PRANK NEWS -June 21, 2008

Prank has been updating our news more frequently on our blog.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH " The Graveyard of Utopia" LP Will be shipping from Distribution on June 30th and in stores July 8th. Their 3rd Lp and Prank Debut. Unprecedented pressing plant delays have set this release back, one of the bands strongest. It features guest appearances from members of DEATHSIDE, AKUTARE, PAINTBOX, FORWARD, INSANE YOUTH, TETSU AREI and SIGNAL LOST and comes in a deluxe heavy weight LP Jacket with sport varnishes and includes a 12-page booklet. WORLD BURNS TO DEATH are touring Europe in late June and early July, and will appear in San Francisco on August 23rd at the Prank Records 13 year anniversary.

GAUZE "Binbou Yusuri No Rizumu Ni Notte" LP should also be out through Distribution on June 30th and in stores July 8th. This is Gauze's 5th LP that was released last year on XXX records. With the decreased demand in Japan for Vinyl, There were no plans for a vinyl pressing which did not sit well with us at the Prank office, so we have worked out this official license!!! 10 Blasting new tracks! This is Prank 100 and we're very honored to be able to do the vinyl version of this release! It rages!

AVSKUM "Uppror Underifran" LP/CD is at the pressing plant. AVSKUM will host the " Punk Illegal" Festival this week outside Gothenburg. This new LP is amazing! Best Yet! So head crushing! Totallly Brutal! Like a total throw back to early Swedish Hardcore! Mean! Totally wailing. yes, we're really excited about it!!! "Punkista" has been re-pressed on LP/CD

PAINTBOX "Singing Shouting Crying" and "Earthball Sports Tournament" U.S. Vinyl Issues will be out in July. "Singing SHouting Crying" has a slightly different artwork, a/b side breakdown and new mastering compared to it's original vinyl issue on Canadian Label UGLY POP and features a lyric sheet with English translations. "Earthball Sports Tournament" is on vinyl for the first time and is a gatefold LP with lyric sheet.

CHRIST ON PARADE "Loud And Live" LP/CD is out now. A great recording of the recent line up live on KFJC radio, This is a limited release, so move quick!

CROW "Live at Gilman DVD's" on Crow Records are available through Prank for $11 ppd by Pay pal . We only have a limited quantity of these Japanese imports. It's rumored CROW ( the singer) has something to do with the recent KAIBOUSHITSU releases on HG FACT. "Bloody tear" will be re-pressed this summer.

DESOLATION are writing new material and playing the Prank Records 13th anniversary show in SF on August 23rd.

GRIMPLE " Get me out the van I have no Key ..Phil" has been re-pressed on Clear vinyl. DROPDEAD/ TOTALITAR 7" has been re-pressed on another 15 colors of vinyl or so.

HIS HERO IS GONE " 15 Counts of Arson" LP/CD, "Monuments To Thieves" LP/CD and "The Dead of Night In Eight Movements" 7" have all been re-pressed. Todd's other band WARCRY , who now have Grant from TALK IS POISON on second guitar, are touring Japan this summer

IN/HUMANITY re-issues of both "Nutty ANti-Christ" and "History Behind the Mystery" are being worked on. The Previous In/humanity CD collection is deleted. We love these records and think they should be around for the ( new) kids. Chris from In/humanity is busy with his noise project Anakrid

IRON LUNG are playing a bunch of shows in Seattle this summer and at the Prank 13th Anniversary show in SF on August 23rd. Here's some links to reviews of Sexless No Sex

BORN/DEAD are playing June28th at BRS in the East Bay for Drummer Josh's birthday- they are opening the show, so get there early! Here's some links to reviews of The FinalCollapse

SIGNAL LOST / PROTESS Split E.P. Should be out in July or early August. SIgnal Lost have a track on the new benefit compilation for the KOPI in Berlin.

PRANK NEWS - December 18, 2007

ACURSED "TUNNELN I LJUSETS SLUT" LP/CD is in production. Name a difficulty, we've had it. Should be released early January. Jon from Acursed has a new record out on Sound Pollutionwith his other band Sayyadina with Andreas from Sunday Morning Einsteins. Jon is also working on a new VICTIMS LP/CD/

ARTIMUS PYLE "Fucked From Birth" LP has been re-pressed on White vinyl. Their 7" "Fortress" Has finally also been re-pressed on Pink Vinyl. They have a new 7" they recorded in Japan at Our House on Too Circle Records and is available in Europe from Insane Society Records

AVSKUM are planning a tour of Spain and also working on a new LP, the "Ar Illegal" Fest in Gothenburg in February. They have DVD's on some of the previous festival available at http://www.myspace.com/punkillegal

BORN/DEAD "THE FINAL COLLAPSE" LP is out now. The CD will follow in January and includes the track "assault" from the split with Peligro Social. Born/Dead is on tour in Australia and New Zealand in late December/ January and have Markley from Fracas / Econochrist / Strychnine filling in on drums! "Our darkest Fears Now Haunt Us" has been re-pressed on Green Vinyl.

CHRIST ON PARADE will tour Japan in April. See tours section for dates. There may be a limited Japan-only release for the tour.

DESOLATION has been on hiatus with BORN/DEAD on their long tour. Dan says the new songs are quote "Sick".

GAUZE just released their 5th CD on XXX records in Japan. Try Record shop Base for copies.

HIS HERO IS GONE LP's and 7" will be re-pressed next year. Carl has a new band called DRAIN THE SKY who just toured Europe. TRAGEDY have a new LP/CD out, check the Feral Ward site for details. Feral Ward has also released new records by Paul's band CRIMINAL DAMAGE and a second record by WARCRY featuring Todd on vocals. Todd has also a new SEVERED HEAD OF STATE record for release on Havoc and SEVERED HEAD OF STATE are also now on tour in Australia.

IRON LUNG's "Sexless / No Sex" LP/CD is out now. They have tracks on the new "Trapped in a Scene" compilation on 625 Records, which has tons of great thrash-power violence bands and is totally great. They plan to return to Australia in 2008.

KYLESA are on tour in Europe in January/February and Robert from Artimus Pyle is filling in on bass! The "s/t" LP / CD will be repressed in January.

SIGNAL LOST have a split 7" with Japanese band Protess that will be released on HG fact / Prank. Signal Lost also have recently recorded a DIRT cover for Berlin's KOPI squat benefit and also have the original recorded version of "Blurry vision" to be released on a 3x7" set on Stonehenge records from France. Stan's other band REPURCUSSIONS released a 12" on 540 recently (we should have these up soon on the Ebay Store) and recorded a new single for FERAL WARD and is planning a west coast tour in the spring.

TALK IS POISON have decided the layout for the CD of the "Prank Ep's" so that will come out sometime in the near future. Jim and Brian have a new band with Martin from Los Crudos called "NEEDLES" that have a 7" out soon on Lengua Armada.

TOTALITAR "Vi Ar Eliten" is still selling like Mad. Jallo's other band KVOTERINGEN has a new 45 out, his other band MEANWHILE will soon have a new LP out stateside on Feral Ward as well as re-issues of some of their older releases.

THANK GOD, Featuring members of GUYANA PUNCH LINE and Kevin From ANTISCHISM have a bunch of new records out and are doing a lot of touring: http://www.myspace.com/thnkgod . Chris from GUYANA PUNCH LINE / INHUMANITY is busy with his Noise project Anakrid.

WORD SALAD is playing another reunion show in Albuquerque in December.

WORLD BURNS TO DEATH "Graveyard of Utopia"LP has been mixed in Texas by Frenchie Smith who Engineered the recent Signal Lost LP. The basic tracks were recorded at Our House in Tokyo, and the record features backing Vocals from Ishiya from Forward and Ashley from Signal Lost. Chelsea from Paintbox also recorded leads on some tracks before he passed away. This record will be co-released between Prank and H.G. Fact.

Added a bunch of new You Tube videos in the links section.

Prank has a yahoo Group to drop info in your email box when new stuff is out, sign up at: http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/prankrecordsnews/

We often get asked about San Francisco from people visiting or about to visit the City so we went ahead and made a "Punk's Guide" with cheap restaraunts, record stores, venues and other info. You can find the page here