Tee Till Death » give blood

BANE ALI VS. FRAIZER

naidoo — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:00:12 +0000

So this mark the tenth anniversary of one my favorite hardcore albums of all time. Give Blood came out on Halloween of 2001, it the wake of 9-11. I remember going to see the New York record release show with Sick of It All at the Knitting Factory. This year Triple B will release this record on vinyl for the first time in ten years. The shirt that fightback is selling is also ten years old, maybe nine ask Murphy I’m sure he knows. There were two versions of this shirt made the colors on the back were different.The funny part is the misspelling of Smokin Joe Fraziers name. I’m really psyched to see the new layout for the reissue. Check out Bane on tour this fall with Defeater.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sv9BT0xyrg

USA – Give More, Give Everything, Give Blood

b. murphy — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 20:46:56 +0000

Today is the 4th of July. This you know. If you are an American, you probably have the day off. You’re probably shooting off fireworks (which scares the shit out of my dog. He’s hiding in the basement currently), eating hotdogs and enjoying a day off. Try not to forget what this day is all about. Many people claim to be patriots and the like, but it usually just comes down to talk. But here’s something you can do that’s truly patriotic. Go donate blood. Find a local blood bank, and donate blood. And don’t cop out on that “I just got a tattoo” excuse. In 18 states, you have to wait 12 months (sort of bullshit, really) but if you live in one of the other 32 states, you are eligible to donate blood immediately. Peep the criteria. So go get it done. You can wait until tomorrow, I’m cool with that.

xcoldxdeadxhandsx

BANE “IRON EAGLE SHIRT”

naidoo — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 16:49:05 +0000

derekwilliamxvx is selling a Bane shirt that Murphy refers to as “Iron Eagle”. The shirt was released in the early part of 2000 I want to say just after The Note came out. But I could be wrong. The design was done by Chris Delia. I had a chance to ask talk to him about himself and the shirt this is what he said.

Chris Delia is a Designer and Creative Director living in New Jersey. He is a Creative Director at Manhattan based design agency Builtbythefactory.com. Chris run’s his own freelance shop from imnotanaddict.com. “This is one of my favorite designs I created for Bane and was even more excited when I heard it would be part of their European tour following Give Blood.”

-cjd.

The shirt can also be found at MerchNow along with other great Bane merchandise. Be sure to check out Bane at Krazyfest 2011 and South by Southwest.

Only The No Fun Remain

b. murphy — Sun, 09 May 2010 17:40:44 +0000

When Bane recorded Give Blood, we packed a bunch of dudes into a 15 passenger van and drove down to DC. At the time, I was just barely 25 so it was touch and go on whether I could rent it or not. We finally secured the vehicle, rounded everyone in Worcester up, and made the drive.

Lets see if I can remember everyone who made the trip (if I forgot anyone, let me know).

AJ
Cushman
Spaulding
Jeremy
Lou
Beshaw
Hudson
Tre
Big Bob
Myself

People I forgot. Whoops.

Jim C
Seth
E. Mitch

Great ride. I drove the whole way as the rental place wouldn’t have it any other way. Down and back. We broke out late at night and didn’t arrive in DC until the very morning. It was still too early for backup vocals so we hit the local indoor pool.

Not everyone brought shorts. In fact, Lou only had white boxes. Now if you don’t know Lou (from Barrit and The Swarm and …), he’s really, really, really brown. Wet white boxers + brown dude = many unhappy parents. He was asked politely by the pool staff to leave.

Not everyone was down for swimming and in van football. We called them “No Fun.” Cough … Tre … Cough. Lots of shenanigans went down in that van. Lots.

So we rolled back to the studio and were getting ready for backups. Of course, lots of horse play going on in the booth. LOTS.

At one point, Brian Mcternan (I bet you were wondering how’d I work Battery into this, weren’t you?) had to scold us a few times. He even singled Lou out for being too rambunctious.

“Cut it out, dude.”

“Whatever, Brian McDickhead.”

“You know I can hear you, right?”

LOL. These are the times we’ll remember!

** txjames817 much like Texas Mike. Probably a lot different though.