Super fun show coming up on Friday, August 21st @ Bottom of the Hill!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uw_fHmLMFn0

Our CD Release Party! Don't miss it!

We made it to the top 25 local bands for the Not So Silent Night competition @ Live 105. We are competing to be able to open up for Death Cab For Cutie, The Killers, Bloc Party and more at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

We need your help! The are many great local bands in this competition, and it is clear that the bands with the most and best fans will win. That's You!

Attention! You will need to sign up to be a Live 105 activist in order to vote. You will be asked to put in a bunch of information in order to to become an activist. No Credit Card info is needed however. Go here to sign up... http://activists.live105.com/asp2/Register.aspx

After you sign up, you will be able to vote for us on the Activist Page.

Thank You so much,
Company Car

www.companycarmusic.com
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Over the next week or so we will be putting up some sweet live photos of our last show at Slim's. These photos were taken by Huffy, and are some of the best live photos of us ever. Huffy has also done live lighting at something like 20 of our shows. Live lighting (done by someone who knows their way around a lighting board, and is a musician themselves) changes the whole experience of putting on a show. Huffy has also filmed one of our videos, helped with band management advice, and been an overall good friend.

ATTENTION BANDS! If you play shows in the SF bay area and you want; band photos, live photos, live lighting, filming, band management, recording, producing, or a sexy hair model, contact this man...

Huffy

www.myspace.com/huffytech

It is super easy to get a free drink ticket for this Thursday's show @ The Hotel Utah Saloon.

First you will need to make an account at Fuzz.com. Signing up is easy, and you will love what fuzz has to offer.

Second, you need to go here... http://www.fuzz.com/fan/Fuzzpresents
Send them a message saying that you are coming to the show and you want a free drink!

Now you will have a tasty beverage waiting for you at the club!

We are so happy to be chosen as one of the top 20 bands for the Live 105 contest. The winner will get to open for Modest Mouse, Jimmy Eat World, Spoon, Angels & Airwaves, and Paramore!

Please listen and rate (5 stars) our song "War Dream" at the Live 105 Imeem page. Here is the link...
http://live105.imeem.com/

Also, if you feel so inclined, you can embed this song onto your page and help us get plays that way.

Thank you, YOU ROCK!

-Company Car

Complete Lyrics for the Album "Collars"

Couch Critics

they had torches dripping with burning cloth
yeah they seemed hastily made

blurry faces shouldn't be after me
i'm not part of this game
but then whom are they chasing?
not us

just a spoonful you can swallow it all
it tastes good now i want to believe in your eyes
but what i'm wondering is do you avenge the dead
or is it something else instead

i think you are reveling in this windfall
and you won't stop until you get it all

there is wine and cigarettes waiting by the couch and now we stare
they have torches burning with the fear of three thousand dead and now it's on
yeah
but i can't stop working and focus on this

just a spoonful you can swallow it all
and oh no you're gonna swallow it all
it taste good now i
find
this
so slow
i'm stationary


Fake Tattoo

fight in the hallway for some candy
scream when it's windy let's throw something in the air
remember last summer when i met you
now we tell on each other he's got something in his eyes
in his eyes

my uniform has got holes and is faded

i'll marry you
for that fake tattoo
the one with the skull
red's my favorite color

Sitcom Theme Song

i've been gone for two short days
now i'm running back to you
yeah i'm coming home
from those blue ties to your soft hands
now i'll never leave again
the world outside can wait

until i signal for lights
oh this double life

now sometimes i get drunk and forget where i am
in front of people i respect it's embarrassing
but when i come home you never ask
just a smile to calm inside
relax boy close your eyes

until i signal for lights
oh this double life

you see it's like pillow talk and leave
and then it's like fumbling for keys

and i know you awake
so get up i'm dying
can you even believe this
cause i'm gone

sometimes when i sleep i can still feel that stare
from across the room but you're right here and
i swear i'm slipping
i swear i'm losing it


Fire Trucks

fire trucks all over the town all along
see them drive up onto my lawn are you sad
begging me to stand up and please come along
haven't felt that warmth in these years nice young men

now the past has all burned away
and I think too hard of what's gone
I light matches and toss them across the room
perfect arches getting tracers

tiny moments are prolonged but the consequence
ignoring what's to come
after all we've thought of
after all our could have dones

This is Home

from the window the sound
though quieting down
of the road is coming in
the word is out it all begins
with a patient, "hurry up when you awake"
ok this will never be new again
passing hours still, sheltered, and free

slept right through commute
way too long but already gone from memory
i wiped it out with child like strategy
i've got daydreams and everything
but double doors sway they say,

"out with the cold" and "you're getting old"

this is home

i've been talking to myself and the phone
been talking all alone


Morning Machine

these days i'll do anything for routine
the sweet rhythm of the morning machine
we're on it you know
tick tock back and forth with those eyes
till they close or bleed
to splatter spots on long sleeves
come on now

days go by moving side to side
follow with your eyes
what you compromise
the money grows at the end of ties
you never could decide
is it a virus

you're buttoned up and now
you wait to hear that sound
the tower in this town
says you can let your guard down


Tongue in Cheek

she said "look" you owe this to yourself
not to speak of mental health
but we are what we are
but beware you keep on singing
songs about your wealth
i think you'll have some trouble
trying to pin this on someone else
so stop waiting to open your eyes
and singing
i am feeling good again
like the time that you ran out of rope for me
like i could never tell when you're tongue and cheek

oh your priceless anger it could help us get along
but it's gone so how long till you explode
stop waiting to open your eyes
you're not dreaming this is all they left behind
so stop letting them victimize you
just repeat it

i am feeling good again
like the time that you swore you'd come back to me
like i could never tell like i could never tell


Pillar of Pennies

i can see the money now
green and gold and pretty how i long for these next years to pass
and wash away the feeling that we're wasting our time
gotta get yours gotta get mine

kicking the wall jumping the fence
rush that gated community then
hide it away like i don't exist
like a secret lost or a childhood lisp

that made my friends and neighbors twitch


Secret Solitaire

secret solitaire when you're not there
when I think I'm alone I'll count the hours till I can go home with
these smooth fingers turning black to red
a prairie dog will warn this desk
"here comes the boss shaking her head" she says

later there is passion at the bars
later there is fashion

relax here's that new report
turning over and over and one card short
the fax from the new intern
says look at the odds better off just to cut the cord

one touch and the screen turns back to numbers for a heart attack
fade away you're away
our luck is the king goes down we're the sword in his hand through the crown
fade away royalty

the wind from the vent hits our face and we're gone
and before too long
we mix in with what we've become


Driving Star

what makes these stars think they should pass me on the right
i left a lane here to my left i'm seven five
mph with just enough that's on my mind
to drain the humor out of feet
out of hands
out of eyes

stop signal
what's this person doing

now here we are your cellular controls the pace
just take a minute in your rearview i see you
ignoring all the laws of time and Says and space
tell me what will you do
when i do what you do

two eight zero like a gunshot
and i'm not
breaking for the scenery
bump bump bump goes the tire
thump thump i tap the beat for the new
capitalist

i separate myself my car my clothes my house

So there's some great shows coming up in the next couple months and being the music afficionados that we know you are, we thought you should be informed.

Lets see, first up we have Vin Rouge rocking Bottom of the Hill on January 19. These boys put on an amazing show jam packed with ground shaking riffs, sexiness, cool lights and more sexiness. But if you want to keep your girlfriend, I suggest you leave her at home cause these guys will rock their panties off:)

On January 27, the great MUD will be taking the stage at Club Hide in S.F. Now i've never actually been to Club Hide and I haven''t heard anything about it but i'll tell you this...You need to go. If mud is playing there, then it must be awesome. In case you haven't seen Mud yet, they play some sweet ass punk rock that you won't be able to get outta your head for days. On top of that, their singer/guitarist Nikki is gorgeous, which makes the show even more enjoyable to watch:) If you miss this one, yer gonna regret it.  Oh yeah, They just played Slims and The Warfield. Bastards!

Next you can find us at the Beale Street Bar on February 3rd having our ears massaged by the beautiful sound waves of Cast of Thousands. Seeing as how they are easily one of the best bands in S.F. and a personal favorite of mine, you would be a chewy pickle to miss what may be the last small show these guys play. I'm telling you, these kids will be rocking the Fillmore soon enough so get intimate with them while you still can.

Lastly, we have a show that features TWO great local bands,  Cervantes and The Bruises. Both these bands are fucking amazing! I saw cervantes the other night and they killed it. It was well worth waiting till 1:30am to see them. No joke. I guarantee this power trio will have you doing a wierd jerky thing with your neck. They have an album coming out very soon I hear too. Your gonna have to pick that one up because the music these guys create is something that I personally love. The Bruises are an almost all girl rock tornado. Fronted by the lovely Jen and Aja, this band will have you dancing like Elaine Benes. That's right, little kicks for all. And I guarantee their drummer Derek will keep you captivated for the enitre show! So don't miss this show because 2 great bands on one bill is almost as rare as the steak I had last night that made me yarf on my carpet.

Just in case you were wondering, we aren't playing these shows. We will just be there enjoying the tunes and supporting local music. Hopefully you will join us.

It happens all the time. You're in the mood for some serious music listening, but your cd collection is looking stale. How long can you stare at them until you decide to put on that same band you always do? Why did you buy those super duper headphones if you are just going to listen to the same music you listened to in college?

Here is a list of bands that we are playing with in the next few months. Give your ears a treat and check them out. 

Cast of Thousands
Cervantes
The Heavenly States
Icarus Falls
Mud
Ninth of Never
Pebble Theory
Vin Rouge

also, check out these bands...

20 Minute Loop
Hijack the Disco
Marisma
The Fair Saints
We Carry Thy Banner
cold-hot-crash
Dear Kerosene

 

 

Join our e-mailing list by going to our contact page at our website www.companycarmusic.com We send out, what some would call, "partially amusing" e-mails letting you know about our next show. Here is a sampling of our past e-mails....

www.thecherrybar.com
Sunday, Dec. 5th $5 
Show starts a 6:00 and we go on at 7:15. 
We've never played at the Cherry Bar. I imagine they have the finest assortment of cherries in the Bay Area. You know, cherries with pits and cherries without. Black cherries, red cherries, and the rare albino cherry. Cherries jubilee. Cherry beer, cherry soda, cherry wine, cherry vodka. Hot girls sitting on stools tying cherry stems with their tongues. Warrant on the jukebox. I guess we'll have to see.
For more info and a link to a review of the Blake's show, go here www.companycarmusic.com

In the future....
cars will run on good intentions, and company cars will be replaced by teleporting. Also, food will taste better. Plus, it will be much, much hotter so margaritas (and other drinks blended with ice) will become increasingly popular. Instead of saying "soda", people will go back to calling it "pop". This will cause many people to only drink bottled water.
Also, our band will have three shows.
One on Thursday, November 17th 2005
then on Saturday, December 3rd 2005
and again on Thursday, January 5th 2006
Where will these shows be? Go here www.companycarmusic.com to find out.
Do you want to see a poster of a ladies back with wings and candles? Then go here www.companycarmusic.com to see.
Also, have you heard about the Lizards?
Also, our friends Narc are having a cd release party soon. Go here www.narcmusic.com to check it out.
Later

Ah yes, the Stork Club. What's so great about the Stork Club? How about the largest Barbie Doll collection you have ever seen! No joke. Behind the bar and on the walls, every Barbie you could imagine, in it's original packaging. For all you manly men out there, don't worry, there are plenty of macho things to do as well. Pool table? check. Lots of beer? check. Smoking area? check. Mens room? check. Plenty of ladies who say they are Company Car fans but are really there to look at the Barbies? No. There will be plenty of ladies, but saying that they only care about Barbies is sexist.
The Stork Club is in Oakland, but we are playing on Saturday so no excuses.
The Stork Club
$5 9:30
Company Car
Pebble Theory
Asthma Attack
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