News

2008-08-20T13:31:00.009-05:00

RIOT FEST
We'll be playing at Riot Fest this year on Friday, October 10th @ the House of Blues with The Lawrence Arms, Bouncing Souls, Das Kapital, & The Frankl Project. It's ALL AGES!! Tickets are on sale now at ticketmaster.com

2008-08-01T12:12:00.014-05:00

THE NEW SHOT BAKER FULL LENGTH

2008-02-11T14:50:00.014-06:00

South by Southwest

March 11th, 2008
@ Red 7
Austin, TX

With:
NAKED RAYGUN
COMPLETE CONTROL
HEX DISPENSERS
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SHOT BAKER
Tour Dates:

3/11 Austin, TX
3/13 Hot Springs, AR
3/14 Columbus, OH
3/15 Heath, OH
4/19 Indianapolis, IN
4/27 Chicago, IL

2008-01-30T09:32:00.000-06:00

UPCOMING SHOWS!!

Sunday, Feb 10th @ Just For Fun Roller Rink / 8pm / All Ages
914 Front St., Mchenry, IL
w/ Flatfoot 56, The Last Hope, The Geriatrics

Friday, Feb 22rd @ Hangar 9 / 8pm / 19+
511 S Illinois Ave., Carbondale, IL
w/ The Copyrights, Prizzy Prizzy Please,
Be My Doppleganger

Saturday, Feb 23rd @ Halloween House / 9pm / All Ages
4719 Winthrop Ave., Indianapolis, IN
w/ The Copyrights, Team Stray, Flamingo Nosebleed

TONY'S B-DAY PARTY BASH!!
Friday, Feb 29th @ The Note / 9pm / 21+
1516 N Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
w/ Zero to Sixty, The Copyrights, Ryan's Hope,
Love and Squalor
Tickets on sale now: Click Here

2008-01-16T13:22:00.000-06:00

WEDNESDAY
January 23!!
"Monkey Around"
Live @ Penny Road Pub
Barrington, IL
9pm / 21+/$5

THE HOUSE THAT GLORIA VANDERBILT

SHOT BAKER

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

SASS DRAGONS

SORRY SAILOR

2008-01-08T13:12:00.000-06:00

THIS SATURDAY

January 12th!!
"Bring it Bitchzilla"
Live @ GASTHAUS
Elgin, IL
9pm / 21+/$5

SHOT BAKER
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
DAS KAPITAL

2007-12-17T16:17:00.000-06:00

IAN'S PARTY

Jan 4-6th!! 2008

2007-11-19T15:55:00.000-06:00

WEST COAST 2007

11/26 Omaha, NE
@ Shea Riley's (Shot Baker Only)
11/27 Denver, CO
@ 3 Kings Tavern (Shot Baker Only)
11/28 SLC, UT
@ Burt's Tiki Lounge (Shot Baker Only)
11/30 Seattle, WA
@ El Corazon
12/1 Portland, OR
@ Dante's
12/2 Tacoma, WA
@ Hell's Kitchen
12/3 Eugene, OR
@ John Henry's
12/4 San Fran, CA
@ Elbo Room
12/5 San Jose, CA
@ Blank Club
12/6 Sacramento, CA
@ The Distillery
12/7 Hollywood, CA
@ Knitting Factory
12/8 Long Beach, CA
@ Alex's Bar
12/9 San Diego, CA
@ The Casbah
12/10 Phoenix, AZ
@ Ruby Room
(Shot Baker Only)

2007-10-01T14:55:00.000-05:00

RIOT FEST 2007!!
Congress Theatre
ALL AGES!!

DAY ONE: NOV 17
Naked Raygun
Stiff Little Fingers
7Seconds
Nekromantix
The Queers
Lower Class Brats
The Methadones
Magnafux
Shot Baker
The Heart Attacks
The Copyrights
DAY TWO: NOV 18
Bad Brains
Sludgeworth
The Casualties
Dillinger Four
The Bollweevils
Youth Brigade
Zero To Sixty
Flatfoot 56
Deal's Gone Bad
The Frantic

2007-09-24T11:40:00.000-05:00

POSTED 9/24/07

COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE...

Saturday
September 29th
Brauerhouse
(57N. Hillside Ave. HIllside, IL)
9pm / 21+

SHOT BAKER myspace

DAS KAPITAL mysapce

LOVE & SQUALOR myspace

SEE YOU THERE!

2007-08-28T17:00:00.000-05:00

POSTED 8/29/07

GET DRUNK & ENJOY THE SHOW!

Friday, September 21st
Beat Kitchen
(2100 W. Belmont, Chicago, IL)
9pm / 18+!! / $8

THE ARRIVALS (myspace)

SHOT BAKER

THE HOLY GHOSTRIDERS (Minneapolis)

LOVE & SQUALOR (CD Release!!)

THE CHIVALRIES (First Show Ever)

TICKETS ON SALE NOW ! Click Here

2007-08-07T09:23:00.001-05:00

POSTED 8/7/07

THE FEST 6 Gainsville, FL Oct, 26th, 27, 28th 2007 !
We're sooo happy to be playing the FEST this year! This will be our first time doing so and we're drooling over the band list:

Avail
Dillinger Four
Naked Raygun
J Church
Lawrence Arms
Youth Brigade
Toys That Kill
In addition to all the national favorites there are a TON of midwest bands including plenty from Chicago:
Das Kapital
Sass Dragons
Chinese Telephones
The Brokedowns
The Methadones
The Arrivals

... good god! I could go on forever! Go to www.thefestfl.com for a full band list and all other info. Prepare to wet yourself.

2007-06-20T14:14:00.001-05:00

Friday July 6th
@ Double Door
(1572 N. Milwaukee, Chicago, IL)

*THE EFFIGIES* (CD RELEASE!!)
SHOT BAKER
MUCHACHA
VORTIS

8pm/ 21+/ $10adv $12dos
Tickets on Sale Now at:
Ticket Master

2007-04-25T16:44:00.001-05:00

Hi everyone!

Well, we've been keeping it somewhat under wraps until now – but we're excited to announce that we have officially signed with Riot Fest Records! The starting roster for RFR includes Naked Raygun, The Bollweevils and Shot Baker. You can check out more details at www.riotfest.org

We have been in the studio recently working with Dan Precision on our next full length album which will be released on Riot Fest Records. We are finished with the actual recording aspect of things, and are now down to the fun part of mixing and mastering. The release date for the new album is still TBA, but we'll keep you posted.

Also since RFR are huge fans of Justin (aka Big Pappa J) and his label, Underground Communique Records and everything that they're doing, UCR will be releasing Shot Baker's new album on vinyl as well. With that said, plan on seeing a few musical endeavors that Riot Fest and UCR will be co-conspiring on in the near future.

Furthermore, RFR is announcing that The Bollweevils, like Naked Raygun, are 100% back!! They have a new Web site up at www.bollweevils.org, which goes into detail what the future holds for our beloved 'Weevils. If you missed them at RF2006, you have no idea what you've missed… they're tighter then they have ever been.

Also at www.riotfest.org, you can see what releases are planned for 2007 and beyond.

To celebrate the launch of the label, on Friday April 27 at the House of Blues late show (Chicago), Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers will go on stage with Naked Raygun once again (because everyone's been demanding an encore of their RF2006 performance) to perform a few SLF tunes. Also, to add to the celebration, Dan Schafer (Sludgeworth/Screeching Weasel/Riverdales/Methadones) will go on stage with Raygun and perform a Sludgeworth tune. Although tickets for the first show (NR, The Bollweevils, The Effigies, Shot Baker) are sold-out, a few tickets remain for the second show (NR w/ Jake Burns and Dan Schafer, Dillinger Four and The Bollweevils). Just go to www.ticketmaster.com to get the tix.

Riot Fest Records will also be raffling off a guitar signed by all of the bands from Riot Fest 2006 at the shows with all of the proceeds going to charity. Tickets will be 3 for $5 and can only be purchased at both House of Blues shows this Friday. Click this link to see the photo: Guitar Photo

Thanks again for all of your support and we look forward to seeing you at upcoming shows!

2007-04-16T11:53:00.000-05:00

A quick update: We've been in the studio this past week working with Dan Precission on our next album and things are going great so far with the recording. The music is almost all done and we should start recording vocals this week. The release date for this album is still TBA. We'll keep you posted. Thanks. See you soon! -Chris

2007-03-30T09:09:00.000-05:00

Hello ya'll, we're back from our latest southern tour with our good friends Secret Agent Bill and we're happy to say it was a freak'n blast! Big thanks to SAB for taking us out with them. Also to all the bands we played with, the promoters, friends who let us crash on their floor, and everyone who came out to the shows! (We hope you had as much fun as we did) It was awesome, 11 shows in 11 days. We can't wait to get back on the road for another trip. Pictures will be posted soon. Thanks again to ya'll!

In other news...

We'll be heading into the studio April 9 to begin recording our next album. As of right now we have 11 new songs ready to go. The album title and release date is TBA.

The show April 27th @ House of Blues with Naked Raygun, Bollweevils, and Effigies is officially SOLD OUT! Sorry if you weren't able to get tickets in time BUT....There is also a late show that same night! featuring: Naked Raygun, Dillinger Four, Bollweevils, and Special Guest. 18 and over. Tickets available at www.hob.com

Our next show will be in Chicago at Cobra Lounge with The Methadones. Saturday, April 7th, 9pm, 21+. Hope to see you there!

-Chris

2007-03-03T09:54:00.000-06:00

We have a lot planned for 2007 and we're really excited to get things moving.

AP MAGAZINE We got a really cool write up in the 2007 February issue of Alternative Press Magazine. Thanks guys! To check it out Click Here

NEW ALBUM The new album is almost finished. We've been busting our chops to get it done..we promise! No release date has been set, but we will keep you posted.

THIS MARCH We will be hitting the road with Secret Agent Bill for a nice little 10 day tour which we're really excited about. Please check out our shows page for dates and locations. We plan on doing a lot more touring and traveling in 2007 so please frequent our site for show dates.

APRIL 27th @ HOUSE OF BLUES Naked Raygun, The Bollweevils, The Effigies and Shot Baker. Tickets go on sale on Jan. 10 (special online presale on www.tickemaster.com)Click Here for advance tix. and to all on January 13 at all Ticketmaster locations!!! ALL AGES! Buy early b/c this one will sell out!!

THE AWAKE ALBUM The first run of the Awake album is almost out of print, and great thanks to our good friend Justin Schwier (aka "Big Papa J"), Awake will be re-released on Undergound Communique Records!! The re-release of Awake will have a new layout design, a new song (which got cut the first time around), and is fully re-recorded and remastered! It should be out early this year. More info TBA.

Thanks again to you all for 06. We'll see you soon!

2006-11-29T10:25:00.000-06:00

Thursday
DECEMBER 28th, 2006

Shot Baker
Vacation Bible School
Brokedowns

Live at:

Beat Kitchen
website

Chicago, IL

9pm / 21+

2006-11-22T09:43:00.000-06:00

Saturday
NOVEMBER 25th, 2006

Dead Popes
Destruckters
Shot Baker
Double Agent
Isolation

Live at:

Morey's Party House
website

South Bend, IN

7pm / ALL AGES!

2006-11-06T10:28:00.000-06:00

Thanks to everyone who came out for the Riot Fest pre-bash show at the Double Door 11/3/06 to help kick off Riot Fest weekend. It was an amazing experience to share the stage with the Bollweevils, Blue Meanies, and the Tossers all in one night! Truly amazing. Thanks for all the support and a BIG thanks to Mike and Stefan for making it all happen!
RIOT FEST 2006

Our next show will be with THE METHADONES

Saturday
NOVEMBER 18th

Brauer House
57 N Hillside Ave., Hillside, IL

8pm / 21+

METHADONES
SHOT BAKER

Hope to see you there!

2006-10-16T12:56:00.000-05:00

FRIDAY—NOVEMBER 3rd, 2006

The Bollweevils website
The Tossers website
Shot Baker

+ Special Guest Appearance

Double Door website
1572 N. Milwaukee,Chicago IL

9pm / 21+

Tickets On Sale Now!

TICKETMASTER.COM

2006-10-13T12:30:00.000-05:00

OUT NOW ON
BOUNCING BETTY RECORDS
www.bouncingbettyrecords.com
or
myspace.com/bouncingbettyrecords

I Killed Punk Rock is a newly released music compilation put out by our friend Mikey at Rose Red Productions on Bouncing Betty Records. The song we have on it is a really cool live version of Sorry Illinois which is previously un-released. This comp features 29 tracks with bands such as: Teenage Bottlerocket, Pink Lincolns, Methadones, Street Brats, Much the Same, Guns on the Run, Naked Aggression and many more. You can buy this comp through their website at bouncingbettyrecords.com

2006-08-30T09:32:00.000-05:00

PUNKNEWS.ORG reviews the new Shot Baker demo...

How unfortunate it is that Fall Out Boy has become the most well-known name to come out of the Chicago scene in recent years. I'm not going to say Chicago punk scene, because considering the band I mentioned, that would be wildly erroneous. The fact remains however, that Chicago needs a new band to carry the Windy City's torch.

That band, well that band just may be Shot Baker.

Garnering a host of comparisons to such punk giants as Avail and Dillinger Four, these upstarts are beginning their career on the right foot, with an demo chock full of anthemic punk rock sure to make a home in your CD player for a long time to come. Vocalist Tony Kovacs is the glue that holds together this tightly built ship, as his gruff and unwavering delivery is the centerpiece of every song that he lends his talents to, his command and forcefulness is equal parts commanding and endearing. Falling Apart shows his diversity, as he's just as comfortable singing over the staggered riffing, as shouting his lungs out at the end of the song when the music really picks up.

And that's another extremely strong element of the music, is the ability of the musicians to make things compelling no matter the pace, no matter the tempo. During the slower, bass driven moments, like the first half of Awake, they don't so much as lose a step. No, quite the contrary, as they seamlessly kick into overdrive towards the end, complete with some fluid soloing courtesy of guitarist John Krohn. Sorry Illinois wastes no time to kick the door down, the lighting quick riffing and relentless drum fills starting right away, with Kovac's fiery vocals not far behind.

This demo serves only as a prelude to a full-length slated for release later this year, and I for one, cannot wait. This band epitomizes the golden trifecta of talent, passion, and relentlessness, and it should carry them right off lake Michigan into the homes of people that love good punk rock all across the country.

2006-08-13T22:42:00.000-05:00

The Vindictives Split 7" with Vacation Bible School will be in our hands and available this August!

We have been plugging away on our next record which is currently untitled, but progress is being made slowly but surely. You can download three new songs from our latest demo HERE.

The Awake album will soon be re-released completely re-recorded, remastered, and it will also include a new song that didn't make it the first time around, "Echoes of the Dead". The Awake re-release will also have a completely new art design as well. There's no official release date yet, but we'll keep you posted as things progess.

In the meantime, we will be playing shows in and out of town so check our shows page for any upcoming dates.

2006-06-05T22:00:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone who came out to the grand opening of the Waiting Room. It was a great time. Our next show will be at the Beat Kitchen on Friday, July 16th with the Mopes which includes ex-members of Screeching Weasel and The Queers. This will be an 18 and over show and starts at 9pm. Click on the flyer and read it...classic. You can visit www.mpshows.com for more show details. Hope to see you there!