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"Coast to Coast" EP OUT NOW!!

hitthelights — 2009-07-01T15:46:00Z

Our NEW EP "Coast to Coast" has officially been released on iTunes!!

Head over to the HTL MySpace to check out the title track "Coast to Coast"

The EP features 2 new songs, 2 cover of bands we were influenced by, and 2 acoustic versions of your favorite HTL songs.

http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=319587205&s=143441

OMAR HTL BLOG UPDATE

hitthelights — 2008-08-28T02:08:17Z

HEY RIOT BOIZ AND RIOT GRRLS, It's almost 5 in the AM and I'm the last man standing after a long night of ragin with our boys in FIREWORKS and our main man, THE NIGHT BEAST. The only soundtrack to this blog is the soft whimper of THE DAVE quietly snoozing in my ear piece. Just wanted to hit you up with a lil HTL update. We're well underway into our AC SLAY TOUR (along with our hood-rat friends, A Rocket to the Moon) and it's been one of the funnestest (is that grammerically correct?) headlining tours we've done so far. Big ups and shout outs to our friends who've hung tough with us the last ten or so dates. We appreciate the shit outta the outpour and feedback about our new record, SKIP SCHOOL, START FIGHTS. If y'all like it as much as you say you do, do yours truly a favor and burn a copy for your best friend, pastor or pastor's bff. Pass the good word along because, shit, what else do you have better to do than help out some good ol' boys from Ohio? Also, it's your only way into heaven. Just something to keep in mind. Long blog longer, we still have shows in PA, MA, NY, NC, FL and GA left on this tour so COMMENT THIS SHIT HERE and let us know when you're gonna come out to get down! luve, Omar HTL PS listen to THE SWELLERS and 2*Sweet and get the new Valencia record cuz yer momma would want you to

HTL vs the NILES MI POLICE DEPARTMENT

hitthelights — 2008-08-21T16:17:36Z

Last night, Hit The Lights played a last minute booked show in the lovely town of Niles MI. The venue had a strict "17 and over" policy unless accompanied by a parent (after it was advanced as an ALL AGES show...) and the local police department had nothing better to do then hang around harrassing the kids and enforce the rule. The letter below is a email sent from an angry parent to our management about the events that unfolded and below that is our response. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. Omar HTL ________________________________ From: Rick B To: Randy Nichols Sent: Thu Aug 21 06:42:57 2008 Subject: Hit the Lights Hello. I am the father of two sons who really have enjoyed the group Hit The Lights. I have even seen the group twice but last night at a show in Niles, MI they, despite having the small crowd of followers really happy, displayed some extrememly amateur stage verbage. They certainly know that their music appeals primarily to ages 10-20 so to use cursing on stage and then to call the police, who were standing in the back, f___king d___khe__s, was way out of line. As I said, the crowd was pleased despite the use of the F word a few times. The way to become more successful is to become more professional. Hopefully a few critics will help sharpen their skills because they have captured a great sound with fun songs. Please relay this info. along and I hope to see them again in the area someday with even a stronger performance _________________________________ Dear Daddy, Its not our job to teach your kids to respect the police. It's yours, if you chose so. Our job is to make sure your kids have a good time and from the look of the smiles on their faces, we'd say mission accomplised. In a nutshell, you stick to your job and we'll stick to ours. Thanks for your continued support. Skip school, fight your dad (and the popo) Hit The Lights

HTL Tour Update from Nick

hitthelights — 2008-08-18T08:38:00Z

Two days down on the "AC SLAY TOUR" and we're still kickin' babay! The first two shows have been in Lansing Michigan and Toledo Ohio and both shows have been some of the funnest we've played in a while! We've had some complications in re-routing some of the tour do to future obligations so just the fact that all you kids are coming out even with all the confusion means the world.

Further more, the past two shows have been some of the wiiiiild! Props go out to the girls that have held their own in the pit, I try to keep my eye out for any signs of trouble, but the chickies can HOLD THEIR OWN! We've been working on a new set and shits been pretty disasterous, but the kids just bring it so much harder, it's amazing. Two days ago we had a lovely 50-something shirtless gentlemen work the stage and crowd surf, last night in Toledo Kevin broke his nose on his own guitar(bad ass) and tonight we play a one-off show in Grand, Rapids Michigan with our good friends in Hawthorne Heights. Third day in and all that? - Yeah, I funkin' know. I can't wait to see the HH boys and further more I can't wait until our day off tomorrow when we see "Tropic Thunder". I've heard nothing about good things so BRING THAT SHITS ON!!! See you in a bit.

Nick

Dates:

Aug 18th - Grand Rapids, MI / The Intersection w/ Hawthorne Heights, Armor for Sleep - Buy Tickets
Aug 20th - Niles, MI / The Whitehouse (note: HTL are playing this without the touring package)
Aug 21st - Columbus, OH / The Basement - Buy Tickets
Aug 22nd - Pittsburgh, PA / Diesel - Buy Tickets
Aug 23rd - Sterling, VA / Sterling Community Center
Aug 24th - Towson, MD / Recher Theatre - Buy Tickets
Aug 26th - Rochester, NY / Water Street Music Hall - Buy Tickets
Aug 27th - Reading, PA / Silo Nightclub
Aug 28th - State College, PA / Sozo - Buy Tickets
Aug 29th - Poughkeepsie, NY / The Loft - Buy Tickets
Aug 30th - Easton, MA / Quad @ Stonehill College
Aug 31st - Farmingdale, NY / Nutty Irishman - Buy Tickets
Sept 2nd - Greensboro, NC / Greene Street - Buy Tickets
Sept 3rd - Jacksonville, FL / Jack Rabbits - Buy Tickets
Sept 4th - Orlando, FL / Backbooth - Buy Tickets
Sept 5th - Tampa, FL / The Orpheum
Sept 6th - Atlanta, GA / The Masquerade - Buy Tickets

FOLLOW HTL ON TRIP TO TEXAS!!

hitthelights — 2008-08-07T19:28:37Z

Hey hey hey!! Whats goin on out there in the web world?? We are currently driving from Lima, OH to Plano, TX to play a show with The Ataris and Mae. Kevin and I flew in to OH today, the guys picked us up and we left for the lovely TEXAS!! The drive is gonna take around 18 hours, so we will be updating along the whole thing. Join us in our adventure to the south..you never know what we might do! Heeerrreee we gooooo!!! Nate HTL

HTL & ATL....WHAT???!!!!

hitthelights — 2008-07-11T09:52:00Z

Yo kids we started the All Time Low tour last night! It was really good to see the boys in ATL since its been a little over a year since we have gotten to hang with them. The show went really well considering we are playing a bunch of new songs off the new record that we have never played before. I think there were about 750 kids there and everyone seemed to be having a good time out in the crowd taking care of each other and crowd surfing. We are gonna be in Greensboro tonight, so come out to get crazy with us!

Nate HTL

STREAM OUR NEW ALBUM AT MIDNIGHT TONIGHT!!!

hitthelights — 2008-06-30T19:16:00Z

Midnight tonight two things will be happening:

ONE:

I'll be feeding my mogwai so I can turn it into a sweet-ass GREMLIN and I'll get all the chicks I wawnt;

AND TWO

...

WE'LL BE STREAMING OUR NEW ALBUM "SKIP SCHOOL START FIGHTS IN IT'S ENTIRETY!!!

Who loves ya? Yes, Jesus - but HTL doesn't think you're half bad either! Come check out the jams and let us know what you think!

Is '08 the year for HTL? These guys seem to think so:

What to do when your van breaks...

hitthelights — 2008-05-23T20:20:00Z

So a couple of days ago all the electronic parts in the dash of the van started lighting up and going crazy followed by the van making weird noises. Luckily we were right near a Napa auto parts store and decided it was time to get new battery since it had been about 2 years since it was changed and that light was going on and off. Well after 20 minutes changing that out because the old battery was pretty much rusted into the van, we noticed that the light was still turning on and off. The guy at Napa said we should go have our Alternator looked at because that could be the problem. Well needless to say it definitely was the Alternator and no one in the town of Parachute, CO(middle of nowhere) was going to look at it until he following day.....which meant miss the show and our trip to Las Vegas, NV!! Soooo I called and cancelled our room in Vegas while our TM called Set Your Goals TM and said we werent gonna make it. Nick and I started talking for a few minutes and decided what the hell...we are gonna try to change the shit ourselves and see what happens. GUESS WHAT.....no one in Hit The Lights knows anything about cars...hahahahah!! Can you say adventure??!! Well anyways I called my dad and he talked me through what I was supposed to do, we bought the parts and 2 1/2 hours later Nick, Dave and I had somehow succeeded in fixing the van and were on the road. We made it to the show with 2 songs left in Set Your Goals set and ended up playing a pretty good set!! Thanks you so much to SYG for letting us headline over them that night because we were bummed on not being able to play. I think we were literally at the venue for 45 minutes. The best part was yet to come. After the show all the bands headed to Vegas, lost money and raged alllll night long!! Probably turned out to one of the best days/nights/morning that we could have had in that situation!!!! This is why we love touring...you never know what will happen next! We are in CA for the next couple days, so check our myspace and come bring us cookies and fake moustaches.

Much Love
Nate HTL

TOUR DATES!!!!! WE BACK BABY

hitthelights — 2008-02-22T16:21:00Z

Hey guys and gals we will be doing a warm up show in NJ on March 15th as well as direct support for The Audition tour. Please come out and give us some love. We want to hear you sing louder than ever before. Make these shows something to remember!! Here they are

March 15th

First Presbitarian Church

35 Church Street

Rockaway, NJ

w/ Red Light Green Light, Birth Screams, and Lady Radiator

$10 at the door

The Audition....dates still coming in but this is what we have so far!!!

03/18/2008 07:00 PM - Tremont Music Hall

charlotte, nc

03/19/2008 07:00 PM - The Canal Club

richmond, va

03/21/2008 07:00 PM - Sector 7 G

augusta, ga

03/22/2008 07:00 PM - Jack Rabbits

jacksonville, fl

03/24/2008 07:00 PM - The Social

orlando, fl

03/29/2008 07:30 PM - Emo’s

austin, tx

03/30/2008 06:30 PM - Crush Lounge

tulsa, ok

03/31/2008 06:30 PM - The Conservatory

oklahoma city, ok

04/04/2008 06:00 PM - Jillian’s

las vegas, nv

04/06/2008 06:30 PM - 12 Galaxies

san fran, ca

04/08/2008 06:30 PM - Avalon Theatre

salt lake city, ut

04/09/2008 06:30 PM - The Black Sheep

colorodo springs, co

04/11/2008 06:30 PM - The Waiting room

omaha, nb

04/12/2008 04:45 PM - The House of Bricks

des moines, ia

04/13/2008 05:15 PM - Varsity Theatre

minneapolis, mn

04/16/2008 06:30 PM - 2 Cents Plain

st. louis, mo

05/02/2008 04:30 PM - The Chance Theatre

poughkeepsie, ny

05/03/2008 12:00 PM - Meadowlands Sports Complex - Bamboozle

meadowlands, nj

See ya there!!!

Nate

HELL YEAH

hitthelights — 2008-02-17T11:58:16Z

What up peeps. A lot has been happenin since my last post. First of all drums, rhythm guitars, and bass are all fineshed for all the songs. The worst thing is when your finished recording and you have to figure out what to do with yourself for 12 hours of the day...ahhhhh!! Shit gets soo boring and you start going a little bit crazy! That's where video games come in. Omar by no means is a gamer dude, but when he started playing Call of Duty 4 on the 360 he was hooked. We couldn't get him off there for 3 days straight...when he finally beat the game. As for the rest of us we are Halo freaks including Omar, so come take us on if you dare!!! We are currently sitting in Red Robin waiting to get some delicious meats and cheeses. Its nice to go out after a sweet party with the dudes and our friends in the band Fireworks. We miss those dudes a ton, so it was nice to see them.Anyways we are gonna go stuff our faces until our stomachs hurt...woooohoooo!! Tomorrow starts day 1 of lead guitars and vocals..get stoked!!!!