Madball Signs To Thorp

NYC's Madball has signed to Thorp
Records. The band just finished recording a new four song EP at Blue Meanie
Studios and is on the road as part of the previously announced Rise Of Brutality
tour. The upcoming EP is appropriately titled NYHC and should be
available in January. It will include three new songs, a Spanish version of
"Pride (Times Are Changing)" and exclusive video footage of interviews
and the band in the studio. Martyr Records
has announced that they will be releasing the 7" version of the upcoming EP
early next year as well. The band's statement in the press release said "This will only be a taste of what is to come for Madball. 2004 is Madball's year!"