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Or maybe you're looking for the American band, R'N'R? If not, read on...
NEXT GIG:
Friday, July 25 @ Bovine Sex Club - Toronto, ON
Keith Mauronik's EURO TOUR TAKE HOME MESSAGE
(May, 19, 2007)
1) Have some fuckin' fun, asshole!
2) You learn something everyday.
(If you choose to pay attention.)
3) Don't beat yourself up.
(See Rule #1.)
4) Live for NOW.
(You never know when you will cease to exist.)
5) Is the glass half empty or half full?
(The choice is yours.)
EURO TOUR DIARY 2007
May 14, 2007
Once again, Keith Carman has boiled down a bewildering array of experiences into an entertaining overview of the madness that ensues on MRNR road trips. This time, on another continent. Hit up Chartattack for another fun read by KC.
Read Bill Adams' interview for Pulse Niagara July 12, 2007 issue.
THE FICTION -
June 27, 2007 (the rambling bullshit part of our sporadic e-mail missives. To sign up, shoot an e-mail to maximumrnr@hotmail.com Don't use the signup below as we're moronics and can't figure out how to make it work. Really...)
It's always great to play with your heroes. Even if they don't actually see your set or they're so messed up on drugs that they can't play their own. Just getting that poster or ad with both band names is something to save and show the grandkids.
We got to play with Cheetah Chrome (ex Dead Boys) last weekend in London even
though he needed an "understudy" to finish off singing the set for him. His
backing band included dudes from Canadian punk rock icons The Demics and The
Viletones with Steve Saint of The Sinisters singing when Cheetah could no
longer.
We played with Three Inches of Blood on our first Western Canadian tour in 2002.
Now, 3 of those dudes are in Pride Tiger. It'll be good to hook up with them
again and hear some Thin Lizzy inspired rock 'n' roll.
And what about Care Failure of Die Mannequin?!? Is she even of legal age yet?
I saw her singing "I Fought The Law" with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson (of Rush)
on the Trailer Park Boys Movie DVD. Wow, how do you pull that off before you're
19 years old?
And then there's DOA (Canadian-bred punk rock godfathers) in July. They were
the band to introduce me to NoMeansNo (who opened for Joey Shithead and crew at
Dinwoodie Lounge in Edmonton) over 20 years ago!
We've got a prettty decent list of bands we've played with who we were total
fans of before Maximum RNR even started. Gotta pay respect, because they've
paved the way for little shits like us!
The Dwarves
New Bomb Turks
Electric Frankenstein
Reverend Horton Heat
Speedealer
The Candy Snatchers
The Casualties
The Ripcordz
Dayglo Abortions
The Dictators
Bionic
Bob Log III
The Gadjits
Vulgar Deli
The Sinisters
Armed and Hammered
The Satanatras
Wednesday Night Heroes
Cursed
Rammer
Turbo ACs
The Raving Mojos
Demolition Doll Rods
Iron Giant
Million Dollar Marxists
Oh and you may have heard of these acts that we played with early on. Suffice
it to say, there were no more than 100 people in the room for each of these
gigs. Guess those days are over for these cats:
Alexisonfire
Bedouin Soundclash
Priestess
Marianas Trench
EUROPEAN TOUR - APRIL 26 - MAY 5, 2007
(March, 16, 2007) The 'rentals were right. Dreams do come true. If a buncha reprobates like us can make it to Europe, you know your dreams are just as attainable. Our 14 year old selves would've never've believed it. We're believers now - even if this isn't exactly what the folks might've been thinking about. (Or maybe they were...)
Check the SHOWS page for more details.
(April 6, 2007) The movie, GREG AND GENTILLON, premieres tonite in Montreal and Hull, Quebec theatres.
The full length comedy/tragedy mockuments a couple of small town Quebecois dreamers moving to Toronto to make it "big" as stand-up comedians. The movie features cameos and music by Maximum RNR. We'll turn the mic over to Gentillon:
From: GREG & GENTILLON FANCLUB < mail@ggthemovie.com>
Subject: "Greg & Gentillon" hits theatres April 6th!
Allo there every one!
Our movie Greg et Gentillon is about to make a fat splash in the cineplexes!
It come out in Quebec theatres (English Canada later) on the 6th of April!
Montreal (English version) - AMC Forum 22
Montreal (French version) - Quartier Latin
Hull (French version) - Star Cite
Look in the newspaper or on the web to see the time it will play.
Please pass this on to any one you know and post a good message about our movie on your MySpace of FaceBook or whatever else you are using.
It will help make us very big and popular!
Thank you too much,
Gentillon
THE GREG AND GENTILLON WEBSITE
(November 30, 2006) - Keith Carman's East Coast 2006 Tour Diary has been posted HERE
(November 18, 2006) - So the East Coast tour with The Spades (from Holland) was a blast! We got along with those guys really well and did a whole lot of laughing, smiling and micturating (along with only a very little bit of crying!)
The Spades were having a tough time understanding our liquor laws when they first got here (no drinks in the bathroom, no drinks in the stairwell, no bringing your own drink out to the patio, no drinking on the sidewalk...) and thought we Canadians have too many rules - they're right! They were getting yelled at by bouncers constantly! And then once we got to a different province, all the liquor laws would change. Yup, welcome to Canada where we're waaay too uptight, anal, and worried about what "the man" is gonna say and do.
Anyway, it looks like we didn't completely turn off The Spades with our childish antics as they've invited us over to tour Europe next spring. Things are in the works, so once we have our flights and gigs booked, we'll let you know what's happening.
RUN AMOK!!!
OCTOBER 2006 EASTERN CANADIAN TOUR
with The SPADES (from Eindhoven, Holland!!!)
(October 14, 2006, 1:07pm) The Spades made it over from Holland and we had a great kick-off show last night at Sneaky Dee's. A heartfelt thank you to all who came out and welcomed the Dutch to Canada. That was probably the best Toronto gig we've ever had.
We're hitting the road today to head off to Montreal and parts East. Looking forward to seeing each and every one you. Don't be afraid to say, "Hi!" Our bark is definitely worse than our bite.
On the road again!!!
We're stoked to be bringing to Canada the kick ass, Dutch punk rock 'n' roll quintet THE SPADES. They grace the flipside of our latest release, a clear blue vinyl split 7" record put out by RELAPSE out of Philadelphia.
The tour will take us from Toronto heading east through Quebec and the Maritimes to play the HALIFAX POP EXPLOSION in October. Check the SHOWS page for the dirt.
ORDER the new split 7"
from INTERPUNK.
The 7" features two new Maximum RNR songs, "Ire Of The Ram" and "Deep Inside The Tracks."
The Spades offer up two new originals as well, "CCCP Motherfucker" and "Get Outta Line."
Our latest CD (August 2005), "Horns Up"
is available online thru INTERPUNK or CD BABY
Or ask your favourite music shoppe to order it now.
Tell 'em it's distributed in Canada by F>A>B.
LOUIE SURVIVES SURGERY!
Aug. 4, 2006
Louie came back to the rehearsal room just less than a month after getting surgery on his nose. Thankfully, (or maybe not...;) neither the sound of his voice nor the look of his face seem to be any different. Sincere thanks to all who sent get well cards. You know who you are.
FOR YOUR INTERWEB PLEASURE
Click HERE for a couple of amazing CD reviews from Urotsukidoji's Pad
Click HERE and scroll down to the bottom of the page for a review of our Canadian Music Week Showcase by Jeremy Shum of tangiblesounds.com
You can also click HERE for an interview with Keith Carman.
Click HERE for an interview by Jason Keller - (NOW Magazine - November 24 - 30, 2005)
Or read this CD REVIEW of "Horns Up" by Jason Keller - (NOW Magazine - November 17 - 23, 2005)
For a Western Canadian perspective read this CD REVIEW of "Horns Up" by Rick Overwater from Calgary - (FFWD - August 18, 2005)
Click HERE for a review of "Horns Up" by Stuart Green (Exclaim! - September 2005)
Click HERE for a review of "Horns Up" by Bobby Gorman (The Punk Site.)
Click HERE for a Montreal gig review by Mark Teo of the McGill Daily.
The "Third Time's A Harm Western Canadian Tour 2004" turned out more like a Charm. We saw a ton of great bands, met a bunch of new people, hung out with a lot of old friends, partied with a "Worst of Canadian Idol" star, avoided serious injury, and never got stopped by the cops. Click HERE
to read Keith Carman's tour diary.
Click HERE (scroll down) for a CD review by Stephe Perry of Equalizing Distort (Toronto, ON) Also, check out his underground hardcore punk radio show on Sundays at 10pm on CIUT 89.5 FM (Toronto, ON). Click HERE to listen to CIUT live.
Click HERE for a CD review by SpaceJunk.org (St. Catharines, ON)
Click HERE(scroll down) for a CD review by Lowcut.dk (Denmark)
Click HERE for a CD review by Jamie O' Meara of Hour.ca (Montreal, QC)
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