The Mag Seven have two new members. Bill Stevenson (Black Flag, Descendents, All, Only Crime) and Zach Blair (Hagfish, GWAR, Armstrong, Only Crime) now members of the 100% instrumental band. Stevenson will play drums and produce the band's upcoming full-length due out in May 2006.
"See the trouble of a good musician, record, and person is that they inspire you. Good music is trouble. One day I was in a music store shopping with my father and found a cd with a cartoon I liked for the cover. It was $13.99 and I was short a good few dollars, so my father made me a trade. If I purchased him a Bob Marley CD for $6.99 then he would get me this random album I wanted for no reason other than I liked the simple artwork. It turned out to be quite the trade and I found the first band I ever loved, the first punk rock cd I ever owned, a Descendents record. The Descendents inspired a geeky head-in-the-books kid who liked cartoons, comics, and computers to become...and adult who likes more or less the same thing, just kidding. So the Descendents started me on my quest to learn about this subculture and way of life that is punk rock, that is so much more than music. I founded a music web site or two and started End because this became a part of me, it inspired me. Now its a few years later and i've learned the true meaning of Enjoy! and seen Ornette Coleman with Bill here in Texas. In an indication of total fandom, to this day I have a letter Bill wrote me as a response to a fan letter when I was 12 or 13...I mysteriously neglect to ever tell Bill this. Anyway, i'm extremely proud that I will get the privilege of releasing a record both played on and produced by Bill. I hope you all check out this record and i'll certainly have a geat time releasing it." - Jonathan
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