03/16/02
SPRING TOUR -- Dates are coming together for the Blowback Spring Tour.  We'll be playing in New York, DC, Boston, New Jersey, and a few other places from April 18-28.  Check with the shows page for details as we confirm them.

The Track III CD is now available in the Los Angeles area at Tower, Amoeba, Headline, Destroy All and Benway. Check the CD page for details.

Radio Blowback is off to a great start, tune in this week for the final installment of our interview with Adam Isaacson of the Center for International Policy. The coming weeks will feature talks with Sarah Anderson of the Institute for Policy Studies, Kit Gage of the First Amendment Foundation, and a shitload of hardcore punk you may not have heard before.   Every Wednesday at 2PM PST on Killradio.org.

We are sad to hear our friends in Kill The Man Who Questions and Crispus Attucks have each decided to call it day.  They are both excellent bands, catch their farewell performances if at all possible.

02/28/02

'RADIO BLOWBACK' DEBUTS -- Members of Blowback have collaborated to launch a weekly radio show, called Radio Blowback. The show can be heard Wednesdays from 2-4PM PST at www.killradio.org.  Aside from offering up the best in hardcore, punk and metal streaming live from Los Angeles, the show will also feature interviews with policymakers on Capitol Hill, with the goal of offering an in-depth look at the way laws and legislation get made -- from the eyes of the activist -- and providing solutions for how to make your voice have the most impact on the democratic process.

02/14/02
Washingtonpost.com was kind enough to make Blowback's "Consumer Society" an editor's pick this week. You can check out the download at mp3.washingtonpost.com. The song is on our just-finished CD Track III.   You can get the CD now at a few stores in New York and Washington DC, or you get it here on the site.  For the list of stores and an online order form, click here.

02/07/02
BLOWBACK RELEASES SPECIAL FORCES DOCUMENTS, STAGES PUBLIC ACTION -- Blowback has released Army documents with disturbingly candid characterizations of Special Forces tactics.  Look for the parts about "rapes", "irreparable psychological damage", and a team that "operates above and beyond the law".  Also read about Blowback's first coordinated public action, surrounding a Tom Clancy book tour hyping the Special Forces.  See the documents posted here, view the press release, and read a recap of the events tonight.

01/31/02
BANNED IN NYC -- Blowback has been banned from playing the ACME Underground tonight, on the basis that we are a 'hardcore' band.  The first WEF arrests this morning probably didn't help, either. Saturday's F2 show at the Frying Pan will still go on, get info here.  Our new friends in Redencion 9-11 have been added to the bill for Saturday night as well.

NEW SHOW ADDED -- Blowback will be performing at the NYC Independent Media Center's Global Action Party Feb. 1st. Check the Shows section for details.

01/29/02
BLOWBACK HITS THE ROAD -- We played our first shows last weekend in Washington DC, and things went great.  Many thanks to Katy Otto, Positive Force and the entire Organized Resistance crew, who came to the show and made it really special. All of the bands were outstanding: Redencion 911, Del Cielo, Crispus Attucks, Kill The Man Who Questions and Zegota all tore it up.  We got a great response to the two political actions we are initiating -- a protest of the Patriot Act and a plea to bring Pinochet to justice.  The form letters you need to participate in this will be posted on the website very shortly, in case you need them.  We will also be organizing a specific in-person action on Feb. 7, those of you that expressed interest will be contacted!

Also, many thanks to Chris Suspect and the Kaffa House folks for fitting us in on Sunday's punk matinee -- another good one!  We're now in New York City, and will be playing Thursday at ACME Underground and Saturday at the F2 Festival of Resistance Concert, a part of the counter-summit to the World Economic Forum this weekend in New York. That should be an incredible event, we hope to see many of you there. The entire concert will be on a boat -- The Frying Pan at Chelsea Piers. Amy Goodman and some great bands and DJs will all be in attendance.  Again, thanks to all for your support -- more to come!

01/23/02
NEW SHOW INFO -- We've added a Sunday Jan 27 show in Washington DC.  Check Shows for more info.

We've also added some new declassified documents discussing the level to which the U.S. condoned kidnappings, beatings and other 'counter-terror' practices in Guatemala (READ MORE), as well as the violent interrogation practices of DINA -- Pinochet's secret police -- in Chile (READ MORE).

01/16/02
The new CD is done.  It's called Track III and you can get it here on the site, or listen to some of the songs in the audio section.  We're getting to ready to play a few benefit shows in Washington DC and New York starting next week, we hope to see some of you there.

CNN: RAW IS WAR!
If you're a little peeved that CNN had to pull its hot-to-trot Paula Zahn ads, fear not. They've struck a deal with MTV correspondant Serena Altschul to dig deeper into the stories that Zahn couldn't handle. Journalism, thy name is mud.  "CNN is the place to be if you love news, and I do," Altschul said. "I'm looking forward to working with some of the world's most respected journalists."  

01/09/02
Some show info has been firmed up in DC and New York.  Check the Shows section for all the details.

12/24/01
The record is almost done -- look for it in the next few weeks, along with more details about a few shows we'll be playing on the east coast in late January and early February.

YOU ARE LIVING IN A POLICE STATE, PART 72:
The Customs Border Security Act is currently on the floor of Congress. If passed, it would allow (among other things) Customs officials the ability to open and inspect any international mail leaving the U.S. -- and provide Customs officials immunity from civil suits against their actions.

12/07/01
The Blowback record has been mixed by Larry Goetz at The Lair in Los Angeles.  Expect more news very soon.

11/29/01
KEEP IT IN THE FAMILY:  
President Bush is trying to keep Reagan-era documents scheduled for declassification from reaching the public.   Public Interest Groups are taking the issue to court.   READ MORE

11/20/01
This is the first transcript of goings-on at BLOWBACKWEB. The album is well underway. 16 songs have been recorded in 4 days. It was all done at Candy Ear Studios in Soho, New York City. David Strahl engineered the record and totally ruled. We started recording right after Sept. 11, which had a way of rushing us along to a finish. The record should be all ready by the end of the year.