As the new year begins we pause to reflect on all the things that happened in the Year of Our Lord 2008:<\/p>\n
– We began the year in the midst of a losing battle with facial hair.<\/p>\n
– We travelled to Detroit, where our calzones froze to the bottom of our ill-insulated tour bus.<\/p>\n
– We travelled to Dragoncon and killed a man with our rock fury (Old Greg<\/a>, you will be missed).<\/p>\n – We traveled to Chicago, New York and Los Angeles only to find that as big as they are, the real rock and roll kids live in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n – We were brutally attacked by a grown man in a Gumby costume while playing Kenny Loggins.<\/p>\n – The Merchant Fell.<\/p>\n – The Thundercon Fell*.<\/p>\n – Demon Barber Fell*.<\/p>\n – Gas Prices Fell (after we’d finished touring for the year).<\/p>\n – Doug Fetterman<\/a> stayed fallen.<\/p>\n But after all this, we end this year on a high note. We’d like to thank the Nashville Scene for making it official: However, Big Deal or No Deal, Howie, this year will not be won easily. Even now, like a pair of T-Rexes attacking a camper in a movie devoid of Sam Neil, the second battle begins<\/a>:<\/p>\n News from the Department of Destroying the Competition: Here is your task, fair allies: Know that the spoils of this war would greatly aid in the development of Act II.<\/p>\n Tell your friends. We must destroy the competition. Otherwise they’re just going to come back again in 6 months with another poll. News from the Act II front: News from the office of the “Keep Supporting The Protomen by Buying Stuff Dept”:<\/p>\n “Heath Who Hath No Name” will now be known as “Heath Who Hath Decided To Retire His Trusty Hollow-body Ibanez Guitar.”<\/p>\n
\nThe Protomen are a big deal.<\/p>\n
\nThe Deli Magazine has thrown down yet another gauntlet. We have decided to take the challenge, for… what choice do we have but to defend our honor.
\nHelp us show the world that the members of The Protomen Army are nothing if not internet voting machines.<\/p>\n
\nThis is easy –
\nGo Here<\/a>:
\nClick the little dot next to The Protomen.
\nRinse and Repeat…well, not really the “Repeat” part, since it’s a one time vote. But you should certainly Rinse.<\/p>\n
\nTell your neighbors.
\nGo to your Grandmother’s house and guide her feeble tech-inept hands to the cyber-voting booth, tell her we’re the Ronny Reagan of Rock and Roll.<\/p>\n
\nIt ends here, Comrades.
\nIt ends now.<\/p>\n
\nOur newest ally, Alan Shacklock (you may know him from such past projects as “The Protomen present Father of Death – the 7 inch Single<\/a>“. I think he’s done other things as well, but his credentials <\/a>aren’t in front of me right now.) has joined us for the whole of Act II. This will be the most fierce and terrifying creation the Protomen have ever created after promising it for 3 years. And the most anticipated, to boot.
\nDon’t worry kids, when the frost breaks, you shall have your vengeance.<\/p>\n
![Old Greg<\/a>, you will be missed).<\/p>\n– We traveled to Chicago, New York and Los Angeles only to find that as big as they are, the real rock and roll kids live in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n– We were brutally attacked by a grown man in a Gumby costume while playing Kenny Loggins.<\/p>\n– The Merchant Fell.<\/p>\n– The Thundercon Fell*.<\/p>\n– Demon Barber Fell*.<\/p>\n– Gas Prices Fell (after we’d finished touring for the year).<\/p>\n– Doug Fetterman<\/a> stayed fallen.<\/p>\nBut after all this, we end this year on a high note. We’d like to thank the Nashville Scene for making it official:\nThe Protomen are a big deal.<\/p>\nHowever, Big Deal or No Deal, Howie, this year will not be won easily. Even now, like a pair of T-Rexes attacking a camper in a movie devoid of Sam Neil, the second battle begins<\/a>:<\/p>\nNews from the Department of Destroying the Competition:\nThe Deli Magazine has thrown down yet another gauntlet. We have decided to take the challenge, for… what choice do we have but to defend our honor.\nHelp us show the world that the members of The Protomen Army are nothing if not internet voting machines.<\/p>\nHere is your task, fair allies:\nThis is easy –\nGo Here<\/a>:\nClick the little dot next to The Protomen.\nRinse and Repeat…well, not really the “Repeat” part, since it’s a one time vote. But you should certainly Rinse.<\/p>\nKnow that the spoils of this war would greatly aid in the development of Act II.<\/p>\nTell your friends.\nTell your neighbors.\nGo to your Grandmother’s house and guide her feeble tech-inept hands to the cyber-voting booth, tell her we’re the Ronny Reagan of Rock and Roll.<\/p>\nWe must destroy the competition. Otherwise they’re just going to come back again in 6 months with another poll.\nIt ends here, Comrades.\nIt ends now.<\/p>\nNews from the Act II front:\nOur newest ally, Alan Shacklock (you may know him from such past projects as “The Protomen present Father of Death – the 7 inch Single<\/a>“. I think he’s done other things as well, but his credentials <\/a>aren’t in front of me right now.) has joined us for the whole of Act II. This will be the most fierce and terrifying creation the Protomen have ever created after promising it for 3 years. And the most anticipated, to boot.\nDon’t worry kids, when the frost breaks, you shall have your vengeance.<\/p>\nNews from the office of the “Keep Supporting The Protomen by Buying Stuff Dept”:<\/p>\n“Heath Who Hath No Name” will now be known as “Heath Who Hath Decided To Retire His Trusty Hollow-body Ibanez Guitar.”<\/p>\nSee the full story….HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\nNews from the Bureau of Bookings:<\/p>\nThese are the scheduled battles of the New Year:\nJan 10 – The End – DJ sets w\/ Left Can Dance & MAVS – Nashville, Tennessee\nJan 13 – 527 Main Street – with Destroy Destroy Destroy – Murfreesboro, Tennessee\nJan 15 – The Exit\/In – with Destroy Destroy Destroy – Nashville, Tennessee\nJan 16 – MERCY LOUNGE 6TH ANNIVERSARY – Nashville, TN\nJan 17 – Halfway to Forecastle Festival *ALL AGES* @ Green Building – Louisville, Kentucky<\/p>\nWe’ve only got 4 more years until the Mayan Calendar runs out…Let’s make them count.<\/p>\n-Panther<\/p>\n* more on this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the new year begins we pause to reflect on all the things that happened in the Year of Our Lord 2008: – We began the year in the midst of a losing battle with facial hair. – We travelled to Detroit, where our calzones froze to the bottom of our ill-insulated tour bus. – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protomen-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/media.ebaumsworld.com\/mediaFiles\/picture\/428789\/414436.jpg\"){kind=link}
![the second battle begins<\/a>:<\/p>\nNews from the Department of Destroying the Competition:\nThe Deli Magazine has thrown down yet another gauntlet. We have decided to take the challenge, for… what choice do we have but to defend our honor.\nHelp us show the world that the members of The Protomen Army are nothing if not internet voting machines.<\/p>\nHere is your task, fair allies:\nThis is easy –\nGo Here<\/a>:\nClick the little dot next to The Protomen.\nRinse and Repeat…well, not really the “Repeat” part, since it’s a one time vote. But you should certainly Rinse.<\/p>\nKnow that the spoils of this war would greatly aid in the development of Act II.<\/p>\nTell your friends.\nTell your neighbors.\nGo to your Grandmother’s house and guide her feeble tech-inept hands to the cyber-voting booth, tell her we’re the Ronny Reagan of Rock and Roll.<\/p>\nWe must destroy the competition. Otherwise they’re just going to come back again in 6 months with another poll.\nIt ends here, Comrades.\nIt ends now.<\/p>\nNews from the Act II front:\nOur newest ally, Alan Shacklock (you may know him from such past projects as “The Protomen present Father of Death – the 7 inch Single<\/a>“. I think he’s done other things as well, but his credentials <\/a>aren’t in front of me right now.) has joined us for the whole of Act II. This will be the most fierce and terrifying creation the Protomen have ever created after promising it for 3 years. And the most anticipated, to boot.\nDon’t worry kids, when the frost breaks, you shall have your vengeance.<\/p>\nNews from the office of the “Keep Supporting The Protomen by Buying Stuff Dept”:<\/p>\n“Heath Who Hath No Name” will now be known as “Heath Who Hath Decided To Retire His Trusty Hollow-body Ibanez Guitar.”<\/p>\nSee the full story….HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\nNews from the Bureau of Bookings:<\/p>\nThese are the scheduled battles of the New Year:\nJan 10 – The End – DJ sets w\/ Left Can Dance & MAVS – Nashville, Tennessee\nJan 13 – 527 Main Street – with Destroy Destroy Destroy – Murfreesboro, Tennessee\nJan 15 – The Exit\/In – with Destroy Destroy Destroy – Nashville, Tennessee\nJan 16 – MERCY LOUNGE 6TH ANNIVERSARY – Nashville, TN\nJan 17 – Halfway to Forecastle Festival *ALL AGES* @ Green Building – Louisville, Kentucky<\/p>\nWe’ve only got 4 more years until the Mayan Calendar runs out…Let’s make them count.<\/p>\n-Panther<\/p>\n* more on this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the new year begins we pause to reflect on all the things that happened in the Year of Our Lord 2008: – We began the year in the midst of a losing battle with facial hair. – We travelled to Detroit, where our calzones froze to the bottom of our ill-insulated tour bus. – […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-protomen-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protomen.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"http:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/images\/pgimg\/sam-neill1.jpg\"){kind=link}