Velcro Stars are once again thrust into the ring. However, the circumstances surrounding this match have been well documented. We all know what happened at the 1st Melee at Main St. There is no reason to think that this night should be full of any less action.

Velcro Stars have found themselves pitted against such formidable foes as Glossary and The Features.

No doubt experience could factor heavily in this match.

We play with Glossary and the Features January 15th at 527 Main st. 18 and Up.

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Hotpants Romance

Steve Haruch

Imagine a car with a stuck throttle that can only go 100 miles per hour. Put that car in a food processor--set to frappe--that's being dropped from a B-52 bomber. Then, in the ensuing maelstrom, imagine three women shouting at the top of their lungs about lipstick, dancing, love, candy and hell. While wearing hotpants, of course. This Manchester, U.K., band is so hugely, awesomely, wrongly out-of-tune and gloriously punk--they have the kind of fun only a band named after short-shorts could. And if that isn't enough for you, Nashville, they even have a song called "Effin' and Jeffin'," which, in addition to its inadvertent reference to a beloved local brotherhood, extols the listener: "You should start a band if you need to shout." Worked like a charm for them. Happy Happy Birthday to Me labelmates Cars Can Be Blue are also on the bill, along with locals Ocelots and Velcro Stars.

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We Velcro Stars are playing tonight at Wall St. We are playing with All We Seabees and The Bohannons. It is also Rebekah's birthday show. She turned old. Come celebrate with us. Show these people that Murfreesboro ain't dead. It's not even close. 

That's right! You heard me! We are playing an all ages show in Murfreesboro. Tomato Tomato, which also makes incredible pizza, is all ages! I had no idea, did you? Come out and support this place, because we need more venues in this town doing what they are trying to do. The show is May 16th and we're playing with a band called Fishboy. They are on tour right now. We played with them at CMJ and they are one of the best live bands I have ever seen. They sound incredible live.
Also, Chris Freeman and Unicorn Horns will be playing. I have yet to see this band, but I hear great things. This doesn't surprise me, cause Chris was in that awesome band the Rachel Nevadas. Even though it's all ages, you can still drink. So, don't worry. If you need more info, just write us, or leave a comment below.

We entered the studio this weekend to record our follow up to last years enormous hit record Hiroshima's Revenge. We're tracking the record at Grand Palace with a bear of a man named Alex Norfleet. He has a beard.

Here's a synopsis::

Day 1: Everyone was late, except for Keith. Then he had to come get me, so he was late too. We went and got a bottle of Buffalo Trace. I had never even heard of it. Alex The Bear loves it. Then we got some PBR. I drank a lot of that.

Then we got drum sounds. I told Aaron that Alex wanted him to get new drum heads and Aaron said "No way. I love the way my drums sound." Alex concured.

Then Johnny Blackout got some low end kickin'. That took a minute, because we told him to try this Rickenbacker bass and play with his fingers. Guess what? We were wrong. Johnny finally said "I'm using my own bass and playing with a pick." Guess what? He was right. We wasted a bunch of time doing that, when he could of just been playing his bass the whole time. Live and learn.

That was about it for that night. We were tired and it was hot. Alex's ball showing shorts couldn't even keep him cool.


Day 2: Everyone was on time. Aaron had even gotten up and watched his lady friend run in that crazy ass marathon at like 7 in the morning. He said some poor guys nipples were bleeding, cause they were chafed from running. I told him that wasn't cool.

We got started tracking about 7pm. It was considerably cooler in there. Alex was still wearing his ball showing shorts though. We went through that bitch with pure ferocity. We tracked drums and bass live to 10 songs that night. We even had time to stop and eat some pizza. Keith wasn't happy about the pizza break though. He even said " Do we have time to stop and eat pizza?!?!". Hell yeah we did, and it was delicious. I even ordered a thin crust for Keith, cause I know he likes it, and he wouldn't even eat it. That kinda hurt my feelings. I got over it though.

At one point Alex thought our building was on fire, and came storming in the big room mid-take like a crazed bear. Turns out it wasn't, but something was.


Day 3: The coolest day by far. Don't worry though, Alex was still wearing his ball showing shorts.With drums and bass finished we moved on to acoustic guitar. Nothing like the studio to make you realize how not good you are at something. It took a while, but eventually we got it.

Then we moved on to organ. Rebekah was in some kind of Kobe Bryant type zone. She couldn't miss. She played pretty much every song in one take. The only time she didn't was because I went in the room to tell her to try something different on this one part. She wasn't having it though. She gave me this "no you din't" look and basically told me to to go "blank myself in my blankety blank blank". She apologized later, but I wasn"t mad about it.

We're going back into the studio over the next few days. Hopefully, we will get most of these songs done. The plan is to go in and do 10 more in a month or so.  If that's the case, I think I'm going to go buy me some ball showing shorts.

Though it wasn’t the Rumble in the Jungle or even the Thrilla in Manila, it was still a Melee at Main St. last Friday night. However, the fight that ensued was not amongst the bands that night. Well, not amongst all the bands.

The night started off on several wrong notes, as Velcro Stars arrived at the venue to find there would be no drink specials whatsoever afforded to the bands, nor would they be allowed to have a guest list. These rules set into place by the notorious thug club known as Club 527. When asked why they don’t allow a guest list, Main St. simply said "cause bands take advantage of it." Now, if you have dealt with Main St. you know their asinine door policy of keeping 50% of the door. We of course would not play this glorified shithole under those circumstances. A friend worked out a deal where they get a flat production fee off the top and the rest of the door is split amongst the bands. Fair enough, wrong. The guy running sound, who we were paying that $250 production fee, didn’t even have enough mics for all the members of Velcro Stars. We have never run into this problem at a venue that charges you a production fee. Also, we have never played a venue where we were not allowed a guest list. If a venue takes 50% of the door, then they should expect bands to take advantage of the guest list. I would let all of you in for free if we played under that pretense.

Moving on. Velcro Stars members thought they would go buy beer at a local gas station, seeing as the venue they had helped fill, was not as gratious and didn’t see it fit to give any sort of drink specials to the bands. Forgive us for not wanting to support this place any further than we already had by asking all of our fans to come patronize this shithole. I will now take the time to apologize to all of you for this. I am sorry you had to set foot in that terrible terrible place. It won’t happen again. Once back at the venue Velcro Stars drank their store bought beer with no problems, mostly. The show went on as scheduled and for the most part there were no hitches, except for the awful sound.

After the show, everyone convened on the side porch to smoke and have a good time. The bouncer came out at this point and made everyone who had a beer go inside. I noticed him look at my beer, which was a can of PBR. I could tell he was taking exception to me having an outside beer. However, he didn’t say anything to me at this point. I, having just lit a cigarette, did not go inside immediately, though I was planning on it. The bouncer went to the other side of the porch and stared at me with arms crossed. I stared at him back. Finally, he said "you need to go back inside with that beer." I waved him off with my hand. I will take full credit in knowing that what I did was going to cause a rise out of this guy, and at this point of the night, I did not care, at all. He stormed across the porch and screamed at me for waving him off. He grabbed my can of PBR and squeezed it, causing beer to go all over me and several of my peers. He then grabbed me in a headlock, not knowing that I use to take judo and he had basically no chance of keeping me that way. I threw him off me and he was saved from hitting the pavement by his friend, who we will call, the loud mouthed off duty bouncer. The boucer then pointed out that I had brought in an outside beer. At this point, I’m not sure all that was said, but I am postive that I let those fucks have it. They had no chance against my superior wit. I basically told them why they will fail in this town runnng a venue the way they do. I am not going to ask you to not go to Club 527 or ask your band not to play there, but consider yourself warned.

That being said, when will someone finally open a decent venue in the Boro?

When: Friday, March 21st
Where: 527 Main St.
What: Royal Rumble

Come out to 527 Main St. in Murfreesboro, TN to watch what will surely be one of the fiercest battles in recent history.

We have a 5 on 5 royal rumble in our midst as Velcro Stars and How I Became The Bomb meet, yet again, at center stage.

First to enter the ring will be keyboardists Adam Richardson and Rebekah Spresser. This will be the end all to the age old question of what is more important, liberal arts or math?

Next to enter the ring will be drummers Andy Spore and Aaron Distler. It’s the classic ex-drummer verses the new drummer. How will thay fare? Only time will tell.

After that, bass players Ricky Business and Johnny Blackout will enter the ring. They will be forced to consume copius amounts of alcohol as you watch in wonder at the depths these two will go once inebriated. Face plants and soiled crotches are to be expected. However, don’t be surprised if this ends with one giving the other a prostate massage. Be prepared to explain to your children the meaning of all this.

Next up will be the battle of the passive aggressives, when Keith Pratt and Dennis Deck enter the ring. We’re not sure what to expect from this one. Whatever it is, we promise you won’t see it coming.

Finally, we have the main event, the one we’ve all been waiting for. Shane Spresser and Jon Burr will meet in a no holds barred match, and whoever wins will surely die. They will each try to consume as many Wheat Thins as is humanly possible. Watch as two grown men can’t control themselves any longer. The depravity which will ensue will both sicken and inspire you to never ever be like them!

March 21st
Velcro Stars
How I Became The Bomb
Coral Castles
527 Main St.
Murfreesboro,Tn
9pm
$7

We take the stage this Friday night at 527 Main st. aka: CLUB 527. Do not fault us for this, for we know not what we do.

Come watch as Jon Burr brings his group of sycophants to our turf to try and win your favor. Beware his tinted glasses, and jiggily body movements! Both are used in such a manner so as to entrance you into dancing maniacally, whether you asked for it or not. Watch the laughable display as they try, and fail, to knock us from our rightful throne.

Rounding out the night will be Coral Castles(Chattanooga). I have yet to see them, but don’t doubt they will also bring the gallant fight. They will soon learn that somedays you have to accept defeat.

Velcro Stars
How I became The Bomb
Coral Castles
527 Main St.
March 21st.
9pm

No, we haven't broken up, and we haven't vanished, yet. However, in case of rapture, this MySpace will be vacant.

Instead, we have been assembling a mighty band, a motley crue, if you will. We have two new members. One Jonathan Brock, also goes by any one of these aliases, "Johnny Blackout", "Last Note", "Fourth Meal", or "Last Hand", on bass. The other, a formidable journeyman known as Aaron Distler, on drums.

In April we will be recording a new record at Grand Palace with Alex "Tell Her I Think She's Nice" Norfleet. Then, the plan is for local bad boy Jeremy Ferguson to mix and master it. If we survive, the record will most likely be out by the end of the year. Outlook, promising.

Also, in the coming months we have a 7 inch that's to be released by Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. It is part of their new singles club, which you can get a subscription to and receive a new 7 inch every couple months at www.hhbtm.com. Our 7 inch is a split with Keith John Adams (UK). Our side is going to have two never before released songs entitled "Passing Ships" and "Winter Clothes".

It should also be noted that Shane "The Fat Guy In The Band" Spresser has lost 30lbs and is slowly shedding the moniker "The Fat Guy In The Band". It should also be noted that Keith "I Might Be Your Baby's Daddy" Pratt has taken aim at that crown. As a result of his weight loss, Shane has also relinquished the title of  "the one with boobs" back to Rebekah.