Canyon Club Last Night!

The show was so amazing! Thanks to everyone who came out last night to watch all the great bands and support the girl of the night, Taylor Messina. My best wishes are with Taylor and her family.

The show started out with a really cool band called The Record Life, then after them, we got to play. It was one of the most fun shows we've ever played. Jetstream played a great set, and so did Fallbrooke. All in all, it was an awesome night and I'm super excited to play more shows at home. Touring's nice, but home shows are always the best. We're playing tomorrow at BuFest, so I'm looking forward to that. Here's the first video I've seen on YouTube of last night. Check it out. I'll post more videos later.

UK Tour Was Amazing!

Man, this past week has been amazing. So many amazing shows, plus good times with buds. I'm really sad we have to leave now, but at the same time, I'm stoked to get back home, work on new songs, hang out with my friends (who I haven't seen in months!), and play out show at the Canyon Club on Friday with Jetstream! I hope to see you all there, and I'm looking forward to it. The show's gonna be off the hook!


Check out this picture of Aaron Burch (Of The Good Cheer), Skyler, and I chillin' onstage at the Cavern Club right after our show (Circa 1:30 A.M.)

Little Big Planet

The title has a double meaning today.... It represents the fact that I've been to so many places in such a short period of time after touring for the past two months, and I love it! But... most importantly, it represents the TOTALLY bad ass game on PS3 that we found in the apartment we're staying at here in Liverpool. Skyler and I have a really bad habit about not sleeping at night sometimes, and last night was definitely one of those nights.... And of course, we were playing Little Big Planet for the vast majority of it. Anyways, today is our third day in England, and we've played some cool shows and seen a lot of cool things you don't get to see in America (such as my favorite, driving on the left side of the road, haha). Just incase you didn't know yet, I'm amazingly stoked on the new Green Day record, and I'm really to see them in concert this summer. Shit's gon' be off the chain. Well, it was nice talking to you. This video always seems to brighten my day just a little bit. Hopefully it does the same for you.



Peace,
Chris

The Breakdown is Here!

As you know, Green Day's new album "21st Century Breakdown" came out yesterday, May 15th. Unfortunately, we couldn't find a Best Buy/Target on the drive to Cleveland, so we had to wait until today to get the CD. We stopped at Best Buy this morning; Jason, Bruno, and I each got our own copy of the CD and the band just finished listening to it in the van. Verdict = Holy Hell... I never thought they could step out of the shadow of American Idiot, but they did it! This is probably my new favorite Green Day album of their entire career, a bold statement to make, if you ask me. I'm not going to lie, even after I heard the first single, "Know Your Enemy", I was a bit skeptical, but don't let that song fool you. Tracks to ESPECIALLY look for (If you're a lame-o that's not gonna get the whole CD) In order of appearance: ¡Viva La Gloria!, Last Night on Earth, East Jesus Nowhere, Peace Maker, and... Nah, screw that, make sure you listen to the ENTIRE Album. P.S. In Act Two, "Charlatans and Saints", they're bringing back some of the really cool elements of Warning, such as they new, and revamped gypsy rock style, as I've dubbed it.

Los Angeles is Calling...

Tour has been great, BUT... I'm very excited to come home for two days. I have a few songs ready to demo at my "homestudio", plus, crazy band rehearsal with Blackout before we hit the... sky... and fly over to England for our small stint in the UK. It kinda would've made more sense if this blog was titled "London Calling", but I feel like I've heard that before somewhere? Haha.

New Blackout 101 Stuff to Check Out

¡Hola! It's 6:30 A.M. in Atlanta, Georgia and I'm still awake due to excitement. Sky and I have been having long talks about what comes next with Blackout 101 and it's going to be a lot of fun. Needless to say, I'm stoked. Anyways, to hold you over until then we've made some changes to our websites such as Blackout101.com/Facebook/Purevolume/ and most notably, our myspace page (Myspace.com/TheBlackout101). I spent three whole consecutive hours on the layout so I really hope you all enjoy it, haha. I think it looks rad, I hope you do too. I've been writing new songs for Blackout while out on the road with Drive A and I can't wait to get home and start recording them with Skyler. We leave for liverpool in 6 days! Wow, that's going to be incredible. I'm shaking just thinking about it.

Peace,
Chris

Edgefest/Are You Blind/Loss of Desire

Hey everyone! Edgefest yesterday was amazing. We played in front of thousands of people and it was one of the most fun shows we've ever played. It was also really great being able to watch some awesome bands such as Taking Back Sunday, The Used, Anberlin, Papa Roach etc. Thanks to everyone that came out, we had a blast! Anyways, as you may know, you can now pre-order "Loss of Desire" on iTunes now for only $6.99. If you pre-order the album, you won't find it in your actual iTunes library until May 19th. You can also purchase our first single "Are You Blind" on iTunes for $0.99. Go check that all out and have a rad day!

Peace,
Chris

Back in motion

We're back into the Alkaline Trio tour! These shows have been a lot of fun! One of the things about these shows that are much different than the shows with Red Jumpsuit and Secondhand is the fact that all the Trio fans are totally die-hard and they really know their shit! They're hard to impress, but when you impress 'em, they really let you know. I've met tons of awesome people, and that's always cool, right? Haha. Today we played at a REALLY cool venue called The Norva in Norfolk, VA. They had an awesome room for the bands which includes a pool table, foosball, and a huge tv. There's also a basketball court and a hot top/sauna. Incredible, right? I'm really stoked on two awesome CDs that came out yesterday: "Grey Britain" from Gallows, and "Attics to Eden" from Madina Lake. If you haven't yet, go check it out!

Peace,
Chris

I Feel Like a New York Local

Pretty much every day off that we've had this past week has been in New York/New Jersey. Haha, I can't complain because it's been awesome, but I'm finally glad to get out of here and hit the road again with Alkaline Trio. Tomorrow will be our third show with the band and it's taking place in Amish Country: Lancaster, PA. Haha, I'm very excited for the show and I look forward to meeting a whole bunch of new people. Today was rad. I woke up around 10:45 and left for the city with 5/7 of Drive A Tour Camp. No one could agree on one restaurant to eat at so lunch was divided between three restaurants (one being my new favorite "Red Bamboo"). If you live in New York, make sure to hit that place up. I think it's at 140th and West 4th ST... but look it up just to be sure. After that we hit up the still open Virgin Megastore in Manhattan (unfortunately, not the one that used to be in Times Square) and I got "I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love", by My Chemical Romance. Those guys are quickly inching their way up to being one of my favorite bands. We also went to this awesome restaurant called Jeckyll and Hyde, which is kind of like a super-rad/haunted version of rainforest cafe. I recommend, even though I didn't get any food. It's THAT bad ass. We finished up the day by walking around Times Square, and we went to the awesome Hershey Store. That shit's awesome. Since it's 12:40 A.M., it's Cinco de Mayo, and more importantly, two great records that I know of are coming out. "Grey Britain" by Gallows is amazing; you gotta check that out, and "Attics to Eden" is awesome as well. There you have it: I'm out.

Take care now,
Chris

I'm Bamboozled

Today was an amazing day! I woke up around 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time haha, took a shower, got dressed, and then took a shuttle from our hotel to Bamboozle. I saw one of my favorite bands, Billy Talent (I also met the guitarist, Ian D'sa, at our hotel after the concert) and they put on an amazing show. Jason and I stocked up on Kazoozles and did a couple of interviews with some really cool people. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention the fact that it was raining the whole day, haha. All the bands were great and it was a lot of fun meeting people and checking out all the cool booths and whatnot, plus we had a rad show, haha. I'd been extremely excited about Bamboozle for about two months, and it was nothing short of amazing. I'd love to sit here and write more, but quite frankly, I'm Bamboozled, haha. Whoah, random note: I'm in the hotel right now watching a documentary on TLC about these siamese twins connected at the pelvis. Now THAT's gnarly.

P.S. Regarding the aforementioned secret tour... As you may know, we just finished up our tour with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus and Secondhand Serenade; and after a few days of hanging out in New York, we started up our tour with Alkaline Trio two days ago in Baltimore. Since then, we've only played one more show in New Haven, CT and now we're back in New Jersey with another day off tomorrow. Of course, I'll be heading over to NYC haha. That is all.

Peace,
Chris