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Blue Island Tribe

Ride the Wave to an Endless Summer

About Me

We decided the world needed more fun.
We wrote some music.
We went on tour.
We played shitty gigs.
We went on tour more.
We recorded.
We played better gigs.
We toured all over the country.
We played with and met some cool people.
We played with and met some not-so cool people.
We wrote more music.
We recorded again this time with a bad ass producer.
We got sponsored by people.
We licensed a bunch of music to T.V. shows and surf videos.
We did showcases for important people.
We got promised a whole lot of things.
We got a whole lot of stories.
We wrote more music.
We recorded again with same bad ass producer.
We played more gigs.
We started getting played on the radio.
We sold a bunch of albums.............
Please stay tuned to learn the rest of the story...... ..

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/29/2004
Band Website: blueislandtribe.com
Band Members:
Influences: Bob Marley & The Wailers, Toots & The Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Santana, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, Dispatch, Sublime, The Police, Reel Big Fish, No Doubt, Jamiroquai, Matisyahu, Rage against the Machine, 311, The Beach Boys, James Brown, G Love, Wyclef Jean, Wilson Pickett, Mason Proffitt, Tom Petty, Eric Clapton and All things beach related including but not limited to Sand, Sun, Fun, Bikinis, Cocktails, and Chillin.

Sounds Like: Chillin on the beach in the summertime with a cocktail.
Record Label: Spark a Fire Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Recording!!!!!!

We are in the studio recording new stuff.....watch live here:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-sonic-factory...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:00:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 18: Heading Home

This morning our bus came at 9 a.m. to pick us up and take us to the airport. We loaded up and spent 45 minutes discussing the stories from the night before. When we arrived at the airport we realized...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:43:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 16: Camp Foster

After a few hours of sleep we had a bus call at 9 am to head over to the venue and soundcheck. Okinawa is HUMID!!! And to our surprise we were playing outside, we were drenched after playing three son...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:34:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 17: 4th of July!!!!

This morning our bus call was for 8:30 am. Ouch! We all joined BIT so we didn't have to be up before noon, now we are having to get up and do stuff before 9..... we'll deal with it. We headed to Kaden...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:35:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 15: Travel day to Okinawa

After getting dropped off at the hotel at 2 a.m. last night, the 8 a.m. bus pickup came awful early. We headed over to load out all of our gear at a warehouse, said good bye to Mr. Hwang (bossman) and...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:33:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 14: Camp Awesome

Actually it is called Camp Eagle but.....wow!!! What a day! We got picked up by the bus at noon, drove two hours, and pulled into Camp Eagle. At the gate 1st. Sergeants Verella and Brown hopped in the...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:21:00 PST

AFE Tour Day 13: Day off in Korea

Today was our first and only day off in Korea. We woke up, ate lunch, and then ventured out into Seoul. First, we went to the "Electronics Market", which everyone told us had super cheap electronics. ...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:18:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 12: Camp Casey

Today the bus came at 3 pm. We arrived at Camp Casey around 4:30......loaded in, soundchecked, and headed to the PX. We bought more airborne, cough drops, vitamins, energy bars, etc..... they are defi...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:17:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 11: Camp Red Cloud

Today we got up, ate lunch, and wandered around Seoul for a few hours before the bus picked us up at 3:30. The trip was pretty short and we arrived at Camp Red Cloud around 4:30. We quickly loaded in,...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:45:00 PST

AFE Tour Blog Day 10: Camp Humphreys

The bus came and picked us up from the hotel around 10 am. Another 4 hours later we arrived at Camp Humphreys. The venue was a pretty large nightclub that was perfect for us. We loaded in, soundchecke...
Posted by Blue Island Tribe on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 06:44:00 PST