http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VHVW_LAC5A

Here is a clip of us playing "Absolution" live in Scottsdale Arizona. This was one of our stops on the "Blood Trails" tour with SMP. " I'm a cactus!!!!!!!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ngfc-lHpKU

Here is a clip of Loud Chris and Craig Huxtable tearing it up @ the Media Club!!!

Stiff Valentine interviewed about the closing of Vancouver's legendary Cobalt: http://www.megaphonemagazine.com/blog/goodnight_cobalt_and_amen.html

Craig Huxtable will be playing with us on some of The Blood Trails Tour Dates. 

Stiff Valentine Interview on KKSM Radio San Diego tomorrow at 11PM.

http://www.palomar.edu/kksm

SV vs. SMP Blood Trails Tour

SMP is back.

After a year in cold-storage, Seattle industrial punk/rock/hip-hop
mainstays Sounds of Mass Production are alive, well and ready to hit
the road.

And this time, they're not alone.

Starting August 28, SMP will be tearing up freeways along with
industrial hardcore outfit Stiff Valentine (Vancouver, Canada) for the
Blood Trails Tour. Hitting 14 cities across the West Coast, Blood
Trails will bring audiences anger, empathy and electronics, mixed with
heaps of crunchy guitars and percussion.

Sure, the economy's in the toilet, the music industry is a cratered
moonscape and we're all left wondering if the next paycheck will be
the last. But what are you gonna do, hide under your bed?

We're not, and neither should you.

BAND BIOS:

Sounds of Mass Production / http://www.myspace.com/smphq

SMP, aka Sounds of Mass Production, is a Seattle based industrial-rock
band, with heavy rap and punk influences. Their most current record,
"The Treatment" was produced by Wade Alin of Christ Analogue and
released on founding member Jason Bazinet’s own label, Music Ration
Entertainment. SMP’s previous five releases are “Crimes of the Future”
(2004), "Hacked" (2001), "Terminal" (2002 & 2000), "Ultimatum" (1998)
and "Stalemate" (1995).

Stiff Valentinene / http://www.myspace.com/stiffvalentine

Evolve or die. Since its founding in San Antonio, Texas in 2002, Stiff
Valentine has done just that, growing from a bloody and
confrontational one-man performance art concept to its current form: a
four-piece industrial punk juggernaut that calls Vancouver, B.C. home.
Led by "Loud" Chris DeMarcus, SV tackles dance floors and mosh pits
alike with heavy riffs, thumping beats, throat-tearing vocals and its
not-so-secret weapon: a sense of humour.

Stiff Valentine's 2009 album, Industrial Metal Disco, weaves stories
of rage, frustration and sadness at a 21st Century choking to death on
its own boredom. The album builds on DeMarcus's work with several
industrial rock groups and features the skilled electronic
manipulation of Craig Huxtable (FLA, Noise Unit, Landscape Body
Machine). The band plans to wake up audiences across the continent in
the coming year, with Canadian and U.S. tours in the works. Don't be
surprised if you see them screaming through loudspeakers outside of a
closed-down night club in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or banging
trashcans in a snow castle near Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Whatever it takes.


DETAILS FOR PROMOTERS:

• The Blood Trails Tour will be extensively promoted. Each venue will
receive materials including 11x17 tour posters, fliers and handbills.
SMP's mailing list will be used to notify fans via e-mail and/ or
direct mail. The tour will also be promoted extensively via Facebook,
Twitter, Myspace and anything else we can get our hands on.

• SMP and Stiff Valentine's style of music is industrial-rock. Fans of
Chemlab, Prodigy, 16volt, PWEI, Swamp Terrorists, KMFDM, Ministry,
Sister Machine Gun, Christ Analogue, and TKK will enjoy the Blood
Trails Tour.

• Stiff Valentine's new album, “Industrial Metal Disco,” is being
promoted to magazines, radio and clubs to coincide with the tour.

• SMP has toured the nation many times, building a live fan base. SMP
has performed alongside Covenant, Front 242, Laibach, Mentallo and the
Fixer, KDC, 16 Volt, Hate Dept., Chemlab, Clan of Xymox, C-Tec and
many others. Jason of SMP has also performed as the touring drummer
for Christ Analogue, Chemlab, and others. Stiff Valentine has
performed with KMFDM, Zombie Girl and Left Spine Down. Chris DeMarcus
has performed with Dismantled.

TOUR DATES:

Aug. 28, 2009 – Seattle, Washington
Aug. 29, 2009 – Portland, Oregon
Aug. 30, 2009 – Eugene, Oregon
Aug. 31, 2009 – San Fransisco, California
Sept. 1, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Sept. 2, 2009 – Phoenix, Arizona
Sept. 3, 2009 – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sept. 4, 2009 – Denver, Colorado
Sept. 5, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah
Sept. 6, 2009 – Idaho Falls, Idaho
Sept. 7, 2009 – Boise, Idaho
Sept. 8, 2009 – Vancouver, British Columbia

For booking please e-mail: contact@trafikrecords.com, or phone Trafik
Records Booking at 604-916-1441

Stiff Valentine was lucky enough to get a write up in the May issue of Sound on Sound.

Sam Inglis writes:

As far as I know, the shoegazing scene of the late ’80s has yet to attract its own tribute bands — a fact which proves beyond all doubt that however far the music business has fallen, it has not quite reached rock bottom.

With that in mind, opening Stiff Valentine’s envelope gave me a nasty moment. Fortunately, despite the name, the band in question turn out to be mercifully free of lank fringes and Fender Jaguars. Stiff Valentine describe themselves as “Industrial Metal Disco”, and unlike most unsigned acts, are spot on with their self-image. Metal-ness is abundant in the vocals and chugging guitars, while the samples and synth sounds display obvious industrial influences. Any disco tendencies have been successfully contained within the rhythm section, but I must say it’s a welcome change to hear a metal band who don’t feel the need to reduce their drum sound to a series of clicking noises. The heaviness of the results doesn’t suffer one whit, the recording and mixing in general are excellent, and there are no Slowdive covers.

http://www.soundonsound.com/

Hey Guys,



We'll be on CJSF Radio today @ noon. Tune into 90.1 FM in Vancouver to hear the show. Call in and bug us!



You can listen online here: http://www.cjsf.ca/



Cheers!