Recent Updates
NEWS (02.08.2010)
With our recent line-up shift (yep, we're minus one and plus two) comes the need to overhaul our Web site. This will happen in the near future, I swear! We took some photos as a foursome, and as soon as we get them back, the Hold For Swank Dot Com you've grown to know and love will look a smidgen different and be way easier to update, so you can stay current on upcoming shows and news right here! Suck it, Trebek!
NEWS/MERCH/BREAST CANCER AWARENESS (11.14.2009)
So one of my (Eric) really good friends, Alyssa Sparks, has been diagnosed with breast cancer. For the second time in three years. Ugh. She's already had it once, had the tumor removed, been through chemo, lost her hair, lost her breasts, got her hair back, got some new breasts, and just generally been through hell, but with a smile on her face and a positive attitude the whole time. Now her small family has to go through this again, and it's not going to be cheap. Let me explain one important thing to you: Her husband, Nathan, is one of my best friends in this world, and if it weren't for him, I wouldn't be writing the songs that I write, I wouldn't have the motivation that I have, and there would be no Hold For Swank.
So I come to you with this plea: If you have yet to buy our new CD, "Get Confident, Stupid!" now is the time to buy it, because for every CD you buy from our site, we're giving $3.00 to the Sparks family, and for every full album you buy on iTunes, we'll give them $2.00. Here are two pie charts to show how this breaks down:
We don't really have a goal for this campaign, and we're probably going to do it until we sell out of CDs. Click here to buy the new CD off our site, or here to buy it on iTunes, and you'll not only have a great album, you'll be helping out a dear friend. Thanks!
HOLD FOR SWANK STRIKES TWO SPONSORSHIPS (08.23.2009)
DES MOINES - Exciting news for Des Moines- based rock trio Hold For Swank as they have acquired two new sponsorships.
TRX Cymbals, based in Studio City, Calif., have agreed to endorse drummer Nick Talley as part of their Rising Star program. According to company president, David Levine, the project has been developed to provide TRX's high-quality, custom made Turkish cymbals to talented, young players who are currently establishing their credentials and building solid reputations in the studio and on the road. (trxcymbals.com)
"I'm super-stoked about this opportunity," said Talley. "I'm really impressed with the quality and craftsmanship of the TRX brand."
The band has also arranged a relationship with GotVape?, based in Lake Forest, Calif. Lake Forest is in Orange County California, the nation's 8th largest consumer market, and GotVape? has been in business since 2000. (gotvape.com)
This brings the band's endorsements to a total of four, including Masters of Maple custom drum kits and Knucklehead Strings.
NEWS (07.21.2009)
Look over to your right. Yep, we just added more shows to our calendar! Also, I know it's been a while since our redesign and we still don't have any photos up; I promise they're coming soon; I just need to get unlazy and make some thumbnails and turn them into an unordered list :-) In the meantime, buy our new CD, "Get Confident, Stupid!", so I can quit worrying about making money and start uploading photos! Rar rar rar.
NEWS (07.07.2009)
It's here! It's here! The new CD arrived on our doorstep just the other day, and now it's time for you to order it! Go here to get the new disc (and I swear I'll fix the link if you wanna get the old disc), and if you need a little teaser, check out our MySpace to listen to "As You Wish" and "The Record Skips." Oh baby!