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From: ANGRY DRUNK STEVE
Date: Dec 5, 2008 6:21 AM

Hosted By: Angry Drunk Graphics
When: Saturday Dec 13, 2008
at 7:00 PM
Where Asbury Lanes
209 4TH AVE
Asbury Park, New Jersey|31 07712
United States
Description:
Angry Drunk Graphics

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Performances by our friends Ray Gradys, Loafass, Common Enemy, Ash Monday,Hoth,Hit the Ground,Takers, Crasher and special guests Peelander Z

Underground comic book artists from all over the world.

Cheap Booze, Bowling and tater totz.

Only 10 bucks to get in. 18 to enter 21 to drink.

Dont drink and drive get a hotel room within walking distance at the Berkely Carteret - Ocean Front Hotel
1401 Ocean Avenue | Asbury Park, NJ 07712
732-776-6700 | Fax: 732-776-9546
Ask for the “Christmas Party” rate to get rooms for $79

First 100 people get gift bags and free R rated Xmas Comic featuring works by Douglas Paskiewicz, Sam Henderson, Ryan Jones, Sergio Zuniga, Steve Vincent, Mike Diana and more.

Here are flyers by some of the attending artists
Ryan Jones -Humanburger. com

Sergio Zuniga- Beernutcomics. com

Mike Stoneroad-MikeStoneroadart. com

Steven Vincent-SpazticColon. com

I keep getting asked about events, more specifically if I can throw events for people or venues or if they can just put the name Angry Drunk Graphics over their events so that people will actually come.

The answer is ….no.

But I will tell you the secrets of throwing a successful event.

Ready?

Promote it.

That’s it, promote the shit out of it. Not just on Myspace either, get out from behind the computer, take a ride down to Staples/Kinkos or whatever and drop $20 on 100 flyers. Then drive through the towns near the venue and flyer places where people might hang out (record store ,skate park, jail exc…).

Think of why this event is special ( if the event is not special then make it special) call some newspapers get some free press.

That is the cheapest way to do it.

Promoters

There are so many promoters who (besides posting a bulletin on myspace) don’t promote their shows. Then they blame the bands for the shitty turn out. Here’s the thing, instruments are cheap now so everyone under 35 years old is in a band these days. And since everyone is in a band there are more bands that suck out there now. We’ve all been to a show where we can’t wait to see a good band but we have to sit through hours of mediocre talentless copy cat drivel to hear them.

Because there are so many shitty bands playing at clubs you aren’t going to get the curious new music loving crowd that you used to get in the 80’s or early 90’s.

You need to listen to all the bands that are playing and you need to promote the shit out of the show you are throwing. To let people know how awesome of a job you did picking these great bands. You are the promoter; you make a living off of the shows you throw spend a little more time doing your job. Promote it.

Bands

Your songs sound like crap on Myspace and you know it. Focus more on the shows than Myspace. Myspace is an awesome networking tool but that’s about it. You need to promote the shows that you are playing. Most bands have more than one member. But for some reason only one member puts flyers around. There is no reason why a band with 5 members can’t bring another 10 people with them to each show. I’ve been to a lot of shows where the band rolls in and plays and leaves. They bring nothing except themselves, bring people for fucks sake. Have a good time, you aren’t Slayer you aren’t even Hanson, you are a local band that people can see almost every weekend , unless your band is really awesome people aren’t going to show up just because they see your name on the bill. Contribute something.

And don’t cancel shows at the last minute, unless you are fucking doctor there is no job that you can’t get out of weeks in advance.

Anyway, now that that is off my chest, we are only going to have at the most 4 shows a year 2 big ones

The ADG BBQ in the summer

This is our only all ages show and it’s our only free show, this is the nice one. It’s a good way for people to see new bands without being stuck in a shitty club with no re entry.

The Happy Drunk Xmas Party in the winter

This is for us and our friends , the bands that play are friends of ours, the artists that come are friends of ours , the booze is cheap and we have a taxi service that goes from the club to a nearby hotel.

A convention

The ADG Filth Fest – this will be starting next fall.

We are kicking this off September 6th with the Mike Diana benefit, the event will continue yearly every fall. We want perversion and filth. This will be a small convention like event with vendors and artists showing off their naughtier items that they may not be able to show at places like Chiller and Monstermania. There will be 6 live bands, 6 main artists and 6 special guests at each one. As soon as we find a venue we will post it (must have a hotel within walking distance).

And a random show

The ADG ACT- This will be in the spring

More info coming soon, we were going to have a spring show in NYC for Comicon but they moved it to February again. Now it will be in Atlantic City.

Fucky the Bear 2 is on it’s way. Here is a preview of the cover.

Here is a drawing I did for the Edward Gorey House.

Yup, I sold out.

The guys who are making the plush called me last night and told me to reformat 3 of my ODd Tales books “The Snow Prince”, Devilboy in the Land of Love” and “The Boy Who Ate the World”.

Each book will be sold with a PVC figure of the main character. In a 5×5 inch box with a window showing the character and using the book as the backround.

In 2009 the books will be in books stores like Barnes and Nobles, Borders, B Dalton and are even being pitched to Walmart, Kmart and Toys are us.

I also need to redraw some pf the pics from the Boy who Ate the World, and draw turn arounds for the three main characters.

If this goes good more sets will follow.

I even have to design variant PVC figures for NYComicon and San Diego Comicon.

I’m pretty excited.

The only thing that sucks is I have to take down all other versions of my Odd Tales Books. So if you want them get them now.

-Steve

The Risk (recorded with a cell phone) crappy quality.
But a real good band.

SuperBuick from the BBQ

Wheezing Stumblers

The Sneaker Company Warped Tour comes to town this Friday. Yippee!
Now you can go listen to all your favorite non offensive, non confrontational, watered down pop punk and metal bands !
That’s right kids! For only 30 bucks plus a convenience fee of six bucks plus a shipping fee of two bucks you can sit in the hot sun, buy overpriced merch, drinks and food and help a multimillion dollar sneaker company advertise itself to you and your peers.
Sure you could go to local shows or house shows and see really good punk and metal bands for free or very close to free, but why do that ? You can’t give your money to major companies that way, MTV2 and Fuse won’t be there to film you in your cute little punk rock outfit with your Walmart hair dye. What would be the point?
I hear ya.
Go out there have fun be the original person you are and enjoy a day filled with shitty copy cat emo bands (it’s amazing that there are bands out there like Paramore who actually make emo wimpier) or christian death metal bands (mosh it up for the lord).

Spend your parent’s money on overpriced imitation studded leather belts and 8 dollar beers! Make sure you are buying the stuff that is deemed cool by all of the other original, one of a kind people that you are copying off of.
What’s that? You hate Emo and retarded Christian metal.
You are only going to check out some fresh new bands that you might not have heard of.
Well here is some good news pal-
If you’re like me when you think about original local music, you think “Kia”, that’s right! Kia the official car of original music is sponsoring the “Kevin Says” stage this year. If the Warped Tour comes to your town they might let your band play on it, as long as they think you will bring in a few locals who otherwise wouldn’t come. Sure you can’t “go back stage” or “get paid” but you can defintaly get the fuck out of there as soon as you are done playing.
Kia “the official car of original music”.
Be an original individual drive a Kia.

I am putting a new comp cd together, it will have 20 bands 1 song each. each professionally made printed CD will come with a 24 page comic bookj/cd booklet with many different artists. There will be a 1×4.75 inch space on each page of the comic for band.

It will be in a fully pritned sleeve, barcoded and retail ready.

Each Cd will come with an 11×17 color poster, a 24 page comic book and info for all the bands.

Band info will be printed on the CD, the Sleeve, in the comic and on the poster.

The comic will be PG 13 no extreme stuff.

If you are in a band and you want to be on it you will need to buy 45 CDs each at a little over a $1 a piece. It will be $50 for 45 Cd’s.

That way it will only cost me the price of the comic insert to make.

The Cd will retail for $10
and will be sold atleast on Interpunk, amazon and angrydrunkgraphics.

com

If you are interested in being on it let me know.

you need to have a proffessionally recorded song no demo bullshit.