Rockers Anonymous NZ show 4 March 2010!

Redline are back in New Zealand for a one off Auckland show as part of the Rockers Anonymous line-up with These Four Walls and The Gaze at the Kings Arms on Thursday 4 March!

I can't believe it's been around 18 months since our last NZ show, time flies huh?

Anyhow, if you can make it somehow to the show, do it because I have no idea when the next NZ show will be at this stage.

If you get a presale ticket online in the next fortnight, it will only cost $5 and you'll also receive a bonus downloadable ep featuring 5 songs from the bands playing!

Get your presale ticket online now at www.RockersAnonymous.net.

If you're on Facebook, visit the FB Rockers Anonymous event.

Wedding bells and possible Auckland show in March!

It's been a while since I last wrote so here goes.

First of all I hope you had a great Christmas and New Years. Personally, I feel 2010 is going to be a very rewarding year and I hope it's the same for you too!

Wedding bells...

My brother Richard, who as you know also drums in Redline, is tying the knot in February. I'm slightly envious that my younger brother managed to get it together before me! I'm sure you're with me in wishing him and my new sister-to-be huge congratulations.

Possible Auckland Show in March...

We are currently looking into the logistics of having a one off Auckland show while most of us are together in New Zealand in early March. Unfortunately, given the schedules of everyone, it's all we're able to pull off. If you're out of town and are considering coming up for it, let me know and we'll see what we can do to look after you as best we can.

I'll keep you posted as details come to hand, make sure you're on our email list. I do realise it's been nearly a year and a half since our last NZ show!

Catcha,
Chris

Hello out there!

Just thought I'd drop in and see how y'all are doing, fill you in on everything that's been going on on our end.

November was a pretty productive month, all things considered! We played 3 shows, one of them was even out of town, which is nice.

The first show was at the Hope and Anchor pub in Islington. By the sounds of it it's a pretty famous little venue, lots of historic and influential bands have played there so that's pretty cool.

Second one was at the Walkabout pub in Leicester. For those of you not in the loop, the walkabout is the stereotypical Aussie/Kiwi/South African pub chain here in the UK, where people get absolutely smashed and generally make you ashamed of where you're from. That one was with our friends I Am Giant, and that was a bit of a laugh!

The third show was at Club 229 on Great Portland Street. This one was a lot of fun, we had lots of friends turn up and everything went off without a hitch. Lots of great times were had.

Now Chris has gone back to Aotearoa, and I'm more than a little jealous, as the last couple of days have been icy cold in London town. Not keen. Although I can't complain too much about the cold, I've been cooped up at my flat for the last week and a half with a messed up back! I even passed out in the street last Monday, that's how bad it was. Oh well, I'm hoping it'll be fixed up soon enough and I cna be back to my normal self.

Anyways, to tie things up I wanna wish everyone a very merry Xmas and a happy and safe new years, we here in the Redline camp want to see everyone happy and healthy next year!

Chur to the motherflippin' chur,

Redline

Hello everyone out there in Redline land!

Craig here, stopping in on a chilly Sunday night here in London town. Chris landed safely, and we've had a very productive jam with Matt from Agent filling in on bass once again, and once again doing an awesome job!

We've got a show at the legendary Hope and Anchor pub in Islington on Thursday the 5th of November. If you're one of our London homies reading this, then please come along and rock out with us, we're really looking forward to playing again, especially as the last show went so well and it's only £6! Can't say fairer than that now, can you?

Then we've got a show with our friends I Am Giant on the 10th at the Walkabout pub in Leicester. This gig is free entry, so if you're in Leicester or the Midlands area, you might as well cruise down to say hey!

Then to cap off November, we'll be playing at Bar 229 on Great Portland St. Tickets are available for this show from http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=349478.

I know I can't wait for these shows, I also know Chris and Rich are very much looking forward to them as well. Hope you can come out and rock with us, or failing that, send us happy thoughts!

Cheers all!


Craig

Redline to perform Freestyle Festival 09 in London

Just wanted to let you know that Redline have been confirmed to play at the Freestyle Festival in London late October.

To say we're excited about playing there would be a slight understatement!

This weekend festival showcases a tonne of cool stuff including skating, inline skating, BMX, b-boys, free running, teaching extreme sports, live bands, graffiti, urban culture and secret wars!

Read more about Freestyle Festival and the music at Freestyle Festival.

Killswitch Engage - Starting Over Music Video

Killswitch Engage is one of my favourite bands and I just wanted to share the music video for their new track 'Starting Over'. They always seem to deliver just the right amount heart felt emotion mixed with aggression in their music. Hope you dig it too!

Btw, you probably didn't know but when they last toured New Zealand, Rich got to be their designated driver, taking them around the place and making sure they didn't get lost :)

Do you believe in something?

Well holy shit!

It's already the end of July, and whether it's because of my turning 25, or because my boss just made me do a half yard of champagne, I feel compelled to blog. And as we all know, the most insightful moments in life are alcohol induced. So at the end of this paragrapgh, feel free to stop reading, or continue to gain some kind of insight into my psyche.

I want to write about something that's been on my mind the past few days. I was born in 1984. In this time I've loved, learnt, lost, and gained lots of things. What I'm learning now though is that there are hundreds of thousands and even more of people who are less fortunate than myself, and certainly lots of causes who may benefit from my existence.

Look at the world around you. Where are you? Are you proud of where you're from? Your identity? I can tell you that I'm very proud of being from New Zealand, and the identity that comes from that. I feel that as a New Zealander, the time has come to follow in the footsteps of those who were before me and start to spread a message. Unfortunately right now there's far too much in my head to be more specific, but I shall try.

Do you believe in something? Does something make you mad? angry? upset? reactionary? Don't just bury these feelings and let the world pass you by. Surely everyone in the world has things on their mind, and things they feel passionate about. Gay rights? Climate change? Human rights? Whatever it may be, don't feel that you can't make a difference. YOU CAN! Don't worry about what people think, if you feel strongly about something, do something about it! It may be signing a petition, it may be something more active than this. Everyon has a voice, everyone has an opinion. Don't let yourself be just another face in the crowd, unless that's what you want to be. Nobody in this world has the right to tell you what to be, or what to think other than yourself. Excercise your freedom of speech to the level that you want to, and perhaps, you may make a difference.

There's a wealth of information out there for you to form your own opinions. I'm certainly not qualified to tell you what to think. I encourage anyone who reads this to visit your local library or seek out information online and see what you can find. I certainly will.

You may find this tedious and/or the outpourings of someone who's imbibed a little too much alcohol. Take from it what you will.

Cheers!
Craig

Hello to all in Redline-land!

So I'm just chilling at home at the moment, thought I'd give everyone a shout and see how you're all doing!

So June is drawing to a close, and looking back it's been an intense month. Yes we only played one show, but it went really well and it was great having Chris over here for a few weeks. We partied, we saw a lot (well, he did) of cool things around Europe and from my perspective, it was the first time I felt right being over here.

We went to Download festival and had an awesome time seeing some of our favourite bands, and learned about some new killer ones at the same time.

Ultimately, this month has made this whole trip over to this side of the world worth it for me, and now we're looking forward again, trying to figure out what the next step is for Redline.

Ka Kite for now!

Debut Redline London show success!!!

Just wanted to quickly write to say how amazing the show went last night, show you a couple of pics and to say thanks to everyone that turned up and made the show so great!

We missed having our regular Redline family with us, Isaac that does sound, Big Val who stage techs and of course Nick to slam the bass lines home. Matt from Agent did an outstanding job filling in on bass for the night, many thanks to him for helping us out.

Our set consisted of Echoes, Now, Tearaway, Time After Time, Nothing Else, Take Me In and Thriller.

The other bands we played with were killer! Big ups to Firetone, Killing Cupid and Of The I. Hope we can get to jam with you guys again sometime soon.

Pumped as for show tomorrow

Hey everyone, just got back from our last practice before the gig! We're playing tight, pumped as, and ready to show London how it's done!

Just wanted to drop you a line and let you know. If you're in London and coming to the show, I just want to say a big thank you on behalf of the other guys, it's gonna mean a lot to us. Granted unfortunately Nick's still back at home waiting for surgery (he reckon's his knee looks like it's gonna explode! Sick!) so we've got Matt from Agent deftly filling his shoes (thanks Matt and the Agent boys for letting us steal him for a bit!), and the 5th Redliner, Big Val, is not able to be with us, which sucks on both counts, but we're still ready to rock the house and bring the Redline noise to London town

I'm sure there's going to be plenty of photos and maybe even some video footage if we're lucky, we'll keep y'all in the know, obviously!

Chur to the chur!
Craig