December 7, 2004

We??™re into the last week of our annual holiday sale. Make sure you check out the Fueled By Ramen Webstore sometime before December 12th to see all the amazing prices. Read below for all the info on the sale and how you can win Vinnie from Less Than Jake??™s drumset just by shopping in the store.

-Adam FBR

Featured Merch

Less Than Jake CD

The Impossibles EP

Jimmy Eat World EP

12 Days Of Christmas Contest and Webstore Sale

Through December 12th, every item in the Fueled By Ramen Webstore is 10% - 40% off. Each day since the 1st, we??™ve been giving away a unique prize to someone who places an order that day. Check back to the Fueled By Ramen Webstore each day through the 12th to see what that day??™s prize is and order anything from the store that day and be entered to win it.

Today??™s prize is a very rare vinyl test pressing of a 7??? from Less Than Jake. Test pressings are the first 3 to 5 pressings of a record that are sent to the label to check for any defects before all the other 7???s are made. If you want to get your hands on this, just place an order for anything in the Fueled By Ramen Webstore today and you??™ll be entered to win it.

You??™ll also be entered to win Vinnie from Less Than Jake??™s drum set in addition to the daily prize. On December 12th we??™ll pick the winner of the drumset from all the orders placed between November 26th and December 12th. Good luck!

fueledbyramen.com/store
purevolume.com/labels/fueledbyramen
myspace.com/fueledbyramen

The A.K.A.s

The brand new video for the song ???Gotta Get Outta Here??? from The A.K.A.s is premiering today at radiotakeover.com. Mike Ski and the gang got to cruise around NYC late at night in a bright red Mini Cooper. Check it out. If you dig the tune, you can download it for free at purevolume.com along with all the other songs on the Fueled By Ramen Winter Sampler.

Speaking of free??¦the downloadable EP from The A.K.A.s is available at myspace.com/TheAKAs. The EP features a special remix of "Shout Out Loud" and 3 songs from their full-length CD "White Doves & Smoking Guns" - which is almost available for free...it's only $5 if you enter "smokingguns" as your gift certificate code when checking out from the Fueled By Ramen Webstore .

theakas.com
purevolume.com/theakas
myspace.com/theakas

The Stereo

Everything in The Stereo??™s webstore is now 50% off. You can find $5 CDs and t-shirts and CD-EPs for only $2.50. Also, every order gets a free sticker or poster while supplies last. So treat yourself to a cheap gift from one of my favorite bands. Click HERE to enter The Stereo Webstore.

You can hear some of the new tunes Jamie??™s been working on at jamierock.com.

thestereoonline.com

Gym Class Heroes

Gym Class Heroes are still out on tour because they keep adding more dates every few days. They??™ll be out west with MC Lars and Race The Sun before returning to the east coast with a band called Weerd Science. Get your google on and see if you can dig anything up about Weerd Science.

???The Papercut EP??? is available for under $2 now in the Fueled By Ramen Webstore . It??™s got 4 songs from ???The Papercut Chronicles??? ??“ due out February 22nd.

review from thepunksite.com

12.07 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
12.08 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
12.10 El Cajon, CA @ Ground Zero
12.11 Phoenix, AZ @ Modified
12.14 Little Rock, AR @ Vino??™s
12.15 St. Louis, MO @ Creepy Crawl
12.17 Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club
12.18 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell??™s
12.19 Farmingdale, NY @ The Downtown
12.20 Latham, NY @ Saratoga Winners
12.26 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
12.27 Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
12.28 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
12.29 Chicago, IL @ Metro/Smart Bar
12.30 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues

gymclassheroes.com
purevolume.com/gymclassheroes
myspace.com/gymclassheroes

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy??™s holiday greeting card is up now on their new webstore is up now at purevolume.com/falloutboy and myspace.com/falloutboy!

While you??™re at purevolume, make sure you give a listen to the rough demo version of ???Nobody Puts Baby In The Corner??? with the full band. The band is currently working on the shiny new version of the song for their new full-length CD.

If you??™re currently in college, at least 18 years old and get MTVU on your campus, then you??™re eligible to win a trip out to California to hang out with Fall Out Boy in the studio. Click to HERE enter.

12.26 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
12.27 Philadelphia, PA @ The Electric Factory
12.28 Cleveland, OH @ House Of Blues
12.29 Chicago, IL @ Metro/Smart Bar
12.30 Chicago, IL @ House Of Blues

falloutboyrock.com
purevolume.com/falloutboy
myspace.com/falloutboy

Punchline

Punchline??™s posted a photo journal of all the animals they meet while on tour (and some that they apparently met in Photoshop). They??™ll be back on tour at the end of December with Catch 22 and Socratic. Get your tickets now and bring your pets.

12.26 Hartford, CT @ Webster Theatre
12.27 Boston, MA @ Axis
12.28 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
12.29 Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance
12.30 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero

punchkids.com
purevolume.com/punchline
myspace.com/punchline

The Academy Is...

The Academy Is??¦ on tour now with Motion City Soundtrack, Tsunami Bomb and Limbeck. The dates are below. After this tour ends the band will be out for a week of shows with Fall Out Boy, Midtown and Gym Class Heroes.

12.07 Boston, MA @ Axis
12.08 New York City, NY @ Knitting Factory
12.09 Farmingdale, NY @The Downtown
12.10 Danbury, CT @ Empress Ballroom
12.11 Philadelphia, PA @ TLA
12.12 Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom
12.14 Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
12.16 Covington, KY @ Radio Down
12.17 Cleveland, OH @ Agora Ballroom
12.18 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave 2
12.19 Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

theacademyis.com
purevolume.com/theacademyis
myspace.com/theacademyis

Contest

This week, I'll be giving away a signed split 7??? record from Fall Out Boy and Autopilot Off. Email your name, address and answers to the following questions to adam@fueledbyramen.com with the subject ???Yo girl, we gotta get outta here!???

1 ??“ What can you tell me about the band that Gym Class Heroes will be touring with from December 17th through the 20th?
2 ??“ Who is on the far left of the new holiday picture of Fall Out Boy on their purevolume page?
3 ??“ What color shirt is Chris from The A.K.A.s wearing in their new video for the song ???Gotta Get Outta Here????

Good luck!