Audio Karate
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Audio Karate signed to Kung Fu RecordsKung Fu Records
Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists...
in fall 2001. They put out their debut album, Space Camp, on May 14, 2002. The album featured the songs "Nintendo 89," "Rosemead," and "Senior Year." After the release of Space Camp, Audio Karate toured the world with bands such as The Ataris
The Ataris
The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
, NOFX
NOFX
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, Blink-182
Blink-182
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After the heavy touring, the band decided to take a break to write their next record. The result was an album named Lady Melody that was produced by Bill Stevenson of the Descendents
Descendents (band)
The Descendents are an American punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California. As of 2011, they have released six studio albums, three live albums, three compilation albums and three EPs. The Descendents broke up and reformed several times over the years, sometimes with different musicians...
. Lady Melody was released on June 1, 2004 on Kung Fu Records
Kung Fu Records
Kung Fu Records is an American independent record label founded in 1996 by Joe Escalante and Warren Fitzgerald of the punk rock band The Vandals. Founded in order to release a record by the Riverside, California band Assorted Jelly Beans, the label soon grew to include a roster of notable artists...
. Lady Melody is considered a much darker and angrier record than Space Camp. After the release of the record the band began to tour non-stop in support of it. At the end of the year, the band announced that they would take a "vacation". In 2005 a rumor spread that the band had broken up and this was later proven to be true.
On October 15, 2006 Audio Karate updated their fans via a blog entry on their MySpace
MySpace
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page. The entry stated that vocalist/guitarist Arturo Barrios & guitarist Jason Camacho are writing the soundtrack to an independent movie titled "Maquillaje", a dark movie about botched love and suicide. It is directed by Marcial Rios, a friend of the band. The film is done entirely in Spanish. The music that they are writing for the movie doesn't sound like the typical Audio Karate songs; most of the songs have been fueled by heavy drinking. They also mentioned that they are working on a new album, but they don't know when it will be coming out, or when they will be able to go on tour again.
In 2009, the band resurfaced and reunited, releasing several new tracks through their Myspace
Myspace
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page, but with no further news of an album release.
On January 5, 2011 Gabriel posted on Twitter, "Audio Karate 2011 back in the Studio.... Interesting news to the 6 followers i have! Somebody get this twitter thing spreadin the word!"
Audio Karate can be followed @theAudioKarate.
News of the return surfaced on Absolutepunk.net on January 13, 2011
As of July 11, 2011 the band formerly known as Audio Karate has picked up a new guitar player and piano player and has officially changed their name to Indian School, their newest single can be found http://ewokteethrecords.bandcamp.com/track/indian-school-elvis.
You can Stream the new Indian School EP Titled "The Cruelest Kind" At www.facebook.com/indianschoolrock
Band members
- Arturo Barrios - vocals, guitar (1995–2005, 2009–present)
- Anthony Leach - guitar (2009–present)
- Justo Gonzalez - bass, backing vocals (1995–2005, 2009–present)
- Gabriel Camacho - drums, percussion (1995–2005, 2009–present)
- Jason Camacho - guitar (1995–2005)
Albums
- Demo (2000)
- Space CampSpace Camp (album)Space Camp is the debut album by Californian pop punk band Audio Karate. It was released in 2002 on Kung Fu Records.-Track listing:# "Rosemead" - 3:14# "Drama Club Romance" - 2:45# "Nintendo 89" - 3:39# "Halfway Decent" - 4:03# "Hello St...
(May 14, 2002) - Lady MelodyLady Melody- Track listing :# "Jesus is Alive and Well " - 3:35# "Party at the Lexington Queen" - 2:44# "Hey Maria" - 4:41# "Ms. Foreign Friendly" - 3:14# "A Whole Lotta Weight" - 2:40# "Catch and Release" - 4:21# "Gypsyqueen" - 3:00...
(June 1, 2004)