03.27.09

THE MANIKINS TOUR THE U.S.!



Do not miss the amazing Manikins when they tour the U.S. next month! Thank you to Darius from Criminal IQ Records for booking the tour.

04.18.09 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Totally Wired Festival
04.19.09 - It's Alive Show - radio appearance
04.20.09 - Cleveland, OH @ Now That's Class
04.21.09 - Columbus, OH @ Cafe Bourbon St.
04.22.09 - Detroit, MI @ Painted Lady
04.23.09 - Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
04.24.09 - Milwaukee, WI @ Frank's Power Plant
04.25.09 - Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn
04.26.09 - Carbondale, IL @ Boobys
04.27.09 - Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone
04.28.09 - Sheffield, AL @ Old Town Tavern
04.29.09 - Richmond, VA @ Nara Sushi
04.30.09 - Charlottesville, WV @ Outback Lounge
05.01.09 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Gooski's
05.02.09 - Allentown, PA @ Wallflower Cafe
05.03.09 - NYC, NY @ Don Pedros
05.04.09 - Philedelphia, PA @ Jr's



Pick up the new Manikins t-shirt from FB77 too!

02.26.09

OUT NOW AND UPCOMING RELEASES!

The fresh batch of winter releases are out now. We've got the Ex Humans Chicane 7", Plexi 3 Timebox 7", Poison Arrows Sticky Situations 7", and The Joneses Criminal History Revisited CD / 2xLP/digital. There is still some colored vinyl left for online orders only.

  

  

Now you can buy digital downloads of all Full Breach Kicks releases direct from the new online store. Skip the corporations! These MP3s are 320 kbps, and each download comes in a nice zip file with a high quality .jpeg of the cover art. That's higher quality files than iTunes, and a buck cheaper as well!

Tour news: Watch for the Poison Arrows on tour in March with The Queers and in April with Eddie and the Hot Rods and The Cute Lepers. On March 6th, Plexi 3 will have their record release show at the Cobra Lounge in Chicago. Hope to see ya there! They'll also be on tour promoting their new FBK single. In April, watch for The Manikins (coming all the way from Sweden, so make sure you see them!) making their way to the U.S. for the first time. Tour dates posted soon.



Upcoming releases: For the Spring, watch for another vinyl 7" from the Poison Arrows and new singles from the Marvelous Darlings and the Tough Shits. The Marvelous Darlings from Toronto, Canada, play catchy punk rock in the vein of all the early punk greats. For real. Maximum Rock 'n' Roll said: "What the fuck??? Where has this band been? Allegedly, they have some hardcore bigwigs in them, but sounds nothing like that. Total power pop goodness that made my toes curl." The Tough Shits from Philadelphia play fun, good-times rock 'n' roll with a punk edge. Watch for them on tour in April.

  
Marvelous Darlings                                               Tough Shits

02.18.09

NEW ONLINE STORE!

The new online store is finally up and running! We are definitely enjoying this new website and we hope you find it easier to use. The ordering process should be much easier now, especially for international orders. All orders still include the latest FBK label sampler CD. Much more FBK news to announce shortly, so check back often!

Get 10% off your order for a limited time! Use this coupon code in Step 2 of the checkout: DEATH OR GLORY

01.01.09

PRE-ORDER UPCOMING RELEASES!

Don't let the recession get you down � get some new music instead! Coming in February 2009, we've got four new releases, and you can pre-order the colored vinyl now. The 7"s will be available for digital download on Feb. 3rd, 2009 as well. Coming up are the Ex Humans Chicane 7", the Plexi 3 Timebox 7", the Poison Arrows Sticky Situations 7" EP, and the long-awaited Joneses Criminal History Revisited CD / 2xLP/digital collection. There are 500 of each 7" pressed with 100 on limited colored vinyl available online from the Full Breach Kicks website. The Joneses collection is on CD or a double LP with an exclusive digital download, or available digitally now on iTunes. Pre-orders ship in February. Order direct from FBK and show your support � we appreciate it!

11.16.08

EX HUMANS 7" COMING SOON!



Full Breach Kicks welcomes the Ex Humans to the family. Hailing from Brooklyn, the Ex Humans are no strangers to punk rock. Featuring former members of the Carbonas, Beat Beat Beat, and The Star Spangles, this new three-piece rips it up with fast and catchy punk rock. Watch for the Ex Humans touring the East Coast next year, possibly on the Chinese bus!



11.05.08

FULL BREACH KICKS AND THE MANIKINS INTERVIEWS!

Our buddies over at The Rock and Roll Report did a cool interview with Josh from Full Breach Kicks this week. Check it out and read why he says "if ya support the bands, labels, and mom and pop stores, then that will rock and so will you!" We always thought that would be obvious, but maybe not...



A brand new rock 'n' roll magazine out of Ohio called That's Cool, That's Trash! featured The Manikins in their first issue out now. Are The Manikins finally gonna get their Swedish asses over to this side of the Atlantic to play? Read and find out.

10.17.08

THE NEIGHBORHOOD NUISANCE OF THE SODA POP KIDS!


The Soda Pop Kids in Seattle, Summer 2008

Wondering what The Soda Pop Kids have been up to? Check out Diet D's interview with the Portland newspaper The Daily Vanguard and read about everything from crime sprees to Avril Lavigne.

09.29.08

POISON ARROWS AND PLEXI 3 UPCOMING 7"S!

  

Full Breach Kicks welcomes the Poison Arrows and Plexi 3 to the label. The Poison Arrows is a brand new power pop punk band from Atlanta featuring ex-members of The Heart Attacks. The band is busy in the studio recording songs for an upcoming 7" single, and they'll be on tour soon near you.

Plexi 3 is an ultra catchy, three-piece power pop band from Milwaukee with trade-off male and female vocals. Watch for their third 7" single coming soon. Victim of Time says, "Plexi 3 always got what it takes to put together some of the catchiest songs you're ever gonna hear, and they have already carved out a perfect niche for themselves which sheds their previous band associations and pushes them right to the top of today's best rock 'n' roll songwriting."

09.05.08

THE MANIKINS IN ALTERCATION!

The current issue #23 of the cool Texas-based punk magazine Altercation has a cool interview with The Manikins. See why these Swedes will "keep making music regardless of environmental threats, just like crocodiles!" Huh?

08.02.08

THE MANIKINS IN AMP AND THE JONESES ON SUGARBUZZ!


The Manikins in Bourges, France, 2008

Check out the latest issue #33 of AMP for an interview with The Manikins. Hopefully we can convince these Swedish punks to get their asses over here!


The Joneses reunion in Long Beach, CA, 2007

The cool rock 'n' roll Canadian website Sugarbuzz has done a great feature on The Joneses. See why they "will never go out of style, cos they were never in fashion to begin with. Too punk for glam, too glam for punk. Too punk for punk? Too glam for glam? However you wanna say it, The Joneses almost always stood alone." Ain't that the truth.

07.14.08

NEW RECORDS FOR SALE LIST!

Finally updated is our list of other label's releases we have for sale on FB77. A lot of them are cool vinyl imports. Check out the list and email if interested.

07.02.08

NEW RINGTONES AND "RECORD OF THE MONTH" FOR THE MANIKINS!

We finally have the codes for the latest ringtones in the downloads section. The new ringtones are for the songs "Crocodiles" by The Manikins, "Criminals" and "Pill Box" by The Joneses, and "Saturday Every Day" by The Soda Pop Kids. Get some.

The Manikins new album Crocodiles just received "Record of the Month" on the cool mod and power pop website The Mod Pop Punk Archives. Check it out.

06.12.08

THE MANIKINS CROCODILES CD / LP/DIGITAL OUT NOW!

  

All you garage punk and power pop junkies better check out The Manikins' new album Crocodiles, and we're not just giving you lip service here. This is the Swedish boy's fourth album and first U.S. release. They have a ton of sold out singles on cool labels like Plastic Idol Records and Human Bretzel, and Crocodiles is also being released in Europe on P. Trash Records. A ton of labels have always supported The Manikins, and now Full Breach Kicks is one of those labels. If you like The Saints, The Devil Dogs, or The Hives, then you won't wanna miss The Manikins. Check out the song "Crocodiles" here. The vinyl LP comes with a digital download card of the entire album.

Here's what Now Wave had to say last year about The Manikins: "These Swedes score a perfect ten on the enthusiasm scale. I�m feeling lots of wildfire energy here � the kind that�s always lacking in the music of all those urbane hipster bands that have been jumping on the �garage� bandwagon in recent years. Any band can regurgitate the three-chord formula, but it won�t ring true unless ya got the music in your soul. The Manikins are the real deal. They have a �50s-ish feel with a revved-up backbeat that�ll have you shakin� your ass �til you drop. It's got great melodic guitar leads, a simple sing-along chorus, and a driving energy that's impossible to resist. Seriously, I bet these kids tear the place apart when they play live! The Manikins are one of the most promising young rock �n� roll bands I�ve heard in a long time! Enthusiastic raves from idiots like me aren't even needed � music this good sells itself!"

06.10.08

NEW SAMPLER CD AND JONESES CRIMINAL HISTORY REVISITED DOWNLOAD!

  

The latest Full Breach Kicks sampler CD is finally back from the press and free with all orders.

Available now for digital download on iTunes with the CD / 2xLP/digital coming this summer, The Joneses Criminal History Revisited can be found on all our favorite download websites. Click here for iTunes. This collection has all the Joneses hits like "Pill Box" and "Graveyard Rock", many songs that aren't on The Joneses FBK reissues, and unreleased rarities like "Criminals" (1982 demo), "Crocodile Rock" (1982 demo), "Jonesin'" (1982 demo), and "Chicks n' Politics" (1983 live) that weren't available on the Criminal History collection released in the '90s. Click here for the classic "Pill Box".

The CD / 2xLP/digital of Criminal History Revisited will be available this summer, and of course loaded with liner notes and more unseen Joneses pictures than any other reissue so far!

04.30.08

THE JONESES VIDEO INTERVIEW IN AUSTIN!



Our new friends over at Rockin' Bones Entertainment did a cool interview with The Joneses when they played in Austin earlier this month. Check out what's going on with the band out of their own mouths.

04.19.08

PRE-ORDER THE MANIKINS NEW ALBUM!

  

Crocodiles is available to pre-order now and ships with an exclusive Manikins button in June. Generally, we've always thought the whole concept of pre-ordering was a bit pretentious, but because this record is so amazing, why not?! The vinyl LP also comes with a free album download card for you ipod junkies. For fans of ridiculously catchy garage punk rock and power pop only.

04.06.08

THE JONESES REISSUES OUT NOW ON CD AND VINYL!



The Criminals / Tits and Champagne CD is available now. This is a split reissue of the rare and sought-after Joneses 12� vinyl EPs from the �80s. The CD has been re-mastered and includes rare songs only found here, unseen pictures, lyrics, and liner notes courtesy of Greg Keuhn and Jeff Drake.

  

For the vinyl version, Criminals is available as a 12" EP featuring all the extra goodies the split CD includes. The 12" EP Tits and Champagne that came out in 2006 is still available too.



Enjoy The Joneses once again on vinyl!

03.25.08

THE SODA POP KIDS AND THE JONESES IN LOUD FAST RULES!



Check out the current issue #8 of Loud Fast Rules for a new interview with The Soda Pop Kids. Read about what happens to someone when "in one day you lose your place to live, your job, and your girlfriend." Maybe you join a punk band...



The same issue also features a nice quicky about the new Joneses reissue Keeping Up with The Joneses. See why these infamous punks were so "electrifyingly authentic that they became the main attraction in the seediest and biggest dives in Southern California, influencing a new crop of glam punk hybrids in the process." Sounds like a party to us!

03.12.08

CHECK OUT A NEW MANIKINS SONG!

What's that you say? You've never heard The Manikins? Click here to download "Crocodiles" off their upcoming album of the same name. You can thank us later when The Manikins are your new favorite band!

03.04.08

COMING SOON!

     

Here's a preview of our spring releases. The Joneses vinyl reissue of their Criminals 12" EP from the '80s will be out in March. The CD version features both the Criminals record and the Tits and Champagne 12" EP from a few years later. Still available in the store section is the vinyl reissue on FBK of Tits. Both records have always been collector's items for trash rock 'n' roll fans.

Then we have The Manikins new CD / LP/digital Crocodiles which will be out in the late spring and is a killer record! This is catchy Swedish garage punk and power pop in the vein of early Hives, The Marked Men, and The Buzzcocks. Finally a full-length for this great and long-standing band will be available in the U.S.



There's also a great show with The Joneses if you're in the area coming up at Emo's in Austin, TX. Catch these old school rockers on Apr. 12th playing all their classics like "Pill Box" and "Criminals".

02.04.08

THE MANIKINS CD / LP/DIGITAL COMING SOON!



Who knows The Manikins? We are very excited to welcome the Swedish garage punks The Manikins to Full Breach Kicks! The band's fourth album Crocodiles will be out in late Spring with the European version on P. Trash Records from Germany. This is the first time a Manikins album will have a stateside release. If you still haven't hunted down a copy of their last album Lie, Cheat, and Steal, then do so right away. You won't be disappointed.

Here's what Razorcake had to say last year about The Manikins: "These guys have the back to the future capability to seamlessly shuttle through the roots of rock 'n' roll but never forget what year it is. Take the 'full dressed on stage but mentally fucking your girlfriend' capability of Chuck Berry, the 'how dare you steal something from the U.S.A. and turbocharge it, you tricky bastard'-ness of Japan's Firestarter, and the 'They're probably nominated for a Swedish Grammy' sound, and it's difficult for me not to like. It's like being playfully slapped by someone who just poured you a glass of champagne right after telling you a joke: bubbling, broken glass, chipped tooth fun." Get some!

01.14.08

THE SODA POP KIDS IN ALTERCATION!



Check out issue #22 of the new Altercation for an interview with The Soda Pop Kids. See what the Kids have to do with a mob of orphans who committed petty crimes in the '30s. Cool!

01.01.08

NEW FBK WEBSITE AND THE JONESES IN THE BIG TAKEOVER AND MRR!



The new Full Breach Kicks website is finally up. Look around and check out all the exciting extras. The store section is a lot easier to navigate now.



Look for the current issue #61 of The Big Takeover and #295 of Maximum Rock 'n' Roll for cool Joneses interviews with Jeff Drake. Get your '80s fix now.

12.12.07

THE ELECTRIC KISSES IN RAZORCAKE AND THE SOHO ROSES IN BUBBLEGUM SLUT!



Check out issue #41 of Razorcake this month for an informative interview with Mike Frame of The Electric Kisses. Seattle power pop taking over.



The cool UK glam/punk magazine Bubblegum Slut features the Soho Roses in their current issue #29. Read why the Soho Roses are one of the UK's most underrated '80s punk bands.

11.26.07

FULL BREACH KICKS AND THE SICK FITS IN LOUD FAST RULES!

Check out the current issue #7 of Loud Fast Rules for a feature on Full Breach Kicks and Full Breach 77. Learn something. Also in the same issue is an interview with the Sick Fits. The Canadian boys rock the US. Check it out.