Epitaph Records Recent News

On The Set Of Weezer's "Memories" Video Shoot

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:09:00 -0700

Weezer recently shot their new video for "Memories" featuring the Jackass guys, and MTV.com has exclusive on-set footage! Click here to check it out and stay tuned for news about the "Memories" video premiere.

The new album Hurley hits stores September 14th! Pre-order today at the Epitaph Store!

Bad Religion Premiere "The Resist Stance"

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

New music from Bad Religion premiered today at MySpace Music. To listen to "The Resist Stance" click here then visit the Bad Religion Store to pre-order The Dissent Of Man, in stores September 28th!

Bring Me The Horizon Premiere "It Never Ends" Video

Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Today, Bring Me The Horizon has premiered their brand new video for "It Never Ends" from their upcoming album There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven Lets Keep It A Secret. Check out the video below, click here to pre-order the new album and head over to iTunes to download "It Never Ends."

Pre-Order Weezer's Upcoming Album 'Hurley'

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Weezer's new record Hurley doesn't hit stores until September 14th but right now you can pre-order the album in exclusive bundles over at the Epitaph Store! Check out the Super =W= Bundle below and click here to head over to the store to see everything that's available!

Super =W= Bundle

This Bundle Includes:

- Hurley Deluxe CD
- Hurley LP on green vinyl, limited to 1000 copies and exclusive to EpitaphStore.com
- Hurley Deluxe Digital Download
- Black "Since 1992" T-Shirt
- White "Since 1992" T-Shirt
- Blue "Ouizer" T-Shirt

There's also exclusive t-shirt & vinyl and t-shirt & CD bundles, plus you can grab just the Deluxe Edition CD, standard CD or Hurley on vinyl! Click here to visit the store.

Pre-Order The New Album From Bring Me The Horizon

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Bring Me The Horizons's new record There Is A Hell Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is A Heaven Lets Keep It A Secret hits stores everywhere October 5th, but right now you can pre-order the record from the Epitaph Store!

There Is A Hell... CD & T-Shirt Bundle

This Bundle Includes:

- There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret on CD
- There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret digital download
- There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret album t-shirt

Head over to the Epitaph Store to check out everything that's available and make sure to follow @kingsroadmerch on Twitter for the latest updates and offerings!

Bring Me The Horizon Unleash "Heaven" & "Hell" On New Album Out Oct 5

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Bring Me The Horizon is defining the sound of modern metal as we know it with their urgently dark, epic new album, There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret, scheduled for release on October 5 via Epitaph Records. Beginning today, fans are invited to pre-order the new album at KingsRoadMerch.com/Epitaph-Records and check out a new trailer for the record at MySpace.com/BMTH or here. BMTH will unleash Hell on fans this fall when they co-headline the AP Tour Fall 2010 tour with August Burns Red.

After the commercial and critical success of previous album Suicide Season (2008), BMTH were determined to explore the more experimental side of their music, refusing to be confined to the unwritten rules of the Metalcore scene that spawned and catapulted them to worldwide domination. From the progressive opening riff and digital manipulation of choristers in the epic ‘Crucify Me’, to the violins of ‘Don’t Go’, to instrumental track ‘Memorial’, it quickly becomes clear that this is an album like no other.

The band locked themselves away in a lochside mansion deep in rural Scotland for the majority of the writing period, and, free from distractions, the band were able to push their writing further than ever. Yet the album still includes the trademark elements that have become staples of BMTH’s sound since 2006 – precision guitar riffs, venomously dark lyrics, massive breakdowns and gang vocals destined to be chants at the band’s incendiary live shows.

The team at Studio Fredman in Gothenburg, Sweden (where they previously recorded 2008’s smash Suicide Season) were again at the helm of the recording, this time bringing in electronic and programming authority KC Blitz to assist with the instrumental aspects of the album. The album also includes appearances from various special guests, including Josh Franceschi of You Me At Six (on ‘Fuck’) who stated “I’m really excited to be part of this record as it's going to turn some heads, and that's what music is all about.”

Also featured on the album is Josh Scogin of The Chariot (on ‘The Fox And The Wolf’) – “This album's so good, it made my chest hurt!”, Sonny Moore aka Skrillex with electronica contributions – “Oli and I started the collaborations on this album in a very natural way, just bouncing ideas off each other like we often do over the internet. I did a little programming, and he asked me to come down to the studio to do some additional vocals. I think it turned out amazing” and Canadian electro-pop starlet LIGHTS (on ‘Crucify Me’ and ‘Don’t Go’).

There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret is, in many ways, a concept album. Frontman Oli Sykes vividly explores humanity’s collective good nature and the celestial euphoria associated with love, lust, truth and desire; this is balanced by the darkness and evil that is likely buried deep inside all of us. Lyrically and musically, the album is the band’s most honest work to date as Sykes lays bare his fears, weaknesses and anger, which is just one layer on this truly progressive and advanced third album.

There Is A Hell, Believe Me I’ve Seen It. There Is A Heaven, Let’s Keep It A Secret Track Listing:
1. Crucify Me - 6:20
2. Anthem - 4:50
3. It Never Ends - 4:34
4. Fuck - 4:55
5. Don't Go - 4:58
6. Home Sweet Hole - 4:38
7. Alligator Blood - 4:32
8. Visions - 4:09
9. Blacklist - 4:00
10. Memorial - 3:10
11. Blessed With A Curse - 5:08
12. Fox And The Wolf - 1:43

Bring Me The Horizon/AP Tour Dates:
Oct 13 – Pontiac, MI – The Crofoot (Buy Tix)
Oct 14 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts (Buy Tix)
Oct 15 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s (Buy Tix)
Oct 16 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave Bar (Buy Tix)
Oct 17 – Chicago, IL – House of Blues (Buy Tix)
Oct 19 – Minneapolis, MN – Cabooze on the West Bank (Buy Tix)
Oct 20 – Kansas City, MO – The Beaumont Club (Buy Tix)
Oct 21 – Denver, CO – The Summit Music Hall (Buy Tix)
Oct 22 – Salt Lake City, UT – In the Venue (Buy Tix)
Oct 24 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market (Buy Tix)
Oct 25 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom (Buy Tix)
Oct 27 – San Francisco, CA – The Grand Ballroom at The Regency (Buy Tix)
Oct 28 – Pomona, CA – The Fox Theater (Buy Tix)
Oct 29 – Los Angeles, CA – Club Nokia LA Live (Buy Tix)
Oct 30 – San Diego, CA – Soma (Buy Tix)
Oct 31 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues (Buy Tix)
Nov 2 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre (Buy Tix)
Nov 4 – Austin, TX – Emo’s (Buy Tix)
Nov 5 – San Antonio, TX – White Rabbit (Buy Tix)
Nov 6 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues (Buy Tix)
Nov 7 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Live (Buy Tix)
Nov 9 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live (Buy Tix)
Nov 10 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution (Buy Tix)
Nov 11 – Tampa, FL – The Ritz Theatre (Buy Tix)
Nov 12 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade (Buy Tix)
Nov 13 – Nashville, TN – Rocketown (Buy Tix)
Nov 14 – Charlotte, NC – Amos’ Southbend (Buy Tix)
Nov 16 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa (Buy Tix)
Nov 17 – Baltimore, MD – Sonar (Buy Tix)
Nov 18 – Philadelphia, PA – The Electric Factory (Buy Tix)
Nov 19 – Boston, MA – House of Blues (Buy Tix)
Nov 20 – Williamsville, NY – Club Infinity (Buy Tix)
Nov 21 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus (Buy Tix)
Nov 22 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis (Buy Tix)
Nov 24 – New York, NY – Nokia Theatre (Buy Tix)
Nov 25 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place (Buy Tix)
Nov 26 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom (Buy Tix)
Nov 27 – Allentown, PA – Crocodile Rock (Buy Tix)
Nov 28 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues (Buy Tix)

Weezer Return To Indie-Rock Roots With New Album

Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Influential multi-platinum, Grammy® winning alternative rock band Weezer have announced plans to release a new studio album entitled Hurley this September 14th on Epitaph Records. Starting today, fans are invited to pre-order the physical album now at EpitaphStore.com or on Amazon.com. The album's first single, "Memories," can be streamed now at MySpace.com/Weezer and purchased on iTunes.

Innovative rockers Weezer have inked a deal with leading independent label Epitaph Records signaling the next phase of their acclaimed career and the return to their indie roots with a highly personal and sonically exploratory album guaranteed to delight their fans.

"So far we've had a really good creative collaboration with Brett Gurewitz and the other people at the label, and I'm looking forward to collaboration with other like-minded alternative music fans at the label," Rivers Cuomo recently shared with Los Angeles Times.

"I've been a fan of Weezer from the beginning, and I've loved all their records," says Epitaph president and founder Gurewitz. "So it's amazing to find myself working with them on the new one!"

"Weezer is a great band," adds labelmate and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong. "I'm stoked they're going to be part of the Epitaph family."

Produced by Cuomo and Shawn Everett (Raditude, Phantom Planet, Ozomatli), Hurley is a high-energy rock album that wastes no time with the first single "Memories," an impassioned look at nostalgia with fast tempo, buzzing guitar riffs and killer hooky chorus. Subsequent songs include soon to be fan favorites "Ruling Me," "Trainwrecks," "Hang On" and "Brave New World." Rivers picks up the acoustic guitar on the reinvented power ballad "Unspoken" and the raw Sixties influenced, Mac Davis co-written "Time Flies." The classic Weezer sound is reignited with songs like "Smart Girls," "Run Away" and the quirky "Where's My Sex?" Fueled by a newfound sense of independence, Hurley finds the band making some of the most powerful and adventuresome music of their storied career.

"We all felt that the really intense, raw emotional side of Weezer is what's going to make everyone the happiest at this moment," Cuomo told Los Angeles Times.

"Weezer's become a totally kick ass live band, and when we were making Hurley you could just hear the sound of people going into the studio, pressing 'Record' and rocking," Cuomo says. "There's just an insane amount of energy on songs like ‘Where's My Sex' or 'Memories.'" (SPIN.com)

Known for their quirky album artwork, Weezer have done it yet again. The cover features a simple, yet astonishing close-up of actor Jorge Garcia, which fans of the "Lost" series will no-doubt find as perplexing as fascinating.

"We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase that summed up the whole aesthetic behind the album: 'Heavy Mental,' 'Smaller Than Life,'" Cuomo recently told Spinner.com. "I was coming up with all kinds of stuff, but ultimately, we just went with some random word that doesn't really have anything to do with anything. I just loved this photo of Jorge Garcia -- it just had this amazing vibe. We didn't want to do a fourth self-titled record and we knew people would refer to it as 'the Hurley record' even if left it without that title, so we just called it 'Hurley.' No words are on the cover because all we wanted was his amazing face."

This fall marks a new album and new beginnings for one of the most accomplished and genre defining modern rock bands. Stay tuned to www.weezer.com and www.epitaph.com for up-to-date news and information about Hurley and the band's soon to be announced fall tour.

Hurley Track Listing (Standard Edition):
1. Memories - 3:16
2. Ruling Me - 3:30
3. Trainwrecks - 3:21
4. Unspoken - 3:01
5. Where's My Sex? - 3:28
6. Run Away - 2:55
7. Hang On - 3:33
8. Smart Girls - 3:11
9. Brave New World - 3:57
10. Time Flies - 4:04

Hurley Track Listing (Deluxe Edition):
1. Memories - 3:16
2. Ruling Me - 3:30
3. Trainwrecks - 3:21
4. Unspoken - 3:01
5. Where's My Sex? - 3:28
6. Run Away - 2:55
7. Hang On - 3:33
8. Smart Girls - 3:11
9. Brave New World - 3:57
10. Time Flies - 4:04
11. All My Friends Are Insects - 1:53
12. Viva La Vida - 4:06
13. I Want To Be Something - 2:56
14. Represent - 4:13

Weezer Tour Dates:
8/14 - Council Bluffs, IA - Westfair Amphitheater
8/15 - Commerce City, CO - Mile High Music Festival
8/21 - Del Mar, CA - Del Mar Raceway
9/1 - Allentown, PA - The Great Allentown Fair
9/2 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Exposition
9/4 - Edmonton, AB - Sonic Boom Festival
9/5 - Seattle, WA - Bumbershoot Festival

Weezer's New Track "Memories" Now On iTunes

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

"Memories," the brand new track from Weezer is now available for download on iTunes! To get it today just click here. The new album Hurley hits stores on September 14th!

Bad Religion's Greg Graffin To Release "Anarchy Evolution" Book On Sept 28

Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

Iconic singer, Greg Graffin, of groundbreaking West Coast punk rock band Bad Religion, will release his new book Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science and Bad Religion in a World Without God, co-authored with science journalist Steve Olson, on September 28. The book will coincide with the release of Bad Religion's new album The Dissent of Man. Anarchy Evolution is currently available for pre-order at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com, Borders.com and bundled with The Dissent of Man at BadReligionStore.com. Additionally, a limited number of special signed, first editions of Anarchy Evolution are available for pre-order at AnarchyEvolution.com until September 28 when Graffin will kick off his book tour in New York City.

"I've always had a problem with authority." - Greg Graffin ("Anarchy Evolution")

This is how most of the world knows Greg Graffin, the rebellious lead singer of the legendary punk band Bad Religion. What few people know is that Graffin also received a PhD from Cornell University and teaches evolution at UCLA. Co-written with Olson, Anarchy Evolution: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God (It Books; On Sale: September 28, 2010; Hardcover) weds Graffin's experiences in punk culture and the academic world, and explores the deep connection between art, religion, and science.

As an adolescent growing up when "drugs, sex, and trouble could be had on any given night," Graffin discovered that the study of evolution provided a framework through which he could make sense of the world. In this provocative and personal book, Graffin describes his own coming of age as an artist, as well as the formation of his naturalist worldview on questions involving God, science, and human meaning.

While the battle between religion and science is often displayed in the starkest of terms, Anarchy Evolution provides fresh and nuanced insights into the long-standing debate about atheism and the human condition. It is a book for anyone who has ever wondered if God really exists.

Greg Graffin, born in Madison, Wisconsin, obtained his Ph.D. at Cornell University in zoology, and his master's degree at UCLA in geology. Graffin was the recipient of the Bryan Patterson prize from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists and also received the Harvard Cultural Humanism award. He has served as lecturer in life science and in paleontology at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Steve Olson is the author of Mapping Human History: Genes, Race, and Our Common Origins, which was one of five finalists for the 2002 nonfiction National Book Award and received the Science-in-Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers. He has been a consultant writer for the National Academy of Sciences as well as other organizations, and his writing has been featured in Atlantic Monthly, the Washington Post, Scientific American, and Wired, among other publications. In September 2004 he published with two coauthors a research article in Nature that presented a fundamentally new perspective on human ancestry.

ANARCHY EVOLUTION: Faith, Science, and Bad Religion in a World Without God
By Greg Graffin and Steve Olson
It Books; Hardcover
On Sale: September 28, 2010
304 Pages / $22.99
ISBN: 9780061828508

About Bad Religion
2010 marks the 30th anniversary of quintessential Los Angeles punk rock pioneers Bad Religion. Formed in 1980 in the suburbs of Los Angeles by teenage friends, Bad Religion has become synonymous with intelligent and provocative West Coast punk rock and are considered one of the most influential and important bands in the genre. Over the past three decades the band has continually pushed social boundaries and questioned authority and beliefs armed only with propulsive guitars, charging drumbeats, thoughtful lyrics and an undying will to inspire and provoke anyone who will listen. The band's forthcoming, fifteenth studio album, The Dissent of Man, is a testament to why Bad Religion has remained relevant for the better part of three decades. Already having cemented their place in history as a groundbreaking band who helped create a movement in Los Angeles with classic releases like How Could Hell Be Any Worse?, Suffer, Recipe for Hate, Stranger Than Fiction and Process of Belief, Bad Religion continue to inspire and create with a unique style that continues to cross boundaries and transcends genres.

Stay tuned to www.anarchyevolution.com for up-to-date information about Graffin's signings and appearances and www.epitaph.com to hear new music from The Dissent of Man and for news about Bad Religion!

Greg Graffin's "Anarchy Evolution" Book Tour Dates:
9/28 - New York, NY - PowerHouse Arena (7:00 PM)
10/9 - Milwaukee, WI - Boswell Book Company (6:00 PM)
11/6 - Austin, TX - Books People (6:00 PM)
11/12 - Denver, CO - Tattered Cover Bookstore (6:00 PM)
11/19 - San Francisco, CA - Booksmith (6:00 PM)

Bad Religion "The Devil In Stitches" Now On iTunes

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 00:08:00 -0700

"The Devil In Stitches" is now available for download on iTunes and Amazon MP3! Download the new track today and head over to the Bad Religion Store to pre-order The Dissent Of Man (in stores 9/28).