The OC Supertones - For The Glory video

At the Soulfest music festival The OC Supertones offered up a song from their upcoming album.  Check out this video of their live performance of "For The Glory".

Project 86 releases Wait For The Siren today

Another epic moment in Christian rock history!  Hard rock band, Project 86, releases their 8th studio album, Wait For the Siren today.  You may have read the review I posted on the new album back a few weeks ago.  Find out for yourself about the new Celtic influence P86 introduced on Wait for The Siren.

Listen to the stream of Wait For the Siren here

Wait for the Siren by P86 is available on iTunes

The Antidote - Show 45 - Project 86

At the Soulfest music festival I was delighted to spend some time with Andrew Schwab of Project 86. He spoke with The Antidote about the new album, Wait For The Siren, and the new band members that make up P86. You can hear the interview with Andrew on this broadcast of The Antidote.

I've been a long time fan of Project 86. The band had it's start as a rap/rock band back in 1996, progressing into their dedicated hard rock sound by the time they recorded their third album, Truthless Heroes on Atlantic Records. Wait For The Siren is the latest release for P86 and it holds some surprises for their fans. A new Celtic influence pervades the album as Schwab explores his ancestral roots.

You can read my review of Wait For The Siren here.

This recording of The Antidote covers much of the discography of Project 86 and features a number of songs from Wait For The Siren and many older favorites.

Listen to or download The Antidote featuring Andrew Schwab and Project 86

The Antidote is going on hiatus for a couple of weeks while the fall season and schedule at Trent Radio is being geared up. Be sure to check back to Christian Rock Files to find out when The Antidote will be broadcasting this fall.

Thanks to all the dedicated listeners (and downloaders) of The Antidote who have made this first year of broadcasting so worthwhile. If you have any suggestions or requests email The Antidote.

Punk for The Gospel Benefit Compilation

              

Punk for The Gospel Benefit Compilation

 Thumper Punk Records and Caustic Fallout are pleased to announce the release of the “Punk for The Gospel Benefit Compilation”, a two volume compilation featuring songs donated by 42 bands to raise money to support the work of foreign Missionaries from within the Christian punk community.  Missionary families that will be supported by this compilation are those of Dave Emmerson of The Old-timers and Aaron “Liberty” Wells of True Liberty.  Of the 42 songs, there are 19 new or previously unreleased songs, including the first song released by The Deal in 8 years, a live recording of an unreleased song from Call to Glory, and new recordings by False Idle and The WAY, among many others.

The Emmerson family was originally based in Shotts, Scotland, United Kingdom, where Dave was involved in the punk scene doing promotions and played in the band Dragged Out.  In September 2009, Dave and Vicki Emmerson answered God’s call to missionary work, and moved to Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa.  The Emmerson family has been involved with various outreach ministries including programs at the Bergendal Primary School and Allandale Prison, as well as establishing a local chapter of Christian Skaters International.  The entire family is also involved with Calvary Chapel Paarl Valley.  Dave is the lead singer for The Old-timers.

The Wells family first became active in ministry in 2005 leading young adult ministries in their church.  In 2008, Aaron and Bonnie Wells were called to be part of a church plant in Virginia. They served there for 3 years on the worship team and leading and coordination small group Bible studies.  In 2009, they felt God call them to Missions. In January 2012, Aaron and Bonnie spent a few weeks there at El Jardin Segrado in the Orosi Valley of Costa Rica, doing medical clinics, seeing over 2,000 patients and sharing the gospel with them and ministering to the children. The Wells family is now serving at another new church plant in Virginia, and is raising funds to return to Costa Rica as full-time Missionaries in January 2013. Aaron is the drummer for True Liberty. 

Volume 1 (in order of appearance) features The Old-timers, INFIRMITIES, Hippos of Doom, Dogwood, The Lonely Revolts, Flatfoot 56, Call to Glory, Platoon 1107, Grace & Thieves, Unshackled, The Hoax, Don't Get Bored, Gorilla Warfare, Government Hate Mail, Lust Control, uniSEF, The Social Threat, The Altar Billies, The Scurvies, Mason Summers, and The Shiny Darks.

Volume 2 features True Liberty, False Idle, The WAY, The Deal, Grave Robber, Jump Ship Quick, ABSOLVED, The Smiley Kids, The Kings Kids, Saint Hooligan, Praiser, Vincible, 100 Philistine Foreskins, Empty Tomb, Desiring Dead Flesh, Revolution Radio, Metanoia, Covenant, Craig’s Brother, Goodnight Wednesday, and 180 OUT.

Volumes 1 and 2 are available for purchase in CD format from the Thumper Punk Records webstore, and digital versions are available through iTunes, AmazonMP3 and the usual suspects.  All praise and glory to Him.

Thumper Punk Records www.thumperpunkrecords.com
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The Antidote - Show 44 - Soulfest Memories

My wife, nephew, and I headed off to the White Mountains of New Hampshire for the Soulfest music festival just over a week ago. This was the second music festival I'd attended in the past 6 weeks. It was another long drive to see some great bands and artists.

The highlight of this festival was having both the reunited O. C. Supertones and Five Iron Frenzy perform back to back on Saturday night. To those who are unaware of these ska bands, it may be hard to understand the extreme nature of their fan base. I meet a couple of guys who had driven two days, non-stop, just to see Five Iron Frenzy perform.

This show features a number of bands that I was able to see perform at the annual Soulfest music festival.

Check out Soulfest Memories on The Antidote

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Soulfest Memories

This has been my summer of music festivals. First was the Cornerstone festival in Illinois just over a month ago. On Sunday my wife, nephew, and I returned from New Hampshire where we attended the Soulfest music festival. I was apprehensive about the weather for this event. Only two days prior to leaving, the forecast was calling for rain and/or thunderstorms each day. The Lord had other plans, bright sunshine and very warm days were the norm.

One of the joys of Christian music festivals is the diversity in styles of music. Here's a list of who I was able to enjoy:

Abel

Becoming The Archetype

Children 18:3

Family Force 5

Peter Furler, Paul Colman, and Phil Joel jamming

Going old school with Lost Dogs

Love and Death with  Brian "Head" Welch

Canadian band Manic Drive

The hip-hop of Rapture Ruckus

Dueling violins and guitars of Reilly

Switchfoot's amazing show

War of Ages

 The highlight of Soulfest was seeing two of the greatest ska bands of all time. 

Matt "Mojo" Morginsky of The O.C. Supertones

The insanity of Reese Roper with Five Iron Frenzy

The Antidote - Show 43 - The Kings Kids / Thumper Punk Records

At the Cornerstone Festival I was able to meet up with The Kings Kids, a classic style punk band from Salinas, California. After a four day drive from California to Illinois, The Kings Kids arrived only an hour before they had to hit the stage. After a great, but wearying performance in the heat, the band took some time to spend with The Antidote and speak about their band and their music. The Kings Kids are on the roster of Thumper Punk Records, which delivers some awesome punk music. On this episode you'll be hearing a huge number of punk tracks (remember punk songs are short).  All of the artists you'll be hearing can be found on the Thumper Punk Records label.

Check out The Kings Kids and Thumper Punk Records show heard on The Antidote

Live stream The Antidote Wednesday's from 9 - 10  EST here.