Black Rebel Motorcycle Club News and Press provided by Rebels with a Cause

The Effects of 333 - Questions Answered

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:38:33 -0600

We are proud to announce our first release independent of any record company. As our first release through our Abstract Dragon label, this record is exactly that – no lyrics, no apologies, no regrets, just abstract. This has been in the works for the last 3 years at least, on and off the road, in hotel rooms, bus bunks, and back stage.

1. The Effects Of 33
2. Still No Answer
3. I Know You're In There
4. And With This Comes
5. A Sad State
6. A Twisted State
7. Sedated With Sterilized Tongues
8. We’re Not Welcome Alone
9. Or Needed
10. And When Was Better

This will be available as a digital download only through our new music store. The banners will take you there at 3:33 am Pacific Time on November 1st.

3 people will be selected for a private video chat/interview with Peter Hayes that will take place on the 333rd day of the year.

Happy Halloween and Dia De Los Muertos

BRMC TO RETURN TO MEXICO AND SOUTH AMERICA

Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:31:23 -0600

The band is happy to announce their return to Mexico City and will then continue on to Bogota, Columbia.

BRMC will do a headline show in Mexico City on October 30th at the Vive Cuervo Salon.

General tickets will go on sale September 18th. Ticket purchase link will be made availabe soon.

On November 2nd, BRMC will play the Rock Al Parque Festival at the Parque Metropltiano Simon Bolivar. There is no ticket charge for this show, attendance is free.

Orlando Canceled

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:40:22 -0600

Due to Tropical Storm Fay, the Tuesday show with Stone Temple Pilots at UCF arena in Orlando has been canceled.

Message from Nick: The Hot Moves

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:05:59 -0600

After one pretty succesfull show and no recordings the hot moves are to my surprise..no more. . The music will go on in one form or another but we r currently unable to operate functionally. Sorry to our friends and fans.

Nick

Nick's New Band

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 20:58:16 -0600

Nick has started a band with Mike Wren (formerly of Coldwar Direction) and Steve Gilmore called the Hot Moves. Their first show is July 23rd at Club 86 in Hollywood.

For more information, visit the Hot Moves on MySpace.

BRMC to Tour with Stone Temple Pilots

Tue, 1 Jul 2008 21:04:17 -0600

Fresh from their European tour, BRMC will hit the road with Stone Temple Pilots for the summer.

BRMC will jump on the already moving STP tour on July 25th in Berkley, CA...

All dates (and BRMC set times) are on the band's my space page or you can view them all HERE

More dates (and some BRMC headline shows) should be coming soon!

Official Tour Blog

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:01:21 -0600

We have launched the official BRMC Tour Blog

We will be updating it regularly with video footage, performances, backstage stuff and photos from our tour in Europe happening now...

You can sign up for free for both the video and photo podcasts that will be posted....

The first 3 shows have been great and we appreciate all the support from everyone that has come down and has sent us messages or talked to us afterwards...

See you soon

BRMC

Nick's Departure

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 20:29:37 -0600

To all of you who have read or heard about Nick's myspace posting, Peter and I would like to clarify a few things from our perspective.

It's true, Nick wont be
joining us for the upcoming European tour, but it's not true that he is
fired.

We just feel Nick needs time to sort out exactly what he wants right
now.

His heart and all his energy and attention is on his own solo project
and he needs to see that through.

We welcome his singing and songwriting in
BRMC, but his focus, at least at the present time, is on doing his own thing
and we wish him the best.

He is our brother, our musical partner, and we love him dearly and look
forward to playing with him again in the future.

From
Robert & Peter

A message from Nick

Sun, 8 Jun 2008 07:46:24 -0600

Hey everybody that reads this,
I just had dinner with rob and pete and well, im not in the band anymore. They are going into rehersals tommorow with leah, she just finished touring with the raveonettes and is super nice and cool. They presented it to me like they need a break, i took it as i am fired again and to be honoust with you i respect thier descision. I dont make it easy for them, i hope to be able to play with them again in the futre as a reuinion as there is really no bad feeling other than we all wanna be happy and rite now we are not. Maybe playing drums for brmc all the time is not my calling and there is something else im supposed to do. we will see, Im sorry to all ther fans and know that the drums are in good hands with leah.
find her at http://www. myspace. com/deadcombosound
My best
hope to see you soon.

Nick

The Black Rebel Motorcycle guide to being completely awesome

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 23:01:00 -0600

The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club guide to being completely awesome

by Troy Reimink | The Grand Rapids Press
Thursday April 17, 2008, 5:32 PM

A photo from Wednesday's show by fan blizzock99 uploaded to the band's Web site. More photos

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on Wednesday night was one of the best shows I've seen at the Intersection. Man, these dudes rule. Any bands aspiring to Black Rebel levels of face-melting awesomeness should observe the following notes.

1. Image, it turns out, is key.
I know, I know, it's all supposed to be about the music, but these are easily the coolest-looking people in rock. Bathed in fog, lit from behind and dressed entirely in black, this band makes me want to dye my hair and wear fingerless gloves year 'round.

2. Crank it up
Spinal Tap's amps go up to 11. The Black Rebel amps go past 11 to a setting labeled "bowel-shaking." The Intersection's sound system is no slouch when it comes to delivering loudness, so stage volume really isn't an issue there. Regardless, the band members had stacks and stacks of Fender amps and cabinets.

3. Sound amazing.
For only having three members, Black Rebel makes an ungodly racket, combining elements of my favorite genres -- shoegaze, garage, blues -- into a sharp, melodic ball of noise.

4. Don't say peep.
Aside from a few scattered thank-yous at the end, none of the members (Robert Levon Been, Peter Hayes, Nick Jago) said anything to the crowd. Which is fine. We're not there to feel special.

5. Play all night.
Despite it being a club show and there being two openers, Black Rebel played for at least two hours. Two hours! And they didn't even play a couple of the songs I really wanted to hear. Which is no problem, because two hours of rock is two hours of rock. By which I mean rawk.

E-mail Troy Reimink: treimink@grpress.com

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