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HalfPrice have just finished recording for their third full length release, THE MONTONY OF MONOGAMY. It seemd that punk rock fueled but booze and German take away makes for good listening. Follow the coninued exploits of THE HOMO and KING MANFRED as they are joined by Bavarian beer-dog Undies and HE-MAN himself, the DFG….

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In case you don’t know yet, the recording the of the new HALFPRICE album THE MONOTONY OF MONOGAMY has entered its final stages. The Homo and Namibia’s ruler of rock, the sandy King Manfred, have braved the vicious 1st world to bring you reports of their misadventures with The Mysterious Pocahontas Man and The Gentle German Giant.

For a detailed report of their progress check out the RECORDING DIARY below:

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Meanwhile, back at the Rancho Relaxo……

The REPACKAGING OF HALFPRICE CONTINUES

The cold lashing the peni(s)nsula  of Cape Town (and the ongoing monotony of monogamy), was enough of a reason for HalfPrice to get the fcuck. out of dodge and onto the flat, high land of Gauteng. In honour of the cold we decided to cozy up to some of the bands that we HalfPrice have spooned with in the past to keep our asses from freezing! So join the frost bitten HALFPRICE, the doubly insulated SHEEPDOWN, the hot water bottled JAPAN AND I and gas heated ALICE BAND for the

The D-Tour (or how to keep a Cape Town rock & roll outfit from freezing)

Fri 5 September

Zeplins, PTA

Sat 6 September

The Black Dahlia, Boksburg

In other news we will be taking a brief hiatus from shows during September. The DFG, the Homo and the sandy King Manfred will be, drinking vodka and coke, taking off their shoes and talking loudly as they record the final pieces of the new album at Music Lab in Berlin. The recording will end with 4 shows in Germany

24 September Berlin (TBC)

25 September Berlin  (TBC)

26 September Lingen

27 September Ansbach

And now……….

Zangtar Jihad laments on the cold…..

Ooo…baby baby, its been cold down here on foreskin of Africa! I was woken by a strange burning sensation in me seminefrious tubules. Fearing the worst or at least an STD I pranced with the grace of an American Tourist into my commode to investigated my groin by bathroom light. To my delight I noticed a mild case of frost on my scrotum. I had luckily caught that bastard mother nature in time! The frost was slowly working its way across my chommie and seemed keenly intent on assaulting my anus with a dose  of Winter Snap, prison style! Showering my balls under the warm tap I became keenly aware of a need to get some warmth onto my body. You’ll be surprised what a few stalactites hanging off of your pubes can make you think about! Had my inaction become so diseased that now my body had forgotten the warm feeling of woman? Was I unable to produce enough heat to keep me warm during these cold days in this foul year of our lord, two thousand and eight? I returned to my bed to find that the other side of my bed was in fact caked over in ice and arctic debris had built up. Metaphorically speaking, this was a sign….

Lastyear Fuzigish toured with NOFX around South Africa. The final show at the Bassline was recorded. Fuzi are still deciding when and how to release these recording, but in the meantime you can download one of the songs from the night for FREE! So go now to FUZIGISH.COM and download the live version of “Step Up, Step Up” from there 2007 release “Roll With The Punches”. Let us know what you think.

THURSDAY 24th JULY

Jozi’s getting colder and colder, except for the first floor of a corner in Norwood where, on Thursday the 24th of July, the heat’s going to be turned up until it reaches boiling point.

This is not a fire warning, it’s an invitation to check out the next Levi’s® Young Guns show as it blazes into town, complete with two hot young acts that are going to let off some steam by going straight for the jugular.

Japan and I are joined by The Kick at the Boxercising Gym in Norwood for another evening of fierce rock and rolling. Tickets are available at the Levi’s® Shop in Rosebank or at the door for R20. Doors open at 20h00.

FREE ENTRANCE!
Write on the wall in the link below and get free entrance!
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According to sources close to HalfPrice, they are recording final demos at the moment and will begin recording their new album in July. Is the world ready?

Hardcore punks Misled have re-formed. After a break from the music scene and gigging, the guys have decided to get back out and start kicking ass. They will still be playing old tracks from their album “The Demeaning Of Life”, and begin working on some new ones. Watch this space.

Punk Rock legends THE EXPLOITED playing two shows in South Africa!

“Riot starting, bouncer bashing, cop baiting, hotel trashing, foul talking, noise making, chaos causing, venue wrecking, government hating, rulebreaking, unrelenting, punk rocking. Clearly we’re not talking about Pepsi adverts, or indeed the many so-called punk bands that would gleefully sell themselves to such corporate giants for a palm full of silver. Whoo-hoo! The taste of a generation! F#%k off! Let’s get one thing straight: The Exploited are not ‘punkers’ or any of the other cutesy, watered down, MTV friendly names you might want to call them.”

Formed in Edinburgh in 1980 by ex-soldier Wattie Buchan, The Exploited were at the helm of the harder, second wave of Punk Rock along with bands like Discharge and GBH. Their debut release was as much a rallying battle cry as a record and ‘Punk’s Not Dead’ went on to become the number one independent album of 1981 reaching number 20 in the UK mainstream charts Which kind of proved the point, If punk was indeed dead, no one had told the bands rapidly growing ‘Barmy Army’.

With a string of high charting independent releases and over 20 years of vigorous touring The Exploited have reached iconic punk status worldwide and have been covered and cited as major influences by many acts including Slayer, Queens Of The Stoneage (whom Wattie presented with a ‘Best International Newcomers’ award at the Kerrang Awards in 2000), Atari Teenage Riot, Nirvana (Ex-Exploited guitarist Big John even played for them briefly) and Massive Attack.

“F#%k The System’ their eighth studio album sees the band on more explosive form than ever, riotous, unrepentant and wholly uncompromising. Tracks like ‘Never Sell Out’ and ‘Chaos Is My Life’ (both self-explanatory) are as brutally heavy as anything bands half their age have to offer and prove beyond doubt that, not only is there life in the old dog yet, but this band’s got rabies! ‘F#%k The System’ isn’t just an album title; it’s a statement of intent. But then again, it is a punk rock album, and make no mistake…

The Exploited are punk rock!

FRI 27th JUNE @ THE ASSEMBLY, Cape Town
with Half Price, Mutiny & TDKM
Starts 8pm

SAT 28th JUNE @ THE BASSLINE, Johannesburg
with Fuzigish, Swivel Foot, The Vendetta Cartel, Bloodline Ltd and Dean & The Deadbeats
Starts 7pm

Tickets are selling fast at COMPUTICKET
Visit PUNKSAFARI.COM for info, phone 082 378 0307 or email jp@punksafari.com

You want it! So you get it. With the petrol price going up and up and the price of beer constantly being too much, we here at DrunkPunk productions and the HalfPrice crew have decided to give you the kind of entertainment that money just can’t buy…..SO YOU GET IT FOR FREE!!!!!! Thats right! 1 night only, HalfPrice is live and free at Stones in Obs!! So bring your throat hole down to Stones on Saturday 24 May for a truly erotic, psychoholic night!! Not convinced check out the link below for a review of a recent HalfPrice Party!!