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By Matthew Odam
| Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 11:15 AM
If their victory in this week’s Your A-List poll for Best Punk Band isn’t sufficient indication of
Spin Alley’s popularity, for further proof, one only needs to look back to January at Stubb’s where the band celebrated the release of its album “Victims” before a sold-out crowd, according to their MySpace page.
The ska-flecked California hip-pop punk band that took home 50 percent of the vote, narrowly beating out recombinant hardcore act World Burns to Death, writes they also had the good fortune of getting signed by an (unnamed) indie label at that show. Quite the charmed life.
The band features dual vocalists, M.C. Earn and local rapper Ratarue, guitarist D_Lo and a live rhythm section of drums (Clean Tonw) and bass (E_Flo).
In this age of self-promotion on the Web, the band also seems to have a knack for getting its name out on the interwebs. Accoring to a blog on their site from a few months back, ” … be on the lookout for our upcoming Webisodes entitled “Spin Your House,” a visual documentation of our tour adventures and the houses that we’ll be “Spinning” out along the way. If you’d like to be on the show, let us know, it’s kind of like “Pimp Your Ride,” but way cooler, way more independent, and a lot more fun.”
Others receiving votes
- World Burns to Death, 45 percent
- Midgetmen, 1 percent
- Riverboat Gamblers, 1 percent
- Krum Bums, 1 percent
- Flametrick Subs, < 1 percent
- Manikin, < 1 percent
- Sex Advice, < 1 percent
- Camp X-Ray, < 1 percent
- The Teeners, < 1 percent
- Hex Dispensers, < 1 percent
- Sacred Shock, < 1 percent
- Me vs. Everybody, < 1 percent
- Finally Punk, < 1 percent
- Total Abuse, < 1 percent
- Deskonocidos, < 1 percent
- Naw Dude, < 1 percent
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By e_flo
May 7, 2009 6:23 PM | Link to this
Thanks to the Spin Army! Much love from e_flo of the Spin Alley Crew *
By Jbird
May 7, 2009 11:36 PM | Link to this
HELL YEHAAA!!! Right on, you guys so deserve this. Step 1. Sold out show @ Stubbs, check!…..Step 2. Win best punk group, check check!……Step 3. Win BEST BAND IN THE WORLD!!! :) I so love you guys. And you know you can “Spin” my house anytime! Keep rockin mad skillz. M<3. -tha Jbird
By DISbelief!!
May 20, 2009 8:48 AM | Link to this
I just checked out this band’s MySpace page and I’m sorry to say that this definitely isn’t punk. I’m actually kind of depressed that this is what Austin thinks is punk rock.
By Monie E.
June 11, 2009 8:45 PM | Link to this
Spin Alley is thaa bomb!…This is truly a GREAT band…plus, they sound even better live…I can’t wait to go see them again! :)…>>> p.s.(go buy their CD)>>>…IT ROCKS!!!