It seems that dead celebrities can be used to sell more than pointless reissues and vacuum cleaners. A new print/poster campaign in the U.K. for famous punk rock footwear maker, Doc. Martens, has used four of the biggest names of the genre’s deceased stars. Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious, Joey Ramone and Joe Strummer all appear as angels wearing the famous boots. Writer Andrew Petch said the following of the add campaign:

We wanted to communicate that Dr. Martens boots are ‘made to last,’ and we discovered that these idolized musicians wore them. Showing them still wearing their Docs in heaven dramatized the boots’ durability perfectly. And, as images, they feel very iconic.

According to the article over at the Daily Swarm, the images have been cleared for use in the U.K. only, in an arrangement with Corbis, supplier of the original photographs, which have been enhanced by photographer Dimitri Daniloff and retoucher Christophe Huet.

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Less Than Jake drummer / lyricist Vinnie confirmed for us that the band has left their major label home as we reported previously. Vinnie told the `Org:

A few days ago it became “official” we left Sire and Warner bros to go it alone for the moment. A few months back we talked as a band and decided to ask Warner to release us from our contract and the one last record we owed them. It became obvious to me and everyone else that its time to move on and in a new direction as band.

So cue the comments from the .net and .org crowds “they made a shitty last record”, “maybe they’ll have more horns on the next record”, “they haven’t done anything good since pezcore anyways”, “they should have played more ska”, “maybe they’ll find a label that promotes the record” I’ve heard it and read it all before when we left Capitol records way back when. Hell, I could go point by point and defend or agree with everyone of the above statements but its not the right time to do that. The time right now is to look at things with a fresh prespective, look to the future- remember your history – move on. It seems obvious but sometimes when you’re reaching for the other shore you drown in the middle somewhere.

Thanks to everyone involved in the last few years, that gave their time, understanding and energy to less than jake.

The band released In with the Out Crowd last year. In the coming months they’ll be playing a hometown charity show in Gainesville, touring Europe, visiting Brazil, and playing a US tour alongside Reel Big Fish, Streetlight Manifesto and Against All Authority.
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The original lineup of Calgary instrumental surf / garage rock three-piece the Huevos Rancheros will reunite next Saturday in their hometown. The band will convene at the South Calgary Community Center alongside Chixdiggit, Forbidden Dimension, the Smokin 45s, and Michael Rault and the Mixed Signals for a benefit show. The bands are raising money to establish a journalism scholarship in memory of friend James Muretich.

The band, who last released the full length El Muerte Del Toro in 2000, last reunited a year ago at a Mint Records event in Vancouver.
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At All Cost and One Dead Three Wounded will hit the road together throughout June and July for a US tour. Dead Hearts will join the bands on various dates.

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Airdate will record an EP June 30 – July 7 with John Naclerio (My Chemical Romance, Brand New, Midtown) at Nada Studios. The EP will tentatively be released late summer/ early fall.

Frog of Staten Island, NY has posted two new songs on MySpace from their forthcoming EP I Cannot Erase, which will be their debut release on Demotic Records.

Queen City Station, a band featuring former It Dies Today singer Nicholas Brooks, has posted 5 songs online. You can check them out on MySpace here.
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Here's the top 15 tracks on GR2 for the last 7 days.  I must say I am suprised to see Henry Rollins there at the top.  Keep voting as it lets me know what you like and more importantly, what you don't so I can take it off the air.

1. Rollins Band – Drive By Shooting
2. Born To Lose – Broke Down
3. Civet – State Line
4. Joy Division – Warsaw
5. I Decline – Devil's Playground
6. Dropkick Murphys – The Auld Triangle
7. The Unseen – Scream Out
8. No Use For A Name – For Fiona
9. Bouncing Souls – Sing Along Forever
10. The Nobodys – Joe's Sister
11. X-Ray Spex – I Am A Poseur
12. Nofx – The Separation of Church and Skate
13. Good Riddance – Shame
14. Fugazi – Waiting Room
15. Black Flag – Wasted