Hello CRR Supporters!
First off, we would like to say thank-you to everyone who made P.U.N.K. Fest such an amazing and memorable event! Thank you to all the volunteers who helped run the show, including Adam Conners, Pieter Vanhorn, and Andrew Vanhorn (Nintendo Kontest designers/judges), Deborah Bradford (pizza cook), Terry Shark (helped run the door), as well as Jayme and Shane from
Voice zine for helping advertise, film and taking some photos for us. We also need to say thanks to all the bands who came out and rocked us. We were lucky to have the band Forged Steel jump on the bill at the last minute to play a pretty badass set. Local band The Nerve Endings also played a surprise set, reuniting after 2 years of hiatus in place of Use Your Head. Thank you to Nate "Amigo" Michaud for his excellant comedy act. We hope to work with Nate again at future CRR shows. Overall it was a blast for everyone, everything went smoothly and we were able to fit 13 bands and a comedy act into our schedule. Genres of bands included punk, accoustic, thrash, metal, and hardcore.
Here is a list of acts who performed at P.U.N.K. Fest:
The Crackhead MikesThe Union Rivers TragedyMartin ChartrandNate MichaudThe Nerve EndingsI BarbarianGrendel's ArmyMongoloidKicking DicksForged Steel
The BesidesInterrogatorUSA WasteClinic BombWe also would like to thank everyone who set up literature tables or who brought items to sell/trade. Thank you to Brandon at the
Bangor Community Media Collective, and to Martin at
FoodANDMedicine for coming out. We also want to thank the artists who helped contribute to making and helping set up all the awesome Nintendo-themed decorations, including Shawn, Junebug, Andrew, Pieter, Mike, Erin, Dave, Fred and Kimmy. And once again, thank you to Aaron for the P.U.N.K. Fest flyer art. But most of all, we would like to thank everyone who came out to support their local musicians/writers/comedians/artists and lets not forget record labels! The Fest was a success because of you!
The Nintendo Kontest also went smoothly. We unfortunately didn't get the last name of the First place winner, but his first name was John and he went home with a trophy, a $20 gift certificate to Bullmoose Music, and a free NES game system. An official NES gamer's glove was awarded to the runner up, whose name is also unknown. The top 8 contestants to make it onto the brackett board were all awarded with an official CRR "Small Braggers Rights Certificate Of Mediocracy". See the brackett posted below for names of certificate winners.
With the change in seasons we are expecting to be working overtime trying to help out touring bands with shows here in the Bangor/Brewer area! We're looking forward to meeting new folks and hearing some fresh music from all over the country, and abroad. We've set up a show for touring Irish punk bands
Ended and
Totally Stoked in Orono on Monday, June 22nd. We also have a show in the process of being set up for touring punk band The Insubordinates (from NY) on July 9th, to be held at the KACC in Orono. Our show on May 27th has had another touring band added to the lineup. In addition to
Suburban Showdown, the punk band
The Cups from Witchita, KS will now be playing this show as part of their East Coast tour. For more information about the new shows we are setting up, check out the SHOWS section below.
We've got some new items in our distro this week, including new vinyl, CD's and a few comps featuring local New England bands. We'll be posting another blog later on today including a detailed list of what we have new in stock. We've also added a bunch of new songs to our songplayer this week, including live tracks from some local bands who have played shows that we put on in the past. The tracks were taken from video footage and converted to mp3's for your listening pleasure. For more info on the songs we posted up this week, check out the SONGS section below.
We have also added a bunch of new videos to our Youtube site since our last CRR News update, including footage from P.U.N.K. Fest, so check the VIDEOS section below for a list of what's new! New P.U.N.K. Fest photos have been added to our Myspace photo album as well. See PHOTOS section below for more details on what bands are featured in the new album entitled "P.U.N.K. Fest 04.26.09 @ The KACC in Orono, ME".
In other CRR news, our website has been up and down lately. We apologize to our users for any problems this may have caused if they were trying to buy anything out of our online record distro. We are working out the problems and are currently working on updating the website with some new features. Keep an eye out for posts about the new site changes.
SONGS
New songs added to our Myspace songplayer this week include:
General Strike- Too Many Years (It's All Ours 7"/split CD re-release) (1998/2007)
Taco Apocalypse-This Is A Threat (Demo 2007)
Super Violator(formerly Nipple Violator)-Rock N Roll Zombies (Bloody Stump Records)
Freedom Assault-Meat Is Murder (Join The Resistance Discography CD 2008 Did It Myself Records)
Kicking Dicks-I'm Pissed (Live @ the Basin 10/25/08 Orono, ME)
Your Grandmas Gay-Southbound (Live @ the KACC 09/12/08 Orono, ME)
Fight For Blood-Apathetic (Dominator CD 2009 Crack Rock Records)
The Commenwealth-List Of Demands (Live @ the Saco Elks Lodge 1999 Saco, ME)
P.O.A.-Policecar (Toughest Kids In School cassette 1996 Crack Rock Records)
PHOTOS
We unfortunately didn't get photos of all the bands, but the bands we did manage to get photos of include
The Crackhead Mikes,
Grendel's Army,
Mongoloid,
I Barbarian,
Kicking Dicks,
The Nerve Endings,
The Besides, and
The Union Rivers Tragedy.
SHOWS
Here's a current list of upcoming shows hosted by CRR:
Wednesday, May 27th 5:30PM $3
@ the Keith Anderson Community Center
8 Bennoch Rd. Orono, ME
with:
Breadline (first show)
Your Grandmas GayGrendel's ArmyThe Falling FightSuburban Showdown (NH)
The Cups (KS)
Monday, June 22nd 6PM $2
@ The Keith Anderson Community Center
8 Bennoch Rd. Orono, ME
w/
MongoloidKicking DicksEnded (IRL)
Totally Stoked (IRL)
BreadlineThursday, July 9th 5:30PM $5
@ The Keith Anderson Community Center
8 Bennoch Rd. Orono, ME
with:
The Insubordinates
Breadline+ more tba soon!!
For a list of local shows in the New England area, check out the shows listing on the front of our page. If you would like to add a show to the list that you are hosting or your band is playing, send us the info & flyer and we'll post it for you.
VIDEOS
Videos of the week on our Myspace between 03/24/09 and 04/26/09 include:
Video of the week for the week of 03/29/09 was from scumpunk band
Loadrag from Norway, ME. Their clip featured the song "Cumbloodmoney" from their set on 02/25/09 @ the Westbrook American Legion Hall in Westbrook, ME.
Video of the week for the week of 04/05/09 was from local hardcore-metal band
Vail's Gate from Bangor, ME. Their clip featured the song "Classic Crash Landing" from their set on 01/30/09 @ the Worker Center in Brewer, ME.
Video of the week for the week of 04/12/09 was from the upbeat punk band
Oldskool Campbell from Lowell, MA. Their clip featured the song "Ruins" from their set on 12/06/08 @ Anchors Up! in Haverhill, MA.
Video of the week for the week of 04/19/09 was from local political punk band
Clinic Bomb from Bangor, ME. Their clip featured the song "News Waves" from their set on 12/07/09 @ the New Hampshire Institute of Art in Manchester, NH.
Last week's video of the week was from the local hardcore-metal band
A Second To Breathe from Guilford, ME. Their clip featured the song "It All Ends With Fire" from their set on 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME.
This week's featured clip is from the punk band
Gas Attack from Boston, MA. Their clip features the song "Lower The Age Of Consent" from their set on 12/27/08 @ the Midway Cafe in Jamacia Plain, MA.
New videos posted on the
CRR Youtube site between 03/29/09 and 04/23/09 include:
The Crackhead Mikes 03/07/09 @ The KACC in Orono, ME
See You Next Tuesday 03/06/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Fight For Blood 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Mongoloid 03/07/09 @ The KACC in Orono, ME
Interrogator 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
A Second To Breathe 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Vails Gate 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Swath Of Bloodshed (April Fool's Day joke video)
Rant 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Spit Ya Teeth 03/21/09 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Clinic Bomb 04/19/08 @ The Kave in Bucksport, ME
Clinic Bomb 08/01/08 @ The Worker Center in Brewer, ME
Clinic Bomb 01/19/05 @ The Biddeford VFW Hall in Biddeford, ME
Clinic Bomb 12/06/08 @ Anchors Up! in Haverhill, MA
Clinic Bomb 12/07/09 @ The NH Institute of Art in Manchester, NH (PT. 1)
Clinic Bomb 12/07/09 @ The NH Institute of Art in Manchester, NH (PT. 2)
New Videos posted on the
CRR Youtube site this week include:
The Nerve Endings 04/26/09 @ P.U.N.K. Fest, the KACC in Orono, ME
I Barbarian 04/26/09 @ P.U.N.K. Fest, the KACC in Orono, ME
The Union Rivers Tragedy 04/26/09 @ P.U.N.K. Fest, the KACC in Orono, ME
Mongoloid 04/26/09 @ P.U.N.K. Fest, the KACC in Orono, ME
Well, that's it for updates this time around! We'll check back in a few weeks to keep you posted on shows and whats new on the site & in the distro!!
Thanks for the support,
Your Friends @ C.R.R.
-----Brett & JoAnne-----