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"...AND THIS IS OUR SHAMBOLIC RACKET"

About Me

---from slash-n-crash CHORDS style racket to KING TUBBY riddims to industrial clank and sometimes all in the same set...of course, this usually means we get funny looks and empty rooms when we start getting "weird"...the best comment about us.."i like it when you guys rock out, but i don't get that experimental junk"....nothing ventured, nothing gained....and i thought this was rebellion..we've shared the stage, floor, basement, etc. w/ ALTERNATIVE TV, TV SMITH, FISHBONE, DEMOB, SUPERYOB (W/ frankie flame), DAN MELCHOIR'S BROKE REVUE, THE FLESHIES, BLOWFLY, GLENN MERCER (of the feelies) and we've played on all kinds of different shows from oi! to folk to experimental noise collectives....
Flux idea for cover - LP
10$ Postage paid in the US 17$ overseas
NEW ARMEDALITE RIFLES 12"HEY-- OUR NEW RECORD IS DONE........ON LOVELY BLACK VINYL..... 10.00 POSTPAID IN THE U.S. OVERSEAS........WILL BE A BIT MORE. OR IF YER BAND PUT OUT A 12"...WE'D LIKE TO SWAP....GET IN TOUCH IF YOU'D LIKE A COPY....ONLY 300 PRESSED. COMES W/ A PAINT BRUSH. SERIOUSLY, IT DOES.SOME FLUXIST SHIT GOIN' ON. MAKE YER OWN COVER IN THE SPIRIT OF VAUTIER, JUNE PAIK, GEORGE MACUNIAS, AND THE REST OF THOSE NUTTY FUCKS.11 NEW TRACKS.......FROM AUGUSTUS PABLO DUBBY TYPE STUFF, TO PSYCHEDLIC SWILL TO MOD/POWERPOPPIN' 7T'S STYLE PUNK JUNK.......EVEN Z'EV INFLEUNCED US ON A TRACK.......SOME SHEET METAL FOR PERCUSSION.AS I ONCE HEARD SOMEONE SAY TO ALTERNATIVE TV AFTER THEY DID A SONG..............."HOW ARTY" above video by marisa rowe @ the polish club 3.1.08

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/17/2004
Band Website: frontiernet.net/~lorubbio/
Band Members: james - bass/vox/harmonica/guitars, jay - guitar/bass/keyboards, Greggy - drums/percussion
Sounds Like: we've got a lot of different influences----mod/punk/powerpop with some dub and some touches of experimental music/free jazz. ----3 record collecting dorks...so i won't get too nutty. ---late 7t's/early 8t's punk/powerpop singles, LAFMS, c86, savage republic, the chords, augustus pablo, sir horatio, slivers, housemartins, the jam, the clash, captain beefheart & the magic band, prince far I, saccharine trust, phil ochs,can, trojan records, master musicians of jajouka, konono no.1, the ex,the ruts, dubstep 12"s, big boys, chiswick records, rudolph grey, swell maps, booker t. & the mg's, z'ev, big flame, bogshed, velvet underground, fast cars, the creation, riff raff, minutemen, fuck off cassettes, the members, the burial, protex, newtown neurotics,danny & the dressmakers,tv personalities, the purple hearts. the circles, john cage, FLUXUS music, redskins, missing foundation, harry pussy & a bunch of bands that released a 45 and vanished. and oh lots of DIY cassette only releases.
Record Label: Wrinky Dink Records / FDH Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

playing shows...

we love playing shows..............if you'd like to have us play your club, barbeque, drop a line..... we'd really love to play in the UK...any overseas promoters wanna help? pleeze....like nodd...
Posted by armedalite rifles on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:12:00 PST

swapping records

we love swapping lp's, cds, cassettes, etc. with other bands on same wavelengths. get in touch if you miss the days pre-filesharing and all that. the days when you looked forward to the mailman coming...
Posted by armedalite rifles on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 12:08:00 PST

record reviews....

The Armedalite Rifles  "Flux Idea For Cover" (Wrinky Dink Records)"Lewd, Crewd, But Made With Love" Hailing from Pine Bush, New York, The Armedalite Rifles are a 3-piece fronted by the enigmatic &...
Posted by armedalite rifles on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:12:00 PST

live on wfmu--the pat duncan show

http://wfmu.org/playlists/shows/25641 we're about a half hour into the show..  
Posted by armedalite rifles on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:08:00 PST

----->disco trash--->

so here's the disco, and where to buy---- 1.armedalite rifles-wont fight/wont fight 45       wrinky dink #2 ....200 copies.....2004.      &n...
Posted by armedalite rifles on Thu, 28 Dec 2006 06:50:00 PST