Nomeansno : C/D/S/D

I have fallen utterly in love with them, and I am pleased to learn that they are working on a new record (with an added guitarist!) supposedly entitled Codename: Old.

Seeing the Wrong tour was one of my most formative experiences as a musician and music fan.

WRONG is one of those albums that makes me want a louder stereo. A lot louder.

The band are touring Japan for the first time in either a long time or forever.
Then they're touring Canada from west to east, then touring east to west as the Hanson Brothers.

From nomeanswhatever.com

Nomeansno Tour Dates
03.23.09 Shibuya, Japan Quattro
03.24.09 Nagoya, Japan Apollo Theater
03.26.09 Kyoto, Japan Urbanguild
03.27.09 Osaka, Japan Fandango
04.03.09 Vancouver, BC The Anza Club
04.04.09 Cumberland, BC Waverly Hotel
04.07.09 Calgary, AB Hi Fi Club
04.08.09 Red Deer, AB Cheers North
04.09.09 Edmonton, AB Pawn Shop
04.10.09 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
04.11.09 Regina, SK Distrikt
04.13.09 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert
04.14.09 Thunder Bay, ON Black Pirates Pub
04.16.09 Sudbury, ON The Townehouse
04.17.09 London, ON Call the Office

04.18.09 Toronto, ON Lee's Palace
04.19.09 Waterloo, ON Starlite Club
04.20.09 Peterborough, ON TBA
Hanson Brothers Tour Dates
04.23.09 Montreal, QC Il Motore
04.25.09 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
04.27.09 Thunder Bay, ON Black Pirates Pub
04.28.09 Winnipeg, MB Royal Albert
04.29.09 Regina, SK Distrikt
04.30.09 Saskatoon, SK Amigo's
05.01.09 Edmonton, AB Pawn Shop
05.02.09 Coaldale, AB Coaldale Motor Inn
05.03.09 Nelson, BC The Royal

The Anza Club show in Vancouver looks purty tempting. First show in North America in a coupla years, I think (aside from the one-offs in Tofino.)

And I don't think these are all the shows confirmed. More to come, I think.

Anyway, "Slowly Melting" returns of my favorite song ever, after revisiting the Mr. Happy album.

UK tour pls

attention brian ::
nomeansno at neumos october 8,2009

Also, no UK tour but they are playing London at the end of July (two days after they play here in Dublin - it's been nine years since they played here, not counting Hanson Brothers tours and that Metallica stadium thing).

these dates are posted on their myspace::

Jun 19 2009 8:00P
Sugar Victoria, British Columbia
Jun 20 2009 8:00P
Legion Tofino, British Columbia
Jun 26 2009 8:30P
Suoni per il Popolo Montreal, Quebec
Jun 27 2009 8:00P
TBA (all ages) Montreal, Quebec
Jun 30 2009 6:00P
Dürer kert Budapest
Jul 1 2009 8:00P
KSET Zagreb
Jul 2 2009 8:00P
MC Velenje Velenje
Jul 3 2009 8:00P
Kamnolom Radece
Jul 4 2009 8:00P
Club Luna Brac
Jul 5 2009 8:00P
ASU Obala Sarejevo
Jul 7 2009 8:00P
Arena Vienna
Jul 8 2009 8:00P
K4 Nurnberg
Jul 9 2009 8:00P
Universum Stuttgart
Jul 10 2009 8:00P
ExZess Frankfurt
Jul 11 2009 8:00P
Patronaat Haarlem
Jul 12 2009 8:00P
Vera Groningen
Jul 14 2009 8:00P
Schlachthoff Bremen
Jul 15 2009 8:00P
Bahnhof Langendreer Bochum
Jul 16 2009 8:00P
SO36 Berlin
Jul 17 2009 7:00P
CSW Zamek Ujazdowski Warsaw
Jul 18 2009 6:00P
Mega Club Katowice
Jul 19 2009 8:00P
Mighty Sounds Festival Tabor
Jul 21 2009 8:00P
Groovestation Dresden
Jul 22 2009 8:00P
Fabrik Hamburg
Jul 23 2009 8:00P
Gebaude 9 Cologne
Jul 24 2009 8:00P
TBA Bielefeld
Jul 25 2009 8:00P
Button Factory Dublin
Jul 26 2009 8:00P
Dingwalls London

neumos site has the october date listed.

Portland show is already being advertised...

Man, every time this thread gets revived, I worry that one of them has broken a hip.

Yeah, the first (and best) time I saw them was in 1990 on the Wrong tour. At that time, Rob looked to me like a ship's captain. Maybe the oldest "punk" musician I'd yet laid eyes on.

Insane that they're still so good 20 years later...

I know, dude looks like a mariner. Doesn't help that he makes Popeye faces.

Interviewing these dudes soon! (Anyone got any q's?)

I had no idea that Nomeansno supported Metallica, if that is indeed what is being stated a few posts back

It was just a one-shot deal, some one-day festival thing at the RDS in Dublin a few years back, with a bunch of other punk and metal bands, but for all intents and purposes a Metallica gig (unless my brain is fried and it was some other big-shot metal band headlining, but howandever). I wish I was there to see what reaction NoMeansNo got.

When I saw them live for the first time a few days ago, they came onstage and all I could think was..."damn, they're old." At which point, John opened the show by bellowing, "we're...ooooooold!" and then launching into a massive new tune called "I'm Old."

bless 'em!

I've been toying with the idea of going to see them at Dingwalls in a few weeks - I think I might as well just book a ticket, it's only a tenner.

And they've got Todd supporting them which is always a laugh.

DO IT

:-)

This is most momentous news. And I feel nearly as old as NMN these days, so that's ok.

Dingwalls is such a weird venue.

That reminds me, their gigs are only 3 weeks away, I should really get my ticket soon.

It's been far too long since I've seen them. Must catch them again soon!

from the scratch records email list::

NOMEANSNO-Mama CD (Wrong/WRONG31) $13.50
Finally reissued.
UPC:7 18751 95432 8

NOMEANSNO-Small Parts Isolated and Destroyed CD (Wrong/WRONG34)
$13.50
Finally reissued.
UPC:7 18751 95462 5

NOMEANSNO-Wrong CD (Wrong/WRONG30) $13.50
Finally reissued.
UPC:7 18751 95422 9

NOMEANSNO-0+2=1 CD (Wrong/WRONG35) $13.50
Finally reissued.
UPC:7 18751 95472 4

NOMEANSNO-One CD (Wrong/WRONG20) $13.50
Finally reissued.
UPC:7 18751 95322 2

sweet! but, no Worldhood?

Yay! (Wrong has been reissued a couple of years ago already, btw)

I scored Wrong on vinyl yesterday. Haven't owned it in 15 years. It holds up amazingly well.

Just got home from the Dublin show. Poor sound and a shitty crowd ruined it for me (why pay 20 quid just to talk all the way through it?) but the band themselves were on top form. In different circumstances, would have enjoyed it a lot more. Shame they didn't play any of my favorites, though.

Here's another band bubbling under my surface for years - heard the album with Jello Biafra but never went further. I just got the "People's Choice" comp and it's ace from start to finish. The earliest stuff sounds like they were a big influence on Cop Shoots Cop and other bass-focused bands. The way the music backs the chorus of "I Need You now now now now now now now now now" - splendid.

ok holy shit baby nomeansno video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTNr8i2ort0

cant get an exact date but uh 82 or 83 i suppose

quick summary to entice gbx and other peeps to go to the upcoming show(s)

1989
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPyAii6f-hc&feature=related

1991
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hni9dYzN5n8

1995
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPeEdbGf0JU

live 2 months ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fE32Hudh3fM

they're playing two shows in the bay area this fall AND I CAN'T WAIT.

i can't believe i've never heard these guys

Seeing 'em tonight in Oaklandia.

interesting show, eh? it really underscores how his bass sound holds the band together - they sounded so thin once he replaced his amp.

yeah i immediately looked up his rig after reading this thread, his bass sound is so cool.

Wow, why did nobody tell me that these guys are awesome?

One for the "bands you assumed you didn't like from the name" thread, I guess - always imagined they were srs tune-free monochrome hardcore for srs angry dudes

(this does not explain why I didn't get round to checking them out in my srs tune-free monochrome angry phase, though)

does anyone have an MP3 of "Old," I can't find that shit anywhere

it's from tour EP 1, which is on itunes. or did you mean a free version?

the lyrics are often extremely juvenile, but the tunes are killer.

the message board on nomeansno website has tons of threads asking about what the lyrics in certain songs are supposed to mean. really?

CATS
SEX
NAZIS

there are definitely two sides to NMN: there are songs informed by the World's Worst Dirty Jokes and songs informed by Heidigger.

new EP rocks.

ok so i just stumbled across the band Two Pin Din , which is the drummer from Dog Faced Hermans and that other singing guy that isnt one of the wright brothers (1983-1991) in nomeansno and oh man does it scratch that nomeansno itch!

http://www.twopindin.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWkSZ3nac0k

ha i meant to actually mention their names but got caught up in my sentence, Andy Kerr is former nmn and wilf plum is the dog faced hermans dude

keep expecting kerr to blurt out "come along ! and bring your juke box money !"
"he was in a jam / he was in a giant clam !"
etc

classic.

Two Pin Din are the Pomplamoose of a much better universe.

http://www.burningtoken.com/bands/nomeansno/

West Coast tour, get on it:

http://www.nomeanswhatever.com/tour.html