Santa Cruz’s hometown heroes, The Expendables, released their eighth studio album earlier this year and everyone at The Pier loved it. Now The Expendables have announced plans to hit the road in early 2024 with Tunnel Vision on the Pleasure Point tour. “Pleasure Point” harkens back to the quartet’s musical and geographical roots as a reggae/surf rock/punk-adjacent […]
Reggae Rock/Surf Punk Pioneers THE EXPENDABLES Steamroll Through Texas with Bumpin Uglies and Claire Wright. FINAL DATE ON TEXAS RUN IN HOUSTON GOES OFF AT SCOUT BAR The Expendables are considered to be one of a handful of bands that started the American Reggae (Rock) genre in the late 90’s/early 2000’s along side Slightly Stoopid, […]
On the second of a two-night rager in Santa Barbara at the iconic Bowl, we sat down with Raul Bianchi of The Expendables in their green room. From comparing and contrasting the original version of “Lives and Loves” to debating the sale of foot pictures to talking about the album on a lyrical level, we […]
There is nothing quite like the nostalgic energy of a hometown show. For Rebelution and Iration, Santa Barbara is no exception. Between early days off El Colegio to now twenty years later selling out the Bowl, they hold a special spot in their hearts for the place that brought them all together from day one. […]
Santa Cruz’s hometown heroes, The Expendables, released their eighth studio album June 23rd, and the name couldn’t be more fitting. Pleasure Point harkens back to the quartet’s musical and geographical roots as a reggae/surf rock/punk-adjacent band coming up on the coast of central California. It’s the comeback album we all needed to hear. After a […]
THE EXPENDABLES DROPPING US SOME SLAMMIN VIBES WITH “HOMEWRECKER” FEATURING LITTLE STRANGER Legendary rockers of reggae The Expendables are leveling up with the wild boys from Little Stranger in their latest collaboration “Homewrecker”! This is a fun catchy vibe with a sneaky tale of the “homewreckers”, I think we can get what they’re saying! The […]
EXPENDABLES RELEASE “ORIGINAL ONE OF A KIND” FEATURING BALLYHOO! Ineffable Records has announced the release of “Original One of a Kind,” a new single by The Expendables featuring Ballyhoo!. The track will be featured on The Expendables’ upcoming album Pleasure Point coming soon. No doubt this song has an alluring sound, blended with punk rock […]
Tropidelic’s newest album All The Colors dropped in August. The album features guest appearances from: Brother Ali, Krazie Bone, Prof, Surfer Girl, Nick Hexum of 311, Little Stranger and Geoff Weers (The Expendables). When I think about Cleveland, I think of a blue-collar city. I think of a city that rolls its sleeves up and […]
