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MERCH
(NEW!) Disaster Strikes "The Interrogation Sessions" 7" vinyl EP record on Alternative Tentacles Records (Virus 393), $5.00 US + $2.00 US shipping (covers Intn'l shipping)
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Disaster Strikes "Don't Spy on Me! " 100% Union-Made Tee Shirt, $10.00 US + $2.00 US shipping (covers Intn'l shipping), Indicate size in comments when ordering by PayPal
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Disaster Strikes "Torture=Terror" 100% Union-Made Tee Shirt, Artwork by Amy Toxic, $10.00 US + $2.00 US shipping (covers Intn'l shipping), Indicate size in comments when ordering by PayPal
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Disaster Strikes "Liberty Toast" Full-length LP-CD on Alternative Tentacles (Virus 354), $10.00 US + $2.00 US shipping (covers Intn'l shipping)
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RESOURCES
Jobs with Justice
has a mission to improve working people's standards of living, fight for job security, and protect workers' right to organize.
Wal-Mart Watch
bridges the gap between individuals and community organizations concerned about Wal-Mart's unchecked growth and negative impact on our society.
The RiseUp Collective
provides mail, lists, and hosting for those working on liberatory social change.
Mirror Image, Inc.
is a unionized garment printing company located in Pawtucket, R.I. providing screen-printing services for bands and other clients. This is where Disaster Strikes shirts are printed. M.I. stock a wide variety of blank union-sewn shirts, hoodies, and more. M.I. employees are members of UAW Local 1596. Kick sweatshops out of hardcore! Ask for Rick and tell 'em Disaster Strikes sent you!
Change to Win
Seven unions and six million workers recently united in Change to Win to build a new movement of working people equipped to meet the challenges of the global economy. The way working people in America will obtain a decent standard of living is to unite together into unions.
Lucy Parsons Center
is a collectively-run radical book store and community center founded in 1969 and currently located in Boston's South End.
Prison Book Program
Literacy and access to reading materials are crucial for the personal, spiritual and political development of all people. With 2 million people locked up in our nation’s prisons and local jails, and with educational programming being drastically cut, the need for this organization has never been greater.
South End Press
Read. Write. Revolt.
South End Press is a nonprofit, collectively run book publisher with more than 250 titles in print.
Independent Media Center
is a collective of independent media organizations and hundreds of journalists offering grassroots, non-corporate coverage.
American Civil Liberties Union
If the rights of society's most vulnerable members are denied, everybody's rights are imperiled.
Democracy Now!
is a national, listener-sponsored public radio and TV show committed to bringing the voices of the marginalized to the airwaves on issues ranging from the global to the local.
Z Magazine/Z-Net
is a radical print and online periodical dedicated to resisting injustice, eliminating repression, and creating liberty. It addresses international relations, ecology, economics, gender, race, culture, politics, etc.
FAIR
FAIR, the national media watch group, has been offering well-documented criticism of media bias and censorship since 1986.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Friday, June 19, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Sin Orden, Expendable Youth, Rat Bastards @ Rancho Huevos, 2966 S. Archer Ave., Chicago, IL, $6
Saturday, June 20, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Party by the Slice @ Garfield House, Milwaukee, WI (early show)
Saturday, June 20, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Pyroklast @ Bent Press, Madison, WI (late show)
Sunday, June 21, 2009 – Disaster Strikes, Born for the Gallows, Burn All Flags @ Eclipse Records, 1922 University Ave., St. Paul, MN, 4:00 p.m., All ages
Sunday, June 21, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Hag, Deep Shit @ Drunk Tank, Minneapolis, MN
Monday, June 22, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Complete Waste, Amort @ Memory Lanes, 2520 26th Ave. S, Minneapolis, MN, 21+, 10:30pm
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes @ Vaudeville Mews, 212 Fourth Street, Des Moines, IA
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Bring Down the Hammer, Shred Scare, Dark Ages, Bombs Over Broadway @ Bobby’s Loft, 1026 Hickory Street, Floor 4, Kansas City, MO
Thursday, June 25, 2009 – In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Bring Down the Hammer @ Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St., Lawrence, KS, 5pm
Friday, June 26, 2009 – Smart Cops (Italy), In Defence, Disaster Strikes, Cross Examination, Suburban Smash @ The School House, 712 Fannie Ave., St. Louis, MO, 7pm
Saturday, June 27, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, many more @ Skatopia Bowl Bash XIV, 34961 Hutton Rd., Rutland, OH
Sunday, June 28, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes @ The Corner Pocket, 102 E. Market St., Blairsville, PA, 2pm (EARLY SHOW!)
Sunday, July 5, 2009 – OLIVER FEST 2009: Disaster Strikes, Suburban Showdown @ RJ’s Bar & Grill, 83 Washington Street, Dover, NH, $8, 3pm, All Ages
Sunday, July 26, 2009 – CT PUNK FEST 2009: Disaster Strikes, Many More TBA @ El ‘N Gee Club, 86 Golden Street, New London, CT
Sunday, August 2, 2009 – Intifada, !Liberate!, Cold Shoulder,Mouth Sewn Shut, Disaster Strikes @ Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA, 6pm, All Ages
Friday, August 7, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, Long Drop, Stomped on Sight @ 217 S. Whitney Street, Hartford, CT, 7:00 p.m., $5
Saturday, August 8, 2009 – Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, USA Waste, Breadline, Interrogator, Life Moves On @ Keith Anderson Community Center, 8 Bennoch Rd., Orono, ME, 5:30 p.m., $4
Sunday, August 9, 2009 – Common Enemy (PA), The Bloodclots (Seattle) Disaster Strikes, Suburban Showdown (NH) @ Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain (Boston), MA, 3pm, All Ages
Friday, September 4, 2009 – Prevenge, Disaster Strikes @ Barfly, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
aturday, September 5, 2009 – Prevenge, Disaster Strikes @ Annie’s Bar & Grill, 372 Queen Street East, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sunday, September 6, 2009 – Prevenge, Disaster Strikes @ TBA, Canada
Monday, September 7, 2009 – Prevenge, Disaster Strikes @ TBA, Canada
For booking, e-mail jrstrikes(at)riseup.net
Click here for tour archive.
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CONTACT
Email: disasterstrikesemail(at)yahoo.com
Myspace: myspace.com/disasterstrikes
Label: www.alternativetentacles.com
MUSIC
Click to play: "All for Nothing" by Disaster Strikes
UPDATES
6.3.09 - Midwest tour dates are finalized! New show added in St. Paul plus St. Louis venue confirmed! Had a blast in Connecticut last weekend with 26 Beers, Tough Luck, and Havnotz. Thanks to all at the Whitney House, Joaquin, and Deadlocked Shows.
5.20.09 - We will be returning to the studio on June 7 at Galaxy Park to record new songs before starting our Midwest tour with In Defence on June 19 in Chicago, IL!
5.09.09 - MAXIMUM ROCK 'N ROLLREVIEW
Disaster Strikes – “The Interrogation Sessions” EP
”. . .I was hooked from the first song. Awesome, catchy hardcore with a mixture of heavy and melodic parts, this record reminds me a lot of recent PROPAGANDHI, which in my book is a huge compliment – it just doesn’t get better than Ptemptkin City Limits. Lyrics deal with corporate power, blind patriotism, and consumerism, all from a left perspective. One of the best releases on Alternative Tentacles in a while.” (VX) (Alternative Tentacles)
2.07.09 - West Coast Tour: One month and counting! Check out all the great shows we have scheduled for March '09 with bands like Resist, All or Nothing HC, and more! See you soon!
1.17.09 - We apologize to everyone for not being able to make it to our scheduled shows in Wallingford, CT and Doylestown, PA last weekend. Due to a blizzard, the driving was impassable and the Connecticut show was canceled. The Pennsylvania show still happened but we weren't able to drive down from Massachusetts due to the weather. We hope to make it back to both of these cities soon!
No Sweat provides 100% union-made clothing and other goods. Based in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Boston, No Sweat sponsored a recent Disaster Strikes tour in 2007, and relies primarily on internet sales for distribution.
Disaster Strikes is now a No Sweat affiliate.
If you purchase anything from their
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ABOUT DISASTER STRIKES
“Disaster Strikes = Municiple Waste + Dead Kennedys + I Object. Liberty Toast is pissed-off, politically-charged and, overall, ***** awesome! I suppose one good effect of the George W. Bush presidency is that a lot of great music is being created (much like during the Reagan era) as a reaction to his stupidity. If you like your punk punched full of politics without sounding preachy, this is a band for you.” - SLUG Zine
"Cross MDC with bands like Aus Rotten, React, and The Pist. Disaster Strikes crank out politically minded hardcore that draws from a variety of styles of the genre, from dual vocal delivery, Dead Kennedys-esque instrumentation on some songs, to Rollins style spoken/vocal delivery."
- RAZORCAKE Zine
"Imagine Black Flag, Fugazi and DRI in a political science class, and the Massachusetts-based punk/hardcore quintet DISASTER STRIKES, the bastard child of such a concoction, is born… Songs that hit such topics as workers' rights, misappropriation of funds and a general contempt for the government are all here. And the music, chaotic in a Suicidal Tendencies kind of way at times and paying much homage to the early crossover sounds of punk and hardcore, hits just as hard as an elbow to the jaw." - TOO MUCH Zine
"Truthful, politically charged punk and hardcore inspired by the likes of Echonochrist, DRI, Aus Rotten and Crass. Guest appearance by Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys)!!"
- SmartPunk
"With a classic political punkcore sound not unlike Aus Rotten or The Unseen, Disaster Strikes has put out a powerful, raw and straining record with more integrity than is usually expected. With guest performances by the great Jello "I Own The Label" Biafra and DJ Molotov and production by Today is the Day Frontman Steve Austin, this is a teeth-on-the-curb, awareness-pushing record with some surprisingly catchy guitar hooks and empowering breakdowns."
- Origivation
"Man, I love the lyrics to this album. Every song contains essential messages that need to be heard more now than ever. Hell, these lyrics should be taught in American public schools as opposed to the naïve moral, economic, and military superiority that is all students get these days, as addressed in "No Chance." Naturally, Disaster Strikes tackles the major Alternative Tentacles issues, like the reality of Wal-Mart jobs, the lack of thought heading into Iraq, a call for union and general strike, pose-for-something-but-do-nothing Bono musician/celebrities, and general public disingenuousness and stereotyping, bolstered by an adaptation of Langston Hughes' poem "Ballad Of Skinner Boy" and the United Mine Workers' Constitution... Compared to what the Warped tour passes off as punk these days, Disaster Strikes is fucking legendary."
- Tiny Mix Tapes
"On listening to this offer I would say it leans more towards hardcore but what the fuck punk is hardcore, hardcore is oi. Liberty Toast is brutal, very hard full of noise annoys stuff ie in your face, but excellent riffs and very up my street. Track 4 'Mission Accomplished' is the stand out with the very legend of punk Jello Biafra making himself heard! Make no bones about it there are 11 tracks of hard hitting music is served up on a plate to you, just add English tea and sugar to serve up a very distinguished bland. The politics of the band are quite apparent throughout the tracks, but of course politics are only one part of the equation- having a heart in what you believe in does sing loud. The influences of Crass, Subhumans, Black Flag, Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys leads to an excellent cd."
- Punk & Oi In the UK
"It's like something TSOL or the Dead Kennedys would've done. It seems like a good sign since - thanks/no thanks to Blink-182-punk rock has been about girls"
- Philadelphia Weekly
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