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12.3.08
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BALD FREAK MUSIC!
Like the rest of this fandangled music industry, we'll be slowing things down
over the next month or so as our acts continue to work on new material for 2009!
Return To Earth's new album, AUTOMATA, will be released MARCH 2009.
Chris, Ron, and Brett are hard at work in the studio - check out the first of a few
'making-of' webisodes on RTE's MySpace page!
Meanwhile, Chris from RTE was featured in December's Modern Drummer magazine,
and contributed a column to the premiere edition of Sickdrummer Magazine online.
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Q*Ball's 'Goodbye Piano' was recently featured on DALECAST,
and 'Get On The Bus' and 'Q*Ball In Space' were spun on The Ross Paltzelt Show.
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Swashbuckle is now endorsed by Spectraflex Cables!
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Bumblefoot performs on the long-awaited CHINESE DEMOCRACY from Guns N' Roses,
which - not surprisingly - is gaining worldwide notoriety.
Ron will be doing an in-store meet and greet at FNAC
Paris later this month,
with some other European stops TBD along the way.
Check out a short interview with Ron about the album at CMJ and a new
interview at The Horse Chronicles.
Bumblefoot's 'Turn Around' was voted a Future Classic on Scotland's 96.3 Rock Radio!
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11.11.08
Join the Bald Freak Music group on FACEBOOK!
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Swashbuckle's sophomore release, BACK TO THE NOOSE, will drop on FEBRUARY 3, 2009.
The pirates are in the studio polishing up another round of heavy pirate metal,
with some cool shows and promo to follow.
Check out the cover art for the new album!
Swashbuckle is now featured on iLike.
The new animated video for "Drink Up" is complete!
Thanks to our friends at Stickman Studios for putting this together!
The band - and the video - will appear in the upcoming PC game,
Buccaneer - The Pursuit of Infamy, out later this month!
Catch the video on our home page and on Vimeo!
Captain Crashride is now endorsed by Darkhorse Percussion!
Pick up shiny new 'Drink Up' guitar picks in the STORE!
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10.6.08
Bumblefoot returns to the CHILLER THEATRE Expo, OCTOBER 24-26 in Parisippany, NJ -
along with a potpourri of cult film, TV, & music heroes (including Ace Frehley, Lita Ford, Dave Ellefson,
& many, many more).
Bumblefoot will be available for photos & autographs, plus Bumblemerch.
Click the banner for full details.
Bumblefoot is featured on iLike.
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Swashbuckle's new animated video for "Drink Up" will appear in the
still-in-development PC game 'Buccaneer - The Pursuit of Infamy' from Stickman Studios in the UK.
Check out initial screencaps from the video!
Admiral Nobeard is now endorsed by Spector Basses!
Swashbuckle is featured at Facebook & MTV Soundtrack!
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9.1.08
Bumblefoot is live at WRESTLER'S RESCUE, Sunday, SEPTEMBER 14
at The Radisson Hotel in Piscataway, NJ
Ron will be on-site at the fundraiser, signing autographs, along with
a ton of wrestling superstars, past & present.
Bumblefoot is currently in the studio working on an acoustic companion
piece to his recent full-length, Abnormal. Stay tuned for more details.
A new Bumblefoot interview is online at ChineseDemocracy.com.
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Q*Ball has signed a non-exclusive licensing deal with CD Baby's new licensing division,
and is currently working on new material for NBC's new Knight Rider series,
as well as new album material.
A new Q*Ball interview is online at Post Mortem Remains.
Q*Ball is now featured on iLike.
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Return To Earth is hard at work on the follow up to 2007's Captains of Industry,
with recording to begin in October. Chris has been performing instrumental
versions of some new RTE tracks at various drum clinics across the country.
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7.15.08
Bumblefoot's ABNORMAL is now available at Amazon, CD Baby, & iTunes!
Check out the re-vamped BUMBLEFOOT.com!
Antimusic.com recently celebrated Bumblefoot Week, detailing songs from
the new album. Read all about it here.
A new interview with Bumblefoot is posted at Greece's GunsNRoses.gr
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Return To Earth's Ron Scalzo details his Fave 5 albums at Guitarhoo!
Return To Earth is now featured on iLike.
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6.19.08
Bumblefoot's ABNORMAL will be released on JULY 1, 2008 - available at all digital outlets,
including iTunes! Look for the CD at Amazon & CD Baby soon!
You can pre-order the CD now in the STORE
We've loaded up the STORE with all sorts of new Bumblefoot ABNORMAL merch, including
new ABNORMAL t-shirts, ABNORMAL guitar picks & stickers
PLUS
an exclusive limited edition ABNORMAL fan pack
and AUTOGRAPHED ABNORMAL CDs!
 
New AUTOGRAPHED Bumblefoot photos are also available now!
  
Not enough? How about new Bumblefoot 'Hands' mini replica guitars?
 
Ok, that's enough....head into the STORE and start shoppin!
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A new review of Swashbuckle's CREWED BY THE DAMNED
is online at
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5.16.08
Bumblefoot's ABNORMAL album is coming! Read the press release here.
Bumblefoot is headlining a charity concert to benefit
Rock Against Diabetes
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23 in Las Vegas
Read the official press release here
Bid on special edition tickets to the event here
More info on the show here
Bumblefoot is live on
FRIDAY, MAY 16 at 9:30PM EST.
Check out a new interview with Bumblefoot at
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A new review of Return To Earth's CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY
is online at
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Swashbuckle were recent guests on
Listen to the interview here
Check out new live footage of recent Swashbuckle performances on
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4.26.08
Bumblefoot will be appearing at Chiller Theater Expo at the Hilton Hotel in Parsippany, NJ,
FRIDAY, MAY 2 - SUNDAY, MAY 4. Ron will be signing autographs & jamming with other
acts at the Expo - donations from merch sales to go to the
Multiple Sclerosis Research Foundation.
Also appearing: Jason Mewes, Gregory Itzin, Joe Pantoliano, and many more...
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New reviews of Swashbuckle's CREWED BY THE DAMNED are online at
All Metal Resource and Neo-Zine.
Read the AMR interview here.
Swashbuckle's Commodore Redrum is now proudly endorsed by Madison Amps!
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A new review of Return To Earth's CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY is online at
Post Mortem Remains
Visit Return To Earth at
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3.31.08
Due to popular demand, we've added a black version of the Bumblefoot "Normal" t-shirt design.
Pick one up in the STORE now!
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Bumblefoot was a recent guest on Fuse's new metal show, Talking Metal on Fuse.
Check out video of Bumblefoot & Zakk Wylde in the studio here.
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Brett & Ron of Return To Earth are live in the studio for the upcoming edition of
TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 7-10p EST
Click here for more info!
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Swashbuckle is now proudly endorsed by
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3.13.08
Check out a recent interview with Return To Earth at Smartass Radio
Ron from RTE was recently interviewed at Brooklyn Original. Read the interview here.
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Swashbuckle were recent guests on Fuse's new metal show, Talking Metal on Fuse.
CREWED BY THE DAMNED is a featured album on Talking Metal's Metal Detector.
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Bumblefoot is featured in the latest issue of Guitar Player Magazine
Check out online video lessons with Bumblefoot at
www.guitarplayertv.com
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2.12.08
Return To Earth's CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY is now available at iTunes! Click here to pick it up now.
CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY is also available in stores at select Newbury Comics locations.
Chris from RTE was voted 2007 Drummer of the Year by Alternative Press!
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Pick up new Bumblefoot mini replica guitars in the STORE now!
 
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Swashbuckle's CREWED BY THE DAMNED was recently reviewed at Tartarean Desire.
Read the review HERE.
Pick up new Swashbuckle "Drink Up" drink koozies in the STORE now!
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12.19.07
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM BALD FREAK MUSIC!
We have moved! Please note our new address on the CONTACT page.
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CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY, the debut album from Return To Earth, is here! Order it now in the STORE -
or pick it up online at CD Baby & Amazon.com
Look for the album on iTunes & other digital download outlets next month.
RTE is live at Don Hill's in NYC, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21 at 9pm
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A new interview with Ron Scalzo about the label, plus his work in Q*Ball and
Return To Earth is live at Nefarious Bovine Radio
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Bumblefoot has begun work on the long-awaited follow-up to his last solo album, Normal -
check out in-the-studio clips of the album recording in progress:
CLIP 1 CLIP 2
A new Bumblefoot interview is posted at Rock Is Life
Bumblefoot is featured in the JAN 08 edition of Ultimate Grappling -
pick it up at newstands now!
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