storm of the century

hello there from radalaide! about to play our 5th show in a couple hours. last nights golden plains festival was pretty special. thanks to all who braved the rain to come see us. here's the set list and also the list from the second enmore show. off to perth early tomorrow morning flying across the nullarbar plain!

we did western homes as well first on at encore.

play some fucking stooges!

oz tour poster

oz tour poster from our old friend paulie mcneil. he did all the oz tour posters for us back in the 90's. on sale at the shows here in oz.

and for those interested in the new t-shirt designs from this tour... please contact kung fu for any info on these designs or past designs. or better yet, come to the shows and buy early, since we sold out pretty fast in auckland last night.

australia here we come... thank you auckland!

last night we played our first show in over ten years. and yes we were seriously nervous! the show was great. the fans were unreal. whew... all those pavement anxiety dreams can now go away! auckland was great. we had an amazing time the few days we were here. good weather and good people. the 3d's opened and rocked us into outer space. above is the pre show photo op. below is a few photos from the night. and the setlist...
auckland town hall...
our rules.

sm played here instead of hexx because he didn't have his glasses on.

pavementi

we are about to embark on our very ambitious world tour in a couple days. march 1 is the first date and it's in a place very special to our hearts... new zealand. we've got the great 3d's opening so it's gonna be a legendary night. we then travel across the tasman sea to my future country of residence, australia (i'm actually writing this to you from brisbane where i'm spending a few days torturing my fiance and her family practicing the songs before the tour starts). speaking of practice, we recently had two good weeks of practice in portland. it was the first time some of us had been in the same room together for close to 10 years. i think we all were a little nervous. it started off pretty rough, except for our drummer who probably practiced the most. but... by the time we had finished, most of the 40 plus songs we had rehearsed were sounding pretty good. we're really looking forward to the year ahead and seeing all the fans out there digging the music makes it all worthwhile. so thank you for buying tickets. we've also got the cool 'qtp' best of comp coming out march 9. it was compiled by the band and includes all our faves from the catalog.


also... thanks to all for buying the spiral stairs record. i'm planning some shows in the new year in between the pavement maelstrom. we're set to play all tomorrow's parties in the uk and maybe some others around those festival dates. as for north america, look for shows in june or july in the midwest and east coast.

NEW DAY RISING!

hello again. i'm pleased to announce that besides the upcoming treasure island show, we've been asked to open some west coast dates for bob mould. below are the dates, hope to see you there.

10/15 seattle
10/16 portland
10/19 la
10/20 san diego

TREASURE ISLAND

hello. we have good news. spiral will play the 2009 treasure island festival in san francisco, ca on october 18th. we are working on dates around this as well so check back for more info. looks like it's a good lineup this year with the lips headlining. hope to see you there.