White Flag

APRIL 7 UPDATEHey Everybody,The reissue is almost sold out better get one quick!Euro tour with Adolescents shaping up nicely, keep your eyes peeled for more dates soon, we're going to be playing Sardenia!You can order now mail order the album via this new direct link to Puke N Vomit Records catalog (they also have other WF stuff, so log into their site, it is really cool)http://www.pukenvomitrecords.com/Product.aspx?id=17167 "S IS FOR SPACE-25th Anniversary Edition" 2 x 12" LP Hand Numbered Limited Edition of 1000Colored Vinyl Second Disk Original inserts plus poster and flier from 3rd show, supporting Black Flag Gasatanka Records JC-9052 Street Date April 1, 2008April 1, 2008 marks the street date for the 25th Anniversary re-issue of Southern California hard core stalwarts White Flag s first release, "S Is For Space", as a deluxe 2 LP vinyl only limited edition.This 2 record set includes the long out of print original LP, (which was recorded and pressed in December of 1982, but not distributed until 1983), as well as a second vinyl album, pressed in random "mystery colors", featuring previously unreleased recordings of the band's second and third live gigs. Record two includes their famous first "real gig", supporting Black Flag, to an army of very angry skinheads in Hemet, California, August 31, 1982.The deluxe packaging features a hand numbered silver foil stamped front cover, heavy duty 5mm spine sleeve, a 12" x 24" reproduction of the original 3' x 4' promotional poster, the original 1983 insert, and a copy of the rare Raymond Petibone art flier from the Black Flag support gig.The band will be touring Europe in support of the release and White Flag s 25th Anniversary, beginning June 24, 2008, with fellow So Cal band ADOLESCENTS.Distributors, if interested for your territories, please contact:[email protected] distribution and mailorder: punkenvomitrecords.com Euro Distribution: Germany: Cargo records DE UK: Cargo records UK more coming soon******************************************************** **************************March 2008 update: TOUR GOING GREAT, TOUR MATES FROM DEN HELDER, s.u.c. it AND US AND SOME FANS WHO CAME TO ROTTERDAM FROM SWEDEN (AND ARE GOING TO AMSTERDAM AND DEN HELDER TO SEE THE NEXT 2 SHOWS) MADE A RECORD LAST NIGHT, OF A NEW WF song WE WROTE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WATERFRONT GIG...WE WILL FINISH IT IN SWEDEN AND USA, BUT MOST OF IT WAS DONE THAT NIGHT! KIM SANG LEAD VOCALS, THE SWEDES AND OLLY AND TOINE FROM S.U.C. IT AND SOME FANS AND ROAD MANAGER SUZY SECRET SANG BACKUP VOCALS AND ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THE LYRICS, INCLUDING PASCAL FROM THE STUDIO. THE TITLE IS NOW, IN A MOVE OF SWEET Google/YouTube REVENGE, IS now "DIDO". HERE'S A CELLPHONE CLIP FROM UTRECHT GIG, DOING OUR VERSION OF "HOT RAILS TO HELL" which was on our 86 "ZERO HOUR" album in Europe and 87 "Sgt. Pepper" album in the UK, "Wild Kingdom" in USA.JANUARY 2008 UPDATE:WHITE FLAG 2008 Tour lineup: Pat Fear - guitar, vocals Ken Stringfellow - bass, vocals Chips K- guitar, vocals Trace Element- drums, vocals.WHITE FLAG, seminal stalwarts of the Los Angeles California punk rock and roll scene, will embark on a brief tour of Germany and The Netherlands, in early March of 2008. This "tour", which seems to have sprouted up entirely around the band's long distance international treks to see Golden Earring perform in Utrecht March 5, and the reunion of the living members of The Zombies in London, March 8th.This tour, a continuation of the group's "25th Anniversary Magical Misery Tour," has taken the band to such unusual locations as Greenland, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Alaska, and Finland. More European dates are planned for June and July, many with friends and fellow Southern Californians, The Adolescents.With a many faceted history that began in the small farm town of Sunnymead, California in 1982 White Flag has released 23 albums, singles and CD's, in countries as varied as South Africa, Japan and The Faroe Islands.The band had the honor of being the ONLY American group ever to play The Faroe Islands, as well the only U.S. band to play in Greenland, where White Flag headlined the annual Asiaat Nippia Rock Festival, north of the Arctic Circle.With their well known rotating roster of band members, this tour's line up includes: Pat Fear and Trace Element, (both of whom established the band in 1982), 12 year veteran Ken Stringfellow (p/k/a Kim Crimson), and 12 year veteran Chips K. (p/k/a El Swe),Other members of the "White Flag Army" who have recorded or toured as a member of the band (but are not performing on this tour) have included Hole's Eric Erlandson, Jeff Dahl Group and Adz member Bruce Duff, Javier Escovedo of legendary Los Angeles punk band The Zeros, and Rancid's Tim Armstrong.Aside from their infrequent record releases and tours with White Flag, the band members have a varied and colorful musical history.Pat Fear has worked as a songwriter and producer for such artists as Courtney Love's band Hole, NOFX, Pat Smear (of Nirvana/Foo Fighters and The Germs fame), The Go-Go's, Bangles, Redd Kross, Ace Frehley of KISS, and Swedish garage punk legends The Nomads. He is also a technical advisor on the film "What We Do is Secret," starring "E.R." actor Shane West, and Bijou Phillips), as well as being a rodeo bull riding champion, vegetarian, and a member of PeTA.Kim Crimson, (under his real name of Ken Stringfellow) is a sought after producer, when not busy fronting his full time bands The Posies, and The Disciplines, is one forth of the revamped lineup of the legendary band Big Star, and tours as keyboardist for R.E.M.El Swe is a member of the popular Swedish band Sator, and is a well respected producer in Scandinavia, having worked on releases by The Hellacopters, The Nomads, and many others.White Flag has been hailed as "the forefathers of punk pop" in many countries in Europe (a moniker the band is quite embarrassed by...), due to their classic pop punk rock and roll songwriting, and trademark vocal harmonies. Applying those vocal abilities to hardcore fast paced punk rock music established the group as a unique force in the then bland landscape of punk rock in Southern California in 1982, though the group's sound has expanded to included more pop, rock and roll, Eastern influenced psychedelia, and gentle acoustic ballads over their quater century causing of musical havoc.The 2008 tour will continue to Western and Eastern Europe, Scandinavia, Australia and Japan, in support of their forthcoming full new album, the working title of which is "Wish You Were There"More information, including photos, discography, history, as well as videos (one featuring the late Kurt Cobain discussing the band on MTV Brazil) can be found at the group's official website:www.chaser.net/whiteflag Media contact: [email protected] Booking: [email protected] 10 2007 UPDATE: We're working on two live albums (yes, vinyl!) from the recent Al Bum reunion gig and the gig we did without al the next week. Both sound great and the package will be extra nifty, with a color booklet inside and some free giveaways inside like patches and stickers etc. A limited number will feature a randomly inserted WF CD of exclusive recordings not available anywhere. Much of the artwork is being done done by our gifted friend Chris Shary, who has done many things for us in the past.Pat Fear is going on a short tour of Spain with The Zeros, (not playing, just keeping them out of trouble!) the great early L.A. band he resurrected and produced an album for in 1996. Come by and say hello if you in or near live in Spain.Itinerary:SPAIN Thurs. 19: Louie Louie club, Gijón, Asturias Frid. 20:Helldorado, Vitoria. Sat. 21: Gruta 77, Madrid Sun 22: Playa Club, La Coruña.and ITALY April 27 ROME Road To Ruins Festival at JailbreakBig WF related news about Road To Ruins ( Which White Flag played 2 years ago) is on Thursday, April 26, Pat and Ken's (Kim Crimson) side band Chariot is playing. The band also features two of The Zeros, and the group hasn't played live since 1999. The album " I AM BEN HUR" is available from Munster Records in Spain. A live lp is being recorded at the Rome performance, so come to the gig and be on it! The band has been known to whip out a few WF, Posies and Zeros songs among the Chariot originals and great cover songs that are on the lp, but nobody knows what this show will be like.DECEMBER 16 2006 UPDATE: Thanks for coming to the recent shows. We won't be playing in the USA for a long long time (again...unless it is a special occasion like the Sandy benefit...or someone offers us TONS of money...) but for those who missed out, or want to remember it a little more clearly, AL BUM has some of the rare "VOL 06" shirts left, and can be ordered through his MySpace site http://www.myspace.com/al_bumAND Artifix records, (who brought you the reissue of "R IS FOR ROCKET") will be issuing a CD of the audio of the shows (we recorded it all professinally) the shows, WITH some Quicktime high qulaity, multi camera video shots of the performances, to be viewed on your computer. Stand by!Funny edit of video of a recent track from our forthcoming CD....DECEMBER 11 2006 UPDATE: IMPORTANT update regarding: DECEMBER 13th House of Blues Anaheim Show: WHITE FLAG PLAYS AT 8:00 doors are at 7:00 this is an early show! We are taking requests for the set list for the December 13th gig at House of Blues in Anaheim with Me First & The Gimme Gimmes. Post them in COMMENT section or here. Please keep requests from 1987 (Wild Kingdom/Zero Hour lp's) releases, and previous, back to 1982. Cover song suggestions welcomed...also, a surprise guest will be joining us for two songs near and dear to Orange County's punk soul...first person to guess who it is goigg to be gets a surprise (post guesses in comments!)DECEMBER 10 2006 UPDATE: THE Al BUM returns set at The Sandy Wast Tribute/Benefit gig was a rousing success, people flew in from EUROPE to see WF, and fans and BEARS were singing along and going crazy. A limited number of the "Al Vol 06" shirts are still available (see design below) from Mike Glass, email him at [email protected] for details!GERMS MOVIE UPDATE: I am recruiting PUNKS for extras to be in audience shots for the GERMS film some yet to be established date and time between Dec 15-20th. Email a photo of yourself in VINTAGE CIRCA 1978 punk look [email protected] you live near enough to Los Angeles to be onthe set. We also need peoplewho are correct age to play RIOT COPS!NOVEMBER 20 2006 UPDATE:THE BANGLES HAVE JOINED IN FOR THE SANDY WEST MEMORIAL SHOW December 9th!!NOVEMBER 16 2006 UPDATE:WHITE FLAG has been invited to be guest support for Fat Mike's punk covers band Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, Wednesday December 13 at The House of Blues in Anaheim. Pat, Jello, Trace, Mike and special guests playing lots of stuff from various eras of the band, including the cut from the Short Music for Short People comp, and the NOFX song Pat Fear co-wrote with Mike, released through the NOFX singles club a while back, "Theme To A Spansh TV SHOW (Spaghetti Motel)The 1984 "Third Strike" lp WF lineup of Pat Fear, Trace Element, Jello B. Afro and...wait for it..... AL BUM (in a wheelchair, singing for the band for the first time in 23 years!) will be rocking hard core for a one time only reunion set, on Saturday, December 9th 2006, at The Knitting Factory, in Hollywood, California. Jello's subsequent replacement from 1985, Mike "Geek" Mess (of Sin 34 fame) will also join in on second guitar, for the first time in 22 years. This is the Sandy West memorial/benefit show, also featuring The Adolescents, Cherie Currie doing a Runaways set, and many surprise guests. Flag is only doing a 15 minute set, as are most of the bands, though a surprise headliner is probably playing a full set. Knitting Factory info 323-463-0204NOVEMBER 7TH 2006 UPDATE:WF Army affiliate Brian Kehew aka "Maria Kareoke" (he played Mellotron on some of the last WF CD, has worked with Redd Kross, Air, Hole, and produced a Muffs lp, and is now the touring keyboardist for THE WHO!) has released THE definitive Beatles' recording techniques book. Check it out at: www.recordingthebeatles.comHERE'S A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF VIDEOW FROM THE FORTHCOMING JAPANESE CD/DVD DOUBLE PACK OF "ETERNALLY UNDONE" ON WIZZARD IN VINYL RECORDS, JAPAN.DANGER ISLAND.. width="425" height="350" ..and FAITH VOID.. width="425" height="350" ..SEPTEMBER 11 UPDATE: Collectively we've decided that: bands asking to be our "friends" on MySpace who don't know a dang thing about White Flag, or don't have us listed in their influences (or mention us somewhere else in their own profiles )are just spamming every band for an add to promote their own group.While we FULLY appreciate the concept, and encourage you to do everything tasteful in your power to make your band known, we're bowing out of the process. MySpace has become a SPAM victim, and we won't approve any more hookers, businesses or actvities that don't have an inkling of who we are or what we're about. IF you're a band that really feels an affinity for us, and wants to be our friend, an email telling us something about how and when you became aware of White Flag, or a mention in your profile is the key to that door. Sorry to be cynical, but after asking numerous bands (and what are apparently prostitutes or unrelated business ventures) if they know ANYTHING about us and getting a negative reply, we've just made this decision, and we're happy with it. Best of luck to anyone who is in a band and wants to be successful.Pat Fear can be seen enjoying himself in 1982, (pre-mustache!) in a yellow t-shirt, right under the "ri" in the logo for "Fridays" at the end of this vintage clip! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eujV2ZRGcEg&mode=related& amp;search=OLD STUFF: Do you make interpretive films or music videos? Do you do animation? Weird stuff? Do you do them FOR FREE? Do Kenneth Anger, Art Clokey, Fantastic Planet, Land of the Lost, Lidsville, Metropolis, Russ Meyers, Head, Os Mutantes, The Residents, Philip K. Dick, and Star Rock all make sense to you? Want to make a music video for our forthcoming Japanese DVD? Re-read the above and focus on the 2 words in all capital letters. If you understand any or all of this, write us...To watch this little fun low rez re-edit of our actual made for t.v. video, follow these Orwellian Tron based draconian Three Laws of Videobotics: LAW 1) Wait a little while as the video "loads" , so it won't stop and start while trying to play AND load (this depends on the connection you have, so you may not need to do this part). The little bar at the bottom will show the loading process' progress, and you can click play after it has advanced a bit, or just REBEL and do it now, and hope for the best, but read LAW .. 2 first......You can read stuff or go get cookies or something while this happens, as it should only take a minute or two. LAW 2) STOP whatever song is already playing in the song window above, or you'll get crazy sounding stuff. Of course you may like the crazy stuff better, so do as thou wilt, (but your internet connection might not like streaming two things at once, and you thinking machine will defy the 3 Laws and just rebel and stop playing both of them...!) LAW 3) Then, CLICK THE "PLAY" ARROW FOR THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE CONSTANTLY CHANGING WHITE FLAG VIDEO! We re edit it every week or so. NOTE: If ithe image seems out of synch with the music/singing at times, it is an artefact of the You Tube system, not your computer! Technology will defeat man, destroy mankind, and von Neumann itself into infinity, but hopefully not this week.Full band history and detail at the band sitewww.chaser.net/whiteflagMOST RECENT NEWS as of March 2006: We're recording new stuff, releasing some Live in Italy record on some Italian label, working on above mentioned DVD, working on a label deal for Brazil, and planning for festivals in the summer. Music ones hopefuly. Other recent but now outdated info of interest:The following is the CURRENT bio for the band's February 2006 Italian Tour, which was completed Feb 13th and was a rousing success.WHITE FLAG 2006 Tour lineup: Pat Fear - guitar, vocals Doug Graves - bass, vocals Kim Crimson - guitar, organ, vocals El Swe - guitar, vocals Victor M. Surrounded - drums, vocalsWHITE FLAG, seminal stalwarts of the Los Angeles California punk rock and roll scene, will embark on their very first tour of Italy, beginning February 5th, at the Road To Ruins Festival, in Rome.With a many faceted history that began in the small farm town of Sunnymead, California in 1982 White Flag has released 23 albums, singles and CD's, in countries as varied as South Africa, Japan and the Faro Islands.This tour, a continuation of the group's "23rd Anniversary Magical World Misery Tour," has taken the band to such unusual locations as Greenland, Iceland, The Faroe Islands, Alaska, and Finland.The band had the honor of being the ONLY American group ever to play The Faroe Islands, as well Greenland, where White Flag headlined the annual Asiaat Nipia Rock Festival, north of the Arctic Circle.With their well known rotating roster of band members, this tour's line up includes: Pat Fear and Doug Graves, (who founded the band in 1982),12 year veteran Kim Crimson, 12 year veteran El Swe, and the return of the band's second drummer, Victor M. Surrounded, who has not performed with the group since 1982.Other members of the "White Flag Army" who have recorded or toured as a member of the band but are not performing on this tour) have included Hole's Eric Erlandson, Jeff Dahl Group and Adz member Bruce Duff, Javier Escovedo of legendary Los Angeles punk band The Zeros, and Rancid's Tim Armstrong.As a souvenir of the group's first visit to Italy, the band is releasing a limited edition, hand numbered 8 song 10" vinyl album, on Roma based RARO! Records, entitled "Piangi Con Me."This release, named after the group's cover version of The Rokes song of the same name (sung in Italian by Pat Fear)! marks the band's first new material to be issued since the "Eternally Undone" CD, which was issued in Italy on Valium Records, in 2003. A video for the first track, "Somebody's Missing Too," will be seen on Italian television beginning January 23.A limited edition extend version of the "Piangi Con Me" release will be avaialble only at the band's shows, and will feature many extra songs not available on the 10" release. An English language of "Piangi con Me" will be included, and guest appearances by members of Arthur Lee's Love, Redd Kross, The Muffs (which feature 2 White Flag Army band members!) and Paul Roessler of the legendary Los Angeles band The Screamers.Aside from their infrequent record releases and tours with White Flag, the band members have a varied and colorful musical history.Pat Fear has worked as a songwriter and producer for such artists as Courtney Love's band Hole, NOFX, Pat Smear (of Nirvana/Foo Fighters and The Germs fame), The Go-Go's, Bangles, Redd Kross, Ace Frehley of KISS, and Swedish garage punk legends The Nomads. He is also a technical advisor on the currently in production film "What We Do is Secret," (starring "E.R." actor Shane West, and goddess Bijou Phillips), as well as being a rodeo bull riding champion, vegetarian, and a member of PeTA.Kim Crimson, (under his real name of Ken Stringfellow) is a sought after producer, when not busy fronting his full time band The Posies, and is one forth of the revamped lineup of the legendary band Big Star, and tours as keyboardist for R.E.M.Doug Graves is a professional surfer on the band supported Team Clecoin Snow and Surf team, and a member of the internationally known 70's disco tribute band "The Boogie Knights", who were single handedly responsible for starting the campy disco revival fad in The United States. The Boogie Knights are an established club act, with a large "following," of rock and roll and punk fans who enjoy the band's irreverent approach to the once hated dance music, as well as much sought after entertainers for private events, They have performed for parties such varied public figures as Tom Cruise, Mick Jagger, and former US President Gerald Ford.El Swe is a member of the popular Swedish band Sator, and is a well respected producer in Scandinavia, having worked on releases by The Hellacopters, The Hives, The Nomads, and former ABBA member Bjorn's solo albums.Victor M. Surrounded was the drummer in the final version of Goth punk pioneers Christian Death that featured the late front man Roz Williams, and produces music for the "Teletubbies" children's television series. He also played in the band Test Pattern, which featured founding White Flag members Pat Fear, Pick Z. Stix and Jello B. Afro. In 1980, when he was 14 years old.Rave-Up Records in Rome will issue a vinyl album by Test Pattern, of previously unreleased recordings, (including the never heard demo produced in 1980 by The Germs' guitarist Pat Smear, that featured Germs' member Don Bolles on drums) in late 2006.The band is hailed as "the forefathers of punk pop" in many countries in Europe ( a moniker the band is quite embarrassed by...), due to their classic pop punk rock and roll songwriting and trademark vocal harmonies.Applying those vocal abilities to hard core fast paced punk rock music established the group as a unique force in the then bland landscape of punk rock in Southern California in 1982.The 2006 tour will continue to Croatia, Slovenia, Russia, Japan and Slovakia before the group returns to Los Angeles California and Gotborg, Sweden, to record their full new album, a "science friction" thriller to be titled "Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy."More information, including photos, discography, history, as well as videos (one featuring the late Kurt Cobain discussing the band on MTV Brazil) can be found at the group's official website:www.chaser.net/whiteflagMedia contact: [email protected] Italian representative: Susanna Motta [email protected]

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