You're browsing the archives « Previous PageNext Page » From Friday 27 December 2002 Dave leaves Allister Pop-punkers Allister have lost their drummer Dave, who has quit the band for ‘personal reasons’. However, the band have issued a statement saying they will not split and are looking for a replacement. Dave himself wrote on the Allister website: “So, Just because I’m a sucker for this band A Christmas message from Jesse Lacey of the awesome Brand New: “We wanted to take a second and sincerely thank all of you guys who have made this year so wonderful for us. The amount of love we’ve received since we started this band is almost unbearable. NoComply go back to the future NoComply are to release their first full length record in September, as well as take part in some ‘interesting’ tours, according to frontgal Kelly Kemp. Speaking to Punktastic, Kelly described 2002 as ‘amazing’ and hoped that 2003 would be even better. She said: “2002 was A robotic tour And No One Knew They Were Robots are set to release a new EP and tour on the back of it in February. Dates confirmed so far are: 13th Sunderland – Ashbrooke Cricket Club 14th Leeds – Josephs Well 15th Kingston – The Peel 16th Southampton – King Alfreds 17th Wednesday 25 December 2002 Happy Christmas Merry Christmas from everyone at Punktastic! Howard’s Alias tour and new cd planned Rising skacore stars Howard’s Alias hope to release another album next year as well as lots of touring, including a tour with Mustard Plug. Dates confirmed so far are: JANUARY 2003 11th WORCESTER, CITY YOUTH HOUSE 16th LONDON UNDERWORLD tour w/Mustard Plug and Howard’s Alias tour and new cd planned Rising skacore stars Howard’s Alias hope to release another album next year as well as lots of touring, including a tour with Mustard Plug. Dates confirmed so far are: JANUARY 2003 11th WORCESTER, CITY YOUTH HOUSE 16th LONDON UNDERWORLD tour w/Mustard Plug and Get your t-shirts here My Awesome Compilation finally have t-shirts available, and in a burst of Christmas spirit they are just £6, including P&P! All the details are up at www.myawesomecompilation.com Atom to get his package over here? Atom and His Package could be headed for the UK next summer. I’ve been hearing whisperings that the electro-punk chap could be coming over for a bit now, and now a batch of German dates have been booked for May and June. Nothing Simple Plan – No Helmets, No Pads…Just Balls There’s so much hatred about how bad Simple Plan are that I thought I would see what all the fuss was about. I wish I hadn’t. It’s not that Simple Plan are entirely disgusting, it’s just the most obvious disposable pop pap that
