BIO

Bio

Devoted to the band and each other, Clepto was formed in 2000 in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The four members of the band found themselves in the Middle East as their families moved there for employment. Fred and Phil, two brothers originally from Cyprus, with Armenian and Lebanese ethnic backgrounds, adopted Canada as their home in 2002. Canada is where both Alex and Nick were born and lived before leaving home for Saudi Arabia. Alex, a Portuguese-Canadian, Montreal born Punk Rocker and Nick, a Greek-Canadian, Winnipeg born Metalhead both lead the way with their lyrics covering everything from culture, global issues, religion, to personal conflicts and psychological reflections of themselves within society. Together, with a sing and a bounce from Phil and Fred’s Mediterranean melodic bass and drums, they all complete Clepto.

Alex

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Alex: Lead Vox - Rhythm Guitar

In Clepto, like in all families, there is always the father figure; this is Alex. The serious solid no-nonsense rock of the band (literally and musically), he brings his Punk-rock lyrics and rhythm guitar to the table honest and proud. Finishing high-school in Saudi Arabia, Alex finished CGEP in Montreal where he has been living and working for the last 5 years in an IT company. Alex is always the person in the band that all members seek approval from as he carries a sense of rationale and simplicity that always makes things right. Serious and conservative when not on stage Alex is anything but that under the spotlight, leading the band in all the shows with his blunt sense of humor and effective crowd control.

Nick

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Niko: Lead Vox - Lead Guitar

Above all, Nick loves music, more specifically, all things heavy metal. Nick has devoted years of his life to the study and perfection of his skill with the guitar. Without any formal education in this instrument, Nick has learned everything he knows because he learned by ear. Hours a day are spent learning, evolving and understanding every nuance of the guitar. Nick is also an important source of creative output for Clepto. Always writing, always creating and always bringing new material to the table. In addition to his creative prowess, in the past five years Nick has accrued degrees in both sound engineering (Raven Studios, Ottawa) and video editing (Tara Academy, Toronto), to further Cleptos’ goals of self sufficiency by being able to record, edit and produce their own music, while moving forward in the media space through video editing and production, which will soon be used for both marketing and commercial purposes. All of this makes Nick an invaluable member of Clepto.

Fred

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Freddie: Backup Vox - Bass

Fred is easily the beating heart of Clepto. Freddie has an ambition to create music, to make sure that he finds live shows for his band, and always keeps an optimistic outlook on life. He actively uses this ambition and optimism to propel Clepto ever forward, always thinking of new ways to to market the band, to procure new shows, and just keeping everyone busy in general. As a musician, Freddie plays both the guitar and bass, always plucking away at one of the two whenever he has spare time. In February of 2007, Freddie had the pleasure of attending Victor Wooten Bass camp, having to shine through hundreds of other applicants. It was an experience of a lifetime and one he still speaks of to this day. In 2009, Freddie graduated from Carleton University with a Bachelors Degree of Arts in Music with a concentration in Sonic Design. Freddie has an amazing way with people, a skill he uses to great effect, establishing contacts within any given musical scene, whether it be local, or hundreds of miles away. A great musician, and a visionary, Freddie is the person who keeps Clepto moving.

Phil

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Phil: Drums

Philip is Cleptos’ balance. He is a man that despises being restrained, and strives above all things, to be free. An artist to the core, he loves music, art and culture. Along with being the band’s drummer, and designated cook, he also plays guitar, bass and the piano. In 2006, Phillip graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa with a Bachelor of Arts in Music and Bachelors in Economics. Phillip wishes to blend his never-ending thirst for music and travel into a career. He will not be satisfied until his passions for life become synonymous with his livelihood. His tranquility, and zest for life, is what keeps Clepto calm, grounded and focused.

NEWS

The Reacharound

Hey Everyone!

Its been a little while so we’d like to give everyone a heads up as to where we’re at! We had an awesome kick off to the tour with a week spent riding with our good buddies Tartar Control! Playing shows in Lompoc, CA at Grindhouse Gaming, El Rio in San Francisco, Eli’s Mile High Club in Oakland, The Caravan Lounge in San Jose, and finally, the Burnt Ramen in Richmond! It was an amazing time with some very good friends, and we’re lucky that we get to fit in one last trip up to the East Bay before we took off! Thank you so much to everyone in California who has been good to us, given us a place to stay, food to eat, drugs to imbibe, and friendship to cherish! We love you all and will see you soon!

After saying our last goodbyes to California, we hit the road to Vegas, playing a show at East Side Joes, an awesome venue where the kids went wild! After that, we comouflaged Betty as best we could and risked a trip across the forbidden state of Arizona to play a show for the patrons of Rips Cocktail bar in Phoenix. Then we headed off to New Mexico for some late night Easter dinner with some old friends, and Niko even robbed an old lady! When we were done relaxing and having fun, we headed over to Bert’s Tiki Lounge and played for a bunch of old and new friends!

After Albuquerque, we started on the way to The Lone Star State to play a show in Austin at the Frontier bar when disaster struck! Betty’s rear differential broke and we were left stranded three hours from Austin. Lucky, we met a very friendly and helpful tow truck driver who agreed to get us, Betty and the trailer all the way to Austin in time for the show! While Betty was still in the middle of surgery in Austin, we rented ourselves a truck to get us to Reno’s Chop Shop in Dallas! After playing at Reno’s Betty was finally ready to get back on the road again, and we stopped off in Houtson for a show at Notsouh’s. Finally, we said goodbye to the Lonestar State and headed out to the charming city of Lafayette, Louisianna for a show at the Wild Salmon. Thank you to Larry for the amazing food, and excellent company! We appreciate all the hospitality, and all the love we recieved in our time there.

After heading out of Louisianna, we were treated to an awesome time at the squeaky lizard, in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. Then, we got an awesome opportunity to play at the Hard Rock Cafe in Destin Florida! Last night, we played a show at the Plughouse in Columbus Georgia, and it was awesome! Keep tuned in, we’ve got lots more stuff coming up!

Shorty

B-sides record out? DONE
Get Fucked Lets Rocks compilation? DONE
Fuck it why not try for one last one!

Hey Socal, miss us already?! We’ll you’re in luck cause we’ve got a couple shows left for you before we hit the road! Friday, March 16th we’ll be having our last show in San Diego at Tower bar. We hope to see all of our San Diego friends there!

DO NOT FORGET, Saturday March 17th in Anahiem come say goodbye to us at our very last show in Anaheim at the Doll Hut! It’s St. Patty’s day so come out, get drunk and emotional like a good Irish person would!

What’re you talking about drunk, I was wasted.

Monday March 5th, 2012

Hello Everyone!

So we’re just about to get back into the studio for a top secret project while starting to pack our crap for the next journey in our adventure across the globe! But before we go, we’ve got a couple shows left for all our friends in Southern California! This Friday will be our last Olystis Nights event here in the studio and we’re officially releasing Olystis Music and Productions Get Fucked Let’s Rock compilation CD volume 1! We’re really exited to have a TON of bands make it out to the studio and play the release! Its gonna be one hell of a going away party in the studio!! The next day, we’re scraping out hungover bodies off the wall and making dragging ourselves over to the Queen Mary for the “I’m on a boat show”! We have tickets for sale if anyone wants to get drunk on an object bobbing back and forth in the water! Next up after that, we’re at our favorite Orange County Dive bar, The Doll Hut on March 17th for St. Patties day! This will also be our very last show in Orange County, so we hope to see all of our good friends at our favorite Socal bar for one last party! Wear some green and plan to throw up all over it, cause it’s Saint Patty’s day and Clepto always does drinking holidays the right way! While you’re there make sure to pick up your copies of Get Fucked Let’s Rock from one of the bands that are on the comp that will be at the show,and make sure you check out our brand new rare b-sides record Kebab: Live off the Grill for sale at all our upcoming shows! You can really taste that garlic! MMMM!

Crunch Time

February 21st, 2012

Hey everyone here’s a bit of news we’ve got going on! This Saturday, February 25th, we’ve got the Uptown Whittier Zombie Pub Crawl at the Firehouse Grill where we’ll be releasing our B-sides album Kebab 100% Halal Live off the Grill! On March 9th, we’ll be having our last Olystis Nights event here in the studio where we’ll be officially releasing our Get Fucked Let’s Rock Compilation! The very next day on the 10th of March, we’ll be playing a kickass show on the Queeny Mary in Long Beach! Its a two day festival with over 100 bands. Lastly, on the 17th of March on St Patty’s Day, Clepto will be playing our very last show in Orange County at The Doll Hut! It’ll be an all day event and we want every single person we know out there, and drinking your asses off! Stay tuned on Friday next week , we have a little video surprise in store for everyone!

So Many Bottles so Little Time

February 1st, 2012

So here is what we have coming up for the next month:

This Friday February 3rd, we’ll be at the Firehouse in Lomita, CA with Driven Out and Code Name Red Hat. Next up, we have a very good friend of ours with a heart of gold who just loves to do things for a great cause! And since we’re in the business of making shit happen, we wanted to help them out a bit! On February 17th, we’re throwing our very own benefit show, appropriately titled: FUCK AIDS: a Punk Rock/Metal benefit show! We’re gonna be partying, listening to music, and all the proceeds go directly to funding for a cure for AIDS! It’s a 5 dollar donation that goes straight to APLA (Aids Project Los Angeles), and we’ve got 2 dollar beers for sale, awesome raffle prizes and much more! You’re not gonna want to miss this one ladies and gentlemen!

We’ve been working nonstop on our b-sides album! This means good news for you guys! You can download the first of the unmastered releases called Pink Guitar on our reverbnation account! It’s completely free to stream and download! So go get it!

Also on the agenda, we’re finally rounding up the submissions for our Get Fucked Lets Rock compilation album. The album is looking and sounding great, and no one is gonna want to miss out on a chance to get their hands on this awesome collection of music! Our release date is on the 9th of March at our very last Olystis Nights event! This is gonna be one hell of a show, and we’re doing our best to get as many Get Fucked Lets Rock bands on the bill that night as possible.

Last thing the needs to be mentioned is that our time in the United States is almost over. We’ve had an awesome time, met some awesome people, made some incredible friends but the pirate ship is almost ready to set sail once again! Our last show in Orange county before we head off on tour out of California will be at the World Famous Doll Hut on March 17th… You understood that right folks, Clepto is going to be playing their last show at the Doll Hut on St. Patricks Day!!! So wear something green, and bring your own puke bucket, cause this ones gonna be one hell of a party!

The Carpet Drank More Beer than I Did

Monday - December 12th, 2011

HELLO!
Alright so we’ve got a bunch of news to throw out to the world! We’ve been working really hard in the studio, and we’ve got some awesome announcements. First off, in addition to the brand new, full length album that we’ve been talking about, we’re also throwing down a complete b-sides album, with song reprises and old songs that you’ve never heard before that have never been recorded or released! We’re calling it Kebab! Very very soon we’ll be putting out some samples of the songs we’ve got in store for you so stay tuned! Of course we need to mention a project that all of us here at the studio are really exited about: Olystis Music and Production’s first compilation album Get Fucked Let’s Rock! We’re finally letting the cat outta the bag and officially announcing who’s gonna be on the record!

Arioch (Norwalk, CA)
No Victor (Anaheim, CA)
Grimwolf (Lake Arrowhead, CA)
Sweet N’ Juicy Nothin’ (Riverside, CA)
Fuckin’ Buckaroos (San Fransisco, CA)
DNV (Los Angeles, CA)
Piss N’ Blood (Orange County, CA)
Athiarchists (Oregon)
Tartar Control (Los Angeles, CA)
The Chuck Dukowski Sextet (Venice, CA)
DMF (Anaheim, CA)
Bloodshot & Dialated (Concord, CA)
Black Hands (Los Angeles, CA)
Mike Black (Orange County, CA)
Nine Ideas (Tokyo, Japan)

This is a list of bands that we’ve played shows with, that have helped us along our journey, and were also a lot of fun to get drunk with! We’ve already got a few of the tracks into the studio and god damn we have the start of one hell of a compilation CD! It’s gonna be awesome!

As for shows coming up, we’ve just booked quite a few up to the end of the year! On December 22nd we’re gonna be playing at DMF’s residency show at the Doll Hut, December 23rd we’re heading down to get drunk with all our favorite Pyrates in San Diego at the Shakedown bar XXX-Mas show! This ones gonna be fuckin EPIC! As if we weren’t totally psycho enough, we’re getting drunker than hell on New Years Eve at our favorite little dive in the middle of nowhere The Doll Hut! The very next day, we’re nursing our hangovers over at the Tropics where we’ll probably do a horrible job, come and laugh at us! On Janurary 5th, we’ve got an awesome show with our good friends Piss n’ Blood in Hollywood at the On the Rox VIP Lounge. January 13th we’re playing a show with an EPIC FUCKING lineup! CLEPTO, NO VICTOR, ARIOCH, and GRIMWOLF at the Stardust in Downey! DO NOT MISS THIS ONE - it will melt your FACE!

Make sure you keep a lookout for our newest issue of The Marauder, and if you did not get last months, here’s a link to the archive! Signing up is now even easier, we’ve got a form right on our Facebook page! Also check out some of the lyrics we’ve finally gotten around to posting as well! Stay Tuned for more!

So Long and Thanks for all the Recyclables

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Update Time!

So a quick update as to whats coming in the next few months for Clepto! As far as shows go, we have some big ones coming up:
Friday, November 18th, 2011 we’re hitting up the Brix wine and beer bar for a performance of our Acousticide material. There aren’t many of these shows left in the U.S, so if you have not seen us perform Acousticide, you should probably stop by this Friday and see what its all about.
November 26th, we’re playing the Tartar Control CD release party in a backyard in Orange County.
November 30th, We’re at the Doll Hut in Anahiem for the last No Victor residency. Paris is opening up a BJ stand!
December 3rd we’re back once again at the Doll Hut playing one of the last shows with the Barb Wire Dolls on the West Coast. Come and check em out before it’s too late!
December 6th we’re playing in L.A for our first ever show at the famous Molly Malones! We’re stoked, and for this show, we’re pulling out our Acosuticide material! Come on down and have a pint or 6!

Stay Tuned, very soon we’ll be posting up our finalized list of bands for the Get Fucked Lets Rock compilation album!

Get Fucked, Let’s Rock

Friday, October 28th 2011

So a quick word on whats coming up for Clepto! We have three shows coming up over Halloween weekend. First up, we have a show tonight at Bananas in Fullerton!. Saturday, we’re piling into Betty and heading on north up to Ventura county for some dudes backyard Halloween party! Lastly, Sunday we’ll be back in Orange County hitting up our favorite bar this side of the Canadian/US border, the World Famous Doll Hut! This one is gonna be fuckin nuts, doors open at 2pm. Bring your costumes and drink a fuckton of beer!

Also, being that we have a brand new, shiny studio at our disposal, aside from our newest album, we’re going to be working on side project that we’ve had in mind for some time - our Get Fucked Lets Rock compilation album! We’ve sent the word out to some of our favorite bands that we’ve met ever since we took to the road, and have asked them all to contribute a song to the comp. This is DIY at its finest, bands will either be putting down the songs themselves and sending em over, or, coming into our studio and recording the songs with us here at the studio! We’re exited to see how it turns out, and we’re currently working on getting our contribution to Get Fucked Lets Rock, recorded and released! Stay tuned for a list of bands that’ll be on the record in the near future, and see you at the show, motherfuckers!

Make Them Dance

Friday October 7th, 2011

Happy Friday everyone and welcome to yet another Clepto news update! Since Niko has been back, the shows have been a lot of fun, most notably Tartar Controls’ last residency show at the Doll Hut! We love the hell out of those crazy dudes and their live show is hilarious and brutal! Support them and their music so they can keep on making more! Check out their awesome new music video “Diabolical” here!

Our recording and photography studio is now in full swing, and we started our grand opening last week on Thursday the 29th with a small get together for Alex’s birthday. The party then continued onto Friday with a few people coming by to check out the studio, Saturday blew up with a huge housewarming party with all of our good friends across LA and Orange County. Thanks to everyone who came out and celebrated with us, and thanks to our buddy Sal for the awesome pictures! If you got an invite and didn’t show up, we still love you, but you suck. After the four day party bonanza, we went right back to work so that we could bring the people the first edition of our newsletter: “The Marauder”. We talk politics, whats going on around the office, artist spotlights, band interviews, and pictures of good looking ladies courtesy of our good friend and partner Chris Evans! We’re always looking to expand our subscribers so click this link and sign up!

As for whats coming up in the the next couple weeks, we have a few shows on the way. On October 13th we’ll be playing a show at Amplyfi in L.A with the girl fronted punk rock group Death on the Radio. Come on down and check out the show - a much better way to spend a Thursday night instead of sitting in front of your TV. On October 29th we’ll be playing a Halloween house party show in Ventura, California, and you’re not invited! Unless you are, then we’ll see you there! Last up for the month of October, on the 30th, we’ll be playing yet another Halloween show at the Doll Hut hosted by our good friends at Homeless One Productions.
That’s about it for now, we hope to see you guys at the shows! Thanks for reading!

My Squat’s Better than your Squat

September 21st, 2011

We are happy to announce the return of Niko back from his time away in Greece! Clepto is now back to full strength and ready to do some major damage in the coming months! September 24th is our first show with all four members of Clepto in over a month at the Etnies Skate Park in Lake Forest! It’s gearing up to be a huge show and we’re all excited to get up there and perform for all you guys! We start at 7:30pm so make sure that you don’t miss it!

After that, get ready for the smell of dollar bills, cheap cologne, desperation, self-loathing and a lifetime of daddy issues as Clepto makes their return to Hollywood to perform at Cheetahs Gentlemen’s Club! We really hope that all of our friends in LA can come out and show some support for the sexy, working single moms out there.

Coming at the end of the month, on the 28th of September, Clepto shares the stage alongside our new friends, Tartar Control for their last residency show at the Doll Hut in Anaheim! We love those crazy bastards, and their robot drummer is one sexy motherfucker. At least Alex sure does think so! So come on down and watch Clepto and Tartar Control rip up the Doll Hut one more time on September 28th. (Make sure to buy Alex a bunch of drinks, it’s his Birthday on the 29th!).

Lastly, we are all very excited to announce that Clepto is BACK in the studio and is in the beginning stages of working on their 4th, full length studio album!! Project Genesis ladies and gentlemen, is underway!

- Get Fucked, Let’s Rock!

The Celebration of 4 Begins!!!

September 8th, 2011

Its already the beginning of a new month, and we can’t believe that the summer is over! Here’s what went down last month. We went up to the East Bay playing shows in Bakersfield with our buddies Hooker Spit and we hit up Fresno and partied with the Pyrate Punx! Once again, we hit up one of our favorite bars in California, Alex’s BBQ! Thanks for the ribs and the free drinks! We would like to extend our thanks to the Oakland Pyrate Punx for hooking us up with a totally badass show at the Hazmat!! We’ve been waiting a long time to play there and we were not disappointed in the least.The highlight of the tour, was of course, the wedding we played in Geyserville for a group of very close friends. Clepto loves a wedding, and holy shit, what a kickass party! We wish the bride and groom the best of luck, and all the happiness in the world! We are honored to have played for you guys!

Unfortunately, Niko had to leave soon after the end of the tour due to a family emergency, but fear not! He is scheduled back very soon! We miss him and it will be awesome to have him back. Alex needs a break from trying not to fuck up all the time. In the meantime, the Clepto three piece has been playing on, most recently at the World Famous Doll Hut! It was an awesome show with our friends Pottymouth and Andy D and the confused little girl. There were viking helmets, giant used tampons, chickens and a blow up doll. Thanks so much to Ryan from Big Wheel Magazine for coming out to the show!

As for shows coming up, there is only one show left where you’ll be able to see the Clepto three piece and that’s this Saturday at the Rock4Unity event at the Doll Hut! We’re on at 8:45 and if you’re not there, we’re making fun of the size of your penis. Come on down on Saturday and rock out with all the other awesome acts: The Chuck Dukowski Sextet, Piss n’ Blood, No Victor, The Trash Monsters, The Shrine and Death on the Radio. After that, Clepto’s back in full force and hitting Hollywood, and this time, we’re heading to the strip club! We have a show at Cheetahs in Hollywood, so bring your reading glasses and a fistfull of dollar bills! After that we’re playing an awesome show at Etnies Skate Park in Lake Forest with: Indian Burn, Thing with Two Heads and the Uncivil – bring your skateboard! Lastly, on the 28th of September, Clepto will once again join forces with the most hardcore, kickass, golly gosh darn mormons that we’ve ever seen - Tartar Control! These humble men are totally fucking badass and if you haven’t seen em yet, check them out! Every Wednesday at the Doll Hut for all of September!

Stay Tuned everyone, we should have some exiting news coming up! See everyone at the shows or at your house waking up on your couch!

Back to the Bay!

Monday, August 1st, 2011

Friday saw our kick off of a new mini tour we’ll be doing up to the Bay area and back down again! We’ll be playing shows from Bakersfield, Frezno, San Fransisco, Oakland, Concord and back down again! All our tour dates are up to date with more to come, so check our page for the latest cities and dates! Friday , we started out with a show at the Bull Bar, thanks very much for all our friends for coming out and chilling with us! Saturday we hit up Artlab Studios in beautiful San Diego, California and had a blast! Thanks to Dave, all the event organizers and all the artists for making it a great show with awesome art! Tonight we’ll be hitting up the open mic night at the Kadan in San Diego, come out, have a drink and party with us!

If you haven’t been keeping up with some of our interviews here are a couple of the latest: We have our interview with Garvey Potter of Indie Rebellion broadcasting from Saint Peter’s College in Jersey City, NJ. Next up, is Beneath Everything with our favorite drunken Hawaiian Alcoholic Ronnie Rucker!

We’re still alie and still going strong, so stay tuned and come out to our shows! Get Fucked, Let’s Rock!

The Train Keeps on Rolling

Sunday, July 17th, 2011
We would like to give a big thanks to Andrew November, all the bands and all the people who made it out to the Whittier Zombie Pub Crawl! We had an awesome time playing and are looking forward to the next one! It just keeps getting better and better! Also a huge THANK YOU goes out to all of our friends who showed up, drank and supported us during our battle of the bands competition at the Continental Room in Fullerton! We may not have won, but we really enjoyed seeing everyone coming out and showing us love! We would also like to thank Cynthia Salonista and all of our good friends at the Artlab in beautiful San Diego for the awesome acoustic show they let us play! Thanks for all the free food and booze! Hope the Hangover wasn’t too bad Cynthia! We also had the pleasure of going on Beneath Everything with Ronnie Rucker. Check out the interview!
If you haven’t yet been online and checked out our last episode of Clepto Goes to America click the link and check it out! The next episode will be up very very soon! Our show at Back to the Grind went very well, thanks to everyone for making us feel at home! We also had the pleasure of hitting up the Pomona Tattoo Expo yesterday and played a few songs, thanks to everyone who came out and stuck around for our set, and thanks to everyone who bought some merch! Lastly, come check us out at the Doll Hut Tonight, its out anniversary party! Get Fucked Lets Rock!

The June Residency Ends with a Bang!

From all of us in Clepto, we want to send a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has made it out to the Doll Hut during our June residency! We are humbled and grateful to all the people who have come out and shown their support for our music and our journey! We wanted to thank Pancakes and Punk, MeowMeowz Rockshop, Flashrock.com, Chris Evans Photography, and the folks at the Bad Betty Podcast for working with us, and helping us promote these awesome shows, and for making our last day of the residency packed, and awesome! We had a ton of awesome musicians play with us and are grateful to all of them for coming out and sharing some music. Special mentions go out to Enrot for keeping it inebriated and fucking metal, Nine Ideas for being so awesomely Japanese, NighTrain for the sexually explicit song about Chevy Chase all over your face, Lily for all the delicious alcohol and all the new swear words we learned listening to you play video games, The Doll Hut for being punk as fuck, Arioch for finally playing a show already, all the Pyrates for coming out to the shows (Rusty you’re the man), Scott for keeping our tobacco dependency well supplied with top quality cigarettes, the whitest arab in the world, John for running our sheesha lounge, and Christine for the awesome food and hugs!

Lets not forget the rest of the great bands that rocked with us each date! Lurid State from Arizona, the girls form Atomic Pink from Texas, The Kobanes keeping it punk from Chicago, Oc’s The Last of Lucy for shredding it good and giving us a place to party and crash! ParTy Foul, Los Federalies, Naronic Distress, the Bellhaunts you guys rocked!

Also thanks to the bands that gave us their Acoustic side for the second show Cory Voodoo Knuckle, Old Rivals, Carl Grey, Chattebox!

To everyone else who showed up to just listen, drink and support, we couldn’t have done any of it without you being there, cheering and getting drunk. Lastly, we want to give the biggest thank you of all to our friend, Mac from Homeless One Productions for taking a chance on us, believing in us, getting us on the residency in the first place, and talking shit with us, we love you buddy!

Again, we would like to say thanks to everyone that was involved in our June residency to the Doll Hut, it feels really great to know that we have so many people that have our backs who believe in what we’re doing as much as we do. It gives us the strength we need to keep rocking! See you at the next show!

Rebel Music TV!

Sunday, June 26th, 2011

We’re on Rebel Music TV tomorrow! Check out all the insanity at http://www.rebelmusictv.com!

Bangover! 23/6/2011

This entire month of June, we have been rocking the fuck out every Wednesday at the world famous Doll Hut! Last night was our fourth, and it was awesome! We would like to thank all the bands, Arioch, The Kobanes, and Atomic Pink for coming out and playing! Special mention to Arioch staying out past 9:30 and our buddy Scott for lasting the night! Also, thank you so much to the lovely Dalaney, the sensual Shayna, and the King and Master producer himself, Chip of the Bad Betty Podcast for coming out and taping some audio for us! We Love you guys! We would also like to take the time to thank every one of our sponsors for this residency: Flashrock, the Bad Betty Podcast, Meow Meow’s Rockshop in Pasadena, Pancakes and Punk and Chris Evans Photography for the awesome posters! Last but not least, we have to give it up to Big Mac of Homeless One Productions for hooking us up with not only this residency but all the shows that he has helped us book. If you’re in a band, and not a douchebag, hit up Homeless One, they’re good people. We had a chugging contest last night for some free shit, congratulations to Paulina for making Niko look like a 13 year old! And next week, live on stage, we will be announcing the winners of our Clepto poster silent auction! If you have not come out to our show, next week, on Wednesday is your last day to check us out! We’re going to be busting out the Shisha pipes again, so come on down, and have some fun! Check out our latest advertisment

San Diego’s WS Radio also gave us for a phone interview last night before the show. Thanks for the exposure! We’ll post a link to the archived interview as soon as we get it! San Diego, See you soon!

Tomorrow, on June 24th, make sure you tune into wpmd.org at 9:00am PST for the last episode of Pancakes and Punk of the Cerritos College semester! We’ll be there playing some songs and eating some pancakes, tune in a check it out! Then we’re heading up to the mountains and taking off our shirts for our good buddies Grimwolf’s video shoot!

June 27th we’re going in to Rebel TV for a live podcast on Rebel Music TV

We’ve also been working hard on our videos and if you haven’t seen our latest Clepto Goes to America ‘No Money, No Honey’ 5.5 episode get updated. Check it out here!
See you at a show!

Countdown to Oblivion 2011!

Happy Rapture everyone!

We trust most of our fans are still among us and will have to endure the great suffering and eventual downfall of humanity until Satan makes his ascent from Hell and enslaves us all? Great! So things are starting to kick off for the Summer months here in beautiful California, and that includes our newest exiting event ; Clepto’s Doll Hut June residency! That’s right folks, every Wednesday in June you can head over to your favorite dive in Orange County and see us, Clepto, rocking the fuck out! We’re going to have some awesome bands playing along side us including No Victor, Enrot, Nine Ideas (on tour from Japan), The Kobanes, Atomic Pink (Texas) and tons more! You’ll see us mix it up a lot more than usual at these shows, we’ll be playing songs from all three of our albums over all five dates, so if you’ve seen us play before, you’ll definitely be seeing something different than the usual fare. Also, we’re proud to announce that we have some kickass sponsors for our residency: The naughty ladies from the Bad Betty podcast will be cummin’ on down on the 15th for a live cast of their show, we have Shawn and the awesome Pancakes and Punk crew coming out on the 29th to host our last residency date. Flashrock, another one of our sponsors, have also jumped on board and we’re working with them to get another appearance on the show! We have some other things planned for the shows, but we’ll share those details with everyone as we hammer them out.

Besides that we’re doing what we’re always doing and just straight PLAYING SHOWS ALL THE TIME! Myspace, Clepto.net, Facebook, Reverbnation - all our dates are being constantly updated so make sure to tune in regularly to see if we’re coming to your town and playing at your favorite dive bar! And for all you video lovers out there, we have not forgotten you! We’ve get two, that’s right two new episodes of Clepto Goes To America on the list so fear not! Your need shall be satiated! Stay Tuned!

The Bay Tour is Over, the Summer Begins!

Hello!!!

We’ve just come back from The East Bay Tour! Special thanks to our friends and family up in Oakland, San Francisco, Shell Beach, Concord, Bakersfield, thanks for the hospitality, thanks for letting us squat in your house, and thanks for somehow convincing your gourmet chef girlfriend to cook us the greatest burritos ever. We’ve been chilling in Riverside California, taking a two day rest, and then we’re back on the road again up to L.A to play a show at Mr. T’s Bowl on Thursday May 5th, 2011. We have an interview with our good friend Eddie in Riverside coming up next week Monday on KUCR radio, University of Riverside. Tune into 88.3 FM at 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM for the 2nd Hand Jamz segment hosted by our good friend Eddie!! We’ll be speaking about the band, playing songs from all 3 of our albums, and perhaps a live performance? Make sure that all your people from Riverside tune in! Rock out with your cocks/box out!

On the Road

Hi friends!
Bay tour underway, shows are going great! Come by and check one out!
The Latest:
Punk Globe Full Interview: http://www.punkglobe.com/cleptointerview0411.php
Flashrock Live Video: http://www.flashrock.com/tv/video/1916/CLEPTO-Punk-Rock-Metal

Faster, Harder

Hello Everyone!

The last few weeks have been pretty crazy for us! Firstly, we have been interviewed by Punk Globe Magazine! Ginger was kind enough to give us a spot in this months edition, and we feel honored to get to talk about ourselves, ha. We also recently recorded and released our song Through the Night! Check it out right here in our player and come celebrate a little sex with us. A couple weeks back we also did an interview with the lovely ladies of the Bad Betty Podcast! We talk culture, anal, and what the shattered world economy has done for the price of oral sex. Check it out! And last but not least, we had the pleasure of getting onto Flashrock’s radio show! It was a pleasure to see all the guys in the studio, and had an awesome time rocking the fuck out! Check it out here.

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Sin Citeh!!!

Hey everyone!!!

Thanks for checking in again! We have our newly released Clepto Goes to America Episode: Sin City Baby! Please go ahead and check it out here.
We played an awesome show at On the Rox on Thursday and it was awesome, thanks for everyone who came out and a big thanks to the Barb Wire Dolls for the opportunity to play with them again! We have a show coming up tonight at the Doll Hut, hope to see you there! Keep rockin’ fuckers!

Vegas, Baby!

Come one come all.
Coming within the next few days, you guys will get to check out the release of our newest episode of Clepto Goes To America! Stay tuned in, it’s gonna be a good one!

Not Dead Yet

Whats up ladies and gentlemen?!
Right now, we’re all chilling in Irvine, California finally getting in a bit of a detox after a crazy few weeks. Number one, our van Bhad Betty was the victim of a hit and run accident, and we had to fork over some cash to get her all fixed up because insurance companies are a bunch of crooked motherfuckers who only pay if WE cream someone else. Go figure. Anyways, we would like to extend a very warm THANK YOU to our friends Alex the Artist and Tracey for the awesome party they threw on Friday night! I don’t remember any of it, but I had a friggin’ sick time. And we even managed to raise some money for our upcoming tour up to the bay area. Its coming together very nicely and we have our awesome friends throughout San Diego, and the Bay Area to thank for how easy they’re making it for us.
We also had a great time at the metal show at the Doll Hut on Saturday - EVERYONE should login to Facebook and look up Homeless One Productions and GO TO THEIR SHOWS and support the scene. Also, a shout out to the Barb Wire Dolls - we played a show with them at the Doll Hut - they’re awesome people and their band is punk as fuck. As always, if you haven’t gone and grabbed our albums yet, what the hell are you waiting for?! Itunes, lastFM, amazon.com - they’re all there online and waiting, calling for you to get em. So do that! Oh and make sure that you check out our latest episode of Clepto Goes to America : Welcome to South Central LA! - Click here to check it out!

Love you all, keep checking back for news, vids and music!

Hello from San Diego

Hey everyone!
Straight to business. First off, tomorrow, January 26th, we’ll be playing our first ever strip club show at the Pure Platinum in San Diego! It’s always been a dream of ours to mix our music with live nudity and now, it’s totally happening. All of us are freggin’ stoked, and we hope that all of you will come down and join us in all the fun. Also, coming up on the 2nd of February, we have an awesome show lined up with the Barbed Wire Dolls at the Doll Hut in Anaheim California - these guys are up and comers all the way from Greece, so if you can, come down and check out the show, should be a great time.

We’re also planning on taking a trip up to San Francisco in a few months and our very good friend Alex the Artist has setup a chipin page where you can donate some money to send us up to the bay area. Anything helps, and we appreciate all of your continued support! Click here if you would like to donate.

And of course, lastly, we have our albums up for sale at multiple online retailers including Itunes and LastFm, if you guys have checked out clepto.net and liked our tracks, buy our music and keep us going!! And if you just NEED to have a hard copy in your hands it’s as easy as coming to one of our shows and asking one of us for a CD!

Take care all, and don’t forget, BOOBS.

Seasons Greetings!

Hey Everyone!!

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all! In the spirit of the holidays, we would like to announce the newest Clepto goes to America Episode - Gettin’ Busy in the Jaccuzzi. Hope you have as much fun watching it as we had making it!

We’ve got a show tomorrow, December 30th at TrIP bar in Santa Monica after a week break and we’re all exited to get back on stage. Also, this Friday December 31st, we’ll be back at the Cerritos College radio segment Pancakes and Punk!! Once again we’ll be chowing down on some delicious pancakes courtesy of the lovely ladies of Cerritos College. So make sure you wake up at 9:00am PST and tune into http://www.wpmd.org/ cause we’re playing a live heavy set!

Oh, and if you haven’t picked yourself up a copy of either Sonic Rape or Acousticide, please check out our contacts section and click on our quick and easy Itunes, LastFm or Amazon.com links. They’ll take you right over to our artist page. To those of you that have already got the albums, thanks again for the continuing support.

From all of us in Clepto, we would like to wish all of you safe and happy holidays, and hope you have wonderful new year!

Come Get Rocked!!!!

Listen up freaks! Tonight, Fullerton CA, Slide bar, show with the VoodooGlowSkulls. Doors are at 8, and its friggin’ free!! So scrape up some damn gas and beer money and get your ass down there and party with us. Also, don’t even think about going to bed tonight cause tomorrow morning at 9am PST, 12:00pm EST, head over to http://wpmd.org/ and check out Pancakes and Punk, we’re playing a live acoustic set. Should be a good time.

Now, time to practice so we don’t fuck up at the show! See everyone there!

Werk Werk

Hello all!

Its been a crazy month and we’re still going strong. We’ve been focusing all our attention on Southern California. San Diego, Lake Elsinore, Lake Arrowhead, Riverside are just a few of the places we’ve been playing in the past month. There’s been drunkenness, sickness, sleeping on the beach, sleeping on the floor, a radio interview and even a bar fight. We’ve also uploaded two new videos, but have had some technical problems getting them uploaded here, so for your convenience, here is links to both:

Episode 2.5: Stay Tuned and Episode 3: Manifest Destiny

So, here’s what we’ve got coming up in the next few weeks leading into December. First, Clepto is headed back to Anaheim for a show at the Doll Hut on Saturday November 6th, should be an awesome show! Also, we’re hoping to nail down some details about taking a trip up to the bay area for a couple of shows in mid November. Stay tuned for updates there. Also, very important, and very awesome, at the end of the month, November 26th, we’re heading over to WPMD radio show Pancakes and Punk for the second time to play a live set in the studio! All of us are really looking forward to it. YOU, yes YOU had better get your ass up at 9am on that Friday to listen to us, and if you’re at work at that time, then hell, you already have nothing better to do than tune in anyway, right?

Lastly, we are fucking psyched to announce that December 2nd at Slyde bar in Fullerton, CA we somehow managed to book our asses a show with the Voodoo Glow Skulls!! We really hope to see you guys there, it should be an awesome show. That’s it for us, folks, we’ll talk to you guys very soon with updates as they come along.

Appetisers

Hello All!

Just a quick update as to what we’ve been up to at the office. We’ve put up our newest installment of the Clepto Goes to America Series entitled Stay Tuned. Beyond that, we’ve just finished up the final mixes for our upcoming album Acousticide! We’ve got a few more days work ahead of us, but soon, it will be available for all to enjoy! So as a teaser, we’ve gone ahead and put up a few demo tracks so you can take a listen to some of the awesomeness you’re in store for!

Oh yes, and for those of you who need a little more punch, our long awaited thrash / punk / metal album, Sonic Rape is in its final stages of production and should also be ready within the coming days.

Hope you guys and girls are as exited as we are! Keep checking out the site, we need your support now more than ever!

The guys from Clepto

Welcome-welcome!

Hi All! We’d like to welcome you to our new Clepto online experience!
We’ve been working hard at getting this website up and running and we hope that you enjoy!
Aug 13th kicks off Clepto’s West Coast “Bleeding Ears” tour (from LA to Seattle) with our good friends Dani Nash and the Villains with their “Master Bay” Tour.
New Merch and a new Album are all in the works to be released this coming month! Add us on Facebook/Myspace/Youtube to keep informed!
Check out our photos, videos, pics and keep yourselves updated on when Clepto’s in town! We hope to see you all somewhere on our journey!
We’ll be updating our videos regularly so keep checking & Rock On!
-Clepto

June 2010 News

As June comes by Clepto is preparing for the Mastering of their upcoming full length album; Sonic Rape. In addition preparations are being made for the recording of Acousticide, an acoustic album already performed for many of you. Stay connected and watch out for our next show! Rock on

A Message from clepto

Many things are being planned. The circus is about to set sail and will conquer and pillage. This Recipe For Explosives will be Raining Knives once the Pirates descend from the snow covered North and the deserts of the East. Not even Lucifer will be able to save you from these Rebels Without Applause as they will take you through their Lava Land of Letters. Believe and accept the Aristopathic sounds that will not let you escape. We are here as we are Not Dead..Yet -Sonic Rape