Confidence Men

Playing some shows.

2011-11-14T20:23:00.000-08:00

Don't know if anyone reads this thing who wouldn't have heard about this stuff anyway, but we're playing some shows for the first time in forever.

Root of Evil Collective presents:

Sunday November 27th
The Mr. Roboto Project (5106 Penn Ave. / Pittsburgh, PA / 15224)
7PM
$5 before 7PM
$6 after

with...
HEARTLESS (LP release show!)
FULL OF HELL
OLD ACCUSERS
HOUNDS OF HATE

more info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=211274002273564

We're also playing Chicago on Saturday, December 10. More info coming on that one as soon as we have it.

-Brian

March 22 w/ Salvation / Free Clinic / Drink Dust

2011-03-07T09:32:00.000-08:00

We're playing March 22 with Salvation, Free Clinic, and Drink Dust at the Helter Shelter. This will likely be our last show for a few months.

7" #2 coming this summer.

Funnypapers 7" out now.

2010-12-29T22:12:00.000-08:00

The first Confidence Men single, Funnypapers, is now available. artfraudrecords.bigcartel.com to order. They should be available on some other sites soon as well.

East coast shows next month.

Recording

2010-08-28T06:44:00.000-07:00

We are in the studio this weekend with Matt from the Burndowns,
recording 8 songs to be released later this year into next year on three 7"s.

We have a show on Sept 6th with LOTUS FUCKER and Broken Neck.
Email us if you want more info on the recording/releases, or info on the show.

confidencemenband@gmail.com

Peace.

Choke.

2010-06-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

07/08/10 w/ FAILURES, VACCINE, and DRUG LUST @ Helter Shelter (Pgh)
07/10/10 w/ THIS IS HELL + a million other bands @ Springdale VFW (Springdale, PA) SINCERITY FEST 2010
08/02/10 w/ RED DONS and ICON GALLERY @ Helter Shelter (Pgh)

Jack from BLOOD RED//ATTRITION//etc is playing drums for us now, so we are more alive than ever.
E-mail us if you want us to play your shows.

MARCH 20TH in PITTSBURGH//UPDATE

2010-03-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

Yo, rumors have surfaced that we're done//we're not playing shows//etc,etc.
But we are not done. Our original drummer, Evan, left the band recently, but the remaining members are continuing to write//planning to record in the Summer.
We have new material already that we are playing to use for an LP to be released in the fall (hopefully).
In the mean time....

Our friend Tom from HEARTLESS (Pgh) is helping us out with the beats for this show...CHECK OUT HIS FUCKING BAND!!! http://myspace.com/heartlesspgh
Also, not on the flyer, this will be the SLICES (Pgh) "Crusing" LP release show. http://s-l-i-c-e-s.blogspot.com
So, new temporary line-up for this, we're feeling the rocking vibes coming from this line-up.
RAW/NERVE (Chi) are the shit. WHITE GUILT (NY) are legit. BLOOD RED (Pgh)---ex Pissed Jeans/Swallowed Up/etc 2nd show.
Come to this show, Loads of various darkness//mysterious-guy hardcore to go around---plenty for everyone.

Thanks to LAK PimpFuneral for the flyer//mispelling//lack of date. <3

BREAKOUT BUTTONS

2010-02-19T08:04:00.000-08:00

Hooked us up with these sweet CON MEN buttons.

myspace.com/breakoutbuttons

Come to a show if you want one.

2010 Tour CD

2010-02-19T07:42:00.000-08:00

The tour CD's from last month are still available, but here are the download links for all the songs in order that they appear on the CD:

Tracks 1-14 are from a live radio set on WRCT Pittsburgh
Tracks 15-21 are from our self-released demo cassette
and Track 22 is an unreleased track recorded at the same time as the demo.
Enjoy.

("Links're down now. Send us an email if you still want mp3s. Sorry they were individual files instead of zipped before. Ha." -Brian)

Fucking Worms.

ATTN: NY, NJ, MD

2010-01-11T10:45:00.000-08:00

Out of town weekend with BROKEN NECK Jan 29th, 30th, 31st.

29- TBA- New York, New York
30- House show with POLLUTION, PREGNANT, BLACK WINE- New Brunswick, New Jersey
31- House show with (TBA) in Baltmore, Maryland

We will have a Tour CD-R available for these shows with tracks from our WRCT (Pgh) radio show, The Demo tape, and possibly two unreleased versions of songs for upcoming 7" later this year.
25 copies, 25 songs, recycled paper, silk screened. $5

Contact us if you are not going to be at these shows.

ATTN PGH: ADVANCED CALCULUS

2009-10-15T17:40:00.001-07:00

November 30th, Tune into 88.3 WRCT FM or into WRCT's website.
We have a radio set that night for Advanced Calculus at 9:00 PM.

One hour of us, Get stoked, Call in. Cause trouble.

News

2009-09-04T08:38:00.000-07:00

Our friend Anthony Campbell has officially joined Confidence Men.
He played bass in Pyramid Scheme and Full Color.
And he is playing guitar with us.
We may have a show with Kakistocracy later this month.
That's about all that is new at the moment.

Check out Broken Neck if you haven't yet.

Be back soon.

Broken Neck

2009-08-22T18:48:00.000-07:00

New band with members of Confidence Men, Pyramid Scheme, The Lampshades, etc...

Tape coming out on Fan Death next month..

Split w/ Confidence Men on Fan Death also soon to come....

Info/Rough Mixes---> http://myspace.com/brokenneckpa

Check it. Represent.

2nd Pressing of Tape

2009-07-13T16:15:00.001-07:00

The order is in for the second round of the Plague//Rats Tape.
They are being pressed on white Tapes and the artwork is to be reversed.

For collectors: get'em while they are hot.

For new-comers, there are 50 on the way.
e-mail or comment if interested in a "pre-order".

Mp3 Rats

2009-05-05T09:26:00.000-07:00

Here are mp3 versions of the demo CDR. (They're sequenced a little differently on the tape.)

Download them here.

Let us know if the sendspace link goes down. We'll have tapes and CDRs at the next couple shows. Here's the info:

May 17 @ The Nerve
w/ Drunkdriver +more

May 27 @ Mr. Roboto Project
w/ Plague, Shards, and Do Crimes

Plague Rats

2009-04-28T13:57:00.000-07:00

Our 1st demo release "Plague Rats" is currently out on ~~hard-to-file-because-of-the-packaging~~ hand-made CD-R format.
Email confidencemenband@gmail.com if you want a copy.

We'll have tapes by the end of the week and we'll be releasing our official demo tape at our next show with Drunkdriver at The Nerve on May 17.

Artwork to be posted soon.

Pace.

Recording

2009-03-25T14:51:00.000-07:00

We just finished recording demo tracks with Anthony from Full Color.
You can hear two of the songs on our Myspace page (myspace.com/confidencemen).

I'll be back later with more mp3's.

Shows

2009-03-25T14:35:00.000-07:00

Here are shows we've played since we started in October '08:

1/4/09 @ Jimmy & Krystyna's (Pittsburgh) w/ Born Bad (Canada)
1/13/09 @ The Roboto Project (Pittsburgh) w/ Seasick (NJ), Killin' It (NJ), Drought (Pgh)
2/19/09 @ The Roboto Project (Pittsburgh) w/ Bosque (Chicago), Expendable Youth (Chicago)
3/12/09 @ The Roboto Project (Pittsburgh) w/ Divisions (FLA), Do Crimes (Pgh), Virgin Birth (Pgh)
3/16/09 @ The Roboto Project (Pittsburgh) w/ Masshysteri (SE), Kim Phuc (Pgh)--->dieforart.blogspot.com
3/30/09 @ The Roboto Project (Pittsburgh) w/ Nuclear Family (NY), Icon Gallery (Pgh)
4/24/09 @ The Nerve (Pgh) w/ Magrudergrind (DC), Coke Bust (DC), Unholy Two (OH), Slices (Pgh), Virgin Birth (Pgh)
5/17/09 @ The Nerve (pgh) w/ Drunkdriver (NYC), Realicide (LA), Death Merchant (Pgh), Handholder (Pgh)
5/27/09 @ Roboto (Pgh) w/ Plague (NC), Shards (NC), Do Crimes (Pgh)
06/18/2009 07:00 PM - Mr. Roboto Project w/ CHRONIC SEIZURE (rich virg) and MAMMOTH BATH (pgh)
06/24/2009 07:00 PM - Mr. Roboto Project w/ LOSER LIFE (so cal) and SOFT SICKLE (pgh)
07/10/2009 06:00 PM - 709 Railroad St. (JOHNSTOWN) @ DISCORDIA CD RELEASE SHOW
07/26/2009 06:00 PM - 709 Railroad St. (Johnstown) w/ SEASICK (NJ) and DROUGHT (PGH)
8/1/09 ...all day... POLISH HILL PUNX PICNIC ...(polish hill, pgh)
8/6/2009 7:00 PM at Mr. Roboto Project (Pgh) w/ INTIFADA (Chicago), THE MEN (NY), MASOCHRIST, and A FIGHT WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS
8/14/2009 @ Roboto w/ BITTER END (TX), DAILY VOID (CHI), ZHENIA GOLOV (NJ), PLAGUE BEARERS (NJ), DO CRIMES (PGH), and VIRGIN BIRTH (PGH)
8/24/09 9:00 PM @ Gooski's (Pittsburgh) w/ A/V MURDER (CHI) + KIM PHUC
9/28/09 HOUSE SHOW (Pittsburgh) w/ ONION FLAVORED RINGS (CA)
11/30/09 LIVE RADIO SET on WRCT 88.3 (Pittsburgh)

Here are our upcoming shows:

......

Flyers and photos coming (hopefully) soon.
I'll be updating this when necessary.