December 3rd- The Farewell Christmas Show is ON, with Theo from Gob taking over guitar duties! Tickets will go on sale next friday, see the above poster for details. Best wishes to the band and I'm sure Theo will do an amazing job with those guys!
November 29th- Things keep going back-and-forth here and there's now word that the rest of the guys may play the show at The Commodore without me. I'll keep you posted on any developments.
November 26th- It is with mixed emotions that I announce that I'm leaving the Black Halos. I started this band with Billy over 7 years ago and it has been a huge part of my life ever since.
I'll be leaving Vancouver in the coming months to move to Los Angeles where I will be playing guitar with Amen. I'll let everyone know more details as we figure everything out but as things are right now it looks like December 22nd will be my final show with the Halos.
I've had a lot of great years with the Black Halos and I wish those guys nothing but the best, both personally and professionally. Ultimately though, it's become increasingly apparent to me over the last year that it's time to move on to new things.
I'm really excited about playing with Amen and I hope that everyone that I've gotten to know over the years will share in my enthusiasm.
over and out,
Rich
November 20th- It has come to our attention that we are being advertised on dates with The Ataris and ALL in the western US. We ARE NOT doing ANY of the dates on the ATARIS/ALL tour, please don't go there expecting to see us, it ain't happening!
November 18th- Although Xfm is advertising the Langley show as sold out, we're finding that there are still tickets available at some of the indie record stores in Vancouver! Get yer ass over to Teenage Rampage on Broadway, they reportedly have a few tickets left.
November 13th- Well we actually got our shit together in time and we're going to be releasing another Christmas Single this year! This time though it's going to be a split CD-EP with our friends in Bubble! Click here for all the juicy details!
Also just released today is the Xbox Soundtrack which features "Some Things Never Fall" alongside Snoop Dog and Wu-Tang and Rob Zombie amongst others. Go figure!
November 10th- I've made an almost unheard-of update to the Discography Page! Yikes!
November 8th- Yet another interview with me at Music 4 Autobahns! Check out this cool site which also features interviews with The Dragons and River City High!
November 7th- God only knows how this happened, but go vote for our own Billy Hopeless in Chart Magazine's year-end poll! Billy's up for (cough, cough) Sexiest Canadian Male! Help him kick Matt Good's ass, it's about time someone did! Whooo!
November 5th- Check it out, we've just added an ALL-AGES show to the tour page!
November 4th- There's a new interview with yours truly over at In Music We Trust, a cool Seattle-based Webzine!
November 1st- Word is out, we've parted company with Sub Pop. It's no secret that we've been unhappy there for a while and we finally got released from our contract last week. We're all real happy about the split and we're beginning to write and demo for a new album and new label! More info when we have it...
October 18th- Another interview, this one in Spanish, with Rich and Billy. Also some nice photos from Spain. Check it out here! Thanks to Magenta for the link and interview! We've also added a second show in Hollywood. Check out the tour page for details!
October 12th- Check out the interview with Rich on the excellent Rock'N'Roll Outbreak website!
August 20th- Check out the great photos from last friday's show in downtown Vancouver!
August 20th- Great show in Whistler last night! Check out the tour page for MORE tour dates!
August 17th- We just got back from an amazing show at the CFOX plaza in Vancouver! We were absolutely blown away by how many of you came out! You guys were awesome, you kicked our asses and we wanna thank every single one of you that came to see us!!
August 17th- There's a bunch of new fan sites popping up lately. Check 'em out on the Links Page! And let us know if you have a Black Halos site and we'll add it to the list!
August 13th- Hello Vancouver! Just added a bar show!
August 11th- I'm on fire!! The MP3 page has now become the Multimedia Page. 2 new videos on there for ya, and no more annoyances for you Windows users!
August 11th- (Drum roll please....) NEW PHOTOS are up now! Took me long enough...
August 9th- The video for "Some Things Never Fall" is CMJ's Pick Of The Week over at Burlybear.com! Check it out!
August 9th- TONS of new Tour Dates and links up now! And plenty more to come...
August 8th- Just got home from a great tour with The Offspring and Millencolin. Check out our drunk and awful performance at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto during CMW by clicking here!
July 23rd- Check out the Bubble Website to hear the track "Days Like These" featuring me (Rich) on guitar!
July 18th- IMPORTANT NOTICE TO MEMBERS OF THE BLACK HALOS YAHOO GROUP: Please note that we have decided to start a NEW, OFFICIAL group. Since we don't have all of your addresses you will need to re-join the group. You can sign up HERE. This list will be run by the band and all the members will be on it. We will keep you up-to-date with all the news, tour reports, and all that crap that you expected from the old list. Please sign up now and spread the word to any of the old list members that you might know!
July 13th- We're going to be donating a track to the new Home Alive compilation CD that comes out later this year! Our track will be Worry Doll, which is unreleased outside of Japan. Tons of other cool bands will be contributing rare and unreleased tracks to this great compilation which benefits a really good cause. More info when we get it!!
July 12th- HUGE update on the Lyrics Page! Check it out! Thanks to Jeff Dahmer for typing that shit out for me!!
July 10th- We just got home from a great time at WARPED TOUR! We saw a ton of cool bands and made a lot of new friends. Take the time while you're here to check out The Distillers, AFI, Nerve Agents and The Ataris! We're taking a little break now before The Offspring tour at the end of the month, and then it's back on the road with a vengeance in September, October, and November. If you live somewhere in North America or Europe, we'll see you soon!
July 2nd We had a great time at EdgeFest this past weekend! Thanks to everyone who made it so cool!
I've actually updated some of the links, there's a few new band links on there. We leave for Warped Tour in 2 days...see you in the pits!
June 22nd- Just got back from Europe! Spain and Portugal totally ruled!! thanks to everyone that made the tour such a huge success!! Check out all the NEWTOUR DATES up now!!!
May 22nd- Sub Pop is now selling copies of the Japanese Version of The Violent Years on their website! It's going for the pretty frickin' reasonable price of $16 and it features 3 bonus tracks: "Hearts and Aces", "Deuce", and "Worry Doll"!
Unfortunately the UK dates that we had planned for June have been cancelled as Casey from Amen has gotten pretty sick and they had to pull the tour. We're hoping to reschedule these shows for later in the summer. On the upside though, we've been added to the EdgeFest bill in Toronto on July 1st! See you in the beer tent...
May 13th- Starting this week, check out the Black Halos Sup Pop page for updates from the road as well as what I'm sure will be some side-splittingly hilarious tour diaries!!
May 12th- Check out the link above to order the limited-edition Violent Years vinyl. There will NOT be a second pressing of this album so check your local store or click the link!
May 2nd- Our good friend Alfred has posted some cool pics of our recent shows in NYC and Portland, ME on his website here! Check it out...
May 1st- Check out the Bubble website for some funny pictures of Rich in the studio laying down some guitar on the new Bubble album!
May 1st- We're finally home from our first US/Canada tour in support of the new album! We had a great time and played with a ton of great bands including Zeke, Tuuli, The Unband and Gob! Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows, see you soon!
Now onto the news...
As you can see above, the vinyl version of The Violent Years is finally released on May 8th! The first pressing will be a limited edition, hand-numbered run of 1500 that come packaged in a 12-page full color book! This pressing will also be on red vinyl and includes the LP-only track "Hearts and Aces"!
Soon we should be able to announce tour dates for Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland and a UK tour supporting one of our favorite bands. Check back soon for details!
Up and running now is a really cool new Japanese Black Halos website that features a ton of cool stuff including news, interviews, and audio samples!
Also, this month we release a brand-new single on Spain's Safety
Pin Records featuring "Sell-Out Love" b/w "It's Over For You". The B-side is exclusive to this single and was originally done by The Hangmen!
Finally, we will be playing 2 songs at the upcoming Straight Music Awards in Vancouver on May 9th at Richard's on Richards. We'll be joined onstage at this show by Grant Lawrence of The Smugglers and Joey "Shithead" Keithley of DOA!
March 12th- Through the wonders of technology we're updating this from the road! Right now we're in El Paso where we had an amazing show last night with Zeke. The tour is going great so far and we're all looking forward to South By Southwest in Austin this weekend.
While we were in LA I was kidnapped by Bam and Share of Bubble and taken into the studio where I played some guitar on their upcoming record! Look for that to come out this summer. So far we've had a ton of great shows and seen lots of friends including L7, Howie from Danzig, and the guys in Pure Rubbish who are currently recording thier debut album in LA with "Appetite For Destruction" producer Mike Clink!!
In other news, Jay has fucked up his back and is currently lying in bed completely out of his head on muscle relaxants and painkillers! Wooohooo, good times! More updates soon...
Feb 5th- Yesterday, Rob, Jay and yours truly went down to Seattle to hook up with the guys in Therapy? who are currently recording their new album with the illustrious Jack Endino. I ended up playing lead guitar on a new Therapy? track called "This One's For You" and we also sang a bunch and added some cool percussion stuff.
While we were there we also had the chance to check out Therapy?'s great cover of B.S.F. which will be on the split sngle that we are doing with them for later in the year...
Jan 30th- I just recieved word that The Violent Years will be released early in Canada! The release date now looks like it will be February 27th. More news when I have confirmation and more info for you...
Jan 28th- Yesterday we wrapped up shooting of the new video for "Some Things Never Fall". We all had a lot of fun and I'd like to thank everyone that worked on and acted in the video. We'll let you know when it's gonna be done as soon as we do! Look out for it...
Also, we have just confirmed a release for The Violent Years in Japan! Warner Music Japan will release the album on April 25th, and I believe it's gonna have a couple of bonus tracks on it as well!
Finally, please take a minute while you're online to check out the West Memphis 3 website. Read Burk Sauls' synopsis and learn a little about the case as this is the kind of thing that could happen to any one of us.
Jan 21st- If you live in the Vancouver area, please take a minute to call up CFOX at (604)280-2369 and request "Some Things Never Fall". You can also request it and listen online at their website. They have it in rotation right now but they're not gonna keep playing the rock unless you tell them you want to hear it...
Jan 19th- Please note, the acoustic show in Vancouver is actually on Feb 21st, not the 23rd as previously listed. oops! Anyway, it looks likely that we will be recording this show for future release, assuming that we don't sound like shit...
Jan 17th- Holy crap, yet another show announced, this is a great one! Also, cruise on over to the Aces and Eights Website and check out more cool stuff there. And while you're there, sign up for the Black Halos street team...
Finally, the Black Halos eGroup is really happening lately. Follow the link to join up!
Jan 15th- Check out the brand new Aces and Eights website for an MP3 download of "No Class Reunion"! Aces and Eights is the online home of Zeke, The Supersuckers, Zen Guerrilla, The Black Halos and a ton of other cool stuff! check it out...
Jan 14- The All-ages show this saturday at the Java Joint is also going to be a video shoot for the new video for "Some things Never Fall". So come down and be in the video. We're also gonna be shooting
more footage the following weekend. We will have a few guest stars in the video including DOA's Joe "Shithead" Keithley and Smugglers frontman/mastermind Grant Lawrence!
Jan 8th- I finally confirmed all the info for the all-ages show. We're gonna be playing with By A Thread, Honeysuckle Serontina and The Nasty On! All of the info that you need is on the ever-reliable shows page!
Jan 5th- Thanks to everyone who came out to the New Years Show, it was sold-out in advance and we all had a great time!!
So we have a couple of new shows to announce here (including an ALL-AGES SHOW!), check out the shows page for all the details!
Dec 26th- Tickets for New Years Eve are now on sale! You can pick them up
at the Pic for $15 advance.
Dec 22nd- More info on the the New Years Eve show: special guests at that show
are gonna be Mint Recording artists New Town Animals, and the fabulous Siobhan DuVall (who, by the way, also sings on 2 songs on "The Violent Years")! Tickets are $15 at the door (and in advance at the club?) and if you need more
info, call Fireball Productions at (604) 874-7906...
Dec 20th- Merry Shitmas everyone! We've finally confirmed a New Years Eve Show for Vancouver at the Pic! Right now we're still working on the details and the line-up, but I can guarantee that it will be a great line-up and it WON'T be a ridiculously overpriced New
Year's show.
Right now we're rehearsing and writing songs for a few upcoming singles that we have in the works for the new year. We are also working on our first video, which will be for the single "Some Things Never Fall". The video is going to feature some cool cameos by some of our FAVE Vancouver punks (but I can't tell you who just yet...) and should be hitting the airwaves late next month!!
Dec 14th- I'm finally back up and running with the updates, so they'll become more regular from now on! Anyway, back to business...we're playing this saturday night at 2:30 AM in gastown in Vancouver! The show is just off Abbott street in the alley between Hastings and Cordova. In other news, listen to CFOX in Vancouver to hear the new single, "Homeless For Christmas"! Call them and request it at (604)280-CFOX or check it out on the web where you can listen live! If you want to win a copy of the single autographed by the girls in Tuuli, check out the contest on their website! Finally the release date for the new album has been changed. It's now coming out on March 13th in Canada through Warner Music, and March 20th in the USA through Sub Pop. The first single and video for "Some Things Never Fall" is going out to radio stations & tv on January 29th...more info soon...
Oct 22nd- Things are pretty quiet right now while we write songs and work on album artwork, so here's an update as to what is going on...
The new album is coming out on March 20th in the USA through Sub Pop and March 13th in Canada through Warner Music. Right now the international release dates are still being worked out, but the album is gonna be called "The Violent Years" and the track listing is as follows...
Some Things Never Fall
No Tomorrow Girls
Jane Doe
Underground
Capt. Moody
Last Of The 1%'ers
Lost In The 90's
$ell-Out Love
50 Bourbon St.
Warsaw
Start The Violence
No Class Reunion
Hearts And Aces (vinyl only)
The band are planning on going back into the studio in the next couple of months to record songs for the new single with Therapy? as well as a couple of extra tracks for...other stuff. Look for tour dates in the US and Canada beginning in March. Check back here soon for news on a couple of cool Christmas shows as well!
Finally, keep an eye out for the new split single with Tuuli in stores in November through Sympathy For The Record Industry. 1 new track from each band, the Tuuli song totally rules and features an appearance by Roger from The Cure! Crazy!!
Oct. 1st- I've posted the cover art for the Black Halos/Tuuli christmas single on the music page! This looks like it's coming out in November.
Sept 22nd- New shows added! Please note that we are NOT playing in Victoria with Gluecifer on Oct. 20th, despite what you may see or hear elsewhere.
Recording of the new album is finished, we begin mixing in Seattle tomorrow with Jack Endino. Look for it to be out in early 2001! There's also a couple of christmas shows in the works and we will most likely be back in the studio before the end of the year to record a couple of new songs for a split single with Therapy?
August 23rd- Check out the cool photos above from last Friday's show with The Yo-Yo's. Thanks to everyone who made that night so completely crazy, and thanks to Andy for the photos! Click here to see more!
Also, check out an interesting interview with our very own lovely and talented Billy Hopeless at D-filed.com!
August 12th- More lyrics added, including the long-awaited Tracks...
August 11th- We are going to be releasing a Christmas single on Sympathy For The Record Industry. The single will be a split with our fave punk-pop girls Tuuli! Check the Music page for more details!
August 6th- Just because I love ya, I've uploaded a brand new mp3 to the MP3 page! Check out an exclusive live recording of the Halos covering Kiss' "Deuce", live at CBGB in New York! Lars Ulrich can kiss my ass...
August 1st- So what's new? Work on the new album is coming along pretty well. We have around 18 songs right now, we're planning on recording upwards of 20 during the album sessions. Some songs being thrown around right now include "Some Things Never Fall", "50 Bourbon St.", "Worry Doll", and "Last of the One Percenters" (our HEAVIEST song to date!). We're gonna start demo'ing songs in the next week or so...
July 24th- There's a bunch of new updates on the site: I've added more stuff to the Merchandise Pages as well as putting some lyrics up (finally!). And as you can see, we're playing a big show in Vancouver in August.
Not much else to report, we're currently working hard on writing songs for the next record. Recording begins Sept. 4th...
July 12th- The Merchandise Pages are finally up! Check 'em out, I'll be adding more stuff as it becomes available!
June 30th- I'm currently in the middle of redesigning the website! Coming soon we'll have a Merch Page and a Lyrics Page. Both are still under construction for now, keep checking back...
June 25th- We just got home from an amazing tour with L7! Thanks to everyone who came to the shows, hung out, and helped us have a great time!!
There's a couple of additions to the shows page and some more additions to come shortly...
The Five Fingers of Doctor X compilation is out now!! It's basically 5 brand new EP's on one cd, featuring The Halos, Gaza Strippers, Tricky Woo, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, and ADZ! Look for it in stores for around 10 bucks (cheap!)!!
Finally, the band is heading back into the studio on September 4th, once again with Jack Endino at the board, to begin work on the new album for Sub Pop. We'll be posting studio updates here...
May 16th- The new single is out now. These will be on sale on tour, through the Sub Pop website or in a record store near you! We also have some cool new tour posters that we'll have for sale at the shows.
Check out the updates on the discography page where I've added pictures of all of the records that we're on.
November 10th- Check out a couple of online interviews with The Halos: First, there's one at RHiG Online, the online version of a cool Toronto 'zine. Secondly, there's one at Rock Connection Brazil that's also probably pretty cool...if you read portugese!
Finally, this week sees the long overdue release of Jeff Dahl's Trash On Demand Vol. 3 which features a really old recording by the Halos of "Fucked From The Start" as well as unreleased tracks from The Beat Angels, Dave Kusworth, Texas Terri, Chinese Takeaway, and 17 more!!
October 29th-
This Tuesday (Nov. 2) the band will be heading into CBC Studio 2 in Vancouver to record a session for broadcast in late November. Basically, it'll be live in the studio versions of "Retro World", "For You", "Bombs Not Food" and 2 new songs called "No Class Reunion" and "Worry Doll". In addition, they'll be recording an original Christmas song called "Homeless For Christmas" which CBC radio will broadcast nationally on Christmas Day '99!
As well, the band were recently filmed for "Fistful of Rock'n'Roll: The Movie" in Minneapolis. Look for this to be released late 2000/early 2001!
Finally, there's a really cool review of one of their London shows with some great photos and an interview with Rich over at the excellent She Didn't Like Rock'n'Roll webzine. Check it out!!
July 26- There's some cool photos from the Vancouver date of the Warped Tour, including one of the Black Halos, on the website of Vancouver radio station CFOX. Check it out here!
May 4th- Well, today is the day in the USA, the Black Halos self-titled debut album hits the stores! It's available online from Amazon.com and Sub Pop Mailorder.
April 30th- Latest word on The Dogs D'amour tribute album that the Halos are on is that it's gonna be available in June. Check out the web page if you wanna pre-order a copy. It features 21 trashy rock'n'roll bands like Jeff Dahl & The Beat Angels, Streetwalkin' Cheetahs, Trash Brats, and American Heartbreak, as well as a THICK booklet with notes from every band and great liner notes from Stardust's Darren Stockford.
April 6th-Okay, here's the scoop on the 7-inch: It's available for $4.00 (US funds in the US, Canadian funds in Canada) from DEVIL DOLL, PO Box 1449, London, ON. N6A 5M2, Canada. You can also order it online through the Sub Pop website. It features real raw versions of "Retro World" and "1010", neither of which are on the Sub Pop album!
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