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From Wednesday 25 June 2003

A call to (larry) arms

Submitted by Mark: “The new Lawrence Arms album will be called ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ and will be released on Fat on September 23. It’ll have 10 tracks; 5 by Chris and 5 by Brendon. One of the tracks is called ‘The March of the Elephants.'”

Other side of the coin…

Regarding the King Prawn/Jesse James thing…this is from Jym and he stresses it isn’t the official KP line. “Babar made a statement to the effect of ‘punk is more about booze and girls than shoes and hairstyles’ during one of his rants during the 2nd

Why can’t we be friends?

It seems like it’s a big topic of conversation and I deem it newsworthy so here we go. At Holidays In The Sun last weekend Punktastic heard unconfirmed reports of a scuffle between members of King Prawn and Jesse James. Turns out it

And the headliners are…

Yep, I know we haven’t had PB3 yet but the headliners are confirmed for PB4 on August 9 at Leeds Josephs Well and they are….Stapleton! More details and full line up to come very soon…

It’s a bit snowy up here

Snowdogs new album “Deep Cuts, Fast Remedies” will finally be released in the UK in September 2003. The London based trio will play a handful of show to warm up for the release date. More shows to be announced soon. July 2003 02 London Camden, UK @ WKD 19

Win tickets to Alkaline Trio secret show!

How’s about this then! Punktastic has ONE PAIR of tickets to the hottest show this year. We have two tickets to give away to a SECRET Alkaline Trio show in London on July 5. This gig, a complete one-off, is so secret that I can’t

Conflict – No Power Without Control

Conflict have been described as the world’s foremost activist punk rock band. In the USA, the Seattle riots and the ‘straight-edge’ punk movement have accredited the band as inspiration. This led to increased attention focused around the dormant group, and gave them an

Goodness gracious, it’s fire and it’s red

Taken from the Good Clean Fun Records mailout: “We have a few advance copies of the Fireapple Red CD available for mail order now! It won’t be in the shops for at least a month (or two), so you can get your

Freya – As The Last Light Drains

The name ‘Freya‘ is a fairly new one on the hardcore circuit, but the name ‘Earth Crisis‘ may ring a few more bells. Three of the five band members in Freya were former Earth Crisis players and have picked up where

Tuesday 24 June 2003

Want to win?

If you want to go and see Sugarcult and Motion City Soundtrack at Manchester Uni tonight you best email paul@punktastic.com right about now. I have a pair of tickets waiting for you…first to email to claim them wins! EDIT – we have a