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About Me

Giant Haystacks were a three-piece punk rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area. We existed from late 2001 until April 2007. In that time we released three seven inches, two albums, and a tape, as well as a few limited edition CDRs, zines, etc. We toured the US three times and the UK once, and played locally and up and down the West Coast when time permitted. Further information, more mp3s, videos, etc can be found by visiting our website, www.gianthaystacks.com
Check out our new band, Airfix Kits !
RECORDS!
The band broke up but the rock doesn't stop coming. We've got two new 7" platters to add to your collections:
GIANT HAYSTACKS/OUTNAUTS Split EP (Snuffy Smiles, Japan): We do one original and one cover by the Diagram Brothers. Outnauts play quirky hardcore with great guitar leads. This record is $5 ppd.
GIANT HAYSTACKS "All Back To Mine/The Scar That Will Never Heal" (Art Of The Underground Singles Series). Limited to 250, subscription only. Two unreleased GH dancefloor burners. You need this and there ain't many places where you can get it. Bargain price: $5 ppd.
NOW AVAILABLE - "We Are Being Observed" Vinyl
We teamed up with SmartGuy Records to release our first album, We Are Being Observed on vinyl. It originally came out in 2004 on CD only. We have pressed only 200 copies, first come first served. All are on clear vinyl. You can get it direct from us by clicking the buy now button. It's $12.00 ppd in the US, instant collector's item!
We have two songs on a split 7" with Armedalite Rifles from New York, on FDH Records. You can hear one of our songs on this page. You can buy the record from us at gigs, or by visiting the FDH MySpace page
A Rebirth Of Our City 7"EP (Pizza Pizza Records). It has three songs. You can preview the title track on this page. We don't have any left but check distros such as LittleType and No Idea.
This Is My Fist/Giant Haystacks split EP(625/Art Of The Underground): Two songs from each band. It's finally out! $4.50 ppd. Click here to buy:
(Foreign orders get in touch for shipping rates.)
Our last ever show, live at Thrillhouse Records in SF:
this is us live at Munoz Gym in Bakersfield:

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/28/2004
Band Website: gianthaystacks.com/
Band Members: Alan, Nate, Allan
Influences: all our friends and other good people we've met as a band. thank you for your support and your floors to sleep on -- THANK YOU!!!we like: The Jam, Minutemen, Gang of Four, Neil Young, Lungfish, This Is My Fist, Wire, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Bob Dylan, Wipers, The Fuse, The Fall, Cream, Harry Balzagna and the Teenie Weenies, The Captain, What The Kids Want, The Drogues, Futureheads, Big Boys, Urinals, Clorox Girls, Tiltwheel, Vena Cava, Husker Du, The Cars, Talking Heads, Refused, The Building Press, Leatherface, Rites Of Spring, Descendents, Helmet, Hot Snakes, Projections
Record Label: SmartGuy, Mistake, 625, Pizza Pizza, FDH
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Bay Bridged top 10 of 2006

The Bay Bridged podcast chose us as one of their top 10 bands/interviews of 2006. You can listen to their year-end podcast by clicking here.
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 12:15:00 PST

Interview on Cultpunk.com

There's a wordy interview with us up at Cultpunk.com. http://www.cultpunk.com/?p=115Thanks to Oliver for the interview.
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 11:01:00 PST

Thanks Bakersfield & LA!

We had a great time this weekend. Right before we played in Bakersfield some kid who'd done his first hit off a gravity bong passed out right in front of the speaker. There was a full on circle pit in...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:22:00 PST

some reviews of our recent output

some shit music gossip rags offered their worthless opinions on our latest records (and tape), here's what they had to say:A REBIRTH OF OUR CITY 7" EP"The title track is possibly my favorite Haystacks...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Tue, 10 Oct 2006 08:38:00 PST

we need an Albuquerque show

if you can help us find a show between Denver, CO and Denton, TX on Wednesday May 24th, please get in touch. Yeah, we know it's last minute.
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Wed, 17 May 2006 12:47:00 PST

T-Shirts

We just got around to making our t-shirts available on our website. Go here to check them out and order.
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Tue, 14 Feb 2006 11:51:00 PST

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year from Giant Haystacks! 2005 was a mixed year for us - on the positive side, we put out our second album, and had two really fun tours (one UK, one US), a ton of shows with some great...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Mon, 02 Jan 2006 12:54:00 PST

Smalltown were amazing...

Got to see Smalltown twice this weekend. What a great band. If you missed them, you missed out. Friday's show with them was a lot of fun too. Young Offenders came out of the gate strong for a bunch of...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Mon, 05 Dec 2005 04:12:00 PST

What the L?

Hey, there's two people with similar names in the band now so when you write to one of us or post a myspace message you have to get it right! ALLAN, with the double-L, is the Scottish guy that plays ...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:07:00 PST

broken bones healing

No sooner had Nate broken his collarbone riding his bike home from a party than I decided to break my right elbow falling off my bike in Scotland. It looks like we'll still be able to play the show we...
Posted by Giant Haystacks on Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:33:00 PST