Here’s something that may bring back memories… Familiar with Glue Gun? If you were listening to punk music in the 90’s golden era then you sure are. They originally started in L.A. in 1991 under the name Glü Gun by The Grim frontman Bob Oedy, opened for bands like NOFX, The Offspring and The Vandals and earned a growing fan base with their only two albums Just Glü It (1994) and The Scene Is Not for Sale (1995). They were also one of the first bands to sign to Fearless Records, which released the latter album. After their split in 1997 and a short lived reunion featuring some former members of Jughead’s Revenge, Glue Gun has announced that they are back together again and will celebrate their 20th anniversary. This reformation will feature The Scene Is Not for Sale line-up, consisting of Bob Oedy (vocals), Jeff Roberts (guitar), George Snow (also on guitar), John North (bass) and Jody Kern (drums). The band will also be heading into the studio to record new material for an anthology due out this fall. Head on over to their website for all the updates about the band.

In case you’ve never heard of Glue Gun, you can check out their music on the same link above.

Massachusetts based Pop-Punk act Late Nite Wars have announced their debut full-length album “Who’s Going to Miss You If You Go” will be available April 19th, 2011 on CD/LP/DIGI exclusively through Panic Records and hit i-tuunes and everywhere else May 3rd 2011.

The band released their latest self-titled EP in 2008.

Few things in life are unforgettable. The first day of high school. Your first kiss. Your first stage dive. Wait…what? Yeah, I said it. I’ll never forget that first fantastic lift off into the crowd with Australia’s mega metalcore quintet Parkway Drive at my back. As I was talking with their singer, Winston McCall, later backstage, he told me he has “always been a fan of the stage dive.” I felt I did him proud and true, and now as my bones ache Winston, I think of you.

He and I had a great chat in the backyard of The Beaumont Club in Kansas City, Missouri after their set. We covered such niceties as winning an ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) award and having your idol on your new record. Winston talked to me about writing and recording for the newest album, “Deep Blue,” and how they really wanted to “be themselves” and “make a record that sounded like us.”

Click here to read the full interview.

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Ever wonder where some bands come up with their band names?  Well, we do, and we’re sick of sitting around scratching our heads about it.  We’re hitting the streets (aka. “Internet”) to find the origins behind some of the more bizarre, intriguing or just plain random band names in the scene.  Every Wednesday we’ll be pulling the curtain back on a different band and this week it’s Philadelphia punk group The Menzingers.

According to the band’s vocalist / guitarist Tom May their band name is just the phonetic spelling of a German word for “troubadour.”  I spent 30 minutes trying to find out exactly what that German word was but eventually Google gave me this error message:

Your search – German words that sound like “troubadour” – is an idiotic search term.

Suggestions:

* Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
* Try different keywords.
* Try more general keywords.
* Just ask a fucking German.

Warped Tour announced a few more bands joining the 2011 line-up. The Menzingers, Black Square, Bad Rabbits, Mojo Morgan, Blood On The Dance Floor, The Expendables, and The Suit have all been added to this year’s roster.

These seven bands join a long list of others, including Larry and His Flask, The Black Pacific, A Skylit Drive, Unwritten Law, Blacklist Royals, Of Mice & Men, Sharks, The Aggrolites, The Exposed, Lucero, Big D and the Kids Table,Set Your Goals, The Ready Set, There For Tomorrow and others.

For a full list of bands check here. And go here for dates.

More bands will be announced weekly until they reveal the main stage acts on March 26.

The Creepshow‘s lead singer Sarah Blackwood wants the world to know what it’s really like to be a working, independent musician from Canada. So she’s started a video blog. Check out the first installment here.

She explained it on her YouTube channel: “Here is my introduction for all of you…welcome to MY world of being an independent working and touring musician from Canada. From now on I will bring you all on my adventures, all over the world.”

Blackwood performs solo in addition to being a member of The Creepshow. The band released They All Fall Down on October 5th, 2010 on Hellcat Records.

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Nashville’s Blacklist Royals will be heading across the pond for some dates in Europe in April. They are supporting their latest release Semper Liberi which came out last May on Paper + Plastick.

Check out the dates here. The band will be back in the U.S. this summer for Warped Tour.

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Small Brown Bike are streaming a new track from their upcoming album, Fell & Found, called “A Minor Movement.” Check it out here.

SBB will be releasing Fell & Found April 26 on No Idea Records. The group’s last LP, The River Bed, came out way back in 2003, though the band released a couple of 7-inches, The Composite Vol. 1 and The Composite Vol. 2, in 2009 and early 2010.

The band previously released the track “As We Go,” which is available here.

Ben Weasel likes Sarah Palin. It’s somewhat rare to see a punk musician say they supported anyone that leans away from the political left, but the Screeching Weasel frontman talks in a recent interview about what he likes (and, to be fair, dislikes) about the ex-Governor herself.

“I like Sarah Palin as a public figure though. She’s a great performer who excels at playing the role of the heel, and I love people like that because I do the same thing, albeit on a much smaller scale. I don’t agree with her politically on much, but she drives all the right people bananas.”

In the same interview, Weasel talks about the internal workings of Screeching Weasel, the new album, First World Manifesto, and the state of pop punk today. First World Manifesto, is due out March 15th on Fat Wreck Chords. The band will be touring a little in support of it during the spring. Dates are here.

Read the whole interview here.

Minneapolis’ punk group Dear Landlord is heading out on the road. They’ll spend the month of May touring the U.S., mainly on the East Coast with a few Midwest shows, and Canada.

Check out the dates here.

Dear Landlord is playing Pouzza Fest in Montreal at the end of the tour with Banner Pilot, The Queers, Brendan Kelly (Lawrence Arms) and Mixtapes.

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