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Electric Six Announces the Release of Zodiac!!! 
DETROIT, Sept. 1 -- September is now here. At the end of this month, Electric Six shall release its seventh studio album entitled Zodiac. The North American release of Zodiac will be courtesy of Metropolis Records on Sept. 28. The UK release will be courtesy of Too Many Robots on Sept. 27. As always the band will be touring hard in support of our new record. Check this here website for all currently announced dates. There are a few more to be added at this point.Now, why call the record "Zodiac"? The answer: why do anything at all? Which is also a question. Which has an answer. The answer is....because it has already been written. While Zodiac is perhaps our most collaborative, most unique and most fun record, we also had nothing to do with it. You heard me. The experience of making a record called Zodiac has opened our eyes to how REAL all this shit is. The record was already made. All Electric Six did was not stand in the way. The tracklisting of Zodiac is: 1. After Hours 2.American Cheese 3.Clusterfuck! 4. Countdown to the Countdown 5. Doom and Gloom and Doom and Gloom 6. Jam It In The Hole 7.I Am A Song! 8. It Ain't Punk Rock 9. Love Song For Myself 10. The Rubberband Man 11. Table and Chairs 12. Talking Turkey Electric Six is proud to be coming at you with this record. We begin our "Rent is Too Damn High!" tour shortly with The Constellations from Atlanta. Please come say hello.
Attention Outside Lands People!! We're on Kinda Early.....
Just a friendly notification to all our friends. When we play at the Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco on Aug. 14, we will go on at 12:40 p.m. That's lunchtime. That's weird. Just letting you know so you can plan.You might associate Electric Six with THE NIGHT. You are going to be forced to adjust your perception.
Attention NYC Boat Goers...It's a Different Boat This Year
Hello. If you are planning on sailing with us this year for the New York Rocks Off cruise next Thursday, July 15, we thought it would be wise of us to make a special note that we are sailing on a different boat from the last three years. This year we are on The Jewel, which sets sail from the East River. You can board at E. 23rd St. and the FDR. Boarding begins at 7 p.m. and we set sail at 8 p.m.Same good times. Same band. Same city. Different boat. Different river. Make a note of it and see you there!
Concerning the Hippie Socialist Prankster in Stevens Point, WI
RONALD REAGAN'S ETERNAL SARCOPHAGUS, HEAVEN, May 27 --The following can be attributed to Electric Six -- Listen you ne'er-do-well hippie communist vermin. You think you're funny? Violating taxpayer dollars to use OUR LYRICS....OUR EIGHT-YEAR OLD LYRICS to make some sort of "statement" about how much fun you are having? I've got a statement for you....GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!!!! Earlier today, on I-39 near Stevens Point, Wisconsin, a cowardly faceless digital vigilante used precious and valuable Electric Six lyrics as part of a hippie Nazi socialist liberal plot to destroy taxpayer dollars. These DAMN KIDS who HATE AMERICA used THEIR MINDS to HACK INTO a COMPUTER and post our lyrics to AMERICANS have raped us!!!!!!! RAPED USSS!!!!!!!! CCCP!!!!!!! I hope the local authorities use the internet and find out who you are. You will pay! PAY!!!!! We thought we had intellectual property. And now you do this and show us we do not. You fuck. Why????
Dick Valentine American Troubador Solo Acoustic Action is Happening This Summer
BROOKLYN, NY, May 26 -- Dick Valentine is announcing today that he is bringing his American Troubador solo acoustic show to three American cities in one long weekend in July. The mini-tour is as follows:-- Friday, July 23 at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh, PA -- Saturday, July 24 at V Club in Huntington, WV -- Sunday, July 25 at the Backstage bar at the Black Cat in Washington, D.C. The American Troubador show features Dick Valentine underneath the spotlight nervously clutching and manipulating an acoustic guitar. He spends over an hour of your time playing your favorite Electric Six songs as well as random cover songs. The show is loose and informal and often results in Valentine unable to keep it together when he's away from his handlers and controlled environment. He often falls apart and sobs....alone....on stage. You really need to see it. So come on out if you live in or near any of these cities. The true E6 fan needs to see the music of Electric Six broken down to its purest form. Good hot summertime acoustic fun awaits. The drink of choice at an American Troubador show is the white wine spritzer.
Concerning The Massive Exposure We Received on Dancing With the Stars This Week
DUBAI, U.A.E., April 13 -- The following can be attributed to the collective hive mind of Electric Six from the present through the end of your life (which will never end now):Last night, we were alerted by an unprecedented number of friends and relatives that one of our songs was featured on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars". The song was used as a canvas for a kinetic fresco painted by the elegant brushstrokes of a professional dancer and an actual celebrity, moving in concert with one another. Our song was heard last night by 10 trillion Americans. It is streaming live on the ethernet and your iPhone as you breathe.....with intent of reaching some Europeans as well. One of our relatives remarked, "That's the big time. You can't get any bigger than that." She's right. There really are no worlds left to conquer. We now own everything. Within minutes of our song airing on ABC, we bought all the real estate in Dubai. Within an hour, we froze our heads and sent them into space. Due to a freak mishap, our heads were returned to earth 500 years later. We know every winning lottery number for the next five hundred years. We are a hive mind, six-headed lottery-winning hydra...from the future. We have the American Broadcasting Company to thank for this. We are so going to get laid tonight. But to the larger point...the point that we can't get any bigger than this. Electric Six is accustomed to moving. And if we can't move upward anymore, you can bet your ass we're gonna move twice as hard downward. We are going to rule globally and act locally. We are going to re-engage. We are going to represent. In the D. You heard us. We are going to re-represent in the D. Hard. If there's anything we've learned from the last 24 hours, it's that we've spent a good chunk of the last 5 years neglecting our representation of the D. That stops now. We are going to throw our weight around. We declare ourselves the winner of every subsequent April in the D contest. If you are an alternative band from Mt. Clemens or Waterford and you have ambitions of winning next year's April in the D competition....forget about it. We've already won. You see, alternative band from Lake Orion, we understand the Red Wings better than you ever will. So back off. We know about television. We are writing the television theme song for the Bernstein Law Offices. It goes like this: The Bernstein Advantage! The Bernstein Advantage! The devil versus Jesus Christ! The Bernstein Advantage! Hit me with those chains and whips! Hi-ho the dairy-o..it's the Bernstein Advantage!!!!! And this is just the beginning. The Detroit Music Awards probably thought we'd just roll over this year like we always do. They are in for a rude awakening. We are a television force now. We live in the United Arab Emirates. If they thought we'd just send Matt Hatch to go accept the award for us like we always do, they're sorely mistaken. Because our representation, is a digital repression. Is a repression. Of the representation of the D. To summarize, Electric Six is a repression. Of the representation of the D. All of this is because they used our song on Dancing With the Stars last night.
State of the Six Address: Happy Valentine's Day, Bitches!
BROOKLYN, NY, Feb. 14 -- The following can be attributed to Dick Valentine:Hello! Happy Valentine's Day from Dick Valentine! LOL! I love getting to say that every year! Honestly, what could be radder than a Valentine's blessing from Dick Valentine! I'm the fly-ass pimp from the Rubber Rocket video!!!! You know from that video that I know all about love! My hopes for you on this day are twofold. If you are in love, I hope you love your lover lovingly. If you are not in love, then I hope you stay at home and listen to our records!!! LOL!!! We'll be there for you, no doubt about it!!!! LOL!!!!! Speaking of our records, we are in the midst of recording our seventh studio album right now. Say it with me now....ELECTRIC SIX IS MAKING A SEVENTH RECORD.....WOOOOOOOOO!!! I have to say it is turning into a very positive and happy record. I'm really happy about it. A month ago, I had no idea what the record would sound like. It's a huge relief to know now what it sounds like. And for the first time since the second record, it looks like we will have a cover song on a record. It's a song we've talked about doing for a while now and we are finally doing it. It's a wonderful time to be in Electric Six. What else? Well, besides the fact that Tait Nucleus? is looking more and more like Gene Hackman every day, we are about to travel to Canada for the first time in a while. Canada is second only to North Korea in terms of degree of difficulty for bands to enter. Wish us luck! Oh yeah, we didn't do a Frequently Asked Questions this year because every year we do, people we know always think we are passive-agressively making fun of them on our website and they stop talking to us. Let me assure you that we are cowards, evil cowards, and we only make fun of people we've never met. The last thing we want is for the fragile egos of our paranoid friends to be shattered because we weren't ripping on them in the first place. So, that's the update. Everything is moving along splendidly. We are receiving such wonderful emails these days. It's really wonderful. The outreach. Your thoughts. Your musings. The contact. It's what keeps us going.
Round Records 'Haiti Project' Charity Compilation Now Available for Download
BIRMINGHAM, UK, NEWARK, NJ, Jan. 26 -- Round Records, Electric Six's UK home for the past couple of years, today is announcing that the Haiti Project is available for download. All proceeds from this compilation will be donated to relief efforts for Haiti in this extraordinary time of need. Electric Six is featured on this compilation in the form of "The Newark Airport Boogie" which is off our latest release KILL. Eureka Machines, with whom we recently toured the UK, have also contributed a track to the project. For more info, visit roundrecords.co.uk and you will be directed to the appropriate link to download 'The Haiti Project'. Go ahead and go there right now, mister!
Dick Valentine is back and Red Eye's got him
Tune into Fox News LATE Thursday night/early Friday Morning at 3AM Eastern for Dick Valentine's latest appearance on Red Eye. His first three appearances on this panel talk/comedy show have been among the best television he's ever done in our humble opinion, so this is a must see.UPDATE: Due to a scheduling conflict, this appearance will be postponed a few days. Dick Valentine's next Red Eye appearance will be the wee hours of next Monday night/Tuesday morning, Jan. 25/26 nether region.
Canada? Canadone!
Guess what? After 15 long years (or 3, give or take), Electric Six is happy to announce its return to our great neighbor to the North for an extended run of dates in March of 2010. We'll also be hitting select American cities as part of the same tour...check to the right for a list. There will likely be another two or three shows added to the itinerary shortly, so if you don't see your town and you think it should be visited by Electric Six on this tour, close your eyes, spin around at least 42 times, blink, and look again. Repeat as needed until you get the desired result.Oh, and for the record, that is NOT a misprint, Calgary. Electric Six will play not once but twice in your town. Why, you ask? It's either that Broken City cannot possibly contain just one Electric Six show, or certain band members are hoping to run into Lanny McDonald in order to garner some facial hair grooming tips. One of those for sure...
American Troubador to Go All British and Shit
CASPER, WY, Nov. 18 -- Dick Valentine is pleased to announce that he will be performing his one-man solo acoustic version of himself once again at the Blue Cat in Stockport, UK on Thursday, Dec. 10. The performance will take place at 7 p.m. a couple of hours before his band Electric Six (whose site you are currently visiting) plays a gig at the Academy in nearby Manchester.This will be Valentine's third performance at the Blue Cat. Valentine will be UNREHEARSED and NERVOUS AS HELL, which makes him extremely vulnerable and compliant to riduculous demands. Come see the American Troubador in England one more time. Double down on Valentine. You might have a real good time.
Detroit E6 fans can get All In for St. Andrew's show
See the link below for details as to how all Detroit E6 fans can purchase advance tickets without paying any associated fees, courtesy of our friends at Live Nation.All In
KILL is out!
Today is release day for the new E6 record in the US, entitled "KILL."Please join us in celebrating this auspicious occasion by exchanging some of your hard earned money for a copy at your local record exchange and/or gigantic chain store.
Follow the KILL tour
Getting with the full 21st century program, Electric Six is excited to present all kinds of ways you can follow them, interact with them, touch them...via your internet connection.MySpace Also note that you can follow the tour via the opening bands. You can find Gay Blades at the following: Gay Blades Gay Blades Twitter Find Millions of Brazilians in the following places: Millions of Brazilians Millions of Brazilians Twitter All the bands will be doing interesting things on these sites including guest list giveaways, inside information on their respective states of mental health, etc. Of course you need to get some of that.
Check out the KILL Tour Mixtape!
The KILL Tour Mixtape features songs, remixes and mash-ups from all three bands on the tour... Electric Six, Gay Blades and Millions Of Brazilians. You can play it here or download a high quality MP3 by clicking "download" on the player below.THE KILL TOUR MIXTAPE... hosted by BOOZY HOLE. 1. Body Shot (Electric Six) 2. Mean Muses (The Gay Blades) 3. Vermont (Millions of Brazilians) 4. Future is in the Future [Midnight Juggernauts Remix] (Electric Six) 5. O-Shot Mash [featuring Electric Six and Morris Day & The Time] (The Gay Blades) 6. Sex Mash [featuring Electric Six and Van Halen] (Millions of Brazilians)
Dick Valentine to Make Third Appearance on Red Eye Tonight
BROOKLYN, Oct. 9 -- Dick Valentine will be going for the hat trick of appearances on Fox News' late night chat show Red Eye w/ Greg Gutfeld later tonight, airing at 3 a.m. EST. The Red Eye team is helping Electric Six get the word out about our upcoming release of our sixth record, "KILL" which will come out on Oct. 20. and this is something we appreciate very much3 a.m. in the hazy hours between Friday night and Saturday is the perfect time slot for the rabid E6 fan to have his or her maximum focus. So after a night of hijinx and shenanigans with your stupid friends, sit back, relax and let the television do the thinking for you. It will be so much easier.....
Body Shot video and Electric Six comes to Rock Band
Enjoy our latest video, this one for the song "Body Shot" taken from the forthcoming album entitled "Kill," to be released by Metropolis on October 20.Electric Six "Body Shot" (2009) - NSFW 18+ from Another Reybee Productions, Inc. on Vimeo. Also, in response to more requests that we can possibly count, Electric Six is excited to announce that a 3 pack of songs spanning the band's career will be released for the popular ROCK BAND videogame on October 6. The tracks are "Gay Bar," "Dance Epidemic," and "I Don't Like You."
American Troubador Concert Series to Hit Philadelphia
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25 -- Electric Six frontman Dick Valentine today announces his first, and most likely only American Troubador solo acoustic show for 2009, is to take place in the modern day gomorrah known as Philadelphia, PA on Sept. 19 at the Jefferson Square Music Festival.The festival takes place at the corner of 4th and Washington. As of now, it is unclear what time Valentine's set will start, but that information will be given as soon as it becomes available. Valentine will be performing Electric Six songs in a solo acoustic format and will most likely even be featuring a couple numbers from the band's upcoming release entitled KILL, which comes out on Oct. 20. If you like Electric Six and you like slow, intimate times....come to the festival and feel Dick Valentine. UPDATE: Dick Valentine will be performing around 8 p.m.
E6 to board boats, play music
Attention, residents of the Northeast region of the United States: Electric Six will be performing a series of shows next week in your area, including TWO shows taking place on boats, one in New York and the other in Boston. Trust us, you've never truly seen Electric Six unless you've seen them on water.
Links to the relevant websites for all four shows on this brief late summer run are listed to the right.
State of the Six Address: Chickenfoot is the Hardest Foot of Them All
BROOKLYN, June 12 -- The following can be attributed to Dick Valentine:Hello everybody. We've needed an update for a while, but I am of the mind that you don't force things like that. You bring it when it's time to bring it. Yes, we've been recording and I suppose that's newsworthy. Our sixth album will be finished soon and it will be released in October. It sounds wonderful and I fully intend for this to be the first Electric Six album that sees each and every song being included in our live set when we tour this fall. Because you see, I am getting older and I have very little patience for bullshit. Which brings me to the main reason for updating our news section. You may be aware that Sammy Hagar, Joe Satriani, Michael Anthony and Chad Smith have formed a band called Chickenfoot. Perhaps, like me, you became aware of this when you were watching television. And like Kevin Costner in JFK, I was just a regular person without any real stake in the matter when I heard the news. Like Kevin Costner, I began to lose sleep at night because there were too many questions. And a voice in my head told me to dig a little deeper and discover the truth. From the beginning, the questions led to more questions. Why on earth do you team the world's greatest guitar player and the world's greatest drummer with the world's luckiest bass player???? It seems to me the obvious move in this situation was to get Tony Danza on bass guitar. What is going on here???????? I read the wikipedia entry and that got me nowhere. Just a bunch of predictable drivel about them loving rock and blues and being good buddies who like to jam. This still does not help me sleep. Why is Michael Anthony in the band when Tony Danza is available????? I had to go back to the basics. I looked at the components of other supergroups....Oysterhead, Damn Yankees, Asia, Girls Aloud....in each case they either had Les Claypool, Jack Blades, that swedish-looking guy or no bass player at all. THIS APPROACH GOT ME NOWHERE. I was becoming frustrated. I was not sleeping or holding down solid food. Questions led to more questions and then only to dead ends. I was considering packing it in and going to Cabo Wabo for a month to drink my face off and forget the whole thing. And then, just like that...it hit me square in the face. Cabo Wabo. Sammy Hagar. It had something to do with Sammy Hagar!!!! The Van Halen connection. That's what this was all about. It was about Sammy Hagar going around Tony Danza to help out his friend from Van Halen and hopefully get him some money again. My god, it was right in front of me all along!!! How could I have forgotten about Sammy Hagar!!! How blind I was!!! Sammy Hagar is in Chickenfoot too!!!! He's the reason Michael Anthony is the bass player instead of Tony Danza!!!!! I furiously began to write down my discovery, pausing only to eat Alka Seltzer tablets directly from the package. I took great care to save my work every 30 seconds and back it up on hard drives and microfiche. When completed, I sent one draft to Russia, put one in the freezer, and swallowed the other five. I had one foot out my front door when the phone rang. I wish I could tell you that I never answered the phone...that I kept on going out the front door. Because if I had, I'd still believe that Michael Anthony was in Chickenfoot instead of Tony Danza because of Sammy Hagar. And life would go on and everything would make sense, and I'd be no worse for any of it. But I didn't. I answered the phone. And because I answered the phone I know some things now I wish I didn't know. I know that sometimes, bad things happen to good people and no one can stop it...ever. I know that Joe Satriani is a strange man. I know that I don't have much time before they find me and I have to keep moving. And most of all...I know that the Chickenfoot...is the hardest foot of them all. (to be continued)
BREAKING NEWS: Electric Six Gets a Star on the Wall at First Avenue in Minneapolis!
MINNEAPOLIS, April 7 -- Today, The Electric Six was memorialized forever (or until they are deemed shitty and irrelevant enough to paint over) with a coveted star on the outside wall of Minneapolis' legendary music venue First Avenue and Seventh Street Entry. The band, upon seeing the star, became visibly emotional and could be heard expressing their gratitude and awe over the honour. "Fuck", said Tait Nucleus. "Shit," said The Colonel. "About fucking time," remarked Johnny Nashinal. "I'm gonna eat the riiiiiideeeer," said Smorgasbord.Longtime First Avenue liason Conrad Sverkerson was there to greet the band upon arrival and point out the freshly painted star. "We painted over Skinny Puppy," said Sverkerson. "We know you guys wanted us to paint over the BoDeans, but there would have been problems." Across the street at the Target Center, Canadian rockers Nickelback were getting ready to play their own show, but they took time out of their soundcheck to congratulate Electric Six. "I'm the guy from Nickelback," remarked Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger when told of the Electric Six honor across the street. "Hell yeaaaaaah, dude! I'm the guy from Nickelback!" Electric Six is humbled by the gesture by First Avenue and would like to state for the record that there is no finer venue in the world to play.
Dick Valentine to appear again on Fox News' "Red Eye" on Tuesday Morning
It's EARLY Tuesday morning...as in 3 AM early...but if you can't make it up that late/early, set your DVR for Fox News' "Red Eye with Greg Gutfield," which will feature an appearance by our own Dick Valentine. If you missed Dick's appearance on this show in December, you'll want to be sure to catch this one. "Red Eye" is a panel show in which the guests offer humorous takes on current events, as well as an interview segment with Dick.
April/May US Tour announced
Electric Six is thrilled to announce its upcoming tour of the United States in April and May. This one is sticking mostly to the Eastern half of the country, but we'll be back out West again this Fall. Joining us on this run will be Bang Camaro on dates between April 2 and April 16 and Living Things from April 17 until May 9.A handful of additional dates will be announced shortly for this tour, so keep checking back for further details.
Steeler Nation
PITTSBURGH, TAMPA, Feb. 1 -- The following can be attributed to Dick Valentine:Steeler Nation.
Frequently Asked Questions 2009!!!!
BROOKLYN, JAN. 10 -- You've emailed us. You've myspaced us. You've asked the tough questions. And today....we've compiled them all from the last 365 days and given you the sassiest answers yet. It's the answers to the most frequently asked questions Electric Six must answer because we answer questions with answers. Ready?? Here goes.Q. I am a music reviewer and I have just been given the responsibility of reviewing the new Electric Six album. I think Electric Six is a joke. Do you have any idea how my review should read? A. Sure! Try this sure-fire template! It's worked dozens of times for people just like you: Electric Six -- New Album Aging Detroit pranksters determined to tell the same tired joke over and over again, even though it was never funny in the first place You can imagine my surprise when I was told that Electric Six had a new record coming out. After all, their 2003 debut "Fire" should have been the only thing they were permitted to release and then they should have been taken out to a field and put out of their misery. Then imagine how surprised I was when I found out that they've had four albums come out since "Fire"! How?? More importantly, why??? Every song on this new album is just a watered-down version of their 15-minute-of-fame novelty hit "Gay Bar". Lead singer Dick Valentine sounds like a tired, bitter sideshow freak trying to be a third-rate Tom Jones. He spits out his inane, stupid lyrics with an idiotic bravado and he exudes an undeserved confidence that he clearly wouldn't have if he truly understood what a joke I think he is. The rest of the band compliment Valentine's total lack of imagination. Every guitar riff on this new album is a watered-down homage to the repetitive twang of 2003 novelty hit "Gay Bar". Occasionally keyboardist Tait Nucleus chimes in with bleeps and blops designed to dupe the odd listener into thinking that these guys are capable of doing something interesting or intelligent, but no self-respecting music lover will ever take the bait. It's fine when the Killers, the Kills or LCD Soundsystem do it. It's not when Electric Six does it. If there's any saving grace about this new Electric Six album, it is that it makes the listener profoundly grateful he is not in Electric Six. There's no way the people in this band are happier than I am. They think they are funny, but the joke is on them in the form of my review. I know about music. I know what's funny. And I'm going to call them on it. Somehow, some day, this review and others like it will put an end to Electric Six. Too much is at stake. What? No....mom...can it wait? I'm writing a music review....what? NO! I told you, I'll mow the lawn when I'm done with this....Jesus Christ, mom...I gotta finish this review and stop this band....mom, you know nothing about how important music is...I didn't get into knowing about music so I could mow your fucking lawn....Jesus, mom...and shut my fucking door on your way back upstairs.... Q. Dick Valentine, you are the MAN! You buy the drugs at the gay bar! LOL! You are rad, dude. Here are my digits: 555-555-5555. Hit me up sometime, bro. It would be rad to talk to you on the phone!!! Don't front on me, bro....give me a call, okay? A. Rest assured, Dick Valentine has your number and is going over his talking points at this very minute. A noted perfectionist, Valentine will not make the phone call to you until he is absolutely sure he knows what he is going to say. He owes you that. Q. Hey guys, I see you are playing a show in my town soon. You guys are my favorite band. Unfortunately, I don't have any money. I wanna come to your show so bad my dick hurts, but I can't because I am not good at the whole making money thing. Could you let me into your show for free?? A. We got this one a lot this year. We certainly understand people are hurting because of the economy. But here's an exercise you can do to best understand our response to this (or lack thereof). Close your eyes. Now, picture how things would be for us if word got out that all you had to do was email us and ask to get in for free and then you get in for free. Concentrate. Can you picture it?? Can you see how things would be for us??? Good. Q. Hey guys. I am a filmmaker and I want to go on the road with you guys and film your tour and do a documentary about life behind the scenes with Electric Six. I promise to make you guys look good and you will barely notice me. Whaddya say? A. No amount of creative editing or flattering narrative will make us look good as long as our souls are as bankrupt as they currently are. We can put on the best face we have....and the camera will inevitably see through us. Our hearts beating now only out of habit...only because they still can. And no amount of generous documentation can mask that. Plus we don't want an extra person in our van for 5 weeks. Q. You named your 2005 album "Switzerland" because you've never been there before and you hoped that by doing so, you'd get a chance to play there. Four long years later, the dream is becoming a reality. How do you feel about finally going to Switzerland? A. Rad. Stoked. And let this be an inspiration to all bands and musicians out there. If you name your album after a country, you will be invited to play there someday. So, for example if you live in Mexico or Cuba and you name your album "The United States of America", rest assured you will be receiving a first class ticket to Los Angeles in due time. Q.Now that Bush is leaving office, will you still play Rock and Roll Evacuation? A. Nothing changes. Bush is eternal. Bush is all around you. You think that's air you're breathing right now? You think the water in the ocean is merely hydrogen and oxygen? You are a fool. There is Bush in all things. Bush is moving through all of us. You can feel Bush when you stare into the internet's eye. You can feel Bush in the low end of one of Smorgasbord's bass solos. Bush is forever. Bush is the alpha and the omega. George W. Bush....is love. The kind of love you want to have a beer with. The kind of love that would pull over to help you if you were broken down on the side of the road. The kind of love that holds the stars in place and keeps the polar ice caps from melting. So it doesn't matter if Barack Obama or Mitt Romney is president. Rock and Roll Evacuation will be about Bush until the end of time. It is worth noting that a correctly spelled "Barack Obama" registers as a misspelling when spellchecked. A correctly spelled "Mitt Romney" does not. Something to think about in 2012....
State of the Six Address: A Big Sloppy Thank You to ALL
CROOKLYN, Dec. 18 -- The following can be attributed to Dick Valentine:Hey you! I want to thank you for coming to one of our shows in the last two months. We've been energized by your enthusiasm and we can't wait to go out and do it again in the spring. In Madrid, you made us feel like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in Wings of Desire. In Spartanburg, you made us feel like a bunch of good ole boys. In the four nations of the British Isles, you made us feel like ambassadors of karate and friendship for everyone. In Detroit, you made us feel like we belong again. Honestly, we've never felt this good about being in Electric Six. We're gonna do another record now. Happy Holidays. Love from us to you.
New viral game featuring "Formula 409"
Sponsored by UK-based King of Shaves, welcome to "King of Air Guitar." Scroll through until you see the album cover for "Flashy" and you'll hear the hopefully now familiar strains of "Formula 409."
www.kingofairguitar.com
Brief Update to Tour News
DETROIT, Oct. 14 -- Electric Six regrets to announce today that due to circumstances beyond their control, our friends The Golden Dogs are unable to join Local H and us for any of the scheduled tour dates. This does not change the fact that we believe The Golden Dogs are the best live band we've ever seen.If you are in a band in any of the towns we are scheduled to visit, you may be doing the math and realizing that there are some open support slots available now. The decision for any bands that may be added to bills will be made by local venues and local promoters only. Neither Electric Six nor our booking agent, The Agency Group, will be involved in deciding who fills the vacant slots. If you were planning on coming to these shows just to see the Golden Dogs, rest assured, you may want to come anyway. Don't take it from us. Take it from lead dog Dave Azzolini, who just yesterday went to the top of the CN Tower in his hometown of Toronto and shouted these words to the citizens below: "If you were planning on coming to see us at any point in the next five weeks, the best way to honour our absence is to go to the show anyway!"
Electric Six to Release 'Flashy' on Round Records in UK and Europe
DETROIT, BIRMINGHAM, UK, Sept. 10 -- Electric Six is very happy to announce that we've signed with Round Records for the United Kingdom and Europe. This means that the band's forthcoming record, "Flashy," will be in all major (and minor) record stores for our overseas fans to enjoy and purchase. You can visit Round at www.myspace.com/roundrecordsuk
New video for "Formula 409" is up
Please check the MySpace page for details and viewing.
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