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Bloodied But Unbowed: A Canadian punk documentary

The Canadian punk rock scene and music scene in general has always been intriguing as it has produced some gems over the years that add something different to our ears. A documentary called Bloodied But Unbowed has been premiering over the last year stuffed with the good times and the bad from the late-’70s birth of the Vancouver punk-rock scene. The film features bands such as DOA, Subhumans, Rabid, U-J3RK5, Active Dog and many more with chit chat from luminaries such as Henry Rollins and Guns N’ Roses’ Duff McKagan appearing to reminisce their experiences of the Canadian scene too.

Watch the trailers and clips on this site and fingers crossed this will get screened in UK at some point soon.

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Bones video: UK premiere dates

Remind yourself of the trailer from last November and check out the premiere dates of this Bones Wheels video that will be running in various shops across the UK below.

In related news Irish ripper Denis Lynn joins the UK Bones Wheels team this week, congrats.

THE BÖNES VIDEO TEASER from BONES WHEELS on Vimeo.

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The White Stripes announce split

The White Stripes announced they had split up last night via their website. Having not played live for a few years now and various other projects taking preference, Jack and Meg have parted ways (for now) and left this message for die hard fans:

The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore, The White Stripes belongs to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to.”

Jim Diamond must be still dancing around his flat to this news. He produced the first two albums and ended up being walked over with big lawyers appointed by White who he quotes in the amazing punk rock book We Never Learn: “Jack White is the greatest meglomaniac rock-star cliche on the earth…The White Stripes sued me, saying I had defamed their name by claiming to be involved with their sound. Well assholes, what does it say on the record cover? At least I didn’t lie under oath. Jack said shit on the stand like the only reason he came to me (to produce and record the first 2 records) was because he didn’t have gas money to get to another studio.”

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Watch: Habitat DVD Origin online

Habitat Skateboards have unleashed all of the individual sections of their 2010 video Origin to their YouTube channel this week.

The third full-length video to come from the Habitat camp was reviewed here on this site last year, if you missed it get in there to see what’s on offer.

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Luis Tolentino now rides for DVS

DVS Shoes have welcomed some new pop to their team overnight by adding New York’s Luis Tolentino to their shoe team. Famous for his huge ollies worldwide, Tolentino proves that 2011 is all about going up rather than down in his new welcome video.

Enjoy this.

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Watch: Dan Plunkett gets some for Elwood

elwoodThe man that has a surname that could pass for an 80’s board game is back with a few fresh tricks for an Elwood Clothing edit this week.

Watch Skate Mental’s Atlanta based ripper Dan Plunkett huck them out here.

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The BellRays return with new album Black Lightning

The Bellrays are back with a new album titled Black Lightning . The band who were heavily pushed as the next big thing from Poptones label return with what they say is “arguably their finest collection of songs to date.”

No live dates have been released yet but if you want to get into the mood of the rock and roll machine fronted by the mighty Lisa Kekaula then click here to read Pete Craven’s live review from back in 2009 when they played Brighton.

Black Lightning will be released on Fargo Records on February 28th.

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Tune of the Day: Royal Trux – The Spectre

Neil Hagerty and Jennifer Herrema who made up the legendary Royal Trux were well ahead of their time. Their amazing drug-fueled blend of rock and roll was one of the most underground sounds of the 90’s and inspired an entire bunch of bands that are around today, such as the White Stripes and The Kills to name just two.

The Spectre was released on their 4th album Cats and Dogs back in 1993 and was played over and over within LSD sessions back at our residence at the time. Get on the Royal Trux trip this week and search for the re-issued albums that Domino Records just released in January, if this band is new to you then this message will be gratefully received.

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Wainwright discusses Urban Kreation clothing

5050’s Danny Wainwright has signed up to Urban Kreation clothing, a new concept of toughened streetwear that is meant to be stronger than most others for skating with the use of Kevlar.

Danny has signed up to rep this brand alongside London skater Karim Bakhtaouion and explains all in this new video below. Click here to see their 2011 catalogue.

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Jody Smith joins Nomad Skateboards

Congrats to Jody Smith has hooked up with Spanish skateboard company Nomad Skateboards this week. The West Country skater joins Raul Navarro, Petr Hovat, Honza Minol, Jose De La Rosa on the team welcomed with an edit you should cast your eyes over right here.

Look out for his pro model available in March this year.