BLACK OCEAN "Rattle & Break" from Dogtown *Song Rec'd by Steve Albini Surf Surfing Greece video

WWW.BLACKOCEANBAND.COM Upcoming Shows: THERAPY? + Black Ocean Jan 21, 2010 Kyttaro Club (Athens, Greece) The "Rattle & Break" music video (not from the docu film "RATTLE & BREAK" by Conner Lewis about Black Ocean) was recorded at Greece's AN Club and directed and edited by Dimitris Maniatis of Silent Progression. Inspired by the Z-Boys, Greek rock trio BLACK OCEAN have delivered their Steve Albini recorded debut album 'DOGTOWN'; the kind of album that lets you believe in the power of passionate rock music again. "With the power and conviction to make you truly believe, juggling hardcore, epic rock, grunge and country punk, Black Ocean are kinda like Nirvana meets The Lemonheads meets The Meat Puppets meets Fugazi. Echoing the likes of Nirvanas debut record or the early Soundgarden, Tad and Mudhoney material these are dynamic pop songs with a hardcore edge, replacing slickness for a gritty live feel and rock attitude".- Mike Bond. "Dogtown: radical, rebellion, aggression, chaos, expression, style, art, pure source, primal force. This album holds all those things, no question about it. So what better album title than Dogtown. Inspired by the life changing movement from the Z-Boys, Tas has lived his whole life influenced by their rebellious approach to society. Skating and surfing with them in the 70s, he shaped his life by promoting the essence of their attitude through his skating, surfing, way of life, and this album. Recorded out of pure chaos and rebelliousness, in one night they created 27 songs in one take. 13 songs were chosen for this album. Continuing to live the dream through skating, surfing, and no compromising; Black Ocean is opening the doors for real Rock n Roll for this generation through the inspiring resurrection of pure stoke and simplicity." - Queen Isis Fronted by Tas (vocals,guitars), along with JB (bass) and Stone (drums), make up Black Ocean live today. BLACK OCEAN, ανερχόμενη grunge/rock μπάντα με ιδρυτικό μέλος και frontman τον αρχιερέα (και πρώην Pro) του Surf και Skate με το όνομα Tas (a.k.a. The Godfather of Surf and Skate in Greece), ο οποίος ήταν από τους πρώτους surfers και skaters στην Ελλάδα με αξιόλογη μουσική θητεία στο εξωτερικό έχοντας κάνει αρκετά band projects και αμέτρητα support acts για μπάντες όπως οι Iggy Pop, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Social Distortion, Meat Puppets, Slightly Stoopid, Jimmy Cliff, Screaming Trees, The Melvins, Jesus Lizard, JFA, Goo Goo Dolls, TSOL, The Godfathers, New Bomb Turks, Scream, και Royal Trux και έχοντας παίξει live μαζί με μέλη των Black Flag, Bad Religion, REM, Nine Inch Nails, Flogging Molly, The Replacements, NOFX, Surf Punks, My Morning Jacket, Danzig, και Agent Orange. Ο ήχος της μπάντας κινείται μεταξύ Juggling hardcore, epic rock, grunge και country punk μπλεγμένα με στοιχεία Nirvana, The Lemonheads, The Meat Puppets, Mudhoney και Fugazi. Το album των BLACK OCEAN με τίτλο Dogtown κυκλοφορεί ήδη από την ARCHANGEL MUSIC ενώ έχει ηχογραφηθεί και μιξαριστεί από τον ίδιο τον Steve Albini. Tas started surfing and skating in Greece in the 70's, has been recognized as "The Godfather of Surf and Skate (in Greece)", and is a co-founder of a surf crew called the CST. Tas skated professionally as a teenager and currently has a pro surfboard model called "The Wavekillah" by Greek shaper JT of Cohete Surfboards. Tas is featured in the upcoming films "Water Time" by Allan Weisbecker, "Rattle & Break", "Pure Source Primal Force", and "Freedom or Death". Tas is sponsored in Greece by Cohete Surfboards, Creatures of Leisure, Innes Clothing, Venice Originals Skate Shop, Nodus Shop & Distribution, The Ikarus. Tag lines: Dogtown Black Ocean Tony Alva Jay Adams Stacy Peralta Pool Skateboarding Lords Of Venice Zephyr Z-Boys Peggy Oki Allen Sarlo Steve Albini Hangar Bowl Surfing in Greece Skateboarding in Greece Greek Rock Bands Matt Wessen George Drakoulias Bavelis Michael MacDonald A&R Ethan Johns Steve Pavlovic Luke Wood Wolfmother Andrew Stockdale Chris Ross Myles Heskett Michael Rosenblatt Brad Circone Dino Paredes Sam Wick Peter Drakoulias Caleb Followill George Schwindt Eurogression Steve McGann Big Back Forty Kenny Mollica Chicken's Pool Andrew Wessen Norah Layton Antonis Petridis Yiannis Petridis Feedback Studio Cohete Surfboards