1/14/08:.
  • big news i suppose: rick's new band, Obits, played their first show this past weekend. and john's new band, Night Marchers, are playing their first shows soon, and have an album scheduled for release March. Also in Night Marchers: Gar Wood on guitar and (YES!) Jason Kourkounis on drums.

    obits - thoughts on their 1st show from 17 dots

    punknews post on the night marchers

    9/6/05:.
  • yeah, so the band is no more. apologies to the one or two nice folks who sent me links over the course of the past year. due to a variety of circumstances, i was unable to see the hot snakes on the audit tour, or their final NYC shows this month, and as a result, updating this site was just a real kick in the balls.

    anyway- swami records recorded some show or the other and hopefully there will be a dvd. that's about it. hot snakes were the greatest band i ever saw, and their songs get me like none other, so the news that this is probably the end of the line for rick & john is hard to take. cross yer fingers and hope for a "hell freezes over" reunion in 2018. maybe by then, i'll have grabbed all of the hot snakes pics that are left on this grand world wide web and saved them for posterity. out.
    10/6/04:.
  • first leg of tour starting. positive reviews popping up around the internet. article in some baltimore paper quoting the band to the effect that they're focused and ready to make up for lost time. even more tour dates posted- a week in the UK even.
  • album up for sale at the swami's merch lackey site. the swami slipmat looks great through the translucent red vinyl.

    if you're here, you know the album kills. i'm not going to start posting links to straight album reviews- reviews are a good network for recommendations, but they're not a literary form to be enjoyed or re-read. if you haven't heard the album, check it out. check out HI-LIGHTS, which the swami so graciously made available on the interned-net.

    if you're some punk kid who downloaded the album for free- get off your hands and order the vinyl from the swami. i'm sure these guys have bills to pay too.

    9/20/04: three shots.
  • new song HI-LIGHTS up at swami records.
  • audit in progress - cover art:
           
  • tons of tour dates up at swami records and hotsnakes.com. some east coast dates with dan sartain... killer

    7/8/04: three bullets.
  • album - audit in progress, due out october 5th.
  • tour - hopefully this will fill out a bit... i was gearing up for the shows on the 7th 8th and 9th, only to discover that i'll be at a wedding (& rehearsal) on the 7th & 8th...
    dates: swamirecords.com
    direct online ticketing: hot snakes ticketing @ musictoday.com
  • hs.com updated

    6/25/04: the swami site is up and running... and it brings good tidings... expect a tour around the album release date... or maybe at a different time... but expect it.



    6/1/04: bantha-fodder.com seems to have dissappeared. i'm keeping the links up, cause it was good stuff... but it seems to be down.

    1/27/04: three bullets.
  • from the rocket forums: mario is now drumming for the hot snakes.
  • pseudo-confirmation of that from buddyhead's gossip: "The Hot Snakes want to tour more, so they had to get a new drummer cos Jason is too busy with Burning Brides. Bummer."
  • lastly, there is a third hot snakes set up now at transmission3000 from 8.12.02.

    8/23/03: big news from buddyhead:
    The Burning Brides start recording their first proper major label album for V2 at Oceanway Studios in L.A. on Monday. That’s where Radiohead recorded their last record so you know it’s gonna be posh. Sometime after basic tracks are done, their drummer Jason is going down to lay down drums for the new Hot Snakes record. Bonus.
    even bigger news: seems john has confirmed, to some extent, buddyhead's gossip.

    8/?/03: some live rocket sets are up at transmission3000. haven't had a chance to check them out yet.
    7/17/03: swami sound system vol 1- get it while its hot. unreleased hot snakes, sultans, testors, rftc, beehive, & more.
    7/15/03: wipers box set, $17.00 + postage direct from the band's label, to your mailbox in no time flat..
    7/14/03: new hot snakes & jehu sets at transmission3000, and more on the way... and they're gonna be good.