CHISINGWEILO COLORING BOOK

im not dead.....

2009-06-18T15:35:00.000-07:00

havent posted in ages so dont know if ive still got readers, but will get around to it soon........

THE ORIGIN OF COBRA COMANDER

2009-03-11T04:41:00.000-07:00

PART 1

PART 2

didnt spend much time coloring this, wanna put my time into the coloring project proper, im about half way through the storm shadow origin so i gotta get my arse in gear & get back on schedule!

CANNON FODDER PART 2

2009-03-11T03:45:00.000-07:00

OLD DUDE!

2009-02-19T21:48:00.000-08:00

Really like this box, this is from page 2.
All the colours are dull looking on here, the originals look brighter/better!

TO THE DEATH!

2009-02-17T08:02:00.000-08:00

Box from page 3:

COBRA COMMANDER, the "true" story!

2009-02-15T20:41:00.000-08:00

Any of you who dont know the story behind the Action Force Comics arent going to get this.... but i threw it together last night & it's funny if ya do get get it so im posting it!

this isnt my artwork, it is just made from various boxes from an issue of battle action force called "operation claymore"
that i have posted together to make the story i wanted then new dialogue was added!
think im gonna do these on a regular basis, but will probably be based around everyday situation. maybe one a week?

KUNG FU FIGHTING!

2009-02-15T09:24:00.000-08:00

Love this box, talk about a cliff hanger ending!

AND SO IT BEGINS.....

2009-02-14T19:48:00.000-08:00

STORM SHADOW DECLASSIFIED
Im not going to be posting many full pages, but had to put this up!
Enjoy + please leave comments.

(heres a pic showing before & after, pretty straight forward!)

coloring books!

2009-02-14T19:30:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I've been absent for a while, to be honest I just didnt really have anything to say!
Have decided to start up again..... posting pics from the comics I am coloring!
Basically, through research into figures i was thinking of customising, I discovered a website called WWW.BLOODFORTHEBARON.COM (the website is not fully up @ the moment, but you can check out the forums)

I got talking to the guy who runs it & found out about this awesome project, check it out HERE!

Also, check out the jamar miller's deviant art page, he's the other half of the brains behind this project:

Anyway, to cut a long story short the comic is called "BATTLE ACTION FORCE" & it was the UK version of G.I. JOE.
It was released over 20 years ago & was in black & white (except covers) & I'm working on coloring some of the story lines.
Im currently working on the "Origins Of Storm Shadow" (Cobra Ninja) story, & loving every pixel of it!
I've got two more stories already lined up (& probably a lot more after them) to be honest Im going to gutted when it's finished!

This blog is now going to dedicated to my work for this project + any Action Force/G.I. Joe customs i get done.

I will try to post a pic everyday, but Im not going to post the whole comic, if you are interested you will have to buy it when it gets released. (I will post details about future releases when i get them)

Enjoy, & please leave comments!

finished PUNISHER figure!

2008-08-17T10:58:00.000-07:00

ok, more pics + details:
removed & filed down the teeth from the skull on his chest, repainted chest, his face, added blood splatter
captain america style boots, belt + gloves, filed down pouches on hips & replaced with gun + holster on right hip, pouch on left (both from wolverine figure)
double barrel shotgun with holster attached to backpack (from another marvel figure, not sure which)
backpack made from pouches & straps for 1:6 figure webbing, with fully functioning plastic clips, can hold his night vision goggles (also from wolverine) & the side pocket holds his knives! straps have shells for his shotgun attached.

im hoping to get hold of a gambit figure next week, so i will also have a long coat for him too.

the original figure:

custom punisher figure!

2008-08-16T10:20:00.000-07:00

ok, i'll go into more detail soon, this is a bit of a rushed post! new paint job, new gloves/boots, filed down the teeth on the skull, made custom back pack from gi joe accessories.

ok, here is how it originally looked, minus the side pockets that i had already filed off by the time i took this pic:

Return of "BLACK REIGN"

2008-07-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

BLACK REIGN is a 2 piece ambient/drone project (me + arthur Arqueilo Urquiola from atv news/rat alley/sedlec)
been on hiatus for nearly a year but think it's time to get things going again. a split with DECAY (terence-discombobulated, eugene-sedlec/dying process) could be on the horizone + we have a couple of old tracks we may do something with & i will be sorting out some new material.
some artwork i've been working on:

ok, had to put it on it's side! click the one below if you wanna have a bigger view.

ME (by me)

2008-07-26T07:34:00.000-07:00

CHICO!

2008-07-22T03:54:00.000-07:00

Finally finished my Chico portrait! for those of you that dont know, Chico was an incredibly cute chihuahua puppy we fosterd who unfortunatly died of parvo virus when he was just a 3 months. he originally came from a pet shop & when he was ill his owners couldnt be f@#ked to look after him. another victim of the hideous conditions that animals get put through here, if he had had proper vaccinations early on he would have been ok. why the hong kong government allow this to go on i dont know, we live in a society where lift buttons are wipped down evry 2 hours & yet tattoo studios have no hygiene regulations (find a studio with a sink in it's work area) & animal cruelty is a-ok.
anyways, been working on this on & off for a while & decided it was time to finish it! im kinda happy with him, let me know what you think!

BUSY BUSY BUSY!

2008-07-12T04:26:00.000-07:00

Hello to anyone who actually reads this (i know there's a few of ya')
it's been a busy couple of weeks, the studio (star crossed tattoo for those of ya that dont know!) is super booked up, to be honest everyday is pretty much overbooked! (none of this "im booked up for two months" but then only do 2 or 3 hours work a day crap that you here from some "famous" studios who spend most of their time on their asses!) Julia is working solid 6 days a week!
anywho, is could be a long one, might be a bit of ranting (you have been warned!)

First up........ MORE COMIC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After the new "Red Hulk" storyline being so good, i have recently gone back & read "Planet Hulk" which is even better!
visually it's incredible & so is the story, im not going to give anything away, JUST READ IT!
so far im through the first book, planet hulk, now im moving on to World War Hulk & World War Hulk:Frontline.

Pic from Planet Hulk (Incredible Hulk #96)

I mentioned a couple of comic shops in my last post, here are their details:

Causeway Bay Centre, 15-23 Sugar Street, Causeway Bay.
"METRO COMICS" shop 112
"CLARKS COMICS" shop B7

Ok, second up........ SKIN & INKS EXHIBITION.

im not gonna go too into detail, 'coz it's all in Julia's blog so just check out: http://monkeysandink.blogspot.com/
the exhibition went really well, the closing party was great! Julia tattooed live & most of our friends turned up to support us!
we basically had our own area which i was really militant about, so if i wouldnt let you in im sorry, i didnt want our area to turn into a circus like the studio working next to us. Julia did a sweet anchor design on Danny, see the pics below.

one of Julia's canvasses sold @ auction for $11000, to a guy that spoke to us at the opening party who said his budget was $10000, so were really glad he got it! pic below.....

RED HULK!

2008-06-24T23:05:00.000-07:00

just discovered a couple of awesome comic shops in hong kong! i was under the impression that they didnt exist here since the one in the SINO CENTRE turned into nothing more than a toy shop!
METRO COMICS & CLARKS COMICS are in CAUSEWAY BAY SHOPPING CENTRE on sugar street (i'll go into more detail with my next post!)
anyway.... as the title of this post would suggest, this is about the new RED HULK!
for those of you that dont know, over the years the hulk has a few personas & the newest is "THE RED HULK!" i dont want to give too much away, but BRUCE BANNER is locked in a secure underground bunker, so who the hell is RED HULK?!?!?!
issue 4 comes out tomorrow, so get your arses down to causeway bay & pick 'em up!

also worth checking out is WOLVERINE 66, which starts a new story entitled "OLD MAN LOGAN" which is set 50 years in the future. not a nice place!

X MEN!

2008-06-19T06:31:00.000-07:00

ok, so those of you who know me will be suprised to see me making this post!
i was convinced that the x men movies sucked, i only saw the end of the 1st one & didnt watch 2 or 3............. well last week we had a movie marathon & watched all 3 in a row & i FUCKING LOVED THEM!
so anyway, did a bit of research today regarding the WOLVERINE movie & it looks like it's going to be awesome! basically explains wolverines past, shows him during WW2 & the vietnam war + his involvement in the ominous WEAPON X project.
cast:
Hugh Jackman (Wolverine),
Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth),
Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool),
Taylor Kitsch (Gambit),
Will.i.am (Kestrel),
Danny Huston (William Stryker),
Dominic Monaghan (Barnell)
Lynn Collins (Silver Fox)
Daniel Henney (Agent Zero)
Kodi Smit-McPhee (Young Logan)

planned release date is May 1st, 2009.

Hugh Jackman as LOGAN/WOLVERINE during filming for a vietnam scene.

Liev Schreiber as SABRETOOTH

NEW TATTOO MACHINES

2008-05-28T12:40:00.000-07:00

ok, so ive just completed 2 more tattoo machines.

hand made brass jonesy frame with aged black patina finish, hand wound cloth wrapped coils with "candy apple" finish, antique chinese coin shelf washer, 1948 hong kong 5 cent coin contact screw, brass binding posts.

oil blackened iron bulldog frame with red paint, twin cloth wrapped hand wound coils, brass binding posts, custome budhist swastica contact screw.

CONTROL

2008-05-28T10:50:00.000-07:00

just watched "control" a film by anton corbijn about the life/death of joy division vocalist ian curtis.
formed in 1976, they pionered the post/punk sound of the late 70's.
for those of you who dont know, joy division later became new order.
although they were only around for 4 years, they were an incredibly important & influential uk band, as new order were also to become in their own right.
joy division & new order are two of my favourite bands of all time.
below is the trailer for the film, their 1st tv appearanve, 2 live tracks & the video for "love will tear us apart" as well as john fruscianti's acoustic cover of "new dawn fades" & new order performing "atmosphere"
enjoy, & if you dont already own any joy division, go buy some!
hk records has an awesome double vinyl.

control trailer

"shadow play" live on granada tv, 1st tv appearance

"transmission" live 1979

"she's lost control" live

"love will tear us apart" video

"new dawn fades" cover by john fruscianti

"atmosphere" new order (originaly recorded as new order)

2008-05-25T15:00:00.000-07:00

ok, havent made a post for a few days, so thought i'd say something!
ive been working on a couple of tattoo machine re-builds, (i will post pics when they are finished) julia & i finished our canvases for the "skin & ink" show, & we went to see the ne indiana jones movie, which is awesome!

MORE RAT ALLEY!

2008-05-16T06:39:00.000-07:00

Ok, so had a RAT ALLEY practise today & we have 5 new songs, 4 with vocals (one of them only has 3 lines!) & 1 that still needs some words.
below is video for "LIVEFASTDIE" which is kinda stupid, but we enjoy it!

SPOILT HK BANDS!

2008-05-16T06:29:00.000-07:00

wow, just re-watched the Converge "long road home" video, & i realised most of the venues are like school halls! the pa's are not amazing, & yet anything less than perfection doesnt seem to be good enough for a lot of local hk bands.
then again, Converge have a true punk/hardcore attitude, these guys just wanna bust their asses playing as many shows as possible.
im glad a small punk scene is starting to show up in hk, oi! squad, defiant scum & my band (rat alley) will be playing more shows soon, & we will put on a good show with whatever we got!
if i could afford to i would be putting on shows everyweek, but with the cost of kit i cant, this could be one of the many things holding hk back, coz lets face it for a city like hk, the music scene is weak.

SCT Records.....

2008-05-02T06:03:00.000-07:00

ok, so i just posted this pic on my other blog, but i thought i'd put it here too!
just had the new sct designs printed, mock up's of the 10" vinyl that i will hopefully (fingers crossed!) end up getting pressed! this is basically the format i would like all SCT releases to eventually be.

IRON MAN!

2008-05-01T04:30:00.000-07:00

so, there is finally a GOOD Marvel movie!
saw iron man last night & it was awesome! didnt like x-men, hated spiderman (how is it possible to ruin spiderman?)
anyway, final some one has got it right. directed by JON FAVREAU (from one of my all-time favourite films swingers) has done an awesome job & Robert Downey jnr was great as Tony Stark

ANTHRAX!

2008-04-29T02:59:00.000-07:00

Chris (Flahaven) copied a load of cd's for me, including the entire Anthrax back catalogue, & i'd forgotten how much i love them!
been rockin the early stuff non stop.

NEW MELVINS ALBUM!

2008-04-23T23:48:00.000-07:00

it's called "nude with boots" & thought i'd hunt for it on the off chance it had been leaked...... & it had!
The band still includes founding member King Buzzo and Dale Crover, and they still have the Big Business guys Jared Warren and Coady Willis playing with them. didnt grab me by the balls like "(a) senile animal" (their last album, 2006) but it's really growing on me! some nice 70's rock moments, as well as some epic stuff & some typical melvins noise! due for release July 8th.
it will be their 24th anniversary this year, & they will be releasing lots of viny + a dvd so it's looking busy!

MIGHTY TWO HEADED DP WARRIOR!

2008-04-22T17:25:00.000-07:00

ha ha, this is something i knocked together for DP! been working on a few designs with Julia for DP shirt designs & decided i'd do this too! should post the shirt designs soon, just wanna get the final go ahead from DP.

CHIHUAHUA SMACK!

2008-04-20T16:36:00.000-07:00

ok, so one of my chihuahua's (BUSTER) goes absolutely nuts everytime i have gummy bears!

MILO was not impressed!

VICTIMS

2008-04-20T15:39:00.000-07:00

always excited when i discover something that blows me away, & VICTIMS did just that!
they are from sweeden, check them out:
www.myspace.com/victims

JAWS!

2008-04-18T21:27:00.002-07:00

shark that Julia painted for me to use for our/DP's birthday party, dont really know why im posting it, i just really like it!

hey flahaven, there are a few posts up now, you bitching about me not putting anything up has really helped motivate me!

TAD, BUSTED CURCUITS AND RINGING EARS

2008-04-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

EVERYBODY NEEDS TO GO BUY THIS DVD!
TAD were one of the best bands to come out of the whole sub pop seatle scene in the late 80's/early 90's & along with the MELVINS are my personal favourites.
i just happend to see this in hong kong records & was amazed, this was the last thing i expected to find ANYWHERE in hk!

anyways, this got me thinking & i thought i'd just do a quick revue of what im listening to @ the moment, as im pretty sure a lot of you wont have heard of some/all of these bands & you should 'coz they are f*#king awesome!
quite a few of these bands (most of them!) are from louisville, seems to be a lot of shit hot bands from around there right now!

COLISEUM - these guys fuckin rule, probably one of my all time favourite bands!

PUSHER - unfortunatly these guys have split up, before their album has even been properly released! features members of breather resist, lords & coliseum.

BLACK CROSS - featuring members of coliseum, pusher, young widows, ex-national acrobat, ex-by the grace of god

LORDS - another one of my all time favourites, think black flag meets the melvins (could that be anymore perfect?!)

PRIDE SWALLOWER - awesome kinda 90's noise grunge, but now!

BLACK FLAG - ok, so im guessing most of you will know these guys, even if only by name! rollins is the man!

THE MELVINS - buzz is a fucking genius, totally insane but a fucking genius!

BAD BRAINS - fuck minor threat, these guys were where it was @! so wish i could have seen them back in the day.

TAD - check these guys out, doomed from the start, these guys had the worst luck but made powerfull music!

STAR CROSSED 2nd BIRTHDAY + DP's 1st BIRTHDAY!

2008-04-18T17:07:00.000-07:00

it's been a while since my last post, so i decided to get my arse in gear!
i can finally announce that on the Saturday 10th May i will be organising a gig @ Sammi Kitchen, this does not mean i wont be working on Pier Pressure anymore, im just going to be doing some smaller gigs @ this venue.
anyways, it just so happens that this falls around about the time of Star Crossed Tattoo's 2nd birthday, + DP's 1st birthday so we are combining the 2 & it's going to be one hell of a party!
the support is yet to be announced, but i can tell you that Epiphone Guitars will be donating a customised bass to be given away as a "birthday present" to one lucky party go'er & Star Crossed will be giving away some tattoo vouchers.
i will post the flyer + more details asap!

Sammi Kitchen,
G/f 137-138
San Toi Building
Connaught Road
Sheung Wan

THE DANGERS OF PAIN KILLERS!

2008-04-05T05:25:00.000-07:00

so yesterday was interesting, having problems with my ankle (hurts like fuck, cant put weight on it, long story!) so i decide it's a good idea to use the pain killers julia was prescribed a while ago......... max dosage is 12 a day & i took about 16 in like 6 hours. resulted in me passing out for like an hour, then wandering into the kitchen & collapsing then passing out again.
remember kids, DONT DO DRUGS!

by the way, heres a vid of rat alley from pier pressure last weekend, + some sedlec, discombobulation & from this day.

rat alley

sedlec

discombobulation part 1

discombobulation part 2

from this day (last song + encore)

EAT MORE BEEF!

2008-04-02T03:24:00.000-07:00

ok, so im basically getting sick & tired of seeing "vegan for life" & "100% vegan" tattoos in magazines (got no problem with vegans, but what does a tattoo proove? dont brag about being vegan!) so for my birthday i got this! EAT MORE BEEF!

DISCOMBOBULATION ARTWORK, MORE IDEAS!

2008-04-01T23:05:00.000-07:00

still working on sleeve design for the discombobulation ep! these are just a few ideas, they felt the "buffalo hunters" design i did didnt fully represent them as a band, just one of their songs.

"leviathan" design

"shotgun suicide" design

"valley of dry bones" design

"goat" design

"bird carcass" design

"steer skulls" design

"four beasts" design

STAR CROSSED & LLNR METAL & PUNK FEST 2008

2008-03-31T05:35:00.000-07:00

PIER PRESSURE SUCCESS!
I started off the day pretty useless, got kinda drunk the night before with From This Day @ Amazonia (will make another post later about this!) so i turned up 2 hours late!

1st up, 2 piece SEDLEC playing their unique brand of murder-core.

RAT ALLEY's 1st gig, with bob (squawk) & fred (from this day) helping out!

THE SQUAWK are hong kong's only old school punk hard core band.

DISCOMBOBULATION didnt disappoint, with their heaviest set yet! Arthur helped out with
some insane feed back.

(more pics & shit to come, i gotta go now!)

OK, THIS REALLY IS THE FINAL ARTWORK!

2008-03-28T05:50:00.000-07:00

FINAL RAT ALLEY ARTWORK!

2008-03-26T15:41:00.000-07:00

ok, so arthur has finished mixing it & ive just finished the artwork!
let me know what you think people!

we will be giving a few away on saturday night.

HOLD FAST

2008-03-25T21:34:00.000-07:00

birthday tattoo!

thanks ju ju!

FROM THIS DAY!

2008-03-24T08:34:00.000-07:00

Live Life, No Rules™ & Pier Pressure Presents :

From This Day (US metal) cn tour 2008 @ HK Pier Pressure

PIER PRESSURE (formerly lkf live)

Ecard : http://llnr. biz/special/ftd2008

Date : 29th March, 2008 (Sat)
Time : 7:00pm start
Venue : Central Ferry Pier 4, (Lamma Ferry) / 中環 4 號碼頭
Bands :
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From This Day (come from 美國 US Metal) - http://www. myspace. com/fromthisday
Bereavement - http://www. myspace. com/bereavementhk
Shepherds The Weak - http://www. myspace. com/shepherdstheweak
Hermetic Silence - http://www. myspace. com/hermeticsilence
Discombobulation - http://www. myspace. com/discombobulationhk
The Squawk - http://www. myspace. com/thesquawk
SEDLEC - http://www. myspace. com/sedlec
=============================================================
Tickets :
$120 Advance
$180 open bar

Tickets available from Star Crossed Tattoo
www. starcrossedtattoo. com

新增售票地點
band tee shop - 銅鑼灣波斯富街64號 3/F (近時代廣場電車路,上三層寫著4樓的)
電話 23377444 / 63356366

RAT ALLEY PROGRESS!

2008-03-23T16:53:00.000-07:00

finished the demo, but decided to record an extra track! it's not really gonna be a rat alley track as such, it's just a fuck around.

will give a few cd's away @ our 1st gig on saturday!

PAINTING AGAIN!

2008-03-23T14:17:00.000-07:00

Finally putting brush to canvas again! It's been a while & this is one ive been dying to do. A few of you may remember Chico, well im painting him! He was such a cute little critter.
Will keep you posted on progress, it's kinda slow coz im doing it @ the shop so I have to keep stopping for customers!

WATCH THIS VIDEO!

2008-03-20T22:21:00.000-07:00

this a whole set from hugely influencial band BUZZOV*EN, from 1994. these guys were close on the heals of eyehategod & kick started the sludge scene, without these guys there would be no rat alley!

Watch & enjoy, or hate it, i dont care just check it out & let me know what you think!

this is a video of their last show (1998) but the quality is not as good.

DEALING WITH PETTY FUCKING BULLSHIT!

2008-03-18T22:42:00.000-07:00

im am sick to death of hK right now! i have just been informed (once again) that everyone in the LoCal music "scene" hates me! well you know what? fucK the LoCal scene! if you guys wanna play music, thats cool but if all certain people are worried about is looking fucKing cooL & fitting into a niCe genre (thats what you are trying to do with your "scene") then i dont have fucking time for you anyway!
all im doing is trying to provide venues for people to play @, even my studio was used @one point! im helping local bands with artwork, finding them studio time, plenty of people seem to appreciate it but apparently im hated.
im not gonna start moaning on line about history, or giving people guilt trips, or make comments about money etc, all im going to say is this:
IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH ME, GO SCREW YOURSELF! I REALLY COULDNT GIVE 2 SHITS, IM ANGRY BECAUSE ALL IM REALLY GUILTY OF IS BEING WHITE & A FEW PEOPLE NEVER GAVE ME A CHANCE BECAUSE THEY ASSUMED I WAS A PART TIME SUIT & WAS HERE TO SCREW THE LOCALS. ISNT THAT RACISM? ALL THESE BANDS YOU ASPIRE TO RIP OFF & COPY ARE WHITE, ARENT THEY?
MY WIFE WAS BORN HERE, SO FUCK YOU I'VE AS MUCH RIGHT TO BE HERE AS YOU!

p.s. this message is only aimed @ a certain few, (you know who you are) & is not meant to cause offence to hk's hardworking honest bands & musicians who i have the utmost respect for!

THROAT TATTOO!

2008-03-17T04:31:00.000-07:00

Julia tattooed my throat on thursday (13th march) & it hurt like a bitch, not the nicest of places!
really really happy with it, been thinking about it for a while now so was good to finally get it.
had 4 hour rat alley practise the next day & totally lost my voice, am constantly being asked if the tattoo is the reason so for those of you who havent asked yet, NO!

IVE LOST MY VOICE! (14th March)

2008-03-15T22:38:00.000-07:00

4 hour practise with rat alley was a bad idea, ive totally fucked my voice.

we did get some recording done, which was cool + weve nailed a few songs ready for the 29th!
check out myspace.com/hkratalley to hear our demo.

HAPPY ENDING

BALLAD OF HASTINGS

FRAT ALLEY

Disgraceful vandalism.......

2008-03-12T15:10:00.000-07:00

keep an eye out for these stickers around hong kong, i just want to take this oportunity to say that i have nothing to do with this & wouldnt condone such behavior........................
is handy that it gets me more views tho!

EYEHATEGOD (awesome live set!)

2008-03-12T14:37:00.000-07:00

Ok, for those of you that dont know eyehategod are an awesome NOLA band, who are pretty much credited for creating sludge metal (kinda heavy doom) & happen to be one of my favourite bands.
anyways, i just found this link to an awesome live set recorded last year, so check it out!

http://lucidmedia.blogspot.com/2007/09/eyehategod-live-9-14-2007-nola.html

set:
1 Dixie Whiskey
2 Blank
3 Blood Money
4 Masters of Legalized Confusion
5 Man is too Ignorant to Exist
6 White black
7 $30 Bag
8 Pigs
9 Serving Time in the Middle of Nowhere
10 Story of the Eye
11 Left to Starve
12 Turn Troubled Tables
13 Depress
14 Lack of ALmost Everything
15 Sister Fucker pt1
16 Children of God
17 new song
18 Revolution/Revalation
19 Peace Thru War

you should also try to track down mike williams (vocalist) "Cancer As A Social Activity" book, which has poems & lyrics & will truely fuck with your head!
mike williams is currently vocalist in arson anthem, phil anselmo's new band.

RAT ALLEY!

2008-03-08T21:17:00.000-08:00

Rat Alley had our 1st official practise yesterday & things went better than expected!
we got 2 tracks all sorted (rat anthem, hipster holocauste) & 2 more that need a little work (ballad of hastings, frat alley) so im pretty sure we WILL be playing @ Pier Pressure on the 29th.

Who is x24?

2008-03-07T19:06:00.000-08:00

so, who are you? how come you are a member but have no postings?
you are the only person who has ever left me a comment, people just normaly tell me directly about this, its nice to have a comment!
im all curious now! com check out Discombobulation on the 29th @ pier pressure.

Dakin's pirate monkey!

2008-03-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

Dakin came in to star crossed the other day & Julia tattooed the pirate monkey she designed for him on his back.
fucking awesome tattoo, Dakin took it like a man!

Aint she cute?

ARGHHHHHH! This shit is hard work!!!!!

2008-03-07T13:07:00.000-08:00

Ok, so it's all go for From This Day @ Pier Pressure on the 29th!
it's been a struggle, still seems to be a few people that seem to want to see pier pressure fail but hey, im not gonna get all bitter about it & give up! those of you out there who support me make it all worth while, so thanks! HK is a weird place, all the people who bitch about not getting a chance to play & that people dont support "the scene" (by the way, i hate that term!) are the ones who seem to go out of their way to screw things up! if i was in this for the money i would have said "screw you!" a long time ago, but im gonna keep doing it as long as i enjoy it. Thanks to my beautiful wife Julia for all your support, you keep me sane & without you i'd have given up by now!

i just wanna say thanks to corey tam & zane stroud (this music studio) for all their help with pier pressure, i love you guys!

Corey Tam

Zane Stroud

Hungry Ghosts / David Bowie Knives @ The Wanch 10th April 2008

2008-03-06T04:09:00.000-08:00

Danny O'Connor started the night off with a nice accoustic set

At last, the return of the David Bowie Knives! these guys have been away for a while now, but they are back on full steam with a new line up.

1st gig since Pier Pressure New Years eve for Hungry Ghosts, & new drummer Mike Jack fits perfectly, complementing the overall sound of the Ghosts! this was only his 2nd show but they sounded great, the Pier Pressure show on the 15th should be awesome!

El Destroyo @ the Wanch / Icebox @ Amazonia, Friday 29th

2008-03-02T04:08:00.000-08:00

Started off te night @ the Wanch, to see El Destroyo who played a sterling set of old favourites + a few new tunes!
as always both the music & performance were top notch, with the addition of a vocalist! thats right folks, his name excapes me but he's in the pics & he fitted in really well.
if you havent seen these guys yet, check em out @ Pier Pressure on the 15th.

By this point Dakin was already starting to look a little bit worse for wear!

Next up was Dont Panic! with the legendary John Prymer @ the helm.

Myself, Julia, Dakin & our friend Christean ended the night @ Amazonia!
Things got a bit messy for Dakin, who blames the harvey wall bangers! Amazing set from house band Icebox, who as always played some of our favourite songs, highlights being "i wanna be sedated" "L.A. woman" "paranoid" " higway star" & "sweet home alabama" topped of a perfect night!

This was probably about the end of the night for Dakin!

Julia singing Sublime with Spike.

To be honest, by this point i think i'd probably passed my limit!
notice the glass missing from my grip?

This ended up being the 1st of 4 nights in a row for us @ Amazonia!
ROCK ON!

Art work for Discombobulation, 1st draft.

2008-02-25T01:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, so I have no idea if this is gonna get approved but I love it so I thought I'd post it!
Buffalo Hunter was the 1st track recorded, so I just came up with the idea & went with it.
It's kinda small so you cant make out the dot-tone, but it looks sweet full size!
So far the back only has "Buffalo Hunter" on it, 'coz I dont know the full track list yet.

& here is the shirt design!

In the studio with DISCOMBOBULATION

2008-02-24T20:08:00.001-08:00

Discombobulation are FINALLY making some good quality recordings!
They recorded a cd for SCT (my label) last year, but Arthur recorded it & it was almost unlistenable. This time Corey Tam is @ the helm & it is being recorded @ This Music Studio. Things are going really well, It's being recorded live & Corey has done an awesome job of mic'ing everything up, just like he always does @ Pier Pressure & it should really show their full potential.
It's going to be a 4 track ep, Im about to start work on the artwork!
Hopefully everything will be ready for Pier Pressure on the 29th March, they will be supporting From This Day, along with Sedlec, The Squawk, Shepherds The Weak, King Ly Chee.
If anyone is thinking of recording anytime soon, you should get in touch with Corey! I'll post some details for the studio soon.

Wedding Anniversary/Pier Pressure!

2008-02-24T13:02:00.000-08:00

Ok, so im FINALLY going to get around to making usefull posts.............
yesterday (24th) was my 2nd wedding anniversary & my lovely wife Julia & i went for dinner, the day before was PIER PRESSURE! I didnt actually have the reigns for this one, as Riz was in charge. The line up was AWESOME! First up was Protos, then "The Lovesong" who played a superb set of new songs + old favourites including eastern moments which they dedicated to Julia & I for our anniversary.

Next up was "King Ly Chee" who as always played a solid set, with Mike from Shepherds The weak filling in on drums.

"Shepherds The Weak" came on in fourth place, these guys just keep getting better & better! If you live in Hong Kong & havent seen these guys live, you need to get your arse in gear, if you are abroad then you need to hunt them down on myspace & book them to come over to where you do live, coz like all the bands that played tonight they can easily rival anything coming out of Europe or the States!

Headlining tonight was "Piledriver" who where visiting from the Philippines, playing full-on New York style hardcore! They put on an awesome show & I hope they make it out this way again soon.

After the show I headed out to Wanchai to my favourite bar, AMAZONIA!
This place has the best house band in Hong Kong, they can play anything & make it sound as good as or better than the original! By this point i was pretty wasted, but Joe Hastings was in a far worse state as the pics below prove! we spent the next couple of hours singing along to The Ramones, Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Sublime etc.
Goods times were had by all!

RAT ALLEY!

2008-02-07T22:20:00.000-08:00

ok, so happy chinese new year!

lazy start, 2 days off work, went for an awesome chili @ some friends house on wednesday, rocked the night away on guitar hero 3! back to work today, short new year celebration for us.

so, im in the process of starting a band, me (going by the name SC) Caligula on guitar & 10:66 on drums. kinda old school hardcore/punk/grind/old school metal/stoner/doom/thrash/crust hybrid! were calling ourselves "Rat Alley" which feels like a good name for the year of the rat, the name came around during a drunken conversation between me & joe (10:66) on rat alley, lan kwai fong.

caligula & 10:66 have already jammed & things are looking good!

anyways, i gotta get to work!

2008-01-30T07:47:00.000-08:00

oh my god, what a miserable day! even wetter & colder than yesterday! anyways, didnt really do anything today, just watched a few episodes of the venture brothers, then was forced to sit through american idol.
started reading a new book, "house of leaves" which has kinda got me hooked!
busy day tomorrow, got mtv filming! hopefully be finished in time to go see sweeney todd.
didnt get my prototypes sorted, didnt get out of bed until 5pm.

NOISY NEIGHBOURS.............

2008-01-29T01:48:00.000-08:00

Shit day, wet cold & miserable, feels just like good old blighty!
not much to write really, got some stuff i have to finish the design work on today, hopefully i'll have it all done by tomorrow & i can start getting my prototypes made (sorry for being vague, but im trying to keep this anonymous!)
just finished reading alan moores "watchmen" today, & too be honest the ending is kind of a let down! was really enjoying it before today, but the last chunk just didnt do it for me, have now decided that it WONT make a good movie, but then what comic based story does? (ok, so sin city was good but it was basically written as a bloody movie story board!)
anyways, not got much to moan about today, still creeping around my own flat due to the guy who lives below complaining we "talk too loud & are out partying every night" he doesnt seem to realise that not everyone has the luxury of a 9-5 job (or would want one!) & if people are arriving home @ 1 or 2 am they must have been partying!
once ive got my prototype tattoo machine frames taken care of ive pretty much got a free day 2mrw, probably just take it easy, walk the dogs, maybe watch a movie, might try & do some painting................

"GO TO HELL FOREIGNERS!"

2008-01-28T05:15:00.000-08:00

Ok, so Im new to all this blog business!
I guess im just gonna generally moan about Hong Kong! Dont get me wrong, I love Hong Kong just not all of it's residents.
So, today on my way to work a local felt the need to shout "foreigner's go to hell" @ my wife & I.
My wife was born here, so is she really a foreigner? if someone is born in england, then regardless of race they are classed as english & yet here in Hong Kong she is regarded as a foreigner, would that not be found incredibly racist back in england?

Living in Hong Kong, i guess im pretty much a bit of an outcast! I dont wear a suit to work & I dont like football or rugby, apparently (i have been told by locals) this means im not really english! Im not patriotic, so comments like that dont bother me, even comments like "wow, you're really nice for a white person" dont bother me that much (hey, how many yuppie gweilo arseholes are there in HK!) but what pisses me off is people assuming that im just another gweilo trying to cash in on the local "scene".
This probably sounds like jumbled nonsense, but it will hopefully all start to make sense as i go along!