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Press Release:
Bleed the Sky, currently on tour with American Head Charge, had their trailer with all of our equipment inside, stolen from a residence in Mableton (suburb of Atlanta) Georgia the night of Nov 13 th , or the early morning of the 14 th . They were scheduled to play shows through the end of this month.
The band has issued the following statement:
"We're in a rough spot and we're asking for help from anyone that can identify with where we're at. The support we've experienced so far from friends, family, fans, other bands, sponsors and within our record label etc. has been great, which we're eternally grateful for.
As a message to our fans, be sure that this will in no way keep us from doing what we have been doing, we've build this band in the face of adversity, and rebuilding from what we lost will only make us stronger than we we're before."
The band is scheduled to begin a European tour with Hatebreed on Dec. 2 nd in support of their debut album "Paradigm in Entropy", on Nuclear Blast records, and is asking for any information or help leading to the recovery of the equipment. They're also accepting donations via pay pal and mail from their website at www.bleedthesky.com . The dollar value lost is estimated to be around $25,000 to $30,000.
The band will be doing 2 or 3 local shows (Southern California) before they leave to Europe to raise money. These dates will be announced within the next 2 days.
The stolen equipment includes:
2 Basson 4X12 cabs
1 Ampeg SVT Classic bass amplifier
1 6 X 10 SWR bass cab
1 black M-1000 LTD guitar (with case)
1 see through black MH-1000 guitar (with case)
1 red Viper LTD guitar (with case)
1 see through black Viper deluxe LTD guitar (with case)
2 B-405 See through black LTD basses (with cases)
1 Sure wireless system
2 Beta 58 A microphones
1 Line 6 extended floorboard
1 black 5tf by 2 ft flight case with stand containing the following:
1 (one) Boss SP-505 sampler
1 (one) Korg Kaos Pad
1 (one) Korg Microkorg keyboard.
1 Tama Rockstar drum kit (with cases, hardware, and various cymbals)
2 sets of Tama Iron Cobras
1 black 6 space rack including:
1 Line 6 POD xt Pro
1 furman power conditioner
1 Rocktron Hush Super C
1 Boss NS-2 noise suppressor
2 (two) 5150 II guitar heads.
1 blue custom rack flight case including:
1 Korg rackmount tuner.
1 Boss NS-2 noise suppressor
1 Furman power conditioner
200 CD's
2 large boxes of merchandise (shirts, hats etc)
1 (one) 10ft by 10ft banner.
Well, last night was the first show of the AHC tour, and we can already tell its going to be a fucking blast. We're lucky enough to be on a tour where all the other bands are incredibly cool and easy to get along with, and of course great bands. Be sure to keep checking back to the tour journal section , theres gonna be some good stories coming out of this tour for sure.
We already miss the hell of out My Ruin, they we're like family after playing so many shows with them, and spending over two months on the road. We want to give a big thank you to Chris, Tairrie, Jason and Mick for a great experience, we'll see you all soon hopefully!
There are more tour journals in the tour journal section. Also, be sure to hit us up on MySpace if your planning on coming out to a show, we checkthe email daily.
If you want to be on the street team, click here, fill out the form, and email it back to us. Street teamers that promote will get into their local show for free.
Be sure to visit our online store and pick up a shirt a cd or whatever, we're a broke ass touring band and every little bit counts and is much appreciated. Stay fuckin metal \m/
The dates have changed around a little, please be sure to check back to the tour section to be up to date on venue/city/date changes.
Well, our digital camera stopped working, so it may be a little while until we get new videos and pictures online. If you come to a show and take pictures, be sure to get us a copy of them to put up online. We'll keep doing the tour journals, and we'll do our best to get a camera before too long. Until then, feel free to email us or contact us on myspace.
On a lighter note we'll have a live recording available online, of our show we played recently at the Silo in Pennsylvania. We should have it by early next month.
The show this saturday with Exodus has been cancelled due the venue being shut down. We apologize to anyone who planned on making it out to the show, we'll try our best to make it back through the area in the near future. Also, more dates with American Head Charge have been added here.
Dates are added as we get them to the shows section, keep checking back there to see if we're coming to your town. We're almost 2 weeks into the 2nd leg of Jagermeister's Double Shot of Rock tour w/ My Ruin, and it's going awesome. We're making our way up the east coast right now through NC, on our way to NY this next week. \m/
We just got word that we're doing a tour with American Head Charge and Diecast for November. To meet up with the beginning of that tour, we unfortunately have to drop off the last few shows of the tour with My Ruin, including the Sioux City, Omaha, Manhatten KS, and Oklahoma City shows. We apologize for the cancellations, but My Ruin will still be playing so be sure to come out and support them. Click here to see the dates so far. Also, we've added dates after the Hatebreed tour for Europe. Check it out here:
Check out the new section of our website dedicated to keeping you up to date on all the stuff on the road. There will be video clips, pictures, and tour journals added daily.
Its the first day of the second leg of "Jagermeister's Double Shot of Rock" with My Ruin. Check out the pictures of the show from the Whisky here. Be sure to check back and check out the tour journals, we'll be updating them from the road.
Its been a few weeks since the last update, but here's the list (so far) of the next tour. We're fuckin stoked to get back out on the road again with My Ruin, be sure to hit us up and let us know what show in which city your coming to. There will be more updates on the tour itinerary, so be sure to check back. \m/
We're back home for a few weeks, but we have shows in Ventura on the 10th (Sat.) and at the Whisky in Hollywood on the 23rd (Friday). These will be our last local shows for a while, so we hope to see you there.
Tour is going great, we'd like to thank all the fans that have come out to see us and support us so far. More dates will be posted soon for Oct/Nov. Stay tuned for pictures and other updates. \m/
We're out on the road with My Ruin until Aug. 27th. Click here for a list of all the dates for August.
Also the show in Clovis, NM has been cancelled.
And also, a new desktop in the media section.
We just heard that we'll be heading overseas in late Nov. to do a series of shows with Hatebreed, Napalm Death, Agnostic Front and others. The shows are listed here.
Also, we had an awesome time at the show last night and can't say enough about all the bands that we shared the stage with. Having a chance to hang out with Bobaflex and DKL was an honor, and we hope the Gigantour continues to go well for them.
June 25th we'll be playing at the Whisky a Go Go with Dry Kill Logic and also with our friends in Manntis. This show is going to be off the fucking hook, so be sure to get your tickets in advance as the show will almost definitely sell out.
This show was a hell of a lot of fun, thanks to all the people that made it out. If your wondering who the other guy on stage with us is, its our buddy Joe Lynch who directed our video helping out on "Minion".
Pics from our show in Phoenix are up. Check them out here.
We just got our guitars from ESP this last week, and we must say, if you dont own an ESP bass or guitar, you are missing out. Our axes of choice are the M-1000, MH-1000, Viper 1000, and B-405 basses. Check them out here. Special thanks to Allen at ESP for supporting the hell out of us, \m/ \m/
Our interview with our friends at Metallic Onslaught on WEOS 89.7FM in Geneva, NY will re-air this friday around 10:30 pm EASTERN time, thats 7:30 pm California time btw. You can tune in online here if your dont live in the NY area. To let you know, the interview cooincided with our drummer Austin's birthday party at a local bar, and interviewee Noah, is a little plastered to say the least :)
Also, our new shirt design is available for order online in all sizes. Pick yours up today here.
This time its official, we'll be announcing US tour dates for July/August/Sept on June 11th. The tour will be sponosred by Jagermeister, so be sure to do a shot or 9 with us when we come through your town this summer.
Also, if your not doing anything tomorrow night, and you live in SoCal, come hang out with us at the Whisky, our friends in Audkik, Ragged and My Ruin are playing there tomorrow (Friday) night.
CLICK here to enter the online store. Order from anywhere in the world!! Autographed CD's are only $10 (thats the cheapest you'll find our album in stores, on the net, even at our shows, so get yours here \m/)
**NEW BTS backgrounds**
Also, here is the new shirt design (click for better detail)
The pics from the show at Lake Havasu during spring breake are up here.
Also, the online store will be up in the next 24 hours \m/
We've added a show for Wed. May 25th at the The Dragonfly in Hollywood, its 21+. click here for more info
Also, the Minion video is online.
The two most recent added shows are Friday, May 20th at the Brick by Brick in San Diego with Cattle Decapitation, and Friday, July 1st at the Whisky A Go Go.
Whats up everyone, we just got done doing about 2 weeks of shows and already and anxious to get back out on the road. Our apologies to anyone that came out to the Cedar City show on Monday, we we're unable to play because of poor planning on the promoter's behalf.
The online store won't be up until monday, they're still working the bugs out. You can expect at least 1 new shirt design and hoodies when it gets up and going.
Keep checking back to the shows section, we'll have several dates for May/June added soon.
We'll be playing in Cedar City, Utah tomorrow click here for more info We just finished up 2 dates with Vader and Kreator at the Hollywood, and Anaheim house of blues and had a blast, thanks to everyone that came out and supported us.
Also, we'll have autographed copies of the album available to order off the website by this Wednesday. Keep if fuckin metal \m/
The house of blues show with Kreator this saturday was incorrecly listed on our shows page as being at the Anaheim house of blues, its actually at the Hollywood House of blues, the Anaheim show is on Sunday.
We've been having a blast playing shows with our bro's in Hostility for the last week or so, and we'll be doing a few more shows before they head back home, so be sure to check to show listings here.
Thanks to all the people that have been picking up the album since it came out yesterday, we really appreciate the support, if your looking for the album in stores, Best Buy and Tower Records have been carrying it most consistantly, so check there first. If you dont have any of those stores in your area, you can buy it online on lots of different websites.
From all of us in BTS have a happy 4-20 \m/
What's up everyone, our album finally comes out today. It should be available in most Best Buys and Tower Records, but you can order it online also. Also, the first 50 copies ordered off of our website will be autographed by the band.
We want to give a very special thanks to all the people who made this possible, all the fans, friends, family, and people in the music industry that have helped us along the way. We'll see you on the road soon!
Its been a while since the last news update, but we've been busy as hell. We had a blast at the album release party and want to thank all the bands that played, all the people that came out to see us, and all the people at the Whisky (especially Gena, and Tisa) for making it possible. We'll have some pictures up soon from the entire weekend of shows, including last Saturday in Lake Havasu, and Sunday in Mexicali, Mexico.
We go back out on the road again this Saturday to play with Hemlock, Gridlokt, and our bros in Hostility in Tuscon, check the shows section for details and all the other shows coming up.
Be sure not to miss the show at the Anaheim House of Blues, Tuesday, April 19th. If you are over 21, you can get into the show for free, call us at 949-929-9245 to get your free tix. If you are 18-20 years old, you can get a ticket that saves you $10 off the door price ($20). The only catch is, is that you have to be there before 8:30 for the tickets to be valid. We go on earlier than usual at about 9:30 pm in consideration for those of you who have to get up early the next day :)
Also, we added a show with Kreator and Vader, Saturday April 23rd and Sunday April 24th at the Anaheim House of Blues in Hollywood and Anaheim. Click here for info.
We are currently #3 on the DJ charts in Rock/Heavy Metal in Germany this week, check it out here.
And last, the album drops in 4 days, and will be available in most Best Buy locations and other CD stores. Also, we will be selling copies off of our website and the first 50 will be signed by the band. We'll let you know as soon as the online store is up . \m/
Pictures from the Static-X show on March 25th are now online.
We apologize to anyone that tried to get on the website in the last couple of days, the server was down temporarily and may have made the page unaccessable.
Also, be sure to check the shows section, the Freakfest has been postponed, we'll keep you updated on that, and we added a show on 4/20 with Hostility at the Brick by Brick in San Diego. This show will be sponsored by Jagermeister, so be sure to come out and do some shots with us.
We are currently looking for hosting for the music video- stay tuned
The show last night went awesome, thanks to everyone that came to support us and to all the other bands; Diminished, Asesino, and Static-X. We had a blast doing jager shots all night w/ all the fans and friends. We'll have pics up soon. \m/
Also, be sure if you catch us at any show next month, be sure to make it to our CD release party at the Whisky on April 8th. You can reserve your advance tickets by calling 310-652-4202. We will have copies of the album at the show for sale.
If you would like to help promote for the show, email us your name and your mailing address and we'll get you fliers asap.
BTS is proud to announce that we now are endorsed by Basson Cabs. These cabs fuckin rip, if you've never played through one, you haven't lived :) Check them out here at BassonSound.com
We've got a new shirt design, we have it available in all sizes (XL, L, M, S) at the Static-X show on the 25th
Download the fliers for upcoming shows (Static x, and the Album release party on April 8th at the Whisky) here.
Pictures from the Showcase (back in January) have been uploaded, next up is the Knitting Factory from Feb.
In other news, Noah is flying out to Germany today to do interviews and stuff.
Pictures from the Roxy show on March 2nd have been uploaded to the media section. Coming soon: Knitting Factory, and Showcase pictures (Thanks to Adam from Ragged for the pictures \m/)
We had a blast out in Lancaster last night playing with our bro's in Prod, you kids out there are fuckin nuts, and we definitely plan on coming back there soon. Our next show wont be until the Static-X show (March 25th) because Noah will be flying out to Germany to do a bunch of interviews and press next week. Until then, stay metal \m/
Thanks to everyone who made it out to our show at the Roxy last night, the weather sucked ass and the traffic was pretty horrible from what we heard, but when the curtain came up there we're plenty of you there showing support, and we definitely appreciate that.
The Static-X show on March 25th is still going on, despite a recent parting of ways with their guitar player. We are close to selling out of our discount tickets, so be sure to email us asap if you need any.
We will be doing a short tour sponsored by Jagermeister with our bro's in Hostility in mid April, the dates will be announced in the next 2 weeks.
We've also added a show at the Freakfest 2005 with Hed (PE) and lots of other great bands , for those of you in central California on Saturday April 23rd.
And finally, we will have a new t-shirt design available the Static-X / Asesino show. \m/
Including a free show in Lake Havasu during spring break, Mexicali, Mexico, and March 25th with Static-x. Click the shows section for more details.
The CD release party has moved one day earlier to Friday, April 8th at the Whisky a Go Go.
We shot our music video for "Minion" last Sunday. We had a blast with our director Joe Lynch, and gave ourselves all severe whiplash. Also, among the the hard working crew was Aaron ("P-nut") from 311 who was helping with the filming, who we had a blast hanging out with along w/ everyone else that made the video possible.
We anticipate the video being played on Uranium prior to the release of the album in April, so stay tuned to see when it should air. \m/
Click here to see pics from the video shoot.
We've added a bunch of shows that we have coming up, including 3 dates with Hostility this month in Northern California, March 25th (Friday) with Static X at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana, and our CD release party on April 9th (Saturday) at the Whisky A Go Go. Click here to see all the upcoming dates.
The flier and some of the listings for the Knittigng Factory show accidently showed the day as being Saturday, Feb. 13th, it is supposed to read as Sunday, Feb 13th. Anyone that has already printed fliers, please let us know so we can compensate you for the error. All the listings and fliers have been fixed.
The house of blues show is tonight, its Manntis' CD release party so you know its gonna be awesome. We go on around 9pm, but be sure to get there early to catch Elseworth and Burdon of Guilt.
Get directions here
Minion is available for download in the media section.
Our favorite beverage is now an official sponsor of Bleed the Sky. We should have plenty of Jager/BTS swag to give out for free in the next month or two. \m/ Also, Minion is available on the MP3 player, and also will also be featured on the "Alone in the Dark" soundtrack w/ a lot of great bands like Arch Enemy, Meshuggah, Chimaira and Machinehead.
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