We're playing at Mohawk

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'Hot:Crazy' EP release party - 8/25/2001 - Skinny's Ballroom

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It's finally happening. A box of 'Hot:Crazy' EPs have been sitting on my counter for more than a month now waiting to get into your hands.

We'll be playing the release party at Skinny's Ballroom with Stillborn Skies, The Decade Show and Copycats. (We wanted some people to show up so we got an all-female cover band to start off the show.)

It'll cost you $5 to get in the door, but you'll also be getting a copy of our EP. Hope to see you there.

'Hot:Crazy' EP Pre-sale now available

So the EP is finally finished. Now we're just trying to book a place for our release show. In the meantime, you can purchase a digital download of the 'Hot:Crazy' EP for $3 at our bandcamp site. If you purchase the EP now, you will instantly receive our song 'Annie Ray' and then will be able to download the rest of the EP once it is completely released.

Mixing the EP

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So we've been very busy over the past couple weeks. We finished the recording of the EP and now Bob at Goliath Studios will be working on the mixing and mastering.

We've decided not to play another show until the EP is finished and our next show will be the EP release. We don't have an ETA. We've still been practicing and hopefully will have a handful of new songs for this show.

If you'll notice we've got a new logo made. Let us know what you think
We'll be working on getting some t-shirts out soon.

'Hot:Crazy' EP recording is underway

We headed out to Goliath Studios this past weekend to lay down some tracks for our 'Hot:Crazy' EP. As you can see from the video, Alon is tuning his drums. That's right folks, we've graduated from recording one-takes on Alon's iPhone and doing it for reals. We'll be back in the studio this weekend to do some fill-ins and vocal tracks. Hopefully we'll get some better videos and photos for your viewing pleasure.

Tracks for the EP include:
New Bruises
Annie Ray
Google
Study Abroad
Hot:Crazy

June 4th at Club 1808

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We're playing a show at Club 1808 with Babydick, Candi and the Cavities and Micah Omega. Should be pretty punk and a little surf and I'm sure Babydick will pull out the smoke machine.

In other news, we're going into the studio on June 13th....more details later. Plus, I've got a new job, so keeping up with all these posts and marketing is a pain. The job is available to whoever wants it.

So we changed our name.....

Last year during SXSW, I ran all over the place handing out fliers to our show. I talked to a lot of people about our band. One day during the festival, as I was walking down the street someone drove by and yelled out their window "Yo, there goes Soy Beans!"

Harder than playing an instrument and writing songs is coming up with a name for your band. We practiced as a group for probably 6 months before we decided on a name. I wanted something that no other band had used, but also something that would be easily recognizable. We chose Soy Bombs after the 1998 Grammy incident where a guy jumped up on stage during Bob Dylan's performance, danced crazily and had 'Soy Bomb' written across his chest. I had come to find out that not very many people watched Bob Dylan's 1998 Grammy performance.

People would ask us, "What are Soy Bombs? Are you guys vegan? Are soy bombs the farts you cut after eating a lot of soy?" And I always explained that it was a reference to the 1998 Grammy incident...and well...it doesn't really mean anything. It's just a cool name.

So after playing a gig at One 2 One bar a while back, we were discussing our past weekends and the word 'Safeword' came up. I instantly thought, If I ever have another band I'm going to call it Safeword. Everyone must have had the same idea because we kept talking about it. Finally during SXSW this year after getting really drunk we voted to change the name. My only reservation was now I have to get a new logo, make all new web sites, get our fans on board....

So, today the change was made. If you own a Soy Bombs' shirt it is now a collectors' item, likely to be worth a lot of money some day.