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2008 – a summary

January…was cold and wet but we met and fell in love with TWO COW GARAGE at their Brixton Windmill show…MILLOY were featured in the NME and their RADIO 1 SESSION broadcast on Mike Davies’ Punk show  and ZATOPEKS got 4KKKK review in Kerrang! For “Damn Fool Music”

February… was quiet…anyone remember what happened in February?

March…. Was a bit quiet too….err....

April… hit up with a bang as we started the Staying South nights in Brixton…THIS IS A STANDOFF toured the UK ….and ZATOPEKS played some rare UK shows…..

May … saw the release of FORMER CELL MATES “Who’s’ Dead and What’s to Pay?”…HARD SKIN went on tour in the USA…YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB went on an enormous tour of the USA….

June… we released TWO COW GARAGE’s album “III”….FORMER CELL MATES toured Europe…. YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB were still on tour in the USA…..Exeter’s THE CUT UPS joined the label and started work on the new album…..ZATOPEKS toured the USA and played Insubordination Fest

July….VIC RUGGIERO (The Slackers) joined the label and we released his latest solo album “Something in My Blindspot” receiving rave reviews …MILLOY completed their follow up to More than a Machine…..THE CUT UPS toured the UK taking THE ARTERIES with them….CHIEF did a massive self booked tour of the UK

August…We launched the latest Household Name Records website….at last!… MILLOY’s “Creating Problems while Practising Solutions” came out….MILLOY toured ….Jon Fawkes’s (Filaments/Suicide Bid) new US based band THE 241ers released their debut album “Murderers” toured the UK and played their 2^nd ever gig in Kingston…Kerem from THE FOAMERS did an amazing set of solo  hits….SUICIDE BID played a rare show…..Kerrang! gave VIC RUGGIERO’s album 4KKKK….FORMER CELL MATES toured with THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM on the latter’s debut UK tour….over in Canada HOSTAGE LIFE played a few benefit shows with The Flatliners

September…YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB, CHIEF and THE ARTERIES played the Boozin’ of the 5000 in New Cross…. ZATOPEKS went on tour in Europe with THE COPYRIGHTS although bad luck meant the US band couldn’t make the UK leg of the tour….

October… CHIEF set out on Sonic Boom Six’s RUFF and READY TOUR …and recorded a session Mike Davies’ Punk Show on Radio 1…. THE ARTERIES joined Household Name Records and we announced the release of debut album “Blood, Sweat and Beers”… MILLOY toured Germany and Holland

November… FORMER CELL MATES, TWO COW GARAGE and YOU ME AND THE ATOM BOMB played the Fest VII in Gainesville, Florida….FORMER CELL MATES toured the US with LEATHERFACE and TILTWHEEL….Greg and Lil brought CLOAK/DAGGER over to tour with THE COMPUTERS… VIC RUGGIERO toured the UK including a brilliant instore at ALL AGES RECORDS….THE ARTERIES toured with SMOKE OR FIRE and FAKE PROBLEMS….THE CUT UPS finished their new album “The High and Mighty”…

December… FORMER CELL MATES toured again with The Gaslight Anthem and The King Blues….We had our annual party with a Xmas BBQ at the Windmill with MILLOY, ZATOPEKS, THE ARTERIES, THE CUT UPS, DEAD CITY STEREO and APOLOGIES, I HAVE NONE….it was chaotic and loads of fun….we need training in how to run a raffle tho’…..THE ARTERIES went on tour with THE DEAD CITY STEREO and played a Xmas Party in almost every town….HARD SKIN played shows with THE STUPIDS and the spirit of the mid 1980s was channelled - sanatogen  spritizers were taken….The first PUNK ‘N’ BOWL was a great success…

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That’s it then another year over... a bunch of other stuff happened but that’s as much looking back as my brain can handle…cheers to everyone who came to shows, supported the bands bought a record, t shirt, patch, badge, bought something from our webstore, and all the record stores that are still battling on….here’s to a fun 2009!!!!....

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THE ARTERIES, who release their debut album on Household Name Records in November, have been asked to support legendary Fat Wreck band STRUNG OUT on their UK tour this week.

Catch both bands live :

WEDNESDAY 29th October (today!) at Newport TJs - Strung Out, THE ARTERIES, Solutions - Doors at 7.30pm

THURSDAY 30th October at London Camden Underworld - Strung Out, THE ARTERIES & From Plan to Progress - Doors at 7.00pm

We are very excited to announce that THE ARTERIES from Swansea have joined Household Name Records and will be releasing a new album in the very near future....

THE ARTERIES have been impressing us through most of 2008 with stunning live shows - we put them on opening one of the first Staying South nights back in the Spring as a pretty much unknown quantity - less than 25 minutes later everyone was buzzing from their set and begging us to put them on again at the soonest opportunity.

Fast, punchy melodic, metallic gathering up the finest mid 90s Epi-Fat sound of Propagandhi with a twist of bang up to date riffery, we had the guys booked back on the spot and every time they took the audience by storm.

Added to that the band have a great do it yourself ethic - this year they have embarked on a series of three 10" vinyl releases called 'Blood', 'Sweat' and 'Beers' which have been combined with sold out launch parties in Swansea. The final record of the series 'Beers' is launched tomorrrow (Sunday 26th October) at The Monkey Bar.

Household Name Records have worked with THE ARTERIES to put together a CD album based on tracks from all 3 releases...called Blood, Sweat and Beers (HAUS104CD) which will be out at the end of November in time for The Arteries dates with SMOKE OR FIRE....it will be in the shops from January 2009....
but in keeping with THE ARTERIES tradition of launch parties a very limited special edition of 'Blood, Sweat and Beers' CD will be available only at THE ARTERIES Xmas Show/Album Launch at The Monkey Bar on 21st December.

Mike Davies' at the Radio 1 Punk Show played an exclusive new track on his show this week and seemed very impressed....I hope you will be hearing more of The Arteries across the airwaves as they have just recorded a session for Radio Wales with Bethan and Huw ....

You can check out the tracks Stop Today by listening to Mike's show again at
www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/mikedavies/index.shtml
or
going to The Arteries Myspace at www.myspace.com/thearteries

Finally, if you are in Guildford tonight (Saturday 25th October)....you can catch THE ARTERIES live with The Computers at The Boiler Room....

Check them out and let us know what you think?

MILLOY head out on their first mainland European tour of 2008 in support of new album "Creating Problems While Practising Solutions"

See them in Germany from tomorrow at :

Sat. 25 October  Aachen-Az
Sun. 26 October Trier-Ex Haus
Mon. 27 October  Giessen-Ak44
Tue. 28 October. Chemnitz-Subway to Peter
Wed. 29 October Regensburg-Alte Mälzerei
Thurs. 30 October Grevenbroich-Kultus
Fri. 31 October Bremen-Nook

full details as always on the Household Name Records website

cheers

lil

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......>..>..>..> ..>..>..>..> .. FREE LIMITED EDITIONPOSTER .. MILLOY LIMITED LP .... PRE-ORDERS!!! SKA IS DEAD CD & MILLOY LP! Household Name Records has two great pre-order opportunities foryou guys on the mailing list. Thanks to everyone who has ordered a copy of the Ska is Dead album- hope you are enjoying it - We've had a load of great comments so far,so maybe the ska is quite dead after all.... PRE-ORDER SKA IS DEAD RIGHT NOW AND GET A FREE POSTER - therewere only 200 printed: UK ORDERS - only £4.99 including postage REST OF EUROPE - only €6.00 plus postage Ska is Dead is in all good record shops from Monday 6thAugust - look out for the very limited poster offer from IndependentRecord shops only....if we have any left!! Next up MILLOY's More than a Machine special limitededition12 " LP is ready for pre-order at the HouseholdName Website. The LP will available for mailorder only and some copies will beavailableto buy direct at OUT OF SPITE X in Leeds on August 10th / 11th /12th. Only 350 copies will be available but to add to the collectabilty200 copies will on be a specialcoloured vinyl PRE-ORDER MILLOY More than a Machine Vinyl LP Now UK orders£8.50 including postage-  RED Vinyl EUROPE(outsideUK) €13 + postage -  RED Vinyl REST OF THEWORLD $17 + postage - RED Vinyl The album features brand new artwork by Heysi, at deathtoallmankind graphic communications printed on arough tough reverse cardboard sleeve with a double sided inner bag.you'lllike it very much.... That's all for now... and if you find yourself hankering for someToday's Empires era Propagandhi and late 90s Revelation melodichardcore (not the E word)...look out for ENEMY ALLIANCE next time up. all the best Lil and Kafren

Big D and The Kids Table UK Tour, new records and webstore specials Boston rocksteady ska punks BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE blast back onto
the European scene this week with mass of new releases and a UK Tour
in May.
Curently on tour accross the USA with ANTI-FLAG, ALEXISONFIRE and SET
YOUR GOALS, Big D and the Kid's Table released their brand new album
"Strictly Rude" through SideOneDummy Records (home to Flogging Molly,
Bedouin Soundclash and Gogol Bordello and more) this week.

To celebrate the band have put up a brand BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE WEBSITE
and it looks amazing - check out 2 new videos for tracks from Strictly Rude
exclusively on their site.


Take a chance to look at lead singer Dave McWane's Website where you can find out
more about his poetry, short stories, travel diaries, lyrics, screenplays and
novels and well as his new book "The Gypsy Mile"

We are also very pleased to announce that HOUSEHOLD NAME RECORDS is releasing
a new split record with BIG D and our very first Chinese band - BRAIN FAILURE from Beijing.
The album called "BEIJING TO BOSTON" will showcase the fast, furious LAX style side
of Big D as well as some stand out tracks of singalong streetpunk from
BRAIN FAILURE. We are especially excited that BRAIN FAILURE invited guests
DICKY BARRETT from the MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES (on the track "Coming Down To Beijing",
as heard exclusively on Mike Davies' show on Radio One) and Ken Casey from
DROPKICK MURPHYS on their tunes and the whole thing was produced by the
same Ken Casey.
It's a great 12 tracks and will be out on April 2nd in the UK only.....but look
below for a very special offer for fans who want to get hold of the CD early... and cheap!

BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE play live in the UK 18 - 26 May 2007

In support of all this great music we are pleased to announce that
BIG D AND THE KIDS TABLE will be touring the UK this May on a tour
booked right here at Household Name.


* Fri 18th May - SWINDON The Furnace


* Sat 19th May - EXETER The Hub


* Sun 20th May - MANCHESTER Satans Hollow


* Mon 21st May - NEWCASTLE The Venue


* Tue 22nd May - LEEDS venue tbc


* Wed 23rd May - DERBY The Vic Inn


* Thu 24th May - SOUTHAMPTON Joiners


* Fri 25th May - LONDON Underworld


* Sat 26th May - KINGSTON-UPON-THAMES The Peel



SPECIAL OFFERS IN OUR WEBSTORE!!!

So as promised - we have a stack of special offers in the
HOUSEHOLD NAME ONLINE STORE
including the new BIG D / BRAIN FAILURE split CD for only £6.99 (postage paid)
IF YOU ORDER BY MIDDAY ON THURSDAY 29TH MARCH!

But that's not all there are 3 special bargain price double CD offers
for great records by THE KING BLUES, BOMBSHELL ROCKS, BULLETS TO BROADWAY
and rising Canadian punks HOSTAGE LIFE!

The sale is only for UK customers at the moment but look out for
bigger special offers for the rest of the world very soon.


That's all for now...

Lil and Kafren