the explosion

If you’re a diehard music fan, you have the story. It usually starts with going to see your favorite band and having to endure an opening act so repugnant, they made you want to chew sand. Then two years later, said band are everywhere and everyone loves them. And now you’re even more pissed-off about […]

Y’know, it’s called the music business for a reason: Whether or not they’ll readily admit it, bands, record labels, managers and everyone else are in it at least partially for the money. That’s not to say art isn’t important, but at the end of the day, it’s tough to justify the amount of time spent […]

The Explosion Bury Me Standing Enthusiastic Boston punkers the Explosion may be long buried, but they won’t go out without one last posthumous shot over the bow. Their long-delayed third album—originally slated for a 2007 release on Virgin Records, then a 2008 release on Paper + Plastick—has finally seen daylight via the Bouncing Souls’ Chunksaah […]

Chunksaah Records has announced that Bury Me Standing, the oft-delayed final album from the Explosion, will be released on February 14. A pre-order page is here. The album was originally recorded in 2006 while the band were still a part of the Virgin Records roster; they left the label in early 2007 and shelved the […]

Check out this premiere of Holy Fever's “All That's Best Of Dark And Bright.” The band, which features members of Suicide File, the Hope Conspiracy, Give Up The Ghost, the Explosion and others, will be releasing a self-titled EP on January 3 via LifeLine Records. You can order the record here.