News you may have missed! (8/7/20)
News you may have missed! (8/7/20)
New music from blink-182, Stand Atlantic. New report shows just how bad the touring world was hit by pandemic, and much more!
What’s up, everyone?! Hope you are all doing well. It’s another Friday which means another mailer for your inbox.
Last week, I mentioned how running All Punked Up isn’t cheap to do. I also mentioned that if we have ever brought you any value, that you please consider purchasing something from our merch store if, of course, you see something you like. Some of you may have went to do just that between these last mailers and weren’t able to do so. Well, after one year since it’s launch, I have decided to close the store—at least temporarily.
I’d like to first thank EVERYONE who purchased something. You have no idea what that means to me. Secondly, the reason for me dropping the store, at least temporarily, is strictly due to costs. Although the store brought in some revenue, it wasn’t enough for me to justify keeping it open. And with the expenses it took to keep it going, it just made sense to close it down for awhile. So again, thanks so much to everyone who purchased something from the store, and to the people who sported and rocked the items on social media—you guys are amazing!
In other news, All Punked Up wants to be more involved in helping and promoting bands. We’ve been doing Instagram Lives lately with under the radar and unsigned bands and artists. We want to continue doing this. Additionally, we’ve updated our Sponsorhip packages. Instead of having a bunch of packages to choose from, we’ve went ahead and dropped it down to one package while drastically dropping the price. We want this effort to be affordable for any bands and brands that don’t have a ton to spend. Anyways, if you’re needing to reach the audience we serve, I highly encourage you to check out our Sponsorship page to see exactly what we offer and how we can help.
So with that said, lets get to the news, shall we?
Podcast News
Ally, Natalie and I recorded Episode #004 late last night. All that’s left is the editing process to have it ready for Monday morning! This episode felt really good with the news we discussed. The conversations felt solid. I will say, without giving too much about it just yet, we had the privilege of interviewing Big Picture Media’s Natalie Schaefer and Becky Kovach which will be included in the next episode. For those of you who don’t know, Big Picture Media works tirelessly behind-the-scenes with some of the biggest names in the scene to help them succeed. We talk to them about just that, what it’s like normally and what’s it like during a pandemic, and how we can help some of our favorite bands during this time.
Weekly Recap
All Punked Up's Julia Pearl continues All Punked Up's weekly recap series. Watch to learn more about a possible Linkin Park reunion, weekend-long virtual festivals, the MTV VMAs, and more!
News you may have missed…
What is The Maine up to? Looks like they are doing a little teasing.
Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins shares first podcast episode with Mark Hoppus
blink-182, The Used, State Champs + more announced for Four Chord Festival lineup
Machine Gun Kelly releases pop punk song “Concert for Aliens” featuring Travis Barker
Stand Atlantic share music video for “Blurry”. They’ve also released their new album Pink Elephant today. It’s so freaking good and will be the best pop punk album released this year hands down. So be sure to check that out.
Sad Summer will donate $1 from every ticket sold this week to The Bail Project
Weekly Game Results
In case you didn’t know we have two games running weekly on our Instagram! We play “Battle of the Bands” every Tuesday and “Timeless or Dated” every Thursday.
Here are this week’s results:
Timeless Or Dated:
The Finer Things by State Champs was voted timeless
The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance was voted timeless
The Sickness by Disturbed was voted timeless
Set The World On Fire by Black Veil Brides was voted dated
Somewhere Somehow by We The Kings was voted dated
Infamous by Motionless in White was voted dated
Battle of the Bands:
Motley Crue beat KISS by 6%
Journey beat Def Leppard by 2%
Aerosmith beat Van Halen by 26%
AC/DC beat Judas Priest by 72%
Guns N’ Roses beat Twisted Sister by 74%
Led Zeppelin beat Pink Floyd 12%
Do you agree with these results? Be sure to tune in every Tuesday and Thursday at 5 pm EST on our Instagram Story to cast your vote.
What bands would you like to see go head to head in Battle of the Bands? What albums would you like to see us poll for Timeless or Dated? Make sure to send us a DM and let us know!
13 songs All Punked Up was digging this week…
If All Punked Up made an album for this past week, these are the songs that would be included on it. These songs could be old or new, maybe even unrelated, but they all traveled through APU team members’ headphones this week.
“Like That” — Stand Atlantic
“Quarantine” — blink-182
“i'm gonna tell my therapist on you” — Pinkshift
“Concert for Aliens” — Machine Gun Kelly ft. Travis Barker
“Eviligo” — Stand Atlantic
“Breathe You In” — Broadside
“Black Eyes Blue” — Corey Taylor
“Blurry” — Stand Atlantic
“Undersize” — Yours Truly
“10 AM” — State Champs
“Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” — Green Day
“Candy” — Forever Emerald
“Under the Moon (Interlude)” — HARBOUR
If you’re interested in listening to this “album”, we’ve got the playlist created over on Spotify here. Feel free to give it a listen. Maybe go ahead and just subscribe to the playlist while you’re at it. This same playlist will be updated weekly with new songs.
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Let’s all do our best to love one another.
Cheers,
Tyler Winters, Founder
All Punked Up