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LIVE Photos from The Flatliners 10.12.09 Show

Pictures from The Flatliners’ performance taken by Susie Ceruto of Shock & Awe (click on the picture to enlarge it).

Flatliners Touring U.S. and Canada with Strung Out and Dropkick Murphys

THE FLATLINERS have been playing punk rock/reggae/grime that makes you want to dance and punch for 7 years now. That’s rad. It’s been fun too. Fun is rad.

THE FLATLINERS were making music together before they were old enough to drive a car. Before they were old enough to buy alcohol they had already released two albums: 2005’s Destroy to Create (Stomp Records) and their 2007 Fat Wreck debut The Great Awake. Since then this Toronto-based four piece have toured the world enough to make even the most road-savvy bands homesick.

With an impressive road resume that boasts tours along side punk icons like NOFX and Bad Religion, The FLATLINERS continue to mature and progress, an evolution obvious on their new Fat 7″ Cynics. “We usually catch ourselves writing parts that may be a bit more challenging to play at first, but we’re up to it. We’re constantly trying to be better at our respective instruments and keep things interesting for ourselves. That’s the fun part of writing your own songs. You can do whatever the hell you want.” said singer Chris Cresswell. Recorded again by Steve Rizun at Drive Studios, who has worked with the band on all previous releases, the three song on Cynics are sure to impress and intrigue old fans and new listeners alike. And with cover art by Richard Minino (Horesbites) you can be sure it will look just as good as it sounds.

It seems all the hard work has paid off as The FLATLINERS will head out on tour again this November in support of Cynics with genre heavyweights The Dropkick Murphys and Youth Brigade for a run of dates on the U.S. west coast and Canada. “It’s funny to think that this has become our lives.” says Cresswell, but that seems to be exactly what’s happened and with a new full length slated for 2010 The FLATLINERS show no signs of slowing down.

(Band Bio taken from the band’s myspace page, see show dates and times below)

Upcoming shows:
Oct 12 2009 7:00P
MASQUERADE w/STRUNG OUT
Atlanta, Georgia

Oct 14 2009 7:00P
JESTERS w/STRUNG OUT
Fayetteville, North Carolina

Oct 15 2009 7:00P
VOLUME 11 TAVERN w/STRUNG OUT
Raleigh, North Carolina

Oct 16 2009 6:00P
PEABODY’S w/STRUNG OUT
Virginia Beach, Virginia

Oct 17 2009 6:00P
ELEANOR RIGBY’S w/STRUNG OUT
Jermyn, Pennsylvania

Oct 18 2009 6:00P
THE BASEMENT w/STRUNG OUT
Columbus, Ohio

Oct 19 2009 7:00P
FRANKIES w/STRUNG OUT
Toledo, Ohio

Oct 20 2009 6:30P
TURNER HALL w/STRUNG OUT
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Oct 22 2009 7:00P
POPS w/STRUNG OUT
Suget, Illinois

Oct 23 2009 6:00P
THE MARQUEE w/STRUNG OUT
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Oct 24 2009 7:00P
LAUNCHPAD w/STRUNG OUT
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Oct 25 2009 7:00P
BLACK SHEEP w/STRUNG OUT
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Oct 27 2009 8:00P
AGGIE THEATRE w/STRUNG OUT
Ft Collins, Colorado

Oct 31 2009 12:00P
THE FEST VIII @ MARKET STREET PUB
Gainesville, Florida

Nov 4 2009 6:00P
THE GROVE w/DROPKICK MURPHYS & YOUTH BRIGADE
Anaheim, California

Nov 5 2009 6:00P
SOMA w/DROPKICK MURPHYS & YOUTH BRIGADE
San Diego, California

Nov 6 2009 6:00P
FOX THEATER w/DROPKICK MURPHYS & YOUTH BRIGADE
Oakland, California

Nov 7 2009 6:00P
THE CATALYST w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Santa Cruz, California

Nov 8 2009 6:00P
MIDTOWN BALLROOM w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Bend, Oregon

Nov 9 2009 6:00P
ROSELAND THEATER w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Portland, Oregon

Nov 10 2009 6:00P
KNITTING FACTORY w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Spokane, Washington

Nov 11 2009 6:00P
COMMODORE BALLROOM w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Vancouver, British Columbia

Nov 13 2009 6:00P
MacEWAN HALL w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Calgary, Alberta

Nov 14 2009 6:00P
EDMONTON EVENTS CENTER w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Edmonton, Alberta

Nov 15 2009 6:00P
ODEON EVENT CENTER w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Nov 16 2009 6:00P
BURTON CUMMINGS THEATER w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Nov 19 2009 6:00P
SOUND ACADEMY w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Toronto, Ontario

Nov 20 2009 6:00P
METROPOLIS w/DROPKICK MURPHYS
Montreal, Quebec

Links:
www.myspace.com/theflatlinerstoronto
www.theflatliners.com