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Theory of Ruin

We Are On To You

About Me

we're loud and we don't have white belts, ugg boots, or ironic moustaches. Some of us live in Oakland and some of us live in Los Angeles.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/10/2004
Band Website: theoryofruin.net
Band Members: Link, Smith, Newport
Influences: Blowfly, any incarnations of Kool Keith, bands of whom weve broke their demo tapes (they were great, we just don't know what came over us. )
Sounds Like: the inside of a van.
Record Label: Escape Artist Records (www.escapeartistrecords.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Live Video on YouTube

Live Footage "Missives on a Recurring Theme" can be found on YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3puMGPX-DL4Anybody having any live Theory of Ruin footage - let us know. We'll screen it for suckn...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:10:00 PST

Shows

Mid March we are playing. Have a San Francisco show at Hotel Utah on Thursday March 10th. We are also playing at The Smell in LA on March 12th. christ.
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Musique Machine Review of FLPC

Theory of Ruin - Front Line Poster Child [Escape Artist - 2003] Having had Counter-Culture Nosebleed in my cd changer for the better part of a year, I was anxious to hear any news about what these ...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Exclaim! (Canada) Frontline Poster Child review

Ex-Fudge Tunnel leader Alex Newport turns bullocks into brilliance once again as San Frans Theory Of Ruin unleash this five-song EP. With a debut as fabulously freakish as 2002s Counter Culture Nose...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Ink19 review (Counter-Culture Nosebleed)

Theory Of Ruin Counter-Culture Nosebleed Escape Artist With one foot planted in aggressive post-rock and the other in the so-called "No Wave" -- broadly speaking, that'd be post-hardcore influenc...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

the Earpollution review (frontline poster child)

Front Line Poster Child is the follow up to 2002's Counter-Culture Nosebleed, and anyone familiar with Alex Newport's penchant for vise-tight noise knuckling will not be disappointed with this five-so...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

what MESH Magazine has to say about Theory of Ruin

Theory of Ruin Front Line Poster Child Escape Artist Records Theres a hint of warning in the opening guitar lines of Front Line Poster Childnot a literal one, but an edgy, foreboding tone that...
Posted by Theory of Ruin on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST