More shows THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR

Sometime while trying to find our venue in Detroit, the GPS, combined with heavy construction, directed us to the bridge onto Canada where the egg underwent a full cavity search at customs. Then, after returning, we went to the venue, didn't get shot or robbed, got to meet cool local bands, and heard a song about penetration. After driving through Toronto, where we got HUGE SAVINGS, and Niagara Falls, where we got wet, we returned to Baltimore for a day. Leaving B-mizzle, we went to Athens, GA and played for our biggest crowd this tour. We then made it to Savannah just in time to see the sunrise and sleep for a couple. After fulfilling Bobby's eating quota for the day we played at The Wormhole and had our fog machine cherry popped. Now, we are relaxing in Savannah and preparing to blow your face off in Towson on the 22nd.

Detroit Rock City? More like Detroit More Murders Than Baltimore City... City

Asbestos's show at Ronny's Bar in Chicago was called "The best Asbestos concert to ever take place in Chicago" (Steve "I know a lot about music" Richardson of the Chicago Tribune). After driving all day through states like Indiana, the self proclaimed "Crossroads of America" (No one comes to our state with a reason other than traveling to a neighboring state) we were quite amazed at our playing as well. In fact, leg cramps, sleep deprivation, Bobby eating all of our food, and smell aside, the road is treating us quite [well].

After camping in a rest area, we began our voyage to Muskegon to visit a friend, stopping in Grand Rapids to buy flannel, and get $16 for can return. We slept in the sketchiest (least expensive, most likely to give STDs through osmosis) motel we could find and headed to Detroit. We camped with Randy, a local who frequents Brighton Park and taught us to make things with glass bottles and fire.

Since this may be our last post (many people we've talked to think we will be robbed or die in Detroit) we will leave you with Erik's list of traveled states from most good to least good:

1. California
2. Maryland, Virginia
4. Georgia
5. Massachusetts, Illinois, Michigan
8. Florida
9. Indiana, Maine
11. Ohio, Connecticut, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, New Hampshire
15. New York
16. South Carolina
17. New Jersey
18. West Virginia
19. Pennsylvania
20. Delaware

Bobby just ate a Big Mac in under 10 seconds

Right Lane Ends, Merge Left

Here is a poem I am writing from a motor home in Dayton Ohio, one day before our Chicago show:

Boston was a blast,
the first night we camped in a parking lot,
it sure went by fast,
we met cool local bands that liked us a bunch,
sold a t-shirt, even.
Riding the T was a good way to see the city
Cambridge was quite pretty,
but we went the whole time without cleavin'.
Don't worry, faithful reader,
we'll keep you posted this time,
or maybe we won't.

After Ronny's in Chicago we're hitting Paychecks in Detroit then up to Toronto for a couple before we return to Baltimore for a day and then head South. I would say wish us luck, but we don't need it, we have looks.

Some video!:

Recording Studio

The 8x10, The Sonar, and Recording, oh my!

For those who came to the 8x10 show, you enjoyed possibly our best set yet as well as FREE LYRIC SHEETS and Erik taking his pants off. Rolling stone called it "actually ok, and [it was well worth the money!]" For those of you who didn't go to the show, you should buy two tickets for our show this Sunday (July 19th) at the Sonar in order to make up for it. As I write this, we are rerecording the guitar part for Prohibition and then mixing the piss out of it for our new demos.

That sound guy was a douche

For those of you at the Talking Head show, you witnessed the debuts of "Into the Woods" and "Fairytale" as well as abounding shirtlessness. Aside from the sound guy (who texted throughout our set and cut it short), we enjoyed the venue and may be playing shows there in the future. Our next show is June 30th at the 8x10 as a part of the "five bands for five bucks" series which critics are calling "soundslavery" and "band exploitation," "bexploitation," or, if you will, "bandsploitation." We plan debuting "Killer's Mind" at this show as well as having our new demos with Bobby "Booby" "Tits" "Lactation Baloons" Canner on drums available.

'Til Next Time,
Asbestos

Look at that Talking Head!

Greetings from the back of the stage! Today is a milestone in Asbestos history as, after long last, the drummer has finally been allowed to make his mark on the cleavage fragment. This day will long be remembered in the annals of time, forever inspiring generations of drummers to make their voices heard. In other news, we will be playing at the Talking Head in Baltimore on May 31. Ball Buster Weekly is calling it “…the most [anticipated] concert of 2009...” In light of all the publicity, tickets are flying out of Drew’s pocket faster than a puppy out of a car window. But I digest. Please refer to the event page on Facebook for more show info ( http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=105381094615&ref=ts ). To obtain tickets, call 443 722 3566. On a side note, questions, comments, snide remarks, and sexual favors can be sent to the [official] Asbestos email address: theasbestos@gmail.com.
We hope to see you there!

WE'RE DUN

DUN. That's right, Asbestos is throwing in the towel. In what Rolling Stone calls "a [tragedy] affecting the entire music industry" we have decided that the amazing music, great success and friends are too hard to keep up (hehe erection). Asbestos memorabilia, including The Chair and Drew's balls will be auctioned off this weekend at UMBC. For all of you that have been with us from the beginning, thanks, and for those that just became fans at the last show, timing is not your forte. Complaints can be sent to notanenglishrockband@comcast.net

The cock-block (unfuck) show

Our most recent show at The Recher was the opposite of fuck. One way to put it would be a cock-block, or for those less creative, an unfuck. "Cock-block?, isn't that like bad [bro]?" you may ask. Well, in most cases, yes, but this show was not most cases. You see, not only did we have success in every department (performance, demos, crowd) where previously only fuck could be found, but we also blocked that guy that used to sit in the back (now known as "cock") and replaced him with our new drummer Bobby (see previous CLEAV).
The most cock-block thing about the show was probably the new enthusiastic faces, mostly from UMBC, that Drew and Bobby brought in. It was great to see you all dancing, singing and moshing and we plan on seeing you at shows in the future!

Out with the old, in with the new (and much better)

So, as many have already heard, our drummer Nick Pula quit the band because, as he so eloquently stated in a text message, "I can't pretend to be interested anymore [and I hate good music as well as success and friends]." Drew and myself saw this as an opportunity to find a drummer that could read music and hold his own in a conversation. We found this and more in our new drummer Bobby Canner. Bobby has been working very hard with Drew at UMBC to learn our extensive library of material in time for our next show, and has learned the entire Introduction in the amount of time it took Nick to tune his toms.

SHOW INFORMATION

Where: The Recher :)
When: Thursday, March 5th
Time: Not sure, probably 7:30 or 8:15

This is going to be our first show with Bobby as well as our first show working through our new booking company, so we want YOU to come!

Also, those demos we so valiently tried to have ready for the last show are finished and willl definately be present at this show.

Happy Groundhog Day!

The Fuck Show (slash) Success Through Failure

For several months we have been recording and mixing songs from our next album in the hopes of releasing a demo CD in time for our January 8th Recher show. Unfortunately, due to multiple computer rebellions (3), sleep deprivation (which was not pacified by 5 cups of tea), procrastination (just a little), and the alignment of the stars (where most of the responsibility lies) this did not happen. We expressed this inner anguish through the majesty of Erik's shirt, which simply, but eloquently, stated "Fuck."

However, the debut of the new song "Prohibition" was played well and received warmly by the members of the audience. As well as playing some "old" favorites, we revisited the recently debuted "Introduction" and "Perspective."
T-shirts are now on sale for $7 and flying off the box.

...and that is how we found success in the deep dark caverns of failure.