ALL BORE JOURNAL PHOTOS BY JAY WALKER FROM HERE ON AND UNTIL FOREVER.
*so blame him if you look ugly or we talk shit about you*
ALL BORE JOURNAL PHOTOS BY JAY WALKER FROM HERE ON AND UNTIL FOREVER.
*so blame him if you look ugly or we talk shit about you*
London England.
yes we skipped a few shows but updates will keep coming we promise.
Groesrock!!!!!!! defiantly the best festival in the world, if you like that sort of thing.
We DO!
any fan of Music de Punk should take a trip to Belgium any given spring and check it out.
More form Belgium back in April
so far behind, but we promise pictures of Brian Baker and Fat Mike playing cards drunk everyday this summer
Japan, Punk Spring, BAD RELIGION Blah Blah Blah Blah Blah
you have seen it all before
SF Tour Night two.
Great American Music Hall
Tonight at Slims the first of our 5 night San Francisco tour.
The best part about this is going home after the shows, if you happen to live here that is.
Los Angeles California
We had a really Special Friend come out this night.
we know him as the Wookie.
He likes Vodka. Like to see what happened?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In81V5jY0JQ
More Fun in LA
Los Angeles CA
super special Guests abound.
Tour of California 2009. not much happened
In San Diego Mike met his match, he liked Pour Habit, so he told them if anyone of them could beat him thumb wrestling he would sign them. Chuck did, they are in!
The Gathering Place. Oahu
we are really sorry the new owner of the Pipeline freaked out and it took so long for everyone to get in. Thanks for all your patience Y'all.
Final show in Hawaii, tough business.
We are sorry to everyone who waited in line so long, Pipeline was convinced the promoter had sold double the capacity, but in the end everyone got in and got gross, it was packed!
Thanks to Tina and everyone who hosted us in the Aloha state, and everyone that came out to the shows,we will try to make it back sooner.
Maui day 2, show 2, Mike Birthday, big deal!
There really were shows on maui, 2 of em at The Cellar in Lahaina
show up there and tell em Fat Mike sent you.
Hawa Hawa Hawaii, what more can you say about that.
starting our year here means its all down hill.`
don't worry we called our selves a wambulance.
Day One Maui pt 1.
Last Day or this tour, and its someone's birthday, Big Deal.
Toads Place in Richmond was really awesome, though the barricade did break and security did get slightly crushed, no one was seriously injured.
Rams Head Live in Baltimore was another great venue.
Shits got very weird up in here.
Buffalo Show!! super venue, great fun, nice people, delicious pizza.
but boy did we burn rubber the hell outta that town!
Best Day Ever part Nine
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania home of Anti Flag, and sandwiches with fries in em. The Club couldn't sell beer, so we bought some kegs and gave it away, everyone still complained.
Philadelphia, The City of Brotherly Loved Ones.
good times, we have no pictures of it but in the end D$ Loved Ones and Mike destroyed our bus, while the rest of us hid in the back.
Finally Kent threw everyone out and Walker choked Mike.
FUN
The Troc in Philly is located in Chinatown, Smelly found a Durian, the most disgusting fruit in the universe.
On this night we played on Long Island.
no one took any pictures, oops.
so we let Kent document his solo trip to Bethpage Black, home of the 2002 and 2009 US Open.
The Great State of New Jersey, will always have a place in our hearts, great club, great crowd, great show, thats why right after the show we headed straight back to Manhattan.
day Two NYC.
nothing happened at all.
NYC Night One, Shira Girls last show with us so she sung Lori Meyers. Also the dude proposed to that girl, i think she said yes.
We had the night off Rise Against and Alkaline Trio played in NYC, so it really wasn't a night off
Providence RI
Nothing Happened....
right.
The last of three whole nights in montreal, Bad IDEA, MANAGER IS AN IDIOT.
The 25th Anniversary of Foufounes Electric, Montreal.
a club that once payed us $18, a club that every punk band in the last 25 years has played. (even Gorilla Gorilla.)
This was supposed to be a night off, but it sounded like a great idea.
That night we were not so sure, but once we got up and played it was a shit ton of fun.
The First of three nights in Montreal, oh boy after two days in Toronto we are fucked. Your people are just too fun.
Tons of guest stars tonight.
For those of you in French Canada, Musique Plus is showing our TV show, this will be the last station to show it, as we hope a DVD comes out early next year. anyway we spent the day at their station playing live and making fart noises.
Toronto night two, She's Nubs does her first stage dive, with a little help from Limo.
Toronto Ontario Canada,
This place has always been so so so good to us and this trip was no exception, what a great place to start a tour. Amanda with her hot apple pies, Johnny with everything else you could imagine.
Punk Rocks at Red Rocks
Well its been a long sweet summer of doing nothing
we are truely sorry it took so long to report on the show where we kicked Van Halen's ass.
But she sure don't like australia...
This boar Journal is really lagging.
To both of you, we are so sorry. The crazy thing is that half of the problem, is how many rad pictures Jay Walker takes everyday.
At this show in Sweden, with a million of our best friends, he took 600 pictures, Fuck.
Lets start with Lagwagon, we had not done a show with them in so long, so that was super special.
This show was seriously the best day on warped tour, but without some sissy in tight pants screaming at you half the time.
The quadrant of hate reunion was outstanding, though there really wasn't anyone to keep out.
Eventually NOFX got to play, what a mess.
And Flogging Molly were there, and Bad Religion were there, and Randy were there, and and and and...
This will be the last entry on this mega party called the west coast riot in Goethenberg Sweden.
Random Guts and stuff.
Amsterdam, what can't be said about that place, fuck Vegas the shit that stay in Amsterdam is real. White Flag opened the show, they have been around as long as NOFX, way more Mustaches
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Luxembourg the smallest country we have ever been to, in fact Mike told them they are not even a city, but a town.
HELLFEST-CLISSON FRANCE
SLAYER-MOTORHEAD-NOFX
WOW
MORE HELLFEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Southside Festival, at a small airport in Southern Germany, this and Hurricane really are nice festivals. We Really had fun.
The Beatsteaks headlined both nights and it was quite amazing.
Hurricane Festival, Big deal
At the Hurricane Festival we saw The Weakerthans play at One Am in a nice tent.
ROCK THE WEAK Festival Bologna Italy. Well what can we say, it was a great festival, except it was just a normal punk show.
Weak the Rock was so fun we have more !!!!!!!!!!!!
If only this were everyday. Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy
So fun, Italy beat France so the crowd liked us, we were sure pulling for em.
Greenfield Festival Switzerland.
"Surprise Lincoln Park can't make it, but we Got Bad Religion"
-Bummer. (sarcasm)
Day Two: Bolzano Italy.
a special civic festival in a small town.
Day One: The Nova Rock Festival
Us and about 50 bands we never heard of, oh and Die Artze.
Today we arrive in Vienna, they call it Wien.
We had a week of rehearsals at the Famous Arena open air, to prepare all the production and pyrotechnics for the tour.
Portland Oregon the last show of another long and strenuous Journey, wowwee we really went out with a Bang
Right in the ears.
Seattle Washington after a very rough time getting back into the USA, (half our crew get profiled every-time they come home)
we made it to Seattle
Lots of special guests this night.
Vancouver BC has one of the best Venues in the world, The Commodore Ballroom.
We had Fun their, some local dude played guitar and of Course BRAS!!!!!!!
Calgary, Alberta
home of the Stampede which is a fancy name for a Rodeo.
It Rained luckily we were inside.
Hefe played trumpet on a song with No Use everynight, we have proof.
Edmonton Alberta we played a quaint little joint, it really felt like home, if your a tractor at a farm expo.
This tour was great for prosthesis's offered to Mike
Salt Lake to Missoula MT
Weird, Weirder Weirdest.
Salt Lake City Utah, wild stuff, Bearded Claw Man was the highlight.
Denver CO Sold Out!
Lots of dropping, name dropping that is
Denver was little tough, some team members subbing in for others.
Lots of quick line changes.
Substitutions and cause confusion, but its illusion. Ask a Penguin?
Denver not unlike LA
Dear Fans of the Bore Journal,
we need to extend apologies to both of you for our lack of Bore on this short jaunt, due to the abundance of friends and family in the Great Northwest and mega assholes controlling both sides of the border, there has been precious little time. We will get it together right after tour and update it fully with out misadventures.
Here we are in Antarctica, take that Fall Out Boy!
Fuck wait did we really forget to show Less Than Jake play a song on our gear?
what idiots we are, those are some of the funest guys you could know.
Check out Drum and Drummer
Mess with Texas was a Mess, maybe the most people that have ever been on stage with us.
Then there was Kevin, who has seen our band more, yet never for this long.
The most and least hairy of our crew visit our friend Kevin at his real Barbershop in Austin.
Avenue Barbershop-Since 1933
1710 South Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas 78704
GO THERE
World Premier of NOFX:Backstage Passport-BIG DEAL
Clusterfuck Music and Film festival 2008 Austin TX
What a great tour, kinda long but pretty fun.
Big Finale in Minnesota eh?
Dave Nassie attacked the pile with a Jag.
Matt Riddle met his match.
If this is what you looked at everyday at work...
Many days in the midwest seem to have passed without incident, to boring even for these pages, here are some highlights if you will.
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I'm proud to be an Okey from Miss... huh?
Tulsa wqs fun, like 10 times more fun than expected, tough crowd, as in they stood up well to our abuse. And Bras.
Dallas TX House of Blues
So Mike gives this kid in the red shirt $100 to eat his 2 haired booger.
Fuck was Dallas fun. After the show Mike poked fun at a god botherer with a megaphone. The dufus was a day late for Manson.
Leap year day in Austin at Stubb's BBQ was super duper fun.
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Jennifer Abeyta fills in for her husband on the guitar during the Decline in Austin TX
El Paso was boring, nothing happened at all.
Jacksonville Florida, so Florida it ain't even Florida.
So here's what happened, Mike gets this girl to let him wear her sweet hat during the show, then at the end, he throws it into the crowd. Girl gets a and cop brings him backstage. The girl is crying (literally) that Mike "stole" her $130 hat. Mike offers $105 nope, $110 nope, $120 nope... fine he gives her $130, the cop can't even believe it.
Well here we are back on tour under the orange alert in Florida, finally we feel safe again.
For a couple of days, there were only women selling T-Shirts, neat.
Melvin's a Gimme!!!1
after 16 hours of delays and diversions Eric Melvin's Me First and the Gimme Gimmes arrive in Australia and nearly rock Brisbane.
Were at nude beaches, frolicking with the Kangaroo's and eating Pies.
Fat Mike is bowling, must be 40.
Eric Melvin's Chinese Hockey Adventure-Day 6
Eric Melvin's Chinese Hockey Adventure-Day 5
Eric Melvin's Chinese Hockey Adventure Day 3
Eric Melvin's Chinese Hockey Adventure
On our first morning, we went to the Great Wall of China. Ok, I’ve already ‘been there, done that’ with NOFX, but this time is different. This time, it’s nearly freezing! And blowing so cold!
Pay no attention to the my team mate here next to me barely wearing a jacket, he’s got Russian blood flowing in his veins. See the wall behind us?
Day 1, Game1:
We lost to the Chinese 11-7, but I don’t mind, I’m used to losing. My San Francisco team hasn’t won a game yet either. Hmmm, what’s the common factor here? Let me think, what could it be….Oh yeah, we’re both new teams!
I’ll send pictures as soon as I get a hold of some.
Day 1, After game
We drank chinese beers in a shuttle to the station, and then carry all our crap a mile to the platform. My legs are gonna be sore. Get on the train in Beijing for an overnight ride to Changchun.
Check out me and my other team mates trying to fit four guys, bags and hockey gear into a sleeper on the train. Oh yeah, I'm trying to grow a mustache for the Gimmes tour. And see that cut on my forehead? Aren't hockey injuries cool? Well this one isn't one of those
More Spain, birmingham revisited and Spaniards in Monstour T-shirts are neat.
Out of Africa
Spain was a blast, we had not been there in a long time, it was nice ya'll still care.
Animals are neat. People are less neat.
Before we went, everyone was on and on about how dangerous Johannesburg was, the only thing that happened was the small ipod that we used to play music between bands was stolen, by some douche at the show. the rest of the time we were totally fine.
On serious note we did go on a tour of Soweto, we saw the big house Winnie got in the divorce, and the monument which read "In memory of Hector Peterson and all the young heros and heroines of our stuggle who laid down their lives for freedom, peace and democracy." google it.
South Africa? Oh ya, we did some shows while we were there.
They had a Robot to run sound,and the fencing was amazing.
oh and safety was a priority at all times.
Here we are still in Africa, we went to the very bottom edge of the continent, it was neat.
We saw whales, they were neat.
We ate worms, they were not so neat
Here we are at the very end of the "Dark Continent"
it was pretty awesome, big thanks to Nick, ,J Bones and Malcolm and all the people that took such great care of us down there.
Hi Africa, here we are, our second to last continent, and probably our last, seeing as how no one is likely to invite us to antarctica to play their research base.
Day Three in the UK, Bristol. What a great town, to bad its not at all in anyway one little bit punk.
With one exception, it totally is.
London London oh how we love thee, you never let us down do you?
Another big night at the Brixton Academy, neat.
First show in the UK was pretty fun,Tat opened then The Loved Ones played. Dave Hause play the guitar on the end of the Decline
NOFX Arrive inthe UK
be sure this will be boooooooooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrinnnnnnnnngggggggggggggggggggggg!!!!!
But the next stop is South Africa, for real.
Last day, Budapest Hungary, no much to report, Ignite played again, the singer Zoli is from here.
Vlad III the Impaler (Vlad ?epe? IPA: ['tsepe?] in common Romanian reference; also known as Vlad Dracula or Vlad Dr?culea and Kaz?kl? Bey in Turkish; November or December, 1431 – December 1476) was Prince (voivode) of Wallachia, a former polity that is now part of Romania. His three reigns were in 1448, 1456–62, and 1476. In the English-speaking world, Vlad is best known for the legends of the exceedingly cruel punishments he imposed during his reign and for supposedly serving as the primary inspiration for the vampire main character in Bram Stoker's popular Dracula novel.
As king, he maintained an independent policy in relation to the Ottoman Empire, and in Romania he is viewed by many as a prince with a deep sense of justice[1] and a defender of Wallachia against Ottoman expansionism.
The next Stop is Sofia Bulgaria, seemed like people came form far and wide to this show, and Ignite played they are nice.
Istanbul but we still preffer Constantinople, the Club was dark and being in it for 2 hours was like smoking 3 packs of cigarettes, tough place to be a fish and the load in was Bizarre
All in All Israel was super awesome, so many people asked if we were scared to go there, and really its way scarier in Detroit, Oakland, LA, Florida etc.
Last show in Israel, Haifa was very eventful.
Mike broke his Bass on Melvins head, it didn't even slow Melvin down. we did have to borrow a Bass to finnish the show
Things got crazier by the hour in Israel, some French kids tried to convince us we had to go to Palestine, but Jews in Palestine, NOT A HOT ITEM.
We did play Tel Aviv and it was one of the best shows of all time.
Day One in Israel, Jerusalem went to the Wailing wall Mike and Melvin got wrapped up and did some reading.
Jerusalem has many sites, we missed most of em.
Day off in Tel Aviv, is a day full of sunshine and happiness.
In Fact it was the hottest day of the year, pleanty of powder required. we walked and walked and walked in Jaffa saw lots of old stuff.
At Last the Jews have made it to Israel, and boy is it hot.
Hummus and Falafel flow like lava.
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