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".

Be sure to stop by www.reccenter.com and stand by for the launch of a new community where artist, people, make friends.

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!

I want my MTV-INAMERE Monmouth TV that is...

Inamere begins promoting the upcoming Punk The Clock "Property of a Gentleman" tour today at a local TV station in Monmouth County- details to follow on the actual air date...but for us it might go alittle bit like this
Breaking News:
Inamere of Morristown, NJ preparing for the upcoming PUNK THE CLOCK "PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN" US TOUR with Secret Lives of the Free Masons, ADAIR, & Karate High School.
Exclusive track from "Inamere" featured on Punk The Clock Volume III "Property of a Gentleman" compilation, a percentage of sales will benefit the "Dear Jack" Foundation. Punk The Clock is supporting Andrew McMahon of Jack's Mannequin/Something Corporate "Dear Jack" fund is a non-profit charitable organization to funding cancer research. Andrew's focused attention on causes that relate to young adult and teenage cancer patients, who often face difficulties in choosing between pediatric and adult treatment protocols. It is his hope to use the Dear Jack fund to provide outreach and assistance to families coping with cancer.
and that was taken straight from this Q card, http://www.dearjackfoundation.com.

It is Punk The Clock's goal to raise 5k-10k USD- friends, let's make a difference here. A huge contribution towards community- That kid could be your best friend, a sister, a brother, a daughter, a son- If your thinking you dont matter, your just a small meek individual now, what thoughts will you have when it's too late. My friends think "compound interest"- this is your generation and there isnt a better time to customize your philosophy! And that my dear is PUNK THE CLOCK!

(and that was the lost q card)

Actually March 6, 2007