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"NEW SONGS, NEW DEMO, SEXY BASS"

That and more are in reviews from the future about our January 8th show at The Recher Theater. We will be debuting a new song, "Prohibition," as well as giving a rough preview of "Life Incorporated" the next album which we hope to release by the end of 2009. "Sell-Out Police," "Destroy the Wall," and "Liability" will all be available on the free demo CD to be released after the new year.
As always, Erik will be shirtless, sweaty, and surrounded by men ready to be "up ons that."

On December 19th, we played Calvary Baptist with Jimmy Chrismer of I Am Unanimous and raised $185 for our cause. We debuted a new Introduction and the song "Perspective" as well as saying goodbye to the "Intro" which has served us well for two years. Fans enjoyed our new pins showing our new logo, motto, and symbol and the vicious fight over Erik's t-shirt which he generously donated to the crowd. These pins will be for sale at other shows in addition to the new Asbestos shirts inexplicably left out of the aforementioned future reviews. TIFKATI received massive "Nick-Related" injuries during the post show merriment and may be out of order until our agent believes he may be removed from the Disabled List... More developements to follow (probably not).

Tickets may be ordered by calling 443-722-3566 The Official Exclusive Asbestos Concert Ticket Ordering Phone Line (TOEACTOPL, if you will). Please direct all other questions to the far less important Unofficial Asbestos Questions, Comments, Conundrums, Queries "We May Or May Not Answer" Line For Calls Of A Telephonal Nature (UAQCCQWMOMNALFCOATN, this time you MUST!) which may be reached by dialing 443-722-3566.

See you on the 8th for "Sex Music" as it is known across the wide reaches of space (or the bass player).

Blogging because Erik is incapable or lazy and has not done so for over two months... ingly yours!
-Drew

Fusion

This past Friday's show at Calvary Baptist was our most successful yet with $250 raised for homeless shelters in Baltimore County. Thanks to the bands that played and to everyone that came to support us.
The drum and bass parts for Destroy the Wall and The Cop Theory have both been recorded, and guitar and vocal parts are soon to follow. There will also be trombones and flutes on top of a mountain.
As many of you have noticed, occasionally we make little adjustments to our songs to keep things interesting. Sometimes this works (Transient, Virginia) and other times Nick decides act like he's not a drummer and runs into the audience (Punk is Freedom). Well, it's the thought that counts.

We do real work

Here are some lovely examples of Asbestos productivity while recording Destroy the Wall after the Brass Monkey show

Octoberfest!

Aloha!
Rolling Stone calls last week's show at the Brass Monkey Saloon "a masterful combination of guitar, bass, drums, vocals, and massive sex appeal" and goes further to say that it was "the [best] show ever." To sum up, great success!
The recording of Sell Out Police has been completed and will hitting demos near you sometime soon. Our other recoridng projects right now are Destroy the Wall and Jesus Was No Commando. Of the two, Destroy the Wall is much closer to completion.
Our next show will be Friday, October 17th, at Calvary Baptist. We will be playing with a few other bands, one of which is the Side [E]ffects. When I know more details I'll post them here.
Another important bulletin, last week on my way to Halethorpe, I broke the MARC train.

P.S. Upcoming shows in Charlottesville maybe? Anyone interested?

WOW! Another recording!

So far the drums, guitar, and vocals have been recorded for Destroy the Wall. All that we need is for me to come up from my Virginia paradise to record the bass and then of course last minute "flair" instruments and about a month of mixing. But don't worry, that month will probably fly by, or it won't. Also, as a reminder, tickets are on sale now for the Brass Monkey Saloon show. They are only $5 but there is probably a ricockulous coverage fee. It will be worth every penny though. You can get tickets from Drew or Nick or if you need a special delivery, contact one of us through Facebook.

New Logo (FInal version)

Above is the final version of our new logo. It is not only readable, but also incredibly sexy and maybe even dazzling. Stickers featuring this logo are currently in production and tickets for our show will go on sale next week. The stickers will be $0.75 and car-worthy.

Still mixing, and new show

Sell Out Police is near completion, the only parts remaining to be recorded are the violin, flute, and vocals at the end. We are working on getting a sample of the final mix to play on the blog. Today we are announcing that we will be playing a show at the Brass Monkey Saloon on Saturday, September 20th. The Saloon is located in Fells Point. Check out their website at http://www.brassmonkeysaloon.com
Aside: We're leaving Savannah tomorrow morning, if you would like to request a song for the September 20th set list let us know. We'll also commence recording plans for Destroy the Wall upon our arrival.

Golf Cart Madness!

This is what happens when we don't do any mixing: a golf cart action montage. Enjoy the sped up Slayer and butchered versions of Punk is Freedom and New Millennium Homes as well as the first hand experience of golf cart riding. How punk rock is this video? You be the judge.



Seriously though, we are finishing mixing Sell Out Police. Really.

Productivity!

Today has been particularly productive. Somewhere between waking up at 1 and grilling we've managed to look at the mixer, shower and mess with video editing software. We also received the latest version of our new logo (shown above). We plan to use a logo similar to this on our new t-shirts. Let us know what you think. Great things will come from the video software in the near future, but for now all we can offer is this teaser trailer.†

Savannah Happenings

First off, thanks to everyone that came to the show on the 9th, we got a smaller crowd than expected, but the bands were great and we did raise $155 for meals for the homeless shelter.
Currently Drew and myself are in Savannah, GA riding in golf carts and finishing up the mixing of Sell Out Police. We probably aren't writing any new songs. The next song we plan on recording for the upcoming Life Incorporated is Destroy the Wall. Let us know if this is what is demanded.
In other news, on the ride down we both got sunburn on one arm from sticking it out the window. The results are shown above (Drew is hard at work mixing).

Last Show of the Summer*^

What: A charity show providing meals for a Baltimore Homeless Shelter

Cost: $5 donation is expected. NO COVER

Date/Time: Saturday, August 9th 6:00pm - ???

Place: Calvary Baptist Church

120 W. Pennsylvania Avenue

Towson, MD 21286

Lineup: Jimmy C

MisEuphoria

Asbestos

Directions: From 695 take the Dulaney Valley Road exit, go South toward the Towson circle to York Road (south), make the right onto Pennsylvania Avenue, after a few blocks Calvary Baptist will be on your right. Parking is available around the back (take Baltimore Avenue)

* Meaning the June to August time period

^ Unless we have another one

Yes, now we have a blog

As Asbestos stretches to every corner of the vast infinitesimal interwebs, it is hard to skip over the large, loud corner that is the blog. With this blog we will provide yet another location to get Asbestos media, news, and music.

Through this blog we will also detail the recording process of our next album and maybe post some information about songs that are "under construction."