xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 In 2003, after some lineup changes, Pittsburgh DIY punk staples Teddy Duchamp’s Army decided to change their name. Voice In The Wire was born. The band spent the next few months crafting a new arsenal of songs and in the early part of 2004 they isolated themselves in an upstate New York recording studio and created their Eyeball Records debut “Signals In Transmission” In September of the same year the album was finally released. With a commitment to taking their music as far as they could they immediately began a relentless touring schedule. The next 8 months saw the band logging countless miles on the road hopping from tour to tour sharing the stage with bands like Paint it Black, 7 Seconds, The Loved Ones, None More Black, Murder by Death amoung others. When out of nowhere the guys found themselves stranded out west with a broken down van, debts piling up by the day and a bass player short of a lineup. Life came knocking hard for a few of the guys and at home responsibilities took precedence. The guys decided to put the band on the backburner and focus on other things. August 2005 saw the last performance of VITW alongside good friends Kid Dynamite to a sold out crowd at one of the final shows ever at New York City’s legendary club CBGB’s. Almost 5 years later the members of VITW had the itch to play music together again. Conversations started about the possibility of doing a show when old touring companions and also newly reunited None More Black contacted them about wanting to do a show in Pittsburgh, they couldn’t have asked for a better opportunity to take the stage together again. Friday February 26th, 2010 Voice In The Wire will rock together. After hearing news of the reunion, longtime friend and fan Justin Schwier, founder of Underground Communiqué Records (a DIY record label out of Chicago, IL) contacted the band. “I'm still kind of bummed that not enough people got to hear the record or see the band live, myself included (I only saw them live once as VITW). Here's how it goes: I randomly ran into Mike Rock at the Fest 8 in Gainesville. He tells me the band is thinking about doing a reunion show in Pittsburgh in 2010. Awesome, I'm stoked on the possibility of seeing them again (and knowing the songs a whole lot better). A few weeks later I get a message from Mike: The show is on. Fuck Yes! Instantly the gears start turning in my head; I bring up the idea of making it REALLY special and ask about the idea of doing a vinyl version of this record for the show, give it added purpose: celebrate this really great album they created too. Mike got the OK from Eyeball, so here we are, I can't tell you how proud I am to type this sentence: In honor of this reunion show, I'm going to release the Voice in the Wire album "Signals in Transmission" on vinyl on Underground Communique Records. And yes, we'll have this in time for the show. To me, these facts remain: The record still holds up. I still love this record. I still tell people to check this record out and I've loved these dudes since I met them years ago when my terrible band played with Teddy Duchamp's Army at the Fireside Bowl. They crashed at my house and even planned to record a Pegboy cover and be on the Pegboy Tribute album that I eventually put out (another thing lost to them breaking up). So all these years later, I still keep in touch with Mike and Zach and I'm just stoked I can help out and maybe help shed a little light on a great record that didn't get it's due. So we're gonna do this with the help of Eyeball Records and Lock and Key Collective to celebrate the reunion.” – Justin Schwier Underground Communique Records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingus Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 i don't post on here much, but i feel the need to chime in and say that "signals in transmission" is a fantastic album. any possibility of them playing more shows? (other than just the pittsburgh show) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 1. you should post here more often because there are a lot of really genuinely great regulars on here... and 2. I believe there may be more to come after this depending on how well things go, or perhaps on Saturday in Pittsburgh?, I don't know. Zach is a professor at Columbia College in Chicago...don't expect a tour, but...who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lbw87 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 awesome!! i loved this record when it came out what colors you pressing it on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 not sure yet on colors, I will post it when we figure it out. the cover art will be slightly different, the artwork on the CD was slightly grainy in CD size...blown up to LP size would be a mess, so the art will be slightly different too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesack18 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 ill be ordering this do something similar with the artwork like team science did with the swellers record. that looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottheisel Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I saw this band open for 7 Seconds once. They were really good, but the crowd was comatose for their set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew13 Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 NMB and VITW you say? i'm there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonskanks Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 where at in pittsburgh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 I'll add more details as they come in: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?invites&eid=192021309434 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedavidescapeplan Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 Zach is a professor at Columbia College in Chicago...don't expect a tour, but...who knows... What does he teach? I'm taking a class with a professor named Zach next semester... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benchwarmer Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 ah yea I was at the kid dynamite CBGBs show, good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Zach is a professor at Columbia College in Chicago...don't expect a tour, but...who knows... What does he teach? I'm taking a class with a professor named Zach next semester... Zach Furness, i can't remember what he teaches. dude rules though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedavidescapeplan Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 What does he teach? I'm taking a class with a professor named Zach next semester... Zach Furness, i can't remember what he teaches. dude rules though. I will not be taking class with him next semester, but I'll definitely look into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 4, 2009 Author Share Posted December 4, 2009 Zach Furness, i can't remember what he teaches. dude rules though. I will not be taking class with him next semester, but I'll definitely look into it. How many professors have plugs and and lots of tattoos and look like they're way into no Idea bands? also...ha!!!: http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Humanities_History_and_Social_Sciences/faculty/Zack_Furness.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedavidescapeplan Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I will not be taking class with him next semester, but I'll definitely look into it. How many professors have plugs and and lots of tattoos and look like they're way into no Idea bands? also...ha!!!: http://www.colum.edu/Academics/Humanities_History_and_Social_Sciences/faculty/Zack_Furness.php haha thats awesome! I may just have to transfer into one of his classes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladxdays Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 hey all, Mike from VITW, first off thanks for the kind words! we are really really stoked to play, and crazy excited about doing the record with justin! the show will be at garfield artworks in pittsburgh, and after some talking with the dudes, if all goes as planned there may be some other stuff to come, who knows? i really wanna play the fest again! and i wanna play overseas! but lets not get ahead of ourselves here,... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlovecolouredx Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 sorry for disturb this thread. justin, please check your pm and gmail box. thanks.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesack18 Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 tour australia. we are overseas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladxdays Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 tour australia. we are overseas if you can hook it up, im game!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troymess Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Played these dudes CD release show for the original release...Mike Rock is a great fucking dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 5, 2009 Author Share Posted December 5, 2009 http://www.punknews.org/article/36242 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasonskanks Posted December 5, 2009 Share Posted December 5, 2009 Played these dudes CD release show for the original release...Mike Rock is a great fucking dude. perhaps you should get Signal Home to play this show!!! I miss seeing you guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted December 6, 2009 Author Share Posted December 6, 2009 Fri. Feb 26th VOICE IN THE WIRE NONE MORE BLACK AMERICAN ARMADA at Garfield Artworks 4931 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA http://garfieldartworks.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saladxdays Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 hey troy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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