▄ ■ ▄ ▄▓▄ ▄ ■ ▄ ▄▀ ▀ ▀▄ ▐▌ █ ▐▌ ▓ ░▐█▌ ▓ ▀▓▄ ███ ▄▓▀ ▀▓▄▄▄▄ ▐███▌ ▄▄▄▄▓▀ ▀ ▀▀████▄▄▄ ▄█████▄ ▄▄▄█████▀░ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀███████▀ ▀██████▓▀▀░ ▄▄▄▄████████████▓▓▄ ▀████▌[RTB] ▐███▓█▄▄▄██████▓▄▄ ▀███████▀ ░▀▀▓██████▓▓▓ ░ ▀███▄ ▄█▓▀ ████▀ ░▀████▓▓▄ ░▀▀░██▓▌ ░▀▓█████▓▓▓ ▒ ███████▓▓ ███▌ ░▓███▓▓▓ ░▐█▓▌ ░▐██████▓▓▌ ▓▐█████▓▓▌░ ▐██▌ ▐████▓▓▌ ▐██▓ ░▓█████▓▓ ▐█████▓▓▌▒ ▐███ ░███▓▓▓ ░██▓ ▄█████▓▀ ▐█████▓▓▌▓▌ ███ ▄▓█▓▓▀ ██▓▌ ▄▄████▀▀ ▐█████▓▓▌██ ███▌ ▄▓██▀▀ ████▄████▀▀ ▄▄ █████▓▀ ▄ ████▄██▀▀██████▓▓▓▓▄▄ ▄████▀▀████▓▄▄ ▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄ ██▀▀ ▄▄▓▀░ ████▀ ░▀██████▓▓▓▓▄ ▀▐██▓▌ ░▀████████▓▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄██▓▓▌░ ▐███▌ ░▐███████▓▓▓▌ ░████▓ ░▀████████████████████▓▓▄▄▓███▌ ░████████▓▓▓ ████▓▓▄ ░▀▀█████████████████▓▓▓▓███ ▐███████▓▓▓▌ ▄ ▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄█▀▀▀█▄▄ ░▀▀▀████████████▓▓▓███ ▄▄██████▓▓▓▓▀ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▀▀█▄▄▄ ░▀▀▀▀▀███████▓▓██▄▄████████████▓▓▀▀ ▄ ▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀█▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█▀▀ ▀▓▀ █ PRESENTS: ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▄ █ █ █ ARTiST : Unit F █ █ ALBUM : Security █ █ LABEL : Finger Records █ ▄ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▄ ENCODER : Lame 3.90.3 / APS ▄ █ STREET : 000-00-2003 █ █ RELEASE : May-31-2004 █ █ GENRE : Punk Rock █ █ QUALiTY : VBRkbps / 44.1kHz / Joint-Stereo █ █ SOURCE : CDDA █ █ TYPE : Album █ ▄ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▄ + TRACK LiSTiNG + ▄ █ [#] [Track Name] [time] █ █ █ █ 01. Speedball Morning (O.C. Life) 04:04 █ █ 02. Tyranny Radio 03:09 █ █ 03. Pressure 03:19 █ █ 04. Information Age 03:48 █ ▄ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓▀ ▄ + RELEASE iNFORMATiON + ▄ █ █ █ Sometimes, if you love something, but you hunger for it to █ █ be something even better, you have to tear it apart and put █ █ it all back together again. And in the world of punk rock, █ █ if change is good, radical change is better. But the new █ █ version better goddamn well out rock the old version. █ █ Luckily, such is the case for the Orange County, California █ █ band Unit F. █ █ █ █ Only two of the original members are the same, but the push █ █ behind the band remains unchanged: making intense music, █ █ saying something that means something, and breaking away █ █ from the formula. █ █ █ █ Unit F has reappeared as a more finely tuned, hella quicker █ █ punk rock machine, pounding brand new songs, no less intense █ █ but a whole lot more memorable than before. Driven by the █ █ new energy provided by percussionist Adam Grossman (original █ █ drummer for El Centro), Unit FÆs new sound still has that █ █ intensity but now more precise with guitarist Steve █ █ KastrinosÆ grinding, relentless sound and the addition of █ █ new bassist Keith Hoffman adding to the drive with massive, █ █ ripping bass tones, while Mel Torment is still Mel Torment. █ █ █ █ Since the bands inception sometime in 1996, Unit F has come █ █ to personify what it means to struggle as a band with █ █ something to say, and how exactly to say it. While the █ █ founding members could not help but grow up with the rich █ █ punk rock history and tradition of the area, Unit F was █ █ formed with the intent of pushing that envelope, which in █ █ and of itself was a formitable task. And then you gotta keep █ █ the band together! █ █ █ █ Then bassist and sometime guitarist Steve Kastrinos and █ █ front man/lyricist Mel Torment were put through the █ █ obligatory paces of said ôstruggleö. Six years of gigging in █ █ clubs came and went combined with a couple of out of state █ █ tours. Through it all, the band produced lots of ideas, and █ █ one album, HOLLOW CITY. The members changed, and the song █ █ list grew. Unit F had played on just about every stage in █ █ the Southland with just about every band in the area (some █ █ of whom are even still together), not to mention a lot of █ █ bands you would ever need to certify a degree in punk rock █ █ history (The Gears, Legal Weapon, Fear, Angry Samoans, Dr. █ █ Know, The Dickies, etc). █ █ █ █ Keith Hoffman - Bass █ █ █ █ But by the end of those six years, success was rather hard █ █ to define. The new ideas and new songs felt more like █ █ treadmill. The album was good, but not great. Production had █ █ produced differences in opinions about what was trying to be █ █ achieved, as well as how. █ █ █ █ Musical direction, especially in terms of the bands █ █ aggressive metal/punk blend was beginning to splinter even █ █ as the local scene itself seemed to stall. On a show-to-show █ █ basis, the impact of the band was there, but lasting █ █ breakthrough was elusive. Kastrinos, who had been on a bit █ █ of a writing spree, and Mel Torment felt it was time to █ █ rebuild a better, more rocking Unit F, tore the old one █ █ apart.s █ █ █ █ Through the course of a year, Kastrinos and Torment █ █ continued to write and jam with a virtual cavalcade of █ █ musicians, some of which seemed to grasp this elusive idea █ █ of a new Unit F, but most of who were weighed down by a lot █ █ of the past material that became to be at odds with the █ █ newer ideas. The rebuild of Unit F was beginning to look █ █ more evil than the evil necessity that it was. The bread and █ █ butter of the old Unit F, the stage shows began to look more █ █ and more like a distant memory. Then things turned. █ █ █ █ GrossmanÆs first sessions with original bassist turned █ █ guitarist Steve Kastrinos and vocalist Mel Torment seemed to █ █ fuel a songwriting chemistry that had a new energy. One that █ █ was dynamic and crisp, but relentless. The potential to push █ █ Unit F to a new level of old school punk was evident. With █ █ the completion of eight new songs and new interpretations of █ █ the old ones (Unit F currently plays two songs penned by █ █ Steve Kastrinos from the Hollow City album), the band █ █ embarked on the ultimate litmus of rock, the live shows. █ █ █ █ It worked. In playing a hand full of club dates and two █ █ major venue events (2002 Punk Rock BBQ at The Galaxy Theater █ █ in Santa Ana, CA and the Punk Rock For Recovery benefit show █ █ at The Grove Of Anaheim in Anaheim, CA.) the reaction to the █ █ new sound, the new songs and the new look have far exceeded █ █ expectations. █ █ █ █ The new Unit F album, SECURITY, recorded with Greg Hetson █ █ (Bad Religion/Circle Jerks) and producer Jim Monroe is █ █ finished and in stores now with the groundwork for the █ █ bandÆs new full length CD set in motion. The first single, █ █ ôRide,ö off the forthcoming, yet to be titled album is █ █ already in the can with a video for the single shot by the █ █ notorious Bad Otis already in post production with an █ █ advance release set for sometime in the summer of 2004. █ █ █ █ Sometimes in the world of punk rock (hell in the world of █ █ music) survival and endurance can mean as much as anything. █ █ But in the end, for it all to mean anything, it damn well █ █ better rock. And know this, the new Unit F rocks! █ █ █ █ █ █ ============================================================ █ █ SUPPORT THIS BAND THEY FUCKING OWN! www.unitfsecurity.com / █ █ www.fingerrecords.com LIKE IT? BUY IT!!! █ █ ============================================================ █ █ █ █ █ ▄ ▄ ▀▓▀ ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ ▀▓▀ +[ There's nothing more fun than ignoring the rest of the world ]+