Hey all,

Joe Keit made a Myspace profile for his old band TENSION, which you definitely should check out !

They were (and still are) Strongarm's friends while they were around as a band; Strongarm's Nick Dominguez even played in Tension for a while. Also Chad Gilbert was in Tension before he started singing for Shai Hulud (and later went on to New Found Glory). So, a truly historical band it was.

So go check out that page, listen to some songs and become their friends !

David

Okay folks, finally some news about a reunion tour that we've all been begging for so long now!

Good news first: everyone's into it, so the band is convinced now that there's sufficient demand for it. They are surprised by and grateful for all the positive feedback and support the past months!

But now the bad news: it's not going to happen this year anymore. :(

The reason is mainly that they want to be well-prepared and want to practice this material -which they obviously haven't played for years- thoroughly. Plus hopefully write a little new material. When this tour happens, it should be a blast. So basically lack of time to practice stands a tour in the way at the moment.

Of course I'll be back with news about the subject as soon as there is some. Until then: keep screaming for this reunion, keep them in your thoughts and/or prayers and let's hope they find the time to commit and practice these great songs that we all want to hear from a stage once again!

Thanks for your continuous support!

David

Strongarm Tribute - www.xmusicx.nl

Hi everyone !

While there's still no news to tell about a possible reunion tour - other than that the guys are checking out seriously what's possible - this might be of interest to some of you: the nice people from Bands On Fire have put the full Cornerstone 1998 farewell show on their Youtube channel. It's from the same bootleg source as the Division and These Times That Try Men's Souls clips that can be downloaded from the Strongarm tribute site.

As for sound and image quality of this tape: could be better. But for historical value and atmosphere: the best you can get !

Oh yeah.... many people have asked me, but you can be assured: Chris Carbonell told me that as soon as anything is known or confirmed about shows or a tour, I would be the first to know. And obviously i'll send out a bulletin immediately when/if that happens !

So hopefully you'll be hearing from me soon :)

Stay cool.

David / www.xmusicx.nl

Hey everyone,

First of all, I'd like to let you know that the URL for the Strongarm stribute site changed. The new location is www.xmusicx.nl.

But what not many people noticed until now, is that Chris Carbonell posted an entry in the guestbook two weeks ago in which he mentions some things about a possible reunion tour! This is what he says:


First of all I just want to say how blown away I am that people still like the music we put together in Strongarm.

Secondly, I don't know how many people come across this site that are fans, but last night 11/27 Matt from Shai Hulud, Josh, Steve and I were talking about doing a tour together sometime next year.

The only problem for a lot of you is that it will most likely be in Japan. This is because there seems to be a stronger following there. That being said we are talking about doing a European tour, and U.S. both that is only if things work out. It's hard to say because it's been so long. We don't want to put a tour together and have hardly anyone show up.

Anyway, Let me know. I have a myspace account, but I don't know how to use it yet. I will however check this site more often to see if you guys are interested in the tour/s. I will also write a response to jason's and Chads interview soon.


Of course people have been speaking about a possible reunion tour for a long time, but this surely gives some hope, doesn't it ?

Maybe it would be an idea to show Chris and the others that there is "some" demand for a Strongarm gig in your area. For that reason i started a topic on the Strongarm tribute forum.
You can find that right here. Just to give the guys some feedback. Please note: there are no concrete plans yet !

Of course you could also react by leaving a comment in either the guestbook on the tribute site or on the Myspace page.

Leaves me to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy 2007 !

-David
www.xmusicx.nl

Steves group EN MASSE will be having a release of a new e.p. called "ALARM" officially out tommorrow, Tuesday September 12th on Pop Up Records...www.popuprecords.com and in select stores.

Check it out! www.myspace.com/enmasse0

Finally, there's another interview on the Strongarm tribute site. (www.xmusicx.nl)

Chad Neptune speaks about some very interesting subjects....

Check out a new video on Strongarm's myspace profile. It's "These Times That Try Men's Souls", from the same show as the previously featured video of "Division": their farewell concert at Cornerstone Festival 1998.

The clip of "Division" can still be found in the media section of the Strongarm Tribute site, strongarm.xmusicx.info.