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July 21st, 2008
We are playing outdoors again, with EIGHT other bands!
FUCKFEST'08 will take place on Toxic Beach in San Francisco on Saturday July 26th at NOON
There will be a lot of beer early on, but a lot of police later on, so please come EARLY!
From Cezar Chavez take left on Third, than right on 24th, and follow 24th to the WATER!
See you there!

June 9th, 2008
Black Dream makes a very special appearance at the halftime of San Francisco Seals soccer game!
The Seals have been doing very well this season, tearing apart the Spothwest Division of PDL!
We totally expecty them to kick asses of South California Seahoes ... err ... Seahorses
The game starts at June 15th 2008, 2pm, at USF Negoesco Stadium in San Francisco

May 28th, 2008
Black Dream goes on tour!
May 30th 2008 - California Club, 1580 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA
May 31st 2008 - Zephyr Lounge, 1074 S Virginia, Reno NV

February 19th, 2008
We are playing a show at the legendary Bottom of The Hill (voted the best rock club by SF Bay Guardian in 2007)!
Located at 1233 17th Street (at Missouri), San Francisco, this venue hosted many great bands over the years.

The show is booked for Tuesday March 11th at 8.30pm.
Also on the bill are: Jokes for Feelings, and The Scratchies ALL AGES, $8

January 5th, 2008
Everyone who survived the nasty storm should come to Annie's Social Club, 917 Folsom St, San Francisco
this Wednesday January 9th, 9pm to see our first show in 2008
Also on the bill are: Year Of The Wild Cat, Skeleton Television, and Tomorrow Men
21+, $5

December 24th, 2007
Happy holiday season to everyone!
We've had a good year. During this year, we produced our new "Bound By Booze" EP, appeared on the radio as well as on cable TV, recruited Max Blakoute to play the second guitar, performed A LOT in the Bay Area, as well as in Santa Cruz, and met a lot of cool new people and bands!
We are all looking forward to continue this trend (and come up with more exciting stuff!) in 2008
Meanwhile, come to see us playing our last show of the year 2007 on Saturday, December 29th at Thee Parkside, located at 1600 17th Street in San Francisco
with Stigma 13 and Year Of The Wild Cat 3pm, FREE, ALL AGES

November 23rd, 2007
We are plying two shows next week
Wednesday, November 28th Annie's Social Club, 917 Folsom St, San Francisco
with Girls with Guns and Statutory Grape 9pm, $7, 21+
Saturday, December 1stWindjammer, 1 Rancho del Mar, Aptos CA
with Isadora's Scarf 9pm, $5

November 5th, 2007
We are playing at Roosters Roadhouse, located on 1700 Clement Ave, Alameda, CA
this Friday November 9th at 8pm
We are going first, followed by The Violent High, The Immigrants, and Jokes for Feelings
$10 at the door. However, we've got a limited number of discounted tickets for $8 each
And if you still cannot decide whether you want to go or not: they have great chicken wings, and Arrogant Bastard Ale on tap!

October 6th, 2007
We are playing at the Stork Club in Oakland Tuesday, October 9th
with The Violent High, and Pocos Perro Locos
The show starts at 9pm, 21+, $5

September 20th, 2007
Black Dream returns to San Francisco's historical Dog Patch neighborhood next Wednesday September 26th to play in Retox Lounge, 629 20th Street, SF, CA
Also one the bill are our friends: Singularity, and Jokes for Feelings
The show starts at 9pm, 21+

August 13th, 2007
Black Dream travels to Santa Cruz next Friday August 17th to play in Jury Room, 712 Ocean St Santa Cruz, CA
Also one the bill are Johnny and the Pachecos, and headlining C.R.A.P.
The show starts at 8pm, $5 cover

July 20th, 2007
After almost three years we are returning to the Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA
Also on the bill are Rum Fits, Mad at Sam, and East Side Cruisers
The show time is August 1st 2007, 8.00pm

July 4th, 2007
Thanks to everyone who made it to our show yesterday! It was a blast!!!
We will be playing at Johnny V's, 31 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA with our friends East Side Cruisers and Mother of Sorrow
The show starts at July 10th 2007, 8.00pm

June 13th, 2007
We will be playing at Roosters Roadhouse, 1700 Clement Ave, Alameda, CA
at CD release party of our friends Jokes For Feelings who will be headlining
The show starts at July 3rd 2007, 8.30pm
Also on the bill are: our local metalheads Chronic Narcosis, and Space Monkey Gangsta

April 13th, 2007
Springtime rokenroll potluck bbq May 6th. Noon till whenever 24361 Eden, Hayward, CA
Bring a beer, bring a friend!
Bands: Dripjoy, Varona, Black Dream, Watersings, Dead Ringers + guest apearance by midwest russian redneck -ska/punk representin!
Oontz-oonz boom-shaka-laka:
DJ PodonaG will be spinning gothic hip-hop, siberian samba, grindcore disco and post-industrial klezmer as well as your favorite Tuvan superhits.

August 22nd, 2006
We'll be playing our first show ever in SAN JOSE on Friday, August 25th at Caravan Lounge (98 South Almaden Avenue, San Jose, CA) with EAST SIDE CRUIZERS. The binge begins at 9.30pm, 21+ (unless you've got a fake ID, of course)
Next day, Saturday, August 26th we'll be playing at Haus of Rock, (Magnolia, between 26th and 28th- Oakland, CA) with La Plebe, Larry And His Flask, Zombie Co-Pilot, and Psycho 78. This one begins at 8.30pm (we are going on first), ALL AGES!!!

May 24th, 2006
This Friday, May 26th
we are playing a free show in a foggy Daly City
On the bill are: Black Dream, Waterproof Souls, 9 Red Sun, End of the Line, Mariposa's Demise
Address: 11 SAN PEDRO RD., DALY CITY, CA 94013
Doors @9pm
We go on @ 10pm

May 11th, 2006
The second punk rock potluck/bbq extravaganza @ Uncle Lou's will happen this Saturday May 13th
It will start at 1pm and will probably go until ... whatever
Address: 24361 Eden, Hayward, CA
On the bill besides us are Dead Ringers, Lenny from Year of tyhe Wild Cat and possibly some other band(s)
On the grill: whatever you punk asses will bring. We will provide a keg of good beer
Come out and bring your friends

April 22nd, 2006
We are playing with Dekoiz and DJ OX
at Thee Parkside, located at 1600 17th Street in San Francisco
on Wednesday, May 3rd Starting at 9pm, 21+, $2 beer special
See you there!

March 10th, 2006
TONIGHT!!
We are playing with Nuts and Bolts - one of the best Oi! bands in the San Francisco Bay Area! at East Bay Rats Motorcycle Club
Address: 3025 San Pablo Ave. and Market st., Oakland, CA 94608
Cost $5, $1 beers and shots of ... hmmm ... something
Come and rock with us!

February 21st, 2006
1. We are playing a sunday afternoon potluck-bbq/show at our bassist Lou's backyard.
It will start at NOON on sunday, Feb 26th and will probably go until 6-7.
Address:
24361 Eden, Hayward, CA
Besides us, on the bill are Dead Ringers and The Fucking Buckaroos
So come out, bring some friends, and some food/booze.

2. We have found a guitar player! His name is Brendan and he will be taking over Greenpig's duties, while also doubling up on the rhythm.
Brendan is learning the songs very fast, so he might even be ready to play a couple of tunes with us at the bbq!

January 13st, 2006
Our first show of the year (and the first show ever with Lou on bass) is booked!
SUNDAY, JANUARY 22ND, 2006 - 8PM
at Studio Z, 314 11th Street (at Folsom), San Francisco, CA
Lineup: THE DEAD RINGERS, BLACK DREAM, THE ROSHOMON EFFECT, THE EXCUSE, LOVE SONGS
$5 at the door, 21+

December 21st, 2005 - Happy holidays everyone!
Lately, we've been busy practicing, and Lou is learning the songs extremely fast. We are getting ready to play some shows in late January. Stay tuned for more updates on the upcoming shows.
Greenpig has decided to leave the band for personal reasons, but will probably be helping us out with live shows/recordings until a suitable replacement is found. She will be missed.
If you know anyone who might be interested in taking over the duties of second guitar in Black Dream, let us know.

September 30th, 2005 - We are opening for Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Civil Defense) on Friday, October 7th in Last Day Saloon, located at 406 Clement St, San Francisco
Doors 7pm, show 8pm, 21+

April 18th, 2005 - We are invited to participate in SHTOPOR-2005 festival
This is the first ever Russian rock festival on the West Coast, and we are already excited about it
The festival will take place Sunday June 5th, 3pm at Pound SF in San Francisco
The other bands on the bill are: Mobius, Full Moon Partisans, Parallel Naprotiv, Vostok-Zapad, and a special guest from Russia

March 17th, 2005 - We are playing in Cherry Bar, located at 917 Folsom (at 5th), San Francisco
this Saturday March 19th with Pillow Pusher, The Crooks, and Silence Chair
The show starts at 9pm, 21+
Come out and celebrate the St. Patrick's Day with us!

January 27th, 2005 - We got to headline (somewhat unexpectedly) at the TWO upcoming shows.
So come out, and support the local scene!
On Tuesday, Feb 1st. We will be at Studio Z in SF.
Every tuesday night, there's a local band night there hosted by THE ANT SHOW, and this tuesday
we are planning to take full advantage of their gigantic amps and crank it up!
Studio Z is located at 314 11th Street, SF.
Also on the bill are: D'Jelly Brains, Streets To Nowhere, The Infections, The Greening
Doors open at 8. 21+ and its only $2.

On Saturday, February 5, we are playing at the TIME OUT in Concord.
TIME OUT is located at 1822 Grant St
We are playing with: 770, Flying Venus, The Vol Tones
Show starts at 9:30 and is $6. 21+

December 1st, 2004 - Who doesn't love the Misfits?
We sure do, and we will be playing with a super cool band - Plan 9- a MISFITS cover band.
For those who do not know, Plan 9 is a side project of bay-area's most well known psychobilly band: THE HELLBILLIES
We are really looking forward to this show, and can't wait to play.
Hope to see you there, and don't forget to bring your skulls, cause we want them
What?l Plan 9, Give Em Hell, Black Dream, +Guest
When? Fri Dec 10th, 9:30pm
Where? Time Out 1822 Grant St. Concord, CA
How much? $7
21+

October 27th, 2004 - On Thursday, November 11th we are playing at
Old Rogue Pub, 2319 Taraval St. (at 33rd Ave), San Francisco,
located in the heart of the San Francisco's Irish neighborhood.
Also on the bill are The Wobblies - a band from Oregon.
Come early for some Guinness and music, otherwise Mad Heathen will again drink all the Guinness in the bar
and you will have to settle for Coors Light...
And that will not make anyone happy... Not even Mad Heathen...
The show starts at 9.30pm, 21+, (most likely) free

August 19th, 2004 - We are playing at the Stork Club
(2330 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland) next Wednesday August 25th
with "Year of the Wild Cat" (ex-Problem), Stigma 13, and Tabaltix
The show is 21+, $5 cover. We go on at 10pm. See you there

July 2nd, 2004 - Summer is here and, guess what?
We are playing at the Li Po Cocktail Lounge on Saturday July 17th.
Li Po is located at 916 Grant (at Washington), San Francisco.
The other bands on the bill are "Year of the Wild Cat" (ex-Problem), and "The Singularity".
The show is 21+, $3 cover. We go on at 9pm.
Please allow some extra time to find parking, it may take a while.
Or even better, come early and have a couple of drinks with us before the show!
See you there, and have a happy 4th of July!

April 29th, 2004 - We are playing in downtown SF this Saturday (May 1st)
at Kimo's, located at 1351 Polk Street (at Pine)
Doors open at 7pm, and we are going on shortly thereafter.
The other bands on the bill are "Sweet It Out," "The Four Eyes," and the headliner, our good friends "The Singularity"
$5 cover charge, 21+
Hope to see you there!
Our debut CD "Unforgiving Times" was recently added to the music library of KZSU 90.1 radio station.
Please, feel free to visit their website http://kzsu.stanford.edu and ask them to play our songs
In other news: we will upload the pictures from our recent show at Li Po really soon.
Stay tuned.

April 9th, 2004 - And again .. we are playing at Li Po Cocktail Lounge, 916 Grant (at Washington), San Francisco
Friday, April 16th
We start at 9pm, followed by The Singularity, and Spootnik
The show is 21+, $3 cover
Finding a parking spot in Chinatown/North Beach on a Friday night might take a while,
so please allow extra time for that
Alternatively, you can park in a relatively cheap parking garage on Vallejo between Powell and Stockton
and take an easy walk (5 short blocks)
See you there!

February 18th, 2004 - We are playing at Li Po again! As some of you may know, our
previous show there was cancelled due to a massive SF power outage.
Saturday, February 28th we return to claim what is ours!
What? Black Dream, Corpus Collosum, Spootnik, The Cubby Creatures, and Fleeting Trance
Where? Li Po - 916 Grant Street (and Washington) in Chinatown. 415 982 0072
When? Saturday, February 28th, 8pm
How much? either $5 or free. Please note that the show is 21+

December 6th, 2003 - Come see Black Dream battle The Triad at Li Po - the famous opium bar in Chinatown
(located at 916 Grant (at Washington), San Francisco) on Saturday night December 20th
Whatever the outcome, it should be interesting
Black Dream starts the action at 8pm, followed by Slow Poisoners, Spootnik, The Cubby Creatures, and Fleeting Trance
Thank you to those who made it to our last show. Pictures from that show are now available

November 12th, 2003 - Get yo ass to Oaktown on Friday the 21st!
Black Dream is back playing live with 'Trend Setters' and 'Vengince' at Portlite (229 Brush Street (@ 3rd), Oakland, CA)
Show starts at 8 pm, we go on at 9pm. We will also have our debut CD available for purchase
Admission is $5, show is 21 and over
We want to thank Greenpig for reuniting with us for this show. See you there!
In other news: the tribute CD project we participated in, unfortunately, has been canceled.

July 23rd, 2003 - The first 1,000 copies of our CD have been ordered and are expected to be printed by the end of July!
We are planning finishing such songs as "Nothing Out There" and "Story Of My Hate" as well as completing recording of the Andrey "Svin" Panov song "Neutral Zone" in near future.
Stay tuned!

June 25th, 2003 - We have finished working on our CD-'Unforgiving Times'. You can check out mp3s NOW!
It has most of our early material, including some songs that are about 10 years old
It also has some of our later stuff like 'I Dont Love You Anymore', 'Waiting' and 'Nuclear Revenge'
So the sound varies considerably
Everything was done by us with no outside help-we actually acquired some audio engineering skills in the process!
We are currently having it professionaly duplicated, so pretty soon we will have copies for sale
Maybe we will even print some shirts, who knows.... Stay tuned!

December 12th, 2002 - We have been really busy lately, and now we have exciting news for you.
Our debut CD is going to be out rather soon and will include thirteen (lucky number, huh?) songs
Also, "Black Dream" is going to participate in a compilation tribute CD for Andrey "Svin" Panov - the first ever punk-rocker in Russia, frontman of the band, named "Avtomaticheskie Udovletvoriteli" (established 1979 in St. Petersburg)
This CD should be out next summer. "Black Dream" is going to cover one of the most offensive songs of this band - "Nejtral'naya Polosa" ("Neutral Zone")
That's all for now. Stay tuned

September 30th, 2002 - Hey hey hey! Guess who's playing on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6th?
Yes indeed, we have another gig.
This mid-day show is outside, so shake-off your hangover from the night before,
bring your sunglasses and earplugs and check it out.
We will showcase a new addition to our set, entitled WAITING.
Show info is below. Also, the lyrics page is updated with some new songs.
SHOW INFO:
What? - Black Dream, Dead Last, Stone Vengence, Blue 66, Ohm Powah
When? - Sunday, October 6th. We go on at 3:00 PM (and it looks like its gonna be 3:00 PM SHARP)
Where? - Oasis Bar and Grill (in the back patio area). 135 12th Street Oakland, CA (510) 763-0404
How much? - $5.
See you there!

August 6th, 2002 - Its that special time again. On August 16th, BLACK DREAM is playing a gig!
We will showcase our beautiful new instrumental NUCLEAR REVENGE.
And for those who say that we don't write songs about love, we have a special little treat
entitled I DONT LOVE YOU ANYMORE. Its about love... kinda..
Here's the info:
What? - Black Dream + Nervous Rex + some other band
When? - Friday, August 16th. Show starts at 9:30
Where? - Portlite. 229 Brush St. Oakland 510-451-0600
How much? - $5.
Please note that the show is 21+. See you there!

June 7th, 2002 - We have a show coming in a couple of days on Thursday, July 11. So come out and check it out. Here's the info:
What? - Black Dream + Disbelievers
When? - Thursday, July 11. We go on at 9:30
Where? - 'Stork Club’, 2330 Telegraph (between Grand & 24th), Oakland
How much? - hmmmm.... either free or $5.
Please note that the show is 21+. Hope to see you there.

July 5th, 2002 - EXTRA, EXTRA, READ ALL ABOUT IT!
We have a show coming up THIS SUNDAY, July 7th!
This time we are getting out of east bay and playing SF. Info below:
What? - Black Dream + Spootnik
When? - Sunday, July 7th. We go on at 8:30
Where? - 'Edinburgh Castle’- 950 Geary in SF, right between Polk and Larkin. Stage is upstairs.
Make sure to try their fish and chips.
Please note that the show is 21+

April 26, 2002 - Thanx to all that came to our show! It was fun and we also got to showcase our new instrumental - 'Nuclear Revenge'.
Big 'thanks' goes out to Sciflyer who came and played on such a short notice. They just released a 'mid-fi' CD and you should check it out.
The photos from the show are added to the 'pictures’ section. Enjoy! :)
Currently we are finishing up some new songs and are getting ready to release our second demo. So stay tuned for latest developments.

April 09, 2002 - We are playing a show THIS SATURDAY, April 13!
We are playing together with local punk/psychodelic heroes ‘SCIFLYER’ and BURNING BRIDGES. So, come and join us for a night of blissful noise. Here are the details:
What? - Black Dream + ‘SCIFLYER’ + Burning Bridges
Where? - Portlite. 229 Brush St. Oakland 510-451-0600
When? - Saturday April 13. Doors open at 8:30, we go on around 9.
How much?- $5
Please note: the show is 21+. Hope to see you all there.

January 06, 2002 - We have a concert coming up! We will open for an excellent local band PROBLEM. So come join us for an evening of trashy punk rock, drinking, lively conversation and all around merry making. Here are the details:
What? - Black Dream + Barely Legal (L.A.) + Problem
Where? - Portlite. 229 Brush St. Oakland 510-451-0600
When? - Saturday January 19. Doors open at 8:30, we go on at 9.
How much?- $5
Please note: the show is 21+. Hope to see you all there.

December 22, 2001 - As you can see, we have moved!!! No more annoying ads!
And our mp3s should now always be available! Also, check out some live footage of our shows in the ‘videos’ section.
Stay tuned for more updates. And Happy New Year to everyone!

December 16, 2001 - Our website is moving! During the last couple of days our site could have been inaccessible.
That is because we periodically exceed bandwidth allotted to us by Geocities.
Apparently quite a lot of you people out there access our site and download our music.
We don’t want to prevent you from doing that, so we decided to say“~~fuck off”~~“good bye” to Geocities and go with a better provider.
New site should have unlimited space and bandwidth, so stay tuned for more updates.

November 19, 2001 - Well, we've been all over the place lately.
Mad Heathen was getting wasted in San Diego (for a prolonged period of time). Huyator and Greenpig explored the wonderful city of Seattle.
But we've also been practicing and coming up with new material. We are almost ready to record our first album which will probably be recorded in early December, yet there's no title for it.
As far as the web site goes, the lyrics section is now updated with the translations of russian songs. Check it out.
Also, in about a week we will have our band stickers available FREE OF CHARGE! It’s basically our kickass gothic logo that you see on the site. Write us if you want a sticker @ blackdreamband@hotmail.com

August 8, 2001 - Some live tracks from our show are up in the music section.
You can check out the two Civil Defense covers, and get a preview of some of our new material such as ‘Voice of Your Tribe’ and ‘Stolen’.

July 25, 2001 - We had a great show at the Stork Club on Sunday. Thanks to all those who showed up, and for those who didn't, we'd still love to see you at our next show. We are going to work on refining and developing some new material, and hopefully get a good studio recording. Look for some new live recordings in our Music Section soon!

July 8, 2001 - We are going to play a show at the Stork Club on Sunday, July 22nd. Last time we were there, Mad Heathen guzzled up all of their Guinness, so if you like beer, you better plan on getting there before he annihilates all of it again. Also, the web page with the pictures from our second concert has been fixed up with some photos added.