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Mighty BossToneS Old News
(latest news is toward the top)
Dicky was recently(march22) on Modern Rock Live to promote the Meet the Deedles soundtrack
Check out The Wrong Thing Right Then, it was on Mtv's 12 angry viewers, it gotta score of 29.
The March 1st show at the Roseland in NYC, was taped for HBO2, there is gonna be a new show that showcases differant bands, Smash Mouth is also to be included.
The BossToneS are gonna be featured on ABC in concert on April 3rd, check your local listings to be sure. Also to be featured, Less Than Jake and 311.
Hot out of CVC (national video mag similar to Billboard):
Mercury ska group The Mighty Mighty Bosstones keep things going with
"Wrong Thing, Right Then," which supports the label's soundtrack to
Disney Film Meet The Deedles. Directed by Mark Kohr of Satellite Films,
the band performs at a club in their hometown of Boston, while singer
Dicky Barrett fumbles his relationship with a girlfriend before she
eventually returns to him.
Also the Elmopalooza cd, video will be April 14.
Joe Sirois was in the December issue of Modern Drummer, if someone had told me, i would posted this info sooner
The BossToneS were on the cover of Musician Mgazines cover in February, check it out online.
BossToneS are in the latest issue(march) of Guitar World, check out the interview at Guitar World Online!!!
The BossToneS were nominated for Alternative Band of the Year at the American Music Awards. They lost to Bush.
The BossToneS will be performing for ESPN's espy awards on February 9th.
The BossToneS are on the cover of Musician magazine's march(?) issue.
The Sesame Street 30th Anniversary show featuring a music video with the Bosstones and the count
called "Zig Zag Dance" will be on ABC on Feb. 20 at 8:00pm EST. There is also supposed to be
a home video and a CD tributing to this and I would assume that it will have the Bosstones song on
it. Set your VCR's!!!!
The BossTones won the "Band of the Year", and "Best Live Performance",
among others in the 1997 AP Magazine Poll.
Dicky said that the new 737 should be out by the end of January '98.
Nate plays on the 7th song off of NoFX's "So Long and Thanks For All The Shoes"
Dicky is gonna be on the cover of Alternative Press's February issue.
The "Zig Zag Dance" was recorded for Sesame Street's 30th Anniversary show, the count helped them out. I heard that Dicky is dressed in Velvit.
The BossToneS new video for "Royal Oil" was on eMptyV's 12 Angry Viewers on Christmas, i don't know the score yet, but they didn't win. [update: they recieved a score of 29]
The BossToneS were nominated for "Best Single of The Year" award at the Billboard music awards, they lost to Third Eye Blind's "Semi-Charmed Life".
The BossToneS are gonna be putting out a live album, i dunno when it will be out, but i think it was recorded at the 4th annual Throwdown.
The BossToneS also recorded a sesame street song called "Zig Zag Dance", i don't know what that will be on either.
A mailing list has been started, its brand new. To join, go to
http://www.serve.com/heathero/bosstones.html
nate albert is featured on the new NOFX album "So Long And Thanks For All
The Shoes." If anyone knows which song he is featured on, it would be nice to know.
The BossToneS recently received 7 nominations for the Boston Music
Awards which will be held on January 15th.
I just learned of most of the lineup for the BossTone's Hometown
Throwdown this year:
Wed 10th - Kicked in the Head, Big D and the Kids Table, MMB
Thu 11th - Mission 120, The Allstonians, MMB
Fri 12th - Six Going on Seven, ??, MMB
Sat 13th - Pressure Cookers, The Smooths, MMB
Sun 14th - Cast Iron Hike, Johnny Too Bad & the Strikeouts, MMB
The BossToneS are allegedly playing a News Years Eve bash at the
Worcester Centrum with Letters To Cleo. Also, the band is in the process
of selecting bands for the Hometown Throwdown. Some names thrown around
are Six Going On Seven, Cast Iron Hike and Big D and the Kids Table.
I'll keep you posted.
jay hale
Dicky wrote the forward to some liner notes on the new Madness CD,
Total Madness: The Very Best of Madness
The BossToneS Performed "The impression That I Get" on Saturday Night Live, I don't know why they only did one song, mighta been because of the late start of the show.
They are gonna be filming a new video, the song is gonna be royal oil, its gonna be filmed near joe gittleman's house
The song that is signing on for rancid has been recorded in So. Cal. expect to see the album in the spring.
On November 4th "the video stew" will
go on sale, its a collection of music videos and is supposed to have
lots of live footage including an unreleased video for an unreleased song
called "the commom decency".
heres a list of all the Music videos that will be on the tape:
"Devil's Night Out"
"Where'd You Go"
"Someday I Suppose"
"Don't Know How To Party"
"Simmer Down"
"Detroit Rock City"
"Kinder Words"
"Hell of a Hat"
"The Impression That I Get"
"Rascal King"
"The Common Decency"
Nate told me that Dicky will be on the new Rancid CD but
everything else hasn't really crossed by my way. Some minor things are
that the Tones are featuring some slick painted flames on stage with
them designed by Bostonian Jimmy Viera. Also, Tim told me that he may be
starting a ska/scooter culture zine. I'll try to get more info soon. Also,
the guys told me that the Throwdown IS happening Dec. 10-14
all at the Middle East in Cambridge. -Jay
Dicky is features in the new issue of YM (oct or sep?) i was told there is a full page pic of him. (Too bad, personally i think YM is the worst magazine around...) kate johnson sent the info...
The BossToneS played on sept 4 for the people of New York. The Bosstones played: "Do Something Crazy"(Jon Popper from Blues Travler sat in, only the end of the song was showed),
"The Impression That I Get"(whole song was seen), and "Howwhywuz Howwhyam"(only the first have was seen, the mtv assholes cut into commercial...typical).
The BossToneS will be performin on the Radio City Music Hall marquee
for the Mtv music awards, and on October 25th they will perform on SNL.
The song "Oceans" will be on the "MOM II", it was done with the pietasters. Oh yeah, and released on august 26.
go to http://www.sdog.com and http://www.surfrider.org for more info
On July 12 some shit happened on the warped tour:[taken from warpedworld.com]
There was a slight incident with white supremacists that
occurred during the Mighty Mighty Bosstones set. A
couple of guys were giving Dicky the finger and spitting
at him. He decided to invite them onstage for an "open
forum", and when they didn't initially accept the
invitation, he started to incite them by calling them ignorant. They finally got on
the stage, apparently wanting to beat the crap out of Dicky. One of the guys
gave a "heil" sign and started spewing some gibberish, before they were
escorted off stage. Dicky then told the audience, "now you know what they look
like."
Mike Ness later commented on the situation during the Social Distortion set.
He said that he had heard that there was some racism going on, that he
respected people's right to expression, and that he had a few words for those
racists ... "Fuck You."
The ARA will be raffling off an LIMITED EDITION autographed Bosstones
group photo at the Northampton MA stop on the Warped Tour.
Any site viewers who are going to the show, please check out the ARA
table and enter to win. Tickets will be a buck each. The photo was taken
by yours truly. See ya at the show. - Jay
The Bosstones are still in the (e)M(p)tv top 10 at #2, beatin out the Wallflowers, R. Kelly, and the Smashing Pumpkins(crybabys).
OLD NEWS: In late June the BosstoneS recorded an old Dogmatics song "Sure don't feel like christmas", it will be on a benefit album that is being put together be Mercury.
OLD NEWS: In June, Lets Face It hit gold.
On July 14 the BossToneS played for the (e)M(p)tv beach house, later in july look for the Raskal King video!
the Bosstones will be playing the HORDE Festival after the Warped
Tour ends. When discussing this with Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton, he
replied "Well, its better than Lollapalooza". I agree. I'm not sure when
they will join the tour but they will play quite a few dates, sometimes
two sets a day. At least there aren't any major tick-infested hippie
bands playing this year. Peace, Jay
On Friday June 28, the bosstones had the #1 video on Mtv, beatin out "Puffy Combs" and Meredith "Bitch" Brooks("im a bitch im a lover, a child and a mother...").
On Wednesday June 18, they played On Letterman, they all dressed in a brownish plaid suit(i missed the plaid), and kevin, dennis, and ben had dark sunglasses, they played (surprise!) "The Impression That I Get".
"Raskal King" has been released to radio, they are gonna be shootin the video this month (june) in LA!! Mark Kohr will be producing the video.
The BossToneS will be on David Letterman on june 18 not the 20th.
This is highly secret stuff cause it i still in the works. Dicky may be
singing on the new Rancid album. He was supposed to sing on "Roots
Radical" which was recorded at Fort Apache in Boston. And oh yeah, the
Bosstone-Offspring gig at Not So Great Woods was a success. The 'Tones
drew about 14,000 people. Not too shabby. Remember the Rancid thing
isn't too confirmed yet, but it is printable.
Peace, Jay
I heard that they are gonna be included on a beneifit album and that Joe Gittlman is gonna be pruducing the tracks in Ohio, ill update this when i hear more.
On 5/7/97 a Mercury film crew filmed the Denver show at the Odgen Theatre which will be included on
a video that is supposed to be comin out next September. The video will also have all of their music videos (Someday I suppose, Simmer down, ect)!!!
From what ive heard, there is gonna be an offcial bosstones fan-club!!! The person putting it together is
Raphie, she emailed a few days ago (Mon, 19 May) to put up the address but wasnt sure till Wednesday, when confirmed by
the Nate Albert page. Go here to get the address.
In June the bosstones are gonna be on the cover of Alternative Press.
The Bosstones will be in the june issue of Rolling Stone and will be in Spin(possibly next month).
Catch Nate and Dicky now in the may issue of Guitar World, check the Guitar World Online in June for the article.
On april 27th they recorded a Clash song ("Rudy Can't Fail") for the
tribute album being put together by John Doe and Joe Strummer.
On June 20th they will be guests on the Late Show with David Letterman.
The bosstones are no longer playing Landsdowne St. on May 21. They are
playing at (Not So) Great Woods in mansfield Ma with Offspring, Bim Skala
Bim, Tree, AFI, and L7 which is part of the first annual "Skankin and Crankin Festival"
. They will also play there on June 6&7 as part of a
radio station series known as the WBCN River Rave. Last years sucked but
the 'Tones will keep it real in 1997. Peace, Jay
The Impression That I Get is featured in a new movie by Kevin Smith
(Clerks, Mallrats) called Chasing Amy. Everyone should go see this flick.
It fuckin rules.
The Bosstones will be on the 1997 warped tour with the Decendants, Hepcat, Social Distortion, and others. The tour starts july 2nd!!!
For the new tour, H20(on some shows), swingin utters(on some shows), and the pietasters will be the openers.
The BossToneS played (e)M(p)tv's spring break Definitly Daisy, guests on Lovelines,
and were on the Jenny McCarthy Show April 30th(im ready to puke, wheres the bucket?).
On March 30, Dicky, Joe G., and Dennis were guests on (e)M(p)tv's 120 minutes w/ Matt Pinfeild (Mtv only good show).
They talked about ska, the new album, making of the video, and differant bands.
They will be guests on a show that is on comedy central. Viva Variety, i think it was on April 1st.(re-run on april 22 10pm)
The BossTones Played on the Conan O'Brian Show on March 18,
the song they played was "The Impression That I get".
The Bosstones played for a radio station in San Fransisco on march 8, and on monday march 10 they did an in-store appearance at Tower Records in Boston.
Kevin
had to shave his head due to some problems
during the video shoot. During the shoot they used powdered milk for them to stand in. Kevin shaved his head because he was afraid the milk wouldn't wash out and would stink really bad(it would). Peace, Jay.
Jay said that the Throwdown Kicked ass and that the highlight was Dicky and Jimmy
Gestapo of Murphys Law doing fine renditions of "A Little Bit Ugly" and
"Cavity Creeps".
In early october they put the finishing touches on the new album.
Dicky won outstanding male vocalist at the Boston Music Awards 10/23/96.
They have a new album that was supposed to be coming out
February 14 but was pushed to March 11. Its titled "Lets Face It". the first song
that you'll be able to hear is called "the
impresion that i get" which was on the "safe
and sound" comp (released in Oct.) and a video for that song was filmed in January.
The first single (the impresion that i get) has been played on (e)M(p)tv and various radio stations .
RETURN TO RECENT NEWS
Shout-outs to Jay, karl, Amy Sirois, Brendan from the Nate page, Matteo Urello, and anyone else for the help
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