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Shows, Punk Rock Bowling, Acoustic Tour, New Records, and PARTY TIME!!
Hey now! I guess it’s update time. Insert cliche and overused band statements here (“We’ve got a lot of exciting stuff in the works!” or “We can’t wait to see you all at a show!” or “We couldn’t do it without all our fans!” or “We’re really taking it to the next level this year!” etc.)
Well, we’ve got a lot of exciting stuff in the works (really). A few shows coming up with bands like Bullets and Octane, the Ataris, Perdition, DC Fallout, and more. Those will happen in March and April. Then in May we’re headed out to Vegas to play the kickoff night of the 14th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament and Festival! This show’s gonna rock because some of the Basement Records bands like Stabbed in Back and Fiction Reform are playing, along with Vegas local heroes (they save cats that are stuck in trees and shit) and all around good dudes Holding On To Sound. Oh, and it’s at Vegas’s true punk rock bar the Double Down Saloon. A fitting way to start Punk Rock Bowling, no? However more important than the music (as everything is), this year will be Sic Waiting’s inaugural year as participants in the bowling tournament too! So come out for the shows, and spend the days watching us make asses of ourselves on the lanes! We’re practicing weekly, but improvement isn’t expected.
Through all of this, we’re planning on demoing new material these months as well, with the hopes of having a new release for you all by summer, which would be a fine reason to see the country again. We’ve already got a handful of new songs and more on the horizon. Although judging by how we’ve promised/predicted albums in the past and how well that’s gone, we’ll just see what happens…
In related news, check out the Drunks Go Acoustic Tour 2012. Starting February 23rd those of you in the Western US can see Jared galavanting around as Dead Frets in support of his new solo acoustic record Selling Silence! Follow the links at the bottom to see his facebook, stream the record, and leave nasty comments about it. He will be hitting the road for 3 weeks with Matt from Black Sails, Western Shores and Brock of theCore., and everyone has a new solo acoustic record. Also, Jansen Lee is on the first few shows and the bestest punk bands in the land are playing the acoustic shows with the guys in their own respective cities, so get out to one! Check the tour poster for dates and cities, I included it with this blog. It might be the only time you get the chance to see this. How fucking rad is all that?! Super rad, that’s how rad.
In more related news G’s other band All Things End, in which he sings and plays guitar, is getting ready to release their first record titled ‘Here’s to Those Who Wish Us Well, All the Rest Can Go To Hell.’ If you’re a fan of Nothington, Banner Pilot, or the like then you’ll like All Things End. Go listen and consume.
In closing, we couldn’t do it without the fans, we hope to see you at the show, we’re really taking it to the next level this year with all this exciting stuff in the works. Wow, that was 4 douchey cliche statements in one sentence! Nice! Now have a great day celebrating VD. Peace out.
http://deadfretssuck.bandcamp.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/All-Things-End/110021019022927?sk=info
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Happy Holidays Heathens! I know, like most of the US, you’re all busy trading gluttony for greed over Thanksgiving/Black Friday and eagerly awaiting that special December night where Jesus flies from home to home cleaning everyone’s chimneys and delivering coal to be used for your Super Bowl BBQ’s. Excited you are, and rightfully so! We in the Sic Waiting camp are in the same boat. However we felt it only right to take some time out of our busy and important schedules to update you bastards.
Many of you followed us and came out to the shows on our 7 week Liver Die national tour. It was really a damn good time! We met a ton of cool new people, a few jerk offs, and a bunch of bartenders. We saw 30 states in the continental US and over 11,000 miles of highway. And we slept on the foors of about 35 different overly generous people. All in all, we were home for about 3 days before we were ready to do it all over again. And do it again we will…
This December is a recuperating and reorganizing one. Our lone show is an acoustic show at Pier View Pub in Oceanside Saturday, December 3. So if you need your SW fix or if we owe you money, this is your last chance of 2011 to settle up! However don’t think we aren’t getting some things lined up for the new year. We will have a short run of Southern California dates in early January that will be announced soon and we are also looking to tour the western US, nationally and have a new release anaconda-squeezed into the months following that. Also coming with the new shows is a new merch line, so save that holiday money! And remember, we take credit cards, gift cards, EBT cards, but not greeting cards.
So assuming we don’t all die or get raptured (not too worried about that one) on December 21, 2012, we will catch ya in the new year! In all seriousness we hope you guys have a great and valuable time with family and friends over the holidays. And do something nice for someone you don’t know without anyone else knowing or finding out. You can’t be 100% ass hole 100% of the time. It’s not healthy. And of course, make your Papa Bears in SW proud by getting overly drunk and obnoxious around the aformentioned family and friends because without that, what would the holidays really be for?
As always, be sure to validate our existence by ‘liking’ us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/sicwaiting and sharing us with your friends!
-SW-
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Well we are home and getting ready for the homecoming show this Saturday at Pier View Pub with DC Fallout, The Deal, and Dead on the Wire. All in all one helluvan epic journey! The last time we updated we were in Bakersfield, CA with only a few days left. As was expected, they were some very eventful days. Bakersfield with the Black Sails, Western Shores boys is always fun and we made some new-old friends in Bridgework Device.
We went from Bakersfield to Ventura, CA to play the Sewer again, this time with our friends in Orange Blossom Special who came up to meet up with us and jam. This is nice because we normally have to cover 3 hours here and they made it so we didn’t have to. Plus they rock so that’s a bonus. Plus they drink so that’s a double bonus.
From Ventura we headed straight south to Orange County where we played the following night with some of our bestest buds in DC Fallout and new band Surefire Loss. The Back Alley in Fullerton was packed to the hilt and it actually ended up being one of our better shows! But of course, Vegas was coming up…
The Vegas show was just as good as expected. TheCore. was releasing their new EP Change and returning from an East Coast tour with None More Black, Holding Onto Sound is one of the best bands I’ve heard in years, and I was told that Deadhand (formerly Lydia Vance) was awesome and they delivered. It was pretty rad that the last shows of the tour were all with really really good bands. It was a fun way to end it. Actually, playing Dave’s pinball machines and Off-Road full size at his apartment was the fun way to end it…
BUT of course there are a couple more coming up! Like I said, the homecoming show this Saturday is guaranteed to go nuts, what with the bands on the bill and of course our reputation in Oceanside. And the following Saturday is south in SD with Death by Stereo, Eken is Dead, Beneath Lanston and Canobliss! Good times ahead!
So check the facebook page for the most current pictures and news, and get your asses to the show this Saturday! Because that’s where you keep your wallets and it’s 5 bucks…
-Jared
As always, do yourselves a favor and check these bands out:
https://www.facebook.com/BSWS4
https://www.facebook.com/dcfallout
https://www.facebook.com/SurefireLoss?ref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/bridgeworkdevicemusic
https://www.facebook.com/obsrocknroll
https://www.facebook.com/thecorepunk
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So here we are in Bakersfield, CA on the last leg of the tour. It’s been real! Last time we posted we were in Chicago I believe, an a lot has happened since then. We hit the midwest for the first time and made some great new drinking buddies. We also had a pretty rad fireworks party at a rest stop in either Idaho or Oregon, I’m not sure. You may have seen a video of it on the facebook or the YouTube. Roman Candles kick ass.
Colorado was pretty kickass too. Got to hang in Fort Collins for a couple days and get a rad tour of the Blasting Room from Jason Allen, everything extraordinaire. We also crossed paths with our Authority Zero pals (referred by the amazing Jay Ludemann) and new friends Trenchtown who were playing on our night off here, so we hung out for the show, then discovered we were staying at the same hotel, then proceeded to drink all their beer at said hotel. Thanks boys, but you gotta be quicker than that! Denver was epic too, hangin with Jay Ludemann and the guys from Red Stinger, Boldtype, Allout Helter, No Bueno and False Colors. All rad dudes and bands. Colorado is definitely one of the top states of the tour.
Our epic journey back to the west coast included some gnarly long drives and some rad times in Jerome and Boise, ID and Anacortes, WA. Naturally, we are drinking these cities dry as we pass through them. Especially Jerome, thanks to Greg of Diamondz and his crew. This is another must stop on the next tour. Anacortes is a cool little fishing town in Northwest Washington where our friend Jeff owns a bar. I think they were a little surprised at us when we played, lots of seemingly blank stares, but afterwards were super appreciative and generous. Some dude set off a mortar in front of the bar, that was kinda crazy. Then came Seattle with Random Orbits and Kids on Fire at Galway Arms, ‘nuff said. These dudes were awesome, and Orbits is one of the best bands we’ve ever played with. Glad we remember their show this time, last year’s WoW fest was a blur… Galway was fun, as was the blaze at Steve’s afterwards!
Portland was our first house show of the tour at a place called the Bomb Shelter, run by the guys from Fools Rush. The venue is rad, a small garage packed with a ton of kids and Mickey’s 40’s. Definitely a great precursor to the following night’s show in Chico, CA. The Chico show was a Halloween party at a house. Halloween in Chico is freakin’ nuts. See the pictures for more info, but suffce it to say we had to spend an hour cleaning and testing our gear the next day. Good times!
Antioch and San Francisco were next, both of which we knew were going to be fun. Danny from No Captains put a bill together in SF that may be the best of the tour. Weekender, Advocate, us and Build them to Break. Check out these bands! We then had a day off in SF which was Halloweeen coincidentally. Dave was an emo angry bird and I was the movie ‘Ghost’ (white t shirt and a sharpie). G and Dylan were consumers of fine booze.
Which brings us here to Bakersfield, back at Matt from Black Sails’ house. We have a great bill tonight at Sandrini’s: Black Sails, Western Shores, SW and Bridgework Device and we are counting the minutes until we can start the pregame. Southern California and Vegas, we’re coming for you next!!
Be sure to check out the most recent pics up on the facebook page, and also check out these bands:
https://www.facebook.com/sicwaiting
https://www.facebook.com/RandomOrbits
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fools-Rush/153171709698?ref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/buildthemtobreak
https://www.facebook.com/AdvocateCA
https://www.facebook.com/weekenderband
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Bomb-Shelter/134770409902422
https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Captains/326743127549
-Jared
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Hello from Chicago! We’re a little over half way through the tour now, and have spent the last couple days being treated in Chicago courtesy of our buddies in Gunner’s Daughter. Currently, we are strewn about Schwab’s house trying to digest some authentic Chicago beef sandwiches from Johnnie’s. The last few shows have been pretty damn fun. With the exception of Times Square, NY of course. Go figure. But we played two awesome shows on Long Island, where G is from, during our stay in NY and they went off! We got to see the city, eat at Katz’s Deli, visit the Double Down Saloon’s NY counterpart named, for some reason, the Double Down Saloon NYC. Oh and we ate like we’d never seen food before. We are on our way to gaining significant poundage on this tour.
Before leaving NY, we toilet papered the shit out of Joe’s house (get it?) and it was extremely satisfying. After a long ass drive to Ohio we arrived at the club and met probably the nicest club owner we’ve met thus far. Club Soda in the little town of London, OH was nuts! The kids went crazy, smashing holes in the walls and beating each other to a pulp and seemed truly stoked that we were there. They are good fakers, haha. This is definitely a venue we will be back to.
After sleeping in the green room at the club in Ohio, we headed to Chicago to meet up with our friends in Gunner’s Daughter. The show was again awesome, as expected. A solid lineup of great bands and good dudes. We had another day off in Chi-town so the GD guys took us around to the bars (check out Exit Bar Chicago where the after party was), got us fed and drinked, and we slept at Chris’s house under tables and with Brownie the lovable lab. The next day we headed to the Counterpunch (another rad band) video shoot on the Reggie’s Rock Club bus. That was an experience in itself to say the least. It’s interesting enough walking on a bus but to have a punk show on a bus is another level of interesting. Again the GD guys were amazing hosts and after the shoot we headed to Schwab’s where his girlfriend cooked us a feast of pulled chicken and chili. See above statement about us getting fatter.
So that’s about where we stand, from what I can pull out of my seemingly malfunctioning brain. We’re takin it easy before we start the drive to Omaha, NE for the show at the Sandbox. I’m sure we’ll stuff our faces one more time just for good measure. Oh wait, we’re about to…
Check these out:
https://www.facebook.com/gunnersdaughter
https://www.facebook.com/counterpunchrok?ref=ts
https://www.facebook.com/DEFENDANTSPUNKROCK
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Club-Soda/251715828175109
https://www.facebook.com/voarockers
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-EXIT-Chicago/249823261392
And check out our friends that are on tour around the US right now too:
https://www.facebook.com/TheBombpops
https://www.facebook.com/nothington
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Jared
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LIVER DIE Tour Update- Somehow we made it to New York
Well, somehow we’ve made it to New York. After arriving at about 5am and watching the sun rise in G’s family’s backyard we slept until, well, now. It’s been one hell of a trip so far. We’ve had some awesome shows and some not so awesome ones. We’ve met some awesome people and some real douche bags. Overall though, it’s been an amazing trip. Van Dammit, after some initial hiccups, is motoring forward like a champ. Seeing the country, meeting new people and getting to play a show every night IS everything it’s cracked up to be. Dylan is keeping a tour diary that will be posted very soon, and that will give you a look inside our circus and probably totally change your opinion on us and music in general. In the mean time, keep up with us on facebook, twitter, or that MySpace thing that no one actually uses anymore. Onward!
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SW Pic of the Day, from the 2011 Liver Die Tour. We need more strings, drum heads, gas and instrument repairs. However we are in good supply of California hot sauce. Muy importante.
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Finally! The LIVER DIE Tour starts tomorrow in Oceanside, CA. If you’re within 100 miles, get out to the show! We won’t be around for 6 more weeks!
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A Couple Rad Shows Followed by Many More Rad Shows
We have been busy behind the ‘ol scenes! If you follow us on this new fad called the facebook, then you may have noticed a ton of dates pop up suddenly thus constituting a tour. Well good for you, you get a ribbon. For those of you that missed it, go HERE and check it out! Or just look below. Also, we are playing 2 shows before we leave. PUNK VS METAL on September 10th and with TEN FOOT POLE on September 11th. Come see us off in style, and track us while we’re gone. We will be doing our best to keep you all updated on the sheer terror that comes from being on tour with us!
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Warped Tour, August Shows, and a Punk Rock Poem
So we have a few things on the horizon that we figured we’d let you in on. First, tomorrow is the San Diego Warped Tour and we’ll be playing on the Ernie Ball stage. We’ll be posting our set time when we find out in the morning, but we know it will be shortly after doors open at 11. Or they might even have us play before doors open so none of you have to sit through our set. Who knows.
This weekend we’ll be playing some shows with our San Francisco buddies NO CAPTAINS and our LA buddies EKEN is DEAD, as well as some other buddies, in San Diego, La Habra, and Oceanside. Check our tour dates for more details. And speaking of tour dates, we are getting close to announcing our fall schedule which will take us all over the country and back again. So there’s that.
And now, for your reading enjoyment, G has written a punk rock poem just for you people. It was a labor of love, created over some fine booze.
“G’s Punk Rock Poem”
I’m SIC of WAITING for a BANNER PILOT to fly by
with a message on a BLACK FLAG:
“PENNYWISE, POUND FOOLISH”
a BAD RELIGION gone mad
so we set up to RISE AGAINST our DESCENDENTS from the past
and fight MURPHY’S LAW, DROPKICK MURPHY’S ass
A FIRE INSIDE, always burning bright
a BOY SETS FIRE, the match it did IGNITE
ALL the BOUNCING SOULS danced in the night
Shel SILVERSTEIN poems brought souls alive
to no AVAIL, STRUNG OUT but high
THE FALCON flies free, but SENSES FAIL to realize
GOOD RIDDANCE to pain, there’s NO USE FOR A NAME
but the AMERICAN STEEL kept our DARK COUNTRY alive
while the BASTARD SUNS rose from THE OTHER side.
