So we now have all the confirmed dates in for the USA/Canada tour! (with one or two final tweeks needed) but all is well. We are looking forward to coming over, as it has been a long 4 years since our last visit! Please feel free to help spread the word, as we rely on the DIY ethos to inform people!!

so see you in your city soon

The Restarts

The USA is in the finalising stages, we will be releasing the confirmed dates soon (dates already confirmed are posted on Myspace). We will be starting May 29th in Toronto, going down around New York for a few gigs, then working our way up from dallas up the west coast and ending in Vancouver on June 22!

Outsider is now available on LP!!! so for all you vinyl junkies please see details on where to order it on the merch page.

We will be performing at City Invasion in Bolton and London (see flyer) and would like to thank all the people in Belfast for a fucking great weekend and gig! (see Belfast Blog on myspace page). we wil have one or two other london gigs before we venture off to the states, so will keep you posted...until then

adios

Just got back from our Leeds, sheffield and Manchester excursion! thanks to everyone that came out and made the gigs great! and extra thanks goes out to Steve Caldwell, Steve Hyland, Stu BSD and Debs & Mark, and Pingu.

Also Belated thanks to the following: Trayuka & Friends for setting up the Spain Tour- nice one Lads!! Our mates Mange & Tom and all at "Punk Illegal" for showing us great hospitality and a great punk weekend in Sweden! Matt (Pumpkin Recs) for Bideford Gig, Laura and Alec for Cambridge and Lianne for the Newport gig!

Finally we have got Outsider on LP, so for all you vinyl junkies you can now get it on wax, the Dead Planet poster that comes with it is A0 size (59cmx42cm). we wont be gigging until the new year, so all the best in 2008 - see you somewhere!!

and happy new year!!

Sorry, I have been neglecting this site, The myspace site is easier to update, and lets face it I dont really have time to man two flipping sites ; )

Okay we have confirmed a bunch of UK gigs please see myspace for these. The Outsider CD is moving well, we have had to repress already, thanks to all you peo[le that support independent music! We plan to have it licensed and distributed by Dirty Faces out of Bochum Germany. They will also be doing the vinyl version of Outsider which should be out before the new year.

We will be playing in Sweden Nov 1-3 then Spain and the Basque Country Nov 29 - Dec 2 we are also planning on touring in the USA/Canada in spring 2008 and a small tour of Italy in April 2008...any confirmed info will be posted on myspace and here (but first on myspace)

hope to see you soon !

The NEW CD is ready and now available online! We will be selling the CD cheap (£5) at our CD Release gig on June 9th. Otherwise you can get it from us here for £7 postage paid...and have it delivered to your door! We will also make it available at All Ages Records in Camden Town. To answer a few questions, YES we are planning on releasing it on LP and we are also planning on releasing (licensing it ) in America and on the European continent, so it will be easier to get a hold of!

A Big thanks goes out to Distubance for setting up the 10 tour in Europe..we had a total blast. If you get a chance check out Disturbances new CD "Shades of Fear" brilliant stuff.

Also Thanks to Dave and the Folks from the Dudley Arms in Rhyl, NWales for the Dirty weekend gig! Nice one Lads!

Okay
well we have had a crazy two weeks! We finished recording and mixing all 13 songs and then at the last minute we encountered problems beyond our control! This made us miss our deadline (to have CDs ready for the tour).They will however be ready for our June 9th Release party in Stepney, East London! WE hope to see you there!
We owe a huge 'THANK YOU' to the Boys from Left For Dead and their mate Russ who really helped us out with our Mastering dilemma! Without them this release would not have happened!!
So we are now tying up loose ends and getting ready to head off on tour...and we apologise in advance for not having the new CD with us, but we will be playing some of the new material for you to sample!!! (also some NEW songs are uploaded on Myspace for you to check out and download) The CD 'OUTSIDER' will be available to buy online in our shop JUNE 3RD!!

Look forward to seeing you all on the road
up the punks!!!

BOB fest 2007 in Bath was a week to be remembered! every night was a blinder, seeing old friends and making new ones! Respect goes out to Bill Collins and his acoustic performance, where he played the original version of Big Rock Candy Mountain...and to the Fracas who Rocked the HOUSE, those boys we're 'bloodied but unbowed' ...LITERALLY!! (after an altercation on a London night bus!!!) anyhow ALL the performances were great and Kudos goes out to all the organisers!

Will be back with recording updates etc

Apr 2nd , 2007

Well the Birmingham gig was great! Thanks to all involved in putting it on and to all the bands and punters that showed up, and in particular Contempt who did all the ground work and supplied the backline (not to mention playing a blinding set!!) Special thanks to all the punks who came straight up to us bearing gifts of ice cold beer upon our arrival - very cool! (...and we thought it was only in Germany where beer is thrust in your face the second you get out of the van! lol)

So on Monday the 9th-15th we are locking our selves in the studio to finish this recording off once and for all...we have been working long and hard on this, and want to get it right! The material is coming along nicely, we got a mixture of fast paced punk, upbeat ska and the usual thrashy stuff...
we plan to have it ready for our "Euroshima Tour 2007" with Rotterdams Disturbance in May, the dates so far:

THU 17 - 05 - 2007 Liege@The Factory BE (with Christ on Parade)

FRI 18 - 05 - 2007 Nancy@AZIMUT 854 FR

SAT 19 - 05 - 2007 TBC?.

SUN 20 - 05 - 2007 Amsterdam@Maloe Melo(Rebellion afterparty) NL

TUE 22 - 05 -2007 potsdam @the Archiv

WED 23 - 05 -2007 berlin @ wild at heart

THU 24 - 05 - 2007 Vienna@fluc

FRI 25 - 05 - 2007 Munchen@orange club (pogorausch fest)DE

SAT 26 - 05 - 2007 Giessen@10 Jahr Pestpocken DE

alright see you all in Bath for the BOB fest next week!

cheers The Restarts

Mar 11th , 2007

Tuesday night in Kingston was a great night out! thanks to all involved! Both Hot Rocket Trio and Time Again put on amazing shows. Cheers to all the people that made the effort on a weekday night! Thanks again to Tim from Distorted Magazine for the interview, check it out http://www.distortedmagazine.com/
We are planning a short ten day tour of Europe with Rotterdams' Disturbance at the end of May, we will have our NEW CD done by then so please keep a look out for tour dates (we will post them when the tour is fully confirmed!)
over and out!

Feb 19th , 2007

Okay thanks to all the South London Punks and to Joe for the gig in Dirty South on Friday. Much Respect!! Not much else to report. Our next gig is March 6th in Kingston, hope to see you soon

Feb 11th , 2007

Newport was a blast! thanks for making it kick off...and cheers to all the Bristol punks for making it down, plus once again cheers to the Belfast posse!All the Bands were GREAT!...and a big shout out To TJ's, Lianne and Darren for the gig.

>To answer all the 'recording questions' we are shooting to have it done for May...and then will be doing a short Euro tour with Disturbance later the same month. will keep you posted when we have more info.

Dec 14th , 2006

Thanks for everybody thatcame out to the Sebright gig! We had a lot of fun! Unfortunately the people who run the pub werent that impressed. We really need to concentrate on 'not taking the piss' with people that open their doors to us!
Bringing in your own booze and scattering your empty cans around the floor is inexcuseable! We will all be the losers in the end...as they probably wont have us back to play....if that continues!
And we realise that the pool lights getting smashed was an accident, but maybe checking to see if all was alright woulda been cool...instead of leaving US with the £200 damage fee!

> On a lighter note, the recording is coming along nicely, we have 8 songs so far, and will write and record more in the new year! See pictures on our myspace page!

> We also have new merchandise, Girly tops (printed with Silver ink) and we now have all patches in stock
Ciao for now!!!

Dec 2nd , 2006

> okay
thanks to all the folks at the Birmingham and London gigs who made us feel so welcome. We were sure no one would show up at the early time slot (6:10) but were pleasantly surprised! Greetings to all the Belfast crew and the French and Italian punks who we met!
We are preparing for next weeks gig at The Sebright Arms, a new pub that is opening its doors to live gigs. See flyer above for details.

This week we will also be laying down vocal tracks to eight new songs. We will be doing some more songs to make it a full length release hopefully to be released in early 2007!
we will keep you posted.
cheers
Kieran

Nov 15 th, 2006

> sorry for the extended silence, the accesability of myspace seems to be making independent website redundant?

So we have been busy on the new recording, we have got 8 songs so far and plan on doing another batch to make a full length album for 2007. We thank you for your patience (I know weve been banging on about this since februaury).

Our next appearances will be in Birmingham and London Islington academys Nov 24-25(see flyer above) plus there is more info on the myspace page. Both these gigs have a very early curfew so you should be down there 6pm sharp if you want to see all 4 bands (The Restarts will be on stage soon after 6pm!) We Look forward to seeing you down there!

June 26 th, 2006

> I have just realised the contact link on here isnt working, I apologise if you have written and got no repsonse (that is because I didnt get it). Please contact us through myspace until I get a chance to get this fixed.

> Have added our next two gigs P.O.B. is in Bremen, Germany Sept 2nd and with Conflict and Subhumans, Lost Cherees Nov 25th...hope to see you there.

May 10th , 2006

> Okay...sorry have been neglecting this site for a while! First off thanks to everyone for supporting us in Birmingham and Amsterdam.

> Merch Page has been updated (see below), we now have the Fuck Corp Punk tshirts available,We have New metal etched plates and an assortment of new and out of stock patches.

> We are still in the process of writing the new material and is going well ...we are hoping to have it out for the Summer. we dont think we will be able to make the USA this year...but we will have to see. We will post ANY developments as soon as they are confirmed, so please note that the answer to "when are you coming to the USA?" is .... "We dont know????" ; )

> Our next gigs are listed above and on the gigs page we will be playing Aachen the day before Frankfurt, but have yet to get a flyer or info.

Jan 17th , 2006

> Hope you all survived the New Year! Things are coming along nicely with new material..will keep you posted on that.
As we said before we WONT BE GIGGING until May.

> However our next gig will be Academy in the UK in Birmingham, Sunday April 30th! see flyer above, it is an all dayer and your truly will be playing ...first! at 2pm, so any revelers eager enough to be the first through the doors will be greatly welcomed!

Dec 7th , 2005

> Our next gig (and last gig for a while) will be with Hard Skin Dec 16th

> The new material is coming along nicely...to concentrate on this we have decided to take a break from gigging! We appreciate all the requests for gigs but will be abstaining until we get on top of this new stuff. So we will NOT be available for gigs prior to MAY 2006.

> We will also be revamping the website and coming up with new merch etc...so bear with us.

>All the best in the new year ...and hopefully you get through all this Xmas bollocks painlessly!

Nov 12th , 2005

> The Harry Callaghan gig in Dublin was fantastic! We had a great time and was great to see so many old and new friends! I will be trying to put a gallery together from the event, anyone with any good photos pleasr email them to me...thanks.

* LOST EMAILS* any emails between Nov 8th and Nov 12 were lost...my email client is fucking me around. There was one email from Bogota, Columbia ...please write again!

>We have added one gig with HardSkin on Sat, Dec 17th at the Freebutt in Brighton .

Oct 27th , 2005

> Okupational Hazard was great fun, thanks to all those involved, Reknaw, Flatpig, IT, and especially PAIN for swapping time slots with us...much appreciated. We are now getting our stuff ready for the Dublin gigs...we will just be bringing CDs due to weight restrictions on ryanair! We look forward to seeing you all...line up the guiness's.

Oct 10th , 2005

> Here is our next gigs (click on flyers above) come check it out...both will be amazing.

> We are still ironing out our plans for a new recording and release and then we will concentrate on gigging. We appreciate all the offers and questions about when we will be touring, but to be honest until we get this recording in motion we really be doing any extensive gigging

> As you may have noticed some 'no-brainer' hacked into our chat forum, and due to my lack of knowledge ended up deleting everything : ( I have now reinstalled a new message forum and would like to welcome you all back to it. We really appreciate all the feedback that you give us.

Sept 8th , 2005

> Big thanks to everyone who helped out with the three gigs with Born/Dead, noteably Jof,Jules, M, Sly, PA Rick, Simon, Pete Rose, Totters, Steve(Driving) plus anyone we forgot! Click the link above to see great photos courtesy of John Dye and Diana More-Riddle.

> Our next gig will be in Dublin on October 29 and 30th with Dread Messiah, Coitus and Stricknine DC + more, I will be posting details soon. Thanks again for all the emails inquiring about gig, we will of course post any confirmed gig here or on Myspace, so these will be the first places to look for gig confirmation.

July 16th , 2005

> We are back up and running again, we are concentrating on writing new material, so we wont be gigging alot until we get on top of that. However we will be doing three gigs with Born/Dead from Oakland, CA. see flyer above.

>Thanks for all the emails and messages expressing concern over the London bombings, we are all fine...but now share the fear that Londoners have to bear due to the UK's involvement in the Iraq War.

June 8th , 2005

> Okay sorry for the silence, have got some new updates for ya. We have just got a new video done, Directed and produced by Darragh! You can see this by clicking the image above.

> We have a new Comp CD and New Profane Existence (with yours truly as featured artist) available on the Merch page

> Also check us out on www.myspace.com/therestarts link to us and let the games begin!
>It looks as if our next gigs will be in August with Born Dead (Oakland), I will post these as they are confirmed. They will be Brighton, London and Bristol.

Mar 10th , 2005

> Our plans are all on hold for the moment, we wont be able to make it over to the USA for the summer, sorry about that. We will concentrate on a new recording, and let you know when we reschedule.

Feb 23rd , 2005

>The Restarts Live telephone interview on University of Southern California Radio station... Tonight!! click http://kscr.org at 2am London Time ( 6pm Los Angeles time).

>Still getting feedback on what a great night the Stig memorial was, they managed to raise in excess of £3500 to put into a bursary fund for his kids...nice one!

> We are planning to write a new album and have it out for July 2005, so hopefully all ths goes to plan! we will keep you updated. There is also talks of us Touring the USA again in August. we will let you know as soon as possible.

cheers

The Restarts

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