Sometime in early march we'll be releasing our new record, Heat Fetish. Written and recorded in our hometown of Tucson Az with Nando Rivas manning the board. We'll be playing a couple of new jams on our tour with Four Years Strong so come out to the shows for a sneak preview of what you'll be headbanging to this coming spring. Check the tour dates to find out when we're coming to your area:) we will post artwork and exact release date for Heat Fetish, asap. Much love. The Bled Heat Fetish Tracks 1. Devolver 2. Mouthbreather 3. Running through walls 4. Smoke Breaks 5. Need New Conspirators 6. Shouting Fire in a Crowded Room 7. Needs 8. Meet Me in the Bone Orchard 9. Crowbait 10. When Exiting Your Vehicle 11. Night Errors 12. Crawling Home

some of you having been asking about the new songs we have been playing live on our current tour. obviously we haven't done the new record yet but here are the demo versions that we recorded a month ago with our pal Nando. usually its kind of a drag posting demo's but we think they sound pretty freaking good and wanted to share. we're only gonna leave them up for one week so you don't get tired or too used these versions of the songs before the actual recording comes out. Enjoy!

-tB

so the last 6 months have been pretty quiet around these parts. we have kept a lot of people in the dark about what exactly has been going on in the bled camp. basically, we have been trying to figure out how to stay a band. as a lot of you know, we acquired a hefty band debt that we have individually been working to pay off. we have been touring as our full time job for the past 7 years so jumping right in to regular work, particularly with the economy being as awful as it is, was no small task. trying to pay off debt and pay rent and bills and keep a band together is a mountain to climb and it has been very slow coming to say the least.

michael aaron pedicone started drumming with an alternative rock icon, and to say that he is doing well is an understatement. this is something he needs to continue to do to help his debt and to further his career as a drummer. mike has been my best friend in the band as well as being a beast behind the kit and we whole heartedly support him in his new endeavors.

we asked darren tang simoes to be a part of the band in 2005 just before we recorded found in the flood. he was a sick guitar player and went to high school with both ross and james, he fit right in with us and definitely picked up the slack in the bass department. since our temporary hiatus darren has been working a regular job as well filling in for different bass players in our friends bands. recently darren decided that the touring lifestyle is no longer for him, he signed up for college courses and is furthering his education. he still hates taco bell, and will always be the richard gere of hong kong.

ross joseph ott packed up his shit and moved to austin where life is just generally cooler than most places. he works for a company called artistforce and is also doing well. much like darren, ross decided that touring full time was no longer the life for him. ross is an original member of the bled and will defintely be missed by fellow band members and fans alike.

which brings us to myself and james munoz. i started this band in 2001 with some friends and i have always written a large bulk of the music and in a lot of cases the lyrics to the songs. thats not to say that the other dudes did not contribute, but the skeletal riffs that the songs are based on have always been jammed out by myself in my bedroom. with me doing the writing and james being the voice and personality of the band we think its pointless to close the book on 7 years of work and fun only to start something that sounds and feels similar to the bled. so we have been putting this puzzle back together again. still keeping true to the simple formula of five friends making aggressive music together, we didn't want to stretch outside our circle of friends to replace dudes that we have known for years.

we asked some of our close friends to fill in the holes and we have been steadily practicing old material as well as writing for a new record. the old songs sound ,and feel like the old songs, and the new stuff is pretty insane. so basically it doesnt really feel like we missed a beat other than not being on the road for last half of 2008. i realize that this is a lot to take in and that there are those who will miss the bled in its previous formation, but like i said, this is what had to be done to stay a band, and hopefully you'll stick around to see what happens. speaking for james and myself, we aren't college kids, we dont have any interest in settling down and getting REAL ass jobs, we're down to rock by any means neccesary.

Brad Murray has been a close friend of mine and the band for awhile, he played with me in Starving Arms as well as Versus The Mirror. He is taking over bass duties for darren, and is taking over the "hottest dude in the band" position that pedicone recently vacated. also from Starving Arms and a sick band called The Funeral March, is Robbie Burbidge. We've been hanging since around the pass the flask time and he is an awesome guitar player, and a pretty decent person. Josh Skeebar is a man with a beard. he is a dude that ive known for longer than anybody in the bled past and present. anybody that has heard his old band Is To Feel knows how ridiculous he is at playing the drums. and he is pretty much the only person in tucson that i know personally who could fill pedicones spot, he learned all the old songs through his headphones before we had our first practice and literally saved the band from breaking up.

this is a new version of the bled and so far it is as good as ever. we look forward to proving it on the first weekend of april at Bamboozle Left. come say hi and meet the newbies.

much love

the bled ( past and present )

P.S. sorry this is so damn long but we had a lot to talk about.

hey ya'lls, this is darren/heyguy/thehalfasianguy in the band checking in. i wanted to spread the word about a short little tour i will be doing...

i'll be hitting the road to play rock and roll honkey tonk with some friends from new york in a little less than a month. the band is called WARSHIP and is a new incarnation of some of my favorite people, francis mark and rob lauritsen, formerly of from autumn to ashes.

to check it out, you can go to www.myspace.com/mywarship and listen to a song they have up.

this tour is the FINAL tour that REGGIE AND THE FULL EFFECT will ever do. along with warship as support, frank from my chem's side project called LEATHERMOUTH will be along for the ride.

so friends, come out and say hi, and sing along to all of the old reggie classics with me. i know this isn't a BLED tour, but it'll be a fun one, and i'd love to see your familiar faces. here are the dates!

AUGUST 2008
Saturday 16th Brooklyn The Charelston (no Reggie/Leathermouth)
Wednesday 20th Orlando Social
Thursday 21st OFF
Friday 22nd Houston Warehouse Studio
Saturday 23rd Austin Emos
Sunday 24 OFF
Monday 25th Phoenix Clubhouse
Tuesday 26th Los Angeles Avalon
Wednesday 27th San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Brew
Thursday 28th San Francisco Bottom of the Hill
Friday 29th Reno New Oasis
Saturday 30th Salt Lake City Avalon
Sunday 31st Denver CO Marquis
SEPTEMBER 2008
Monday 1st OFF
Tuesday 2nd Minneapolis Triple Rock
Wednesday 3rd Chicago House Of Blues
Thursday 4th Detroit Magic Stick
Friday 5th Pittsburgh Diesel
Saturday 6th Buffalo Club Infinity
Sunday 7th NYC Highline Ballroom
Monday 8th OFF
Tuesday 9th Boston MA Middle East
Wednesday 10th Farmingdale, NY Crazy Donkey
Thursday 11th Baltimore Recher Theatre
Friday 12th Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Saturday 13th Lancaster, PA Chameleon
Sunday 14th Philadelphia TLA

check out:

www.myspace.com/mywarship
www.myspace.com/reggieandthefulleffect
www.myspace.com/leathermouthlives

also:

for those of you that don't know, our very own MICHAEL PEDICONE has been filling in on drums for former BUSH (not george w. but sixteen stone) frontman, GAVIN ROSSDALE on some solo shows. go search up youtube for videos of him on the skins in the background. here's a link to him ripping up the classic hit "machinehead." http://youtube.com/watch?v=CavRpZQq-S0 shit brings me back to 6th grade. ahhhh.

so hit me up. you can contact me personally at www.myspace.com/phantompassenger if you'd like. sweet.

see all you pimps and players later

love,
darren

I grabbed a bag of clothes and an acoustic guitar and up and moved to your city. I've been here for two and a half days and i've already heard more ambulences zoom by than i have in my entire lifetime. Is your city really filled with such carnage and brutality?? Cuz I like it! In between looking for jobs, i'll also be playing acoustically/telling standup/manwhoring/ipod dj-ing for private parties for a small fee, so drop me a line for your next get together/office party. In other news, if you didn't catch it yet, michael pedicone was seen drumming with gavin rossdale on a few televised performances, one of them being my favorite comic/comedian ELLEN! Youtube that immediately. and finally, thanks again to the kids and friends and families who donated their hard earned money and helped us raise $1200 in a month for our ever growing amex debt. We still have a t-rex sized financial beast to slay but it's slowly happening, and the drive is still open for anyone who wants to contribute. stay killer, love, james

Hello Dudes, Powerbears and Powerbabes,
This is James letting you guys know that we appreciate the tremendous amount of support we've received during these hard times we're facing,
and we can't say THANK YOU enough to everyone who's continued to stay positive and letting us know that we have the greatest fans in the universe!
Once again, all of the donations are going towards this monumental credit card debt that powers out of our control have saddled us with, and everyone who has contributed or given us any support whatsoever deserves a gigantic powerBEARhug from each of us in this band that started out playing shows in our small desert tumbleweed town of tucson arizona.
You guys have given us more than we could have ever imagined,
SOooo, gracias amigos and hombres and bro dogs and rawdogs and mates and marshmellow mateys and crawdads and sushi fiends and kitties and pugs and bellyfloppers and coppers and foppers and hulahoopers and sgt. poopers lonely hardcore bands, and et ceteras and ec cetras!
Love,
The Bled
P.S.
Be sure to check the email that you have on your paypal for a reply from me, or send the myspace a message so we can keep in contact.
P.P.S.
why did the panda abandon his lover post coitus?
cuz the panda eats shoots and leaves.

Hello Dudes,
It's that time of the year again where we are piss poor and in debt, surprise surprise, so we've set up the annual BLED DRIVE which allows you to donate and show us how much you care about The Bled and our continuing struggle against shitty music, shitty record labels and shit-stained boxer briefs!
Donate as much as you'd like.
For 10 Bucks, James will personally call you and thank you for your contribution.
For anything more, James will call you and send you an erotic photo.
For 500 and airfare, James will fly to your house and party with you for a weekend.
IF you live in a foreign country, and still wish to donate, let me know and we can work something out. I think my phone lets me call canada, and at this point in my life, i don't give a fuck about my phone bill!
Once again, much love to you, the fans for allowing us to get so far by supporting our undying lust for the headbang, the bodybang, and the fingerbang.
xo
-thebledband
BY THE WAY,  SEND ME YOUR NUMBER IN A MESSAGE SO I CAN CALL YOU!
p.s.
pay pal takes a small cut, so if you donate a penny, it's going to take the penny.
this means you, adam hall, dayton ohio.

hey hey hey! We just got back from our tour with the illustrious Dillinger Escape Plan. Soo soo sick. Mucho thanks to those dudes. We appologize for shooting roman candles up their collective asses.That being said, summer is finally upon us, and we are stoked. The bleddies are taking their first summer off from touring in 5 years. Which leaves time for new tans, new tunes and good times. If anyone in the Tucson az area would like geetar lessons from jeremy ray, hit us up on here, and we can work it out. Beginners and intermediate players welcome. If anyone wants drinking lessons meet us at congro, you're buying! We'll be picking back up the business of touring in the early fall. Expect a headlining tour and some Europe dates before we begin the next record. Until then, have a cool summer, don't change, and remember that heyguy was always the first to sign your crack. Peace. One love.