FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US


Punk the Clock is wrapping up 2007 with I Surrender Records & SIRE Records.


Punk the Clock, along with I Surrender and Armor For Sleep, is proud to present the heart-warming, celebratory, non-denominational holiday event of the year: The FESTIVUS FOR THE REST OF US tour, featuring Valencia, Four Year Strong, The High Court (on select dates), and special guests Armor for Sleep.
Following the success of 2005’s What to Do When You Are Dead, New Jersey’s Armor for Sleep (12/27-12/29) recently released Smile for Them on Sire Records. The album’s first single "Williamsburg" was premiered on Total Request Live, and the intense, power-rock melodies of Smile are already turning heads across the MTV stations. Armor for Sleep just wrapped up the Sleeping With Giants tour with The Academy Is… and The Rocket Summer.

Fresh off the road from a full US tour with Boys Like Girls and All Time Low, Philadelphia natives Valencia will be premiering songs off their new album, the highly anticipated follow-up to their
debut, This Could Be A Possibility. The band have gained over 75,000 friends and nearly 4 million plays on MySpace with their infectious, multi-layered rock sound. Valencia will also be hitting the road in February for a stint across the UK with theAudition.

Four Year Strong create a unique blend of power-pop and hardcore, with influences ranging from Gorilla Biscuits to Saves the Day. Hailing from Worcester, Massachusetts, the band has already made themselves known on the Smartpunk Top 100 Sales and Purevolume "Most Played" charts with their debut full-length, Rise or Die Trying. Four Year Strong have recently made waves across the ocean with a spread in UK’s Tuned magazine, featured as "Album of the Month".

The High Court have been touring non-stop in support of their debut album, Puppet Strings, which was praised by Absolutepunk.net as "music [that is] miles above any of the band’s contemporaries, [with] lyrical approaches which are blunt, crass, sexy and just really interesting." The New Jersey quartet boasts a confident
swagger and an undeniable charm that leaves listeners begging for more.

In support of the PTC compilation, Punk The Clock wraps 2007 with a finale of artist featured on V3 Property Of A Gentleman: Valencia, Four Year Strong, The High Court (on select dates). PTC is totally psyched to trim the home front with Armor For Sleep. PTC V3 track listing includes 19 exclusive & unreleased tracks from Jacks Mannequin, The Almost, the Matches, Say Anything, Lostprophets, Anchor & Braille, Nightmare of You, Permanent Me and introduces Inamere, Ellison & Pictures In Pieces.

Festivus For the Rest Of Us is a brilliant topper to a year of touring with Jack's Mannequin West Coast Winter tour, The Audition Spring 2007 tour & the Hot Topic Punk The Clock Life & Lies tour cosponsored with Hurley, AbsolutePunk.net, Purevolume & RecCenter.

Deck the halls and catch these bands at the end of December for a
holiday extravaganza that isn’t to be missed.

Dec 27 2007 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero

Dec 28 2007 South Hackensack, NJ @ School Of Rock

Dec 29 2007 Worcester, MA @ The Palladium

Dec 30 2007 Scranton, PA @ Tinks


Best, Catjia


Happy Festivus Everyone!

Casey Calvert 1981-2007 Hawthorne Heights

Our most sincere condolences to the family, fans of Casey Calvert & Hawthorne Heights may you forever find peace. Thank you for your inspiration and song while you were here.
(MTV is reporting the following)
Calvert, 26, was pronounced dead on Saturday after police were called to the band's tour bus outside Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club around 2:30 p.m. and found him unconscious. The Washington Post reported that Calvert's death came one day after he and his bandmates — frontman JT Woodruff, guitarist Micah Carli, bassist Matt Ridenour and drummer Eron Bucciarelli — boarded the bus to begin their Wintour 2007 outing, which kicked off Friday night in Detroit. Police are still awaiting results of an autopsy, though some reports speculate that his death might have been caused by a pre-existing condition related to acute asthma.

On the group's Web site, fellow bandmembers announced the death of their "quirky and awesome best friend," who they said had "passed away in his sleep."

"Today is probably the worst day ever," the group wrote. "It's with our deepest regrets that we have to write this. Casey Calvert passed away in his sleep last night. We found out this afternoon before soundcheck. We've spent the entire day trying to come to grips with this and figure out as much as possible. At this time we're not sure what exactly happened. Just last night he was joking around with everyone before he went to bed. We can say with absolute certainty that he was not doing anything illegal. Please, out of respect to Casey and his family, don't contribute or succumb to any gossip you may hear. We don't want his memory to be tainted in the least. Casey was our best friend. He was quirky and awesome and there will truly be no others like him! His loss is unexplainable. As soon as we know more we will let you know. Sincerely, Hawthorne Heights: Eron, JT, Micah and Matt."

Meanwhile, fans have begun filling Hawthorne's MySpace page with messages of support and sadness, celebrating Calvert's life and remembering the music he made with the band.

Update on the Life & Lies tour

Clockers!
I always enjoy sneaking into on our own show and yesterday was no exception at the Saints & Sinners Festival, thank you Jessica from RecCenter.com for uber access passes!
Getting to meet the bands is always a plus for me and I was really anticipating getting to see theses guys perform for the first time and even more anxious to find out how the tour was going and to finally get to see Riccioli.

Clockers, this is the most underated tour I have yet to be a part of. First of all the talent is over the top So They Say's new album "Life In Surveillance" this album is nothing short of a clutch track listing and is in stores now (trust me i wake up to their commercials everyday on MTV) head over to www.myspace.com/sotheysay to judge for your self! like i said WTF are these guys are totally underated, which brings me to the next band on the tour Love Hate Hero- these guys totally know how to connect with their audience, and i never got bored watching Thrasher who is destined to claim his place in guitar world history mark my words here. You have to come to the show, the Life & Lies tour is not one to miss. The line up resumes on Tuesday at Jaxx in West Virginia and make sure you get to the venue to see Before Their Eyes, Tokyo Rose, & National Product.

Clockers, we really want to hear from you be my guest, write a reveiw and we are happy to post it here, absolutepunk tour journal and at punktheclock.com.
This tour is brought to by our friends at Hot Topic, AbsolutePunk.net Sidecho Records, SmartPunk, Ferret Records, Fearless Records, Substream Music Press, Rise Records, R&M records- for more dates and tickets

So tell me how was your weekend?

Saints + Sinners is today!

Hey Clockers-
The Hot Topic + Punk the Clock tour is hitting Saints + Sinners in Asbury Park today with So They Say + Love Hate Hero we take stage at 450 pm and 525pm in the Paramount Theatre- come meet the bands, autographs, signings and for Riccioli that crazy guy!
X0 PTC----
Ps we want to thank Jessica of RecCenter and to absolutepunk, Fearless, Rise, R+M, Sidecho, Substream and Ferret Music and to SMARTPUNK- property of a gentleman is available at Smartpunk now!

Absolutepunk.net the Life & Lies Tour Meet & Greet Contest

Hello ALL! we are back with a brand new contest in support of the Life and Lies tour with So they Say, Love Hate Hero, Tokyo Rose, National Product, Before Their Eyes & a little Riccioli click head over to Absolutepunk.net and check it out!

(copy & Paste) http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=275090

Oh and we aren't that vein- this is brought to you by all the sponsors of the tour
Sidecho, Ferret, Fearless, Smartpunk, Rise Records, R&M Records, Substream Press & HOT TOPIC


its that simple peoples!

Punk the Clock Baby!

PUNK THE CLOCK Ecard

CLICK HERE to listen to Valencia "I Cant See Myself (getting to sleep tonight)" & Toyko Rose "Right as Rain" both featured on Punk The Clock V3 clockers! HERE









hello to all you Matches fans, we know you have been waiting for this

jump to SPIN.COM FOR AN EXCLUSIVE STREAM OF the Matches unreleased "THEIR CITY" Here

SPIN.com features the Matches & PTC 3

If your in the Berkeley California area today the MATCHES will be performing live acoustic at indie staple RASPUTINS at 5 pm TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

IM A LITTLE DIZZY FROM THIS ONE.....









hello to all you Matches fans, we know you have been waiting for this and if you are in the Berkeley area the Matches will be performing an acoustic set at RASPUTINS Thursday October 25 at 5PM-

THEIR CITY (the Matches)

we hide
as their sidewalks crawl diseased
the ever-shopping hopping fleas
their engines hum the sun's reprise
we rise
to skies punctured with stars
she steers us through her Dogpatch bars
a barback nods,
he's one of ours


as they sleep
their city is awake and wide
their city is awake and wide
we're aching inside, aching
mistakes are waiting
take me for a ride


my blood
finally thick enough to drive
Marianne, last touch: 5:45
the highway's already alive
with the khakis
teeming with caffeine
to coax the curser ‘cross the screen
the nervous tic-talking machine


all the lights go green
for me, Lord Legless, and my Sacred Rose tat queen
ah - my Marianne
tell your old man
we're nothing
ah - my Marianne
tell your old man we're nothing serious


from Lower Haight
to Sea Cliff Estates
sped past their finest
yet gave no chase
brought our feast (their city)
of Mission grease (their city)
to freeze our tits off (their city's awake)
on Baker Beach (their city's awake)
We rolled back to Polk (you rolled a smoke) (their city)
you killed the beams (and then I spoke) (their city)


Marianne
I'm half his age (their city)
and half the man
tell your old man (their city)
we're nothing serious

IN DEFENSE OF THE GENRE

This has to be one of the biggest releases this year and im sure our friends Absolutepunk.net have to agree, I for one cant wait to pick this up- and in honor of Max Beamis performing the acoustic version of "Walk Through Hell" which is only available on Punk The Clock Volume 3 "Property Of A Gentleman" and we promise to post on our myspace page soon I hope you dig these! Cheers!

Hot Topic & Punk The Clock Life and Lies tour is on.....

Hey Clockers,
If your in the Mesa, Arizona area stop by the show tonight at Cell Block, how can you not want to check out Love Hate Hero, So they Say in support of a new album what are you kidding me, oh and Jersey boyz Tokyo Rose & our very own Riccioli (btw If some one sees him tell him to call me already!) Also AZ is a huge fanbase for PTC, just ask the guys from Greeley or Pat Jolkovsky, The Cover Up and Mourning Maxwell for more dates, venues and to purchase tickets just click it !!!!!

THEIR CITY (the Matches)

hello to all you Matches fans, we know you have been waiting for this and if you are in the Berkeley area the Matches will be performing an acoustic set at RASPUTINS Thursday October 25 at 5PM-

THEIR CITY (the Matches)

we hide
as their sidewalks crawl diseased
the ever-shopping hopping fleas
their engines hum the sun's reprise
we rise
to skies punctured with stars
she steers us through her Dogpatch bars
a barback nods,
he's one of ours


as they sleep
their city is awake and wide
their city is awake and wide
we're aching inside, aching
mistakes are waiting
take me for a ride


my blood
finally thick enough to drive
Marianne, last touch: 5:45
the highway's already alive
with the khakis
teeming with caffeine
to coax the curser ‘cross the screen
the nervous tic-talking machine


all the lights go green
for me, Lord Legless, and my Sacred Rose tat queen
ah - my Marianne
tell your old man
we're nothing
ah - my Marianne
tell your old man we're nothing serious


from Lower Haight
to Sea Cliff Estates
sped past their finest
yet gave no chase
brought our feast (their city)
of Mission grease (their city)
to freeze our tits off (their city's awake)
on Baker Beach (their city's awake)
We rolled back to Polk (you rolled a smoke) (their city)
you killed the beams (and then I spoke) (their city)


Marianne
I'm half his age (their city)
and half the man
tell your old man (their city)
we're nothing serious

punk tHE clock deCompoSeS

Get lit with us up tonight clockers we are heading out to FaT BAby (112 Rivington St. between Essex and Ludlow) featuring the uber the excellent, the Matches!!! this is going to be the best night, I heard a rumor that the Matches will be performing "Their City" awake and wild....anyway hope to see you soon doors open up at 7PM for The Sterns, 1090 Clubm Roman Numerals and The Status playing and you get to meet those crazy people from RecCenter too!

At last where you purchase Punk The Clock V3

HEY ALL-
Thank you everyone for staying tuned....Here's the update to pick up your copy of “Property Of A Gentleman”, we hope you support these awesome indie stores let’s make sure the art of buying a cd isn’t dead!~


Rasputin Music-Berkley CA
Lou's-Encinites, CA
M-Theory Music Mission Hills,CA
Bionic-Cypress CA
Dimple-Sacramento CA
Penny Lane-Pasadena, CA
Streetlight Records- San Jose CA
Amoeba-LA Hollywood, CA
Boo Boo Records-San Luis Obisbo, CA
Fingerprints, Long Beach CA
Sound Spectrum-Laguna Beach, CA
Electric Fetus Duluth,MN
Electric Fetus-St. Cloud MN
Zia-Arizona
Hoodlums, Tempe AZ
Stinkweeds-Phoenix AZ
Randy’s M & Ms #3 Edmund OK
Scotti's Record Shop, Summit NJ
Vintage Vinyl-Ford NJ
J&R Music World/New York NY
Stedefords-Pittsburg PA
Dr. Wax-Chicago, IL
Waterloo Austin TX
Top-Ten Records-Dallas TX
7th Heaven (Sedalia) MO
Record Cellar- Vincennes IN
Independent Records & Video #11 (and HQ)-Colorado CO
Angelo's-Aurora CO
Criminal Records-Atlanta GA
Newbury Comics-Boston MA
Cd Cellar -Anniston AL
Silver Platter-Seattle WA
Sonic Boom-Seattle WA
SG Distribututing/ Greywhale,Salt Lake City, UT
Atomic Records -Milwaukee WI
Bull Moose-Portland-ME
Dearborn Music-Canton MI
Rock-A-Billy's-Utica MI
Music Millennium-Portland OR
Everyday Music (Beaverton) ORAnd if you can find them here you can order directly from Punk The Clock below




Order Here

And i better see everyone at Hot Topic & Punk The Clock presents "The Life and Lies Tour" with So They Say, Love Hate Heroes, National Product & Tokyo Rose- for official time & dates you can head over here-



10/17 - Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction

10/18 - San Jose, CA @ SJ Skate

10/19 - Bakersfield, CA @ Jerry's Pizza

10/20 - Ventura, CA @ Alpine

10/21 - Modesto, CA @ Clix Cafe

10/22 - Victorville, CA @ Triogy Theatre

10/23 - Mesa, AZ @ Cell Block

10/24 - Farmington, NM @ Gator's

10/25 - Day Off

10/26 - Claremore, OK @ The Tree

10/27 - Kansas City, MO @ Static Bar

10/28 - St. Louis, MO @ Cicero's

10/29 - Mokena, IL @ Pearl Room

10/30 - Grand Rapida, MI @ The Intersection (LHH/STS Only)

10/31 - Detroit, MI @ The Hayloft

11/01 - Rochester, NY @ Penny Arcade

11/02 - Manchester, NH @ Legion 79

11/03 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Saints and Sinners

11/06 - Springfield, VA @ Jaxx

11/07 - Allentown, PA @ Crocodile Rock

11/08 - Raleigh, NC @ The Brewery

11/09 - Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox

11/10 - Augusta, GA @ Sector 7G

11/11- Day Off

11/12 - Orlando, FL @ Island Oasis

11/13 - Tampa, FL @ Orpheum

11/14 - Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit

11/15 - Baton Rouge, LA @ The Darkroom

11/16 - Houston, TX @ Java Jazz

11/17 - San Antonio, TX @ White Rabbit

11/18 - Lewisville, TX @ Fat Daddy's


Purchase Your Tickets Here

PUNK THE CLOCK TRIFECTA

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Buy Tickets Here
Brought to by Hot Topic, Punk The Clock, Sidecho, Ferret, Fearless, R&M Records, Rise Records, Substream Music Press.

Order Here





You can read what people are saying about the comp here, courtesy of our friends at Uber friends at AP.net-

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=268875

Look what were are up to now



Order Here


And check out this one hell of a tour

What an amazing year.

In honor of our release tomorrow, we have teamed up
with our good friends over at RecCenter.com
to run an awesome new contest. 1 Grand Prize winner
will win 2 tickets and meet and greet passes to the
shows of their 5 favorite Punk The Clock artists.
Sign up here: RecCenter


Also, 2 new songs have been posted on our RecCenter page from PTC V3. OMG!!! What could they be!?!? Head over there now and give them a listen.
Be our friends here: www.reccenter.com/punktheclock
Punk The Clock !

Dont Forget, we are also holding another contest
where you can be entered into a contest to win an autographed Zildjian Cymbol from the LOSTPROPHETS! All pre-orders and if you buy directly from our site you will be automatically entered.





Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman IN STORES TOMORROW!! Featuring the exclusive, official, or alternative releases before from the Matches, Valencia, Jack's Mannequin, The Almost, Inamere, Say Anything, Pictures In Pieces, Ellison, Permanent Me, Nightmare Of You, Four Year Strong, The High Court, The Cover Up plus-

And then before you know it we the Life & Lies Tour is right arond the corner, see your sweetness there!


If you get the chance head over to AbsolutePunk.net for the exclusive stream of Treaty of Paris Here Goes Nothing. (I know how they feel) http://www.absolutepunk.net/artists/showlink.php?do=showdetails&l=4243


and so with out any further adeau we present Property Of A Gentleman!

The RiCCioLi Rundown 9/18

Whats up everyone? RiCCioLi here just updating you all with a bunch of things going on at Punk The Clock right now. Our album; Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman, hits stores in just one week so it’s time to get psyched! That's right people, September 25th is finally here! Exclusive, alternate, official, and rare tracks from Jack’s Mannequin, The Almost, The Matches, Inamere, Tokyo Rose, The Starting Line, Say Anything, Valencia, The High Court, Nightmare Of You, Permanent Me, and a bunch of others. For a five minute sample of some of the tracks stop by Here now. Also, we have a 30 second commercial available right below on the banner. Just click it and listen. Neat right?








Punk The Clock V3 is available for pre-order now. Just stop by Here for details. All pre-orders are automatically entered into a contest to win an autographed Zildjian Cymbol from the LOSTPROPHETS! It has been bashed, trashed, clashed, and mashed, hundreds of times by Lostprophets drummer Ilan Rubi and is must for you die hard Lostprophets fans. We will be holding ore contests in the near future too so keep your eyes peeled.

We had a HUGE announcement earlier this week about a new tour we will be sponsoring with Hot Topic. Punk The Clock & Hot Topic Present The Life And Lies Tour Featuring; LoveHateHero, So They Say, Tokyo Rose, National Product, Dead & Divine, and Before Their Eyes. The tour dates will be posted on our myspace, once all venues are confirmed. So keep checking back for dates. I hope to see you all there.

Don’t forget to pick up Four Year Strong’s debut album Rise Or Die Trying In Stores Today. FYS is featured on PTC V3.

On a more serious note, a percentage of sales will benefit The Dear Jack Foundation for more information we encourage you to go to www.dearjackfoundation.com. The Dear Jack foundation was started by Andrew McMahon to raise awareness for leukemia and other blood disorders, join Andrew of Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate and support him and friends in the Light The Night 2007.


As always, keep it here for all up to date information on Punk The Clock. Don't forget to get those pre-orders in!

PUNK THE CLOCK PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN IN STORES SEPTEMBER 25TH

21 Reasons to get your copy today- #1 LOSTPROPHETS

Pre-Order Here


#1 All Pre-Orders are automatically entered into a contest to win an autographed Zildjian Cymbol from the LOSTPROPHETS- Available now for a limited time one for the US and one for the hardcore UK fans. This is definitely clutch for your collection. The best part is Ilan Rubin has pretty much thrashed, bashed and beaten the set to a pulp. Cheers!!!!

Punk The clock V3-Preorder Now!

Psyched now? We are counting it down, only 2 more weeks until the long awaited release; Punk the Clock V3: Property Of A Gentleman hits stores. That’s right, September 25, 2007 but we have 21 reasons why you should pick up your preorder today-

#1 Win an autographed Zildjian Cymbol from the LOSTPROPHETS- Available now for a limited time one for the US and for the hardcore fans across the pond- this is definitely clutch for your collection. The best part is Ilan Rubin has pretty much thrashed, bashed and beaten the set to a pulp …hmmm could these been the ones used for the PTC exclusive recording of the cover “Going Underground”?

We posted a small dose of the upcoming tracks featured on PTC V3, think you can name the who’s who? All in due time Clockers, this too shall be revealed. While your at myspace.com/punktheclock check out PTC exclusive photos of The High Court by Photographer David Jolkovsky at Warped tour, in PA - I must say I dig them.

Alright and one more thing to add on a serious note, a percentage of sales will benefit The Dear Jack Foundation for more information we encourage you to go to www.dearjackfoundation.com. The Dear Jack foundation was started by Andrew McMahon to raise awareness for leukemia and other blood disorders, join Andrew of Jack’s Mannequin/Something Corporate and support him and friends in the Light The Night 2007.

Be our guest to tell all your friends, paste the PTC banner on your myspace, let us know and we will send you a poster free!

3 Weeks Away

We are just three short weeks away from our third release; Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman.  That means new songs you have never heard before from some of your favorite bands such as The Matches, Valencia, Say Anything, Jack's Mannequin, and many others.  Get psyched people!

Huge Surp.rise For You All

Head over to our myspace page and hear your first glimpse of Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman In Stores September 25th! We have posted a commercial for it on our myspace player so give it a listen and let us know what you think.



www.myspace.com/punktheclock

Added Bonus For The Starting Line & Tokyo Rose Releases

RiCCioLi here just giving you guys a few advertisments and promos for the two new releases.


DOUBLE FEATURE
P.T.C. 3 ARTISTS OF THE MONTH


THE STARTING LINE (stream the entire album "DIRECTION" here)




Status: Virgin Records NEW RELEASE "DIRECTION" TODAY JULY 31



TOKYO ROSE
Status: SideCho NEW RELEASE IN STORES TODAY JULY 31 "THE PROMISE IN COMPROMISE" (TRs finest album to date)

New Release Tuesday-Tokyo Rose + The Startling Line

Folks what's up, Catjia here- finally two albums that are ridiculously good- we're pretty pysched about the promise in compromise esp. "Right As Rain" produced by Jesse Cannon, we have our own version coming out on Vol.3 and one of my personal favorites. For Tokyo Rose its a long time coming for these guys The Promise in Compromise is this is their finest hour yet. TR's the promise in compromise is vibrant, refreshing and while a bit more catchier it holds super weight.
I'd love to see these guys get hitched with a huge tour this year, I mean mega huge, like TOC or I don't know maybe hit the road with Saosin or even....haha you'll just have to wait and see.

The Starting Line, for me I go way back with these guys, before there was Punk The Clock there was TSL. One of my all time favorite songs from these guys "Lasting Impression"- I don't ever ever get burnt on the lyrics. These guys have had a pretty interesting trek down music industry lane. Drive-thru-geffen-virgin- this is the album we've been waititng for and I'll tell you why, not since MCR Three Cheers (and ptc vol 1) have I've been addicted to a tracklisting."Direction" is a brilliant example of Howard Benson's skilled menagerie drums, strings and vocals.(More to come soon)

Hey Riccioli, Hey Dart got anything to add?

The RiCCioLi Rundown 7/17/2007

Greetings my friends and welcome to another installment of The RiCCioLi Rundown. Just giving you guys a heads up on what has been going on as of lately. Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman is mixed and finished! OMG we thought this day would never come. I can’t believe how great it sounds from the intro to the outro. You all are in for a huge treat so make sure you pick it up when it hits stores this September.

Lets go over a huge part of the punk rock community; The Vans Warped Tour. We all know of it and I’m sure 85% if you are going this year. Heck I know I will be at the Philly date, NJ, and NY. At this year’s Warped Tour you can catch a lot of Punk The Clock Artists tearing up the stage. Acts such as The Matches, The Almost, My American Heart, New Atlantic, Ellison, Inamere, and Anberlin. You might even see Punk The Clock promotion material at the shows including posters, stickers, and other goodies.
If you are going to the Philly show, NJ, or NY make sure to stop by the Inamere merch table and say hi to them and myself. We would love to see some of you guys.

On to other business, The Punk The Clock Street Team. We have began to put one together to promote the upcoming release and possible tours. We are looking for dedicated people to help spread the PTC word via internet promotions, at shows, or just around town. If this is something you would be interested in please send us a message with the following information:
Name:
Age:
Email:
Location:

Two huge upcoming releases are coming out this month by two Punk The Clock Artists. July 31st we will see the relase of The Starting Line’s new album “Direction”, as well as Tokyo Rose’s new album “The Promise In Compromise”. We suggest you go out there and buy them both because we have been hearing some great things about these albums. I will be at the Tokyo Rose show on the 28th in NYC so I will give you all a review.

Don’t forget Punk The Clock is now on RecCenter. Sign up and add us as a friend!
www.reccenter.com/punktheclock




-RiCCioLi
“music is life”

The Ball Has Started To Roll

Hold on everyone because the ball has been rolling faster and faster for our upcoming release of Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman In Stores This September. We have a month, we have bands, we had tours, we had and will be having more contests, what else could you need? Oh wait wait...lets get with this "myspace" generation and update our page and make it more spiffy and detailed on everything PTC related. Well ladies and gentleman, you got it. Head over to our myspace now and check it out. Be our friend. Read our blogs. Keep up with news. Leave comments (we actually DO reply).

Cheers All

Introducing The RiCCioLi Run Down

The RiCCioLi Rundown

What’s going on everyone? Here at Punk The Clock we are introducing a new weekly column called “The RiCCioLi Rundown” starring me! Basically, I will be updating you all with anything Punk The Clock or Punk The Clock related. News, bands, tours, albums, videos, whatever. So enjoy!

For our first piece of news, I am honored to present The Matches brand new video for “Salty Eyes” off their 2006 album “Decomposer.” It is literally in my top 5 albums of last year and I personally have been a huge fan of theirs since E. Von Dahl Killed The Locals. Their live shows are amazing and I believe Shawn (lead singer, guitar) is one of the best frontman in the scene these days. Catch them on this years Warped Tour and on the Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman cd!



The Matches.
www.thematches.com/Decomposer
www.myspace.com/thematches
www.purevolume.com/thematches

Secondly, I want to talk about our good friends My American Heart. This Tuesday, June 25th, their sophmore album; “Hiding Inside The Horrible Weather” was released. I strongly suggest you all go out tomorrow and purchase this album. It can also be preordered at smartpunk.com and comes with a free poster. Also, the first 50 people to pre order the disc is entered into a contest to enjoy a private BBQ Acoustic performance in San Diego. Here more of these guys at:
www.myamericanheartrock.com
www.myspace.com/myamericanheart
www.purevolume.com/myamericnheart

Finally, a special thanks goes out to all of the bands that just wrapped up their two month tour on The Punk The Clock Presents tour. The Audition, My American Heart, Monty Are I, New Atlantic, The Graduate, and 1997 made this such a great tour. Most of the shows sold out and it proved to be a huge success. We look forward to working with each and everyone of these artists sometime in the near future.

Thank you all for reading and please check back for updates weekly. As always, I would love to hear if anyone has anything to say. Don’t be shy.

-RiCCioLi
“music is life”




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www.myspace.com/punktheclock
www.purevolume.com/punktheclock
www.buzznet.com/punktheclock

Punk The Clock/Absolute Punk Artist On Artists Interview

Well as most of you have already known about this, let me fill the others in. During The Punk The Clock Presents Tour w/ The Audition, My American Heart (May), Monty Are I (June), New Atlantic, The Graduate, and 1997 we held a contest with absolutepunk.net where the band members themselves would interview each other. Well, the first segment has been posted and you can view it right here. It features Danny of The Audition and Corey of The Graduate. Enjoy!

See What Our Friends At AP.net Have To Say

As of this week, our artists for the Punk The Clock Vol 3: Property Of A Gentleman cd were announced on Absolutepunk.net Go to this link :
http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=245980
and see what the buzz is all about. As always, we would like to thank AP for always supporting us.

Cheers!

The Starting Line -

Wow! We are super pysched about the Punk the Clock tracklisting-

People we know you have been hitting our website a lot lately (thank you) and asking what we do, who we are and what the hell is Punk the Clock.

Punk the Clock is a compilation of upcoming artist supported by headliners, we are getting ready to release Volume 3 "Property of a Gentleman". Each year the compilation is supported with a tour for volume 3 Punk The Clock will have 3 US tours.(Jack Mannequin West Coast Winter tour and The Audition Spring 2007 tour)
Which leaves one more in 2008. The Key here is to support the bands that are featured on the compilation. Each Punk the Clock compilation will benefit a charity Vol 3 benefits Andrew McMahon's "Dear Jack Foundation"

Any questions?

THE AUDITION SHOW SOLD OUT-The Knitting Factory NYC

And ill say again- The Audition/Monty Are I/New Atlantic/The Graduate + 1997 sell out The Knitting Factory!!

First of all, Huge thank you to all the fans of these artist that came out. Next,their management Aaron and Santuary Artist Group, Seth, Ryan, Danny, Tim, and Joe, & Jeff - The Audition. Seth and Mike Ligoki for the artwork, banners and webpage design. Melissa Johnson and Jason Tate, Jon Lally and the staff at AbsolutePunk.net and Purevolume, Hurley for their extreme focus, promotion and sponsorship of Punk The Clock tour - intense and great job!!

David Jolkovski photographed the show, and we will be posting the pictures shortly.

For anyone headed up to the show in Boston-at Axis tonight your in for a great show and all out GENUINE fun great performances.

and we are adding Nightmare of You to the mix

Dharlings, I couldnt be happier to be your worst nightmare, haha just kidding. but seriously Punk the Clock has added an exclusive track from Nightmare Of You- these guys are hot, underated and deserve some overdue spotlight.

So did anyone hear little miss rockstar herself on the radio last night? yep, yours truly hit the airwaves and won a couple of tickets to see the Rise Against, Silverstein, Comeback Kid at the Starland Ballroom in 3 weeks, (and of course I plugged my friends at absolutepunk.net)

What else... how about a little international stardom "you've got to check out these guys "Rock & Roll" it's Frances version of "The Matches"...and when you have a moment www.myspace.com/thenameofthebandisrockandroll

(somehow unauthorized duplication in french looks sexy).

cheers everyone.

HUGE ANNOUCEMENT: Artists To Be Featured On Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman

After months of preparation for our third compilation entitled Punk
The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman, we have a bit of info you
guys have just been dying to know. Below is a list of all of the
artists contributing rare remix's and exclusive tracks to our compilation due out in early fall.

Say Anything
Jack's Mannequin
The Starting Line
Valencia
Lostprophets
The Matches
The Audition
The Almost
Inamere
Ellison
Tokyo Rose
The Cover Up
Permanent Me
The Transit War
Anchor And Braille
Pictures In Pieces

We are still compiling and tweaking a few of tracks so be on the look out for some more bands to be added.

What do you guys think about this line-up for our third album? We
hope you are as excited to hear them as we are to release them.

Punk The Clock Vol. 3: Property Of A Gentleman In Stores This Fall!!

A Huge Thanks- to you!

Well everyone I personally want to thank you for getting out to see The Audition, My American Heart, New Atlantic, The Graduate & 1997- Thanks to Melissa & Jason and the staff at Absolutepunk.net. Purevolume and Alternative Press. The bands have gotten great reviews and we are cant wait til Saturday June 16, when Punk The Clock Vol. 3 will be available for preordering.
Cheers, Punk the Clock

Basement Show Contest Winners Announced

Punk The Clock and AbsolutePunk's basement show contest with The Audition is over and we just wanted to take a second to congratulate the grand prize winner and runners up.

Grand Prize Winner
-Shaun of Easton, PA

Runner Ups
-Bethany from Liberty, MO
-Kristen from Maraborough, MA
-Erik from Rosemont, IL


The grand prize winner was called yesterday by the guys in the Audition and the rest of the winners will be receiving e-mails shortly from the band's tour manager in order to claim their prizes. For anyone who is curious, Shaun's basement show will be taking place sometime in August before the band heads into the studio to record their sophomore album for Victory Records. It will be their last show before heading into the studio as well.

And As For You Curious Fans Who Wanted To Know The Answers To The Questions, Here You Go:


1. Where did theAudition play their first show as a band? (Please give the location as well as the town)
-Arlington Heights Knights of Columbus in Arlington Heights, IL

2. When did the band record their debut, Controversy Loves Company, and with whom did they record it with?
-Spring 2005 with John Nacleiro


3. What is vocalist Danny Steven's favorite past time?
-Playing Ice Hockey


4. In the summer of 2005 the band embarked on their first US tour. What bands were their tourmates on it?
-The Victory Records Different Faces from Different Places Tour feat Aiden, The Junior Varsity, and The Hurt Process


5. What member of the band has a dirty Afro?
-Guitarist Timmy Klepek


6. How long from start to finish is Controversy Loves Company?
- 30 min and 28 seconds (we gave a few seconds leniency since everyone seemed to have a different seconds time allotment.)


7. What is the name of the brand new song that theAudition played live on their recent tour with Jacks Mannequin?
-Warm Me Up

Thanks to everyone who entered.




Dont Forget About The Punk The Clock Presents Tour w/ The Audition, My American Heart (May), Monty Are I (June), New Atlantic, The Graduate, and 1997 coming to a town near you!! The tour started off this week and runs until the end of June. Check our page for all dates and line-ups.

Tour Starts Today

So today marks our first date of The Punk The Clock Presents Tour and we couldn't be any happier. The line-up is as followed; The Audition will be headlining the entire tour with co-headliners My American Heart in May and Monty Are I in June. Support from New Atlantic, The Graduate, and 1997 will be gracing the entire tour. That's 5 amazning bands at every show. I personally think everyone of these bands are going to blow up by the end of 2007 and this is a great tour for up and coming bands. We at Punk The Clock see each of these artists pusing thousands of units of their albums. This tour is going to be a blast and hopefully a huge success for all of the bands as well as us. We have so many fantastic bands on this tour that I can't even believe it myself. We have so much faith in this tour and believe in all of these bands. We hope to see you all there when it comes to a town near you.

Bamboozle 2007

What's up Ladies and Gents?? RiCCioLi here giving you a heads up on my plan for BAMBOOZLE 2007! Im so excited about this weekend and have been waiting for this since December. These are the following bands I am trying to check out.

SATURDAY

The High Court 12:25-12:50 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

Permanent Me 1:15-1:45 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

FREE TIME 1:45-2:20

THE BLED MERCH TABLE AT 2 STEPHEN

So They Say 2:20-2:45 @ Pass The Mic Stage RIGHT

The Locals 3:00-3:30 @ Bamboozle TV Studio (the Bubble Stage)

Silverstein 3:25-3:55 @ Main Stage

FREE TIME 4:00-4:20

Cartel 4:25-4:55 @ Main Stage

Hit The Lights 5:15-5:45 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

MC Hammer 5:55-6:30 @ Monster Energy Stage

Bearfoot (Thursday) 6:15-6:45 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

New Found Glory 6:30-7:05 @ Main Stage

Moneen 6:55-7:25 @ Riotsquad Stage

Saves The Day 7:05-7:40 @ Monster Energy Satge

The Almost 7:25-7:55 @ MacBeth Stage

FREE TIME 8:00-9:00

My Chem 9:00-10:30 @ Main Stage








SUNDAY

Brand New 12:05-12:45 @ Main Stage

FREE TIME 12:45-1:45

The Matches 1:50-2:20 @ MacBeth Stage

Dave Melillo 1:55-2:25 @ Pass The Mic Stage LEFT

F.F.2.L. 2:45-3:15 @ Monster Stage

Halifax 3:20-3:50 @ Riot Squad Stage

***Scary Kids*** 3:50-4:20 @ MacBeth Stage

***The Devil Wears*** 3:50-4:20 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

Armor For Sleep 4:15-4:45 @ Main Stage

Killswitch 4:45-5:15 @ Monster Energy Stage

The Bled 5:50-6:20 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

Xcanuckx (B. Talent) 6:20-6:50 @ Riotsquad

Jack’s Mannequin 6:50-7:25 @ Monster Energy Stage

T.B.S. 7:25-8:05 @ Main Stage

As I Lay Dying 7:50-8:20 @ Saints & Sinners Stage

Weird Al 8:05-8:50 @ Monster Energy Stage

Linkin Park 8:50-10:15 @ Main Stage

and the party begins...

So as many of you know I've been waiting for this weekend fo a long time-for me its every holiday I've missed (new years/valentines day/my birthday) and well we are kickin it at Fontana's the Official Bamboozle party brought to by Atticus and Rec Center. Hmm its starting to fill up pretty quickly here- which is cool. I'm about to float on the Red Bull (sans alkie) hmmm- so let's see where this will lead to-
Oh and Before I forget- this totally made my day "Andrew/Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate has been honored by Entertainment weekly 30 under 30! Congrats- we couldn't be more proud to support the Dear Jack Foundation- and with the hopes of raising more funds to benefit cancer/lukemia and other blood diseases but mostly for the children/teens that don't have the option to of finding alternative treatment!
Next more to come, my friends we will be all over the place tomorrow- ill post Riccioli's show list shortly- stay tuned....
That makes it all worth it!

Want the Audition to play in your backyard- really no joke?

Absolutepunk & Punk the Clock want to bring the Audition to your neck of the woods to perform for you and your friends right in your very own backyard or basement! Jump to the Absolutepunk.net thread below to answer a few questions- Good Luck!

http://absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?p=6379400#post6379400:


I personally want to win this for myself---no really I do.

~Punk the Clock contest

Absolutepunk-Punk the Clock theAudition artist on artist video interview

Punk the Clock and Absolutepunk are proud to bring you theAudition's
Spring 2007 tour with My American Heart (May), Monti Are I (June), New
Atlantic, The Graduate & 1997-

Absolutepunk.net is hosting interviews with the bands on tour- And we
are literally mixing it up people- click it here for details or go to
Absolutepunk.net.

http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=231567

~Punk the Clock

The Audition Spring 2007 Tour

PUNK THE CLOCK presents The AUDITION SPRING 2007 TOUR with My American Heart (MAY), Monti Are I (JUNE) The Graduate & New Atlantic & 1997, now that is sexy! BUY YOUR TICKETS HERE

the Audition on the West Coast Winter 2007 Tour

the AUDITION SPRING 2007 TOUR:

Punk the Clock presents:
THE AUDITION SPRING 2007 TOUR WITH
My American Heart/The Graduate/New Atlantic with very special guest to be announced soon! Lovingly brought to you by: AbsolutePunk.net, Hurley & Purevolume.

In support of the lp Controvery Loves Company, (produced by John Nacleiro) the Audition are bringing it to you live Ladies and Gentleman. Pick up the album already, which you will and you will love, we bet our punk asses on it-!

My American Heart who are on the verge of releasing their second album through WARCON Records, Hiding Inside The Horrible Weather on June 26 "Kevin Says: It's Awesome" (He really did say that).

New Atlantic will be heading out supporting The Streets, The Sounds, & The Love. New from Eyeball Records. (We've been waiting a long time for this)

And let's give it up for The Graduate who is "OMG, your my favorite new band" (and ours)- The Graduate release Anhedonia April 10, this is one album that is a must have in your 2007 collection!
Well clockers, weve teamed up with some of the best in the biz to entertain you trust me this just isnt another tour, there is a whole lotta love coming your way-

Punk The Clock Tastes The Chaos

March 24th, 2007; The Punk The Clock Team consisting of Catjia, Dart, and myself with special guest Ryan from Inamere rolled into Asbury Park NJ in anticipation to rock out to the sweet tunes of the Taste Of Chaos. This year’s tour was headlined by TOC veterans The Used along with 30 Seconds To Mars, another TOC veteran band Senses Fail, Saosin, Chiodos, and Aiden. Unfortunately we got there fashionably late and missed Aiden and Chiodos. I personally was really disappointed that we missed Chiodos because I love that band and have never gotten to see them live. I guess I’ll have to wait until Bamboozle. Missing Aiden was no biggie, I’ve seen them at least 4 times and they aren’t anything special. Once we made our way through the doors and the herds of 15-year-old scenesters we made it to the stage just in time for Saosin’s set to begin. I’ve only heard a few of their songs and liked them better with their old singer before he left to make Circa Survive, but we all were very impressed. Their guitarist has great stage presence and it added to an already energetic set. The crowd ate it up and the band sound great. Next up was Senses Fail, one of my top 10 favorite bands ever. Now I’ll admit right now, this was my 10th time seeing these dudes rock out live and I wasn’t expecting much from their live show since Buddy usually sounds terrible live. Well, I wouldn’t say they sounded excellent, but it was one of their top 3 shows I’ve seen of theirs. I think a lot of it had to do with the Convention Hall’s tremendous sound system. They only played for half an hour though which kind of bummed me out. On a good note, they played mostly new songs of their “Still Searching” album and I personally love that cd! I was surprised that they didn’t play 187 or Lady In The Blue Dress. Oh well, it’s better to hear new songs I haven’t heard yet live. The band looked like rock stars up there and why the hell wouldn’t they when they have Heath of Midtown playing with them?!?!? After the Senses Fail set it was time to go backstage and get some food and snoop around a bit. Nothing too great at the moment so we went back out and got ready for 30 Seconds To Mars. I totally don’t understand this band, but I gave it a chance. Their drum kit sounded so good words can’t describe it. Jared Leto seemed to know how to work the crowd and they all loved every second of it. They played for 45 minutes and the whole time I was just looking for hot chicks and joking around with Dart and Ryan. Finally they ended their set and everyone was getting prepared for the headliners; The Used. Catjia and I decided to see how far our passes could get us so we snoop all around the Convention Hall. We ended up basically on the stage during their set and Bert was literally 10 feet away. It was pretty intense my friends. We ditched the set to snoop around even more and ended up in 30 Seconds To Mars dressing room (minus the band) and I peed in their personally bathroom. We also stumbled upon all the bands gear and saw it all getting loaded out. I’m sure I’m forgetting a lot, but hopefully my partner in crime Catjia will update you guys with some more juicy details. Back to the Used….they were pretty good live and better than two years ago when I saw them play Taste Of Chaos. I’m looking forward to their new album out in May. The tracks they played off of it seemed good enough to buy. All in all, the show was great and we were so happy to be there! Any other Punk The Clockers wanna elaborate?

We all would love to give a huge thanks to Alternative Press for hooking us up with guest list and backstage passes. PTC <3 AP!!!!






-RiCCioLi
www.myspace.com/m_riccioli
come stalk me down and send me a message!


Share your thoughts on the tour this year please. We would love to hear from our fans!

Get Ready For The Punk The Clock Presents Tour Boys & Girls!!!!

PUNK THE CLOCK is proud to present The Audition's first headlineing tour. Fresh off their tour with Jack's Mannequin The Audition will be hitting the road again in early May with My American Heart, New Atlantic, and The Graduate. Be sure to check out this killer tour:

Sunday, May 13, 2007
Minneapolis, MN
Varsity Theatre

Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Des Moines, IA
House of Bricks

Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Lawrence, KS
The Bottleneck

Thursday, May 17, 2007
St Louis, MO
Creepy Crawl

Friday, May 18, 2007
Denver, CO
The Marquis Theatre

Saturday, May 19, 2007
Salt Lake City, UT
Avalon Theater

Sunday, May 20, 2007
Boise, ID
Big Easy

Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Seattle, WA
El Corazon

Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Portland, OR
Hawthorne Theatre

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Orangevale, CA
The Boardwalk

Friday, May 25, 2007
San Francisco, CA
Bottom of the Hill

Saturday, May 26, 2007
Los Angeles, CA
Roxy

Sunday, May 27, 2007
Anaheim, CA
Chain Reaction

Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Phoenix, AZ
The Clubhouse

Friday, June 01, 2007
Dallas, TX
The Door

Sunday, June 03, 2007
Houston, TX
Java Jazz

Friday, June 08, 2007
Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Culture Room

Saturday, June 09, 2007
Orlando, FK
The Social

Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Charlotte, NC
The Casbah

Thursday, June 14, 2007
Baltimore, MD
The Ottobar

Friday, June 15, 2007
Philadelphia, PA
First Unitarian Church

Saturday, June 16, 2007
New York, NY
Knitting Factory

Sunday, June 17, 2007
Boston, MA
Axis

Thursday, June 21, 2007
Edinboro, PA
The Hangout

Saturday, June 23, 2007
Chicago, IL
House of Blues

More Dates To Be Confirmed.....

Dont Miss Out On Our Winter West Coast Contest.

RECCENTER.COM, PUNK THE CLOCK, GIBSON & HURLEY are happy to present THE WEST COAST WINTER
TOUR CONTEST!!!

Win an autographed Gibson guitar signed by Jack's Mannequin, Head
Automatica & The Audition!

Grand prize winner will receive an autographed Gibson
guitar, an autographed Jack's Mannequin poster, an iPod courtesy of Punk The Clock and a
$100 Hurley prize package.

There will also be 20 runner up prizes which include
signed Jack's Mannequin posters and CD's or t-shirts from Jack's Mannequin, Head
Automatica or The Audition!


Get your entries in and good luck!

ENTER HERE: http://www.reccenter.com/wintertourcontest

RiCCioLi's Review of The Winter West Coast Tour 2/28

Punk The Clock Presents The Winter West Coast Tour featuring Jack’s Mannequin, Head Automatica, The Audition, and We Are The Fury.
Let me set up the picture for you; at least 4000 scenesters packed into a sold out Hammerstein Ballroom, lasers blaring, voices roaring in excitement, and energy that I have never felt before. All of this was going on before any band even hit the stage.

The Punk The Clock Team got there fashionably late and missed We Are The Fury, but we made damn sure we got there in time for The Audition. They looked and sounded great blasting out tunes from their Victory debut album “Controversy Loves Company” and even through in some new songs. It was so great to see this band play to such a huge crowd. The kids were eating it up singing along and giving it their all. We at Punk The Clock love seeing this band grow since we have a good relationship with the guys. Next to hit the stage was Head Automatica. Opening with “At The Speed Of A Yellow Bullet” from their first album “Decadence” you could tell that lead singer Darryl Palumbo was going to be on point tonight. They played around 10 songs from their two albums including; “Graduation,” Beating Heart Baby,” and “Laughing At You.” All in all they were excellent as usual, but I personally thought they could have played more off their first album. The two albums are so different from each other and I like their sound from the early days much better.
Ok, now onto the headliner and our good friends; Jack’s Mannequin. We all were so psyched to finally see Andrew and crew perform. After months of hearing such good things about their live shows it was time to experience it ourselves. The set started off with a recording of “Holiday In The Sun” blasting over the P.A. system (although you couldn’t really hear it over the 4000 kids singing along). All of the sudden the P.A. stopped playing and the band came out to a roar of the crowd and continued to play “Holiday In The Sun.” I was blown away by how good they sounded and a vibe that I cant describe. The set consisted of Jack Mannequin songs including; “The Mixed Tape,” “Imp Ready’” “Miss Delancey,” an astounding new version of “La La Li,” “Dark Blue,” and a couple others. Andrew gave much acknowledgment to his Something Corporate days and thanks all of his fans for sticking with him. He gave them all a special treat and played two SoCo songs; “Punk Rock Princess” and another one that I cant remember at this time.
Covers of The Police’s “Sending Out An S.O.S” and U2’s “With Or Without You” were thrown into the mix, which made for a fantastic surprise. I’ve never heard such a great Police cover and it was my personal favorite of the night. All through out the set Andrew told stories about his songs, life, and battle with cancer. He mentioned that whenever he enters New York he gets really scared and emotional since that is where he first found out he had cancer. You could feel his emotion and it meant a lot to see him pour his heart out to his adoring fans. That man has so much heart and soul and he makes us so proud to sponsor his Foundation, “The Dear Jack Fund.” He closed the show in a less than normal way by explaining how he made a bet that he couldn’t crowd surf from the stage all the way to the back by the sound board and then back to the stage. So during the last performance of the night; “MFEO” he went for it and basically made it. It was pure chaos in the audience.
All in all it had to be in my top 5 best performances I’ve ever seen. I was expecting a lot out of this show, but even my high expectations were blown away. I cant wait to see Jack’s Mannequin again. We are all so happy to work with such great bands such as them, The Audition, and all the others. They are the reason why we do this.

Anyone else check out any of the shows? What did you think?

-RiCCioLi
“music is life”

And for those of you who want a little SOCO

The show last night was nothing short of brilliant the crew from PTC is on an all time high, and I like most of the people who have gone to the show definately Winter West Coast tour as the top 5 show all time- I think the last time I was on this high was when I was producing David Bowie (hmmm bet you didnt know that did you)-

Andrew was nothing short of a rockstar (minus the drama) and we predict that by his next album he is going arena- any takers? His energy was on fire, he could feel the love and was so genuine appreciative of the crowd respecting that we were all there for Jacks Mannequin and not a Something Corporate cover band- HA and that my dears is the ticket- RESPECT. It was refreshing not one kid was screaming out what songs for the band to perform. In his own words he announced "This was the biggest show I have ever done"- and we were pumped that we were there to mark this day in Jacks Mannequin history-

Trust me we are huge Something Corporate fans, but how do you think that makes the rest of the JM band feel- these guys are so underated- Dr. Jay where did you get that medical degree from?

Dartagnan-Highlights include Danny from the Audition taking stage performing a cover of the Police "SOS"
-Head Automatica had a great response from the show
Catjia-Watching the crowd every single person truly and in every sense of "real" float on the show, the sea of cell phones taking the place of the lighter, the baggies littering the floor, and every note from the bands-

I feel like I took the breath of a four leaf clover-

jacks mannequin show w-Head Automatica/The Audition

F**k Yeah! So for my partner Dartagnan (he is actually the brains behind our little company) and I finally the day has arrived for us measley little clockers to catch the show- just in time to catch the Audition set (note the lower case "t". Set was tight I'm not sure how I feel about the new material I was a bit distracted by the 180 pound girl who was crowd surfing- mmmkay didn't anyone fucking read how fucking annoying and dangerous you are? Just kidding but couldn't you be mindful of the smidges you could potentially hurt?

Head Automatica leaves the tour tonight, I'm so into this group and acutely aware that they are on an all time high note- Definately want to have them for V3-exclusive that bites the chicks next to us got kicked out where in the hell is ash + riccioli + Jess + and Aaron? The crowd is on fire and Hammerstein is sold out!

And guess whos about to take the stage?
God please let Andrew play the Punk the Clock song please- please let him announce that u can get it
Ex only on PTC. And if not tonight how about on Friday-

jacks mannequin show w-Head Automatica/The Audition

F**k Yes! Finally the day has arrived for us measley little clockers- just in time to catch the Audition set (note the lower case" t". Set was tight I'm not sure how I feel about the new material I was a bit distracted by the 180 pound girl who was crowd surfing- mmmkay didn't anyone fucking read how fucking annoying and dangerous you are? Just kidding but couldn't you be mindful of the smidges you could potentially hurt?

Head Automatica leaves the tour tonight, I'm so into this group and acutely aware that they are on an all time high note- Definately want to have them for V3-exclusive Loving that the chicks next to us got kicked off- where in the hell is ash + riccioli + Jess + and Aaron?

And guess whosw about to take thw stage?
God please let Andrew play the Punk the Clock song please- please let him announce that u can get it only on PTC. And if not tonight how about on Friday-

The Word Is Out

Absolute Punk and Alternative Press are on to us and our exclusive track from Jack's Mannequin and we couldn't be any happier. Be prepared to be blown away by this exclusive track from Jack's Mannequin on Punk The Clock Vol. 3 Property Of A Gentleman. Check out our full page ad in this months Alternative Press to see what other artists are contributing exclusives. Get ready to rock out with your clock out.

-RiCCioLi
"music is life"

in honor of Gym Class Heroes?

Patty u should of been here at the Inamere show- lmao mikey and ryan performed perfectly in 70s style gym shorts (pink no less)- that ones for u buddy- best to you tonight as the new drum tech for Gym Class Heroes-
Later buddy-

Fall Out Boy- review 02-12-07

Just incase your wondering what the clockers are thinking. The writing has matured is the first thought that comes to mind, moreso than that is Patrick's vocals have never been been finer. I get the sense of your lead has taken ownership of that next level of harmony and speeding off sreaming chords-
The lyrics as always mixed onto the canvas right before your ears makes every track heeding the talent of musicianship and not just a fad. There is no argument here: some albums are worth buying-

Clockers?

So how is Punk the Clock Vol III shaping up?

We are super stoked about #3, the A&R offers awesome PTC exclusives tracks from Valencia, Tokyo Rose, Permanent Me, Pictures in Pieces, Jacks Mannequin plus- and we know your going to be flippin psyched too-

We will be updated our site regularly and you can expect more PTC exclusives, interviews from your favorites artist, streams and more contests-(make sure you enter the Jacks Mannequin Winter West Coast Tour below)

stay tuned for new tour announcements coming soon...

WINTER WEST COAST TOUR CONTEST

RECCENTER.COM, PUNK THE CLOCK, GIBSON & HURLEY are happy to present THE WEST COAST WINTER
TOUR CONTEST!!!

Win an autographed Gibson guitar signed by Jack's Mannequin, Head
Automatica & The Audition!

Grand prize winner will receive an autographed Gibson
guitar, an autographed Jack's Mannequin poster, an iPod courtesy of Punk The Clock and a
$100 Hurley prize package.

There will also be 20 runner up prizes which include
signed Jack's Mannequin posters and CD's or t-shirts from Jack's Mannequin, Head
Automatica or The Audition!

Winners will be randomly chosen on March 1. Get your
entries in and good luck!


ENTER HERE: http://www.reccenter.com/wintertourcontest

A lot of farvel this week-

One of my favorite people in the world has clocked out today. Patrick Jolkovski will meet up with GYM CLASS HEROES on February 15, he joins his former band mate Whit formerly of For Felix to tour the rest of world. Patty- Dartagnan and I wish you extreme happyness and success.
You are and always will be thought of as one of the best. Without you we just wouldn't be half of who we are today.
I will miss all the late nights, every night was late haha sometimes not even sleeping at all just listening to music, talking about every artist under the sun, priming volume 3, and you literally saving the day at any given notice-
I love that you are finally heading out on tour again on the road where it all began-everything forward is backwards.

-Catjia

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Punk The Clock-"Property of A Gentleman"

Wow, we are almost back up and running again after being Chapter Zero has been offline for a few weeks- and so back to the tracklisting, new website, album artwork and the tour.

A lot of great events are coming up Jack's Mannequin-WINTER WEST COAST TOUR w- Head Automatica and The Audition starts January 30 in Arizona at the Marquee Theater. I will be posting the dates here shortly or you can go to www.jacksmannequin.com or www.myspace.com/jacksmannequin for the closest city near you, in some instances some shows are already "Sold Out".

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Thank you everyone for your patience.

2007 with a bang

On December 26th, 2006 our hosting company lost its servers, causing all of our information from the past two years to be deleted. We lost every email, every document, and every file that punk the clock had been working on.

We are scrambling to get all the information back, so in the time being, we are putting up this page. We sincerely apologize for any problems this has caused you, we know how you feel because we are feeling the same way.

Please feel free to email us, or contact us through myspace. We are working to get this all sorted out.

-Punk the Clock

P.S. - Vol 3 is still coming out in March, and it is still going to be amazing! Just trust us on that one.

Happy New Year 2007

Happy New Year everyone, PTC welcomes 2007 with bigger hopes, more dreams than I ever dared to dreamed before and hopefully flood the shelves with PTC Volume III-
So far we have a few good tours to look forward to which are bigger undertakings than we have gone before, starting with Jack Mannequins "WINTER WEST COAST TOUR" with Head Automatica and The Audition. You might recognize the ad in the Alternative Press with FALL OUT BOY on the cover, but not to leave anyone out of the loop Ill repost it here.









this is a small indication of a couple of groups featured on Property of a Gentleman-***See you there!