Secret People

September Update...

2011-09-22T20:02:00.000-07:00

Hey you freaks. We're playing the React Showcase tomorrow at Gilman with Nails and Not Sorry and Devotion. Give too.

To get everyone in the spirit, Clark has been offering words of motivation to folks traveling to the show. Here's what he had to say to 'ol J25:

"Hello there son. This is the head talent scout from the miami
dolphins. I heard you were in florida and would like to extend the
opportunity to you to try out for first string quarterback for the
dolphins. My reports show that you have an arm like a fucking cannon,
and the quickness of a puma in heat. There's been a lack of leadership
since the days of dan marino, (god rest his soul) and well, mr. 25, I
think you're just the one to get us to the superbowl. If you'd like to
discuss this more, please contact me, and ill treat you to all the
popcorn shrimp at red lobster you can eat. Hell, ill even throw in a
bloomin' onion. We need you, kid."

In case you didn't already know, J25 has the haircut of Harlon Hill (da Bears) circa 1951...and he's a beautiful man for it. I used to try that shit but have since given up on everything and buzz my head on the reg. You should try it sometime, it'll change your life.

Moving forward, we're recording next month. Gotta gig on Oct. 9th in beautiful San Jose with Coke Bust. Trying to get that split out still. Trying to get to the East Coast sometime after Christmas. That's all.

April Update...

2011-04-26T23:42:00.000-07:00

We are playing the Sound and Fury Festival being held on the weekend of July 22nd-24th in Santa Barbara. We are thrilled to play alongside the likes of our friends in Not Sorry, Ceremony, and Violation and countless other bands. Cool to see lots of up and coming bands getting the notoriety they deserve this year. For info regarding the fest, as if you need me to tell you, go here: www.soundandfuryfest.com (and don't forget, #saf11 #saf11 #saf11 (if you dig Twitter).

Other than SAF, our only scheduled show is gonna be next Saturday, May 7th at the revered Swamp in Oakland. The show is stacked, here's the info:

Secret People
Zero Progress
Stress Relief (Redding)
Stressors
Living Eyes (Oakland - members of lbal, skin like iron, punch, rely)

The Swamp
877 35th St
Oakland, CA
$5 Doors open @ 7

We had our first practice in months last night, in true Secret People fashion, and knocked out 2 more new songs. Well on our way towards an LP to be recorded in August.

Go Sharks!

Happenings...

2011-03-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

Thank you to anyone who braved the downpour last night to get to the Balazo show. It's been a while since our last show and it was good to gig with the likes of Fell To Low, Praise, and Betrayed. Hopefully you got there early enough to catch Living Eyes' first show. I anticipate cool things from them in the future.

We won't be playing locally much as we're writing for an LP. We're about 2.5 songs into it, but things will be coming along much more productively since Taylor Todd scored us this presumably sweet practice spot. We plan to record in July/August with a release date in September/October

Meanwhile, we have a split in the works, and an upcoming show at the Swamp in Oakland. More details on those events as they transpire.

Now playing:
Omegas - Sonic Order
Explosions In The Sky - Take Care, Take Care, Take Care
Skin Like Iron - Descent Into Light

SF 3/19: Betrayed/Praise/Secret People...

2011-02-12T19:16:00.001-08:00

Secret People merch now available on Arctic Ink...

2010-12-30T10:49:00.001-08:00

www.arcticink.com/SecretPeople

Just records for now, shirts to follow once Alex C. draws us something sick.

While you're there, make sure to check out merch from the likes of Ceremony, Skin Like Iron, Wolves and Thieves and much more.

Cya next year.

One day...

2010-12-20T17:28:00.000-08:00

...I'll figure out how to widen the body of our blog. Any ideas?

Until then, suffer with cut off images and video.

Now Playing: Deep Sleep - Turn Me Off
Watain - Sworn To The Dark
Jesu - Christmas EP

Love, your pal Dante.

p.s. Die in fire.

Jan. 28th, 2011 at The Swamp in Oakland...

2010-12-20T10:21:00.001-08:00

This just in...

2010-12-15T00:41:00.001-08:00

Flier for the 7th...

Maximilian Montez (@maxmontez)
12/15/10 12:27 AM
@Dcampanile Just finished this one too: http://bit.ly/hvXjXL

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Shows, shows, and more shows...

2010-12-15T00:11:00.001-08:00

also, January 7th w/ Vaccine, Punch + more @ Gilman

Now Playing: Best Coast-Crazy For You
No Class-s/t
Turning Point-Discography

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Shows, shows, and more shows...

2010-12-15T00:09:00.001-08:00

also, January 7th w/ Vaccine, Punch + more @ Gilman

Now Playing: Best Coast-Crazy For You
No Class-s/t
Turning Point-Discography

See and download the full gallery on posterous

Review: Secret People 7"...

2010-11-30T11:38:00.001-08:00

http://xfrofrox.tumblr.com/post/1621236176/review-secret-people-7inch

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Greetings from Bryce...

2010-11-14T11:34:00.001-08:00

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Secret People/Not Sorry West Coast Week...

2010-11-03T11:19:00.001-07:00

11/11
Sacramento, CA
11/12
Berkeley, CA @ Gilman St.
w/ Secret People, Cruel Hand, Backtrack, Crucified
11/13
Fresno, CA @ The Bell Tower Haus, 69 E. Belmont Ave.
w/ Secret People, Downpresser, Xibalba
11/14
Pomona, CA @ Casa Jimenez, 280 W 3rd St
w/ Secret People, Soul Search, Knife Fight, Sleepwalkers
11/15
Isla Vista, CA @ BIKO House, 6612 Sueno Rd.
w/ Secret People

Flier for 11/12 Gilman Show

2010-11-01T22:37:00.001-07:00

Kudos to Mike Aranda for unearthing this gem.

2010-10-26T12:08:00.000-07:00

hey-oh,
its been a lil' while and i though we got a little news so ill post it here.
first off it you haven't already go check out our record on www.downsidedrecords.com
secondly were playing a few shows in the great state of California with NOT SORRY they are from Seattle check them out here notsorrycrew.blogspot.com
those shows are as follows
11/11 sacramento
11/12 berkeley
11/13 fresno
11/14 somewhere in that mess called so-cal
11/15 ventura/santa barbara

eventually when we have this shit fully figured they will be over to the right in that upcoming shows section.
lastly Dante and Clark and Ian wrote a ripping new jam i gotta come up with some good stuff for that one, the pressures on.

ohh and one more thing GO GIANTS!

a few things

2010-09-06T22:53:00.000-07:00

we got our records in and the pre-orders are sent out. if you haven't got a copy go to www.downsidedrecords.com and max will send you one if you give him money.

we also got a ripping dude to play drums for us his name is Ian and he's a cool guy. which leads me to the next item on the agenda we got a show to play.

be there or be square.

records are here.

2010-08-18T01:13:00.000-07:00

we got our records in and the art work is well on its way, so these things should be in your grubby little hands very soon. also we got some new leads on a new drummer so we should be playing a show or two in the foreseeable future. we are gonna try and have some new shirts soon as well that will be pretty wyld. that's about it for now.

Also...

2010-07-18T17:20:00.000-07:00

Clark has been working long hours at the editorium and put together this video for your viewing pleasure:

Preorder the record here: www.downsidedrecords.com

Go see Not Sorry next weekend at Sound And Fury.

p.s. youtube sucks.

pre-orders

2010-07-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

pre orders for our self titled 7 inch are up.
go to www.dowsidedrecords.com to order your copy. Note e.b.c. records had a little name change so its down sided now. to reiterate, down sided records, new secret people record, rock and roll.
in the mean time listen to Off With Their Heads.
-SP

test presses

2010-07-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

we got our test presses in yay! a few people have to listen to them and the we can approve them and then we get the real deal!

lil' mini update

2010-05-08T11:31:00.000-07:00

i just wanted to let the 3-4 people that actually check this out know that we got some stuff in the works. the record should be going off to the presses in the next couple weeks and we are working on some art. we have some shirts we made and those will be up on this website for order at some point in time. so expect that soon. also i wanted to mention that the React! showcase we played last month was in fact Phil's final show with us. so i wanted to say i've had truly wonderful time playing music with Phil over the last few years and ill miss that, but all is not lost check out Phil's other projects AIRFIX KITS and SYDNEY DUCKS. on that note we are looking for a new drummer, we got some potential rock and rollers it shouldn't take too long. in the meantime listen to DANZIG II.
-SP

New Songs...

2010-04-12T09:54:00.000-07:00

We've been getting numerous requests for new songs, so we put up two songs from our upcoming 7" that were available on a limited cassette given out at the React! Records Showcase...

Get the songs here http://www.mediafire.com/?mlgnydmmgm5, put 'em on your iPod and enjoy at full volume.

Yo!

2010-04-11T13:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to everyone who came out and saw us play last night. React was a fucking blast. So many goods bands, we couldn't have been happier to play it.

So if you didn't get one of the tapes we were giving out last night, and still want to hear the songs we'll be posting them up here soon.

We have some shirts printed that we're going to be putting up here soon so be on the lookout for those.

Also we will be releasing a 7inch on EBC Records sometime in the Summer. Until then, keep checking back here for more news.

-SP

REACT! show day 2

2010-03-15T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hi all been a while,
we just got done recording a few jams for an upcoming release so look out for that.
but more pressing we are playing day 2 of the react show case at gilman st.
its with 7 SECONDS... thats all you really need to know, but if your so inclined go to www.itstimetoreact.com for the whole 2 day line up.
-lates

Dec 18th Flyer

2009-11-22T21:11:00.000-08:00

Here's the flyer for our next show. Come out and party for Alex C's birthday!

Thanks/SP Newsssss

2009-11-20T12:41:00.000-08:00

Just want to say thanks to everyone who came out to the show last night at the Balazo Gallery. It was good to see that many people come out on a Thursday night, and support some good bands, so Thanks!

Other Secret People News:

-Our next show will be December 18th at 924 Gilman Street. It's gonna be a real good one. Flyer should be coming soon.

-Other than that we should be recording some new jams and putting out a proper release sometime in January, so be on the
lookout for that.

-New merch is on the horizon too.

That's it for now, in the meantime listen to Streetwalkers

Secret People

upcoming shows

2009-11-10T13:26:00.000-08:00

november 19th were playing at the submission art space with
laugh it up
wolves and thieves
soul control
and outbreak
starts at 7:30
cost 10 bucks

and in december were playing at the 924 Gilman with
pressure
skin like iron
and ceremony
this show is a toy drive
so good causes holiday cheer and all that.

so come check us out we may play a few new ones who knows
5, 6, 7, lates!

Insted show

2009-08-31T23:34:00.000-07:00

Was a blast, thanks to those that came early to check us out
we should be workin on some new jams and then recording them
that's all.

Up the Punx

2009-08-22T11:48:00.000-07:00

Here's the flyer for the show next week. Get pumped!

The Bizzz

2009-08-19T11:56:00.001-07:00

Yo!

So, we just put up our demo to download for all of you that don't have it. It's under the Mp3s section on the sidebar if you can't find it. Big thanks to Max Montez for hosting the demo on his site.
Check out his site www.ebcrecords.com Max rules!

Also we have a show August 29th at 924 Gilman Street with the all mighty Insted, Betrayed and other local rippers.

Here are some videos from one of our shows a while back for your viewing pleasure.

Check back soon for more updates.

-SP

2009-08-18T21:01:00.001-07:00

MP3's of demo coming soon