Casket Life Building a Better Disaster CD Release Show

Casket Life is back with their brand new CD Building a Better Disaster, which will be kicked off with the help of some some of their close friends, and even the resurrection of a local favorite, The Smoky Mtn. SkullBusters! Return of the beardzzzzz!

with:

• Casket Life
• Rumspringer
• The Smoky Mtn. SkullBusters
• The Liars Handshake
• The Dames

Contest time again, kiddies! Click the button below and send me an email for a chance to get your paws on Casket Life's new CD Building a Better Disaster before any one else does. Two lucky winners will be chosen Friday April 30th. Enter now!

Lead singer, Ben "Fuckin" Barnes gave AZPunk a rundown on how the process of making this album went.

Since the last record, we have collectively had just about all the problems any band could incur: drug and alcohol addiction, rehab, jail, a near-fatal OD, many hospital visits, multiple lineup changes, 3 busted ass vans, evictions, homelessness, car wrecks, DUIs, STDs, nasty breakups, broken hearts, and mostly just being broke.

A quote from fellow fan, D.J. Johnny Volume, about the album:

Building A Better Disaster... is disaster in of itself that began more then three years ago. Picture it, a band that had tirelessly been putting in the work of touring, recording, rehearsing, writing, putting out records, printing merch, etc... All on their own, rarely with any outside help, implodes. Near fisticuffs on stage opening for their heroes Avail. Not one member of the band wanted to talk to another, and they all lived together! But there was a problem, this band couldn't be over, too many people wouldn't let them. A long time band friend and recent San Francisco resident Danielle Mora called at the critical time to offer an opportunity to record at Fat Wreck Chords' label studio, Motor Studios. So the band did what they always had done to get to SF, played a couple of shows and sold merch at discounted prices to raise the money to go record. Breakdowns, tensions, and fights arose, and ended with one member departed. The band returned home feeling good about the sounds, even if the van making some new noises. So being broke, with a rattling van and two balled tires, complete with expired tags and no insurance, they did what any sensible band would do and went on tour! The aptly nick named Rubber Bands and Duct Tape Tour, as that seemed to be what was holding everything together. Once one member had been bailed out of jail, and one got back from rehab they headed out for a stint across the mid-west, part of the south and through Texas. CL returned on a high note, with some new fans, zero merch, and during the highest gas prices of 2008 even, some money in pocket! They took the little bit they had, and headed to Vegas for the annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and bet it all on black! They invaded people's rooms and took their beds, drank everyone else's drinks, and won enough to pay for what you hold in your hands! This is just a snapshot of what it took to get this recording out, and the bottom line is that it was all done out of love. And on a personal note I would just like to thank them for doing so, thank you for picking this up, listening to and reading, and to anyone who gave this circus a show to play, a floor to sleep on, a drink to be stolen, a mixture of drugs they shouldn't have taken, for some of this we apologize, but you were Deuced!

Good Men Die Like Dogs 10"

Along with being featured on our Personality Disorder comp, Good Men Die Like Dogs has released their own vinyl. Taken From BlatantLoacalism:

"8 song 10" ep out now on tortilla chip. featuring nastyd from the chortys. get it from the band, @ the dude brothel, mailorder, and soon @ the record store. sorry its not a tape, dudes."

New Prosthetics album Bad Intentions

""Our new 12 inch Bad Intentions is now available! It comes with a digital download code. You can pick up the LP at Eastside Records in Tempe, through our website, or at one of our shows. It has 10 tracks and costs 10 bucks.""

Greenhaven video: Southbound

This video was made a while ago, but I noticed it circulating around facebook yesterday. Our friends, and local stoner-punk rockers, Greenhaven, made a video for their song Southbound filed at our old beer hole, Jugheads. But honestly, nothing gets me hotter than watching Jay's sexy ass shred in front of a well-placed AZPunk.com banner. Oh yea baby.