The Neo-Kalashnikovs - Diamond On Your Tongue Tour (Christchurch & Dunedin)

The Neo-Kalashnikovs

Live footage from The Neo-Kalashnikovs first show in Dunedin at "Chicks Hotel" Port Chalmers:


A Giant thank you to Neil Dobier for shooting the photos of The Neo-Kalashnikovs, The Southies and Sunshine Hotel in Port Chalmers, Dunedin. We will also be posting up our photos of awesome Christhchurch Rockers Born Broken today. 

What an amazing tour man it all came together and it was due to everyone's hard work and talent. Firstly to the bands if it wasnt for you we wouldn't have been able to rock out at all!! Thank you to The Southies for helping us get out there and rock, Sunshine Hotel you guys did an amazing job promoting the show and playing man your set was pure fire!! 

Born Broken and James thanks so much for helping us get our gear in and out of Wunderbar you guys kick-ass. Robbie if it wasn't for your support helping plan the tour we wouldn't have got out of Auckland haha Lisa thanks for all your help on tour and keeping us musos safe. Shane it was so awesome to see you preform and kill it bro!! Troy great drumming man so awesome to have such a brilliant new friend with a passion for drumming and story-telling. 

Thank you to the venues Chicks and Wunderbar for letting us play and all the free drinks you gave us, we appreciated everyone we got, maybe a little to much haha. Mike thanks for putting a roof over our head in Dunedin really appreciated your South Island hospitality. Chrissy thanks for looking after me and Volita and taking us round to see our family. Mike it was great to hang out cuzzie bro. Brent man awesome to see Christchurch with you cuz. So many people made this Tour rock thank you so much !!! Rock On Forever The Neos

The Southies 

Sunshine Hotel 
Follow them on Facebook here: 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sunshine-Hotel/599174283535359

Born Broken 

Official Tour Posters

 

Venues: 

Fashion Designer John Varvatos starts a new Major Record Label in the U.S.A

Pictured: Mr Varvatos with his friend Alice Cooper

The Well-known fashion designer, John Varvatos has started a new record company John Varvatos Records. It will formally launch sometime this year and will have Varvatos serving as the curator as well as president of the label which will see him signing new acts as well as releasing high profile reissues and compilations. The collaboration will bring together two distinct brands with a goal of releasing timeless records under the imprint's focus of "genuine music in the spirit of legends."

The John Varvatos brand has previously been involved with the launch of high-profile campaigns featuring artists such as Willie Nelson, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Chris Cornell, Joe Perry, Velvet Revolver, Green Day, Gary Clark Jr., Cheap Trick, Alice Cooper, ZZ Top and Dave Matthews. Legendary rock band KISS are currently the face of the company's spring 2014 campaign. In 2008, Varvatos took over the iconic CBGB's location for one of his New York storefronts which has since hosted free shows from artists like Guns N' Roses, Jane's Addiction, Slash, Tom Morello, The Roots and many others.Varvatos comments; “Music has always been my big passion and an energy force in my life. As a result, my brand is deeply rooted in it as well. The connection between fashion and music is undeniable and symbiotic. In Republic Records, I have found the perfect partner to create a new music platform. Their success stands unparalleled when it comes to finding and nurturing new talent.” 

Republic Records is home to Lorde  and Mr Varvatos label could be the one to release her next record , but only if it's not to rock centric otherwise he needs The Neos haha :)

The New Warpaint Record Sounds like a Minimal, Cult-Status, Rocker

My thoughts on the new record by Warpaint; very minimal, good drum sounds, unique tones on each track. The whole record is super-produced. I also think the album would have had a lot more impact if had come out prior to Lorde who has in effect taken the style of the new Warpaint record and delivered to the bulk of North America, before them. Having said this it may be good for the band as they may be more easily embraced by the music buying population. The bands new record is top notch indie release and super solid, you can tell a lot of people spent a ton of time and money on this record and its been worth it. I hope the sonic reverberations inside listeners heads are all positive because this is a nice record.

I mot not to sure how to assess it lyrically but hopefully there are more hooks that I heard on the first listen. Having said this critics have been ranting on about how the album fits together and slides into the next track really well. A brilliant release from the L.A woman maybe not a hit record but a timeless cult status record for sure and that aint bad !!! :)

Stream Warpaint's new album here: 

http://www.npr.org/2014/01/12/261054457/first-listen-warpaint-warpaint

Lorde & James Blake "Grammy Mash-up"

While having my morning coffee I decided to mash-up of Lorde's "Royals" and James Blake's "Suddenly I See" because they're so brilliant.  Pretentious live videos in radio stations were a direct influence on my performance, they really helped propel me towards the stars like a cannonball  The video really shines after the 5th repeat watch. I wouldn't be surprised if they ripped me off, just sayin, Moss Rock.

Post by The Neo-Kalashnikovs.

Open Letter to Lorde - The Young New Zealand Woman that Conquered the World

Dear Lorde
I saw that a lot of people were trying to put you down and kill your love buzz. I'm actually really upset that these people are becoming so irate and acting so poorly. These people are not trolling they are just hands down discriminating on racial grounds and being fueled by hate. I remember Volita our lead singer was friends with James back when he was studying at Elam in town. I remember he had a pension for robots and was always super friendly and intelligent. He's also really good friends with Joe who is great friends with Liam a very close friend of the band. I just wanted to tell you to be strong and "Kia Kaha". People have forgotten that your still only a young person and they need to show you more RESPECT. Everyone knows that you are going to have the last laugh and take a clean sweep at the Grammy's! Sorry in the past for bagging on you about stupid record company stuff. If anything you have been the ONE person to inspire my above all the others in Music this year!!! :). I hope you have a great Christmas and really enjoy your success because you have inspired so many people to reach for the stars. I'm sorry if I have offended you in the past. Sometimes when we like someone so much we get a bit carried away and make a fool of ourselves. When I was coping a lot of hate my good friend and neighbor Bryan told me "Remember Moss those people are just fleas on keys". Thats all they are

bloody Keyboard warriors dependent on a broadband connection to spew forth worthless dribble. They're nothing and Your a Star, a Star that deserves to burn brighter than the hottest piece of matter in the Universe. 

Have a RockNRoll Christmas Love The Neos

p.s Heres a little take on Royals that I was gonna record as a parody but saw that I was beaten by about a million people 

They'll Never be Loyal

They've Never Seen a Diamond in the Flesh

They Cut their teeth on Welfare in the dole Cue

But I'm so Proud of my address

Living on this estate

They're Green with Envy

But everybody's like standing in the dole cue Sipping on a Beer

Waiting for a job thats Never Ever Their

They don't care were all high on drugs and our cupboards are all bare

But Everybodies like Tescos babies muggers in the street

cheap drugs and violence going down the pub

We dont care were all wrapped in the Royal Love Affair

Cos they'll never be Loyal, Loyal

They dont have da blue blood

Our money just aint for them

get the batten on them again

cos ill always be their ruler Ruler Ruler

Sunning on my yact again

And Baby ill rule them rule them

They'll never be in my fantasy

Lorde is the one of best things that ever happened to NZ Music 

She taught us that we can achieve on the highest level possible

     With one voice, one recording and one song YOU CAN CONQUER THE WORLD 

The Neos Love ITunes & Big Shout out to Lorde and Emily of Street Chant!!! for Reading the Blog!!!!

      Buy Diamonds Here:      

     https://itun.es/i6FD77p

Giant Shout Out To Lorde for reading the blog I hope it gave you a laugh stoked NZ is still at number one in the States. Got your back with Cher Lloyd she's a Knob. And of course Huge Shout out to Auckland Rocker Emily of Street Chant for reading the blog and the twits on twitter. By the way I don't hold it against you that you didn't want to play us at The Kingslander to see who was the greatest band to rule them all. It was actually super generous of you to just chuck in the towel. By the way Volita said my graphic design was great and said "I'll give it to you I'm just Jelly it's so good (about the diamonds single art I did haha)" The Neos Love iTunes <3 lol

The Official Music Video of  "Diamonds" by The Neo-Kalashnikovs

The Neo-Kalashnikovs Stand up for Young People like Miley Cyrus: Screw the old haters like Sinead O'Connor

They say a photo tells a thousand words and this one certainly does. If you can't tell it's Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'connor Fused together :) The creative image was masterminded by Nerdy Frames and all the words are from The Neo-Kalashnikovs

Big shout out to Nerdy for proofreading the letter and Keep Rocking New Zealand!!! Click the Link:

http://www.nerdyframes.org/an-open-letter-from-an-open-letter-from-the-neo-ks/

Dear Sinead O’Connor I think you have a good-heart but have expressed your message in a way that only seeks to identify the negative aspects of Miley Cyrus, which are really not so severe. After all she is a young individual with a lot of responsibility and people relying on her to cut through the mainstream media to sell records. Things have changed since you were famous Sinead, which seems like a century ago. Today musicians like Miley recognize the value of viral marketing campaigns that are risqué. Do you honestly think Miley is so naive that she won’t be judged for expressing her sexuality in any way she sees fit? From the view of a feminist she has every right to present herself as a women in anyway that she sees fit, so RESPECT HER and come down from you withering aged high horse!!! 

Miley is the number one female artist in the U.S. right now and she has achieved this herself by taking risks. Other artists in the industry rely upon hundreds of millions of radio spins to hit the number one spot; I would imagine Miley’s spins have been limited if not inexistent. Where is the respect due to her! For this young woman and her capacity to go for broke. She is a true entrepreneur that has taken the crown in the most male dominated record charts in the world. Every woman that reaches the top spot in the Billboard Hot 100 deserves to be celebrated and not ridiculed by their idols that have inspired them (with no effort on your part). The general sub-text of your letter can be boiled down to the fact that you think Miley is a prostitute and is the abused property of the record industry. This is a simplistic and childish take on the real, you don’t recognize the value of what Miley has generated and her subsequent achievements. 

At such a young age she has shown all the people of your rotten age what we can do regardless of corporate industry executives controlling the recording industry. I bet there are a lot more men that are angry at Miley for making the top spot than individuals who have generated a giant income off her record sales. Because news flash there is no money in selling music, pirating makes record sales pointless due to the money needed to spend on marketing to get your music heard above the rest of the clutter of music! This is not to mention artists like you that
          
                                     DO NOT SUPPORT YOUNG ARTISTS. 

Where were you when Miley was recording her record, you sure as hell didn’t offer to collaborate on a record with her or mentor her obviously. And you see that’s the difference between artists like Miley and The Neo-Kalashnikovs we don’t need you or your paternal belittling. Your industry hang-ups are bases in antiquity. If we don’t get financial backing our generation doesn’t sit round feeling sorry for ourselves! We go number one of our own accord whether that be through music videos, sponsorship deals, tv shows all areas that Miley excels in. Young people are the future and we make sure we hit the top spot – by any means. Just ask fellow New Zealander, Lorde she hit the number one spot, but her song had to be played hundreds of millions of times to achieve the same feat Miley achieved with a viral video. There is no difference between young people that achieve on a grand scale like Miley or Lorde, Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez are all forced to fight against the hegemonic gate-keeps trying to block YOUNG PEOPLE HAVING A VOICE (who are both men and women). 

You Sinead O’connor need to stop sitting on the sidelines and put your money were your mouth is. Help young artist become famous and stop taking the selfish route by flogging the dead horse that is your career. That way young people have the option of not having to resort to extreme measures of publicity to help further their careers. If Miley Cyrus had just shaved her head and shot the wrecking-ball video she would have got a pathetic 10,000,000 views. Her operation and music career would cease to function and this is your remedy to her, tow the line and through away your future? You need to realize the game has changed and Miley Cyrus is a champion representing oppressed young people starving due to exploitative rents imposed by your generation, crushing student loans and skewed house prices! Miley Cyrus is making sure the young peoples true voice is heard and she is in sublime rebellion from all your social conventions and norms.

At a time when almost all young people are unemployed across the globe and not one person the age of 21 has a seat in Congress or Parliament you will only see more Miley Cyrus and others who follow in her footsteps in our cry to be heard. We shall scream in unison until our lungs give out the world-over to fix the wrong your GENERATION HAS LEFT US WITH BEING DEBT, NO JOBS & NO TRUE CAREER PATHWAY TO A BRIGHTER FUTURE. YOUNG PEOPLE UNITE #SelfPimpin IS BACK ON THE MENU 

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