems like people in LA are as excited as we are for our next show July 21st with LOWER CLASS BRATS, SMUT PEDDLERS, POISON IDEA, THE STITCHES and KRUM BUMS. This is a triple headliner bill for the cost of ONE show... pre-sale tickets can be purchased at www.vault350.com and at Vinyl Solution (Huntington Beach) and Headline Records (Hollywood). You'll be kicking yourself if you miss this one.. we promise. See you there.
The Short

8 Months of no shows and few news updates and now we are gigging and posting here like a bunch of geeks. Our Ventura / Alpine show was amazing. ILL REPUTE stole the show but it doesn't mean any of the other bands were slacking. Thanks to Eric from BAD SAMARITANSfor organizing a great show. That's the second time he's hooked us up in the same month.. he rules.TIPPERS GORE get honorable mention for playing a ripping set of skate/thrash and for beating up on their friend so badly he had to go to the emergency room during our set (just kidding.. sorta).
We got a few more shows coming up. A record release show for CAREER SOLDIERS at Showcase Theatre / Corona, CA and (drumroll please....) June 23 CHEAP SEX farewell show. Tickets for that go on sale Thurs. April 26. Ticket sales are from the clubs website only NOT TICKETMASTER. Do yourself a favor and get an advance ticket cause this show will sell out. Click here www.thealleyclub.com
Back to the rehearsal room... going to learn a few more songs to mix the set list next time around. Maybe some of you will notice.. probably not..
Till the next show
The Short

Our return to playing shows could not have been a better experience. Kudos to BAD REACTION and WHOLESALE MURDER for blasting out hardcore sonics that blew us away. SOCIAL UNREST were as good as you would hope they would be. 'Making Room for Youth', 'Rat in a Maze' all the hits were played and they were in top form. Hopefully they'll return to L.A. soon. Thanks again to Gonzo / London Calling and Eric from BAD SAMARITANS for asking us to play and hosting a great DIY show.
Monday nights show with The Adicts was what you'd expect it to be. Sold out. Tons of kids packed like sardines - dying to see their UK heroes and all the circus antics. (One thing for sure. The Adicts do give their fans their money's worth and it was cool to get to play with another legendary band). It was great to finally return to the Showcase. Thanks to all the kids who gave it thier all while we played and kept the pit going.
This weekend we hit Ventura to play with ILL REPUTE, BAD SAMARITANS and TIPPERS GORE. We also just confirmed the record release show w/ CAREER SOLDIERS in Corona in mid-May.Hope to see you guys there..
As most of you all have probably heard, 32 people were killed in Virginia by a lone (and most likely mentally unstable) gunman. Seems a shame that a bunch of people can become a victim of circumstance by being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Also a shame that this seems to be a pattern of behavior that is becoming more and more common in our country. Some idiot with access to a gun decides to take his problems out on the rest of the world. Things like this are a reminder that life is temporary and we shouldn't take those that we care about for granted. Here's to those that have fallen and to those we wish to be in our lives for many years to come.
Cheers.
The Short

Another long absence from the blogosphere, but not without good reason. We've been keeping ourselves busy. We finally have a regular practice spot and so we've been rehearsing again and ready to play again. Many thanks to Eric Lara from the BAD SAMARITANS and Gonzo from London Calling too for getting our asses on stage again. Now, we always have a good time playing, but it's even better when you get to play with bands that have inspired you. The upcoming gigs with SOCIAL UNREST and ILL REPUTE mean an lot more to us than 'just another show'. Hopefully you can make it to one (or both).
To those of you messaging 'when you going to play the Showcase Theatre?" WE ARE WORKING ON IT! OK, that's it for now. Thanks for all the emails and comments on the myspace. We'll see you soon.
The Short

Two months since the last update and still no shows. We're sure that some of you are thinking 'jesus.. what a bunch of flakes'. And you'd be partially right. The planned 'time off' from playing in a band has lasted much longer than planned. Some our own fault, actually ALL of it is our fault. We lost our lockout rehearsal space so basically the band is without a place to store our gear and rehearse. In the bands entire history we've never had a lockout so it's sorta like being homeless. Then, there was the dissapearance of our drummer Nick. Yeah, I know this sounds like another 46 Short lie, but it's true. He actually went missing for a while. We figured he was on some sort of retreat with one of his celebrity friends (that he never introduces to us). When calls went unanswered we started to worry, we thought he might have been abducted by Scientologists. But truth was stranger than fiction. Turns out that Nick had started a band with Josh Barnes (TKO press guru) and they were gigging on a Carnival Cruise ship playing ABBA, Winger, REO Speedwagon covers and hooking up with cougars. Although we were kinda pissed at first - we forgave him cause (as you know) the 46 is all about the cougars. While we try to suss out a new rehearsal place the band has decided to focus on another love that supasses our cougar fixation. BOWLING.
With January around the corner that means that BYO's annual PUNK ROCK BOWLING TOURNAMENT will be here soon. Training has begun as it's on our shoulders to help lead the TKO records team to victory (or random acts of public drunkeness). This year the team is going all out and wearing a team uniform, that should increase our score average by at least 50 points. The PR Bowling tournament combines our 3 favorite things Las Vegas, Bowling, Punk Rock and public intoxication. Wait, that was 4 things.. ahh. fuck it.
We've managed to write this update and not mention anything about music. LAME. Here it is.
TKO Records is now selling our CD "Truth Denied" at their webstore for only $9. It's the PERFECT gift for the one you love, or the one you kinda like.. whatever. Buy it!! You can also pick up other 46 vinyl releases and shirts from there. Just click here and spend spend spend!!!
If you are reading this on myspace page, you'll see we added a video that was found on the net. It appears to be shot during our European tour in 2000 with our old drummer Cris Cordero. As far as shows.. We plan to play again in January - we'll see you there.. Also thanks to all of you for your support this year. For all the bullshit we spew here (all in good fun) we appreciate those of you who support us. The emails, myspace comments, coming to the shows.. it makes it all worth it. Thanks again and have a great holiday and new year.
Cheers.
The Short

So the explanation for the long absence from any updates is that Andy has gotten himself thrown back in jail (again) and we were not able to disclose any facts regarding his arrest.
OK THAT'S A LIE. But it's certainly a lot more interesting than the truth, which is that we decided to take a break. No rehearsals, no shows.. and trying to remember what it's like to have a personal life. While we were enjoying the many hours poolside at the TKO compound (sipping margaritas and tossing lawn darts at Josh Barnes head), we knew it was time to get back to what we do best. Pretending to be a real band. So we are back rehearsing and should have a few shows lined up soon.
Meanwhile we recieved 25 copies of a split 7" that we did with our friends KROMBACHERKELLERKINDER. It's on clear vinyl and comes in a gatefold sleeve, they are pretty spiffy. Vinyl nerds rejoice!! You can purchase this (as well as 46 Short shirts and other releases) direct from the TKO Records online store. Click here to get more info.
Also for those of you who like to read (what's that?), we have an interview in the latest issue of Modern Fix magazine.
Thanks to all of you who've been emailing and asking us "what the hell happend to you guys?" it's great to know that some people actually give a damn. We'll be back playing and have you saying "aren't these guys done playing yet!?" in no time. Granted we can keep Andy from going to jail..
The Short

The DEATH OR GLORY festival in Woodland CA was an event that could have only happened outside of LA. Punks, Skins, Crusties all gathered to have a great time (and put aside all the drama and elitist bullshit that can ruin the punk and skinhead scene). Too many great bands played to mention them all. Many new friends made, lots of alcohol consumed and a great time had by all who attended . Hats off to Jimmy and Chuck from the WHISKEY REBELS for organizing the event. Thanks to Mark Rainey / TKO, label mates TOMMY AND THE TERRORS and most of all.. the people who bought us beer!!
This Wednesday. we rock Chain Reaction (yes.. AGAIN). with label cronies THE STITCHES and KRUM BUMS. HOMESICK ABORTIONS and TIPPERS GORE play as well. It's going to be filmed so get your asses down there and represent your scene you bastards!!
We'll see you soon.
The Short

Christ it's been hot in Long Beach. You'd think living close to the coast would give us a bit of refuge from the temperature but no dice. It's enough to make you think we are living in Florida. We can only assume what the people of NYC are going through, we've been there in summertime. Yeah.. we know what you are thinking. "Bitch, bitch, bitch... who cares!? Just tell us what you are up to or get off the net".
Well, here goes.... we have not one but two upcoming shows with our Texas pals the KRUM BUMS. This weekend we'll be opening the LOWER CLASS BRATS and KRUM BUMS show at the Allen Theatre in Southgate. We'll be playing first so that means we go on at 7:30 PM. So if you are even slightly interested in seeing us, you best get there early. The second show is a TKO Records beatdown with not one but three TKO bands supplying a punk rock 3-punch combo to the ribs and jaw. (Yeah, yeah we know that was a retarded comment). That one is at Chain Reaction with THE STITCHES, KRUM BUMS, TIPPERS GORE and HOMESICK ABORTIONS. Heads up, both of these shows are going to be filmed for an upcoming TKO DVD release. Make sure to show up and look pretty..
Between those two shows we are happy to be part of the DEATH OR GLORY festival that is happening in Woodland, CA. They just confirmed 7 SECONDS and THE AVENGERS as headline acts for each day. This makes an already great show, even better. You can get info on the fest from thier myspace profile www.myspace.com/deathorgloryfest
Time to go back to the rehearsal room and sweat of 10 pounds of fat.. we'll see you all soon.
THE SHORT

Hope you all had a nice little vacation doing the BBQ and fireworks thing on the 4th. Suffice to say we are sure the 'powers that be' were happy to celebrate another year of tyranny, lies and deceit while waving thier flags... whatever.

Just a quick message to let you know that we have just been added to a show on July 13 at Smart City Grinds, (yes, the city of Azusa calls). And don't forget our upcoming show the next day at Chain Reaction in Anaheim. Currently we're still on 'vacation' from band rehearsals after our tour. But we'll start again next week and be prepared to hear some old 'gems' that we have not played in a while. OK.. maybe calling them 'gems' is a bit of an overstatement. But it's better than saying.. "some old shit that you've been asking us to play..". As always we are the epitome of class and proper manners...

We'll see you guys soon... more shows coming. Still trying to figure out what day we are playing at 'Death or Glory' fest.. JIMMY!! Get in touch man!!
Hugs, bugs and thugs...
THE SHORT