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BRENT EYESTONE

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Brent Eyestone is a multi-faceted, self-described "obsessive creative." His body of work spans many disciplines, portions of which are summarized in brief below.
MUSIC COMPOSITION AND PERFORMANCE
In spite of being a late bloomer (not starting or joining bands until midway through college), Eyestone has since written and performed on over 60 internationally-distributed recordings spanning 11 years. In that time, he has performed in 47 U.S. states (including Alaska) and various foreign countries, clocking in at approximately 400 individual live shows to date. Never one to separate skateboarding from music, Eyestone realized long-running childhood dreams in 2004, when Thrasher Magazine selected the FORENSICS album Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway to its year-end "Best Of" issue, and again in 2007, when Tony Hawk used the AUGHRA composition Courage And Courtesy in the soundtrack, official trailer, and Making Of... featurette for The Beginning , Hawk's first video in 10 years on Birdhouse Skateboards.
Links:
• Brent Eyestone partial discography/ties to other musicians on Band To Band
• A complete list of bands, links, and Eyestone's personal discography (by year) are featured to the left on the profile you are viewing now
MAGIC BULLET RECORDS
Since 1997, Eyestone has owned and operated the independent record label Magic Bullet Records. Originally started in his college apartment, Magic Bullet has released over 100 titles into circulation on a host of formats (CD, vinyl, cassette, DVD, digital download) across the globe, introducing music fans everywhere to bands like BOY SETS FIRE, MAJORITY RULE, STEPHEN BRODSKY, and THIS WILL DESTROY YOU for the first time. In addition, the label has supported and archived releases from established acts such as CAVE IN, OLD MAN GLOOM, PG.99, SUPERSUCKERS, and (most recently) JFA amongst a rich roster showcasing all of the wonderfully divergent sounds that comprise independent music.
Magic Bullet Records is distributed in North American by WEA, the Lumberjack-Mordam Music Group, and Dischord Records, in Canada by Sonic Unyon, in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe by Shellshock, in Germany by Indigo, and in Japan by Disk Union.
Links:
• Magic Bullet Records official website
• Magic Bullet Records on MySpace
MUSIC PUBLISHING
Founding the Blistered Avalon Music (SESAC) moniker in 2004, Eyestone established himself in the music synchronization/licensing industry quickly through bringing his music and the music of various bands from the Magic Bullet Records roster to notable independent and mainstream outlets worldwide. To date, Eyestone has placed music in film and television projects to a client list that includes Sony Pictures Studios, NBC, HBO, Nike, Fuel TV, VH1, MTV, the BBC, Major League Soccer, and Birdhouse Skateboards (among many others).
GRAPHIC DESIGN | ART DIRECTION | PRINT | FINE ART
An award-winning graphic designer (recognized by such publications as Communication Arts), Eyestone spent many of his formative years taking on album-related work and honing the craft of creative packaging. Beginning with the custom matchbook casing for BOY SETS FIRE's This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice Is Being Born (issued as the first ever title on his own Magic Bullet Records imprint), Eyestone soon began taking on outside clients, designing album packaging, clothing, and various visuals for noted underground bands such as RORSCHACH, BIG BOYS, CAVE IN, and DARKEST HOUR, and independent record labels such as Robotic Empire, Gern Blandsten, and UndeRadar. Along the way, Eyestone has had the honor of working with many from his personal visual canon, art directing and collaborating with the likes of Aaron Horkey, Spot, Pushead, Derek Hess, Stephen O'Malley, STK MTN, FangsAnalSatan, and Aaron Turner.
In 2006, perhaps burned out on the confines of pixels, dpi, and the like, Eyestone self-imposed a temporary respite from computer-generated work and began a series of hand-rendered and painted pieces for many of the CD, vinyl, cassette, DVD, and skateboard deck projects he had taken on for the period. The music and skateboarding art communities took notice instantly and Eyestone was extended his first ever formal gallery show, held in Vienna, Austria. Other gallery shows have since been opened in the United Kingdom, Sweden, and North America.
Link:
• View Brent Eyestone layouts, packaging design, and fine art via MySpace
MAGIC BULLET SKATEBOARDS & MBFS PRESENTS
Upon moving to Fredericksburg, Virginia in 2004, Eyestone founded Magic Bullet Skateboards with his brother, Mark Eyestone. The goal was twofold: 1.) make available an affordable alternative (locally) to the overpriced major brands, and 2.) offer yet another platform for Eyestone and his favorite bands to explore and express furthering visual possibilities, challenges, and aesthetic. To date, the Eyestone brothers have sold thousands of micro-batch boards via Mark Eyestone's local shop (Fredericksburg Skateboards), Magic Bullet Records' mailorder services, and on the various bands' tourdates.
Unintentionally spawned from the partnership of the Eyestones in Magic Bullet Skateboards came Magic Bullet & Fred Skates Presents, an entertainment series meticulously curated by both brothers in efforts to provide the community of Fredericksburg, Virginia with unparalleled all-ages programming, completely free to the public. Marked by a strong variety show tone, MBFS events have featured everything from film screenings to competitive eating competitions to international touring bands and far beyond. In many ways, MBFS is the brothers' way of giving back to a community that has significantly enabled both to do exactly what they want in their creative/professional endeavors.
• Magic Bullet Skateboards on MySpace
• Magic Bullet & Fred Skates Presents... on MySpace
FILM
Furthering the collaborative efforts of the Eyestone brothers is the existence of two films about skateboarding in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Tracking the dynamic characters that make up a small town's skateboarding presence, Fredericksburg Skateboards (2005) and City By The Battlefield (2007) both saw international DVD release, domestic Pay-Per-View and On-Demand cable offerings, and critical acclaim in publications the world over. The brothers continue to constantly brainstorm and document the ever-evolving skate scene of their town for future installments in what is to be an ongoing series.
Eyestone has also produced several DVD titles featuring a multitude of live music content over the years.
Links:
• Brent Eyestone on IMDB
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My Interests

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Music:

• 2003-Current: Forensics
• 1997-Current: Magic Bullet Records
• 2004-Current: Aughra
• 2006-Current: Big China & Little Trouble
• 2001-2002: Corn On Macabre
• 1997-2001: Waifle

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DISCOGRAPHY (updates in progress - still trying to find some of the older stuff)

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2007

• THE BEGINNING DVD (Birdhouse Skateboards)
Featured musician.

• AUGHRA "The Making Of...": "The Beginning" (Birdhouse Skateboards/Fuel TV)
Featured musician.

• FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS "The First Season" 5xDVD (Universal Studios)
Featured musician.

• BIG CHINA & LITTLE TROUBLE "Fur & Teeth" 3" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• AUGHRA "The Book Of Habidabad Vol. 2" Art Book & CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• SOUVENIR'S YOUNG AMERICA "An Ocean Without Water" CD/LP (Crucial Blast)
Appears as guest musician.

• THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS "Can't Take It" remix (Interscope)
Producer and musician for remix track.

• FORENSICS "Green Lion" 7" (Timberline)
Available soon from Timberline Recordings .

• V/A (FORENSICS) "Free Agent" DVD Soundtrack (Derder Productions)
(2 songs)

• V/A (FORENSICS) "City by The Battlefield" DVD Soundtrack (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• V/A (BIG CHINA & LITTLE TROUBLE) "Untitled" 3xCD (Public Guilt/Epicene/UndeRadar)
Available here .

• V/A (AUGHRA) "Untitled" 3xCD (Public Guilt/Epicene/UndeRadar)
Available here .

• AUGHRA "Midway Monsters" C-10 (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT.

• AUGHRA "A Sleeping Bag And A Shitload Of Acid" DVD (UndeRadar)
Available here .

• AUGHRA & MOSH PATROL "Is There Anyone Else Outside?" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

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2006

• AUGHRA "Return To The Red Room" - remix for WETHER/DATASHOCK split C-15 (Meudiademorte). AUGHRA track appears on bonus 3" CD.
SOLD OUT

• AUGHRA / EARTHEN SEA "split" C-30 (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

• AUGHRA / POISON ARROWS "split" C-10 (UndeRadar)
Available here .

• AUGHRA / GALLOWS "split" C-30 (No Horse Shit)
Available here .

• BIG CHINA & LITTLE TROUBLE "Black Blood Of The Earth Part 2" C-15 (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

• BIG CHINA & LITTLE TROUBLE "Black Blood Box Set #1" 2xCS (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

• BIG CHINA & LITTLE TROUBLE "Black Blood Of The Earth Part 1" C-10 (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• V/A (FORENSICS) "It Came From The Hills Vol. 1" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• V/A (AUGHRA) "It Came From The Hills Vol. 1" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

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2005

• K. OSBOURNE / FORENSICS "split" 7" (Sanctuary)
SOLD OUT

• V/A (FORENSICS) "Fredericksburg Skateboards 2005" DVD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "Hogback Mountain Sessions Vol. 1" LP (Tuned To You)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "Hogback Mountain Sessions Vol. 1" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "KRUA 88.1 FM Alaskan Radio Interview" 8" lathe (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

• FORENSICS / TEXTBOOK TRAITORS "split" LP (Electric Human Project/Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• AUGHRA "Habidabad Vol. 1" 7" (UndeRadar)
Available here .

• AUGHRA "Habidabad Vol. 1" C-10 (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

• WAIFLE / pg.99 "Do You Need A Place To Stay?" REISSUE CD/LP (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

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2004

• FORENSICS "Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway" LP (Trash Art Sound And Culture)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• V/A (BRENT EYESTONE) "You've Got Your Orders Vol. 2" CD (Chrome Peeler)
Available here .

• CORN ON MACABRE "The Final Chapter" DVD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .
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2003

• FORENSICS "On A Bridge Atop The Heap Of Friends Who Jumped" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "Has Anyone Unknown To You Handled Or Touched This Vinyl?" 7" (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• FORENSICS "On A Bridge Atop The Heap Of Friends Who Jumped" LIMITED EDITION 3" CD (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT.

• V/A (CORN ON MACABRE) "2 Legs Bad. 38 Legs Good." 7" (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

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2002

• CORN ON MACABRE "Chapters I & II + Deleted Scene" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• CORN ON MACABRE "Chapter II" 7" (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• CORN ON MACABRE "Chapter I" 7" (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT

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2001

• V/A (WAIFLE) "Magic Bullet/Phyte Split Label Sampler" CD (Magic Bullet/Phyte)
SOLD OUT.

• WAIFLE / THE ANASAZI "This is a Party as Much as a Funeral" split 5"(Pensive/CAVOYO)
Available here .

• WAIFLE / pg.99 "Do You Need A Place To Stay" CD (Magic Bullet - CD)
SOLD OUT.

• WAIFLE / pg.99 "Do You Need A Place To Stay" LP (Magic Bullet/Amendment)
SOLD OUT.

• WAIFLE Trading Card Box Set (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT.

• WAIFLE / DIYL "split" 7" (Magic Bullet/Amendment)
SOLD OUT.

• WAIFLE / CRESTFALLEN "split" 7"(Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• WAIFLE "Hell Night" LIMITED EDITION TOUR CD (Waifle)
SOLD OUT.

• V/A (WAIFLE) "Empower" BENEFIT CD (UndeRadar)
SOLD OUT.

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2000

• WAIFLE "And The Blood Will Come Down Like A Curtain" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• WAIFLE "And The Blood Will Come Down Like A Curtain" 10" (Magister Ludi)
SOLD OUT.

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1999

• V/A (WAIFLE) "Can't Stop This Train" CD (Schematics, Join The Team Player)
SOLD OUT.

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1998

• WAIFLE "The Music Stops, The Man Dies" CD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• WAIFLE "The Music Stops, The Man Dies" LP (Magister Ludi)
SOLD OUT.

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1997

• WAIFLE "Breakfast Violence" 7" (Magic Bullet)
SOLD OUT.

• V/A (WAIFLE) "Se Cauto, No Casto" CD (Deifer)
SOLD OUT.

• V/A (WAIFLE) "Seize Control" Tape Comp (False Sense)
SOLD OUT.

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Movies:



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FILMOGRAPHY

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2007

• CITY BY THE BATTLEFIELD THEATRICAL/DVD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• AUGHRA "A Sleeping Bag And A Shitload Of Acid" DVD (UndeRadar)
Available here .

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2005

• FREDERICKSBURG SKATEBOARDS THEATRICAL/DVD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

• THE DEVIL'S REJECTS THEATRICAL/DVD (Lions Gate Films)
Available here .

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2004

• CORN ON MACABRE "The Final Chapter" DVD (Magic Bullet)
Available here .

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My Blog

Magic Bullet’s Olympic swimming hopeful on NBC tonight

Great news: fellow Virginian and long-time Magic Bullet friend/supporter Tom Koucheravy won his preliminary heat outright and finished 5th overall in the mile at the U.S. Olympic trials, currently bei...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 10:27:00 PST

Review : EKSI EKSO "I Am Your Bastard Wings" : The Boston Globe

From The Boston Globe:These outsiders look inwardEksi EksoI Am Your Bastard Wings (Magic Bullet)ESSENTIAL "Wintering, The"Eksi Ekso formed from the ashes of two promising Boston-based rock bands: On F...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:03:00 PST

THIS WILL DESTROY YOU "s/t" 2xLP on black/green now in stock + more!

THIS WILL DESTROY YOU "S/T" 2xLP (2ND PRESS) NOW IN STOCKWe now have copies of THIS WILL DESTROY YOU's "S/T" 2xLP in on green and black vinyl (weed and oil?). If you put an advance order in, everythi...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:16:00 PST

THIS WILL DESTROY YOU: Billabong XXL Global Big Waves Awards (ESPN, DVD)

The music of This Will Destroy You will be featured during Billabong's XXL Global Big Wave Awards 2008, an annual recognition of the most daring surfers conquering the most deadly waves around the pla...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Sat, 24 May 2008 01:27:00 PST

Reviews: THIS WILL DESTROY YOU "s/t" : Liverpool Daily Post (UK), Kronic (Italy)

Peter Guy pits This Will Destroy You's new album versus Kyte's new album.--Kronic (Italian magazine)'s review of This Will Destroy You "s/t"...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Thu, 22 May 2008 11:39:00 PST

EKSI EKSO "I Am Your Bastard Wings" now available on CD/iTunes

EKSI EKSO "I AM YOUR BASTARD WINGS" CD - MBL104- Debut full length release from former members of THE BURNING PARIS and ON FIRE- 12 tracks, 53 minutes- Mixed and produced by Grammy-winner Malcolm Burn...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Wed, 14 May 2008 01:12:00 PST

THIS WILL DESTROY YOU : BBC Interview : full archive link

For those that missed it, you can listen to This Will Destroy You being interviewed on BBC radio via this link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/northernireland/realmedia/radiofoy le/thiswilldestroyyou.ramEnjoy!...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Tue, 06 May 2008 06:11:00 PST

Magic Bullet Webstore has been updated with new stuff...

Hello -We've just added a bunch of stuff to the Magic Bullet webstore:THIS WILL DESTROY YOU - "Young Mountain" LP (3rd press - marble blue)- At checkout, you'll have the option of adding the full CD v...
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Sat, 03 May 2008 11:44:00 PST

Interview : THIS WILL DESTROY YOU : The New Scheme

NOTE: You can download the entire issue right here.Additionally, you can download their free mixtape (including a TWDY track) right here....
Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Thu, 01 May 2008 10:19:00 PST

May 18: THE WHITE CASTLE HASSLE w/ LYMBYC SYSTYM!


Posted by BRENT EYESTONE on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:03:00 PST