It’s October 17, 2007, Edge Day. The celebration of Edge, and you can take part by checking out a local straight edge hardcore show, getting a sick XXEDGEXX tattoo and abstaining from booze, drugs and smoking while yelling “True till death.” Of course, it’s a work day so if you’re going to work drunk, stoned and smoking, you’ve got a particularly interesting workplace and Chris wants to know if they’re hiring.

The first annual National Edge Day was celebrated on October 17, 1999 at the final Ten Yard Fight concert at the nightclub Karma in Boston, Massachusetts. The concert also featured the bands Bane, In My Eyes, Fastbreak, Reach The Sky and Floorpunch. This show marked the end of the 1990s youth crew revival.

Since then, National Edge Day has been celebrated in certain cities, such as Boston.
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Serj Tankian, frontman of System Of A Down, has launched a full album stream of his debut solo release. The record is titled Elect the Dead and is due out October 23, 2007

You can check out the entire album here.

Serj is currently touring with Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello.
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Crime In Stereo has posted another new track from their forthcoming October 23 release Crime in Stereo is Dead.

You can check out the newest song “Small Skeletal” as well as two others on their myspace page.
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Despite releasing Marriage in July, Attack in Black have announced that they have a new record ready to go.

The Curve of the Earth will feature 12 new songs and is slated to be released in mid-November on both CD and LP.

Attack in Black are currently on tour in support of Marriage.
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Pelado Records has signed College Station, TX’s The Hangouts. The Hangouts have been in existence since 2006 and released a split 7″ with Houston, TX’s Something Fierce in 2007. The Hangouts will be recording a full length CD to be released in early 2008.

You can check out four songs from the punk band on their myspace page.
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Chris Walla, the guitarist and producer of Death Cab for Cutie recently found himself on the strange end of the law when a hard drive containing his solo album was seized by Homeland Security.

Walla had been working on the album in Canada and was shipping it to his label, Barsuk, when it was seized and given to Homeland Security’s computer forensics departments, probably in a search for Osama bin Laden who may be hiding on the hard drive. He added:

[The courier] got to the border and he had all his paperwork and it was all cool, only they turned him away, and they confiscated the drive and gave it to the computer-forensics division of our Homeland Security-type people, And now I couldn’t even venture a guess as to where it is, or what it’s doing there. I mean, I can’t just call their customer-service center and ask about my drive. There’s nothing I can do. I don’t know if we can hire an attorney … is there a black-hole attorney? You can’t take a black hole to court.

You can find the rest of the odd story here.
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The Aquabats have announced the dates for their upcoming Holiday Extravaganza tour. Joining them on the run is Hunter’s Revenge, the retro Prince-influenced side project from AFI‘s Hunter Burgan. Rounding out the bill will be Yo Gabba Gabba’s DJ Lance Rock.

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Inquisition have provide some more media from their upcoming live DVD/CD, filmed this past May during their reunion shows. The band hopes to have the collection out before the end of the year, but in the meantime are selling an exclusive MySpace-only digital EP. The EP consists of the live tracks “Pulse”, “Idle Kids”, “Warning”, and “Doubting Thomas” recorded from different nights than those included on the upcoming live CD; plus two exclusive tracks including a live version of “Hotel X” not found anywhere anywhere on the compilation and the 1993 studio recording of their Duran Duran cover “Hungry Like the Wolf”, which was previously only found on the out-of-print pressing of their full-length Revolution, I Think It’s Called Inspiration.

Regarding details on the upcoming DVD, it will include the entire sets of both nights, exclusive interviews and a 30 minute documentary. The live CD will include select songs from both nights of the reunion weekend.

A live video clip from the upcoming DVD of “Hotel X” has also been posted on the band’s MySpace page, which Punknews.org helped film. You can check it out below
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Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman has joined up with Bleeding Through‘s Brandon Schieppati, No Use For A Name‘s Dave Nassie and Ryan Sinn of Love Equals Death to form The Innocent.

The band adds:

[The band], united by their shared love of the power of heavy metal, under the banner of The Innocent and are preparing to lay waste to any preconceived notions about the unlikely combination of heroes from the divergent Ozzfest, Warped Tour and rock n’ roll worlds.

You can check out some demos here.
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Naked Raygun have posted a new outtake from their upcoming DVD. It is titled What Poor Gods We Do Make: The Story and Music behind Naked Raygun and is due out November 06, 2007.

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Silver Sprocket, the bicycle club founded by the Springman Records crew, launched their new website last week. Promising a steady stream of exclusive online content, the site so far features a podcast by Roxy of The Epoxies and a live acoustic track from Greg Attonito of The Bouncing Souls with his wife Shanti Wintergate.

The label has also released their first non-music item. Rather than sell regular clothing with screen-printed band logos, the limited edition Phenomenauts “Officer Jackets” were designed by the band from scratch. The first run of 100 is nearly sold out, with a limited second edition planned for a holiday release.

Upcoming projects from Silver Sprocket include jackets, shoes, books and toys, along with more limited edition vinyl, working with bands previously on the Springman roster, plus their friends like The Slackers and Epoxies.< Silver Sprocket has signed Ashtray, from Santa Rosa, CA. The five-year-old quintet features male and female lead-vocals, with clear influences from notable east bay bands Blatz and Filth. Silver Sprocket is promising to release Ahstray’s sophomore full-length sometime in 2008, and is offering a free MP3 download of the song Punk Rock Candy Mountain from the band’s recent split with the Secretions and Final Summation.
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Rx Bandits have announced a fall tour as well as a special televised broadcast of their recent performance at Webster Hall. The band will be appearing on Concert.TV all of October. The network is a free, on-demand channel appearing on Comcast, Cox, Insight, Charter and many other digital cable services..

The band has also posted their November tour dates.
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