The latest record from NYC’s Japanther, Beets, Limes and Rice, is out now. The record includes two songs I wrote for the band: “Round Up The Usual Suspects” and the record’s first single, “Battle of The Hopeless Crushes”. The record features some nice cover art from our mutual pal, Monica Canilao…
Black Rainbow has returned to San Francisco this week to Black Flag it 5 hours a day in our trusty home away from home, the practice space, as we try to come up with a new LP. We take a break to play two local shows on both sides of the Bay — including one [...]
I am excited to get an opportunity to once more play drums with brothers Wade and Shell Driver this Friday at a rare NYC appearance by San Francisco punk and criminal legends, 50 Million. I can still remember the last time I was in the band during the long summer of 1999… the epic 5-hour [...]
Yeah, that about sums it up… I am feeling pretty damn excited to get asked to play with one of my all-time favorite rocker duos, the legendary and inspiring Fred and Toody of PIERCED ARROWS. Ivy, Greg Harvester, and I (3/4 of Black Rainbow) will be opening for Pierced Arrows on October 23rd in a [...]
Onion Flavored Rings are going back out on the road to the Pacific NW with our friends, JACOB THE TERRIBLE (Worcester, MA). Come check us out at the following dates: WED OCT 13 OAKLAND, CA 1935 Linden 7:00 PM w/ ALIBASTAIR CHOAD, KREAMY LECTRIC SANTA FRI OCT 15 PORTLAND, OR at Fukkett’s (5518 N. Mississippi) [...]
More video in from our recent tour with Shell Shag… Jen Shag shot and edited together a batch of tour footage into this festive video for Black Rainbow’s song, “NOLA”. Thanks Jen! You can check it out here. It even includes a frame or two of our roadie, Kyle The Dude… Jen also has videos [...]
Black Rainbow just got back from a brief tour with our old pals, ShellShag, during which we visited many punk rock Utopias, including Crabb Fest, IdaPalooza, and, of course, Chattanooga’s Do You Hear We? Fest. Ryan from Hidden Spots and Youth Skateboards took this footage of us playing 6/3/2010 at JJ’s from the back window [...]
At last, the Onion Flavored Rings pile in the mini-van with all-star roadie, Erin Yanke, and head out in late September on our first nationwide tour since 2005. We are celebrating the imminent release of our new 7″, Funny, on Thrillhouse Records and are looking forward to some great looking shows with friends like Rvivr, [...]
The installment #3 of MondoVision, the Bay Area’s only online punk video zine is out now and it includes footage of Black Rainbow’s first show with new bassist, Greg Harvester, at the 11th Annual Clarion Block Party on 10/25/08. You can check it out here. This episode also includes footage of our friends Surrender and [...]
Black Rainbow is lucky to have found two fine labels to put out 7″‘s for us this summer. Thrillhouse Records of San Francisco put out the first one in time for our summer tour. This record has three songs and comes with a 28-page booklet with information about the Diggers of San Francisco, the Alemany [...]