Wow what an amazing year 2006 was for us, definetly one of the best of our lives. We got to have an album released nationally, and then we traveled the whole country making tons of new friends, saw the west coast atleast 4 times...that we can remember. Played warped tour(that was crazy), went thru 2 vans, 2 trailers, and made loads of lifetime memories.

For those of you who are wondering why we havent been touring lately. We have been taking the last few months to reflect, relax, write and just hang out as friends. We miss all of our favorite towns and people very much(no names you know who you are). But the current and future state of the band is unsure. Please feel free to keep in touch with us, as we will with you. We check our Myspace everyday. We love you all, have an amazing 2007.

VDB
Dan, Justin and Clunky

So if by now you havent heard. We are heading back to the Recher Theatre this Saturday night!! Join us and our good friends Adelphi and Bandcamp, plus our new buddies Empty Gratitude. Tickets are $7/$10 under 21, and doors are at 7PM. This will be one of our last shows this year, so make sure to come hang out cause we miss you all.
Peace
Clunky
VDB

Whats up peoples!! Sorry its been so long since we have posted on here. But next Friday the 17th we will be at Fletchers with The Pink Spiders, shows starts at 8PM and tickets are $10 in advance or $12 at the door. Make sure to get your tickets you don't want to miss this show! Then we have a late Thanksgiving party(Nov 25th) with Dropout Year at the Leitersburgh Theatre in Hagerstown, MD. Don't worry thats not all, we are setting up some awesome shows for December and January. In other news Justin is well rested up and we have been rocking out butts off in the basement since the Near Miss tour. See you soon
Peace
Dan, Justin and Clunky
VDB


haha i fooled you there is a little more:
VDB's debut album "Smile N Nod" was released today in Japan through a partnership with Rad Tone Records. The album should now be available throughout the country. Check it out at http://www.radtone.jp/

We have a little bit of bad news. Unfortunetly we had to drop off of the rest of the dates with The Hint. We are sorry to everyone we are going to miss out on seeing. But dont worry we will still be doing the Near Miss/Hero Pattern tour at the end of October and our Halloween show with The Hint. Thanks to everyone for understanding, we will keep you updated on our upcoming touring plans.

I've seen a lot of people asking about us playing in the Northeast. Well in the second half of October we will be out with Hero Pattern and Near Miss in the Mid Atlantic area, hopefully going to some places we have never been before! As soon as I get all the info together ill post all the dates I promise. Before we leave there is a show this Friday at the Zu in Dundalk with our awesome friends BandCamp. And a special Anniversary party at the Fire Station Cue in Gaithersburg on Saturday. Then Wednesday we head out with The Hint!! Make sure to check out the dates, we had a few cancellations and a few added shows!
Hope to see you soon.
Clunky


9/29 The Zu w/ Bandcamp Dundalk, MD
9/30 Fire Station Cue Gaithersburg, MD
10/4 Jammin Java Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT Vienna, VA
10/5 Peppermint Beach Club Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT Virginia Beach, VA
10/6 Alley Katz Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT Richmond, VA
10/7 Riverfest-Lucky's Pub Stage Purevoume Tour w/ THE HINT Wilmington, NC
10/8 New Brookland Tavern Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT W. Columbia, SC
10/10 Swayze's -Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT Marietta, GA
11/11 Guitar Bar Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT Savannah, GA

Here we go again, we have had a nice week at home and are preparing to hit the road till the end of the year. We have firmed up dates for the 1st half of October and will announce more plans as we get them together. Check us out with our awesome friends The Hint for a Purevolume sponsored tour.


Oct 4 Jammin Java, Vienna, VA - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 5 Peppermint Beach Club, Virginia Beach, VA - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 6 Alley Katz, Richmond, VA - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 7 Riverfest-Lucky's Pub Stage, Wilmington, NC - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 8 New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT W.
Oct 11 Guitar Bar, Savannah, GA - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 12 Ray's Downtown, West Palm Beach, FL - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT
Oct 13 1982, Gainesville, FL - Purevolume Tour w/ THE HINT


If you haven't already pick up our album "Smile N Nod" at Interpunk or on I-Tunes

Woah what an awesome time! We just got home last night from Austin, and I must say, if you havent already go check out Near Miss. Right now one of my favorite bands!! A special thanks to Max for filling in for us, and Near Miss for putting up with us abusing their drummer(sometimes it was more them then us!)


We have been getting together our upcoming touring plans and will announce them sometime in the next few weeks. As of now we want to give a shout out to our good friend Matt Thorsen(Downtown Singapore) who will be filling in for Justin while we are home. Tomorrow night we head down to Vienna, VA to rock with our boys Ballyhoo! Then Saturday we head back home to the Recher Theatre! It has been way to long since we have been home, we hope to see all our amazing friends there! We will be joined by local boys Dropout Year, and new friends Tourmaline and Self Against City. The show starts at 8PM and you dont want to miss any of these amazing bands! See you bright and early



Peace

Clunky

Thank you to everyone for being so understanding in this horrible situation. All 3 of us made the decision that we need to be out on the road. And from Justin's suggestion and Near Miss's offer Max Bechard(Near Miss) will be pulling double duty and filling in for us till the end of august. We will leave friday morning and pick up the tour Saturday night in Clearwater, FL. We appoligize to everyone we missed and promise to return to your town as soon as we can! Justin will stay home to rest and recover, we are all aiming for him to return Sept 2nd when we get home. I finally got internet up and running in his house also. So i'm sure he will be checking out all the comments and messages from all of you. Thank you all for your love and support.

On a positive note, check out the new Drum! Magazine with Adam Carson on the front. Justin has a picture and blurb about warped tour in there!! We also found out our video for "Too Old To Cry" was picked up on Havoc on Demand, and is being played in Virgin Megastores across the country during the month of August.

Thanks again to Max and the boys in Near Miss. Without you this tour would have been impossible in more then 1 way!

Peace
Clunky

VDB/Near Miss Tourdates:
Aug 19 The Majestic w/ Near Miss - Clearwater, FL
Aug 20 The Brass Mug w/ Near Miss - Tampa, FL
Aug 22 Beta Bar w/ Near Miss - Tallahassee, FL
Aug 23 The Berry w/ Near Miss - New Iberia, LA
Aug 25 Java Jazz w/ Near Miss - Houston , TX
Aug 26 Smoke Shack w/ Near Miss - McAllen, TX
Aug 27 Sanctuary w/ Near Miss - San Antonio, TX
Aug 28 The Flamingo Cantina w/ Near Miss - Austin, TX

It sounds like a bad dream. Friday night on the way to Dan's house to pack the van and hit the road, Justin was in a pretty bad car accident. Everything is fine, please don't freak out, he was released from shock trauma around 2am that night (it was just a precaution, he only has a concussion, and a bunch af scrapes and bruises). Justin and all of us send our love and appologies to everyone that we are going to miss out on seeing. But we are taking things one day at a time, not wanting to cancel our whole tour we are going to cancel only a few shows as of now. We promise to keep everyone up to date.

Hey my FriendS !! Tonight we are on our way to Virginia Beach to play at the Warped tour and I cant help to feel really excited right now!! From there we are playing a string of shows with our HoMmies Near Miss. 5 more shows have just been added in hopes of being able to accomadate as many of you as possible!! Right when we get back we will be playing a rad hometown show at the Recher Theatre September 2nd. We really look farward to seeing all of our friends again and hopefully meet some of you reading this who we havnt met before . If you have any questions about our showdates or just feel like saying hi please email us! Dont be shy!!

MuCh LoVe,
Justin


Aug 9 2006 WARPED TOUR 06 ------ Ernie Ball Stage Virginia Beach, VA
Aug 10 2006 Smiling Moose w/ Near Miss Pittsburg, PA
Aug 12 2006 Luckys Pub w/ Near Miss Wilmington, NC
Aug 13 2006 The Brewery w/ Near Miss Raleigh, NC
Aug 14 2006 The Milestone w/ Near Miss Charlotte, NC
Aug 15 2006 The Masquerade w/ Near Miss Atlanta, GA
Aug 16 2006 Jack Rabbits w/ Near Miss Jacksonville, FL
Aug 18 2006 Top 5 Records w/ Near Miss Tampa, FL
Aug 19 2006 The Majestic w/ Near Miss Clearwater, FL
Aug 20 2006 The Brass Mug w/ Near Miss Tampa, FL
Aug 22 2006 Beta Bar w/ Near Miss Tallahassee, FL
Aug 23 2006 The Berry w/ Near Miss New Iberia, LA
Aug 25 2006 Java Jazz w/ Near Miss Houston , TX
Aug 26 2006 Smoke Shack w/ Near Miss McAllen, TX
Aug 27 2006 Sanctuary w/ Near Miss San Antonio, TX
Aug 28 2006 The Flamingo Cantina w/ Near Miss Austin, TX
Sep 2 2006 RECHER THEATRE w/ Self Against City, Tourmaline and Dropout Year Towson, MD