I’m pretty stoked today, as no boogers are being flailed my way. It’s hard to dodge those things. We had another session of guy talk in the studio today. With any luck, there weren’t any females in the other room eavesdropping. Last time a lot of funny shit was said and then the next thing you know, this girl walks in and gives me a weird look. I guess all there was to do was to look her right in the eye and be like, “hey, I’m Daren. Nice to meet you!” and then laugh my ass off when she left.

 What’s up Water Chestnuts. D-Tox (Daren) here at the Grenade Lair. We just started recording drums for the song, “Voicemail”-a song about a dude who absolutely humiliates himself on a date with a female he thought was smokin’ hot. Geoff is sitting beside me picking his nose and flicking it my way. I’m really glad he missed! Anyway, it’s going really well so far. Duke is pounding out the skins with all new gear on his drumset. It’s sounding really sick.

Other ideas we have as we’re sitting here making musical awesomeness: A quote of the day for our facebook page or a quote wall for our website. Here’s an example.“What part of ‘I don’t fuck fat chicks’ don’t you understand?” by Geoff, and “Geoff and Daren are both honest; the only difference is that Geoff doesn’t have a conscience.” by Duke. Classic. Also, we are headed to the Salton Sea region on Saturday morning to take some kickass photos. I’ve never been there, so I’m really stoked. Have a fun night and don’t drink too much…..too quickly! Cheers love muffins.

ROCKERS out of San Diego, Latex Grenade, Hit the studios to record their debut full-Length album, Going Green, set to hit online stores and retail in the end of March. As Latex Grenade heads into the studio to record their album, they are stoked to get the end result and begin touring with a fresh release. Consisting of founder and lead singer, Geoff Davis, drummer Duke Higgs, and bassist and backup vocalist Daren “D-Tox” England, this trio of radio friendly metal is going to knock your socks off. “The new album is just as heavy as it is melodic”, says England. “It’s more put together and more profound than anything else we’ve done”.

Latex Grenade sounds a bit sexual when you first hear the name, but it incorporates important underlying meanings concerning our planet and the adverse effect we have on it. Lyrics on the album discuss societal  issues regarding corporate America as well as personal struggles such as depression and trouble with the opposite sex.

Listeners will not be let down in the least, as Going Green has an array of vocal harmonies, intricate drum patterns, whaling guitar solos, and many harmonies between bass/drums/guitar.

“What we aimed to do for this record was to kick major ass with the music…to have something we can be really proud of and also have a positive message”, Davis explains. “We are going to be posting daily blogs, videos, and occasional soundclips. Stay tuned”.

Going Green is out in late March of 2012. Check out what the band is up to at www.latexgrenade.com and their youtube channel, www.youtube.com/latexgrenade

 

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San Diego rockers, Latex Grenade, launch their music video for their iTunes single, “No Way Out”, from their album, The EP, 2010. The video includes a live introduction from their show at Humboldt Brews, in Humboldt County in March 2010. This power trio looks to release their debut full length album, Going Green, in the winter of 2012. “Its good to be able to continue generating fresh content for our fans on youtube,” Geoff stated, “We know that in todays culture, people want to see progress and fresh content. We feel that offering weekly videos is the most interactive way to do this”. Latex Grenade ‘s other album release is, “Drop D”, which is on the youtube channel as well. For more videos and live performances, check out Latex Grenade’s Youtube Channel

ENJOY!

Lyrics:

A turkey looks at me eye to eye
I said im sorry buddy but its time to die
Gobble gobble gobble he said screw you
I’m thankful for nothing now what are you gonna do?
He said he guy I just want to live to see december

And you know
to set the table
eat some corn
Cause its thanksgiving tonight

I decided right then to spare his life
Felt sympathy for such a simple cry
Gobble gobble gobble he said thank you
I told the bird here’s what your gonna do
I said little guy if you wanna live you better find me something better.

Geoff takes some time to give you guys the run down and what to expect on their new album coming up, titled, Going Green. He reflects on the importance of a few of the songs, and also spends some time discussing a few new things that will be incorporated into the album. Enjoy.

- Geoff

This young San Diego rock band has some big things in store for their fans on this upcoming album. The Title of the album, Going Green, was inspired by looking at the unethical things that corporate America has partaken in over the past decade. The title, Going Green, is expressed as an irony.  The term, “Going Green”, in contemporary society is looked at as an entity taking strides to reduce their negative impact on the planet as much as possible. The album title, Going Green, is a call to action accusing Big Business of “Going Green” for money and profit at the sacrifice of the environment and human livelihood. The song, “Going Green”,  begins with:

This is what we are; Thirst for millions of paper notes that say, “In God We Trust”

Here’s Geoff talking about the new album:

We are really excited to be able to push something out that we are satisfied with. We are going to try and make this thing perfect. This album is extremely personal, reflecting the adversity that we have overcome this far in our journey, and merely on a personal sense, it means a lot to us.

With the world population at an all time high, it is even more crucial than ever to preserve our planet and human livelihood and it just simply makes me sick to see the BP Gulf Oil Spill happen; especially knowing that BP took shortcuts with inspections and safety requirements to save money. Two months later, we find that there is another platform in the Gulf with similar problems. This spill wasn’t even close to other spills around the world in the past 20 years, either.

I want to make one thing clear. This is not just about the environment. Lets take the BP oil spill for example. One shortcut that was taken by a massive corporate firm (BP), not to mention, at a time of American economic recession, absolutely crippled an entire region in the United States for a lengthy period of time, and after shocks from this are still being felt today. This short-cut BP took crushed multiple industries from the fishing industry to the tourism industry causing millions of Americans  to sink even deeper into economic instability. We are in a time where congress is fighting more than ever to reduce regulation of big business and we have companies like British Petroleum and hundreds, if not thousands, of others that act unethically even under regulation. Are you kidding me? How can they be trusted to regulate themselves when income statements and balance sheets is all they are concerned  with? There are many more catastrophes that have happened in the past decade, but this is the most popular.

On a happier note, this album will have all new songs on it and will define our sound. This album is Latex Grenade. We feel that our fans will be really stoked on it. I can’t stress enough how important feedback is to us. We would love to hear your input.

I really hope that fans can find this album inspiring to them. If I can inspire just a hand full of people, giving them hope and a positive view of life through my lyrics, then I have succeeded. There are some spots on this album that are so incredibly relevant with my life’s journey that I almost get teared up when talking about their meanings and importance. I hope that people can relate with me and our sound and really take this album to heart.

We are going to try our best to document the entire recording experience so that we can keep our blogs updated with fresh article and cool videos. Stay tuned! Peace.

Here is a VLOG talking more in depth about what to expect on the upcoming shows and an exclusive new song preview of, “Voicemail”, off of their late fall release, “Going Green”. Enjoy.