TUESDAY SEPT 27
Holy shit what a great tour that was. So great that clearly nothing could be said for a month or so after it -- amazing people, shows & bands. Quite seriously some of the most fun we've ever had; thanks everyone.

Moving on to stuff that's going on now we've got a batch of shows coming up over the next month or two, the nearest being this Saturday at the Surly Wench in Tucson with the Tyrades! It's gonna be really, really (really) great & the cherry on the cake is that Pop Gestapo are playing too, which in 2005 could mean just about anything.

We also finished up the art for our track that's going on the new MaximumRockNRoll compilation, and we recorded 3 or 4 new songs that we're probably gonnatry & slip on the Odds & Wads record that the wonderful folks at Mortville are putting out, just to make it THAT MUCH MORE SPECIAL! Why? Why do we do it? Because we love you all so fucking much. We really do.

Oh, and if you read this in time you also might wanna know that we'll be on KAMP (the University of Arizona radio station) tonight spinning some songs for an hour, so tune in at 7:00 (perhaps via the internet) if you're so inclined.

Bon crapatit, friends.

THURSDAY AUG 11
AUGUST TOUR!
Tour Dates as we know 'em:

Fri 8/12
Flagstaff
Lillian Quackenbush (party at her house)
102 S Paseo Del Flag
Flagstaff Az 86001

Sat 8/13
Albuquerque
(w/Ten Seconds To Liftoff/ The Darlington Horns/ The Bellmont)
Burt's Tiki Lounge
313 Gold Ave. Sw
Albuquerque, NM 87102
(505) 247-2878

Sun 8/14
Denver
(w/ The Thieves/The Knew/Le Boom/ The Geds)
Larimer Lounge (BBQ 1pm)
2721 Larimer Street

Mon 8/15
Denver
(w/The Vote/The Sleepers/ the Riot)
Bender's 13th Street Tavern
314 E 13th Ave
Denver, CO 80203

Wed 8/17
Missoula,MT
Mars Sattellite Room
424 N. Higgins

Fri 8/19
Bellingham,WA
(w/USS Horsewhip/Whitey Houston)
3B Tavern
1226 N. State Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

Sat 8/20
Seattle
(w/Fallouts/DT's/Mexican Blackbirds)
Sunset tavern
5433 Ballard Ave
Seattle, WA206-784-4880

Sun 8/21
Portland,OR
(w/Lopez/ Merrick Foundation)
Tonic Lounge
3100 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland,OR 97232 -
(503) 239-5154

Wed 8/24
San Francisco
(w/ Radio Reelers/ KC Stars)
Hemlock Tavern
1131 Polk St
SF, CA 94109
(415) 923-0923

Thurs 8/25
San Francisco
(w/ Grafton/The Mothballs)
Thee Parkside
1600 17th Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-503-0393

Fri 8/26
San Pedro
(w/ Killer Dreamer/Sexy/Drinkers Purgatory)
Harolds Place
(310) 832-5503
1908 S Pacific Ave
San Pedro, CA 90731

Sat 8/27
Las Vegas
w/ a million other bands
Double Down Saloon
4640 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89109
one block south of the Hard Rock Hotel)
702-791-5775

THURSDAY JULY 14
AUGUST TOUR!
So finally an update, eh? We've been busy, honest -- the biggest news is probably that we're heading out for a two week tour (uh, and this time the van should be in good enough shape to get us there), so here's a list of initial dates & junk that Travis "Fuck All Night Super Star" Spillers has cooked up so far:

Tour de Farce dates por Knockout Dudes:

8/12---Flagstaff
Lillian and Dirty Steve's House Party

8/13---Albuquerque
Burts Tiki Lounge

8/14---Denver (Travis' Birthday!!)
Larimer Lounge (5pm BBQ show!)

8/15---Denver
Benders

8/16---off

8/17---Missoula
not confirmed

8/18---Spokane/Tacoma/Seattle
not confirmed

8/19---Bellingham
3B Tavern

8/20---Seattle
Stanwood (w/Fallouts/DT's/Mexican Blackbirds)

8/21---Portland
Tonic Lounge (w/Lopez/ Merrick Foundation)

8/22---Eugene
John Henrys (no final confirm yet)

8/23---Arcata
not confirmed

8/24---San Francisco
Hemlock (w/ Radio Reelers)

8/25---San Francisco
Parkside

8/26---San Pedro
Harold's Place (w/ Killer Dreamer/Sexy/Drinkers Purgatory)

8/27---Las Vegas
Double Down (Roller Derby Convention)

There's more info afoot (it looks like the Odds & Wads comp is coming out on vinyl from Mortville! Fucking great!), but the full details will have to wait for later, cause this one-update-every-two-months thing has worn us down to a frazzle. Bon Crapetit, amigos!

Oh, and see ya at myspace.

FRIDAY MAY 6
PEOPLE OF TEXAS! WE ARE FINALLY COMING TO VISIT YOU!
It's taken us forever, but we're finaly gonna move our way East out of AZ & over to Texas (& New Mexico) for a few shows at the end of May. There's more detailed info that will be updated here, but the supershort skinny, direct from Travis' yap, is as follows:

Thurs May 26: Las Cruces, NM (at the University House w/ The Answer Lies and The Bad Billies)

Fri May 27: Denton, TX  (at Rubber Gloves w/ The Order of Svengalis & The Good Looks)

Sat May 28: Austin, TX (at Emo's, second stage w/ Sons of Hercules & The Order of Svengalis)

Sun May 29: Austin, TX (TBA)

In other news, our song "Do The Skin Crawl" from "1+1=ATE" will be on the upcoming Estrus Kamikaze Ass Chomp n' Stomp CD Sampler which should be out June 7th (& has a songs from 18 other Estrus bands, naturally), The Odds & Wads CD is actually leaving Jason's house in small batches (check your mail if you asked for it), and we've recorded a few more songs that we'll be trying to figure out what to do with in the coming months. Oh -- this one's pretty far away, but we're also playing a really cool 3 day fest at the end of August over in Las Vegas called Roller Con! It's loaded up with tons of swell bands (including our fellow Tucson pals Shark Pants, the Okmoniks & Winelord, along with Non-AZ folks like The Knights of the New Crusade, The Orphans, The Radio Reelers, The Dissimilars, etc etc) and as if the music part wasn't inviting enough, it should also be completely packed with screaming & drunk Rollerderby Girls. Sounds great, right? We're looking to build a two week west coast tour around that date as well, so we'll keep you posted.

Oh, and all you Punk Rock historian types should keep your eyes peeled for a new book called "Going Underground: American Punk 1979-1992". Written by George Hurchalla & full of exclusive interviews w/ all sorts of folks that'd be worth your time no matter what, the reason we're mentioning it is 'cause it's so exhaustive that it's even got some memories from Jason about his days as a young idiot punk kid in the middle of Kansas 20 years ago (& some of his flyers are in there too!). Check it out here.

MONDAY APRIL 4
Just a quick note to hype the show this Friday at City Limits in Tucson (us, Shark Pants & the Okmoniks!) & to mention that we're s-l-o-w-l-y getting it together to make a quick run through the Very Large State of Texas at the end of May. Plus don't forget the show in Tucson on Wed April 20 w/ The Ends & The Winks (both from Austin, TX) as well as Demon's Claws & Skip Jensen (both from Montreal, Canada). Jeez!

THURSDAY MAR 24
Been a long time, yes indeed. We've been busy though, honest. The collected outtakes, demos, remixes, live stuff & other assorted crap has been assembled ("Odds & Wads"), and there's even a low-rez/ quickfix 300ppi gif of a temporary cover for it here (the final deal will have a different cover printed on a sticker, but at least this'll let you know what you'll be getting into). Right now we're just burning them off one at a time, but if you reeeeeeely want one now (before we get the mass produced limited run off), just drop a line over & it might even happen.

We've also recorded a pair of new songs that might end up on a single, or a new album, or a limited edition colored plastic 8-Track for all we know. More to come very shortly, and maybe we'll be able to post some or all of them somewhere soon. Who knows? Clearly not us. Anyway, the bottom line is: songs -- we're recording them.

Also updated the SHOWS page; got a few really really cool ones coming up between recording & working up new stuff, so be sure not to miss a single one. No -- not even that one. Or that one either. C'mon -- don't be a puss.

SUNDAY JAN 9
Well, well, well. So it's been a long time & there's plenty of stuff to try & hit here, so let's get right to it.

First off we had a great time overall in the Bay Area -- we drove through some insanely thick fog (well, Stu did), played a pair of really cool shows, saw a LOT of old friends & met some new folks as well. THE BIG FUCKING DRAG IS that right after our show at Thee Parkside our van was busted into & 3 guitars, 1 bass, a bunch of pedals and even (EVEN!) Gerard's "drum fan" were stolen. Okay, yeah -- we were basically morons to leave our instruments in the van, but maybe we'd gotten cocky after Gerard had built this cool metal cage/ loft thing that would've made someone less determined decide to find another van to burglarize. Whoever this was had a crowbar & a little bit of time though, so we weren't so lucky (they dropped a cell phone in the act however, so maybe it was, you know, some kind of master criminal who was leaving clues as a cry for help. That's what we're thinking now. Master criminal.) ANYWAY, all that crap aside it really was a fun time, and the lovely folks of San Francisco & Alameda did their very best to make us feel at home. For more info you can read what one of the guys who went out with us had to say about it here, and one of the shows was kinda mentioned here as well.

Once we got back to Tucson & started to buy new equpiment we played a show with the Catholic Boys who are still out on tour right now -- go check em out! Great band /guys, and with probably more Kids covers at their disposal than you'd have ever thought possible. We've got some more shows brewing too, with the Chinese Telephones, The Answer Lies, Riverboat Gamblers, DMBQ (from Japan!) & probably more, so kindly click here.

There's also a pair of little features on us that you can read on line; we were the "featured artist" on the AZPUNK.COM site for December, and a fine fellow named Hugo woke up at 4:00 in the morning just to interview Travis & Jason for this really cool magazine "Mondo Bizarre" out of Portugal. The same article was posted to an equally swell Japanese website called VOID and ACTION, and you can read it in English here.

ALSO we're just about done assembling a "fan club" type CD that'll be an assortment of alternate versions of songs, demos, outtakes from both records, live versions, interviews -- horrible junk for only the most obsessed really. Full details are coming soon for you sad souls who think you'd actually like to hear this crap. It might be a cd-r, it might be a limited run -- who knows? Stay tuned!

Okay, that's enough for now -- come buy us a drink this Saturday if you're in Tucson; we'll be at the Surly Wench!

Oh, one last thing; our new album is available for download/ mp3 purchase on DownloadPunk.com now, so you can buy either just a few songs or the whole thing right here (and if you want to hear a few kinda lo-fi MP3s, there's 4 of them up now on our myspace account).

Chow, eyebrow.

SUNDAY DEC 12
Hey everyone -- just a quick update abut a pair of shows we'll be doing in the Bay Area this wekend. Looks like the final info is this:

Friday Dec 17th in Alameda, CA at
John Patrick's w/ October Allied

Saturday Dec 18th in SF, CA at
Thee Parkside w/ Radio Reelers

We're gonna be spending way too much money on gas to get out there, so please feel free to shower us with gifts & sexual advances. Unless your name is Larry.


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FRIDAY NOV 5
So, what a fucking wretched week this was, eh? Well the news gets a little worse for us because it looks like we won't be playing our planned LA shows. It's an old story, but our van looks to be pretty hinky after our jaunt up to Flagstaff around Halloween (that show was pretty great though; we had fun, Shark Pants killed & the costumes everyone had going were pretty ace as well). Anyway, if anything changes it'll get posted here, but for now don't go out expecting to see us, instead go out expecting to see (one of Tucson's finest exports) the Swing Ding Amigos instead. They're worth the trip for sure.

Well we DO have some good local shows coming up at least; looks like we'll be playing with the Lost Sounds at the Vaudeville on Nov 9th, Slightly Stoopid at City Limits on Nov 11, and maybe best of all this Sunday (Nov 7th) we're doing an afternoon show with the Tucson Roller Derby! All the info on that is here, and it promises to be a damn good time.

Okay, some bad news & then some good news to wash it down. That's where it stands today.

TUESDAY OCT 5
Long time since the last update but the big news is that the record ("1+1=ATE", Estrus Records) is finally OUT, and we'll be making it out of town a bit more (Flagstaff, San Diego, LA, SF) over the next few months before we split on a bigger tour next year. Kindly check the shows page for updates, 'cause there's a lot of fun stuff coming up (both in Tucson & outside of it).

Got some reviews that we'll be adding to the press page as well, but for now you can click here, here, or here (bonus: translated version), or hell -- you could even go over to the message board & see the one from MRR that our pal Sean sent in for us. ALSO clickable is this link over to the mighty Razorcake website where they're running an interview wherein we talk about dropping acid, shitting our pants, smoking pot with dried up rockstars & acting in porno movies. It maybe sounds more impressive than it really is, but those are the facts.

MONDAY AUG 30
Well hello there pal, good to see you, good to see you. So the new LP/CD comes out in two weeks ("1+1=ATE", Estrus Records) & we're pretty excited. We've got a couple of shows lines up to herald it's release & all that kind of crap, & both of them look to be a real good time. First up for all you drinkers we'll be playing w/ our pals Shark Pants & the Cuntifiers at the Vaudeville on Saturday Sept 18th, then a week later we'll be doing an all ages thing at Toxic Ranch Records along with the Swing Ding Amigos (the Toxic Ranch thing has something to do with something else I think, but we'll just pretend it's an all ages release show, okay?). After that there's a bunch more live junk lined up and we'll even be getting out of town a bit more so that we can see some of you slobs who don't have the good sense to live where it's 110 degrees every day for 4 months straight.

Chow, eyebrow.

SATURDAY JULY 25
Hey everyone, just a couple of quick things to report here. We've got a last minute show lined up for tomorrow night w/ the Riverboat Gamblers at the Surly Wench Pub here in Tucson. The Gamblers are always a good time, so be sure to come on out if you're here in town. And hey, we'll be playing a pair of dates with The Starvations (from LA) over the weekend as well, and THEN (at an all ages show that promises to be a great time) the week after that w/ Shark Pants & the Clorox Girls; so there's plenty of ways to get sick of us. As always, our shows page has the info you need.

We also had a lot of fun playing w/ The Okmoniks & Gravy Train this Wed, with Matt pulling a double shift by playing drums for the Okmoniks as well as guitar with us. Despite heavy audience encouragement however, he declined to hop up on stage w/ Gravy Train & put his underwear on his head. Maybe next time.

Though the new album isn't "really" released 'til Sept 14th, it looks like Estrus has started to send out some promo CDs, and some reviews are already showing up -- too damn cool. Hey, Estrus has also posted a pair of MP3s, so if you wanna check em out ahead of schedule that's your best bet.

Okay, that's the news from here, see you all soon.

THURSDAY JULY 8
Hello, hello. Back with a new list of upcoming shows (some great ones too; Clorox Girls, Starvations, Marked Men...), and a smattering of other bits of news.

We approved all of the mastering & test pressing jazz for the new album, so it looks like it'll really be hitting the streets on Sept 14th. The Estrus folks have been really cool with making sure everything goes down as best as it can, and we're pretty excited. Here's a link over to the press sheet hype, as well as one that'll give you a look at the LP cover art (front and back). Start saving those pennies now pal.

Hey! Probably oughtta also mention that we're in the new issue of Thrasher -- check the "notes from the underground" section & you'll see a picture of our ugly mugs from a few months back. It was taken when we played a show here in Tucson w/ our pals the Riverboat Gamblers and Wez "Pool Dust" Lundry has some fine things to say about us (and for a guy who ripped off his first skateboard he seems a-okay to us too. C'mon over for a bar-b-q anytime Wez. )

That's the news for now; see ya!

SATURDAY JUNE 12
Well we re-recorded everything for the new album (that would be "1+1=Ate", for our pals at Estrus Records) onto 4-Track (you know, after doing some 8-Track demos, just like every band should) & we even mixed it down all lickity split last week, so it looks like we might make that Sept 14th release date after all. Oh sure, it was hellish & many tears were shed, but don't forget, we do it all for YOU. The basic scoop is: 12 songs, 31 minutes, CD& LP. Hell, there's even some guest vocal "stylings" from Miss Helene 33 of the local Mustache Rocker combo The Okmoniks so as you can see, we pulled out ALL the stops.

Okay, so that's the big fuggin news really; we're also eyeing some touring jaunts here & there though, and we oughtta have an update on that in a few weeks at the most. Got a few shows lined up here in Tucson too of course, so kindly come on out & buy us a drink whenever it's most convenient for you.

Alright suckers, see ya real soon!

THURSDAY APRIL 8
We lost a good friend last week when Tucson regular and all-around great guy Ryan Gann died, and this Friday (April 9th) we'll be playing a benefit and tribute to him at the Vaudeville. We'll be joined by USS Horsewhip from Bellingham (ex Seizures, and damn good; check their mp3s here) and Ryan's friends in Foolscap Fire and Digital Leather will be there as well. Ryan was a familar face at Knockout Pills shows and we're all going to miss him.

We've finally been moving along again on recording the new album (the Coma Cave 4-track bit the dust, so we've doubled our options & stepped up to 8-track for the rest of the album). About 12 songs are in the can or near to it, and the art is getting damn close as well. Hey, we even have a title that none of us understand, so if anyone out there knows what "1+1=ATE" means, please drop us a line.

Oughtta tell you about some other great shows coming up too; on Sunday April 18th we'll be playing with one of our favorite bands -- the allmighty Riverboat Gamblers (as well as Tucson's own Left For Dead) at Club Congress, and earlier that same day there's a great reading from Todd "Born to Rock" Taylor (of Razorcake fame), Mike "What Queen means to me" Faloon (Mr. Go Metric!) and maybe even Davey Tiltwheel at Bookman's on 1930 E. Grant Rd. From talking to rocking it's a whole day of ass kicking!

And last but far from least is a show that's bound to be fantastic, Seattle's A-FRAMES will be playing with us at Skrappy's in Tucson on Thursday May 6th! Hey, we love 'em (& Byron Coley & Thurston Moore even called their first album " one of the few great new American rock records") so don't miss it. More info on that one soon, but really, don't miss it.

SUNDAY FEB 1
Hey everyone, quick note here about a Phoenix show we've got coming up that sounds pretty great (there's more but I forget them right now). It's free and it's with some other superfine local bands and I dunno for sure , but I think there may even be some kind of "art" involved.

Anyway, here's the scoop -->

Shark Pants, The Vinegar Sting, The Ponies & us at "First Friday" on Feb 6th at 3rd Street & Garfield in Downtown Phoenix. If you click on the fine flyer (done by Jason Moore from Holgas) to the right it will get bigger.

And hey, the shows last week & before were all great. No lie.

Feb 6th
FREE SHOW
Downtown
Phoenix, AZ

SUNDAY JAN 18
Hey, a quick addition to the list of shows we're playing in Tucson this week (there's 3 of em now); now it looks like we're also playing with FEAR at the City Limits (and hopefully along with Shark Pants too! We'll know soon.)

Travis's old band Los Federales already played with them a few years back so I'm sure that means that there'll be lots & lots of reminicing between him & Mr Ving about the good ol days of 2000. Then the questions about Clue & Flashdance will start.

A rundown of the other shows follows below...

SUNDAY JAN 11
So, how are you doing? Good to hear, good to hear. Well, we've got some cool shows coming up & in case you don't mosey on over to the shows page, here's a list. A list of the shows.

This WED (Jan 14th) at Club Congress we'll be playing with the Modern Machines from Wisconsin. Travis can't shut up about how good they are, so combine that with the $1.50 PBR and Old Style thing going on that night & it sounds like a pretty good time, right?

The MONDAY (Jan 19th) after that we get to play with another fine & imported Dead Beat band from "somewhere over there" (last time it was Taxi from Italy, this time it's Bad Machine from Finland). They play some damn good 'n' loud/ high energy/ shit your pants/ etc/ rock & roll, and chances are you'll never be able to see them again, so YES, BY ALL MEANS, COME ON OUT! Hey, they're from FINLAND for Pete's sake!

You'd think that would be enough, but we're ALSO going to be playing the WED after THAT (Jan 21st) back at ye olde Club Congress with ANOTHER great lineup -- Visqueen (Pop Delight from Seattle, and there's even an ex Fastback member involved) and Tucson's #1 "Party Naked" band, Theeee Okmoniks (best record collections in town, and there's even an ex No Bunny member involved). It's madness! Pure madness!

There's more, but let's hope we've got a real update before those shows roll around, eh? See you soon!

THURSDAY DEC 11
Hey everyone, just a quick update on things -- we've been recording some new songs & have a number of them down in some form or another. Maybe over the next few weeks they'll get polished up enough to be heard? It's up to "Lazy Bones" Rendon!

Only other thing is that we've got a show coming up on Ye Olde Boxinge Daye here in Tucson at the Vaudeville. We're playing with The Sonars & Shark Pants, so if you're in Tucson over the holidays or something, why not avoid your damn family for a night & come on down and hang out with us on Dec 26th instead? Why not indeed.

Shut up.

THURSDAY NOV 6
Not too much to report; we've been taking a bit more time off to get some new songs together and crap like that. We're going to be doing some recording at Coma Cave over the next few weeks so maybe we'll have a few new MP3s up for you all to hear, so keep checking back The only other news is that we're playing a house party this Saturday (November 8th) in Tucson that ought to be a lot of fun -- some of the info from the folks who are throwing it used to follow this colon:

SUNDAY OCT 12
So get this; last Monday we were driving up to Phoenix with our pal Mark Beef to play the second of two shows with the Little Killers (who were great by the way). All of a sudden there's these flashing white lights behind us and Matt says "I'm being pulled over -- can you guys think of any reason WHY I would be pulled over?". Well we couldn't but we were so busy trying to find the registration and make sure we didn't have a bunch of beers open or anything stupid that it didn't matter. So we pull off to the side of the road and some dude comes RUNNING up to the van wearing plain clothes. He peeks inside, sees all 5 of us and then says something in Spanish along the lines of "Oh, I thought you were my friends" and laughs while seeming to apologize. We're all pretty confused and everything but mostly relieved that it wasn't a real cop (the light was pretty bright but he seemed to be just driving an SUV so it was already weird) that we just sorta say "oh, okay fine, no problem, man" like it's normal for some dude to pull over every big white van that he thinks might be his friends or something. He SPRINTS back to his SUV and we kinda forgot about it, but a few days later we see this article in the local paper about these guys pulling over people on the highway between Tucson and Phoenix by pretending to be cops. They've been shooting out tires when people don't stop and waving guns around and making folks run out into the desert and shit if they do; so we must've passed the test or something to just be let go (or maybe he just got a good look at Mark). Either way it's pretty weird, but for highway luck it sure beats the story the Little Killers told us later that night about getting two speeding tickets within an hour of each other in Texas for $500. Fucking scofflaws.

More not-so-hot Texas news is the one you've probably already heard about Pat from the Riverboat Gamblers getting a mouthfull of microphone at their show at thee Parkside in SF a few days after we played with 'em here. The long of it is at their site, but the short of it is that they could really use some $ to help out w/ the dental bills. You know they deserve it, and you can slide em some spare change via Paypal.com using this address as the money-getter: savepatsteeth@hotmail.com

Okay, that's about it for now. We'll be taking a bunch of time off over the next couple of months to do some writing and recording, so look for some new crap soon. Watch out for the fake cops and flying microphones til then.