BIO 2004 The Nation Blue will release their second album, Damnation, on September 27. “Brooding, intense and jaw droppingly powerful” Kerrang! 7/2003 The Nation Blue are your answer to one of modern life¹s most loaded questions; ‘So what kinda music do you like?’ Forget Norwegian Black Metal (circa 1999), underground hip-hop or electro clash shit. Drop The Nation Fucking Blue in polite conversation and watch your scene points go off the dial. The three piece rock and roll juggernaut from Melbourne, Australia, play music from the inside. Inside the heart, a forest, the tour van, maximum security, your darkest thoughts. It will make you dance but not fall to your knees. Scream but not sob. Set outdoor furniture on fire but not punch on. Following their stunning 2001 debut A Blueprint for Modern Noise, The Nation Blue are back with the brand new, dark and mysterious, but devastatingly handsome, Damnation; an album that those in the post-punk, loud/quiet musical world refer to as a ‘ball tearer’. That means it will slay you. Recorded at Melbourne’s Metropolis studios where such classics as John Farnham’s ‘Whispering Jack’ and ‘Age of Reason’ were nailed, as well as the Soundtrack to Mad Max, and Nick Cave’s ‘Let Love In.’ Damnation is 14 tracks of bi-polar rock and roll. A bunch of music illuminati were enlisted to help out, notably, Linda J of Little Ugly Girls, Mike Noga of Sandro and a mammoth choir featuring members of Magic Dirt, My Disco, Sandro, the Breakdowns, ninetynine, Modern Warfare and the Soldiers. The boys are especially excited about the track ‘Solar/Sonar’; a dialogue between two people falling out of love which was originally written in Spain, reworked in a corrugated iron shed in the bush near Somerville on the Mornington Peninsula and recorded in South Melbourne, Northcote and on a roof top in New York where Scott McCloud of Girls Against Boys laid down vocals. Yes, Damnation includes two love songs; but the other one is about crashing your car while distracted by an attractive pedestrian. It is appropriately called ‘Idiot’. Referencing the haunted streets of old Melbourne, the artwork cover features Stephenson St, Richmond where the notorious Dennis Allen owned 9 houses and chainsawed the legs off a Hell’s Angel to fit him in a 44 gallon drum. The brilliant photography comes courtesy of Andrew Dominik, whose recent credits include directing the movie ‘Chopper’. Dominic, like The Nation Blue, suffers an equally unquenchable thirst for tales from the suburban underbelly. The Nation Blue OWN the stage but have been known to kindly share it with some heavy hitters, among them the facial haired Hot Water Music, the criminally minded Alkaline Trio, the pretty boys of Girls Against Boys, the much hyped Bronx and the ever delightful Magic Dirt. After touring on the back of Blueprint for Modern Noise for almost two solid years, The Nation Blue enjoys the company of some of the worlds finest. Stage antics, which would leave a witness to believe they have witnessed a pro wrestling bout, with blood and scaring common and stitches numerous. “One of the most dynamic and exciting bands around today” Beat Mag 03 Not ones to sit back on their hard earned laurels, The Nation Blue crew will soon be taking the songs of Damnation out onto the paved bitumen of the dimly lit back streets of your town. But remember, a Nation Blue live show is not just a rock and roll gig, more like a Roy and Siegfried tiger mauling accompanied by loud music. Damnation promises to be a hot sophomore album from one of Australian music’s most vital rock talents. BIO 2003 The nation blue are a collective formed in Hobart at the end of 1996. A three piece capable of producing solid sound, their mass excedes their number. Relocation to the mainland occured over the opening months of 2000 where a replacement bass player was found and small town outlook reconstructed. The first thing they learnt to do was dance and then they learnt how to play in order to set themselves apart from shoeqazing piers. The live show became the principal mechanism of expression and the nation have played with some of australia's finest ensembles including 28 Days, Magic Dirt, Spiderbait, Embodiment 12:14, The Living End, Grinspoon, Blood Duster, Bodyjar, Mindsnare, Jebediah, Warped, Blueline Medic. The Nation have also toured nationally with HOT WATER MUSIC, as well as a 30 date tour opening for GIRLS AGAINST BOYS and MAGIC DIRT.Supports have also been done for Sommerset (NZ), H20 (US), Grade (Canada), Sparta (Usa), Off Minor (usa), Ataris (US), Vandals, Snuff (uk), The Beat Crusaders (Japan), Numb (japan) as well as blowing the ICARUS LINE (US) all the way back to LA. Drawing large crowds and recapturing rock n roll music, which has essentially resorted to a parody of itself. In order to create something original formulas must be destroyed and a new rule of 'no rules' implemented that states that if you want to throw your guitar behind your back and dance for the majority of the song then that is alright, or if you want to scream over the top of the music without a microphone then that is alright or if you want to start songs outside venues in the streets then that too is alright, but most of all if you to entertain people and make up for every time they have been forced to sit through mediocrity then that is important. The Nation Blue released their debut album "Blueprint for Modern Noise" late 2001. This representation features twelve songs that stretch over an hour and outline the parameters of the nation's dynamic chaos rock. , "Blueprint for modern noise" is an important album in the context of Australian rock and roll and illustrates that there is more than one way to dance. Team nation are currently working on Album number 2 which is sure to step up peoples expectations of Australian music. A new 7” will be released november. With an impending national tour, and the continuing success of "Blueprint...," the Nation are sure to be making many bands reconsider standing on stage.