So you’ve found the brand new Shock blog!
Here’s a bit of a guide so you’ll know what to expect, get an idea of the blogs you want to subscribe to and which bloggers are bringing the goods. ‘Cos that’s why we’re doin’ it.
You’re on the main blog page right now, look to your left and [...]

We found out today that we are going to be able to stream a special performance that Alexisonfire are doing at an indie record store in Toronto live via their Facebook.  The event will be streaming live at 3pm US Eastern Standard Time (THAT’S 7AM AEDST FOR AUSSIES) on FRIDAY DECEMBER 17  at [...]

You’ve probably seen the clip on Video Hits or heard the track on triple j or Nova…
But if you haven’t seen Stonefield live make sure you do! There’s a lot of buzz around this band in the Shock office and not just because they’re from Gisborne (Scot ‘Crawfish’ Crawford‘s hood).
Here’s a word from the official [...]

Can’t wait to see Nigella Lawson at the Melbourne Food & Wine Show…only 77 more sleeps to go…

Sweet as !! The Rolling Stones Ladies and Gentlemen DVD scores five outta five in FILMINK Magazine…check it out…

Want to watch the WHOLE Alexisonfire show recorded on Halloween in Germany by Rockpalast? You can see it right here.

The setlist goes something like this:
Young Cardinals
Boiled Frogs
Sons of Priveledge
Drunks, Lovers, Sinners & Saints
We are the Sound
Old Crows
Grey
Rough Hands
Midnight Regulations
Accept Crime
Dogs Blood
Crisis
This Could Be Anywhere in the World
The Northern
Accidents
Pretty impressive right? Thanks Rockpalast.

The new studio album from Duff McKagan’s Loaded, The Soundtrack, was recorded by Terry Date (Slipknot, Soundgarden) and will be released March 2011 through Shock in Australia and NZ. A re-issue of their 2009 CD Sick with bonus DVD will follow in April.
Also on the horizon for the band is the film feature Loaded, a [...]

Props to  Shock’s General Manager of Media & Marketing and all round good dude, Scot ‘Crawfish’ Crawford, who flew the Shock flag at the 2010 NOVA 100 Karaoke Kristmas Bash.
Unbelievably, this effort could only secure SECOND PLACE!
A disappointed yet resolute Scot was head post performance saying,
“No one remembers 2nd place – I’m just going to [...]

THE punk-rock label, Epitaph, scored a 6 page feature in this months Spin Magazine.
It’s a first person account of the history of Epitaph (no shit..) through the eyes of Brett Gurewitz and members of NOFX, Rancid, Offspring, Pennywise, Down By Law and heaps more.
It goes through the beginnings of Epitaph, from borrowing 1000 bones from [...]

Genna A has volunteered to do this dance everytime she gets a radio addition