[09.28.05] TWO MONTHS LATER! We were just testing all of you to see if you would still like our music if we didn't update our site for two months. It backfired. You all quit. Or did you? Since we left you, Dan shaved his head. Not to be a monk, and not to win the older women. But because the Transporter was a mildly entertaining action flick. So, on a less bizarre note - our major label Maverick Records debut record is on the verge of completion! We wrapped up tracking about a week ago. Just some mixing things left to tweak, but basically that means you all will be rocking to some new jams on myspace within weeks. If you haven't noticed, we've been using our myspace page as our studio picture journal. Also, we've had the honor of being nominated this year again for the CEA awards in our hometown of Cincy, OH. We're up for "Best Musical Ambassador". We love Citybeat. Best free local Cincinnati, Ohio magazine in the whole world. You don't even have to be from Cincinnati, please take a quick second and visit HERE to vote for us! Thanks to you all for coming back to visit us. We promise there's much more news in store for you very soon!
[07.23.05] NEWS! This week we head into the studio again to finish our first Maverick record. We ended up writing 35 songs total. So, things should be interesting when we narrow them down! Unfortunately, this means because of the recording schedule we can't make it to our South American tour dates. We're very sorry for anyone who bought tickets or was involved in the promotion of the tour (especially our good friend Santiago!), but we plan on making it up later this year. Next time you hear from us, it'll be with another album under our belt! Can't wait for you all to hear it! Also, if you haven't already, check out AP this month, they reviewed Eloquence, and check out Eloquence on iTunes - both really big honors for us!
[06.04.05] THE BIGGEST POST EVER! Dear fans and friends, we've been waiting so long to share our excitement with you - and now's the time! For those who weren't able to pick up a newspaper in Cincinnati last week, we announced in our first ever Citybeat Magazine cover story that we signed to Maverick Records this past January!!! READ THE ARTICLE HERE. We are going to hit the studio later this month to record our major-label debut with none other than our favorite producer in the world, John Feldmann! We are truly honored to have such an opportunity and so far, the experience has been unreal. We've really been writing our asses off in the last few months trying to make this the best album possible, and so far we are absolutely freaking over the material. Hopefully you will enjoy listening to it as much as we have enjoyed creating it! More on that later, though, because this week marks even more exciting news with the release of ELOQUENCE in stores! You can download the album online at Downloadpunk.com, where we are currently a featured artist and the #1 downloaded album! Next, head over to Interpunk.com and enter the "Time To Rock" contest, where 5 winners receive BL goodies and one lucky winner gets a FOSSIL watch! Thanks so much to everyone who has listened to our band through the years and supported us in any way. Starting with the show last Friday, this next year is shaping up to be the most memorable of our entire career and it's all because of you guys always being there for us and always inspiring us to keep writing and performing music. So, we promise to always deliver rock straight to your faces - uninhibited and full of soul! You guys are the best!
[05.11.05] NEW SONG AND CONTEST! Visit our purevolume and myspace pages to listen to the newest MP3 "Follow Me". Then, head over to our new partners in crime, CINCYPUNK.ORG, to enter for a chance to win 2 tickets to the CD release party, a CD and tons of BL merchandise, including a brand new FOSSIL watch!!! Hurry, contest ends May 20th! Don't forget to click here today to buy your $1 pre-sale tickets for the CD RELEASE PARTY @ Topcats in Cincinnati, before they sell out!!!
[05.10.05] ELOQUENCE AUTOGRAPHED PRESALE! From www.niceguyrecords.com : "if you just can't wait until [May 31st], we have good news for you. The band has autographed 100 copies, and we're selling them exclusively in the Nice Guy online store...RIGHT NOW! Get to www.niceguyrecords.com and order your copy while they last, or else you'll have to wait until the end of May to get your still great, but not autographed Bottom Line record!" What are you waiting for? CLICK HERE to order yours today!
[04.27.05] CD RELEASE PARTY! May 27th @ Topcat's in Cincinnati, OH with special guests the Interns and Mint 6 Ten. Presale tickets are on sale for only $1 (that's right, only a buck)!!! CLICK HERE to order yours today before they run out! This WILL BE the BEST Bottom Line show to date! More information available at cincinnatishows.com.
[04.08.05] SPECIAL THANKS to Marty Geramida and our new friends over at STRHESS CLOTHING!!! Check out their site HERE - they have some great gear and, wow, are they timely!
[04.05.05] NEW RELEASE DATE! "Eloquence" will now hit MORE stores on May 31st!!! We're sorry about the extension, but we promise it's worth it! Visit www.eloquencealbum.com to read some reviews of the album and get you as pumped as us for this album to drop!
[04.01.05] APRIL FOOLS DAY has no tricks to offer any of you this year - only more Bottom Line tour dates (seriously)! We'll be back on the road supporting Goldfinger and The Black Maria at the end of the month so check our shows page for all info and we'll meet you there!!!
04.27.05 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note 04.29.05 Buffalo, NY @ Sphere 04.30.05 Medford, MA @ Tufts University 05.01.05 Montreal, QUE @ Metropolis VIEW ALL DATES
[03.31.05] BAND OF THE MONTH Estrella Zine has featured us on their website this month! Check it out HERE.
[03.26.05] PAUL REED SMITH GUITARS Dan Kinzie, a.k.a. the secret behind Bottom Line's guitar solos, recently picked up an endorsement from PRS!!! Congratulations bro! He would like to give a special thanks to Chris R., Mike B., Phil S. and a very special thanks to Winn Krozack for the opportunity to rock in style! VIEW PHOTO
[03.20.05] HOME! We had an amazing time on the road last month and it was all because of everyone who came to the shows and all of our friends new and old. Special thanks to Goldfinger, theSTART, Tony, James, Megan, and Jodi. We have plenty of pictures to show you, keep checking back for those. For now, peep the few on our Myspace page and the handful below. If anyone took pictures of us on stage or off from any of the Goldfinger shows, please send them to info@bottomlinepunk.com with "GF PICS" in the subject.
[03.07.05] MORE DATES! We know its last minute, but we're headed out tonight to finish the Goldfinger tour on the west coast! Check the dates for more information, as some of the shows are sold out already. We still hope to see as many of you as we can.
[02.13.05] HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN!!! Check out the first single "Nothing Is Real (As If It Ever Was)" from our upcoming album "Eloquence" available for your listening pleasure HERE. "Eloquence" will be in stores on April 12th, so mark your calendars! We leave for tour tomorrow and can't wait to see everyone at the shows (and meet all of you new fans)! Sidenote: Calzone Cases, Shure Wirelesses, Ernie Ball, Ampeg and Korg rule. Read an interview Dan just recently did HERE. This is your opportunity to get inside Dan's brain and know him better than he knows himself...who would pass that up? We love all of you and we'll see you soon!
[01.21.05] WINTER TOUR DATES POSTED! We're so excited to announce that we'll be on the road for most of February supporting GOLDFINGER!!! The tour will start in New York and takes us through our hometown, Cincinnati, at Bogarts on the 25th. After months of strictly writing and recording, we can't wait to hit the stage again and see as many of you, our fans, as possible. BL wouldn't exist without all of you guys continuously emailing with us, downloading our music, or coming to watch our concerts, so we know tour dates of any kind are long overdue for our band! We hope this news will do the trick and we'll see you all very soon! VIEW DATES
[01.17.05] RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT! "Eloquence" officially hits stores on April 12th, 2005! Here's pictures of us having fun while recently recording some bonus tracks:
[12.26.04] HAPPY HOLIDAYS! A holiday update from snowy, snowy, snowy Cincinnati, Ohio! We hope everyone is having a wonderful winter so far, driving safe and enjoying the company of family and friends! There is going to be a lot of extremely exciting news coming from us in the next few weeks so stay posted, but for now, we just wanted to let all of our fans know that we are alive and well! Even though it seems like we've been hibernating, we've actually been doing A TON of writing and planning for the new year; we promise that it will be worth the wait! Love you all! (And congratulations to Death In Graceland for taking home Best Punk Band at the CEA's this year!)
[10.04.04] CINCINNATI ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS! We need everyone's help to make Bottom Line the 'Best Punk Act' in Cincinnati for the second year in a row! Special thanks to Citybeat and sponsors for the nomination! You don't have to live in Cincinnati to vote, just visit the website and click "VOTE NOW!" Also, a ton of pictures our friend Ian took from this summers' touring have made their way onto the pictures page and, if you haven't already, stop over at our MYSPACE.com page and be our friend!
[09.29.04] DOWNLOADPUNK.COM Check out Bottom Line music on www.downloadpunk.com where we are currently in the TOP 10 ARTIST DOWNLOADS and 'In And Out Of Luck' has made the TOP 50 ALBUM DOWNLOADS! Also, thanks so much to everyone who's streamed our demo of "Nothing Is Real" at Soundclick.com; we reached 100,000 listens this week!!!
[08.22.04] FEATURED BAND Check out www.drivenfaroff.com !!!
[08.13.04] LIVE FOOTAGE FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MN! The boys spent the first half of this summer playing venues all over the East Coast. Watch them perform a brand new song "She Left Off"!
[08.11.04] PURE PICK AND BRAIN PICK We have been lucky enough to be chosen by PUREVOLUME.COM to be one of this week's Pure Picks. So take a second and hop over there to see our picture on the front page! Also, Ben recently did an interview with Alex of Charredlotus.com discussing upcoming tour plans and the making of the new album "Eloquence."
[08.10.04] CH-CH-CHECK IT OUT: We want everyone to know about our upcoming shows this month, including this Thursday at the Midwest Music Summit and our fourth summer with VANS WARPED TOUR!!!
August 12th - Indianapolis, IN @ The House / BUY TICKETS August 14th - Elyria, OH @ The Spot August 15th - Detroit, MI @ Pontiac Silverdome / BUY TICKETS August 16th - Cincinnati, OH @ Riverbend / BUY TICKETS August 17th - Columbus, OH @ Germain Amp. / BUY TICKETS August 19th - New York City, NY @ The Knitting Factory August 21st - Mt. Holly, NJ @ the Holly Bowl August 22nd - Vineland, NJ @ Eugene's August 24th - Philadelphia, PA @ Club 218 MORE DATES...
[05.28.04] AN AWESOME TIME! Thanks so much to everyone who came out to support us and all the bands that played Better Luck Next Year's CD release show last night! We had a blast and we hope you all enjoyed our new songs (we did try a few for the first time)! Anyone who didn't make it, here's some highlights of our set:
See you at the Newport next Saturday in Columbus, OH!
[05.26.04] BACK INTO THE SWING OF THINGS! We have some really great shows to announce after taking such a long break to finish the album! The first show is tomorrow night in Cincinnati at the Mad Frog and tickets are now available for our show with Punchline at the Newport Music Hall in Columbus, OH on June 5th. We hope to see all of you there! Also, there are two brand new studio videos on the journal page with tons of footage of guitar tracking along with sneak peaks at some of the songs from the upcoming album! The final track listing for "ELOQUENCE" is as follows:
1 Nothing Is Real (As If It Ever Was)
2 She Left Off 3 Follow Me 4 Blind 5 Rest Of Your Life 6 Saddle Oxford 7 False Alarm 8 Somewhere In Between 9 Desperate Measures 10 Mystique 11 This Far From A Fire 12 Autograph More Info... |
[04.27.04] WOW COOL! Thanks to everyone who listened to our demo track on Soundclick.com - you gave us 65,000 listens in just four months!!! Things with the new album have been moving along slow and sure as always and the final mixes are almost done! If you haven't already, please check out the video journal that is continually updated with tons of studio footage. The title for the CD due out late this summer is "ELOQUENCE" and a sneak peak at the cover art can be found below...
[02.23.04] STU-STU-STUDIO The guys are currently in the studio and have started tracking for the new full length album!!! A BRAND NEW DEMO TRACK HAS BEEN POSTED ON SOUNDCLICK.COM! Go now and post a message telling what you think of the new BL!!! In the midst of all the work, though, there is a very important hometown show that needs mention and that is this Thursday @ Radio Down with our friends Last Word, Track West and Audio Karate (Kung Fu). There won't be any other local show dates until after the CD has been finished, so be sure to make it out to this one!
[02.01.04] OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Bottom Line has signed with Nice Guy Records to release another full length record! Expect demos available soon! Also, the band is leaving town in a few hours for the east coast. Alot of new shows have been added, including an internet radio appearance on WVAU Radio! NEW INTERVIEW with Dan and Ben posted on Running-On-Empty.org - CLICK HERE.
[01.07.04]
BL has two local shows this weekend that everyone needs to know about!
Friday, January 9th @ Top Cats w/ The Scrubs, The Curbsquirrels and Your Best Regret
Saturday, January 10th @ 20th Century Theatre w/ Story of the Year and Letter Kills
Tickets for the SOTY show on Saturday can be found at Ticketmaster.com
**Jamie, head of Nice Guy Records, can be found on the cover of this weeks CiNweekly Magazine. Information about the label, Friday night's show at Top Cats and interviews with Jamie, the Scrubs and Ben from BL can all be found in the article! It's free, so go pick one up now!
[12.14.03] CEA ceremony photos of Dan and Ben accepting the award and hanging with Death In Graceland!!! HERE and HERE!