UPCOMING EVENTS

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Saturday, May 10, 2008 – The Banner, Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, Signs of Hope, The Pseudo Superheroes, Phantoms, Eat and Run @ Point Beach Club House, 204 Melba Street, Milford, CT, All Ages 6:00 p.m., $10

Sunday, May 18, 2008 – Disaster Strikes, Blastmat, Weapons Grade, Refuse Resist, Sex Offenders @ The Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA, All Ages, 3:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 29, 2008 - Mouth Sewn Shut, Instant Asshole (with JOHN THE BAKER), Disaster Strikes @ O'briens Pub, 3 Harvard Ave., Allston, MA, 21+, 8:00 p.m.

Friday, June 20, 2008 - Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, Reactor Radio @ The Sidebar Tavern, 218 E. Lexington Street, Baltimore, MD, All Ages

Saturday, June 21, 2008 - Common Enemy, Disaster Strikes, The Gloominous Doom, Big Green Limousine, Five Minute Freakshow, Demon Fetal Harvest @ Bernville Grange, 27 Shartlesville Road, Bernville, PA, All Ages (Memorial benefit for friend of Gloom Doom who recently passed away)

Thursday, July 24, 2008 – Dirty South Revoluitionaries (Charlotte, NC), Disaster Strikes, The Shotdowns @ The Midway Café, 3496 Washington Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

2008 WEST COAST + GREAT LAKES TOUR

Fri, Aug 29 – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Sat, Aug 30 – San Diego, CA @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Sun, Aug 31 – Phoenix, AZ @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Mon, Sep 1 – Flagstaff, AZ @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Tue, Sep 2 – Las Vegas, NV @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Wed, Sep 3 – Bakersfield, CA @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Thu, Sep 4 – Santa Cruz, CA @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Fri, Sep 5 – Berkeley, CA @ TBA
w/ Naked Aggression

Sat, Sep 6 – Chico, CA @ TBA
Sun, Sep 7 – Medford, OR @ TBA
Mon, Sep 8 – Portland, OR @ TBA
Tue, Sep 9 – Seattle, WA @ TBA
Wed, Sep 10 – DRIVE
Thu, Sep 11 – Minneapolis, MN @ TBA
Fri, Sep 12 – Chicago, IL @ TBA
Sat, Sep 13 – Grand Rapids, MI @ TBA
Sun, Sep 14 – Rochester, NY @ TBA

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Disaster Strikes is now a No Sweat affiliate.
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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

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.