Monday 22 June 2009

Cabarita Beach Bar (Caba Pub) Friday 26 June 8pm

Hi all...
This Friday night sees us hitting the Caba Pub for a fun night.
We have local personality Steve "Ashy" Ashburn spinning the discs as DJ for the night

This is our first local show since our US Tour and also The Dreaming Festival in Woodford on the long weekend so come along and say hi and find out about our trip in the US.

Plans are well underway for our return tour to the US in September. This time, as well as the Mid West and West Coast, we will be playing venues from the Mid West through to the East Coast. We will be returning to most of the colleges from our April Tour so hopefully we will meet up with all the friends we made then.
For those new Max Judo fans, please make sure to sign up to our Mailing List and join our Facebook Fan Page. We will keep you updated with all our happenings as soon as they arise.


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Upcoming Shows

8:00pm, Wednesday 15 April 2009
Lawrence University
Appleton, Wisconsin, USA

8:00pm, Friday 17 April 2009
Carthage College
Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

8:00pm, Saturday 18 April 2009
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
St Joseph, Minnesota, USA

8:00pm, Monday 20 April 2009
University of Nebraska-Omaha
Omaha, Nebraska, USA

8:00pm, Tuesday 21 April 2009
Waldorf College
Forest City, Iowa, USA

8:00pm, Wednesday 22 April 2009
Knox College
Galesburg, Illinois, USA

8:00pm, Thursday 23 April 2009
The Blue Note
xxx, Columbia, Missouri, USA
For details, check out www.thebluenote.com

8:00pm, Friday 24 April 2009
Graceland University
Lamoni, Iowa, USA

8:00pm, Saturday 25 April 2009
House of Blues
Los Angeles, California, USA

Other News

Friday 10 April 2009

3rd US Tour Dates, Noosa Festival of Surfing, Malfunction and UK Radio Play

Hi all...
We have confirmed the first round of dates for our 3rd Tour of the United States, taking us through the Mid West...hopefully it will be a bit warmer than when we were in St Louis last February!!!
We cant wait to play each college and hope to make plenty of new friends.

This weekend takes us up to Noosa for the Festival of Surfing. This is the third time we have been up there and have a blast each time. Hopefully Tea Tree serves us up some surf for the weekend.
We will also be playing a fundraiser for the Victorian Bushfires and North Queensland Flood Victims in Lions Park Noosa on Saturday Evening. Hope you can all make it and help out all the people affected.
We will have some more Limited Releases of our Upcoming Album "Good Tonight" on sale at both shows.

Next Friday sees us back in our local homeland playing at Salt Bar for the Malfunction Longboard Surfing Event.
Entry is limited so if you are planning on coming, please get there early and get yourself a wrist band...these were like gold the last time we played there!

We have just been added to the playlist on Radio Basingstoke in the UK. Check out their website and listen online at www.radiobasingstoke.co.uk

Wednesday 4 February 2009

Year is Off to a Flying Start, France CD Compilation Released Worldwide, US Tour and New Shows Announced

Hi all...
Well we are 1 month down already in 2009 and it has been a busy start for the Max Judo lads.
The Woodford folk festival was a success and for all who got their hands on the special pre release album "GOOD TONIGHT"...hopefully you are all blaring the cd in your cars, iPods or whatever you play ya music through, ha ha.
On the local front, the shows throughout January were big to say the least so cheers to everyone who made it out. Currently we are working hard on a set release date for the album locally and nationally and a cd launch should be confirmed in the near future. Shows in most capital cities are all on the cards so we'll keep you posted.
March is shaping up to be a cracker with shows at the NOOSA FESTIVAL OF SURFING and THE MALFUNCTION SURF FESTIVAL as well as support shows with popular NZ outfit "KORA" and our first show in Murwillumbah has just been confirmed which we are looking forward to.

France CD Compilation - "SURF ME UP"
The 3 disc compilation CD/DVD "SURF ME UP" has just been released around the globe. Max Judo's music + footage features alongside many great artists like Jack Johnson, Beach Boys, Sublime, Soundgarden, Everclear, Butthole Surfers, Xavier Rudd, Ash Grunwald, Donovan Frankenreiter and G.Love just to name a few.
The album is available to order online, and in stores across Europe. Max Judo are stoked to be amongst such a stellar range of artists and stay tuned for a possible "SURF ME UP" tour later this year.
This project was release through "NAIVE" & "ZUMA PRODUCTIONS" (www.zumaprod.com)

US Tour
Our 3rd tour to the US is nearly all confirmed for April/ May and we cannot wait to get over to the states and play all the colleges in the Mid West. Dates are also in the pipeline for the west coast, with The O.C tavern and L.A venues TBC.
Max Judo's FACEBOOK page is going strong so if you aint joined up yet as a fan make sure ya do asap! Stay tuned for more updates coming soon and see ya at a show in March!

Monday 13 October 2008

Max Judo Queensland Tour with The Dukes of Windsor

Hi all...
We have just confirmed dated throughout Queensland with up and coming rockers "The Dukes of Windsor".
This will see us traveling from the Gold Coast to Cairns and back. Should be a lot of fun times on the road...hope Brendan has his GPS so we don't end up lost! Check out the dates and venues below...
Well we headed down to the Sydney Opera House last Thursday Night but unfortunately we didn't win this years "Deadly" award for "Band of the Year". The Deadly Awards are the national Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander music, sport, entertainment and community awards. The big winners on the night included Greg Inglis (NRL Melbourne Storm, QLD and Australia), Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Leah Purcell and the most popular on the night, Gurrumul Yunupingu...What an amazing musician he is!!!
We would like to thank all the people that voted for us...hopefully next year we can make you all proud and take the award out with the release of our new upcoming album.

Monday 30 June 2008

Max Judo's New Album Update + New Video in MJ Video Section...

Well recording has got underway down at Studio 301 Byron Bay and things are on well on track. We are now about half way through and things are starting to come together nicely.
Studio 301 not only offers top of the line recording facilities it also has been the venue for intense daily table tennis battles which have been fierce to say the least and the early morning surfs have been fun but cold!
Our producer, Caleb James has been on fire and his table tennis ability is second to none. Both Lucas and Caleb have played some tight games(in downtime) with Caleb winning on most occasions but Lucas is hot on his trail. The rally record also stand with Caleb and Marty with a whopping 53 hit rally! Must've been all the studying of table tennis video's on you tube!

The new album will be recorded over the next month so keep a eye out for more updates including studio picture gallery and announcement of Album Launch.

The pic's shown were taken by Caleb and show some of the cool effects that were used for the Album that were complied from Marty and Caleb's effect collections (General consensus is that AnalogMan Rocks and ZVex Fuzz Factory is the gear!!!). Brendan is shown with one of the 5 Drum Kits supplied by our mate ChickenHead (aka Greg)

We have also added a new video that was shot by our "Man on the Ground" Stu and edited by our good mate Joseph (Thanks a $mil mate!!!)
It was taken from our Anzac Day Eve 2008 gig at The Salt Bar and if you were there on the night you should catch a glimpse of yourself.

Wednesday 26 March 2008

Max Judo on Channel 10

Tune into "State Focus" on Channel 10 this Sunday 30 March at 8.30 to catch an interview with Lucas and Marty talking about the Past, Present and Future of Max Judo. If you miss it, we will try and have a copy of it in our "Video" section.

Monday 10 March 2008

Tom Curren Tour

Well the shows with Tom Curren were fantastic and we hope everyone had a great time. Brendan did a fantastic job sitting in as Tom's drummer without ever hearing any of his tunes. We had a ball playing music along side one of our surfing idols and we hope to catch up with him for shows in the US later in the year.
We have around 500 pics from the shows taken by our great mate Simon "Swilly" Williams so check them out in the next few days.
Hope everyone has a great and safe Easter and hope to see you all at The Sand Bar and Grill at Casuarina Beach Easter Sunday afternoon...

Sunday 2 March 2008

Tom Curren Tour

After finally throwing off the effects of Jet Lag, we are now gearing up for our short tour with Surfing Legend Tom Curren. We all grew up idolising his surfing so to be doing a tour with him is a dream for us. For the dates and venues, check out the gig dates below.

Tuesday 8 January 2008

Max Judo Signs to Auburn Moon Agency for NACA

We are currently organising our second tour to the US in early February. We are set to play at the college showcase event "NACA" in St Louis Missouri. Being 1 of only 2 Aussie artists selected for the event, it involves the us performing in front of University reps from all over the country with the prospect of bookings for 30-50 shows at colleges across the US later in 2008.
The temperatures in February, we're told, is 4 degrees maximum and -7 degrees minimum (Celsius)...great weather for a bunch of lads from sunny Gold/Tweed Coasts. Could this be an outdoor event?!?!?
Stay tuned for more info coming soon.

Friday 14 December 2007

Max Judo Now on iTunes

You can now purchase "IN TRANSIT" or any individual tracks from iTunes by clicking on the iTunes icon on the left.

Friday 2 November 2007

Max Judo Selected to Play at NACA in St Louis, USA in February 2008

Max Judo have just been selected as one of two Australian bands to showcase their stuff at the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) in St. Louis, Missouri, USA in February 2008.
NACA brings together artists, music agencies and university entertainment buyers who will see Max Judo showcase their stuff with the aim to organise bookings for their college social celebrations and events.
The Dave Matthews band is one example of what NACA can do.
Max Judo have already started organising shows in L.A. St. Louis and other venues across the U.S. This is a massive news for Max Judo and the guys are stoked!!!

New YouTube Videos Including July 2007 USA Tour

Max Judo's rendition of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick In The Wall" now graces YouTube thanks to Gary, Scot and PT. Go to the "MJ Video" section...

Max Judo's Song "Slow Down" Opens August Tracks DVD Edition

Max Judo's song "Slow Down" is the opening song on the DVD included in the August edition of Tracks Magazine. The DVD covers the 2007 WCT Bells Beach Surf Contest which this year celebrated its 35 year anniversary. The boys are stoked to have their song pumped around the nation. The magazine can be purchased from all good newsagents and surf shops throughout Australia and New Zealand.

New Photo Gallery Including Dreaming Photos

We have just created a new Photo Gallery that includes The Dreaming Festival, taken by our great stage manager mate Ricky, and our latest press shots taken by world renowned surf photographer Simon "Swilly" Williams.

Max Judo Back at Studio 301 Byron Bay

Well tracking has been done on a catchy little tune called "Siding" which we have been playing for the past few months live. If you have seen our shows, you will know what the song is all about!!! Mixing will start this week so we should have it up on MySpace by next week. A MASSIVE thanks goes out to Paul from Studio 301.


New Max Judo Promo Film Clip on MySpace NOW!!!

We are stoked that we have our new Film Clip up on our MySpace site, www.myspace.com/maxjudo. The footage is a montage of the past 18 months, with clips of The Woodford Folk Festival, our Japanese tour and shows from up and down the East Coast. Our good friend, Joseph Ryan (www.freewayproject.com) put together the clip and a big thanks goes out to him for his great work.

New Songs Uploaded to MySpace

We have just added some more songs to our MySpace page for you to listen and download.
For all you MySpace people out there, come and join us at www.myspace.com/maxjudo.