08. January 2008
Welcome to 2008...
We all hope that you had the chance to get some rest over the xmas holidays and that you had a great start into 2008. We have been busy as always and so we can present you the first pack of awsome news in 2008. Here you go!
We will keep most of the special prices we had up during the holiday season. So if you haven't had the chance to browse through our specials - do it now here!
Another great band joined the Fond Of Life Family. We are proud to present you Antillectual from Holland. This melodic and political punkrock trio will release their debut album on Fond Of Life Records called "Testimony" in early March 2008.
Right now the boys are on tour through Belgium, the UK and Germany. Please find all of the dates on our tourdates page. For those interested in the band there is a tourdiary with newsposts every day. Find the blog here!
We are proud to present you the first totally free release Fond Of Life Records has ever released. Mike Scott came up with three new acoustic tunes plus three coversongs by The Connells, Propagandhi and Phinius Gage. After his first release on FOL called "Massacre Songs" his new and totally free release is called "...At The Slaughterhouse". Download it now for free here!
Super Absorber from Landau, Germany have just recorded eight brand new songs at the MinorFatDiner Studios. This melodic punkrock band will release their second output on Fond Of Life Records early 2008. We had the chance to listen to the first mixes and they sound awsome.
By now we also have released the debut album by This Is A Standoff from Canada.
You might have heard of them already since it is the follow-up of what used to be known as skatepunk wonders Belvedere.
We are very proud to be part of the new band that has already toured Europe last year. They will be back on european stages during april so make sure to check our tourdates page.
Still hot is M-Sixteen. The hardcore punks from Paris, France just released their debut full lenght on Fond Of Life Records. Go and get their self titled album here. It comes in a nice package. Also make sure to check them on their upcoming european tour. Find all details on our tourdates page.
Well then... that's it for today. As you have seen there is a lot going on at the moment. So make sure to check every band and get their latest records for cheap.
Talk to you soon
cheers
joe
25. November 2007
FOL X-Mas Specials...
Right in time for the holiday season 2007 we are able to offer you some nice specials in our online shop. There will be some special packages and most of our FOL releases will be discounted - some up to 75%!!!
Make sure to check the shop soon, so you will receive your orders in time for X-Mas. Here is a direct link to our FOL specials... let your friends know about it!
Specials will be available until December 16th only!
Have fun!
joe
08. November 2007
November on th road...
3rd Alley will be on tour throughout California, USA from November 14th - November 21st in support of Josh Fischel from Bargain Music . You will find them anywhere between Long Beach and Chico.
Astpai will be on tour throughout Europe together with Giving Chase from Philadelphia, PA USA. They will be touring Austria, Germany and Holland starting November 23rd - December 8th.
Once Over will be on a headlining tour throughout the UK from November 24th - November 28th.
This Is A Standoff will be on tour in support of The Johnsons throughout Alberta, Canada from November 9th - November 18th.
Please make sure to check our full touring schedule for details! Also find single shows by all of our artists there! Just see the links above!
take care
joe
19. September 2007
This Is A Standoff & FOL airplay
We are proud to let you know that another great band joined the Fond Of Life family. This Is A Standoff from Calgary, Canada will release their debut full lenght "Be Excited!" on Fond Of Life Records. And boy, we are excited, having in mind that Steve and Graham from Belvedere are in the band. Release date will be anounced soon!
Astpai, Phinius Gage and Straightaway were added to the playlists for two great radio stations - so make sure to check the online pages where you can listen to the shows. Lohro Radio 90,2 MHz and Hellfire Radio 100 MHz.
more will be here in a bit
joe
28. August 2007
3rd Alley, Once Over and Mike Scott...
Californians 3rd Alley added new musicians to their lineup. The three peace is now a group of five. Drummer Mudd left the band and was replaced by Todd Elrod from Bargain Music, new on second guitar is Chris Bradford from Glue Factory and new on sax is Todd Forman who once played in a band called Sublime. The boys are in the studio right now and will play what they call November Bender Tour throughout California starting November 15th.
Once Over will be in mainland Europe next month. Starting September 21st they will be on a 10 day trip through holland, belgium and germany. Watch out for their dates.
Also on tour will be Mike Scott. The bassplayer for UK skatepunk band Phinius Gage will be on solo acoustic tour with Kelly Kemp singer from UK skapunk band No Comply. Their 10 day trip throughout the UK will start October 4th.
have a great monday
joe
07. August 2007
New Versus You Merch
Right in time for the next couple of shows Luxembourg's best got some new merchandise. Three new designs for T-Shirts and two great looking Girly Spaghetti Top designs. Check out the designs and order them shirts for cheap at our online shop.
Get Fond Of Life bands played on BBC Radio 1's Punk Show
Yep, Mike Davis takes it to another round of Request Shows. So please go the the BBC request page and let them know that you want to see Fond Of Life bands on the playlist.
that's it for today
cheers and take care
joe
30.July 2007
This is our first news post on the new Fond Of Life homepage.
I hope you like the new page so far and please bare with me - we will upload the whole thing page per page so please check back on a regular basis to see whats new.
Upcoming Fond Of Life releases
We are proud to announce the release of two new Fond Of Life outputs.
First there will be a 11 song solo album by Phinius Gage Bassplayer Mike Scott. It will be stripped down acoustic melodies -
folk, punk, easy listening, whatever you want to call it.
The debut album by Mike Scott entitled "Massacre Songs" will be our second acoustic release. The release date will be around late september/early october. Mike Scott will be on a full tour with Kelly Kemp (ex No Comply) throughout the UK in first two weeks of october - so check out his myspace page for dates right now!
Second new release will we the debut fulll lenght by M-Sixteen, a Paris based Hardcore/Punkrock band. The release will be later this year - so please check back to find more information soon! For now please check their myspace page to find some of the album's tunes.
That's it for now!
cheers & take care
joe