hoLLo eartHlings,

everything is good on the mothership.  some may have noticed a line-up inconsistency within our units.  don't fret we have been well taken care of with dover from whiskey sunday on the bass and the ever versatile kevin youth makin the switch to drums.
our drum leader numan has now returned from the outer reaches of the earth's orbit and will be behind the drums on this crucial date:

AD 2009 friday the 13th of november thee obsessors will land at the caravan lounge in smoggy downtown san jose.  be there.

transmission out.
-kirby the chaotic

The Obsessors and The Uglies will be on the road in August 08' w/ shows in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Nevada and more tba.  Check back for more info over the next couple months.  Also, anyone who wants to set up a show drop us a line, any help is greatly appreciated.

See you all soon!

We are putting the finishing touches on the new album (our 2nd full length) and it should be available in Feb. /March. The title is yet to be announced but there will be 16 tracks of some fun punk rock mayhem aboard.
We will post updates when the time comes, meanwhile we have our 1st "Double Scoop" CD and the split 7" w/ the Muckruckers available at shows and online here.

The Obsessors will head off to tour the West Coast from July 20-30th. We still need shows in Northern California, Oregon, Washington, & B.C. If anyone could help us out or would like to see us play your town send us a message at myspace. Thanks to everyone helping out with this one, we'll see you soon!

heres a few reviews we got in for the Double Scoop CD and a live review...



UNDER THE VOLCANO issue #96-

The Obsessors "Double Scoop"

Like a beam of radiant light cutting through the all-consuming darkness of the current indie scene comes The Obsessors. Quirky female pop-vocals compliment this energetic and profoundly fun release. Double Scoop delivers songs ranging from subjects like SUVs, kleptomania, zombies, and creepy stalkers. The bands use of keyboards on nearly every track really helped to enhance the album's overall sound, making it largely enjoyable. The guitar work brings out the band's bold simplicity and raw musical approach, but has just enough polish to smooth the whole thing over. (CD) -Manic



RAZORCAKE issue #37-

OBSESSORS, THE:
Double Scoop: CD
Total Devo-influenced punk rock with cool girl and boy vocals! With keyboards! I have no idea, but I hope their live shows feature lasers. New wave silliness, with lyrics about zombies, toxic waste, kleptomaniacs, and presidential stutters (seriously!). If this were a cereal, it'd be Cocoa Krispies. Take regular Rice Krispies (sort of political, serious lyrics), then add tons of chocolate and sugar! Yum! –Maddy (Braindart)




METRO NEWSPAPER-

The Obsessors

SUBURBAN subversives with more hooks in their music than a pro fisherman has in his tacklebox, the Obsessors are hitting Johnny V's with their retro-infused punk rock and the amps cranked. The Obsessors just hit that certain tone that's reminiscent of New Wave mashed willingly with the chops of punk. Their sound could've sat comfortably in the revolutionary musical age of the early '80s, but is thankfully being belted out at a dive bar near you. Catch the Obsessors tonight with hardcore thrashers Butterface and the Misdaringers.

Ryan Osterbeck

The Obsessors play on Friday (Feb. 16) at 8pm at Johnny V's, 31 E. Santa Clara St., San Jose. Tickets are $5. (408.947.8470)

The split 7" with our pals THE MUCKRUCKERS is being released by those fine um...folks at Braindart Records. It is currently at the presses and the release date will be March 17th which coincidentally is St. Pat's Day and also our show with NVS and THE MUCKRUCKERS!!! It is at Homestead Lanes bowling alley in Cupertino and its all-ages w/ bar for the big kids, show up and support bowling punk.

We'll be in the studio, once again with Bart at House of Faith, recording material for an upcoming album due out on an undetermined date in '07.

Check out our calandar for newly added live shows along with an appearance January 17th on 89.7FM KFJC playing a live set with some all new songs so listen in and prepare your recording devices.

See ya pogoing in the pit. Cheers and have a fun new year!

We will not be booking any new shows thru Nov. and Dec. '06.  Cobra Lily will be having surgery in late Nov. and needs some time to recouperate.  We have been writing new songs and will be recording our second album tentively titled "Wiretap" in early Jan. once again with the amazing Mr. Bart Thurber at House of Faith. Expect the Obsessors to return to their wave af sonic destruction in 2007.
The split 7" with our friends THE MUCKRUCKERS is in production and should be out by years end!
Thats it for now as my head aches, eyes burn and ears ring...stay tuned for more updates soon.
see ya,
Kirby

Here are a couple reviews I found online for the Obsessors, more will be posted
when they come in for the "Double Scoop" CD (stay tuned). Thanks alot to those who took the time to write about us-



THE OBSESSORS "DOUBLE SCOOP" CD

I was privileged to get a copy of THE OBSESSORS "Double Scoop" CD. The album just came out recently, and it's easily one of the best albums of 2006. Quirky-fun New Wave Punk with awesome catchy vocals. It's a 17 song masterpiece. Get their album as soon as you can! -REAL HOGAN


THE OBSESSORS - punk/pop-punk
I was expecting a "Devo meets Blondie" sound from The Obsessors, but instead they mainly reminded me of early X, one of my all-time favorite bands. They've even got their own little Exene in the person of Cobra Lily, on vocals. It may take a little time for Lily to grow on me, but the guitars in this band are a powerhouse. Absolute thermonuclear guitar energy! The songs had some of that old-school bratty punk humor to them, and they were catchy and fun. "Best Daughter" was my favorite, but all the Obsessors' songs were good. This would be a great punk band to dance to, but last night's crowd was a little too thin for that. Oh well. ***½ -Chris, Bay Area Ska

Best Daughter
by The Obsessors
pop, rock, punk rock

Din says: Oh man, this is brill. Best daughter falls from grace with dad by falling in love with a punker. Heh heh.. I was that dude once :) And a firm believer in karma, I shall never have kids. Have fun obsessing over The Obsessors! I know I am.


The Obsessors

Next up are local punkers the Obsessors on the miniscule stage at Johnny V's. The Obsessors shoot their taser-style hooks..hot-wired directly to their amps..straight into your head and crank the volume up to 11. Straight out of the suburban digs to the nearest dive bar, the Obsessors hit with melodic riffs, harkening back to the gutter-laureate days of bands like original West Coast subversives X blended with the anti-materialist bent of Devo, spitting out bratty New Wave punk.

Fronted by Cobra Lily, who shares vocals with guitarist Kirby, the Obsessors belt out witty licks with horror-pop banter. Hearing them rip it up onstage takes you back to when you bought that first wax disc and danced in your bedroom till Mom yelled at you to turn it down. Stick around for the Runs, Terezodu and the Muckrackers on this bill. -Ryan Osterbeck, Metro Newspaper vol. 22 ..36


THE OBSESSORS (pop punk)


I'd been to the Obsessors' previous show, a Rocksteady Lounge gig in October, and posted a review of it at http://www.bayareaska.com/SKAboard/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3613. I feel kinda bad about that review now, though, because I didn't have anything nice to say about vocalist Cobra Lily. She has such an Exene Cervenka thing going on, and let's just say that while I love X, Exene is my fourth-favorite member of that band. But Lily's growing on me now, like I thought she would. She showed up for the gig in retro-punky plaid pants, which I thought looked very cool. She won me over with her performance here, and at this rate I'll be asking her to marry me in another couple shows. The Obsessors play pop-punk with a Devo-esque New Wave streak, and their songs are uniformly great. I missed the start of the set, but I did get to hear a lot of my favorites from the last show, as well as something new, a cover of Devo's "Gates of Steel" that sounded unbefuckinglievable, faster and more muscular than the original. That one's another winner. The Obsessors are a tight musical machine, but they're spontaneous too, and fun. They deserve a much bigger following, and if there's any justice in the world they'll soon get it. ****

Hey there,

Just wanted to get in touch with everyone to tell ya'll about some awesome upcoming shows we are excited about playing, with some really great bands...

First off we will be playing 2 dates this month at San Jose's premier watering hole- Johnny V's. On the 16th we are happy to announce we will be playing w/ legendary U.K. garage /punks the Armitage Shanks, The Runs, and Touch My Rash. On the 30th we'll be playing there again w/ Tell-Tale Heartbreakers (Traci from the Deadbutantes new band), Machete Revival and Fall N Up. Cover charges are minimal, drinks are strong, and these two shows are 21+ (sorry kids).

But nothing to fret, Friday the 13th of October we will be playing an all-ages, free show at Pizza and Pipes in Santa Clara with our friends the incredible This Is My Fist (No Idea Records), The Muckruckers and The Runs!!! This show will indeed rock and may be This Is My Fist's last south bay appearance for a "long time" as Annie is moving back to Chicago. So come down for some pizza, cheap beer and great punk rock, kids!!!

Then on the 20th of Oct. come down to the Rocksteady Lounge in Milpitas for a night of hell-rasing when we play w/ S.F.'s The Fuckin' Buckaroo's and Mooska!!! This show is 18+ w/ a full bar so come down for some music, drinks and support this cool new venue!

On A different note, our new full-length CD "Double Scoop" is available online at Interpunk for cheap w/ reliable, lightening fast delivery to your mailboxCLICK HERE TO BUY ONLINE NOW!!!

Well, if you made it this far we thank you whole-heartedly, thanks alot for your support and don't forget to come out to at least one of these FUN events!!!

Cheers,
The Obsessors