 NEW ALBUMS AVAILABLE! Indoor Recess: The 2004 CODS debut album is finally returning on August 19th, 2008. Pre-orders are currently available at our STORE page for a discount price of just $8.00. All ten original songs are included as well as six remixes from Outdoor Recess and one brand new remix of "Bendable Jesus". All new artwork makes this album worth picking up even if you already own the ultra rare original version.  TPCM2: Judgement Day Remixing the Massacre: The follow-up remix album to The Pop Culture Massacre and the End of the World Sing-A-Long Songbook! is available now. This album includes 11 remixes (Mushroomhead, Cyanotic, 16volt, Out Out, As Summer Dies, Ventana, etc.) and various new CODS instrumentals placed in between each track. Much more than just a remix album! All new artwork from Travis Falligant makes this yet another visual masterpiece as well. Pick yours up today from Misfortune Records (direct link at our STORE page).  NEW SALE! Also located at our STORE page is a new sale that is going on through August 31st. The sale is simple: Buy any one of three shirts and any one of two CDs and you will also be sent a free copy of Outdoor Recess. Just another little way of saying "thank you" for your support. Take advantage of this great deal today (before a nuclear bomb wipes out our inventory).  VENTANA IN STUDIO MIXING Ripchord's other band, Ventana, is currently in Cleveland, OH mixing their debut album American Survival Guide Vol. 1. So far three of the songs have been mixed and are sounding incredible. This album will be released around Halloween and will be sure to raise some attention with it's brutally honest content. If you haven't heard Ventana you can check it out at www.myspace.com/ventanaband.  2-29-2008: NEW SHIRTS! NEW SHOWS! The brand new CODS t-shirts have just arrived and they look like absolute SHIT! No, they look FUCKING AWESOME! Seriously, you will look like a lunatic wearing these things and you will get some filthy ass fucking looks from rich white men. WEAR THEM WITH PRIDE. Fuck corporate America and fuck playing it safe. MAKE A STATEMENT. Tell people to lighten up and get a sense of humor. Besides, Elmo IS an annoying asshole who ruined what we all grew up watching (can you believe they are now saying that the old Sesame Street episodes are not suitable for children?!) and McDonald's IS an evil and corrupted, blood bath of an organization. Visit the STORE section to purchase one of these shirts for immediate shipping to your spot on the Earth that you call home.
There is a brand new unofficial fan-made video for "Losing Touch" on our page as well. Cool shit. It was done by Nikola Pavlovic, we thank him for sharing his creative work. 2-29-2008: UPDATES! FINALLY! WE'RE LAZY FUCKS! First I would like to apologize to all of you for ignoring myspace and our website lately. It feels like forever since we've added any kind of news to either of these sites. We even got some messages like, "Where the fuck are you guys?" and "You lazy fucks!". WELL, we are alive and well, just get caught up in the game of life from time to time, that's all. Myspace is REALLY starting to suck shit recently, so I've been hiding from all these advertisements for a little while so I wouldn't COMPLETELY lose my mind (trying very hard to hold on to the little bits of sanity I still have left). So with all that said, here are some updates that you have been waiting so patiently for (except for the asshole who called us lazy fucks, go choke on a dick). I recently had an interview with Dr. Espling at www.EmpireExtreme.com. You can check it out here, just scroll down a bit on the main page.  1-04-2008: NEW REMIX PREVIEWS! It's been quite some time since we've been able to share anything new with you so we decided to post previews of the brand new remixes from The Pop Culture Massacre... that will soon be for sale. Every other day for the next two weeks a new one will be posted right on our official Myspace page. The remixes we will be sharing are: -President Pinocchio by Obszon Geschopf -The Happy Meal-Worm by St1tch of Mushroomhead -Hell's Kitchen! by Ninja Turtle Liberace of CODS -Utopia Burning by Out Out CODS FEATURED ON WE PLAY CRAZY'S NEW DVD - "HELLA CRAZY 2" We would like to thank Crazy Mike and everyone at "We Play Crazy" for including our music in their brand new DVD "Hella Crazy 2". If you haven't seen these guys on Maury, 60 Minutes, or on Fox (Republican scum-sucking assfucks) News then you NEED to go to www.WePlayCrazy.com or www.myspace.com/weplaycrazy2 and check this insanity out. Think Jackass with more blood. Purchase this DVD and show some appreciation for these guys risking their lives for your entertainment! The following is from Florida's nationally syndicated radio show "Rock Solid Pressure". We are honored that they have selected us once again! ALBUM OF THE YEAR 2007: CIRCUS OF DEAD SQUIRRELS!!! THE POP CULTURE MASSACRE... Congratulations to Connecticut's own 'Circus Of Dead Squirrels' for winning this honor two years in a row. Their debut cd took the vote last year, and their sophomore effort totally blew us away again this year. This is one of the most creative and original industrial bands we have ever seen. If you saw their performance at the 'RSP Industry Showcase 2007', then you know what we're talking about. We do not anticipate these guys being unsigned for long. This is a band that could easily rule the world, and we'll do our best to make sure that happens!! All hail 'Circus Of Dead Squirrels' NEW MUSIC IS COMING, BITCHES! We are nearly finished with our cover version of The X-Files theme song and will have an MP3 available for sale by the end of the month. The remixes that we are letting you preview will also be available for sale at that time. We have unfortunately decided to scrap the idea of releasing the remixes and covers on an official album (we were planning on calling The Pop Culture Massacre and the End of the World Activity Book) because of unseen complications with some of the artists who were supposed to contribute. So instead, we will make what we have available to you and move on to writing our next full length album, Operation Satan. We estimate a late 2008 release and can promise you that this will consist of the scariest and heaviest material you have heard from us yet. 11-23-2007: CODS END OF NOVEMBER UPDATE Here's what's new with the Circus at the end of November: CODS will be returning to action on the Webster Theater's Main Stage on Sunday, December 9th, 2007 for the Hartford stop of the Holiday Hate Tour, alongside fellow acts Psychostick, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Indorphine, and several others. This is an all-day event and should be an absolute blast (contact us for discounted tickets). Psychostick and the Circus have been trying to put together a show for quite some time, so this should be nothing short of phenomenal for both camps. On that note as well, Psychostick have been known to take a number of up-and-coming acts like ourselves out on the road with them, so do us a favor and let them know why they should pick us up and take us out of this shit-hole state! Comment them and any of the aforementioned bands and tell them that you want them to take CODS on the road with them, damnit! Be creative; let them know what it means to be a LOYAL CODS FAN!!! Their myspaces can be found at: www.myspace.com/psychostick www.myspace.com/smb www.myspace.com/indorphine Also on tap, CODS will have multiple tracks featured in the final cut of WePlayCrazy.com's "Hella Crazy 2" film set for release early next month. For fans of Jackass, the CKY films, Wild Boys, and things of that nature, these guys will be right up your alley. Check out clips, trailers, and pics at www.WePlayCrazy.com, or at www.myspace.com/weplaycrazy2. The band will also be attempting to use a contact of the We Play Crazy crew to get some leverage with Eclipse Records (Scum of the Earth, formerly Mushroomhead, BobaFlex), so wish us luck there. And, if you're really feeling sporting, visit the Eclipse Records page (www.eclipserecords.com), and tell them to look into us as well! That does it for this update, but there will be more news on the way shortly, so keep your eyes out for that. Until then; courage. ~TJ, CODS 10-12-2007: PICS AND NEW MATERIAL (SORT OF) Pics page has been updated with the Rock Solid Pressure Showcase pics (Better late than never), so go check them out and let us know what you think. Also, in music news, CODS frontman, and resident TFD (Total Fuckin' Dick), Pancho Ripchord has put out his first demo with side project Ventana (Also featuring Rick "St1tch" Thomas of Mushroomhead fame). That track, entitled "Watch Us Burn" can be heard on the official Ventana myspace page: www.myspace.com/ventanaband. Go take a listen and show our fearless (except for spiders) leader your support! 10-11-07: CARNIVAL OF HORRORS CODS would like to thank Mike Hach for the opportunity to compose the soundtrack for this year's Carnival of Horrors. The Ohio-based attraction runs all through the month of October, and consists of four of the highest rated haunted attractions in the state. The band sat down and created 7 new instrumental pieces specifically for the attraction that are like nothing you've ever heard before, while still holding onto the CODS sound that you've all come to love. So if you are in the Ohio area, stop by and marvel at the ferocity. If you are not in the Ohio area, fear not, CODS plans to release the tracks in time for Halloween 2008, however, since you've all been so good this satanic season, we decided to give you a special treat. For three days only (October 29th, 30th, & 31st 2007), the entire soundtrack will be featured right here on circusofdeadsquirrels.com. Just open the site and the sitewide audio player will start up automatically, as long as you stay on the site, the soundtrack will play. The tracks won't be released on CD until next Halloween, don't miss your chance to hear it now! 9-20-2007: A CODS TAIL, PT 2 Well, it's yesterday's tomorrow, and today all in one, which means absolutely nothing... Except the harrowing conclusion to our tale! When we left off last time we had returned to Orlando and were about to reveal the surprise that had been gifted to us for the next morning. Well, waiting for us in our rooms even before we had a chance to play the showcase show in New Port Richey was an envelope containing a letter from Interscope Records CEO Jimmy Iovine. Scroll down to read the letter! > > > > > Yeah fucking right... Okay damnit, so that part only happened in my head, sue me. The real surprise, and I know it's going to be a let down to some, but we got free passes to join our new-found allies Tom and Megan at Universal Studios! Yeah, laugh it up, but when you live in Connecticut and you're broke as sin like the majority of us are, this was like Christmas, our birthdays, and Ramadan (Which I do not know what it is, but I just like to say) all wrapped up and delivered in a day! Half of the band had never been to Universal before, and it had been a long time since the other half had seen the spectacle, so this was set to be a day to remember. When we got ourselves together in the morning and prepped to hit the parks, we decided we needed to fill our faces first, so after determining that the Denny's we had our minds set on had vanished overnight, it was off to a new edible experience for everyone. Now, this place is a tough one to judge, Chipotle is a high quality mexican food chain owned by McDonalds, but the food was awesome and would outmatch T-Bell any fuckin day, though we found out the hard way that Mexican food prior to a theme park is a terrible fucking idea. After we left Chipotle, parked, and walked the 45 minutes from the parking lot to the park itself, we were finally ready to enjoy ourselves. Reverting our minds to the likes of five-year-olds, and thanks also to the express ticket passes that Tom also awarded to us, we hit every goddamned ride we could think of. The Hulk was a blast, and secured our food deep in the pits of our bowels right off the bat, then we visited the 3D Superman extravaganza, which we unanimously agreed was the best ride there, then, as it was about 236 fucking degrees in Florida, we hit up Popeye's white water rapids and soaked ourselves to the bone. That ride would have been better if the foreign gentleman across the raft had decided to obey the shirt and shoes requirements, but it still helped our skin from melting off our bodies. I believe next we hit Jurassic Park, which started off slow, but had us feeling the Chipotle by the end of the freefall, and gave us the first of several hysterical photographs of us cowering in fear of mechanical awesomeness/gravity. The final portion of the islands of adventure tour had us riding the dueling dragons, a ride which is aptly named, as that was precisely what our intestines felt like when we got off in the end. I also learned that if you try to look upwards after riding the dueling dragons, you can pretty easily pass the fuck out, but it was all in good fun. As we finished up in islands of adventure, hit the bathrooms for some much needed Beamers, and visited the gift shops, we all met up and headed over to the Universal portion of the park. All-in-all, with the exception of The Mummy, and the ridiculously overacted skipper on the Jaws ride, we were much less impressed with the stylings of Univesal. Shrek: Sucked. MIB: Sucked. Earthquake: Maybe in the 80's, but today Sucked. And then the goddamned Back to the Future ride was closed to make way for some new Simpson's ride that wasn't even open yet! But hey, all in all it was a memorable way to spend a Friday that we planned not to do a Goddamned thing on otherwise. So after the 45-minute walk back to the parking lot and the return trip to the van, we parted ways with Tom and Megan for the evening and made our way out West to New Port Richey, our final destination. What should have been a simple hour long ride from Orlando was doubled due to a combination of Traffic, and some dumbshit thinking that merging into the side of a fellow motorists vehicle would be the best way to obey the rules of the road. But we did eventually make it to NPR, and after taking a quick glance at Bourbon Street, we found our lodging for the next two evenings, a Ramada Inn about half a mile North of the club. After checking in, we decided that we should completely unpack the now disgustingly unkempt van. We were surprised to find that somehow the van's dimensions defy universal law, as we could barely fit all the shit that was packed into the van into the whole of the hotel room. But after organizing everything and cleaning up the van a bit, it was arts and crafts time. We were left with the task of creating extra straps for Pancho, TJ, and NTL's masks so that they could move around without them flying off and taking someone's eye out or some shit. This, though it sounds easy enough, was an adventure of its own. having begun around 10pm Friday, $50, five epoxies, and 18 hours later, the masks were finally complete, and not a second too soon, as we were now already preparing to head over to Bourbon Street. Though we had to wait somewhere in the realm of seven hours from when we got to the club to when we hit the stage, the show was a blast. We met some great bands, passed out our Press Kits to some industry big wigs, and rocked the fuck out of Bourbon Street. The set itself started out with a couple of errors, Pancho's microphone which gave him no slack to move with, also kept cutting out on him throughout Happy Mealworm and 8-Bit until he was finally handed a wireless mic which made all the difference in the world. The protools set up glitched in two songs, that luckily the band was prepared enough for to not miss a beat, and TJ's strap broke in the middle of 8-Bit, so he had to play the rest of the song in a very uncomfortable kneeling position, but at least they got through it all. After the first two songs, the sound guy had finally made all of the necessary adjustments, and Nobody Quite Like Me and Prizefighter sounded perfect. The crowd loved it, the panelists loved it, we couldn't ask for anything more. So we packed the gear back into the van and returned to watch the rest of the bands in action and to just relax after all of the tension of the set. Soulswitch rocked, I.R.A.T.E. rocked, and we definitely need to thank Dark Shift for letting us use their kit while we were down there. After all was said and done, we got our scores back from the panelists, and the comments were great! We ended up taking second place points-wise, and we got some feedback from industry insiders for the first time (We will post these comments on the site within the next few days). We really need to thank J-Rock and Patty for inviting us to play the showcase, and to everyone who participated, our thanks as well. We headed from the show at about 1:30am and went to the IHOP down the street, where we waited for about an hour and a half to eat. The waitress kept saying something about about orange juice inthefreezer, which we took to mean we'd have to go get it ourselves or something, but she came back with it anyway. So after eating our food, which was great regardless of the wait, we headed back to sleep the last Floridian sleep of the trip. About 5-6 hours later we woke up, showered, packed up, checked out, and were on the road after a quick pit stop back to Bourbon Street to retrieve some gear forgotten in the previous night's chaos. But before we could leave NPR, we had to make one more quick stop to eat. Checker's... What to say about Checker's... I guess the only thing to say was that before we made it out of Florida, we had to stop twice so that TJ could shit his brains out, but hey, at least it kept us in Florida just a hair longer. The ride home was going to be made in one straight shot, having left Florida at about 11:30am Sunday, we hoped to be home by about 8 the next morning. Didn't quite make it. The trip home was filled with discomfort, as not 20 minutes in, both of the inflatable rear seats had rips in them and were quickly losing air pressure. The van reeked of sweat, cigarettes, and flatulence from the fart war that had gone from a quick humorous exchange to an all out, vile wet fart battle before anyone had a chance to bail out of the van and/or take their lives. On the plus side, we did find salvation somewhere in Virginia I believe when the bright lights of our first ever Sonic met our eyes. Food there is awesome, but why the fuck is the closest one to us damn near a thousand miles away??? That's just cruel! So we enjoyed, and took our fair share of pit stops on the way back home. We were making decent time until we hit the New Jersey Turnpike in the Monday morning rush hour commute. That sucked ass and set us back a couple hours, but we were so close we could taste it... It tasted terrible. We made our way slowly but surely through NYC and back into CT, where we finally made it home around 12:30pm, after one of the most uncomfortable drives I have ever taken part in. We were not particularly happy to be home however, as we all decided that the discomfort of the drive aside, we would do it again in a heartbeat, so now was the time to start making some money again so that it would be an option real soon. It is here that the story ends for now, but we'll see what unfolds next for the Circus as it happens. From all of us here in CODS to all of you wherever the fuck you are, thanks for reading this rant, and thanks for your support. Until next time. ~CODS 9-19-2007: A CODS TAIL, PT 1 Well it's Wednesday now, and having been back for 48 hours it's all starting to come back to us now... So here's a brief recap of the CODS trip to Florida! The trip started at 11:30pm Tuesday night when the four of us packed our gear and our asses into a van meant to seat two. We adorned the floor of the van with two inflatable pool chairs that we used for rear seats and set out on one of the most god damned uncomfortable trips you could ever fucking imagine. having driven overnight and only making quick stops into a Maryland McDonalds' and a couple of nameless rest stops in Virginia and South Carolina we decided that we couldn't take it any longer and pulled over for the night in Savannah, Georgia. Here we pooled our lack of money and bought two rooms in a seedy Knight's Inn, complete with it's own set of hookers, shitty bathrooms, and piss-stained comforters, but at least we got through the night alive. We woke up bright and early Thursday morning and decided we needed to try the food at one of the two Waffle Houses within 50 yards of the hotel, and our day started there. Now I have to cut away real quick to ask those of you who have ever eaten at a Waffle House why the food looks and tastes so good, but then turns into some demonic vengeful beast inside your intestines? Anyways, we hit the road south from there, and after slaying those monsters at a Jacksonville-area Subway, we were almost home free. That was until we drove head first into Tropical Storm Umberto, which forced us to take a pit stop on the shoulder of 95-South for about 20 minutes. After that passed, it was stright through to Orlando where we met up with Soulswitch vocalist and ex-schoolmate Tom Huestis, who we can't thank enough for his and girlfriend Megan McGann's hospitality. After taking care of business at Guitar Center in Orlando (Remember, it's Whisper Lakes, not Bruce Berlix), we were finally ready to get to the show in Winter Park. After about an hour of traffic and navigation, we had finally made it to the first of the two shows we were there to play. The set went well, after dealing with a couple of technical errors early on, NTL breaking a string towards the end of the set, and learning that one strap on our new masks was not nearly enough to keep them from rocketing off of our heads. We played seven CODS favorites, and the crowd ate that shit right up, forgot to chew, and choked on it for a little while. Here I would like to take the time to thank all of the fans for coming out and supporting us in Winter Park, that was a surprise, but a very pleasant one, and it certainly helped the Florida portion of the trip start with a bang. We want to thank the bands that we played with, Yellow Day Union, Twelve Turns, and Uptown Terminal, and we'd like to thank the members of Soulswitch for coming out and showing their support, we really appreciate all of it. And finally, we want to thank The Haven and Glass Kiss promotions for setting us up with the show in the first place. We left the Haven at closing around 1:30am (now Friday), and returned to Orlando where we spent the night, looking forward to the surprise that had been given to us for the next morning. But that my friends is the end of part one of the adventure, so tune in and drop by tomorrow to see what the surprise ended up being, and of course, for the epic conclusion to our tale! So long for now you squirrelly bastards! ~CODS 9-10-2007: CODS OFF TO FLORIDA Circus of Dead Squirrels will be leaving for Florida tomorrow night. We are really looking forward to meeting all of our fans there and are hoping you will all come out and see the shows. Check our tour section for the show specifics. Our new t-shirt is now available for sale and make sure you listen to us tonight on Rock Solid Pressure. Check myspace.com/rocksolidpressure for the broadcasting websites you can tune into to hear us. THANKS!! -Ripchord 9-1-2007: NEW CODS LOOK COMING SOON, NEW T-SHIRT We mentioned several weeks ago that we were working on a brand new image for the band. Unseen complications made it impossible to present you with the photos of the new look when we originally planned to. BUT we are happy to announce that we will be able to show you what the future faces of CODS will be in only a matter of less than two weeks from now. You will love it. Yes, you will. We have t-shirts from "The Pop Culture Massacre..." in production as we speak. Pre-orders for the t-shirts will be posted on Monday, September 3rd. And yes we actually a have a small quantity of 2XL shirts that will be available this time. The shirt will be a darker red color and double sided with graphics. They will be available in roughly one week and free shipping will be available to all those who pre-order. As I'm sure most of you know by now, we have released the animated music video for "Elmo's Last Laugh". It can be seen on the "Video" page of this website as well as on our Myspace page, youtube.com, yahoo.com, and google.com. Thanks to all of you who have left comments of praise. We have two shows coming up. Check our "Tour" page for all of the details. Please come out and show your support. We always look forward to meeting our fans. We have never been to Florida before and are REALLY excited to finally perform for all of you down there. -Ripchord 8-6-2007: NEW REVIEW AND OH SO MUCH MORE… New PCM review in Outburn Magazine #40 (On stands August 7th). The review can be read on our home page, but isn't it cooler to see the real thing? We think so... So go fuckin' buy it! Also, a reminder that the highly anticipated 'Elmo's Last Laugh' video will (barring any last minute hold-ups) premiere here on the VIDEO page, as well as on our myspace page on August 20th! New shows have been added, see the TOUR page for full details, and more will be added in the weeks ahead. The brand new CODS look will be unveiled in the coming weeks as well, so keep your eyes peeled for that. And finally, the remixes for 'The Pop Culture Massacre and the End of the World Activity Book,' are starting to come back to us, and we are really happy with the results that we are getting so far, we can't wait to get the finished product out for all of your listening pleasure. 8-2-2007: WELCOME TO OUR HUMBLE ABODE Welcome to the new and improved www.circusofdeadsquirrels.com! This will now be the official home of CODS. We apologize for not having a reliable website in the past but we are very excited to finally have this up and running. We invite you to browse around and to get involved with the interactive options we have provided. We want to be in touch with our fans as much as possible. Make sure you come back frequently because this site will be constantly updated and with all the good shit coming up we would hate for you to miss any of it. Thanks for coming, NOW GO ENJOY! |
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