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FAULT Magazine

michele — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:19:30 +0000

FAULT Magazine Issue 9 features the American music industry’s best kept secret – Cobb Studio. In addition to speaking to studio founders Ryan Bernstein and Billy and Paul Nicgorski, FAULT also caught up with Kasabian’s Jay Mehler and BRMC’s Robert Levon Been about the benefits of recording at Cobb. Read the full interview exclusively in Issue 9 – available in print or in digital.

The feature is filled with previously unpublished shots of BRMC recording for ‘Howl’ and ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’, courtesy of Billy Nicgorski. We’re also proud to present Billy’s own video (created with 2,146 pictures) of the band recording and playing ‘Mama Taught me Better’ at an intimate local gig:

BRMC for FAULT Magazine from Linveco Media on Vimeo.

For more info or to purchase, visit Fault Magazine’s website.

Holiday Download – 2011

michele — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 20:10:27 +0000

Thank you to everyone for coming out to the shows and everything else this year.

We’re going to give you all a song called “The Absent.” Sorry it’s not a super happy song, we don’t mean to be downers.

Happy Whatever Day you like to call it. Peace, Love and all that stuff from us.

We’ll see you in 2012.

-BRMC-

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD “THE ABSENT”

Limited Edition Mexico/South America Tour Poster

michele — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:04:45 +0000

We’re doing a limited run of hand-screened and numbered poster prints using featuring some artwork from our recent run of dates in Mexico and South America. Only 100 are being made and we’ll be randomly signing 20 of them. The poster is available for pre-order now from our Web Store and will be shipping in January. Make sure to order yours before they’re gone.

Baby 81 and American X: The Baby 81 Sessions are also available on vinyl now with special editions only available through our site, along with a Collectors Bundle that includes both vinyls, an exclusive shirt and scratch mat.

What’s On Interviews

michele — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 03:16:33 +0000

Alice Inggs of What’s On recently interviewed BRMC during their trip to South Africa for Synergy. You can read the interviews in their entirety through the links below.

Interview with Peter and Robert

Interview with Leah

Synergy Reviews and Photos

michele — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:05:57 +0000

Bangers and Nash Review: http://www.bangersandnash.com/bangers/synergy-2011-bring-the-noise/

Don’t Sink, Swim Review: http://rickbosch.blogspot.com/2011/11/synergy-live-2011-done.html#!/2011/11/synergy-live-2011-done.html

BPM Life Review and Photos: http://bpmlife.co.za/featured/review-synergy-live-lmg-stage/

Dont Party Review: http://www.dontparty.co.za/2011/11/synergy-3-days-music-mayhem/

We-Are-Awesome Photos: http://www.we-are-awesome.com/nights/BRMC.html

Kyle Mijlof Photos: http://kylemijlof.blogspot.com/p/userskylemijlofdesktopfriday-night.html?spref=fb

Revolution Daily Photos: http://www.revolution-daily.com/synergy-live-2011-photo-journal/

Cyber Monday

michele — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:25:38 +0000

It’s Cyber Monday – so all items in our web store ship for free today (sorry, but it’s domestic orders only). So if you havent picked up the Baby 81/American X Vinyl or bundle now’s the time. Also, all accessories are still 25% today.

Interview with Leah

michele — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:41:23 +0000

EntertainmentAfrica recently interviewed Leah about the forthcoming Synergy Festival:
http://www.entertainmentafrica.co.za/index.php?section=article_id|51793||command|article||subcommand|news||release_type_id|2

The name Black Rebel Motorcycle Club doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But it perfectly describes the rough and ready trio’s down and dirty garage rock sound they’ve peddled since 2001.

Now they’re bringing that in-your-face power to South Africa’s Synergy Live festival.

“You never really know what to expect with a Black Rebel show,” says drummer Leah Shapiro on the line from Los Angeles. “It’s a festival so anything can happen but you’re going to get a good rock ‘n roll show,” she promises.

Her excitement is obvious.

“I’ve never been down there and I have absolutely no idea what to expect,” she continues. “I’m so blown away that we get to play music all over the world – we’ve been to China, we’re about to play in South America, so it is a head trip that this is really happening. It doesn’t feel real.”

It’s a feeling that echoes her call-up to the band three years ago – when drummer Nick Jago walked out weeks before a 2008 European tour, Peter Hayes and Robert Levon Been called up Shapiro. It was 1 April.

“I thought they were f***ing with me, but it turned out they weren’t,” laughs the drummer who has been playing since the age of 18.

“It’s a little nerve wracking walking into a situation like that because people who have been working together for that long have a way of doing things so you have to be very careful at the beginning to try and find out what the dynamics are,” she remembers.

“I tried not to think too much about the pressure and the stress because I knew I’d just end up psyching myself out and then you increase your odds of not doing so well. It’s better just to walk into a situation with nerves of steel.”

So within a month the former Raveonettes drummer had learned 30 BRMC songs and was ready to tour.

SWU Reviews and Photos

michele — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 13:18:42 +0000

Jessica Souza’s Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessicasouzzza/sets/72157628019245685/

Beatriz Castro’s Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trashandnostar/

Terra Review: http://musica.terra.com.br/festival-swu/2011/noticias/0,,OI5470340-EI18803,00-Black+Rebel+Motorcycle+Club+mostra+seu+rock+melodico+no+SWU.html

Rolling Stone Review and Photos: http://rollingstone.com.br/noticia/direto-ao-ponto-black-rebel-motorcycle-club-faz-otimo-show-no-swu/

Agencia Pre7 Review: http://www.agenciapre7.com.br/black-rebel-motorcycle-club-faz-show-cru-e-quase-sombrio.php

Maquinaria Festival Photos and Reviews

michele — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 13:10:13 +0000

Revisita Metronomo Photos and Review: http://www.revistametronomo.com/cat-eventos/2011/maquinaria-festival-dia-1/

Disorder.cl Magazine Photos and Review: http://www.disorder.cl/2011/11/12/cobertura-en-vivo-desde-maquinaria-2011/

Rockaxis Photos and Review: http://www.rockaxis.com/rock/review/black-rebel-motorcycle-club-/

Rocknvivo Photos: http://rocknvivo.com/2011/11/13/fotos-black-rebel-motorcycle-club/

Latinoamerica MSN Photos:

Sonar FM Chile’s Photos: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150449472865149.413414.119399985148&type=3

Fotorock Photos: http://www.fotorock.cl/en-vivo/maquinaria-festival-2011-dia-1/

emol Photos: http://www.emol.com/mundografico/index.asp?F_ID=1058911

Baby 81 LP and American X: The Baby 81 Sessions to be released on Vinyl for the First Time

michele — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:41:57 +0000

On Black Friday (November 25th, 2011) – both Baby 81 and American X: The Baby 81 Sessions will be available on vinyl for the first time ever both in stores and from the official web-store. There is no pre-order for this.

Baby 81 will be pressed on heavyweight vinyl and will come in a double gatefold package and will also have an alternate version of “Am I Only” as well as a remix of “666 Conducer.” It will be available on both clear vinyl and blue recycled vinyl (web-store only) and standard black vinyl (retail only).

American X: The Baby 81 sessions will be pressed on heavyweight vinyl in a single sleeve and will feature a remix of “Not What You Wanted”. The package will include a special poster insert featuring never before seen photos and complete lyrics to the release and will be pressed on a limited edition double sided picture disc (web-store only).

We will also have a limited edition collectors package available that includes both albums, a new t-shirt and a Skull & Pistons Logo scratch mat. The collectors package is exclusive to the official web-store.

We’re very excited to finally release both of these albums on vinyl and plan on re-issuing all the previous albums and b-sides sessions on vinyl over the course of the next year!