After 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.

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:



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:

Bust out those walkmans...

...cuz we got cassettes in today! They'll be available from Seventh Rule soon, but if you live in New York or Boston you can pick 'em up at our shows this weekend.

Also, we're doing a couple of shows with on homies FIGHT AMP in November

Nov 8: Chicago @ Ultra Lounge - https://www.facebook.com/events/451391428246351/
Nov 9: Indianapolis @ Piss Haus

FAILURE TACTICS IS OUT TODAY

We truly live in exciting times. Presidential elections, global warming, unrest in the middle east, over hyped smartphones, and today, our second album, FAILURE TACTICS, is finally out. You can buy it directly from Seventh Rule and  get a free 'beverage' coozie as a bonus. If you don't like physical media, head over to bandcamp, where you can name your own price for the next 24 hours.

Also, resident Millions chef, Corey, was interviewed in the Never Nervous blog recently too: http://never-nervous.blogspot.com/2012/09/interview-corey-lyons-talks-about.html

We have a couple of shows lined up on the east coast coming up too:
Brooklyn on October 5th at Matchless with Cobretti, Growler and Beef Wellington.

http://www.facebook.com/events/316285801802136/

And this show in Boston on October 6th at Starlab with Phantom Glue, Hero(n), and Jack Burton vs. David Lo Pan

http://www.facebook.com/events/362316997179416/

Scott Interview

Scott 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.

http://heavymetal.about.com/od/interviews/a/Millions-Interview.htm

Shows in Brooklyn and Boston, and a Review

We're still recovering from the record release show for "Failure Tactics" that we played last Friday at Township.  It was awesome.  Thanks to everyone who came out, and thanks to Neverender, Today's Man and Electric Hawk.

We're also playing this show in Brooklyn on October 5th at Matchless with Cobretti, Growler and Beef Wellington.

http://www.facebook.com/events/316285801802136/

And this show in Boston on October 6th at Starlab with Phantom Glue, Hero(n), and Jack Burton vs. David Lo Pan

http://www.facebook.com/events/362316997179416/

Also....A review!

http://meatmeadmetal.wordpress.com/2012/09/20/seventh-rule-keeps-things-violent-with-new-albums-from-millions-stoneburner/

Living the Dream? More like Numbing it...

Get yr hands on all this junk at the release show - Sept 14 - Township/Chicago

FAILURE TACTICS Record Release Show - Sept 14

https://www.facebook.com/events/336139993147012/

FAILURE TACTICS

Our new album, FAILURE TACTICS, will be out September 25 on Seventh Rule.

The record was produced by Chicago’s Andrew Ragin (The Atlas Moth), mastered by Kyle Spence (Harvey Milk)

But if you live in Chicago, you can get your hands on it early at our record release show:
Sept 14 @ Township w/ Electric Hawk, Todays Man and Neverender

Until then, you can wet your whistle with the song "Pervert" here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yln0x2Je06A

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. 

TRACKLISTING

1. Shadow Copy
2. Shipwreck
3. Pervert
4. Siberian Angel
5. Slang For Upstanding Men
6. Tunnel Rat
7. Numbing The Dream
8. Suicide Artist

9. U.F.F.O

10. Darmok V

Some talking points for today:

We have a show this Thursday in Milwaukee at Cactus Club with Wizard Rifle, Sivini and Bicentennial Rub.
We have show this Friday in Chicago at Township with Wizard Rifle, Sivini and Harpoon.
Sunday we enter Wall2Wall Recording to begin work on our second full length, Failure Tactics.
Failure Tactics will be out this fall on Seventh Rule.

To tide you over, we've put together a little video for one of the new songs.... Enjoy.



http://www.youtube.com/embed/LtPlzoTelU8

https://vimeo.com/40421490

Back in the Saddle Again. Time to Ride.

Upcoming Shows:

March 28: with Git Some, Himalayan, In The Weeds @ Ultra Lounge | Chicago

April 19: with Wizard Rifle, Sivini, Bicentennial Rub @ Cactus Club | Milwaukee

April 20: with Wizard Rifle, Harpoon, Sivini @ Township | Chicago

Stay tuned for more news and tour dates...

Social 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 "interested female vocalist" opening.

Anyway, if you're on twitter or facebook, you can add us there:

Millions on Twitter

Millions on Facebook

In Soviet Russia, Album Buys You!

Seventh Rule Recordings,the label that makes us rich, has started a bandcamp webpage. What does that mean for you? It means that our first LP, Gather Scatter, is available there for your downloading pleasure.

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.

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.

If it was up to us, you'd just buy the vinyl anyway...

Millions - Gather Scatter

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.

No, Panic Program is not on bandcamp and is not available digitally yet. You should really just buy the vinyl.

Here's a link to the Seventh Rule bandcamp page. Other releases are there too. Tear at it like hyenas....

http://seventhrule.bandcamp.com/

Playing a Show...Other Stuff

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:

December 16

@ Pancho's in Chicago IL

w/ Hunters and Wizardcastle

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 Lost Boys impression. You've been warned.

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.

Saxual Healing

Scott Flaster : Age 13

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:

- Doobie

- Guy who played on "Careless Whisper"

- Guy who played on "You Belong to the City"

- Guy who played on "Heart of Rock n Roll"

- Guy who played the solo on "Never Tear Us Apart"

- Rocket From the Crypt sax tech

- Sonny Rollins understudy

Instead he switched to guitar and just whistles Yakety Sax to himself whenever tragedy strikes. Who knows what could have happened had he stuck with it....

East Coast Shows this Weekend + Scott's Birthday

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. Brooklyn on Friday will be first and it can't come soon enough. We always have a great time there. Saturday will be Baltimore. Sunday will be Philadelphia.

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.

BRUTAL PANDA VS. CHRONIC YOUTH RAGER ANNOUNCED

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.

NIRVANA COVER UNVEILED FOR RECORD STORE DAY

It's no secret that here at Camp Millions, we are all fans of the vinyl format. Record Store Day 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.

This is our contribution to the Record Store Day celebration by doing what we enjoy.

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 Panic Program session.

Of course we had to play it faster than the original.

Enjoy.

TOURETTE'S (NIRVANA)

the song can also be downloaded here.

Livin' the Dream

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!

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.

More 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.

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.

Enter here:

http://www.pluginmusic.com/contest.php?page=millions

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....

Also, we put a few show dates up that we're doing with our fellow downstroke warlords, Fight Amp. Brooklyn, Philadelphia....More coming.

Next contest: Guess your weight!

Not Quite a Lotto Ticket...

Yo internet! It's been awhile since we talked to you. Let's get down to business....

Yes, the EP is still on schedule. You should go ahead and preorder it from Brutal Panda. 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.

Yes, we have shows coming up. Details on those later.

The big news... Decibel Magazine is hosting a contest to win our new EP. If you know your useless Scott Flaster facts, you might just win the contest. And even if you don't know Scott Flaster from John Amos, you can probably just look on our last LP and get the answer.

Read the Decibel article on the release and enter the contest here.