Bad Religion‘s Jay Bentley spoke to Jesse and Marty from The BR Page during their recent performance at the Melkweg in Amsterdam. Along with a bit of a history lesson about the band, Bentley talked about the rumours that the band’s forthcoming album would be their last:

We learned a long time ago that we’re not really super forward thinking. It’s better not to make plans for the future. Obviously we have a record coming out in September, that’s for sure. The record is done. If we all die on the bus drive tonight, the record will still come out. So we’ve got this tour that’s booked. On to the process of booking the US tour, that’s now going to start on October 7. That’s the plan. It’s like staying about six months ahead. The only time we’ve really discussed when it stops is that it’s going to stop. It’s not going to some long drawn out farewell tour and a reunion tour. I can’t say for sure what we’re going to do. Maybe this is our last tour. I don’t think so. There’s no discussion in the band that this is it; that we’re packing it up after this.

Jesse and Marty also asked about the Internet, specifically those Punknews.org folks:

I think they’re hilarious! They’re funny. Both Brett, Brian and myself will always go like ‘hey, did you read that?’ And we’ll all have a laugh about it. Brett might get a little bit more upset then others. [Brett indeed posted in the comments once, but no one believed it was him] And rightfully so. You should never believe anything on the internet. That’s why have have that signature. It’s all bullshit [laughs]!”

Check out the interview and some videos here.
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Gaslight Anthem visited Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and recorded their own track, “Boxer,” from American Slang as well as the Pearl Jam favorite, “State of Love and Trust.” The latter song comes from the soundtrack of the 90s-era film, Singles and appears on Pearl Jam’s best-of album, rearviewmirror.

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PETA2 has announced the nominees for the 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Celebrity. Along with the usual set of movie stars and pop stars, a number of band member made the list including members of Youth of Today, Shelter, Against Me!, AFI, Comeback Kid, Earth Crisis, My Chemical Romance, Paint It Black, Lifetime , Silverstein, The Black Keys , The Swellers , Fugazi and many more.

Check out the nominees here.
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We’ve posted some new reviews. You can check them out below:

• The Rentals – Songs About Time box set
• Venice Is Sinking – Sand & Lines 12″
• OFF! – live in San Francisco
• Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson – Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson
• Boris Smile – Rockets EP
• Drunktank – The Infamous Four
• Nightlights – Long Way Home EP
• The Amistad – Kept Under by a Generation of Ghosts
• The Martyrs – If We Fall Tonight
• Jesuscentric – Jesuscentric 12″ EP

You can check out any of our 9376 reviews right here.
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P.O.S. visited Infatuation TV for some unusual cross-promotion. First, Stef is taught how to make a lasagna and this is followed by an improvised drum session and performance using plastic cups and cutlery. Since the release of his acclaimed 2009 album, Never Better, P.O.S. has toured with the Bouncing Souls, Minus the Bear, and Saosin. Last year, he mentioned potential collaboration win Dan Yemin of Paint It Black and Lifetime. (Incidentally, Happy Birthday Dan!)

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Look Mexico has posted an alternate take of “They Only Take the Backroads.” This version of the song is more acoustic-laden than its counterpart that made it onto the band’s new album, To Bed to Battle.

Check it out at their MySpace page.
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Tera Melos have posted the track, “Frozen Noon.” The song is the first taste of music from the band’s recently completed new album.

Check out “Frozen Noon” right here.

Patagonian Rats and is due out September 7, 2010 via Sargent House
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Selene Vigil-Wilk, former lead vocalist of Seattle, WA-based melodic punk outfit 7 Year Bitch, has announced her solo debut. The record is titled That Was Then and is due out September 14, 2010

7 Year Bitch released two albums on indie C/Z Records before signing to Atlantic before the band split up in 1997. The band also appeared on a compilation to benefit Home Alive, an organization founded after the violent death of The Gits’ Mia Zapata, a longtime friend of the band. In early 2004 a Seattle court convicted Jesus Mezquia of first degree murder in the 1993 death of the punk singer Mia Zapata.
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On May 27th, 2007, seminal California punk band Good Riddance took the stage for what would be the final time in band’s 12+ year career. Now, some three years after that fateful night, the band has provided fans with one last “hurrah” by culling together 21 of their best, rarest, and unreleased songs to be released this July on their long-time home, Fat Wreck Chords. Punknews interviewer Sean Jain had a chance to speak with singer/songwriter Russ Rankin about the collection, the legacy of Good Riddance, the title of the album, Capricorn One, and what the future holds for Rankin, Good Riddance, and Rankin’s other band, Only Crime.

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Fat Mike and Spike Slawson participated in an interview with a German magazine after performing at the Ruhrpott Rodeo 2009 in Hünxe with Me First and The Gimme Gimmes. Both Spike and Mike talked about the wonderful experience of being booed by 35,000 people, being a prison punk, Paris Hilton, racist soul music and who should own Bavaria. It’s definitely NSFW.

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