GLORIOUS TIMES & CLUB INFINITY PRESENTS: SIX FEET UNDER & GUESTS - NOVEMBER 7 2012

GLORIOUS TIMES & CLUB INFINITY PRESENT:

THE AUTUMN APOCALYPSE TOUR
SIX FEET UNDER/CATTLE DECAPITATION/WRETCHED/SEPLOPHILE/VILE VINDICTION

WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 7-DOORS AT 6PM-ALL AGES SHOW-TICKETS ARE $15 ADVANCE - $18 DAY OF SHOW - AND CAN BE PURCHASED ONLINE AT

 TICKETWEB.COM

Tickets are also available at the following locations:
The Club Infinity Box Office, 8166 Main Street, Williamsville NY
The After Dark Box Office, 630 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo NY
The Record Barron, 3048 Delaware Avenue Kenmore NY
Music Matters (248 Meadow Dr, N. Tonawanda and 527 Cayuga Dr., Niagara Falls, NY)

SHOW HAS BEEN CANCELED - APOLOGIES

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There are advantages to some of the social network sites, sure, just not all those silly 'apps' which waste your time deleting for the first 5 minutes of logging into your account. One of the GT editors is NOT a fan of facebook, but has been transformed into a sort of social networking whore - having to update and add to things to keep people informed (and yeah, DON'T let him hornswaggle you with tales of 'he dosn't like it' because he ran with it too).

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Screenshot of the official GT Myspace

Let's face it - most bands have official myspace and facebook pages, which DO work - look at GT - we sold out in 19 days of announcing pre-order availability on myspace (with basically no other advertising at all). Most armchair scenesters have blatantly said we blow because we didn't embark on a massive glossy public relations assault, issuing glossy postcards, directing fancy avi advertising for upload to youtube etc - and well, you know, that all takes a shit load of cash doesn't it?

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Screenshot of the official GT Facebook

GLORIOUS TIMES is DIY - and not DIY today which usually means 'make it look like crap and label it old school'. Hell, none of us even used the label 'old school' until people started telling us we ARE old school.

Facebook and Myspace have been invaluable tools to reach people fast, to take true pre-order fast, and gather funds as fast as we could to get enough cash to go to print.

To reward those folks beyond just 'here's your book' - we have been attempting to keep the freebies coming, and further illustrate that GT is (as one insightful young man, Jason Kiss, from Advent Abortus put it) -  "a living document".

Exclusive to our Facebook and/or Myspace followers, downloads of alternate materials - new band layouts in pdf format, and in some cases music samples (as with Vile Vindicition) or full recordings such as Lori Bravo Raped 'When The Sun Dies' EP, or Paineater's 2009 demo, or the first 2 out of print Where's The Pope? original vinyl rips (from 1987 and 1989). All of which are endorsed by the artists involved, sort of separating our blog from the blogs that are more strictly based along the music download.

Myspace profile avatar

Joey Capizzi (then in Staten Island NY's EVISCERATE) losing it to AUTOPSY at Day Of Death, Buffalo NY October 20 1990. Standing next to Joey is Craig Pillard (Incantation). As you can now see, is the image used for the Myspace Avatar. The avatar was consistently misrepresented as the book's cover, even after the cover image was released. Photos: Alan Moses

It's a simple way to say thanks, and keep the concept, helping the artists still active and introducing some people to new music, as has indeed been the case. A wonderful side effect we never really expected. Really though, as this book was originally only to be produced in 2 copies for the private use of the editors - everything that's been born from the experience is an 'added extra'.

The Glory of Lori. Photo courtesy Lori Bravo

So the offer is here - visitors to this blog are seeing some amazingly rare photos, photos which are NOT being posted at the social network pages, and if you end up seeing them elsewhere then they've been lifted. Likewise - offers of downloadable stuff are made to the select group that join the sites to follow us - wanna join us?

It's simple (just like the book's concept and design) - you know that - c'mon and join us and get a chance to see different stuff GT related.

SEND US A MYSPACE FRIEND REQUEST

SEND US A FACEBOOK FRIEND REQUEST

It's worth the time and couple of minutes hassle to sign up, even if you don't like these sorts of sites, you don't need to go public or do shit but join and request us to check things out, the offer is there and there ain't no strings.

You can also join our mailing list by simply sending an email to glorioustimesdeathbook@gmail.com and typing UPDATES in the subject field. Although GT is done and sold out, this gets you onto our mailing list - and whatever the future might bring (reprint, foreign language translation, 2nd volume or cd's and other things) our INSIDERS on this mailing list will be the first to know about it, above any blog/myspace/facebook posting which will come after the INSIDERS have been informed.

SINCE WE ARE ON THE SUBJECT OF NUCLEAR DEATH AS WELL, HERE'S A MESSAGE FROM LORI BRAVO HERSELF:

I wanted to remind folks that I still have copies for sale of ,'For Our Dead','All Creatures Great and Eaten','The Planet Cachexial' (with full-size story book) and 'Harmony Drinks of Me'!!!! They are always $6 each!

CONTACT LORI RIGHT HERE FOR DETAILS

BORN TO SHRED!

A Lavern Clewley special - 91 MC short run tank

Another of the contributors to GT is Jim Nickles of North Tonawanda (suburb of Buffalo)NY. Jim was a founding member of LEVIATHAN (which also had Chris Barnes of CANNIBAL CORPSE & SIX FEET UNDER fame) , then moved on to become an original member of MALEVOLENT CREATION along with Phil Fasciana and Brett Hoffman.

Original MC lineup shot courtesy of Jim Nickles

Jim, like so many from the Malevolent camp, moved down to Florida as this sort of 'mass exodus' occured when MC decided they were going to relocate to what then was being termed (rightly or wrongly enough): The Death Metal Capital Of The World.

 
MC roadie Brad Smith's 21st celebration (white cut off shirt), members of MC, Joewitch from Hellwitch, even one of the GT editors, plus assorted fiends and family that made the move down to FL (note Phil's Van of debauchery in back).
Pic: Alan Moses

This was a behaviour that wasn't that much out of the ordinary, considering one of the editors did just the same thing, taking on a couple 1000 extra miles onto the itinerary to do so.
Having left MC to joing for a short period of time the equally well known underground unit Hellwitch, long running due to the never-give-in attitude of Pat Ranieri (also a GT contributor)Jim turned back to NY and set up SHREDLY STUDIOS and his new current band VILE VINDICTION.

VILE VINDICTION LOGO BY MARK

VILE VIDICTION originally formed in 1989 and opened for such acts as PRIME EVIL & CANNIBAL CORPSE. Founding guitarist George Grant could not keep a stable lineup so the band was shelved for several years before being revived. With the addition of Jim Nickles on guitar VILE VINDICTION has released a limited EP and full length CD.

Jimmy with VILE VINDICTION December 2009 Pic: Brian Pattison

Grab these recordings while they are still available (see VV myspace url )

We have to thank Jim again for his input, adding special sentiment that normally would be unavailable, not to mention some almost ancient photos that show the whole then-baby-faced gang of miscreants which really were some of the funnest people to hang with of all time.

The short lived band THAW partying with Phil, the last year Spring Break was hosted in Ft. Lauderdale 90 Pic: Alan Moses. Below: 2 Specii = transatlantic drunkfest one of the editors with Jeff 'Hawk' Hawkins.

Jim Nickles with his piece of photographic history

The not so gentle giant, Mark Van Erp, who did a year long stint on bass with Malevolent beginning in 1990 - had provided quite a bit of sentiment that we just couldn't find a way to include unless doing a section on Cynic (perhaps, if there is a next time pal!).

 Mark Van Erp (then MC bassist) & Pete Sandoval outside the Rockit Club in Tampa before MC played, one of the few gigs where all of Morbid Angel showed up to support.

Between Vile Vindiction - which you can learn more about at www.myspace.com/vilevindiction and ordering their 2008 EP and 2009 CD, and SHREDLY STUDIOS which Jim is preparing for (we hear) a remastering of the 'original Malvolent demo' (the demo recorded in North Tonawanda, NOT the demo that got them signed years later) - it's surprising he would MAKE the time for us and have such a great input in our book.

Rich Z & Dennis John @ The VV gig Dec 2009 with GT. Pic: Brian Pattison

Just recently as of Jan 1 2010 Jim's been with GRAVE DESCENT featuring Dennis John Glinski (formerly of TIRANT SIN), Rich Zielinski (formerly of TIRANT SIN), Mike Green (formerly of LEVIATHAN), ANOTHER Buffalo death metal stalwart in the form of Jimmy Link on drums and a little help from VILE VINDICTION guitarist George Grant on a 3 song CD that is shaping up to be a real killer too! We can't wait to hear more of what will be coming out of SHREDLY, and suggest whole heartedly that you investigate VILE VINDICTION.

INVESTIGATE FURTHER HERE:

VILE VINDICTION: www.myspace.com/vilevindiction

GRAVE DESCENT: www.myspace.com/gravedescent

SHREDLY STUDIOS : www.myspace.com/shredlystudios