HARD SKIN are playing Monday night! Bunring Love play Sunday! BROOKLYN!

2 shows to let you know off. Try not to let CMJ get you down. Up The Punx!

BURNING LOVE had such a nice time sleeping on 538's floor, they deiced to play their this time around. come check them out tomorrow.

BURNING LOVE - ON DERANGED MEMBERS OF CURSED / THE SWARM
BLACK KITES - LOCAL DUDES
TORCH RUNNER - FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND ANGRY AS HELL
LOW SKY - NEW BAND FROM MEMBERS OF BRAVE YOUNG / GIANT

Saturday, October 24th - 7pm - ALL AGES
@ 538 Johnson Ave, # 201
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.myspace.com/538johnson



And as if you did not have enough fun at the HARD SKIN show last night, my buddy Timmy and I set up a fun little HARD SKIN show on Monday! Should be blast.

CHAOS IN TEJAS & HARDCORE GIG VOLUME Present

HARD SKIN - UK, The best band!
CRAZY SPIRIT - NYC weirdo punks

With DJ's: ATL. FAT BOB & HEFNER

Monday October 25th, 8pm - $5- 21+
@Bruar Falls
245 Grand Street
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.bruarfalls.com/

HARD SKIN / FORGETTERS / THE RIVAL MOB / PERDITION on FRIDAY ***EARLY SHOW STARTS AT 6PM SHARP, OVER BY 10:30PM***

I have been waiting for Friday to come for a while now. Greg Daly called me and was like "Hard Skin need a show on October 22nd" my only reply was "DONE!" CMJ ain't going to slow me down. Robert came through on a very over booked weekend of crappy shows with the venue. Every lame stupid band in the country who is trying to make it has a show booked at all my favorite Venues. So HARD SKIN will make their triumphant return to the grater NYC/Brooklyn Area @ Europa.

If you don't know HARD SKIN are the best band on the planet. Do you like punk? do you like fun? do you like to drink? do you like to laugh? They got it all. Its like if the Cockney Rejects were the stars of every show on Comedy Central. Do not miss this band.

Only the best openers for HARD SKIN. 1st on the bill is NYC's own distorted noise punks PERDITION, A wall of noise with chaos vocals. Next up is Boston's own THE RIVAL MOB. This band can do no wrong. Catchy riffs, hard breakdowns, and some angry fucking vocals. The last bit of business before HARD SKIN go on are none other then FORGETTERS, fronted my Blake Schwarzenbach (Jawbreaker). New Band from Brooklyn that i am very excited to see.

but in all seriousness please read this next part very carefully, consider yourself notified.

***THIS SHOW STARTS AT 6:00PM SHARP. FIRST BAND ON AT 7:00PM THE SHOW HAS TO BE OVER BY 10:30PM***

Ok then, I will see you all on Friday.

HARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 132

HARD SKIN - Best Band! Don't miss this show!
FORGETTERS - From Brooklyn
THE RIVAL MOB - HC for the HC from Boston!
PERDITION - NYC Hardpunk Craziness

Friday October 22nd, 6pm - $10 - 16+
@ Europa
98 Meserole Ave @ Manhattan
Brooklyn, NY
http://www.europalive.net
TICKETS: http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2657505

RAW NERVE / MANIPULATION / PERDITION & CONCRETE CROSS THIS SATURDAY @ THE ACHERON!!!

Hello All, I actually went a week with out doing a show, and I didn't even make it out to any shows this weekend. So tired lately, kinda wish i caught COC yesterday tho.

So on Saturday we got a great show with some killer bands from Chicago. First off RAW NERVE will be back in town. I got to see this band in New Brunswick the last time they were though and they were great. The LP i picked up was great. Young bunch of energetic kids from Chi-town, make sure you check them out. I kinda strong armed RAW NERVE into bring my buddy Jordan and Bryan's band MANIPULATION to town with them. This band is made of people from THIS IS MY FIST, CHRONIC SEIZURE & THE PEDESTRIANS. Don't let their previous bands fool you nothing but cut throat angry hardcore punk here. They just put a 7" out on Fashionable Idiots.

Rounding out the bill is CONCRETE CROSS & PERDITION. CONCRETE CROSS is made up of ex members of Disnil and fronted by everyones favorite Zoom Media employee Artie Philie. Stiff little tone also plays in Sheer Terror now so don't fuck with him! CONCRETE CROSS are also playing with PERDITION on Thursday at Tommy's Tavern, also playing is KOWARD from Boston with dudes from BRAIN KILLER & SCAPEGOAT. PERDITION have also been added to this month's HARD SKIN show @ Europa (October 22nd) Oh I almost forgot CONCRETE CROSS is also playing with THE CANDY SNATCHERS on Friday at the THRASH BAR with a bunch of other bands.

See you all on Saturday. (And Thursday)

HARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 138

RAW NERVE - Hardcore Punk From Chicago
MANIPULATION - More Hardcore Punk from Chicago, Members of Chronic Seizure & The Pedestrians. Don't Miss!
PERDITION - NYC Hardpunk Craziness
CONCRETE CROSS - New Band from Brooklyn, Members of Disnil & Celebrity Murders

Saturday, October 16th - 8pm - All Ages
@ Acheron
57 Waterbury St
Brooklyn, NY
http://theacheronbk.blogspot.com/

PS if you didn't get your tickets for the CITIZENS ARREST show on Dec 17th, I suggest you do that today or tomorrow, down to like 40 tickets left. Online tickets here http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/17995 or the box office at the Knitting Factory is open 5 to close daily. (361 Metropolitan Ave)

CITIZENS ARREST TICKETS ARE GOING FAST, GET THEM NOW, ONLY 80 LEFT!

FYI, Tickets for the CITIZENS ARREST show at the Knitting Factory on December 17th are going very quick. Less then 80 tickets left, Get them here before they are gone: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/17995

Tickets are also available at the Knitting Factory box office Mon-Sun from 5pm-close everyday (361 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY)

Thank you,

IanHARDCORE GIG VOLUME # 143

CITIZENS ARREST - Reunion
MIND ERASER
ASSHOLE PARADE

Friday, December 17th - 8pm - All Ages w/ ID
@ The Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Ave
Brooklyn, NY
http://ny.knittingfactory.com/
Tickets: http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/17995