When the Portland School of Rock in the US invited members of popular NW bands to perform with their students at the Best of the NW Concert the crowd were probably waiting for the usual Skid Row, Sabbath and Metallica covers. Not this time though. Check this little ruler fronting one of Poison Idea’s most classic songs ‘Plastic Bomb‘ and proving once again that the Oregon skate and punk scene is on fire…
MGMT spoke to Crossfire this year in a recent interview and joked that Models and fashion people were getting into their music. Looks like that thought has become a reality, check out the video below where MGMT front a behind the scenes photoshoot with supermodel Adriana.
It’s Easter again and this year the Crossfire Egg Hunt is here to deliver you a package containing a Girl Deck, Matix T-Shirt and DVS Shoes courtesy of our friends at Revival.
All you have to do is find the egg that you can see on this page that is hidden somewhere on this site. Once you find the egg, click here,leave a message with your contact details and also most importantly, exactly which page it is on.
The comp ends on Friday 28th March and the winner will be published in this very news page. Good luck!
Please note that when you get to our contact page, just pick any option and leave us your message.
The King of the Ramp 2008 comp held in Tyrol, Austria now has a full video for you to view.
Those in attendance included Dave Martelleur, Ferit Batir, Anders Tellen, Emilio Arnanz and our very own Andy Scott, who all ripped the ramp up.
You can peek more photos of the event at www.muckefuckskateboards.com and watch footage here.
Final results:
1. Anders Tellen (Germany)
2. Martin Jurasek (Czech)
3. Andy Scott (England)
4. Guillaume Mocquin (France)
5. Harri Puupponen (Finland)
6. Emilio Arnanz (Spain)
7. Ferit Batir (Austria)
8. Roman Astleitner (Austria)
9. Alex Giraud (France)
10. David Martelleur (Belgium)
Les Savy Fav are to release a live record.
After The Balls Drop will be released digitally on April 29th and features the band’s performance at 3am at the Bowery Ballroom in New York on New Year’s Day this year. Have the video to Patty Lee to get you psyched.
New Found Glory have posted a video for one of the rarities on their recently released compilation. Have a butchers below at Situations!
Cancer Bats have announced they will be hitting the UK in May.
Check them out at the following dates:
12th – Cardiff, Barfly
13th – Birmingham, Barfly
14th – Glasgow, Barfly
15th – York, Fibbers
16th – Cambridge, Barfly
17th – Brighton, Barfly
18th – Leeds, Cockpit
19th – Nottingham, Old Angel
20th – Sheffield, Corporation
21st – Manchester, Satans Hollow
22nd – London, Barfly
Kasabian are to grow perms to celebrate their favourite footballer.
Serge Pizzorno of the band is aiming to persuade his bandmates to grow perms so that they can hero worship legendary Colombian goalkeeper Rene Higuita, who became famous after he performed his scorpion kick against England in 1995.
Pizzorno has explained this by saying his band’s new album “sounds like a scorpion kick”. Right.
Velvet Revolver have been slated to support Led Zep on their rumoured tour.
Duff McKagan of Velvet Revolver claimed that, though there are no specific dates for the tour, his band are going to be the support as and when it is announced. Speaking to the BBC, McKagan said:
“I understand that we have it, although I imagine there will be plenty of bands prepared to kick and punch us out of the way for the privilege.”
Chris Nieratko has just done an interview with Eric Koston over on his site.
The new feature called “Cold Call’ is a quick interview with a skater every month asking the questions you’ve always wanted asked, and some you didn’t expect. Head over to www.chrisnieratko.com to read on.