"A History of Doubt" Available in the US NOW

The day has arrived. "A History of Doubt" is now available in the US. You can buy it right here from us (check the store). You can buy it from iTunes - press here:



You can buy it on our myspace page. You can get it from the snocap store also on our myspace page. If you live in LA, you can buy it at the Ron Herman Store. So many ways to buy the record, you can't lose.

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE...We believe in our music. We want it to be in the hands, minds and ears of as many people as possible. So, we're offering a unique deal to you, the listener, the supporter of our band. You can buy the record here for $8 (plus shipping). We'll send you a brand new CD in a beautiful digi-pack. It will arrive at your house and you'll be stoked.

You can also buy the new CD and a T-Shirt for $20 and we'll throw in a free copy of our old EP for free. It features two tracks that didn't make it onto the full length and slightly different versions of the songs that did.

Finally - we'll give you the option of buying tracks directly from us for whatever price you deem suitable. So, if your name is Hannah and you just gotta have "Hannah, I'm Ready To Go" and you're willing to pay $2.00 for it, then $2 it is. Perhaps your girlfriend's name is Hannah, and you want her to have the track, but you've already spent too much money on her so you want it for free. Then free it shall be. You tell us what songs you want, and how much you want to pay for them, and we'll email them to you after you've paid us. All you'll need to do is download Pando. It's awesome software that enables you to send large files via email. You'll get CD quality MP3s with no copy restrictions. Send an email to david@englishdepartmentrock.com telling us how much you'd like to pay and which tracks you want and we'll send you a pay pal invoice. Those are the options - we hope you enjoy the music. We certainly enjoyed making it.

CD Release Show, June 25th - Let's bash Axl

We're playing at the Knitting Factory on June 25th to celebrate the release of "A History of Doubt". This show is gonna kill. OZMA, Eastern Conference Champions and The Actual are also on the bill. The Actual are the first band signed to Scott Weiland's label. According to Scott's website, they're a power-trio with four members. That's a POWERFUL trio. So powerful in fact, they need four members to contain the power. Needless to say, I'm impressed. Our meager trio has only three members. MORE impressive is that The Actual are touring with Velvet Revolver all summer. Now, I'm not a big VR fan. But holy fuck, I'd sell a nut to spend a summer on the road with Slash and Duff. Imagine the stories? The hi jinx? The Axl bashing? I believe George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld AND W. Axl Rose should all be brought before the tribunal @ The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity.

I'm going to spend 27 seconds searching for the most embarrassing Axl Rose photo I can find....

Ah yes - this one:



But while I'm at it - here's a perfect example of how fame and celebrity can unite anybody:



Photographers are sooooo lazy. "Hey look, two totally disparate famous people. Quick, make them stand next to each other."

I recently downloaded and watched the classic 1988 Guns 'N Roses Live @ The Ritz concert. If you've never seen this show before, stop wasting your time reading this blog and find that shit online. It's so good. This is the classic Guns line up - before they really hit it big. When the audience was still comprised of mostly dudes. This show originally aired on MTV - and I remember being absolutely obsessed with this band after I seeing this as a kid. They don't make bands like this anymore. I have no aspirations to be Axl Rose for instance. I don't want to dance like a snake (or with Mr. Brownstone), sing like a hyena or freak out at any music writer that dare to criticize me. But there was definitely something about a band of five guys that had names like Slash, Duff, Izzy, Axl and Steve - ok, Steve didn't have a good nickname - that was so compelling. Nowadays if your band is made up of dudes with nicknames, you either wear grotesque masks or you're a group of EMCEEs. The English Department would be a weird band if our drummer was called "Ghost Faced Killa". Although, Brett does go by the name "Cosmo". "Ghost Faced Cosmo"? "W. Cosmo Rose"? Hmmm, we'll have to work on that.

I woke up this morning to find that our website was down and our myspace page was no longer a music page. So, I currently hate the Internet. Bless you Blog for still working.

See all you New York area peeps @ The Knitting Factory on June 25th. Axl, if you're out there, get in the ring motherfucker.

Love,

-d