tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39753975810946724862024-02-07T13:23:46.774-06:00MILLIONS DISTORTS!!MILLIONS - Chicago / Portland Noise Rock - New Album FAILURE TACTICS out September 25 on Seventh RuleMILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-62786956537534832112020-06-25T11:11:00.002-05:002020-06-25T11:11:46.293-05:00After Life.As the band continues its well deserved slumber, MNS band members have gone on to create other distortion-scapes and continue to clear rooms.<br />
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Scott now lives in Portland, ORE, has continued to turn up too loud so he can't hear the crowd silence and plays in Sheenjek:<br />
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Corey still residing in Chicago, has continued his exploration into noise experimentation and plays in Galaxxu and Bob Genghis Khan who you can check out below:<br />
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<br />MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-25549966789791520502012-10-04T11:21:00.002-05:002012-10-04T11:21:56.167-05:00Bust out those walkmans...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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...cuz we got cassettes in today! They'll be available from <a href="http://www.seventhrule.com/" target="_blank">Seventh Rule</a> soon, but if you live in <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/316285801802136/" target="_blank">New York</a> or <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/362316997179416/" target="_blank">Boston</a> you can pick 'em up at our shows this weekend.<br />
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Nov 8: Chicago @ Ultra Lounge - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/451391428246351/">https://www.facebook.com/events/451391428246351/</a><br />
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We truly live in exciting times. Presidential elections, global warming, unrest in the middle east, over hyped smartphones, and today, our second album, <b>FAILURE TACTICS</b>, is finally out. You can buy it <a href="http://store.seventhrule.com/" target="_blank">directly from Seventh Rule and get a free 'beverage' coozie </a>as a bonus. If you don't like physical media, head over to <a href="http://releases.seventhrule.com/album/failure-tactics" target="_blank">bandcamp, where you can name your own price for the next 24 hours</a>.<br />
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Also, resident Millions chef, Corey, was interviewed in the Never Nervous blog recently too: <a href="http://never-nervous.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-corey-lyons-talks-about.html">http://never-nervous.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-corey-lyons-talks-about.html</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563116250045738360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-25858470028682683622012-09-21T12:01:00.000-05:002012-09-21T12:01:09.450-05:00Scott InterviewScott got interviewed by about.com for our new album Failure Tactics and about some Seventh Rule related biz as well. You should go read it. He gives away all of our deepest and darkest secrets.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Not to get all Emo McGee about it, but this is the most ambitious, personal and, well, craziest stuff we've done so far. We're split across the country, fueled by sleep deprivation and short circuits, and did our best to capture that via microphones and amplifiers. It's still the same old Millions, but more like if the same old Millions just came out of a two year coma and woke up in a world where a man with tax dodging off shore bank accounts who wears magic underwear was a serious contender for leader of the free world..... wait... fuck. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563116250045738360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-91155102206236651802012-04-16T10:03:00.003-05:002012-04-16T16:54:03.343-05:00Some talking points for today:<br /><br />We have a show this Thursday in Milwaukee at Cactus Club with Wizard Rifle, Sivini and Bicentennial Rub.<br />We have show this Friday in Chicago at Township with Wizard Rifle, Sivini and Harpoon.<br />Sunday we enter <a href="https://vimeo.com/40421490">Wall2Wall Recording</a> to begin work on our second full length, <i>Failure Tactics</i>.<br /><i>Failure Tactics</i> will be out this fall on <a href="http://www.seventhrule.com/" target="_blank">Seventh Rule</a>.<br /><br />To tide you over, we've put together a little video for one of the new songs.... Enjoy.<br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LtPlzoTelU8" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/embed/LtPlzoTelU8">http://www.youtube.com/embed/LtPlzoTelU8</a><br /><br /><a href="https://vimeo.com/40421490">https://vimeo.com/40421490</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563116250045738360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-24199410196122579612012-02-28T12:23:00.000-06:002012-02-28T12:23:40.462-06:00Back in the Saddle Again. Time to Ride.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH4BQBoK3KhIjmEZ79ntnDBd-CmXJUHx2coGXslRMHMVslep578On4h3rISS12Cj-rxRCzCQjbLLlA80nf53GVUmWewLWg27XCgJLA2DkIfYSf-0Ae2pzV10TigvfkqxGaW57J4dpTmc/s1600/MNS_4-20-2012.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeH4BQBoK3KhIjmEZ79ntnDBd-CmXJUHx2coGXslRMHMVslep578On4h3rISS12Cj-rxRCzCQjbLLlA80nf53GVUmWewLWg27XCgJLA2DkIfYSf-0Ae2pzV10TigvfkqxGaW57J4dpTmc/s320/MNS_4-20-2012.png" width="197" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Stay tuned for more news and tour dates...</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563116250045738360noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-76990959369437937002011-01-28T13:47:00.003-06:002011-01-28T14:07:41.934-06:00Social Networking. Sure.....Remember when bands used to print their Myspace URL on their records? Pretty soon, that'll be about as useful as writing to Slint regarding their <a href="http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/8086/willocredit.png">"interested female vocalist"</a> opening.<br /><br />Anyway, if you're on twitter or facebook, you can add us there:<br /><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/MILLIONSDISTORT">Millions on Twitter</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/MILLIONS/171339185837">Millions on Facebook</a>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-74344670075949923652011-01-10T14:08:00.008-06:002011-01-10T21:47:59.582-06:00In Soviet Russia, Album Buys You!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULnWJ_I2mkpAqahJFRlyH4Z9EDuLJZ3-VdxbToaCd8wR5igcV391Cy_8DxrcjKP59oBIwWDCJaG5867xXzYWAJok17zENKYZIBSUJTPLOtb0JcKr-_tDPpFZg4yDv3tqytvZMhFN1D8s/s1600/gs.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560671271613825426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 350px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 350px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULnWJ_I2mkpAqahJFRlyH4Z9EDuLJZ3-VdxbToaCd8wR5igcV391Cy_8DxrcjKP59oBIwWDCJaG5867xXzYWAJok17zENKYZIBSUJTPLOtb0JcKr-_tDPpFZg4yDv3tqytvZMhFN1D8s/s400/gs.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://www.seventhrule.com/">Seventh Rule Recordings</a>,the label that makes us rich, has started a <a href="http://seventhrule.bandcamp.com/album/gather-scatter">bandcamp webpage</a>. What does that mean for you? It means that our first LP, <a href="http://www.allmusic.com/album/gather-scatter-r1498252/review">Gather Scatter</a>, is available there for your downloading pleasure.</div><br /><div>The album is free to download and to stream. There are all sorts of format choices and most of them are of much higher quality than the other internet choices. You probably knew that you could download it for free anyway via all sorts of nefarious sources. We're just cutting out the middle man and offering you better quality.</div><br /><div>You can also pay for the release via Bandcamp by naming your price when you download. You have always had the option to get the album for free, and you still do. We're just giving you another option and letting you decide it's value.</div><br /><div>If it was up to us, you'd just buy the vinyl anyway...<br /></div><div><a href="http://www.seventhrule.com/store/millions/">Millions - Gather Scatter</a></div><br /><div>In other news, we're writing another album and getting ready to demo it. Yes, that album will likely be getting the bandcamp treatment too.</div><br /><div>No, <a href="http://brutalpandarecords.com/shop/millions-panic-program-7-vinyl/">Panic Program</a> is not on bandcamp and is not available digitally yet. You should really just <a href="http://brutalpandarecords.com/shop/millions-panic-program-7-vinyl/">buy the vinyl</a>.</div><br /><div>Here's a link to the Seventh Rule bandcamp page. Other releases are there too. Tear at it like hyenas....</div><br /><div><a href="http://seventhrule.bandcamp.com/">http://seventhrule.bandcamp.com/</a></div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-90567638037546899612010-12-09T11:20:00.009-06:002010-12-09T12:15:14.813-06:00Playing a Show...Other Stuff<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_z60xQQ3ULgv6ckxuLlOie7ViuxAlfPtxPivJUiUCOyHdFwpcIY9a19kqcNhdgdaJSriHVwISEYVy646TpN3ygA97xM154suGJNMQwNdyeVQcj7kDNRvRwLQ5eYXG_8B2Xv5ccbiAAc/s1600/P1000325bw.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548734886552707250" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy_z60xQQ3ULgv6ckxuLlOie7ViuxAlfPtxPivJUiUCOyHdFwpcIY9a19kqcNhdgdaJSriHVwISEYVy646TpN3ygA97xM154suGJNMQwNdyeVQcj7kDNRvRwLQ5eYXG_8B2Xv5ccbiAAc/s400/P1000325bw.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div>It's winter, which means that Chicago is cold. It also means that we have nothing better to do than to stay inside and write songs. At some point that gets boring though, so we've decided to brave the elements and play a show. Here are the details:</div><div> </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div><strong>December 16</strong></div><div><strong>@ </strong><a href="http://www.mpshows.com/?venue_id=63#24251"><strong>Pancho's</strong></a><strong> in Chicago IL</strong></div><div><strong>w/ </strong><a href="http://www.huntersmetal.com/blog/"><strong>Hunters</strong></a><strong> and Wizardcastle</strong></div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong> </div><div><strong></strong></div><div><strong></strong></div><div></div><div></div><div>We're playing a lot of new stuff at this show because it's Pancho's, and Pancho's is Logan Square's answer to Outback Steakhouse....No Rules, just right. Also, Pancho has been known to break out the sax from behind the bar and do his best <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD1pIQRQmHs">Lost Boys</a> impression. You've been warned.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The first 25 through the door will get a holiday grab bag of epic proportions. Millions vinyl, Hunters CDs, and Wizardcastle Dungeons and Dragons Dice. Why? Cause your ears need a saving throw, and we're the DM.</div></div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-60052321126108436752010-08-19T13:20:00.014-05:002010-08-19T14:36:14.916-05:00Saxual Healing<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttROgCB6Y3PokUgI-622LSElExCHQse35WVkO27N4d8UB7O2OvoMBgcIm3KGDCIo8JAKuqvvL9JQkNEGjIqlbmFZjeXBrY688rMePQLZvHeF5D5yFoGv_N3fd9WG_dnFFzhZpCQR7Jbo/s1600/BarMitzvah.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5507196647059794434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgttROgCB6Y3PokUgI-622LSElExCHQse35WVkO27N4d8UB7O2OvoMBgcIm3KGDCIo8JAKuqvvL9JQkNEGjIqlbmFZjeXBrY688rMePQLZvHeF5D5yFoGv_N3fd9WG_dnFFzhZpCQR7Jbo/s400/BarMitzvah.jpg" /></a> </div><p align="center"><em>Scott Flaster : Age 13</em></p><br /><p align="left">Before Scott Flaster became "the muscle"/Millions skullcracker/Seventh Rule Overlord, he was a boy with a dream. That dream was to become the world's greatest saxophone player. Had he stuck with it, his dream gigs would have been as follows:<br /><br />- <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Doobie-Brothers.gif">Doobie</a><br /><br />- Guy who played on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQtlrBziyzI">"Careless Whisper"</a><br /><br />- Guy who played on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCDSmZINyY">"You Belong to the City"</a><br /><br />- Guy who played on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mEKUmzJO54Y">"Heart of Rock n Roll"</a><br /><br />- Guy who played the solo on <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oRI1-PznQw">"Never Tear Us Apart"</a><br /><br />- <a href="http://dropd.com/issue/16/WarpedTour/rocket.jpg">Rocket From the Crypt</a> sax tech<br /><br />- <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/03/05/sonnyrollins_kareemabduljabbar.jpg">Sonny Rollins</a> understudy<br /><br />Instead he switched to guitar and just whistles <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkJmoIOr8QU">Yakety Sax</a> to himself whenever tragedy strikes. Who knows what could have happened had he stuck with it.... </p>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-49863242705398830882010-06-09T11:55:00.004-05:002010-06-09T12:15:44.613-05:00East Coast Shows this Weekend + Scott's Birthday<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQLz9IMTuljhPIeOtiaMbjcIwnaD-JwpQDDRaePtonQt3Ar5OgYH8FXsDJbbg_K5N7mIHyhpjxJPF1WbNwsUXrV9Nc-IG27UYXdRFQIqKqdz0Ga2mIN1aewIdPlrgAG6yNrGTYKmbHZI/s1600/tour+007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQLz9IMTuljhPIeOtiaMbjcIwnaD-JwpQDDRaePtonQt3Ar5OgYH8FXsDJbbg_K5N7mIHyhpjxJPF1WbNwsUXrV9Nc-IG27UYXdRFQIqKqdz0Ga2mIN1aewIdPlrgAG6yNrGTYKmbHZI/s400/tour+007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480819137865638434" /></a><br /><br />In honor of Scott's birthday, and to play some great shows and see some of our favorite people, we'll be playing a series of shows on the east coast this weekend. Check the dates on the side for full details. <a href="http://glasslands.blogspot.com/">Brooklyn on Friday</a> will be first and it can't come soon enough. We always have a great time there. <a href="http://goldenwestcafe.com/">Saturday</a> will be Baltimore. <a href="http://kungfunecktie.com/index.php">Sunday</a> will be Philadelphia.<br /><br />Please make sure Scott has a good time on his birthday. If everyone would gather around him at some point and give him a Bennigan's/Chili's style birthday song, that would probably be his ultimate birthday wish. Make it happen.MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-50669577473556538082010-05-13T15:28:00.005-05:002010-05-13T15:39:03.732-05:00BRUTAL PANDA VS. CHRONIC YOUTH RAGER ANNOUNCED<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gFdOclV8dUFii_xP5WG_Nn4ntsiRI5EHzVc8RDM6X4MJfRQ0dN7ftePerGw1z6cGAfngqiAG_M3yMAJYcNcAeft39WnC5C97UAm6N-awfl1-s0Jurij7jdQUvgqDiVuX6EvWJSp8L4c/s1600/BP+vs+CY+web+flier.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gFdOclV8dUFii_xP5WG_Nn4ntsiRI5EHzVc8RDM6X4MJfRQ0dN7ftePerGw1z6cGAfngqiAG_M3yMAJYcNcAeft39WnC5C97UAm6N-awfl1-s0Jurij7jdQUvgqDiVuX6EvWJSp8L4c/s400/BP+vs+CY+web+flier.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5470855736145520546" /></a><br /><br />We are looking forward to it! This day also happens to be Scott's birthday so please show up with NY Pizza, High Life, and shots of Jameson.MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-44966744834692609682010-04-16T00:21:00.009-05:002010-04-16T16:26:03.736-05:00NIRVANA COVER UNVEILED FOR RECORD STORE DAY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhV7ROduc5dLE6T8eaD2Cqr1k4hs1wiejBjAipeF-NKvRy7slktVuJEz_P645maQsY6F9CgyVNpnYdEQrJJ2R4cYgIg5vs_BzRy3pG9XfuqsEPHiVnaXYdjQG8_oJQZu-dhY3qKeQr_Q/s1600/tourettes.gif"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 399px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460601268483925634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAhV7ROduc5dLE6T8eaD2Cqr1k4hs1wiejBjAipeF-NKvRy7slktVuJEz_P645maQsY6F9CgyVNpnYdEQrJJ2R4cYgIg5vs_BzRy3pG9XfuqsEPHiVnaXYdjQG8_oJQZu-dhY3qKeQr_Q/s400/tourettes.gif" /></a>It's no secret that here at <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWbv6jXmW4H3Rz4laB8NPed_xLiBz8MAHTENBFKwV3hfWe_b4EhHT1mWRIAmPOENGgX2uRRt9z1r70j_M-elTlwpeAOBH1ACrzI5Gad03DdeMHac3Wglova9hT-RJcMwACVyDNRkT8Xw/s320/meatballs6.jpe.jpeg">Camp Millions</a>, we are all fans of the vinyl format. <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">Record Store Day</a> is pretty cool to us and we hope you plan on leaving your parent's basement tomorrow and coming out to support your local record store. You might even see us hitting the Chicago stores getting the rare QOTSA, Soundgarden, Springsteen, and Pantera gems we feel we need.<br /><br />This is our contribution to the <a href="http://www.recordstoreday.com/Home">Record Store Day</a> celebration by doing what we enjoy.<br /><br />We are all big fans of Nirvana's "In Utero" album so we chose the song that fit us best and recorded it during the <a href="http://brutalpandarecords.com/shop/millions-panic-program-7-vinyl/">Panic Program</a> session.<br /><br />Of course we had to play it faster than the original.<br /><br />Enjoy. <div class="media"><br /><div class="mediatitle">TOURETTE'S (NIRVANA)</div><script language="JavaScript" src="http://www.seventhrule.com/audio/audio-player.js"></script><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.seventhrule.com/audio/player.swf" id="audioplayer1" height="24" width="290"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.seventhrule.com/audio/player.swf"><br /><param name="FlashVars" value="playerID=audioplayer1&soundFile=http://www.seventhrule.com/audio/Tourettes.mp3"><br /><param name="quality" value="high"><br /><param name="menu" value="false"><br /><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /></object> <br /><br />the song can also be downloaded <a href="http://www.seventhrule.com/audio/tourettes.mp3">here</a>.</div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-67665656467933078282010-04-14T13:58:00.006-05:002010-04-14T15:03:48.959-05:00Livin' the Dream<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460081251583344738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh50L3ll3arEXWHw-KaEKhH0YCnO8PEo6T8m-T-BcCl8pRBfZHe0KM9gx97cqZcVL1uHKmZTVQjqg48_LzMQbXTpG8MjN1ddkuWhytNNVi5EI3lKhQJasetmtxHqvUFKCCZ7Msxhhm7SQc/s320/DSC01182.JPG" /><br /><div><div><div><div>Sometimes we find some pretty cool stuff on tour. Like this ape themed gas station in Connecticut. We're sure someone else has been there and has better pictures of it. Send us some pics!<br /></div></div><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460084240911818434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gQOWt3cabGlcxh4gpolPb79Aa-2V9lTIj2oUaAhiAMEBSs2NUcpLTHvr_L6PU3R0NR_2bMkmU4H9gtMt4HWdnDpQOeVU5jhZBRoc6dH68btydJqWWf0D940Op2qtbl2yNyLm_y49XWA/s320/DSC01181.JPG" /><br /><div><div>And don't forget that we're playing shows this summer! Bring us some bologna and maybe Corey will fry you up a sandwich. Or maybe we'll split it with you.</div><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460085495190469362" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNXI2EiUfVGVUopY7EbZFYh8BV8TTBI4a3utxm-4JJU6oxB7t9om8eY5UmmzSMlQSJNv2pZfhlZtk3tVSPl67Gp9a81Mo3INLGGawWXGUjS4wnfgqRJS42fgBo3lgKriJM4adHk8suvL8/s320/DSC01179.JPG" /></div></div></div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-38579228108051509252010-03-11T19:29:00.008-06:002010-03-11T20:01:29.970-06:00More Contests! Show Dates Too!We're throwing out so many contest posts lately, that you're gonna think this has turned into a spam blog. Next up will be Viagra offers, and emails from a Nigerian Prince.<br /><br />Anyway, there is another contest. This one is pretty special. Basically, it's a drawing that you can enter to win a test pressing of our vinyl.<br /><br />Enter <a href="http://www.pluginmusic.com/contest.php?page=millions">here</a>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.pluginmusic.com/contest.php?page=millions">http://www.pluginmusic.com/contest.php?page=millions</a><br /><br />There are only 5 of these in existence so owning one immediately puts you in an exclusive class of people. It's a class of people that still thinks farts and Weird Al are hilarious, but still....<br /><br />Also, we put a few show dates up that we're doing with our fellow downstroke warlords, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fightamp">Fight Amp</a>. Brooklyn, Philadelphia....More coming.<br /><br />Next contest: Guess your weight!MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-54298517388259893302010-03-02T12:29:00.004-06:002010-03-02T13:11:10.412-06:00Not Quite a Lotto Ticket...Yo internet! It's been awhile since we talked to you. Let's get down to business....<br /><br />Yes, the EP is still on schedule. You should go ahead and <a href="http://brutalpandarecords.com/shop/millions-panic-program-7-vinyl/">preorder it</a> from <a href="http://brutalpandarecords.com/">Brutal Panda</a>. It's only being released on vinyl for right now. Why you might ask? Well... CDs are clunky, dumb, and make for excellent backup/data transfer devices, but as a listening medium, they are antiques. In 1995, a CD made sense. In 2010, they're AOL....And even AOL quit sending out CDs! See...It's all coming together.<br /><br />Yes, we have shows coming up. Details on those later.<br /><br />The big news... <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=360179">Decibel Magazine is hosting a contest to win our new EP</a>. If you know your useless Scott Flaster facts, you might just win the contest. And even if you don't know Scott Flaster from <a href="http://mentalfloss.cachefly.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/amos.jpg">John Amos</a>, you can probably just look on our last LP and get the answer.<br /><br />Read the Decibel article on the release and enter the contest <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx?ncid=360179">here</a>.MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-74491372559983248382010-02-05T10:09:00.007-06:002010-02-05T10:42:48.440-06:00NEW MILLIONS EP TO SEE RELEASE THIS MARCH!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OS1YLu-C3B-edFcbKxsjqSaL8ULw_qTo_zzMffrIGrRoN76SdNwhVBXtt9oC-NP7dM42AM53fYVxEW0XaJj8XrZ1JtFy72MIJLRX1NrCOM81wWWjmh_WrWlT857O2sXj3FZXoO6GpMU/s1600-h/0638478529_l.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 189px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434800741170381650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5OS1YLu-C3B-edFcbKxsjqSaL8ULw_qTo_zzMffrIGrRoN76SdNwhVBXtt9oC-NP7dM42AM53fYVxEW0XaJj8XrZ1JtFy72MIJLRX1NrCOM81wWWjmh_WrWlT857O2sXj3FZXoO6GpMU/s200/0638478529_l.jpg" /></a>We are proud to announce that Brutal Panda Records will be releasing our new EP, 'Panic Program'.<br /><br />The EP will be available in 7" vinyl format and will feature 4 brand new tracks.<br /><br />The tracks were recorded this past November at Bricktop Recording in Chicago, IL with Andy Nelson (Harpoon, Weekend Nachos) handling production duties, and mastering being taken care of by Carl Saff (Young Widows, The Atlas Moth).<br /><br />The press will be limited to 500 copies with 300 on green and 200 on black.<br /><br />You can hear the first track off the EP, "Kept Alive By Drugs And Magick" right <a title="here" href="http://www.myspace.com/millionschicago" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><em></em> via MySpace.<br /><br /><strong style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><em></em></strong>'Panic Program' will see an early March vinyl-only release with pre-orders being taken via the official <strong style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal">Brutal Panda</strong> site <a title="here" href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJydXRhbHBhbmRhcmVjb3Jkcy5jb20=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a><em>.</em><br /><br />The track listing is as follows:<br /><br />1. KEPT ALIVE BY DRUGS AND MAGICK<br /><br />2. OLD FASHIONED WAY<br /><br />3. BLOODLUST<br /><br />4. ENCAPSULATIONMILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-40068596640741256082009-12-04T12:38:00.003-06:002009-12-04T13:14:19.924-06:00CRASHING THE TOP 40 PARTY<div>We are stoked to report that Millions "Gather Scatter" has made the <a href="http://decibelmagazine.com/Home.aspx">Decibel Magazine</a> "Top 40 Records of 2009" list.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sure we could post all the details, but why not pick up a copy and check it out yourselves?</div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-25012339943630496712009-11-17T10:05:00.011-06:002009-11-20T21:54:09.673-06:00MILLIONS "VERY STRANGE" BRICKTOP SESSIONS<div>In what seemed like a genius idea, we booked studio time before we left for Europe. The idea being that we had new songs and after playing them every night for a month straight, what better time to record? We enlisted the engineering skills of Andy Nelson at Bricktop Recording. He had recorded the <a href="http://www.myspace.com/harpoonrockin4u">Harpoon</a> and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/weekendnachos">Weekend Nachos</a> full lengths and those sounded stellar. Andy also does guitar / pick slides in Weekend Nachos, and their shows are worth a night leaving your couch. </div><div><br /></div><div>So after being home for a couple weeks from our Euro binge, we awoke on a Saturday morning, went to the practice space to load up, then headed to the <a href="http://wikimapia.org/1136743/Pilsen-Neighborhood">Pilsen</a> neighborhood where Bricktop was located.</div><br /><div>It was very strange doing anything post tour without Ralph, our European tour manager / driver, so these sessions are named in tribute to him.</div><div><br /></div><div>We loaded into the studio and got situated in a room that could fit us all. The idea was to set up in the same room, mic us all up, and get an energetic live recording. Vocals would be tracked separately and of course the guitar feedback overdubs would be done later.</div><br /><div> </div><div>Some history about the building where Bricktop resides. It's basically an old warehouse full of rubber gloves, raincoats, furniture, coveralls, and a completely out of place <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_piano">Fender Rhodes</a>. This place used to be right down the street from the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell_Street#The_Maxwell_Street_Market">Maxwell Street Market </a>so it got a ton of foot traffic and people would come in from all over to buy their gear. Now the market has moved and the people have stopped coming. It feels sort of like a fossil from those Maxwell Street days. Needless to say, we felt very comfortable and were able to knock the songs out in a short amount of takes. </div><div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp34pAEIt1ZEglJpnwtmONLhL2OkNEtx15gmO9TVCDsdO_6pVFGvrFdPIqrQvK6aTXiFgYpu-9jO6PTTTfudokGuWCveaOp5aXp38jEJD4tjqbBBShlciiQ4eARMq8-T6cEIzTixF2cUw/s1600/IMG_1011.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406234760726699378" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 240px; height: 320px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp34pAEIt1ZEglJpnwtmONLhL2OkNEtx15gmO9TVCDsdO_6pVFGvrFdPIqrQvK6aTXiFgYpu-9jO6PTTTfudokGuWCveaOp5aXp38jEJD4tjqbBBShlciiQ4eARMq8-T6cEIzTixF2cUw/s320/IMG_1011.jpg" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Corey weighs his options.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We walked out of there with four originals and a cover of Nirvana's "Tourette's". We will post the Nirvana cover here in the next couple weeks as soon as we finish mixing.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The new material is MILLIONS moving in a forward direction for sure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Or perhaps we are moving sideways.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">These four songs recorded... Are they to be an EP? Material for some seven inch splits with other bands? How bout our 2009 demo? The history is yet to be written. We're really happy with how they turned out and can't wait to unleash them on the unsuspecting public.</div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-68784373291885464682009-11-05T11:32:00.013-06:002009-11-06T14:30:12.701-06:00Dresden<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0uHVoVCMTcwp1uxjc0kw5suOCsJJcrPt9V5DpMgm95VhZiHy0JS9sZeshKankAZPPIZ-GTwznifNeT9usfgh_9G1RqVeey-GRNa5c9Uv23vuMOKfzmYPkT5RNLyJ3rkqWl3sIG9k_Ck/s1600-h/DSC01870.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400674136476293154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf0uHVoVCMTcwp1uxjc0kw5suOCsJJcrPt9V5DpMgm95VhZiHy0JS9sZeshKankAZPPIZ-GTwznifNeT9usfgh_9G1RqVeey-GRNa5c9Uv23vuMOKfzmYPkT5RNLyJ3rkqWl3sIG9k_Ck/s320/DSC01870.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><strong>Dresden - </strong>After spending most of the day in Prague, we left for Dresden in the late afternoon. Daylight savings had kicked in the night before, but darkness had fallen by the time we hit Dresden two hours later and we didn't get to see much scenery. </div><div><br /></div><div>It was set in our minds that we would be travelling home the next day and we had started to sort through what needed to be done before we left town. Perhaps it would have been a better idea to think about these things after we had played the show! </div><div><br /></div><div>The show was at Az Conni which was a very nice venue that Ralph our driver had been a part of for the last ten years and he made sure to get us plenty of beer and delicious food. The sleeping quarters were in a building next door, so with the crisp Fall air, the whole night had a "camp" feel to it.<br /><br /></div><div>We played with <a href="http://www.myspace.com/framestar">Framestar</a> who sounded like a tasteful cross between Refused and Turbonegro and their set was flawless. Daniel who had given us shelter upon our initial arrival in Berlin was the vocalist and it was nice to see him again.</div><div><br /></div><div>As the fairy tale goes, the last show of a tour is supposed to be the tightest, most energetic, and the last shot at redemption. Thinking back on all our past tours, this only happens 50% of the time and the other half can be filed as <i>crash and burn.</i> No fairy tale took place in Dresden.<br /><br /></div><div>Not feeling fully satisfied with the night, Scott and Mark set out to find one last döner kebab meal to bring back to camp and they were successful. We are sure the smell was still in the air at 5 am when we left for Berlin and our flight home. </div><div><br /></div><div>And with that....Our tour of Europe was over.</div></div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3975397581094672486.post-41720827370336009292009-11-05T11:01:00.023-06:002009-11-09T12:11:25.488-06:0090+ Hours in a Van in 26 Days: Millions Reading List<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAhcHUSe1b_MCQw-TZM587aB6TUBYhphN29aohs8NgFd5HPvgUqgb5wRwRgKZ1jv4jXal_d3LYYyRuBbgp2A545DMgFAFYFi75o4YvK8m9j0hY7wxfjMrd8LBVCK-He5F3paYm-rbDMw/s1600-h/image666.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPAhcHUSe1b_MCQw-TZM587aB6TUBYhphN29aohs8NgFd5HPvgUqgb5wRwRgKZ1jv4jXal_d3LYYyRuBbgp2A545DMgFAFYFi75o4YvK8m9j0hY7wxfjMrd8LBVCK-He5F3paYm-rbDMw/s320/image666.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402167524043396962" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Staving off boredom in the van can be challenging when you're looking riding in the thing 26 days in a row. And for some reason we made it harder on ourselves this trip by trying to not listen to music on the stereo in the van. Personal iPods and whatnot were fine, but we opted to not subject everyone to our horrible individual tastes in music. Odd as it sounds, it was a nice change of pace. The only thing coming out of the front of the van that we could all hear were the soothing sounds of the German GPS and, when in Germany, Ralph listening to talk radio. That was actually kind of relaxing, something about talk radio that you can't understand a word of is perfect for lulling you to sleep.</div><div><br /><div>Anyway, we read a lot of books, watched a fair amount of TV shows and listened to some sweet jams while whittling away the hours in the van for a month... </div><div><br /></div><div><b>Corey:</b></div><br /><div>Read: <i>Watchmen</i>, couple installments of <i>Y: The Last Man</i>, and the <i>In The Court of King Crimson</i> (King Crimson Biography). Yeah, I really wish I brought more books on tour</div><div><br /></div><div>Watched: Star Trek: The Next Generation, Season 3 and some of 4</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbaIM1L_O0KBuVL6xwiPnwqbUWaxp8YDgsh7FiFobPFvwqoeX9i904DxUMMmpyl7j-9MrdTzgzhL5iibnWrxR_e03fHLijGWCxz7pdRuvtQd_w9Qtbe9zNV5fs7cTFkI9yoMU8l9Urcs/s1600-h/PICT1614.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtbaIM1L_O0KBuVL6xwiPnwqbUWaxp8YDgsh7FiFobPFvwqoeX9i904DxUMMmpyl7j-9MrdTzgzhL5iibnWrxR_e03fHLijGWCxz7pdRuvtQd_w9Qtbe9zNV5fs7cTFkI9yoMU8l9Urcs/s320/PICT1614.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402165563737410722" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-small;">I fashioned a sweet home theater system in the van to optimize my Star Trekkin'</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>Listened: Converge: Axe to Fall, Aphex Twin: Select Ambient Works Vol II, His Hero Is Gone: Monuments to Thieves, Crain: Heater, Rodan: Rusty, Slint: Spiderland, Tyrannosaurus Rex: Beard of Stars & Unicorn, Kylesa: Static Tensions, Creedence Clearwater Revival: Green River, Krallice: s/t, Mahavishnu Orchestra: Inner Worlds, Miles Davis/Bill Laswell: Panthalassa, Yes: Relayer, Straight A's: 7", Rye Coalition: Lipstick Game</div><br /><div><strong>Mark:</strong></div><br /><div>Slept a lot. Listened to Iggy Pop "The Idiot", Swans "Filth", Soulsavers "Broken", James Brown "The Payback". Read British tabloid news, and Joe Matt "The Poor Bastard". Watched "Real Time With Bill Maher", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", and "Hells Kitchen"<br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pat:</span><strong><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal"><br /><br />Read: Lolita, Nabokov; The Plague, Camus; Transition, Banks; To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee; and A Confederacy of Dunces, Toole.<br /><br />Watched: Season 1 of The Wire, Season 1 of Eastbound and Down<br /><br />Listened: Tons of 3D Thunderstorm environments to get through the snoring, Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Van Halen, a little King Crimson, a little Floyd and Keelhaul.</span><br /></strong></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Scott:</b></div><div><br />Read: Children of Dune, Frank Herbert; Elric of Melniboné, Michael Moorcock; and Watchmen, Alan Moore/ Dave Gibbons.</div><div><br /></div><div>Watched: Season 2 of Dexter and a whole lot of European scenery.</div><div><br /></div><div>Listened: Fight Amp "Manners and Praise", Voivod "Killing Technology", Yes "Close To the Edge", Yuppicide "Dead Man Walking", Entombed "Wolverine Blues", Replacements "Let It Be", Einstürzende Neubauten "Halber Mensch", Front 242 "Front By Front", King Crimson "Lizard", Unsane "Lambhouse", Rodan "Rusty", and Charger "Fuzzbastard". </div><div><b><br />Ralph:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>Spent a month listening to four American idiots who thought they were funny, but they weren't.</div><div><br /></div></div>MILLIONShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12926975832341558679noreply@blogger.com0