April 28, 2008- Pressure Point, Grave Maker, Aces & Eights, Ill Intent, Masterpiece

*Masterpiece and Ill intent riding in the I.I. van in downtown Boise, ID.

After hanging out in Reno until about 2:30am we loaded in the vans and drove through the night. I drove until we had to stop and get gas in Oregon. The whole time I listened to the audio book for Workd War Z. It was pretty boring but I kept listening. I watched the sun come up over the mountains. I think that is my favorite time to drive. We got to the venue at 10am and I was able to get a little bit of sleep in. When I woke up I checked out the inside of the place, it was awesome. It was just a big room with a pretty big stage, a bar, and tons of art and sculptures.

Clarke from Idaho met up with us and MP jumped into the Ill Intent van. We stopped at a record store and mike dropped some cash on some more records. Wade bought some new shoes which is cool because his feet smell like creeping death (\m/). We went to the mall and some dudes stole socks and we grubbed out at the food court.

We got back to the venue and did a sound check and then played a game of UNO. Chang and wade are cheaters though. The promoter was awesome and him and his wife brought food and drinks for everyone. We even had a backstage room to chill in, it was unreal.

MP played first and I think it was a pretty awesome set. I almost hurled from eating chili right before we played. A bunch of kids moshed and Clarke and II dudes were singing along. Ill Intent was on after us and it was awesome. I moshed on stage for the last song. Aces and Eights was on and I only heard them from outside because I was talking with terry and Clarke. They sounded good though. Grave Maker went on and everyone was into them. For the last song everyone moshed on stage again. Pressure Point played last and it was awesome. There were tons of skins out to see them. They covered 3 songs tonight, cro- mags, bad brains, and the trouble.

The last week has been awesome but every road ends somewhere and after tonight our road ends in San diego. We will miss all those dudes but its not like it will be the last time we will see them. Ill Intent are our brothers.

15 hour drive from Boise to San Diego.

NO REST.

April 27, 2008- Grave Maker, 1618, Pressure Point, Ill Intent, Masterpiece, Kasu Moto, See it Through

On the way from Sacto, we were blown away at how awesome the scenery was. It was warm out but there was snow on the ground. Because of this there were tons of awesome little waterfalls. Jimmy was way pumped and freaking out like a kid. We played. Couple games of UNO, the 2nd one was for cash...I won. We got to the venue pretty early and loaded things in. Jimmy and some of II started skating in the skatepark. Within 5 minutes terry knocked over some kid on a scooter and busted his ass a few times.

See it through played first and I was really into them they sound a little like ruiner. This metal band from LA called last moro played second and it didnt seem like anyone was into them. They seemed cool though when I talked to them before the show. I thought the drummer was a girl for a good 40% of the night. We played and I felt like kids were really digging it. Not a lot of movement but it looked like kids were feeling it. We sold an ok amount of merch. Ill intent t was on after us and terry was man handling kids. Pressure Point played next and they were pretty awesome. Cro mags covers every night. 1618 played next and they were pretty good. A melodic hardcore metal blend. The singer had a really strong voice. Those dudes were really nice. GM played last and kids were digging them. There was a ton of mosh from everyone. Pretty good show. Everyone we met in Reno was awesome!

After the show we went to the strip and ate huge burgers at The Nugget casino which turned into chang gambling and everyone playing a game where you shoot quarters and that causes other quarters to fall down. Chang was flipping out. He later won 50 bucks before we left and we
drove through the night.

Ill intent has a blog now too, check it out in the links.

The Piece

*Masterpiece in the same spot as the last photo.

Mountain Men

*Masterpiece and Ill Intent on the way to Reno somewhere next to
Donner Lake

Sacto

*Terry, Mike and Jimmy in Sacramento, CA

April 26, 2008- Pressure Point, Grave Maker, Wednesday Night Heroes, Ill Intent, Masterpiece

*Wade and Terry holding down the merch tables.

After leaving Santa Cruz we grabbed some grub at the Bell where Cam got harrassed about giving them a Canadian quarter. We drove out to Sacramento to Sean's house and chilled out. Jimmy and Pat were with Ill Intent because some of those dudes were getting tour tattoos. Me,
mike and sean hit up whole foods and I stole some chapstick. Then went back and chilled at the house. I finally watched the NGC straight edge documentary.

The show didnt start until 10pm and we were on first. There were some kids besides the usual usuals moshing. We ended with the outro again. Ill Intent tour it up as usual. WNH are a punk band from Canada and they were pretty good. There were a lot of punkers moshing around.
Grave Maker was up and it was awesome. A lot of kids came to see them. PP headlined and it was cool. Lots of skinheads. They covered cro-mags and we all moshed. The show ended at 1:30 and then we hit up del taco on the drive back to the house. I lit some fire crackers in between
the 2 vans in the parking lot.

There were tons of babes at this show and it blew everyone's minds. What do they put in the water up here?

April 25, 2008- No Truce, The Wrath, Pressure Point, Grave Maker, Wolves and Thieves, Masterpiece, Ill Intent

We got to Santa Cruz really early and we walked around the boardwalk and downtown for a bit. Mike got fries and a vegan milk shake from Saturn cafe. It was a little too pricey for me and my budget so me and Cam Brown went across the street to Taco Bell. After we ate we found the venue and then walked back to the beach to meet up with everyone else. On the way there we thought we saw Jake from II but it was just some dude who looked like him. We went back to the van and drove to the venue. Everyone went to a huge record store and spent their money
on some new jams.

The venue was inside of an Indian food place. You opened the door in the back and it went I into a huge room. It was like a dance hall or something and there were mirrors on the wall.

Ill Intent opened and it was awesome. The same mosh fest. We have been having mini-competitions like who will sing a whole song with their pinky up on the mic, or the main one who can do most guitar jumps in one song. I think mike is winning with 23. We played 2nd and it was a pretty good set. Our friend sean drove out to the show from Sacramento. We are staying with him tonight. After we played we all took a walk to 7-11 and saw goth girls. We got back just in time for Grave Maker. They now have sweet nirvana rip off shirts. I missed PP and The Wrath but I heard that Brian Hong Kong got moshed in the face. I watched no truce and they were pretty good.

After the show me, mike, Cam and wade stayed in a college dorm and kids were partying all night. At 3:30 am the fire alarm went off. Totally bogus. I didnt bother to get up but wade went outside with only his jeans on and froze his ass off. I was trying to smash the fire alarm off the kids ceiling with a golf club but kevin woke up and stopped me.

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Laughing Sal!

Santa Cruz, CA

April 24- Grave Maker, Masterpiece, Ill Intent, Truth Is..., some metal band, Careless Days

*This is a photo of Mike, Pat, Wade(driving), and Cam Brown on the way to Newport Beach from Lake Elsinore as we drove through the mountains.

We showed up to the show about an hour early and me and mike took a walk. Some cops clowned on mike about being vegan when he asked if they knew where a health food store was.

This band called careless days opened the show and they were awesome. They opened the set with a black sabbath intro. The singer hit the mic on his head and the sound guy said, "now you can't use my mic, bitch." everything got figured out though. Some metal band played 2nd they all looked like they were in 9th grade and they had weird singing parts. Truth is played 3rd and they're a pop punk band. All the tour bros moshed like idiots. Terry picked up some random kid on his shoulders and the kid looked freaked. Ill Intent ruled. Plenty of mosh. We played one of our best sets and we ended the set with the Masterpiece intro/outro. Grave Maker played awesome and during the last song everyone moshed on the stage.

After the show we went to In n Out but me and a few others grabbed some taco bell. After that we took a big group photo with mike beggs.
Then Chang from II forced himself to puke on the window.

We drove to Santa Barbara last night and in about 15 minutes we are driving up to Santa Cruz. Lost Boys was filmed there, awesome.

Jimmy is a punk rocker

Nice crooked back patch...

April 23, 2008- Masterpiece, Grave Maker, Ill Intent, One Choice

After hanging out all day we headed over to the show. I took a ride with Chris McRae, Kyla, Pat and Mike to am/pm and they got coffee.
While we were there I saw the scariest, most intimidating man ever.

One Choice played first and it was probably my favorite time seeing
them. The singers 7 year old daughter was moshing in the back and singing along. Ill Intent was second and we all moshed for them. Grave
Maker played and Pat fell on the ground after I had spun him around on top of my shoulders. Our set was ok, we fucked up a leeway cover but its cool because there was hardly anyone there. After the show we all partied back at wes and Eric's house.

Best part of the show was Terry shitting on the floor in the bathroom. The owner of that place is a dick.

Our dudes from Joyful Sounds came up for the show and that rules.

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Wiffle Ball

So far today Mike cooked an awesome breakfast for everyone which consisted of tofu, soyrizo, and potatoes. Then we watched Vegas Vacation and I'm pretty sure Jimmy sewed a backpatch onto a Cut-Off jean vest. I cooked up some pasta for everyone and then we played an awesome game of wiffle ball. Right now everyone is sitting around in Eric's house from Noise Pollution Studios and resting up before the show tonight.

April 22, 2008- every second counts, masterpiece, ill intent, archetypes

We got up to Irvine super early today after stopping at costco to fill up the van with snacks. We met up with Ill Intent and we are beyond stoked to be hanging with those guys. Johnny came out too and we all played a wild game of wiffle ball where Pat and Jimmy almost killed each other of the rules of baseball. We've been eating junk food all day.

Archetypes was the first band to play and they were awesome. They also had a guy doing lights on the floor, wicked. Ill Intent played second and I think they were awesome. They started the set with the intro to "we gotta know" . We played and some kids moshed. We sold some shirts and had a dance party. ESC was the last band and they were pretty rad. They covered Count Me Out.

Highlight of the show was our friend Chris McRae from Canada showed up and suprised us. Then at the end of the show Terry from II pulled chris' shorts down revealing his weiner to the crowd. Wildomar tomorrow, we plan on smashing that place.

NO REST FOR THE WEST

The writing process

We have been working on our new album for a little while now and we
are a few songs away from being finished. On the left you can see a
little bit of our friend Pat, he is now officially in the band. This
is the last change up before we start really moving. Tour coming up,
LP coming out, a huge fest in May, an insane tour in August and plenty
of shit in between. There will be plenty of updates.

Serious Dudes

This photo was taken after a show at the stripline with A Better Hope Foundation, Grave Maker, Joyful Sounds and Kill City on March 27. Masterpiece played a short 4 song set using Joyful Sounds gear. From Left to Right is Brian (GM), Wayne (GM) and Jimmy (MP)