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Pirate Radio

About Me


Pirate Radio was formed in the Summer of 2004, by Josha Chapman, Jameson Cowman, and Teren Baker. We came up with the name while listening to the Clash song, "Capital Radio." Taylor Cowman soon joined as our drummer. We recorded a very rough two-song cd, simply called "Demo." For a while Teren, Josha, and Jay switched off on vocals until we met a man named John Cain. He became our vocalist in 2005.
Josha Chapman left the band a few shows later, to pursue a career in adult entertainment. The band recruited local wildebeest Dustin Bruce to replace him. Dustin played with us for a while, and we recorded another demo called "The Bilgewater Demos." Dustin wound up quitting after a New Year's Eve show in 2006/2007. After that, Teren switched from bass to guitar, and we got "Pistol" Pete Gibbs (formerly from the band YUK) on bass.
Petey was with us for a while. We recorded an album called "Living Dreams Sent to Hell." Pete's job prevented him from going on tour, so Sean Schock (Happy Bastards, Detonators, Clawhammer) filled in on bass on our first short-lived tour. After some complications, Pete and the band parted ways, and Sean switched from being a fill-in to being the new bassist.
Sean played several shows with us, and then had to part ways with the band as well. Lenny Lucious (Dissentary) joined as our new bassist. In 2008, we recorded some new songs with Lenny, and combined them with our "Living Dreams" songs to make a 17-track album called "Wreck 'em All." We went on a second Summer tour, that was a little more promising than the first. We are opposed to racism and we are anti-nazi. When we get the opportunity, we play shows to support what we believe in, be it the "Rock Against Racism" festival, or benefits for civil liberties, the poor, or stray animals. Pirate Radio is active in the Eugene scene and plays shows pretty regularly!
Discography:
-"Demo" (2005)
-"The Bilgewater Demos" (2006)
-"Living Dreams Sent to Hell" (2007)
-"Wreck 'Em All" (2008)
Compliations we've appeared on:
-"In a Time of Crisis" (2005, Fatal Accident Records)
"Wreck 'Em All" cds are $5 from us at shows, or $7.00 shipped. Click here to buy using paypal, otherwise please send check or money order to:
Teren Baker
535 14th st
Springfield,OR 97477
USA
please include shipping info

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/20/2005
Band Members:
John Cain- Vocals
Jameson Cowman- Guitar
Teren Baker- Guitar
Lenny Luscious- Bass
Taylor Cowman- Drums

Influences: 800 Octane,
Black Flag,
The Ramones,
TSOL,
The Misfits,
The Buzzcocks,
The Clash,
DOA,
The Detonators,
Sham 69,
The Dead Boys,
Iggy,
Bad Brains,
Cock Sparrer,
Minor Threat,
punk

Sounds Like: "I'm almost positive that Pirate Radio feeds on the souls of babies. These guys are radical, singing anthems about 'eating babies', they play with unlimited energy. The did a cover of 'California Sun' by the Ramones, as well as (*personal favorite) 'Sonic Reducer' by the Dead Boys. I'm amazed any of these bands could even play tonight on account of the subzero temperature in the garage/headquarters. Anyways, it was greatly appreciated and these guys play some great tunes."
-Bleugene webzine

"Can we say old school?...oh yes!...this band tears it up with a 17 track punk rock assault and political punch you wont want to miss...wreck 'em all had me banging and bobbing my head through the whole album...this is destined to be a punk rock classic...so do yourself a favor and pick this record up...A BIG FUCKING OI TO YOU GUYS!"
-Listen like thieves

Cover of "Sonic Reducer" at the Wandering Goat:

Cover of "Sonic Reducer" for Zak's documentary on the Eugene scene:

Record Label: wanna sign us?
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New stuff!

Four new tracks up! Two of which will be on the upcoming 7-inch. Also been uploading some new and old pictures. And lots of shows coming up! Check it out.-Pirate Radio
Posted by on Sun, 19 Apr 2009 01:14:00 GMT

More details on 7-inch/ places "Wreck 'Em All" is available

We mentioned a while ago that we would be putting out a split 7-inch... here are some more details on that. It'll be a split with The Kilz (www.myspace.com/thekilz). The Kilz are from Santa Maria, CA,...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:22:00 GMT

Re-release of "Wreck 'Em All"

We have 100 more copies of our album "Wreck 'Em All!" The same tracks as before, but they're better looking than the DIY ones. They're not on burnable cds we packaged ourselves this time. You can see ...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 00:08:00 GMT

New Pirate Radio stuff coming soon!

We've been working on some new stuff. First off, we sold all of our copies of our album "Wreck 'Em All". We're re releasing it, with slightly more professional copies soon, and will have them for sale...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 02:23:00 GMT

TOUR UPDATE

So here we are- 5th day, 2nd show. We have lost another van to Davey Jones' locker, due to our false belief in van gods and inablility to be mechanics. We played a really cool show in Medford at Johnn...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:00:00 GMT

June 11th show

I started the night out at Headquarters for the last show there. Heard Jeff and the Lucky Sevens boys practicing and also got to catch there set. Went with Saxon and Alex to haul some of their equiptm...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 18:35:00 GMT

New album

If you havn't noticed yet we have recorded a new 10 song album with the great Jeff Litter at HQ. The cd's should be pressed in about 3 weeks. They will probably be about 4 bucks. The album is called L...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 17:30:00 GMT

Summer tour 07

so we are going to be touring from june 18th until the 23rd, i think i have 2 dates filled, but if anyone can help with contacts or any other information that would be greatly appreciated, were not go...
Posted by on Sat, 07 Apr 2007 16:26:00 GMT

Cottage Grove Show Review

Show was good. showed up late, some metal band was playing when i drove into the narrow alleyway. i didnt really hear them but im not sure i wanted to cause from what i did hear they were strange in a...
Posted by on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 11:20:00 GMT

Feb. 27 Rock Against Racism Show

Last night we played a "Rock Against Racism" show at Headquarters. Lately, most of us have noticed some racists in our scene. We want people to be aware that we're against bigotry. I th...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:49:00 GMT