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The Latest News: (updated 7-9-10)
We will be starting our 2010 tours July 16 in Oceanside, CA. The tour goes through 12 cities in Nevada, California, Oregon & Washington, joining the Voodoo Glow Skulls for two dates and wraping up on Sept. 12. Check out our upcoming show list for details.
In other news, our brand new website guiltysincity.com has been launched. Get info on our upcoming shows and visit our online store for CD's, T-shirts and more.
Our latest album 'American Decay' is now available on itunes along with our first album 'Detox'. 'American Decay' & 'Detox' are also available at every GBA show and online at CD baby and interpunk. Check back often for 2010 Tour info. As always, thank you to everyone who supports Guilty by Association and the Las Vegas scene.
History:
Guilty by Association was formed in February 2001, from members of several defunct underground punk/hardcore bands from Las Vegas and Lake Havasu City including Red and the Sick Pimps, Pummel, Spoiled Milk & Pigstine.
Band members Tom Jones, Mike Janoff, Bobby Bloss, Craig Swanson and original drummer Rob Criscoe got their start playing weekend shows in Las Vegas at places like the Cooler Lounge, the Double Down Saloon and the historical Huntridge Theater. In May 2001, working in the living room of a friends house, they produced their first demo. By the end of the year, they were just starting to book out of state shows when personal issues prompted Criscoe to leave the band. Drummer Jamie Jackson of 90’s punk band Non-Oxynol 9 immediately joined the group allowing them to keep their momentum.
Guilty by Association got their first break in January 2002 in the form of a direct support slot for the Dead Kennedys reunion show at Pink E’s. Promoter and then new friend of the band, Landon Gale, called in a favor to the guys and they answered with a defining opening performance to a frenzied crowd of over 800. After the show they were approached by Finger Records owner Mel Schantz who, over the course of the next year, booked them several shows in Southern California and produced the bands second demo in Orange, CA with engineer Jim Monroe.
With new demo in hand, Guilty by Association began booking in cities all over the Southwest landing shows with the Dead Kennedys, DI, Total Chaos and FEAR among others. Their popularity grew larger with every new city they played and soon the band began to realize that they were onto something big. They knew the time was right to record their first release but they were not without their road blocks. In November 2003, following some internal trouble, the band reluctantly replaced Jackson temporarily with long time friend and drummer of Spoiled Milk, Curtis Diehl, who just 6 months later was relieved by drummer Mychael Cuevas. At only 19 years old, Cuevas had the chops and experience to propel the band to the next level.
They continued to tour around the Southwest for the next year sharing the stage with bands like Voodoo Glow Skulls, Guttermouth and Dwarves and in November 2005, Guilty by Association began recording their first full length release with producer Adam Segal, former guitarist of The Faction. Although the band was anxious to release this recording, it would be a full year before it would actually happen.
Guilty by Association released their debut CD ‘Detox’ on November 18, 2006. Investing only in themselves, they started their own record label called Public Nuisance Records and began an internet campaign to promote the label and the CD. News spread quickly in their hometown of Las Vegas as well as across the country and even in isolated spots around the world. Soon the crowds were growing bigger and bigger and CD‘s were selling more and more. The band then toured extensively over the next year throughout California, Nevada, Colorado and Arizona playing shows with bands such as Exploited, Circle Jerks, and Sham 69. By summer ‘07, with ‘Detox’ and a supporting tour long behind them, the guys were beginning to write songs for their next release.
In August 2007, the bands idea of recording a new CD came to a halt after Cuevas announced he would be leaving to pursue other interests. Having a large set of shoes to fill, they enlisted former Quick to Swing drummer Chris Jensen who played a 6 month stretch with the band. Cuevas came back briefly in April 2008 to help the guys finish their Colorado tour and homecoming show. Guilty by Association returned home in May 2008 once again searching for a drummer.
In June 2008 Guilty by Association found current drummer Billy Nunno and were touring again by July, landing a string of great shows over the next year and a half with bands like the Adolescents, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Youth Brigade, the Adicts, Death by Stereo and the Vandals. Completely back on their feet, the band began recording their second release in Oct. 2009 consisting of songs they wrote and developed over the previous three years. Wanting a slightly more polished sound than their first CD, they went to Orange, CA producer Paul Miner, formerly of Death By Stereo, who helped the band produce their best work to date.
Released in February 2010, Guilty by Associations second CD ‘American Decay’ is greatly exceeding the success of its predecessor. In the wake of the release, GBA expanded their touring territory into Idaho & Washington and in Sep. 2010 they played the American Decay Northwest Tour 2010 with stops in Bakersfield & Las Vegas along with co-headliners Voodoo Glow Skulls, and then on to Reno, Boise, Tacoma, Bremerton & Seattle with co-headliners Break The Cycle. The band is currently planning their American Decay Southwest Tour through California, Nevada and Arizona.
