New Info July 16, 2010 Gearhead Records has closed the retail store as of July 2, 2010. Please update your records with our new address and phone number: PO Box 2234 Davis CA 95616 530-750-7900

CELEBRATING TEN YEARS OF MUSIC WITH A SALE! CD's for $1! April 26th, 2010 It wouldn't be a celebration if we didn't focus some attention on WHY we're celebrating, and that means we're having a sale on Gearhead Records music! Almost the entire catalog of "in print" Gearhead music will be ON SALE UNTIL MAY 1!

CDs are JUST $1 (limited or out of print items excluded)!! If you've always wondered about some of the releases, but just never found the right time or price to check them out, now is the time! For those of you who still love and cherish your vinyl records, selected LPs will be $3-$5 and 7"s are just $1!!

Always meant to check out the punk attack of Bob Burns and the Breakups? Or thought you might want to listen to the sweet pop melodies of Black Tie Revue? Or add the speed-ball zap of to your library of road-trip favorites? Kicking yourself because you never grabbed the garage punk CD by The Spunks?

Take advantage now, and pick up almost the entire Gearhead catalog for just $1 a piece. But hurry, since April is the official Ten Year Anniversary month, this knockout special sale ends at month's end!

GEARHEAD RECORDS CELEBRATES TEN YEARS IN BUSINESS April 5th, 2010 As I was saying, April 11 will mark the official Ten Year Anniversary of Gearhead Records very first CD. To celebrate, we're throwing a party, and not just any party. This party will feature performances by Exene Cervenka, the former singer from X, (who as anyone who knows me can tell you, is my favorite punk band bar none) and Hellbound Glory. Exene is out on the road promoting her new release Somewhere

Gone on Bloodshot Records (available in our retail store).

X had melody, and a girl and a guy singer on equal footing that weren't afraid to mix fast guitars with of-kilter country-inspired harmonies, all elements that captured my attention the first time I heard them back in 1982. Exene, like her former partner John Doe, has moved on and her new record is a sweet slightly melancholy blend of folk and Americana, which still rings with the off-kilter harmonies she became so well known for. Thus, I was thrilled when she asked if she could stop by my store to play. Way appropriate considering she was one of the few strong confident female role models I had when I started getting into punk rock those many years ago.

Instead of celebrating Record Store Day like everyone else that previous Saturday we'll celebrate on Tuesday April 20, 2010. Events will start rolling at 5 pm with a behind-the-scenes tour of the Gearhead Records Warehouse, and Hellbound Glory will kick the music off at 6 pm for this free, all ages, alcohol-free public event with Exene going on at 7pm. The party will be catered by the local seasonal cuisine restaurant Monticello Bistro, featuring delectable noshes made with ingredients grown locally here in Yolo County. Over the next month, I'll be writing daily posts in my personal blog unveiling the story of Gearhead Records and my personal trek into the music business more than 25 years ago.

The entire month of April, we'll celebrate the artists that have shared this wacky world with us by putting the entire catalog on sale. So please, save the date, Tuesday April 20th, 2010, and come celebrate 10 years of kick ass punk 'n' roll with us.

THIS MONTH'S FEATURED BAND - MENSEN! April 3rd, 2010 Norway has become synonymous with aggressive no holds barred rock n' roll and this months featured band, Mensen, certainly lived up to their country's reputation. Brought to our attention by The Hellacopters, Mensen was 3 gorgeous girls and one lucky guy who came together in 1995 and partied hard and rocked out even harder.

Taking their cue from The Runaways and Girlschool, Mensen wrote catchy, sing-along aggressive female-fronted rock anthems that not only nodded to the bands they adored, but took the music to a new level with buzz-saw guitar and ricochet drum beats. Gearhead Records released two records for Mensen, Delusions of Grandeur and Oslo City and they toured Europe with many well-known bands, including The Hellacopters and Turbonegro. Unfortunately, Mensen were never able to make it to the US, where they more than likely would have become the darlings of the emerging raw rock n' roll Turbojugend scene.

The normal ups and downs that hit many bands took its toll on Mensen. Many line-up changes left the band unsteady, and after one final European tour in the fall of 2004, the band called it. The band members scattered and several can be found in a new venture, Mary's Kids. Mensen's legacy of kick ass female-fronted rock lives on as new fans discover the band through various online pod casts for Vans and Airwalk female product lines.

To celebrate this months Featured Band Status, both Mensen CDs will be on sale until April 10 for $2, vinyl for $5, t-shirts for $5, and buttons and posters for just .50!

HELLBOUND GLORY OLD HIGHS CD SHIPPING NOW!! Feb 27, 2010

Outlaw country enthusiasts and rebels worldwide bend an ear this way! The brand new full-length release from Reno's country-fried scumbags Hellbound Glory is shipping now! Old Highs and New Lows is the second "official" record from this band of outlaws, but includes songs from their first self-titled release, which only briefly saw the light of day. Mixing in brand new material with updated versions of these earliest tracks, the band truly does blend the old and new.

Adding banjo, pedal steel, organ and fiddle, this record is an homage to the best of 1970s outlaw country ala Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson and mixes it with a modern day approach to country - songs about poppin' pills and heroin overdoses, along with the traditional tales of too much whiskey and broken hearts. The cover is a beautiful tattoo inspired take on an old time dime-store novel painted by none other than tattoo artist "Cuz'n" Bill Lorenz from Sacramento Tattoo. Order your copy of this fabulous new CD today, and we'll throw in a free promotional poster!! Check the band's myspace page for upcoming tour dates.

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