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5.27.03 - We will be playing the Taste of the Illinois
Valley on Sunday June 8th. Our set will be from 3 - 4:30 p.m. We have some new
material to try out ,and it's free admission, so be sure to stop
out. Check out our shows page for the rest of our summer dates. In other
news, our new promo picture is available on the media page.
3.30.03 - We are Co-Headlining Scrouchfest IV with
Fixate from Dekalb IL, this Friday, 8 bands for 5 bucks, this is supposed
to be the biggest show of the year, so come out if you can make it. We
have a few town festivals booked this summer so check out the shows page for
info. Also we are in the works of planning an East Coast tour this summer
with Missing in Action
and Project
Mayhem, I will post details as soon as we get everything set
up.
2.26.03 - Sorry for the lack of updates, we've been
pretty busy the last couple weeks. I've updated the shows page, with a few
upcoming shows in March. We are going to be at Ale Mary's (21+) this
Saturday with Cheese Pizza, so come out for a good time. Show starts
around 10:30 p.m. On March 14th, we are going to be back at the 9th Street Pub
in LaSalle, Headlining the night, Egon's Unicat will be opening. In other
news, our first recording session for our long awaited EP is March 8th so
hopefully in a month or so we will finally have a disc out, check back for more
details.
1.12.03 - We are booked at 9th Street (21+) for
Saturday, January 25th. We will be opening for Fixate from Dekalb, IL. I'm
not positive yet, but John is thinking about doing a No Cover that night, so
come check it out.
1.9.03 - Alright, lots of news. We have a couple
shows next month. On the 8th of Feb. We will be playing an all ages show
with Undermine, DROPT, and S.W.E., at the Cancun in Ladd. The show starts
at 7 and it should be kick ass, so come check it out. Then on Feb. 15, we
will be doing an acoustic set at the Trade Show in Princeton. We will have
a booth there all weekend with a visual display and a bunch of cool stuff if
anyone wants to come hang out. Later that night we will be heading over to
Cancun again to play with Dublo Seven, Hong Kong Electric Company, and one more
band still TBA. Show starts at 7 pm and there will be a $5 cover. It
should be a good time, so make sure you swing by.
12.22.02
- We have a couple shows booked in February,
one being an unplugged show in Princeton IL, so
check out the shows page for details. We have
been rehearsing some new material and have added
a couple new songs to our set, and we are
currently working on a new original called
"Death of You", which should be done
pretty soon. That's all for now, hope to see
everyone (21+) at 9th Street this weekend. Also.
we are working on getting a lot more all ages
shows going for next year, so be on the lookout
for us.
11.30.02
- The shows at the Pub last week was
great. The crowd was awesome. We are
booked at 9th Street (21+) again on December 28th
with Undermine. We are working on writing
and arranging some new songs, so we should have
some cool new material by the next few weeks. I
uploaded the pics from the Cancun show on the
1st, and the FOB article from the Newstribune is
available on the media page if you want to check
it out.
11.6.02
- Saturday November 23rd we will be opening for
DROPT at the 9th Street Pub (21+) We will
be on the Homegrown Show on 100.9 FM that week
with the members of Dropt for an interview, so
keep your ears open. We are seriously going
into the studio this Spring to record a full
length LP. The album will be recorded at
Vital Recordables and will contain around 11 or
12 songs. Hopefully production will start
around February. Also I've added
"Virus" to the lyrics page, I updated
the Song list and the shows page, so feel free to
check them out.
10.18.02
- We have 3 shows coming up. We are
going to be headlining 9th Street Pub next
Friday, this is a 21+ show and there is no
cover. The Deadbeats will be opening for
us. November 1st we will be playing a show
at Cancun in Ladd with Rebekah's Tape, SWE, and
Hong Kong Electric Company. Show starts at
7 p.m. and it's $4. We will be opening for
The Snaggs at the 9th Street Pub on Saturday
November 2nd.
In other news, we have written
a new song called "Virus." we
hope to record it soon. You can hear us on
100.9 FM's Homegrown Show next Thursday at 7 p.m.
so keep you ears open for that. Hopefully
we will get some new pictures up from the
upcoming shows soon.
9.8.02
- We opened for Pil~Sun last night at the 9th
Street Pub. It was our first show since
June, so it was pretty cool. This Saturday
night, the 14th, we are playing in Princeton
IL. There is a block party in the parking
lot of the Covenant Church on Main St. We
will be playing along with Odd Man Out, The
Malcontent, The Phobics, Zombie Youth, and our
good friends The Deadbeats. The show starts
at 6:30 p.m. and as far as I know it is free, so
come one out for a good time. Anyone is
welcome, and it is all ages. Also, we will
be playing at the 9th Street Pub (21+) again on
the 21st of September. We will be opening
for Bad Atom.
Well I finally got around to
redesigning the website, I have added a Songs
page and Lyrics page, and I have added a few
pictures of the show with Pil~Sun, and I have
updated the show archive, so check it out.
8.7.02
- Sorry for the lack of updates. Not much
has been happening up until a little while
ago. Chris is no longer in Friends of
Bob. Zac Hewerd, formerly of Missing in
Action, is our new drummer. We are busy
working on a whole new set and will start playing
out in the upcoming months. The CD project
is put on hold due to our line up change, but we
have a demo of Ninety-Five that we recently
recorded with Zac. It is available on the
MP3 page. Also, we will have new pictures up
soon.
6.23.02
- I have added some new links and a lot of new
pictures to the site, so feel free to check them
out. The cd is coming along nicely, we have bass
and drum tracks down for a few songs. More
updates to come...
6.16.02
- Last night we opened up for The Snaggs from
Rockford at the 9th Street Pub. The Taste last
week went very well. It was one of our best
shows. The crowd was great, and we played pretty
good. We are taking the next few weeks off so we
can work on our CD, but we will book some more
shows next month probably. I have added a lot of
pictures so check them out if you want.
6.2.02
- Sunday, June 9 we will be playing the Taste
of the Illinois Valley. It is free to enter
and open to all ages. We start at 7:30 p.m.
Also, tonight we are starting the first recording
session for our CD. Hopefully we will have
a disc out by the end of summer.
5.18.02
- We opened for Cheese Pizza at the Lounge in
Peru on May 10. Our next show is at the 9th
Street Pub in LaSalle on Friday, May 24. It
is a 21+ show. In other news there
has been several line-up changes for the Music
Fest, for more information visit www.thebrainchiggers.com. The links, and shows
pages have been updated so check them out if you
want. We will have new pictures posted
soon.
5.4.02
- We now have tickets available for the Music
Fest at LaSalle Speedway. They are
$10. If you want to purchase a ticket email us or talk to us at a show.
4.13.02
- We will be playing at the Cancun Restaurant in
Ladd on Friday, April 19th along with Rebekah's
Tape. There is a $3.00 cover charge, and
the show will start approximately around 7
pm. Saturday the 20th, at the 9th street
pub we will be starting around 10 pm, opening for
Big Hello.
4.10.02
- We have just been booked for the Memorial Day
Music Fest at LaSalle Speedway, on Sunday, May
26th. The bands playing are:
Main Stage:
The
Brainchiggers
Undermine
The Pimps
Foil
Slitheryn
Marazene
Sprung
Second
Stage:
Pil-Sun
John Doe Beatdown Posse
Friends of Bob
Acousticult
The Deadbeats
SWE
Advance
tickets are $10 and it will be $12 dollars at the
door. If you want tickets we will be
selling them soon so let us know.
4.10.02
- We have another show booked. It is on
April 20th, at the 9th Street Pub in
LaSalle. We will be opening for Big Hello,
from Chicago. Start time still TBA.
The show is 21+.
4.3.02
- We will be playing this Saturday night at Club
Bluz in Streator. We will be opening up for
Undermine again. We will start around 10:30
pm. This is a 21+ show.
3.31.02
- Scrouchfest 3 was one of hell of a show, all
the bands played well. Thanks to High
Voltage for the awesome PA system. The gig
at the pub with Undermine went great. We
have a new gig booked. It is Saturday, May
4, at Ale Mary's in LaSalle. We are
opening for piT. from Bloomington. This is
a 21+ show.
3.9.02
- Well everything is ready for Scrouchfest. We
will be opening the show at 5 and we are going to
play until 5:30. Later that night we are
going to head over to the 9th Street Pub in
LaSalle to open up for Undermine. We will
be starting there at 10:30. (March 29)
2.28.02
- The website is now online. Our first
recording session with Tom Rose is march 24, so
hopefully we will have some sort of a demo out
for Scrouchfest 3 which is March 29 this
year. We plan on releasing a full length
disc in the next few months, so check back for
details.
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