We just returned to Portland after having a great tour with The Estranged. Thanks to everyone who came and saw us, played with us, set up shows, fed us, let us stay at their house, took pictures, or who helped in anyway. There will be photos up soon, but in the mean time here is a photo taken by Eldon Baldwin at Disgraceland in Philadelphia.
Bags are packed we’re ready to go!!! We leave tomorrow morning for tour and here are some updates. First off, the new and improved remixed, remastered version of Death to Idealism won’t be available until June 4th or 5th thanks to an absent minded move by a pressing plant employee of the at the post office last week. We hope to have them by our show in St. Paul, Minnesota. It also appears that our show in Des Moines may have been canceled. If anyone in Lincoln, Omaha, or Des Moines can find us a show on June 4th please contact us asap!
In other news, we are featured in the June issue of Maximum Rocknroll. The interview answers a lot of questions many of you might have about the band. If you are in Portland this week, the Red Dons are also featured in the May 28th issue of the Willamette Week. It is a free magazine so pick up a copy! O.K. now back to tour!!!! Here are the dates. Hope to see you at one of our shows!!!
| Wednesday, May 28th | 10:00pm | Mt. Tabor Legacy | Portland, Or |
| Friday, May 30th | 8:00pm | The Coop | Portland, Or |
| Saturday, May 31st | 7:00pm | R5 Records | Sacramento, Ca |
| Sunday, June 3rd | 7:00pm | Seamens Lodge | Nevada City, Ca |
| Monday, June 2nd | 8:00pm | Artopia | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Tuesday, June 3rd | 8:00pm | The Blast-O-Mat | Denver, CO |
| Wednesday, June 4th | 8:00pm | Haunted Basement | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Thursday, June 5th | 8:00pm | New Eclipse Records | St. Paul, MN |
| Friday, June 6th | 8:00pm | BFG House | Appleton, WI |
| Saturday, June 7th | 8:00pm | Cafe Duvall | Chicago, Il |
| Sunday, June 8th | 10:00pm | Frank’s Power Plant | Milwaukee, Wi |
| Monday, June 9th | 8:00pm | Duneland YMCA | Chesterton, Indiana |
| Tuesday, June 10th | 8:00pm | Rancho Relaxo | Toronto, On |
| Wednesday, June 11th | 6:00pm | Valentines | Albany, NY |
| Wednesday, June 11th | 10:00pm | Warehouse (w/ REVISIONS) |
Albany, NY |
| Thursday, June 12th | 8:00pm | Ratscellar | Boston, Ma |
| Frisday, June 13th | 8:00pm | AS220 | Providence, RI |
| Saturday, June 14th | 3:00pm | The Cake Shop 152 Ludlow St |
New York City, NY |
| Sunday, June 15th | 7:00pm | Disgraceland | Philadelphia, Pa |
| Monday, June 16th | 8:00pm | Mr. Roboto | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Tuesday, June 17th | 9:00pm | Rea Sea | St. Louis, MO |
| Wednesday, June 18th | 10:00pm | The Anchor | Kansas City, MO |
| Thursday, June 19th | 8:00pm | 1919 Hemphill | Ft. Worth, Tx |
| Friday, June 20 | 9:00pm | Rudyard | Houston, Tx |
| Saturday, June 21st | 10:00pm | Emos | Austin, Texas |
| Sunday, June 22nd | 10:00pm | The Boss Bar | San Antonio, Tx |
| Monday, June 23rd | 6:00pm | The Farm | Las Cruces, NM |
| Tuesday, June 24th | 8:00pm | The Grumpus Room | Tucson, AZ |
| Wednesday, June 25th | 7:00pm | Gus’ House | Los Angeles, Ca |
| Thursday, June 26th | 1:00pm | The Bad Pad | Long Beach, Ca |
| Thursday, June 26th | 7:00pm | The Smell | Los Angeles, Ca |
| Friday, June 27th | 7:00pm | Biko Co-op | Isla Vista, CA |
| Saturday, June 28th | 8:00pm | Burnt Ramen | San Francisco, CA |
Life has been chaotic as usual for us. We have been working tirelessly on re-mixing and re-mastering our debut LP Death to Idealism in order to have it available for our first U.S. tour this summer. We are excited by the way the record is sounding as well as the way the tour is shaping up. One of our favorite bands The Estranged will be joining us on the road so please come see our bands if we come to your town. If you do make it to a show, be sure to pick up the Estranged debut album and their two new 7″s. You won’t be disappointed. Lastly, Hajji will be flying back to London at the end of the month so we are trying to fit in as many Red Dons, Revisions, and Chemicals shows as possible before then. Here our the dates for some of our upcoming Portland shows as well as our summer tour dates. Hope to see you at one of these shows!
| Sunday, May 25th | 1:00pm | The Coop (REVISIONS) |
Portland, Oregon |
| Wednesday, May 28th | 10:00pm | Mt. Tabor Legacy | Portland, Or |
| Friday, May 30th | 8:00pm | The Coop | Portland, Or |
| Saturday, May 31st | 7:00pm | R5 Records | Sacramento, Ca |
| Sunday, June 3rd | 7:00pm | Seamens Lodge | Nevada City, Ca |
| Monday, June 2nd | 8:00pm | Red Light Book Store | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Tuesday, June 3rd | 8:00pm | The Blast-O-Mat | Denver, CO |
| Wednesday, June 4th | 8:00pm | Haunted Basement | Des Moines, Iowa |
| Thursday, June 5th | New Eclipse Records | Minneapolis, MN | |
| Friday, June 6th | 8:00pm | BFG House | Appleton, WI |
| Saturday, June 7th | TBA | Chicago, Il | |
| Sunday, June 8th | 10:00pm | Frank’s Power Plant | Milwaukee, Wi |
| Monday, June 9th | 8:00pm | Duneland YMCA | Chesterton, Indiana |
| Tuesday, June 10th | 8:00pm | Rancho Relaxo | Toronto, On |
| Wednesday, June 11th | 6:00pm | Valentines | Albany, NY |
| Wednesday, June 11th | 10:00pm | Warehouse (w/ REVISIONS) |
Albany, NY |
| Thursday, June 12th | 8:00pm | Ratscellar | Boston, Ma |
| Frisday, June 13th | 8:00pm | AS220 | Providence, RI |
| Saturday, June 14th | 3:00pm | The Cake Shop 152 Ludlow St |
New York City, NY |
| Sunday, June 15th | 7:00pm | Disgraceland | Philadelphia, Pa |
| Monday, June 16th | 8:00pm | Mr. Roboto | Pittsburgh, PA |
| Tuesday, June 17th | TBA | St. Louis, MO | |
| Wednesday, June 18th | 10:00pm | The Anchor | Kansas City, MO |
| Thursday, June 19th | 8:00pm | 1919 Hemphill | Ft. Worth, Tx |
| Friday, June 20 | 9:00pm | Rudyard | Houston, Tx |
| Saturday, June 21st | 10:00pm | Emos | Austin, Texas |
| Sunday, June 22nd | 10:00pm | The Boss Bar | San Antonio, Tx |
| Monday, June 23rd | 6:00pm | The Farm | Las Cruces, NM |
| Tuesday, June 24th | 8:00pm | The Grumpus Room | Tucson, AZ |
| Wednesday, June 25th | 7:00pm | Gus’ House | Los Angeles, Ca |
| Thursday, June 26th | 1:00pm | The Bad Pad | Long Beach, Ca |
| Thursday, June 26th | 7:00pm | The Smell | Los Angeles, Ca |
| Friday, June 27th | 7:00pm | Biko Co-op | Isla Vista, CA |
| Saturday, June 28th | TBA | San Francisco, CA | |
Hello everyone and welcome to a new year. Although 2007 was great, we are really looking forward to what we have in store for 2008. First off, thanks to everyone who tuned-in to KSPU on December 24th to listen to us play live on Sound Judgment. If you didn’t get a chance to listen and would like to hear the show, we have our set posted on our Sounds page. Or, click here to listen to the show in its entirety which includes a very special reading by us & Arya of The Night Before Christmas.
If you haven’t already heard, there have been some changes to the regular line-up. Now with Justin focusing his attention on his new project Suspect Parts, Andy Foote from No Secrets Between Sailors has been playing with us until a permanent guitarist is found.
As for upcoming shows, we will be playing in the Portland area in February and March and this summer we are planning a long awaited U.S. tour with Peter Bonneman from Gorilla Angreb and the Estranged. If you can help us book a show in your town please let us know. We will post dates soon.
Thanks and once again here is the set from the Sound Judgment radio show.
Live on KPSU 12/24/07
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Be sure to tune in to KPSU 1450AM at 10:00pm on Christmas eve to hear us play live on Sound Judgment. It will be our last performance of what has been an extremely busy year. For those of you unable to catch it, the show will air again on January 7th. If you still can’t catch the show or you don’t live in the Portland area, we will be posting the performance on our website. The radio show features Andy Foote on Guitar and Hajji’s newly fixed bass. Thanks to everyone at Centar Guitar for bringing the rick back to life!
In other news, “Death to Idealism” was voted one of the top 20 albums of 2007 by the Cult Punk website! Check out our Reviews page for more new reviews of our LP and have a good year. We will check back in in 2008.
Our debut LP is available now from Deranged Records. Check out our Reviews page to see what some people have said about the album. We also have two shows next month in Portland. Please check out our Shows page for more info. Lastly, we are planning a U.S. tour in March and April. If you can help with a show please let us know.
Thanks to everyone who made our tour of Europe this year so great! When we find a little free time we’ll make sure to get pictures from tour up on the website!
We all had a wonderful time and managed to actually make it home in one piece…well, that is except for Hajji’s Rickenbacker. Thanks a lot LOT airlines! If anyone would like to donate their Rickenbacker bass to some needy musicians please let us know.
Today is the first day of the Red Dons & Revisions European tour. Check out the dates below for a show near you! If you can help book any of our days off please contact us at observerspdx@hotmail.com
Red Dons / Revisions Euro Tour ‘07
August – 24th: Leiden @ Bar en Boos (Red Dons & Revisions)
August – 25th: Nijmegen @ De Onderbroek (Red Dons & Revisions)
August -26th : Ieper Fest @ IeperFest 12:00pm (Red Dons & Revisions)
August – 26th: Paris @ Le Rocher (w/ B.U.S.H)
August –27th: Paris @ La Melanique Onducatoire (Revisions)
August -28th: St. Etienne @ L’Assommoir Pub
August -29th: La Roca (Barcelona) @ El Moli
August – 30th: Madrid @ Wurlitzer Balroom
August – 31st: Donostia / San Sabastian @ Atabal
September – 1st: Arnedo @ Sala Sendero
September -2nd: Bordeaux, Fr @ La Centrale (6 :00)
September -3rd: St. Etienne @ L’Assommoir Pub (Revisions)
September- 4th: Mannheim @ Juz Mannheim
September- 5th: Vienna @ The Arena (w/ Brat Pack & B.U.S.H.)
September- 6th: Munchen @ Kafe Kult ( w/ All My Hate For)
September -7th: Innsbruck @ PMK (w/Zadopek)
September – 8th: Tabor, Cz @ Café 7 ( w/ C )
September- 9th: Chemitz @ Subway to Peter (Red Dons & Revisions)
September-10th : Ujezd, Horovice, Cz @ Statek
September -11th: Dresden @ Chemiefabric (Red Dons & Revisions)
September-12th: Potsdam
September -13th: Helsingor, DK @ Musikhuset Elværket
September -13th: Malmo @ TBA (w/ Brutal Knights)
September – 14th: Stockholm @ Brother Tuck
September –15th: Umea @ The Farm
September – 16th: Umea @ Food Not Bombs (Revisions)
September- 17th: Stockholm @ Louie Louie (Revisions)
September –18th: Malmo @ TBA (w/ Lost Patrol Band)
September-19th: Copenhagen @ TBA (Red Dons & Revisions)
September- 20th: Bremen @ Golden Shop (w/Austin Lucas) 2 :00pm
September- 20th: Bremen @ Friese (w/ Guided Cradle)
September -21st: Groningen @ Irish Pub
September-22nd: Metz @ La Tunnel
September-25th: Brighton (Red Dons & Revisions)
September-26th: High Wycombe
September-27th: Manchester
September-28th: Newcastle (Red Dons & Revisions in Store)
September-29th: Guildford
September-30th: London (Red Dons & Revisions)
The last two months have been very busy for the Red Dons. Our debute ep Escaping Amman was released on Deranged Records, we toured with the Clorox Girls, found a new drummer, and recorded an LP.
Richard Joachim is now drumming for both the Revisions and the Red Dons. This is not the first time that Joachim and Burns have worked together. Joachim played drums briefly in the Speds and the Observers. He has made the transition from one drummer to the other a very smooth process and we are all very excited that he is now in the band. Here is a song entitled This City from our upcoming LP, Death to Idealism coming out this summer on Deranged Records featuring Joachim on drums.
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The Escaping Amman 7″ is off to the pressing plant and will come out on Deranged Records in April. For a sneak peak at two of the songs off this four song ep, check out our “Sounds” page. We are also gearing up to record an additional ep next week. That record is coming out on Green Noise Records. In April and May the Red Dons will be touring North America with the Clorox Girls. Be sure to check out our “Shows” page for dates. The Revisions may play select dates on that tour too. Hopefully we’ll see you at one of the shows.