News archive

2009/04/26

Jonathan Kroll now has an online art portfolio at www.jonathankroll.net. The site showcases his work and provides links to two past exhibitions at David Patton Los Angeles: "Dutch Treat" (16 February - 15 March 2008) and "a good chance at some point" (13 January - 10 February 2007)
Link: an article on Amphetamine Reptile Records and Chokebore in Magnet Magazine's "lost classics" section.

The French band Exsonvaldes has just released its new single Lali. The digital download version (available on iTunes, or free if you pre-order a copy of the 10 inch color vinyl version) includes a cover of Chokebore's song You Are the Sunshine of My Life.

Last minute info: Christian Death 1334, featuring drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo of Chokebore, will be playing at the Locomotive in Paris, France, on November 29th 2007 (Rouen show cancelled)!

Christian Death 1334, featuring drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo of Chokebore, will be playing at the Knitting Factory in Los Angeles, CA, on November 12th 2007. The band will then embark on a European tour starting on November 16th. Check the C.D. 1334 Myspace page for tour dates.

Indie Rock Reviews have recently given A Taste for Bitters an excellent review in their Hidden Gems category.
The Sounds section has been upgraded with a new audio player, and the song Nylon has been added to the sound collection. It is a very rare track featured on the 1996 For Proper Stylus Care compilation LP. Enjoy!

The Videos section has been upgraded with a new video player. The It Could Ruin Your Day video has been replaced by a higher quality version, and a new video (Ciao L.A.) has been added.

Christian Death 1334, featuring original Christian Death members James McGearty, Rikk Agnew and Eva O., along with Jaime Pina, Le'rue Delashay, and drummer Christian Omar Madrigal Izzo (of Chokebore), will be playing at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, on Friday the 13th of April 2007, in celebration of (Christian Death debut album) Only Theatre of Pain's 25th anniversary. The band is also planning to tour the United States then Europe.

The artist Knick Jim has recently covered Chokebore's Days of Nothing on his Winter Somber EP, currently available on Boombox Records. Hear it on the Knick Jim Myspace page, buy it on iTunes!
There is a Chokebore group on Flickr. Please feel free to join in and post your pictures!
2 more high quality music videos added to the Videos section!

Back to the old days... 2 early 90's additions to the Discography, 2 beautiful black & white live photo sets from '95 (thanks to Patryk Mogilnicki) and '98 (thanks to Izo), and the music videos of 2 classic songs!

As promised a while ago, here is the new design of Chokebore.net!
Pages have moved around and changed names quite a lot, so please update your bookmarks and links from your websites.
Please feel free to comment on the new site in the forums.
Also as promised, the sound and video files have been upgraded to a higher quality standard. Sound files can be streamed, and sometimes downloaded, from the Sounds section. Videos can be streamed from the Videos section, using the DivX Web Player plugin, available for free on divx.com. A new video of Chokebore live in Germany in 1994 has been added to the video collection. More later...

Carrousel (Jonathan Kroll and Jan Schieffer) will be playing live at Galerieigeneschlafzimmer for the opening reception of drawings, paintings and video by Garth Gregory and George.B.Barber this Friday March 17th from 7 pm till late.
Address: Fehrbelliner Str. 56, 10119 Berlin, Klingel: Martin/Barber, 4 Stk.

Chokebore now has a page on myspace.com. Please add Chokebore to your friends list and spread the love!
Jonathan Kroll will be performing under the name A New Born Riot of Dreams with Coco Rosie on Saturday Nov. 26th in Paris at the Divan du Monde. The show is sold out...

Baby Thaddeus Jonathan Kroll was born on May 31, 2005 in Berlin. Congratulations to daddy James and mommy Jenny!

Jonathan Kroll and Jan Schieffer will be playing music for two guitars in conjunction with an exhibition of paintings by Garth Gregory, Thursday September 15th, 8 pm at Rosengarten Volkspark, Weinbergsweg, Berlin.

Jonathan Kroll and Jan Schieffer will be playing music for two guitars in conjunction with the Depri film festival - Saturday Feb 26, 7 pm at Dr. Pong, Eberswalderstr. 21, Prenzlauerberg, Berlin.

" Hello to you all in Chokebore land, this is Troy. I'm writing to tell you that the Chokebore is on standby for a little while. We are all doing our different music in our different countries and I really hope (and think) we will get together again one fine day to continue the Chokebore story. As you know Chokebore has a long story and it's good for us to take a little break and explore the world around us. We have lived together in a van for 14 hard (and fun) years on the road. I think we need a little change for now. Our albums will still be for sale if you don't have them and I think the websites will continue, so you'll still have news when there is news! So for now I say good bye to you from Chokebore land for a little while. It's been so great getting to know you all and playing music for and with you.
Byebye,
Troy von Balthazar. "
Chokebore.net continues! A redesign is in the works, as well as an upgrade on the quality of the audio and video files. Stay tuned and watch for the next newsletters...

Chokebore.net celebrates its sixth anniversary! A live mp3 of the song A Taste for Bitters, taken from the KXLU Live Volume 5 CD compilation, has been added in the Sounds section for the occasion. Enjoy!