Epitaph signs Ikara Colt

Epitaph has signed England's Ikara
Colt in a worldwide deal excluding the UK and Japan. Their first release on Epitaph
will be their debut "Chat and Business," which will be available in
Europe on Monday October 14th. The album was previously released in the UK by Fantastic
Plastic Records last March. The album's North American release will be in
November. The Epitaph version of "Chat
and Business" includes four additional tracks not included on the original
UK release.

Epitaph's website quoted founder Brett
Gurewitz with saying "I consider Ikara
Colt a very important new band. This kind of style, smarts, and aggression
has been sorely missed in music. I'm thrilled and honored to work with them
and have high hopes for their future."