| 9-1-10 Albums, Shows, and Farewells Running a record label is a little strange. There are weeks when everyone is stressed and working like crazy.....and there are weeks when things are so slow we all end up playing Guitar Hero or day drinking at a dive bar. It seems like lately everyone has become a pro at Guitar Hero, and our bar tabs are pretty outrageous. That all changed this week. We have been preparing for the release of Chase Stain's new album, "The First Quarter", in stores 9/21/2010......as well as Numbers On Napkins new CD, "Borrachos, Chingasos Y Rucas", in stores 12/21/2010. In addition to the albums, we are also gearing up to have our anniversary party on November 27th. All the info about the show is available online at www.badstainrecords.com/15years. We are also happy to announce that our very own NUMBERS ON NAPKINS will be headlining this years "LIVE, LOUD N' LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL". The Festival is October 8-10, 2010 at Club Red in Tempe, AZ. The concert features 80 of Arizona's best local acts, and is being hosted by the infamous Christine Dolce - AKA "Forbidden" - The Queen of MySpace. The 3-Day Festival is from 5:00PM until 2: 00AM on Friday, 1:00PM until 2:00AM on Saturday, and 12:00PM until 10:00PM on Sunday. Each band is scheduled to perform a 30 minute set, with the exception of NUMBERS ON NAPKINS who will be playing for over two hours! NUMBERS ON NAPKINS is honored to be headlining the event, and will hit the stage at 11:30PM on Saturday, October 9th, and perform until 1:45AM. Tickets are just $10 in advance, and are a 3-Day pass. You can also pay at the door, although the cover is $12 at the door and only good for one day. You can purchase tickets directly from NUMBERS ON NAPKINS at any of their shows, or by e-mailing them at numbersonnapkins@badstainrecords.com. We are offering a special deal for the month of September that can save everyone a little cash. We are selling tickets to 3 concerts for a discounted price of just $25! Usually, the price for the shows would be $30 if you bought tickets separately....even more if you paid at the door. So you save at least $5.00. The shows are THE LIVE, LOUD N LOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL, BAD STAIN RECORDS 15 YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY, and NUMBERS ON NAPKINS CD RELEASE PARTY. If you don't want to purchase tickets from NUMBERS ON NAPKINS, you can buy tickets from any of the bands performing, or at the Club Red Box Office, or online at ticketweb.com. There are some great bands performing, including Matt Martini's band, REASON UNKNOWN. Matt is our Head of Consignment, and the former guitarist of NUMBERS ON NAPKINS. REASON UNKNOWN is amazing, and hits the stage on Saturday at 3:15PM. After REASON UNKNOWN performs their set, AUTOMATIC SELF DESTRUCT will be performing at 3:45. They are another amazing band worth checking out! We don't have any set times, but there are a lot of great bands worth checking out. A BOY NAMED SIOUX, AFTER THE FUNERAL, BLACK ORCHID, CACTUS CHAINSAW, DEAD ON ARRIVAL, DUCT TAPE REPAIRMEN, EVERY DYING DAY, HALFMUTE, LESS THAN FAMOUS, LUSTMORD, ONE DOLLAR DEATH, STARCROSS, THE DO SOMETHING'S, THUNDERCLASH, THE HUNGER ARTIST AND THE VENOMOUS PINKS are all worth checking out live! You can get all the info you need online at www.liveloudnlocal.com. Finally, we are sad to inform everyone that Sean "40 Man" Johnson has decided to leave Bad Stain to pursue his goals in the Ukraine. Sean has been helping with Bad Stain since we started in 1995. He has done nearly everything with the label at some point. Sean could easily pull and ship an order while he was on the phone ordering CD's from our wholesaler, or taking out ads in magazines or on websites for an upcoming album. Although he did various things for the label, Sean always worked best as an A&R Rep, and he has been in that position for the past three years. He has introduced us to many of our recording artists like Yellow Sloth Chicken Broth and Swallow This. After moving to the Ukraine to focus on his orphanage, he recently introduced us to Doping. Doping is the newest band to join our little family. Doping is from the Ukraine, and sings in both English and Russian. Their debut CD "Wrong Perfection" is on sale now! Anyway............To make a long story short.....Sean has found happiness and doesn't have the time to help with the label anymore. Sean and I go waaayyyyyy back. 18 years. Honestly, I have never known Sean to be as happy as he is. He fell in love and married a beautiful girl from the Ukraine. He moved to the Ukraine about 5 years ago and met his wife there a couple years after he moved. He has helped start and maintain an orphanage, and also works with House of James Ministries. He is an amazing person, and is very caring and giving. I admire the fact he does so much for the children in his orphanage. I fully understand his decision to leave Bad Stain and wish him the best of luck in the future. Sean has been helping with the label for 15 years......he will not be easy to replace, and he will be missed. Cheers - Chase Stain 7-30-10 Guess who's turning 15 years old? For the past 15 years, Bad Stain has been bringing you bands from our hot state of Arizona, as well as a variety of bands from across the U.S., Canada and the Ukraine. It's hard to believe that 15 years ago we started the label with $1100 from our tax returns, and a little band called DIRTY LAUNDRY. To celebrate, we are having a concert at Club Red in Tempe, AZ on November 27th, 2010. We will be giving everyone the details about the concert over the next few weeks at www. badstainrecords.com/15years, so make sure to check back soon for a list of bands, sponsors, and all of the $3,000 in prizes you can win from our auction! Also, NUMBERS ON NAPKINS has some other great shows coming up. Check them out on August 28th at Connolly's in Glendale, AZ.....and at The Live, Loud and Local Festival at Club Red October 8th through the 10th, hosted by "The Queen of MySpace" Christina (FORBIDDEN) Dolce.........and Numbers On Napkins CD Release Party at Club Red on December 18th! So mark those dates on your calender and check back soon for complete details! Cheers - Tad Gurthman 6-18-10 Time for a Facelift and a Facebook It's official! Bad Stain Records is now on Facebook! After nearly two years of our staff talking about starting a Facebook page, we finally did it. Make sure to drop by and "Like" us. While you're adding us, drop by and add our bands as well. We also started pages for Numbers On Napkins, Dirty Laundry, Three Chord Mafia, Nothing in China, and Chase Stain. For over five years everyone at Bad Stain has informed our fearless leader, Chase Stain, that our website could use some good lovin'. Chase created the site in 2000 and not much has been done to change it. After some serious whining and bitching, we managed to talk Chase into giving the website a small facelift. Nothing too drastic. Just a little change. So you may notice subtle changes in the website over the next few weeks as Chase works his magic. Speaking of Chase working his magic, he managed to make all 500 copies of his new album, "March", vanish! The CD sold out a lot faster than we had anticipated, and we are very sorry to everyone who couldn't purchase the CD. Bad Stain will not be repressing the CD anytime in the future.....EVER! Just like Stain's first two limited edition CD's, "January" and "February", the albums will be shelved forever. The good news is that even though Bad Stain will never release "March" again, Chase Stain will be releasing a full length album titled, "The First Quarter: January, February and March". As you probably figured out already, the album will feature the first three installments in Chase Stain's "Month" series. All the tracks from "January", "February" and "March" are included on the CD, plus two previously unreleased bonus tracks! "The First Quarter" drops in October of 2010, and you can take your time buying this one.......it's NOT a limited edition pressing. Big Wet Sloppy Kisses - Cris MoSkill 4-26-10 Pre-Order Chase Stain's new CD Now Chase Stain's new CD, "March" is now available for pre-order! Pick it up on the music page, or at www.chasestain.com -Amy 1-8-10 Out With The Old, In With The New With the new year brings new changes. As many of you already know, our Head of Accounting (and my mother), Linda "Mama Stain" Watts passed away last year. In addition, our Head of Consignment, Julie Welsh was hospitalized due to a severe infection in her heart. Julie spent months in the hospital, and her recovery was long and hard. We are happy to announce that Julie has made a full recovery. Upon Julie's return, she informed us that she could no longer perform her duties at Bad Stain, and was leaving us to spend more time with her family. We wish Julie the best of luck. The untimely departure of Julie, and the passing of Mama Stain, left us desperately looking for a couple of new employees. After interviewing a couple dozen people for the jobs, we ended up finding five hard working people that we wanted to join our family. We ended up loving the people who applied for the positions so much, that we actually added two new positions! The new employees are amazing, and close friends of ours. We strongly believe that adding these five new employees will help us out tremendously in 2010. Our new Head of Accounting is Amy Cole, who many of you may remember as Amy Stain. Amy is my ex-wife, and was a huge help to me and the label in the late 90's and in early 2000. She was also my mom's best friend, and she actually helped my mom with bookkeeping and accounting during the last few months of my mother's life. She was the obvious choice when Mama Stain passed, and has over a decade worth of experience. She is hard working, and I believe that she will be a lot of help with the label. During the time when she helped run the label, Bad Stain was the most successful it has ever been. Hopefully the return of Amy will also bring the return of our former success! Matt Martini has taken over the duties of Head of Consignment, and has given the duties of Head of Distribution to B-Hound. Jones has taken over B-Hounds job of our Booking and Tour Manager, giving Jones a promotion from his former job as an A&R Rep. Matt is familiar with the consignment part of distribution, and has been doing a great job so far. Although B-Hound isn't an expert yet with his new position, Matt has also been training him and he is catching on quick. Jones is already used to working with bands, but his new position allows him to become familiar with venues and promoters, and he is doing great so far. After interviewing my brothers wife, Liz Kitzig, and my close friend, Angelina Harding, for the Accounting position, I actually created two new positions at Bad Stain. Liz expressed how much she enjoys creating and managing MySpace pages for all of her friends. We decided to hire her as our MySpace Manager, making her responsible for the Bad Stain Records MySpace page, and all the duties that come along with it. Angelina will be our Facebook Manager, and basically have the same job as Liz, but she will run our Facebook page. We have yet to create an Official Facebook page, but after meeting with Angelina, she made it clear that we need one. Angelina doesn't start until mid February, but she promises to create our Facebook page as soon as she starts! We'll let everyone know as soon as the Facebook page is up and running! Jones getting his promotion left an A&R Rep position available. After meeting with Cris MoSkill, I knew he was the right guy for the job. Cris has connections, and being the frontman for ATM doesn't hurt. ATM signed to Bad Stain a couple years ago, and Cris meets new bands all the time. I didn't expect my good friend Colleen Benedict to ask for the same position. Colleen and I go way back, and I've known her for over a decade. She is always meeting great new bands, and hangs out with well established acts as well. She is attractive, fun, and I believe that she could easily find us some new talented acts. Since both Cris and Colleen were very qualified and perfect for the job, I hired them both! I can't wait to hear what they bring us! So we have some new blood in the family, and 2010 is looking to be an exciting year. We will be doing a lot in the next few months. We have some new albums coming out soon, so don't wait too long to check back! We are also nearly finished with the Laundromat Productions website, and are happy to abbounce that Laundromat Productions will be booking all of the shows for Jughead's in Phoenix! Tanya just got Jughead's back, and Moe Money, our President of A&R, Vice President of Laundromat Productions, and guitarist for Numbers On Napkins, will be managing Jughead's! So he is gonna be busy! Plus, I am going to be handling the booking of all the bands, so it's just another thing to add to my plate! In any case, Bad Stain Records and Laundromat Productions will be having some amazing events happening in 2010, and we are looking forward to an exciting year! Hope to see you at Jugheads - Chase Stain 1-2-10 Back in Business As promised we have returned in full force! We have a lot of work to do, but will have news coming soon! As we all nurse these hangovers, we will eventually get back to business. Happy New Year and be on the lookout for new music out soon! Chase Stain 11-11-09 Taking a Break In these crappy economic times, we are getting tapped out! Sales are down, and distributors aren't ordering, or paying. With that being said, we have decided to call it quits! Not forever, but until January. I have informed all of our employees that we will be taking a long deserved break until I can get back on my feet. This is not the end of Bad Stain. We have been doing this for 14 years, and plan on celebrating our fifteen year anniversary next year. Please note that all orders from our site may be delayed up to 10 days. If you want to buy anything, I suggest getting it at your local mom and pop record shop. You can get your online purchases from any site that sells good music. I recommend www.interpunk.com or www.smartpunk.com. Have a happy holiday season and we will be up and ready again with terrible hangovers on January 1st, 2010. Well.....maybe the 2nd. Cheers - Chase Stain 7-30-09 Tad and Leesie get Married, and Bad Stain signs 2 New Artists! A Congratulations is in order! We are proud to announce that our very own Head of Public Relations, Leesie, married our Vice President, and drummer for NUMBERS ON NAPKINS, Tad Gurthman. The two wed early in the month back east, and partied it up in Vegas shortly after. Everyone at the label loves and cares for Tad and Leesie, and their son John Thomas. We are so proud of them and happy that they are starting a new life together. Although they aren't the only ones who signed a legal binding contract.........Bad Stain has also added a couple new members to our family. Over the years Bad Stain has had a variety of artists from around the U.S., ranging from as far east as New York, to as far west as California. In 2005, we signed MR. PLOW from Canada, and have continued to search the world for hard working and talented musicians. One of our A & R Reps, Sean "40 Man" Johnson, moved to the Ukraine a few years ago to start an orphanage. 40 Man continued to work as an A & R Rep while in the Ukraine, but hasn't brought us any decent new bands in over five years. 40 Man contacted us a few months ago, informing us about a punk band called DOPING from the Ukraine that he believed was Bad Stain worthy. After a few weeks of talking via E-Mail, DOPING has decided to release their new album on Bad Stain. We are hoping to have their new CD in stores by late October, and are just waiting for DOPING to return from a six week tour across Europe. Upon their return, they will ship out the master CD and we will have the product mastered and manufactured to have in the hands of every Ukrainian punk rocker that has an extra ten bucks. Although Bad Stain has signed bands from across the world, the label was created as a way to help stimulate the groggy underground music scene in Arizona. From DIRTY LAUNDRY to SUBJECT MAD, to CORRUPT CITIZEN and D-I-X, most of the bands on Bad Stain have been from Arizona. With NUMBERS ON NAPKINS recently signing to F-Bomb Records, we have lost one of our Arizona bands. Don't get us wrong, we wish them all the best, and realize their decision was best for them. Still, it leaves us with one less Arizona band on the label, and we just can't have that! So what do you do when your highest grossing band leaves for another label? You sign a new band from Arizona, that features a member from that highest grossing band! Matt Martini, guitarist for both NUMBERS ON NAPKINS and REASON UNKNOWN expressed interest in having his other band on the label, and the rest of his band quickly followed suit. Over the past few years, REASON UNKNOWN has been performing across the south-western U.S., performing in over a dozen states. In early 2009, REASON UNKNOWN replaced their guitarist with Matt Martini from NUMBERS ON NAPKINS, and Matt has proved that REASON UNKNOWN is not some little side project for him, but just as important to him as NUMBERS ON NAPKINS. Because of his determination, and the determination of all of the other members, Bad Stain was quick to sign them and get things in motion. REASON UNKNOWN plans on having Ryan Butler (Guitarist for LANDMINE MARATHON & NORTH SIDE KINGS) engineer and mix the album at Arcane Digital Recording in Chandler, Arizona. Our fearless leader, Chase Stain, will be producing the album, and mastering will be done by Dave Shirk at Sonorus Mastering in Tempe, AZ. We are hoping to have the CD in stores before Christmas. There is a lot of new things going on, and everyone is working hard to make these new changes work. Bad Stain will be releasing a lot of albums as 2009 winds down, and 2010 awakens. Expect new albums from CHASE STAIN, ATM, REASON UNKNOWN, DOPING, DIRTY LAUNDRY, THREE CHORD MAFIA, and more. We are currently looking to sign 2-3 new bands before 2010. Any bands looking for a label are encouraged to submit a demo and/or press kit. If you, or anyone you know is in a band and looking for a home, please send all inquiries to: BAD STAIN RECORDS ATTN: A & R DEPARTMENT "DEMO SUBMISSION" PO BOX 6603 PEORIA, AZ 85385 Bands must be hard working and dedicated. Willing to tour a minimum of six weeks out of the year. There are no age requirements on members. Bands must play original music, although a few covers are always fine. All styles are accepted, but we primarily release Punk, Pop Punk, Indie Rock, Alternative, Emo, Sceamo, and all the Rock categories. We listen to everything we get. First it goes through our A & R Department, if they like it, they give it to the Vice President of A &R. If they like it, it goes to the President of A & R, and if he likes it, the label holds a meeting so everyone can listen and discuss. If a band sends in a demo or Press Kit that features a style of music like country or hip hop.......chances of them making it through the entire process is slim, due to the musical taste of our staff. Of course, being from Arizona can't hurt your chances either. I'm Out Like Sulu - Kelly Johnson |
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