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Total Fest VII, August 14-16, 2008 LINE-UP:
The Wantage shit: Federation X (Bellingham/Brooklyn) the Lights (Seattle) The Narrows (Bellingham) Squalora (Portland) Volumen (Missoula)
The rest! Akimbo (Seattle) Bad Dudes (Los Angeles) Bar Feeders (San Francisco) Birthday Suits (Minneapolis) Black Elk (Portland) Black Eyes & Neckties (Bellingham) Black Ladies (Chicago) Black Velvet Elvis (Missoula) Bridgebuilder (Missoula) Casy & Brian (San Francisco) Disgruntled Nation (Missoula/Kalispell) Ex-Cocaine (Minneapolis/Missoula) Goddammitboyhowdy (Browning) JackTop Town (Missoula) The Juveniles (Missoula) -ex Humpy/Disgruntled Nation/Nazgul! Kingdom of Magic (Denver) Lana Rebel (Portland) the Limbs (Denver) Lopez (Portland) McDougall (Portland) Noise Noise Noise (Billings) Nudity (Olympia) Part Man Part Horse (Seattle) The Pasties (Olympia) Pierced Arrows (Portland/Clackamas) Pure Country Gold (Portland) Rad Touch (Seattle) Razz M'Tazz (Olympia) Saviours (Oakland) Secret Powers (Missoula) the Sherlocks (Missoula) Shotgun Moses (Missoula) Damage Done (Seattle) The Reddmen (Rapid City) The Trucks (Bellingham) This Runs On Blood (Flagstaff) Titan (Brooklyn) Triclops! (Oakland) Vera (Missoula) (ex-Sasshole, Saved for this Dark Dawn) Why I Must Be Careful (Portland, ex-Poor School)
TOTAL FEST VI, 2007 Lineup!
Two Year Touqe, Birthday Suits, Riddilin Que, Lozen, Mika Miko, Trashies, Flee the Century, The Sherlocks, Four Horsemen, Knockoffs, Cicadas, Squalora, Vile Blue Shades, Jacktop Town, Touchers, Pine Hill Haints, Old Time Relijun, Narrows, Kingdom of Magic, Belt of Vapor, Fitz of Depression, Fleshies, Akimbo, Thrones, Basic Practicalilies, The Bugs, Dandelion Junk Queens, Deny the Dinosaur, The Reddmen, Noise Noise Noise, The Pasties, Wham City, Reptil Dysfunction, The Trucks, Yogoman Burning Band, Arrows to the Sun, Mountain High, KLED, Madraso, Mahamawaldi, Nudity and Le Force!
-------------- TOTAL FEST is a Do-It-Yourself music festival that erupts every summer in Missoula, Montana. Volunteers organize, staff, make decisions and generally keep things working for Total Fest. Business sponsors give cash and in-kind donations to help pay for advertising, sound and food and drink. Total Fest is committed to all-ages, and always is either all-ages welcome, or has a significant all-ages component. This year's Total Fest will take place at the Badlander and Palace Lounge at Ryman and Broadway. the Palace Lounge will be all-ages, and upstairs at the Badlander will be 18+. In 2007 (on August 9th through 11th) TOTAL FEST will celebrate it's 6th birthday. with somewhere around 40 DIY (punk, underground, independent) bands and artists.
TFVI Highlights: Band barbecues, a Record Swap and DIY Bazaar on Saturday, August 11 (11:00AM to 2:00PM) at Big Dipper Ice Cream on S. Higgins, and a Saturday afternoon group swim/float at the 8 Mile beach on Highway 200, 8 miles east of Bonner. Everybody's welcome, please plan to participate, bring some old records (or new, or DIY homemade stuff) to trade and we'll see you here.
Passes cost $35 for the entire event and can be purchased via wantageusa.com I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

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Member Since: 3/13/2006
Band Website: http://totalfest.org
Band Members: Lech Walesa, Jimmy Carter, John "Bonzo" Bonham, Peter Wolf, Vaclav Havel, Dmitri Shostokovich, Geezer Butler, Kenny G., Tony Allen, Winston Churchill, Alex Van Halen, Filthy Jim, Anna, Dennis, Mandy, Lou, Wendy, Julie, Bryan, Mani, Niki, Josh, Jen, Dave, Wes, Ross, John, Jordon and You.
Influences: The goal of Total Fest is to bring new, weird and exciting music to Western Montana. Total Fest is volunteer run, not-for-profit and DIY.TOTAL FEST DECISION MAKING PROCESS OUTLINED:The Total Fest organizing committee selects bands democratically (using a secret ballot) with a couple of exceptions: 1) bands on the Wantage USA label are considered first, and 2) organizers, if we agree unanimously, may occasionally choose to waive a rule because we feel particularly strongly about having a band play. Festival organizers who are particularly familiar with a band are encouraged to contextulize, explain, and talk about any band that has submitted in any way they want.Generally speaking in consideration of our primary goal (to bring new and exciting music to Western Montana) beginning in 2007 no band may play more than two consecutive Total Fests.Total Fest depends on lots of diverse support which historically has come from bands, businesses, organizations and individuals. Sponsorships, support and donations to Total Fest are accepted as free-will and support the event and its mission. Decisions are not effected by donations or other support.Total Fest organizers take the job of selecting bands seriously. Bands rise to the top fairly, and the job of whittling down is not an easy one. Bands who are not selected are encouraged to re-submit the following year, and understand that they are invited to attend, and have fun, and that there are on average three times more applicants than there are slots to play. Good, clear, loud recordings are helpful.
Sounds Like: Rob Halford fronting Gang of Four, only with a drum machine, which happens to have been programmed by... Neil Peart, but Neil from back in the mustache days, you know. And instead of Geddy, there's more of a like a "Les" deal going on you, know? No, seriously, not so much a "Les" deal as a "Phil" deal, and you know, kind of a electro-clash cum blast beat thing, you know, like if Slayer and Peaches totally had kids, and those kids were like dirty rap metal satanic folks who dropped all kinds of f-bombs and s-like that. No, you know, the bastard love child of... like waaaaay early Zappa crossed with like some of the pre-ZZ-Top Moving Sidewalks stuff, you know. Fully.
Record Label: Wantage USA
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

TOTAL FEST VIII SUBMISSIONS: OPEN

Total Fest VIII Submissions: OpenTotal Fest VIII (yes, vee-eye-eye-eye, ocho, vosim...) will bust-free on August 20-22, 2009 in scenic Missoula, Montana. We've offically opened the submission floodgat...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 10:26:00 GMT

Thanks, see you in 2009.

Just posted a TFVII wrap-up with over on the non-myspace site. Have a look, and thanks for coming.http://wantagetotalfest.blogspot.com
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:43:00 GMT

Total Fest VII: band descriptors are live!

The Total Blog's got a bunch of information on the bands that are coming out to Total Fest in a couple weeks! Also, passes are officially on sale at wantageusa.com for the low, low, low, Lolo price of...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:14:00 GMT

Biga Thanks, Biga Pizza, Badlander and Flathead Lake Brewing Co. and Hausfrau!

Last night, Sunday July 20, was the Biga Pizza Total Feast and it went over excellently. Biga's just down the street from Jay's at 241 W. Main St. downtown, and at a few times, the line outside was se...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:56:00 GMT

Pierced Arrows at Total Fest VII and Biga Benefit!

Wylde Tymes at the Total HQ this week:The first order of business is that Bob Marshall from Volumen/Bacon and Egg is throwing a Total Fest fundraiser at his excellent Biga Pizza on W. Main St. in Miss...
Posted by on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Federation X at Total Fest weblog!

New update to the Total Fest weblog: http://wantagetotalfest.blogspot.com/
Posted by on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 13:54:00 GMT

Changin’ re-arrangin’ TFVII

Badass Flagstaffers This Runs On Blood (with the Casebeers brothers  who were in Shitbastard (waaaaay back), Stab City Slitwrists, and JETOMI and who've recorded I Hate You When You're Pregnant a...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:23:00 GMT

Total Fest VII LINE-UP

Total Fest VIIAugust 14-16, 2008 The Bandlander and Palace Lounge, Missoula, MTTickets Available from Ear Candy Music (Missoula) and via wantageusa.comBelow is the collective work of the TF volunteer ...
Posted by on Fri, 23 May 2008 11:21:00 GMT

NEW NONMYSPACE SITE

Wahoo. Here's a link to our new site. Total Fest VII lineup will be posted this week. http://wantagetotalfest.blogspot.com/
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 07:04:00 GMT

ATTENTION: Total Fest 2008 Submissioin Deadline!

That time of year is rapidly approaching again. Total Fest will return to the amazing Badlander in downtown Missoula, Montana again this year on August 14, 15 and 16th. For all bands interested in pla...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:03:00 GMT