Banquet Records
May 2012
6 posts
Hit The Lights robbed now too!
Didn’t have too much time on this yesterday cos we had a plethora of shows, but here’s my two-bits worth.
So when The Menzingers were robbed we wanted to help out how we could. When The Skints were messed up too, we wanted to help how we could. We were kinda like, “well we cant do this again…” but when a band on our label - and we’re their home in the UK - get fucked over by, lets face it, organised crime. well, we have to help
Here’s Nick’s statement on http://nickythom.com/
Now, here’s the thing. Its not like they were being dicks. They’ve been screwed over by a professional thief. Yes, we the punk community need to change our ways. Tour managers, bands and promoters need to find a way of stopping this happening. Sooner or later these appeals will run out of steam, and bands might have to pay more to tour the UK, which puts up ticket prices etc etc, BUT RIGHT NOW A BAND WE LOVE NEED YOUR SUPPORT.
We have an appeal available at Banquet, and one way you can help is to buy the album from us. We’ll give £5 of the £7 purchase price over to the band at their Kingston show on June 2nd. GO TO http://www.banquetrecords.com/HTLappeal FOR THE INFO
Show them some love at Slam Dunk, and the tour, and especially the Kingston gig as a send off.
And if you find the crook who did this, tell him he’s gonna need a bodybag.
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Hello tumblr! I imagine if you follow us on here you already know about what an awful weekend we’ve had. Our van was taken outside one of our homes containing all of our equipment.. Naturally we are devastated. 5 years worth of collecting amps and instruments, Marcia’s dresses and shoes, the boy’s suits and of course the van itself has all been harshly taken away and we have nothing. It’ll take a long time to get back on our feet again but if there’s one thing that could make this better, it’s the overwhelming support that you have shown us. Your generosity has given us a little faith that for every scumbag there are 15,000 other people who are kind, generous and thoughful. To top it all off, the Kingston kings Banquet Records got in touch with us as soon as they heard. They have set us up a donation page and arranged a fundraiser which we will be playing on the 20th May. Click the title for details and watch this space. With or without our instruments we are still THE SKINTS and we will not be beaten by this. All gigs are going on as scheduled, see you there, and remember to keep ordering from our Merch Store!
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Ok so here’s what happened…
We played a sold out show at The Moho last night in Manchester which ended up being the absolute best show of tour. Seriously! Stagedives, singalongs, shots of mystery liquors.. It was one for the books. An afterparty started to form at a bar down the street. In…
