January 2012
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The Presidents #87
Happy New Year !!
2011 was pretty amazing over all. We released “World War III” internationally and began our 3rd touring cycle. Europe/UK was incredible as always and we’ve only just started on the US which we will continue in a few weeks with Hawthorne Heights. Just before that though we get to visit Tokyo and just after we finally get to go back to Australia for...
November 2011
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We Talk Party Tour
So we landed in Chicago 2 nights ago after finishing off the best UK/European tour we’ve ever done- After being sidelined/off the radar for almost 2 years, we figured it was going to take some time & hard work to get back in the game - but thanks to the incredible international support and our Madina family - it felt like we never left. *Crunkles
We’re currently on our way to...
October 2011
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September 2011
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MADINA's WORLD WAR III EURO/UK TOUR
this will be the best time of all time.. (and it slightly pains me to say so because “time” is one of humanities worst inventions… well that an the AtomicBomb.. ugh i know, i even annoy myself).. anyhow where was I? ahh yes..
Sooo, we need a favor from y’all.. whether you’re going to any of these shows or not.. we need pictures of you and/or your friends to be...
Confessions
ok so I had an accident over the weekend. since a handful of my last blogs have a bit of a heavy vibe to them I figured I’d man-up and share this one because well… it may make 1 or 2 of you laugh. it may also offend some but since i don’t believe in offending or getting offended - i’m just gonna roll the dice.. not to mention i just read a killer review of WWIII from a...
August 2011
2 posts
WWIII - baton down the hatches
were chillin in our rehearsal spot in chicago putting our headlining set/show production together for the WWIII touring cycle. now that we’ve accumulated 3 records worth of material and have reached the conclusion of our Madina Lake story- were goin all out. I can assure you this will be the best show Madina has ever presented and can’t wait to get started. pre order bundles are...
January 2011
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what goes down ..
shall always rise again, yeah? well that’s what I like to think anyway.. As y’all know 2010 was a pretty consistent plummet to depths of reality I didn’t know existed. I’m officially making this the last “woah is me” blog and demanding that 2011 be the best year of all of our lives. And let me tell ya.. it’s off to an AMAZING start. I can’t...
November 2010
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now i've done it
sometimes you just gotta roll with the punches. the tricky part i’ve found is not knowing how many of them are comin. I like to reference any of the “Rocky” movies. The guy gets wailed on the entire match, non-stop punches until he’s just about to die and then somehow manages to squirt out one punch and win. As much as that used to annoy me as ridiculously unrealistic,...
August 2010
2 posts
a brand new madina
heyyoo ! just wanted to check in with you guys.. we’ve been on a mission to get things back to “normal” for weeks. pushing ahead with Madina while whipping Matthew back into shape. Unfortunately he ended up back in the ER yesterday with a ruptured wisdom tooth. These are the types of things we’re going to be dealing with for the next year.. Injuries of this...
the blessings & the curses
good afternoon discobiscuits… i’m writing this from the lovely seaside town of Poole, England. It’s been a pretty crazy trip so far. I’d say that it’s amazing because it is. However without Matthew it’s got a bit of a hollow feel to it. We flew the day after the Pumpkins benefit (again, i’d say best night of my life, but without matthew it had a bit...
July 2010
5 posts
onwards and upwards
surgery was a success. for the first time since this incident happened, I feel like Matthew is out of the woods. To be clear… i mean that we’re not going to lose him and that he is on the road to full recovery (from my non-medical perspective of course lol). I haven’t shared many of the finite details of his experience and/or medical situation in the interest of maintaining...
matthews surgery
we’re goin in tomorrow at 6:30am.. please send positive vibrations over to matthew and we’ll update as soon as possible. much love respect and appreciation to all of you
keep on keepin on
good evening kids,
I’m sorry I haven’t updated in a while. It’s been a crazy time and I wish I had better news but tomorrow’s surgery has been postponed based on the current condition of Matthew’s swelling. It’s not necessarily bad news. The brain is one of the more delicate parts of a body and it takes the longest to heal. After almost 2 weeks it looks...
a million thanks
so we’d finally convinced the doctors to let me take matthew home. he was going nuts in the hospital and they agreed that he would benefit from a more comfortable environment. the only goal at this point is get him strong enough for his 2nd brain surgery which is scheduled for the 16th. it’s going to be a tenuous couple of weeks, we’ll watch him 24 hrs a day, make sure he sits...
Matthew Update
There’s really no way to appropriately express our appreciation for everyone’s support. We’ve had calls, letters, gifts, and well wishes pouring in from all around the world and it’s truly the most beautiful and genuine show of compassion and love that we’ve ever experienced. we very sincerely thank you all..
Matthew’s making good progress. His doctors have...
June 2010
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Suffering a massive shock ...
i’m afraid I have some of the worst news that has ever hit our lives. It’s almost impossible to even type this update. A few nights ago, Matthew walked from my apt. a block and a half down the street to meet a friend for a drink. half way there he saw a man severely beating his wife. Being the most amazing, strong, heroic and incredible person I know.. even though the guy was twice...
May 2010
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ghosts in the graveyard?
eeyyyoo.. how’s things creeps?? good and bad news in camp ML. I always prefer the bad news first personally so i’ll get right to it. we’re having to pull off the Classic Crime/Ivoryline tour. A medical situation that we’ve been dealing with has finally gotten to the point where immediate action is required. Said patient wants to remain anonymous (making it a...
April 2010
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cheesecake and grapes for the mangina in the back
I absolutely adore cheesecake and grapes. had to get that off my chest. did I mention that i’m off anti-depressants? yep. 2-3 months now and I generally feel ten times better and sometimes a little bit worse but i’m tellin ya.. life is much better lived among the extremes than compressed into the stale but steady middle. Not sure if i’ll last but i’m gonna try my...
March 2010
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some random thoughts to ponder as we tour the...
daaaaaamn is this tour FUN. i don’t know if it’s because we haven’t toured in so long or if it’s because we’re headlining and the shows are ridiculously crazy. Orrr if it’s the fact that we all went through some impossible times and now that we’re all completely out of them, we’ve re-connected as a band and having the time of our lives. whatever it...
February 2010
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marry, shag, kill
so Kerrang is probably the best music magazine in the world. they’ve been so good to us and and every one of their readers for so many years. We recently (actually I don’t even remember when lol) did an interview for a section they have called “marry, shag, kill” or something where they present you with 3 celebs and you HAVE to pick which one you marry, which one...
January 2010
2 posts
sweet relief.. the dresden codex EP
ahh finally all back in chicago. west palm sessions turned some amazing things. i’ve always felt like the best bands/records/music come from some seriously tormented creative atmospheres. when we started in w. palm we hadn’t seen each other in a while and although we were all super excited to get back to the writing process, our personal lives had all undergone some heavy sheit. in...
new ML EP !
last night i pissed on my kitchen floor and puked in the sink. it’s a long story and i’d hate to bore you with it so instead i’ll just tell you that we’re on our way to west palm beach florida to begin recording an EP! so excited.. we’re staying at a house on the beach and plan to write and record as much as possible until they make us tour again. which reminds me.....
December 2009
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Madina Update
Well well .. how’s everybody? Madina has been on the downlow for the past 3 weeks since we got home from the Silverstein tour and it’s been pretty relaxing to say the least. We’ve been on tour, writing or recording constantly since 2007 and haven’t had more than a week off since. It’s what we love to do so we’ll never forget how lucky we are. Especially at...
November 2009
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Chicago
so were back in Chicago finally. Once you hit November it’s widely known that touring slows down quite a bit and we’ve had a pretty long run of US European and UK dates so we’re excited to get some time off to regroup. We get to play Metro Sunday which is where ML started 4 years ago. Ironically over the past 4 years Chicago is one of the only cities in the world that we...
October 2009
3 posts
UK, Japan, Chicago
this tour keeps getting better and better.. alas we’re finally back in the UK and so far Wolverhampton and Nottingham have been insane! like among the best shows we’ve ever gotten to play. and as always along with good shows, so goes good partying. I blame PRoach dudes. So far matthew threw dots onto his white pants, Jeezy got hit by a bike and I fell on my head and barfed. This...
Kharma done caught up with me
ahh we’re having a lovely time in Europe. Last night jeezy had too many martinis and got hit by a bike hah. and you know how we always talk about/have problems with piss? i realize it’s getting a little ridiculous but this morning i brushed my teeth with Troxs piss. He’s our new guitar tech and his piss is relatively clear so when I woke up I grabbed the closest...
Europe/UK !
i really should be more consistant in my blogging but hey this whole internet thing is new to me… ish. anyhow we had a lovely 2 week break after Reading/Leeds getting to know Chicago all over again. My scooter started which made it complete. The jeers of “faggot” never felt so good, after all it is powder blue and Chicago is definitely home to a lot of fratty sports fans so I...
August 2009
3 posts
the giraffe
boy did i get lazy with this here blog.. but hey i’m back in action now. Yes today, LA is the last show of the Warped tour. As brutal as it can get at times i’m absolutely depressed that it’s over. We’ve made so many close friends and we’ll miss them tons. but the beauty of it is continuing to tour and play festivals, radio shows, club tours etc because we run...
Vertigo
yo! it’s been forever since I’ve blogged and so much has happened I don’t even know where to begin .. well after the chicago show we went up to Minnesota and the craziest thing that has ever happened to me in my whole life happened. we went on at 7:40pm which is super late for warped. i haven’t been sleeping very well so i just kind of waited around all day until warm up...
Chicago
so yesterday was our homecoming show in Chicago and it was probably the most fun we’ve ever had in our whole lives. makes us so proud to be from there. We got to see a million family and friends which is always good for morale. Sometimes you can lose your mind on tour. Without any sense of normalcy, regiment and family/friends ever it’s easy to slip into a tour coma. As you all...
July 2009
13 posts
hello fritchko
my feet smell like brownies. they went from lovely to musty to onions and vinnegar to straight up brownies. i need a bath. Anywho we’re in Milwaukee! so close to home I can taste my kitties.. that sound weird? it’s raining AGAIN for the thousanth day in a row but whatevs it doesn’t matter! Cincinnatti was incredible yesterday, rain and all. millions of kids, i ate shiet 3...
you reap what you sew
well Hollywood got the boot today. I honestly feel bad. not because he doesn’t deserve it but it’s always a bummer when people can’t get out of their own way. I’m a firm believer in kharma. If you put bad or negative energy out into the world it will eventually come back and even the score. Which is why I feel it’s so important to always try to be a good person,...
oh no she didn't!
oh boy last night ws fun/interesting. remember that love triangle i was talking about earlier? well that exploded last night in a meteor shower of joy and pleasure in the form of fighting, tears, big scenes etc. it’s hard to explain without sounding incompassionate but basically this dude on our bus we call hollywood ( he’s the “rockstar” guy i was talking about). this...
aint no party like an ML party
sorry it’s been a while! we got our new crew dude, Buddy Wardrobe. Yesterday he got himself a little retarded and crashed into a parking meter in Boston and I thought to myself - this guy’s gone work out just fine! we sure have been partying a lot. I suppose when you work really hard with few days off, you have to play a little harder. These Warped BBQs are killing us too. ...
i'm a go getta
yesterday we got one of the greatest compliments we could ever get … and that was from El Hefe, NOFX. He said he loved our band. Then we heard the same thing from Anti-Flag. On a tour as split as this one, to get that kind of shout out from the 2 most bad ass bands in the world, much less on this tour implies to me that we’re doing something right. Perhaps it’s the dichotemy...
the party monster
this morning was one of those mornings wherein as soon as I opened my eyes, memories of the previous night started flooding in like a tsunami. first, I get flashes of walking on our bus last night and seeing a sea of people partying their faces off - which is always good times. then I remember explaining the meaning of “swan” to the good doc jackie ram (she’s like the Madina...
the party monster
this morning was one of those mornings wherein as soon as I opened my eyes, memories of the previous night started flooding in like a tsunami. first, I get flashes of walking on our bus last night and seeing a sea of people partying their faces off - which is always good times. then I remember explaining the meaning of “swan” to the good doc jackie ram (she’s like the Madina...
back in the U S of A
we didn’t have any internet in Canada so I couldn’t blog.. but hey it was gooood times. though i did forget the lyrics to One Last Kiss in Montreal. seriously, i’ve sung that song approximately 899,233, 001 times, WTF. anyway, I got a belt out of myself for that. The shows in canada were fantastic though - totally blown away by the support we get up there so thanks a...
ummm, awkward!!
so i wanted to jump in and hang out with the crowd in indy but a pile of kids crowd surfing and 4 security guards got in my way so I had to re-route last second. proceeded to slip on some water and jump straight into the metal barricade.. my knee looked like a rotting pumpkin. yesterday, pittsburg stole the show, best stop yet.. ML is picking up speed, thanks to you all. it’s starting to...
"oh no he didn't!"
This just gets better and better! first of all i can’t thank you all enough for emails you sent after my last update. you rule, plain and simple. moving along, I saw that my millionaires story made it to ap.net, buzznet, etc.. hilarious. now anybody who knows me knows that I run from drama like it’s the plague. people who submerge themselves in drama simply need some action in...
the wolves are at it again
yesterday was Dallas.. best show of the tour so far.. most bands agreed, it was packed and there was an amazing vibe everywhere you looked. I saw Anti-Flag for the first time in my life and I think i’ve finally found a new favorite band. And just in time, I was begining to lose faith. Hung out with Chiodos kids again last night, some of the Versa Emerge camp and some parking lot...
"who was that dude you were making out with last...
so yesterday we were in Houston, right? today we have a day off in Austin which means last night was a warped BBQ party night. these are always wonderful fun. got to meet the rest of Chiodos and kick it with them and Scary Kids again, just like Soundwave Australia. Amazing dudes, all of em. Anyhow before the evenig really kicks off Jeffree Star and friends come on our bus to kick it. These...
WARPED TOUR
perhaps a bit late but this is my first blog of all time. thanks to some lovely advice from the good Doc. Ram i’ve decided it’s high time I get one of these going. so first of all thanks to anyone who actually decides to read the ridiculous things i’ll have to say from time to time, means a lot :)
lets start with warped tour. we’ve been on it for about a week now and I...