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Break-ups: Hot Rod Circuit (1997-2007)

Contributed by inagreendase. Posted by aubin on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 11:30 PM (EDT)

Hot Rod Circuit has announced the dates for their farewell tour. The band is promising an update on future plans for band members but will be taking one last tour to say goodbye to friends and fans.

The band released The Underground Is a Dying Breed in 2007.

December 4, 2007	The Social	Orlando, Florida
December 5, 2007	Vinyl	Atlanta, Georgia
December 6, 2007	Cats Cradle	Carrboro, North Carolina
December 7, 2007	Rock-N-Roll Hotel	DC, Washington DC
December 8, 2007	Northstar	Philly, Pennsylvania
December 9, 2007	Knitting Factory	New York, New York
December 11, 2007	Middle East Upstairs	Boston, Massachusetts
December 12, 2007	Toads Place	New Haven, Connecticut

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listofdemands (October 8, 2007)

i liked the first two records, but this is a long time coming.
-nic

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elephantdwarf (October 8, 2007)

finally... remember when i used to do their website for free and then they screwed me over because their sketchy manager wanted someone that wasn't friends with them to do it even though i already spent 30 hours doing a new website already and then the management company said they'd pay me for my time and then the website they had was the worst thing i've ever seen. well it was funny that they didn't want a friend to do their site, cause after that i wasn't their friend anyways. DRAMA. but whatever... water under the bridge. i wish them well.

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elephantdwarf (October 8, 2007)

that came off like it still bothered me, which it doesn't. sorry.

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a_cobb (October 9, 2007)

oops sorry. You don't hafta suck my gay dick.

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misterpink (October 8, 2007)

He probably didn't want you to do their website because you are only 13 years old.

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elephantdwarf (October 8, 2007)

its true. i was doing their website 7 years ago, when i was 6.

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elephantdwarf (October 8, 2007)

jajajajaj haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaha.

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a_cobb (October 9, 2007)

Fuck you. You are proof that being in a band is paramount to any other support to any sort of "scene" because you are just some kind of bitter fuckhead. Fuck you. Do something and be proud of what you've done. Outside of that suck my gay dick!

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elephantdwarf (October 9, 2007)

what? that made like... no sense at all. i was just bummed cause they stood up for their manager before their friend of like... 3 years. but whatever, i shouldn't have posted this, i'm just tired and it came out. that happens when i don't sleep ever.

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maverick (scott) (October 9, 2007)

Are you referring to their "Reality's Coming Through" website? That thing was a piece of shit. (Matched the record perfectly.)

-Scott

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elephantdwarf (October 9, 2007)

no... it was way back. like 'sorry about tomorrow' just came out. it was like.... maroon and yellow, it was hideous.

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misterpink (October 9, 2007)

Making a hideous website is a good way to get fired

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elephantdwarf (October 9, 2007)

i wasn't talking about the website i made.

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misterpink (October 9, 2007)

I was

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elephantdwarf (October 9, 2007)

ok.

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misterpink (October 9, 2007)

I know its okay.

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onegirlarmy (October 8, 2007)

Such a bummer, I'll have to go see them December 9th then. I actually really liked the last record.

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KurtTGS (October 9, 2007)

Has anyone else noticed Onegirlarmy's consistent bad taste in music?

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onegirlarmy (October 9, 2007)

please advise me on what you listen to and tell me who you think is good.

Allow me to give you a list of my favorite bands of all time:
Strung Out, H2O, Down To Nothing, Avail, Kid Dynamite, Lifetime, Snapcase, Sense Field, Texas Is The Reason, Quicksand, Bad Religion, Paint It Black, Shai Hulud, Marathon.

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onegirlarmy (October 9, 2007)

by the way, I just read your older posts. I love the Indian Summer discography. I forgot to add Rites of Spring and Embrace to my favorite bands list... lately I've been really digging lots of older emo. Shotmaker, Moss Icon, Ignition, Soul Side, End of a Year (ok a newer band but they have that style) Still Life, Sleepytime Trio, Hoover and Julia are all bands I quite enjoy.

Yes, I love Hot Rod Circuit, spitalfield and breaking pangaea. I listen to a LOT of music. don't judge me, you don't even know me. but of course now you'll comment with something like I don't really listen to those bands or some stupid bullshit.

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ArtieFufkin (October 9, 2007)

will you 'go around' with me?

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onegirlarmy (October 9, 2007)

I also just checked out your band's Myspace - while I do love the majority of the bands you list as influences, you're in a skapunk band and consider MxPx an influence and you say MY music taste is bad?

I'm done.

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KurtTGS (October 9, 2007)

Has anyone ever noticed how consistently defensive Onegirlarmy gets?

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KurtTGS (October 9, 2007)

Oh and, just so you know, having an influence doesn't mean you sound like them. The only similarity between my band and MXPX is that we use distortion and play some fast songs....that and maybe the same guy that records/produces them recorded us.

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onegirlarmy (October 9, 2007)

Oh yes I know I'm defensive... but don't judge me cause you don't even know me. I was defensive on purpose. I enjoy trying to prove myself to people I don't know on the internet, it's way fun! you didn't even make a response to any of the other music I said I listen to.

by the way, I'm well aware just because you're influenced by a band doesn't mean you sound like them, but that doesn't change the fact that your band still has a terrible band like MxPx listed as an influence and you dare to say I listen to bad music.

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ilikenothing (October 8, 2007)

someone somewhere cares.

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Wentz_Equals_Death (October 8, 2007)

unfortunately, with the elimination of anonymous posts, he will not have the chance to let us know

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H2O_GO (October 8, 2007)

crickets still chirping over here...

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shot_in_the_dark (October 10, 2007)

i fuckin love this band, even some of the new stuff. it doesn't get much better than stateside.

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christian (October 9, 2007)

Bummer. I like this band.

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fallingupwards84 (October 9, 2007)

dammit, Subway closed two hours ago

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baseball (October 9, 2007)

hah sucker, the subway up the block from me is open 24/7

interestingly....i've gone for lunch, dinner, and at 2:30am after a show in the same day a couple times and the same dude was working register

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WarIsPeace (October 9, 2007)

damn, that sucks - both for the guy working the register and you for having to eat there three times in 24 hrs....unless you're a big subway fan, then it doesn't suck for you.

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a_cobb (October 9, 2007)

come to Austin and play Irish Car Bomb.

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a_cobb (October 9, 2007)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

listenin' to the radio with my friends!

duuuh duuuh duh duh duuuh

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Holy_Balls (October 9, 2007)

Sad is me!

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H2O_GO (October 9, 2007)

Yoda was a fan of HRC?

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OzmanX (October 9, 2007)

What a shame.

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eatdogs (October 9, 2007)

i'd be more apathetic if i weren't so lethargic.

also, that add for the color fred album with that guy from TBS is freekingme out.

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WarIsPeace (October 9, 2007)

agreed on the color fred ad

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someone-yeah (October 9, 2007)

I'd go if they promised not to play anything off the last 3 albums

hell, I'd go just to hear radio song live

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nina_d (October 9, 2007)

this sucks

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Jacktheskipper (October 9, 2007)

Damn, I liked them a lot and I´ll never have the chance to see them live over here in germany, damn ...

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punkbytheounce (October 9, 2007)

bummer, i like this band.

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star6nine (October 9, 2007)

mcgriddles

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SydBarrett420 (October 9, 2007)

Wow, what a fuckin bummer. The Underground is a Dying Breed is a really, REALLY solid record that too many people have ignored.

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MyStereoHasMono (October 9, 2007)

Anything post- If It's Cool With You It's Cool With Me was terrible.

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onegirlarmy (October 9, 2007)

I disagree, Sorry About Tomorrow was an awesome record.

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JohnnyZ77 (October 10, 2007)

didn't know they were still around.

good luck

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superanncoulterfanclub (October 12, 2007)

Hot Rod Circuit was a great band, but I could tell from seeing them back in Anaheim that they appeared to be on their last legs as a band.

They did some sorta pre-show interview with some video-zine type deal and they just laid out bare a lot of the issues the band was going through: Andy Jackson's house burning down, his messy divorce (a lot of the nastiness filtered into a lot of the songs on the Reality record), cutting loose from Vagrant, the negative reaction from the Reality record, etc.

It was strikingly honest and supposed to be ironically framed in terms of a band enduring in spite of all this.

- FreeOJAgainandAgain

P.S. I was hoping that one of these days labelmates Incubus might take these dudes on tour and finally break through these guys to real recognition.