Hello All,
So at the beginning of June we began recording our first full length album at the Fork In Hand Studio with engineer/bassist extraordinaire Steve Foote (Big D and the Kids Table), and under the production of Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry!). We have recorded drums, bass and guitar for eleven tracks! Some of these songs you may have heard at one of our recent live shows, have been hearing different versions of for the past few years or certainly have yet to hear!

The songs we have recorded are...

Less Talk More Rock
Forge On
Duck and Cover
In Vein
Crusades 1147-1149
Dark Nights and Street Lights in St. Louis
Everything In Between
Take Point
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth
State Of the Bay
Ursa Major

We intend on finishing the album up soon after we finish our summer jobs and get settled back into school. We are all very excited to release this album and we patiently awaiting it's completion. Possibly expect some sweet special guests on a couple tracks!?

As some of you may already know, many of our members are attending college for the first time in the fall, which means we unfortunately wont be seeing very much of them in the near future. Our horns are all splitting off in different directions and our bass player is taking some time away to do the same, as well as promote his band The Brave Little Abacus. They are all great friends and we wish them all the best of luck! Lately, we have been graced with the prescence of Mr. Josh Tracy (Trombone/Synthisizer) and Mr. Aaron Hibbert (Bass/Tenor Sax), who you might've seen at one of our past few shows.

Lastly, I have taken down many of our tracks from the Just Regression EP, but they are all still available to stream for free at Last.FM. We are now selling our physical copies of this album for only $5! and I am working on getting them in an online store somewhere.

<3
Colin

hey all
so i gotta say im a little bit mad. and im sorry, cause i love you all, but, frankly, we need to talk. so today we played a show in cambridge. during the set we played a song about how the US government/media fucked over the black population of new orleans post katrina (its called ursa major).
i thought, in light of the events of this week between cambridge police and african american members of the cambridge community, it would be a relevant song to play and discuss. im sad to say our efforts at discussing the subject were met with shoutings of "less talk more rock!"
im super glad that you not only know that line but also what the song is referencing, but what we were talking about today is not merely some self dick-sucking rant about how awesome we think we are (as ltmr is about) but something that needs to be discussed.
 despite the fact that we have a black president, racism is still a huge issue in this country and its repercussions hurt countless americans every day.
we are super stoked that you love listening to music as much as we do, but sometimes theres more about this whole thing than just the words and chords we play.
aren't you all a bit mad? you should be.
in the year 2009 a man was essentially arrested in his own home for his race.
with all due respect, that is completely disgusting.
completely.
i just wish yall were a little more concerned with what is going on LITERALLY 2 miles away from where you were standing than simply blank words and chords being blasted at you from speakers at the middle east.
maybe im just getting old, i dont know.
but if we all want to be active and progressive, i feel as though it is time that we start paying more attention to things that matter than simply our on personal level of entertainment.

i know this doesn't refer to all of you, but for those of you whom it does refer to...

i'd like to see some more rock

~rory

Hey All,
Were going to be recording our debut full length pretty soon.
So I figured we'd put up the entire Just Regression EP for streaming.
If you enjoy it... come to a show and buy it, or buy it on itunes!

Lyrics HERE!
http://interrobangmusic.blogspot.com/2008/12/comprehensive-lyrics-database.html

UPCOMING SHOWS:
5.30 THE FLAMING TSUNAMIS LAST BOSTON SHOW!
Middle East Upstairs
Cambridge, MA
w/ Wrench In The Works and Brunt Of It

JUST ANNOUNCED!!!
7.11 DISASTERFEST!
Venue TBA!
w/ Brunt Of It, Jack Of All Boxes, Tyrannosaurus Sex, Silent Distortion, Atlas The Atom Smasher, Matt Wixson, The Best Of The Worst, Fatter Than Albert, Stuck Lucky and A Billion Ernies!!

We're all super syched about all of this, so we hope that you are too!
-Colin

Hey All,
Sonic Boom Six had to drop the show Saturday to to a passport issue, so we will be taking their place as the headlining act. This show is going to be taped by our buddy Tyler who you've probably seen at a show. Also, this is probably going to be the last All Ages show we do in Boston for a little while, since we are going to be working on our full length hopefully in May. So there is a lot that we are looking forward to and I hope that you'll be able to make it because it's going to be a special one!
Thanks,
Colin

Hey Friends,
I regretfully inform anyone who planned on seeing us at the Rocko's show Saturday that we will not be able to perform for personal reasons. However I do encourage anyone in the area to attend this show because these bands are awesome and it will be a show not to be missed! The flyer will remain in the folder ironically entitled "flyers" for anyone interested in the information or you can also check out I'm Thirsty Entertainment who we have added to our friends section on the left side of our page. They are an important part of the New Hampshire scene which we are no stranger to and I highly suggest you go out to their shows and support ITE!

The Bills Bar show will go as planned and I look forward to seeing friends and family there! This is Bomb the Music Industrys CD release show for their newest album Scrambles! Available now HERE!
Brick By Brick Productions Presents:

March 14 @ Bill's Bar
5 Lansdowne St Boston MA (Across from Fenway Park)
1pm, $10, ALL AGES
BOMB THE MUSIC INDUSTRY!
Sean Bonnette of Andrew Jackson Jihad
Laura Stevenson and the Cans
The Brass (ex-Latterman)
Interrobang!?
TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=1028694&pl=rockon

For more info check out myspace.com/bxbboston or http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brick-By-Brick-Productions/9317610059

Big up to Dan and Rock On Concerts for hooking up Bill's Bar for this show.
Support them at rockonconcerts.com (and you can get tickets for this show there!)

so next friday, the 13th, the Westboro Baptist Church is protesting Gay/Straight Alliances at Lexington High School and Hanscom Air Force Base after visiting Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in the morning

for those of you who dont know, the Westboro Baptists are a chruch founded on homophobia and hate-mongering. They are infamous for their "God Hates Fags" posters and protesting soldiers' funerals for protecting a country that protects gay rights. So, obviously a very backward group.

Lexington & Cambridge High's Gay/Straight Alliance is advocating a non-response protest/fundraiser where you donate money for the Alliance for every minute that the church protests

check out the sites

http://www.phelps-a-thon.com/Lexington.html
http://www.phelps-a-thon.com/Cambridge.html


YOU DONT NEED TO BE IN MASS FOR THIS! YOU CAN DONATE ONLINE! 5 cents a minute, 25 cents a minute! it all counts!

2008 was certainly an interesting year to say the least. This year the band saw a great deal of prosperity and advancement as well as struggle and near collapse. It certainly has been a tough one, but this year has shown us that this band truly is a significant part of our lives and we wont let go down without a fight.

We were really lucky to meet a lot of new friends and become closer to old ones. We got to play with a lot of really great new bands this year, and unfortunately we said goodbye to some bands that have really kept this band alive and gave us reason to believe in ourselves over the years.

The first show of the year was played at the Sad Cafe in New Hampshire, which was a place that was crucial to developing who we were as a band in 2006 and 2007. It was our first time up there with our EP and we got a great response to it. This marked a new chapter in our relationship with New Hampshire as we found ourselves meeting more bands throughout the year who were very much committed to developing a scene outside of this place.

February was a really awesome month, getting to share the stage with our good friends In The Face on four separate occasions. As well as playing a sold out show at the Midway Cafe put on by a new friend Rob Nyman with Bomb the Music Industry! and The Fad, to many of our good friends. This month also marked our first trip to the state of Rhode Island and our first Co-headlining show in New Hampshire with Canada's The Flatliners of Fat Wreck Chords. At this point, we were starting to get some positive feedback from a bunch of people who we had a lot of respect for. Even though we were only two months in, 2008 was shaping up to be a good year.

Spring came, but March held a dark cloud over our heads when first, the show that was supposed to be our first with The Brave Little Abacus was canceled for bogus reasons, then the disaster which was... March Mustache Madness. Upon our friends The Fourth Floor Bandits dropping off this show, we were offered the spot which we jumped at the chance to get on because The Flaming Tsunamis were a band that we were looking forward to playing with for a long long time. Unfortunately Murphy's Law was un-avoidable today, what could go wrong did go wrong and caused my most regrettable set to date. Much of the problems that arose from this show were due to the formation of a "side-project" Challenger Deep which featured more than half of the band. There interest had clearly shifted and we clearly had a problem.

The next few months were a really tough time for us, but we played a few really awesome shows in that time. During this time, we depended a lot on Evan, Matt and Chet. In April, we played New York for our first time, unfortunately this would be the last time we would get to see our good friends Public Access perform. We were all really honored to play that show, and it was quite the experience. We learned a lot about this band and ourselves that weekend through the long talks on car rides. We met a new friend Brooklyn who graciously let us stay at her place that night after just meeting her. That was a rough weekend as Folly's last shows happened the same time as Public Accesses. Although we never got to play with Folly they are an influence on us and both bands will be missed.

The highlight of may for us was playing with Zox right down the street at Scituate High School. It was awesome getting to sit down and talk to their lead singer Eli about music and whatnot. Our set was on for the first time in a long time and I remembered why I love playing music so much.  I made friends with someone that I had a lot of respect for as a musician and after talking, a person. They played "Army Of Me" by Bjork upon my request as well as Pixies' "Where Is My Mind". This is a band that the last time i saw them were getting full beers slung at them, and this really showed me that you will go through shit as a band and a bump in the road doesn't mean its the end. I traded shirts with Eli, who later told me in an email that his mother loves his bright green Interrobang!? t-shirt. Very cool!

Summer came and went, and unfortunately we didn't get to play as many shows as i would have liked due to getting a full time job very last minute. But we did have a couple of awesome shows that really got to shape the collective into what it is now. We played Connecticut for the first time in June and had our last trip to the Living Room in Rhode Island a few days later for Skatopia III. Got to see Fatter Than Albert for the first time in a year, my parents even came to the show just so they could see them play. We also played at the Sad Cafe for the first time in 6 months, for The Fourth Floor Bandits final show. It was sad to see them go, because it was always a good time getting to play with them at the Sad. This show was one of the first that I started really flying by the seat of my pants as far as the collective goes. We played with our good friend Pat Breen on Bass for the first time as well as Adam Demirjian's official first show with us on 2nd Guitar and Matt Aspinwall's first show on Tambourine. We were also joined from time to time by Cody Laplante and Colin Maniella on Tenor Sax and Trumpet without ever practicing with them. The show went really well and we had a great time, that would be our last show for the summer.

We saw our first double header in September, with Bomb The Music Industry! at The Middle East and In The Face's last show at The Sad Cafe. The early show was our first time playing to a sold out crowd at the middle east, as well as our first time playing with The Riot Before and We Are The Union.. Once the show was over, we said our goodbyes and headed off to New Hampshire. We met up with Adam and Matt and played another set with a smaller group of people. Adam played bass for the first time with us and we had a few improvised transitions which were very cool. As some of you may know I had the pleasure of being a part of In The Face in their last few months of a band, so for me it was really tough to see this band go. They were the best friends we could ask for, always a fun time whenever we got to play with them. I will never forget the times playing with them in the band or outside, Massachusetts will never be the same without them. We got a lot of positive feedback from both shows and i think that it was at this point that this is what keeps me happy and makes me want to live.

The next few months, in between schoolwork were spent prepping for our latest recording session, playing shows here and there and working it so that Interrobang!? could play with as little as two people, this would be later known as the Interro-dance Party! We got to play a few awesome basement shows in walking distance from us including ones with The Riot Before, We Are The Union, and Sonic Boom Six, thanks to our friends at 115 and the FFA. In this time we also said goodbye to our friends The Fad, it was quite the shock to hear that we'd never get to play with them again, but it is all for the best. Check out their new bands Let Me Crazy and Backtrack.

We closed out the year with a couple of really sweet shows. One with Westbound Train and Lots of Friends in Penacook, NH, who we had been dying to play with ever since we had to cancel our show in CT with them due to personal reasons. And one with the Have Nots, Brunt Of It and Kill Conrad at the Middle East. The Westbound show really exceeded our expectations, there were a bunch of people there and they were very very nice dudes. They had lots of nice things to say and said that they wanted to do a show in Boston sometime after their short hiatus. The show at the middle east was really cool because there a lot of new faces as well as a bunch of old ones, and everyone seemed to be having an awesome time.

It's been quite the year, and we really look forward to seeing what 2009 has in store for us!
A personal thanks is extended to anyone who attended shows this year!
As well as... anyone that has played with us this year and anyone who has given me faith in this band to keep it alive
We made some new friends that I wanted to give some special shouts to,
Camp Cody Crew - your music is so inspiring and i'm so so glad that we have become the friends that we are now
Silent Distortion - you guys have grown a lot in this year, it is always a pleasure to play with you guys and see your progress as a band
Jack Of All Boxes - you guys are quite ambitious for your age and considering the time you've been a band you've developed a unique sound
New Hampshire Crew - You know who you are, i honestly don't know how you aren't sick of us.
Markie - You've been with us through thick and thin, i'm glad that you aren't just a fan anymore, but a true friend.
Kill Conrad - it's always awesome to be friends with a band that doesn't play ska, not to mention that you guys rock
Matt Aspinwall - <3 thats all
Brocery Family - Thanks for all the hospitality and good times
If you aren't on here, then you probably already know how much i appreciate you

RIP
PUBLIC ACCESS - April 2008
FOLLY - April 2008
FOURTH FLOOR BANDITS - July 2008
IN THE FACE - September 2008
THE FAD - October 2008

Thank You!
Colin

hey all,
So we got into the studio yesterday and pumped out 7 songs for drum tracks. We're gonna get back in there soon and start all the other instruments we got. So YEAH keep an eye out for that. In no particular order, the songs will be:

Less Talk More Rock
Duck & Cover
In Vein
Everything In Between
Take Point
Once Again...FORGE ON!!!
Ursa Major

We have a lot of fun people working on this one so it should come out pretty epic.
stay in touch and see what happens
~RoryT

BLOGBLOGBLOG
we have a new blog
we will update it constantly
you will get an idea as to what is going on if you check this out
http://interrobangmusic.blogspot.com/
here you can find setlists, show updates, pictures, videos, you name it!
yaddadamean?
-colin

Hey all,
So coming up on a year now we released the Just Regression EP paired with a bunch of merch. Well after a year of playing shows we are starting to run low on some of our old Rising Sun shirts and the like so we felt it was time for some new merch. Being as poor as balls as we are currently we needed to find a way around paying mad $ for merch.
So we are now printing our own shirts & hoodies. Now obv lots of bands do this, but JUST to give you all the extra savings plus some sort of DIY points for ourselves i'm sure, we are using donated old t shirts friends and family have found kicking around their houses. T shirts are gonna be $3 and hoodies $10.
Want to help us out? Bring any old shirts/hoodies that you don't need (esp small & medium) and we will totally def wicked hook you up w/ free merch.
Still want cheap merch but dont have clothes to give away? Bring any canned food to the show and we will discount our merch. The canned food will be going to the Boston Food Bank.

We have us some very nice shows coming up (BTMI @ middle east & In the Face's last show! @ sad cafe)
Come check us out
We gots them new songs youve been CRAVIN'! newsongsnewsongsnewsongsnewsongs

Thanks interro-gang bangers
~RoryT

ps- im thinking we are gonna have a lot of new videos coming out....stay tuned?