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Interview with Jesse Michaels from Classics of Love/Common Rider/Big Rig/Operation Ivy on Giant Robot
On the upcoming, self-titled Classics of Love LP, Jesse Michaels declares, “Life is a game where you see who gets the most money/Life is a game where you see who gets the most power.” Those are some cool punk lyrics on their own but the ex-frontperson of Common Rider, Big Rig, and Operation Ivy backs up the sentiments by starting rad bands that never get played on the radio, play huge tours, or cash in. Instead, Michaels just makes totally honest, somewhat trashy, energy-packed, and supremely melodic ’70s punk-inspired music with touches of hardcore and ska. So I was stoked when our mutual friend Mike Park asked me if I wanted to contact Jesse about his band’s latest release on Asian Man Records. Cramming 13 songs into 23 minutes, it’s loaded with raging punk with touches of The Specials (“Castle In The Sky“) and Bad Religion (“We Need a Change”). Of course, the breathless, humanist, blue-collar lyrics are pure Jesse Michaels. Here’s how the conversation went…
Click here to read the rest of the interview with Jesse at GIANT ROBOT.
Hey Gang!
So, yesterday I mentioned that we would have some news to share. Here it is:
WE”RE GOING ON ANOTHER TOUR
The tour will be done in two 3-week legs, the first one covering the West coast, some Midwest, and some CANADA!!! The second will cover the South, East Coast, some more Midwest, and MORE CANADA!! Today we are going to talk about the first leg:
We are incredibly lucky to be touring with Laura Stevenson & the Cans and ROAR for this leg, and we look forward to hanging out and playing music with them for three weeks.
We are going to be touring with a full band this time. We have enlisted 3 of our amazing friends who played on Knife Man to come help us out live, they are Deacon Blue Batchelor, Owen Evans, and Preston Bryant. These guys also make up %75 of ROAR (hint, Ben is the other %25). Worry not though, purists, we will still play plenty of songs as an acoustic 2 person band for a portion of the set.
One last thing, we are currently assembling a new collection of songs that we have released but are now out of print or hard to find. Fingers crossed that this will come out by the tour. I think we can do it.
A few notes about the shows:
-> Before our 21+ show in Seattle, we are working on finding a place to do an all ages matinee show
-> We are ever grateful to be sharing the stage in Omaha with the amazing Cheap Girls
-> The show in San Diego is a benefit for the Che Cafe
Thank you for reading, we will have ticket links and the second leg up very soon.
-sean
CLASSICS OF LOVE — Castle in the Sky
Here is the music video for “Castle in the Sky,” a new song off of the new self-titled CLASSICS OF LOVE LP! Read the interview that Jesse Michaels did with AMP Magazine HERE.
Click here to preorder the record
Hello friends!! It’s time for the 4th annual KEPI GHOULIE VALENTINE. In years past, we’ve always limited this to 300 and it usually sells out within a couple days. This year, we’re making 1,000 valentines to appease everyone. For those of you who don’t know what the heck I’m talking about, here’s the info: You receive a limited edition KEPI VALENTINE in a rose red envelope. The card is 5 X 10 with a beautiful full color painting by KEPI as the cover. We ship these in another envelope, so the valentine envelope is clean as a whistle. Included inside are 2 brand new love songs by KEPI titled 1.CUPID and 2.I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW. These are not CD-R’s. These are high quality factory manufactured CD’s that we have made where all of our CD’s are made.
The price is ridiculous. Just think about the crappy valentine cards they sell in stores? They charge like $5 for just a card. If you really want to impress somebody, then get this KEPI valentine now. Even with 1,000 in hand, this will sell out. We will start shipping these Next Friday JAN. 27th, so you’ll receive it in plenty of time.
These are now available at the Asian Man webstore for only $2.99! Click here to order one or seven for your loved ones today!
The colored copies of the new self-titled CLASSICS OF LOVE LP have arrived!
Click here to listen to “Dissolve”
Click here to preorder the record
Preorders ship on January 31st and is available in stores on CD and LP on February 14th!
here’s the front cover for our new EP coming out in March. the photo is by Evan Demianczyk. if you get the chance… meet Evan… it turns out he is an angel sent down by Joe Strummer himself.
In case you missed it…
Here is a stream of the song “Dissolve” off of the new self-titled CLASSICS OF LOVE LP (out on February 14, 2012). Now available for preorder!
PREORDER THE NEW CLASSICS OF LOVE LP!!!
The new CLASSICS OF LOVE (members of OPERATION IVY, HARD GIRLS) full-length is up for pre-order. There are 200 sets of each bundle available. The vinyl bundle comes with a random colored self-titled vinyl LP (limited to 500), a download code, a 12x18” poster and a limited edition t-shirt (illustrated by JESSE MICHAELS)! The CD bundle comes with a copy of the self-titled CD (with a six page insert) and a limited edition t-shirt (illustrated by JESSE MICHAELS)! All LP orders will come with a 12x18” poster. Orders will ship on January 31st.
CLICK HERE to preorder the new album!
CLICK HERE to listen to a new song from the record, “Dissolve”
LEMURIA stopped by the Asian Man Records Garage last month.
(Since Spotify didn’t have Tenement or Hold Tight! here’s links to their stuff:
http://tenement.bandcamp.com/album/napalm-dream
