Long Live Crime Records Gets Dirty on the Lower East Side

Los Angeles based record label Long Live Crime Records has just signed New York based Jonny Lives! The band is currently in the studio recording their debut album for the label. The expected release will be sometime in the early fall of this year. With a single coming out in early summer.

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 7, 2005 -- Long Live Crime Records gets dirty on the lower east side.

Long Live Crime Records is pleased to announce the newest member of the family.

Los Angeles based record label Long Live Crime Records has just signed New York based Jonny Lives! The band is currently in the studio recording their debut album for the label. The expected release will be sometime in the early fall of this year. With a single coming out in early summer.

The band is recording on their home turf down on the lower eastside at Dangerous Studios with producers Michael Tudor (Duncan Sheik) and Mikki James at the helm. The band is starting to see success in the UK since releasing the UK limited edition EP Tabloid Nation. Ready to start building the same excitement here in the states they plan to hit the road and begin touring right after they finish recording to support the first single on the record Get Steady" a song that can currently be heard on Play station 2 MVP Baseball.

The band recently opened up for the Kaiser Chiefs in New York and have also opened for bands such as the Strokes, Sonic Youth and the Killers and are looking forward to hitting the road in both supporting and headlining slots. Called Pant-droppingly brilliant" by Brit music magazine NME Jonny Lives! Is also looking forward to getting back to the UK.

Being at a label you listen to a lot of music that is good and a lot of music that is great and then once in while one crosses your desk and you realize that THIS is the reason we do this. When this cd crossed my desk I knew we had found a real winner and we are very excited to be apart of it." Says Long Live Crime Records General Manager Susan Ferris.

We have started to show our diversity in the things that we release and Jonny Lives is a perfect addition to the great music we are putting out there" says Reece McLaughlin, head of Retail Sales and Marketing.

For more information on Jonny Lives please contact Susan Ferris or Reece McLaughlin at Long Live Crime Records 323-655-8976.

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