Jan 5th: Le Sous-sol Presents MDC Unplugged with BPP Speaker Floyd Cruse

MDC has penned
some of the most memorable anthems in punk history. 'John Wayne is a Nazi' sparked
controversy while Dave was earning his Master's at the University of Texas.
"I want people to wake up and think about who they're celebrating as their
heroes,' said Dave. 'If they look good on film, it doesn't mean they're true
blue. And that goes for the many people celebrating war.""Radioactive
Chocolate," blasts the nuclear power plant meltdown in Hershey, PA, "Bye-Bye
Ronnie" was played at the giant Rock against Reagan rally in DC with the
Dead Kennedy's and DRI, and "Chicken Squawk" is first-ever vegetarian
punk song.

'Dave will be playing many of his old songs, John Wayne Was
A Nazi, Corporate Deathburger, My Fanilt Is A Little Weird, Chicken Squawk as
well as new songs Let's Kill All The Cops and Going Nowhere Faster Than You

RIOT COP Little Beirut's
Urban Political Street-Fighting Outfit, Is A Surf Punk Trio Straight Out Of
Old Town District In PDX. Riot Cop First Began About 7 Years Ago, Pre WTO In
Seattle. Each Member Is Highly Involved In The Radical Community Beyond Being
In A Band (Organizing Anarchist Gatherings And Benefit Shows, Reclaiming The
Streets, Creating Revolutionary Propaganda, Etc). Members Of Riot Cop have Included
Former A.L.F. & E.L.F. (Animal Liberation Front / Earth Liberation Front) Press
Officer Craig Rosebraugh , Pro-Skater Ethan Fowler ( Our Interview In Thrasher
Magazine) , And Our Current Drummer Who Is Formerly Of Destestation Riot
Cop Supports Human, Earth, And Animal Liberation--A Movement To End All Oppression.
As A Result, The Band Has Gained A Strong Reputation (Especially Among Local
Punks, Activists, And Police) For Walking Its Talk.

Floyd Cruse is a well known diversity
trainer throughout the West having worked extensively with the Department of
Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Human Services. His consulting group,
Cruse and Associates, continues to provide diversity training and development
for regional non-profits, school districts and government agencies throughout
the state. Mr. Cruse's knowledge of the topic and his engaging style offers
a non-threatening way to move participants to a quick understanding of communication
that offers immediate resolution to conflicts in the work place. His general
premise is that diversity is more than an issue of race and gender. Once the
Minister of Information for the Portland chapter of the Black Panther Party,
Floyd is currently at work on a user friendly book about his theory of diversity
and communication. He also is active in the local music scene as well as writing
and directing plays.

HAPPY BASTARDS formed
as a disjointed trio in the summer of 2003. Sean Schock and Christy Chatfield
originated the idea of a hardcore but old-style punk band and the search for
other band mates began. Sean met Saxon Wood at a Melt Banana show. He was English,
intelligent, and said he played the bass so that was good enough for us. After
learning some covers from Conflict, Rudimentary Peni, and Dirt, Happy Bastards
wrote their first song Run With The Sheep. The trio really clicked but it was
apparent we were missing something Enter Shade. Shade was a roommate of ours
that we barely conversed with let alone knew he played guitar. Not only did
he prove that he could learn fast and play our covers, Shade proved to be the
rocking Hendrix to our Jimmy Experience, done up in a punk way, of course. First
challenge to Shade and the rest of us was to cover 24 songs by Rudimentary Peni
for the Halloween show only a month away. Two practices a week, approximately
4 songs a practice, and four weeks later Happy Bastards pulled it off. We succeeded
in coving the 24 songs and quickly realized that if we could accomplish that
feat, we just might have a good thing going.



Currently Happy Bastards have a new c.d. out on "Profane
Existence Records", ( 1,000 C.d.s )(Cover art by Marald) And a split
7" with U.K. legends Kismet H.C. to be released on the French label "Fight
For Your Mind Records"

( 1,000 7"s ) (a few hundred on colored wax!.) This September Happy Bastards
left for a 3 Week tour with Southern Rockers THE
COOTERS and a European tour is being discussed for fALL 2008.

Le Sous
Sol (MAP)

Is located at 375 River Rd Eugene Oregon, It is a basement venue and the rules
of the house must be respected.