No Rules. No Peace. No Hope. No Rest.

We have finished writing our new album called "No Rest". We are heading up to Noise Pollution Studios in Lake Elsinore, CA this weekend to begin tracking this record. Until then you can hear two demo songs from it on our myspace page.

NO REST

May 16, 2008- Masterpiece, Joyful Sounds, Kill City, Pagan Prayers

The Stripline rules. Probably one of our favorite places to play. The first band to go on was Pagan Prayers. It was a 2 man acoustic project with some anarcho lyrics and a good message. It seemed like everyone was feeling it. Kill City played next and Shaun was going insane. I think this was the second time I had seen them and they were awesome. Joyful Sounds played right before us and it was Jim's last show. Their set ruled as usual. We played an Al, the guy who runs the Stripline was stoned so he asked if it would be cool if he used his stage lights for our set. We had no problem with that. It made our set "theatrical". This was probably one of the best sets we have ever played and we changed up our set list from the normal jams. We played a ton of new songs including a brand new one that was just written last week and a song we wrote a while ago but never played live. We had a really intense crowd reaction and everyone was singing along and moshing. Luke is close to perfecting his mosh moves and demonstrated them on stage. Also at the beginning of one of our songs he started chanting E-C-W! During our last song, Living Legend there was a scuffle between friends of ours and that doesn't happen during MP sets. I'm pretty sure things got taken care of after the show but it sucked for us because we had friends on both sides. If you're going to brawl it should be in a wrestling ring with barbed wire and chairs involved, ECW style.

May 16, 2008- SUN GOD FEST

The most awkward 18 minutes of our lives. We were the only hardcore band to play this show and we played to a huge open field to 8 people. 19,000 tickets were sold to this but we played at 12:55pm on a Friday so no one was there. The first band played on the main stage played to 4 people so at least it wasn't that bad. Coheed and Cambria, Sean Kingston and The Aquabats were also some of the bands playing. We watched The Aquabats, crowd surfed Pat and then left all with brand new sunburns.

April 10, 2008- Masterpiece, Ration the Truth, Tantive IV, Eyes of an Era

This was a house show that was a benefit for our friend Omar's friend who was in a coma. Good cause, we are always down to help. The show started off with us playing an epic game of UNO and Bret from CV won.

The first band was a horrible 2001 Trustkill throwback. I had to walk away because the singing was just too funny and I didn't want to laugh as they were playing...yikes. Tantive IV played second and their set was pretty awesome. They covered a few songs but CV supports CV and they had an awesome reaction. The next band, Ration the Truth, was a moshy band and they sounded pretty good. Not really my thing but kids were moshing and singing along. We played last and we had a really good reaction. Out of the whole show we played the shortest set which is the way we like it. 18 minutes is all you need.

The reason why this house show was a success was because it started early so the cops weren't able to pull the plug...take note.

May 1, 2008- XOVersa, Masterpiece, Averman, Oh No Not Stereo, Truth Is

This was such a random show for us to play but a friend of mine from the band Averman (Virginia Beach) asked if we wanted to play. We were literally the only hardcore band on this show.

Averman covered Gin Blossoms and Limp Bizkit and it was fucking funny.

A bunch of friends came out to this show though so that ruled. During our set dudes were rolling onto the stage, moshing across and just acting like fools. It was awesome. Overall the show was kind of a bust but all the dudes from Averman, Truth Is, and all our friends made it worth it.

A Time We'll Remember

* Masterpiece, Ill Intent, Grave Maker and Pressure Point

NO REST FOR THE WEST 2008

The Long Road Home

After saying goodbye to our friend that we were on tour with we started to drive back to San Diego. There's always something weird about driving through the middle of nowhere. A two lane highway with random puddles of blood from the dead animals that have been smashed by prior vehicles, no phone service, no other roads, no other cars, and signs that say to report shootings. As I drove through the night and everyone else was asleep all I could think about was how I couldn't believe it was over. Ill Intent, Grave Maker, Pressure Point and pretty much everyone else we met on the trip are the best people ever. We stopped in Vegas and picked up some donuts (vegan ones for mike) and then walked on the strip a little. I lost 20 bucks, no big deal. We got home about 20 hours after we left and the next day we all had to return to normal life, shitty. We have a show in San Diego tonight though.

*Pat as we drove through the Desert

*Me and Wade somewhere in Nevada

*Pat, Wade and Jimmy inside a Casino