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JUNE 2007

HATE IN THE BOX + BURLESQUE AT CONEY ISLAND SIDESHOW = !!!!

Booze! Beauties! Bumper Cars! Birthday? Experience it all this coming Friday, June 8th! This will be the historic first time Hate in the Box plays at America's one and only remaining permanent sideshow!

As lovers of all things unique, freakish and fantastic, sideshows have a special place in our dark hearts. However, the Coney Island Sideshow is super-mega-ultra special to us because it's the first one we ever experienced live!

Not special enough for you? Did we forget to mention that this show will feature ex-HITB drummer Damnique? It's on!!!

To give you a sneaky peek at what things will be like that night, here's a rough recording of Porcelain from our last rehearsal. KABOOM!

*Still* not special enough? It's Optimus Crime's birthday! So to recap... the Cyclone, the Sideshow, Burleque Beauties, Damnique drumming, and Crime's birthday all on a Friday night in Coney Island?

Ever since our first visit Blight and I have wanted to have a little show of our own there. Now we have our chance and it's going to be a hell of a lot bigger than we imagined!

Burlesque on the Beach is the party we've been invited to delight with our wicked wonderland soundscape, and a bevy of beauties will enchant you before and after our set!

It's no secret that this is probably the last chance anyone will have to enjoy this kind of party in Coney Island. Here's an article that sums up the changes coming our way and why we're being as optimistic as we can and partying NOW!

Who:	Hate in the Box and the lovely ladies of Badass Burlesque
What:	A Decadent Night of Beauty and Bedlam!
Where:	The Coney Island Sideshow
	1208 Surf Ave
	Brooklyn, NY 11224
	http://www.coneyislandusa.com/sideshow.shtml
When:	Friday June 8th, 10pm
	21+ w/ID
	$15

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Hate In The Box

Hate in the Box is candy-coated horror rock---a five piece, all live, whirl-a-gig of musical mayhem; a perfect picture of innocence lost and childhood memories shattered. Blaspheming the boundaries of the NYC underground, their music is often likened to punk, rock, goth, and industrial while angering the purists of each. Theatrical and comical, they are an anime rock band brought to monstrous life, fronted by an American Gothic Lolita from the darkside, a living, breathing Technicolor Nightmare.

This is music for people who like things that don't fit into one neat little compartment: dollies of doom who want to ROCK! Live shows are the strongest weapon in the Hate in the Box arsenal; a travelling spookfest featuring colorful costumes, candy-filled bondage bunnies, mysterious goodie bags, edible brains and rockin' tunes to reanimate your twisted inner child!

The murky origins of the twisted toys that compose Hate in the Box are available below. Read at your own risk!!

The mad scientist Optimus Crime can usually be found in his lab creating twisted monstrosities of musical mayhem. During one such experiment, the unexpected occured! A truck full of broken, abandoned toys headed for a dusty shelf broke an axle, skidded and crashed into the lab. The combination of all the sorrow and bittersweet memories stored in the toys and the musical and technological wonders in Crime's lab produced:

Rainbow Blight-- the Living Doll
Like one of the Abominable Dr. Phibes Automaton musicians suddenly gaining a mind of it's own, Blight brings technicolor madness to the entity known as Hate in the Box. Her self-made deconstructed costumes echo cartoons and dolls brought to nightmarish life. Relics of childhood and death decorate her weapon of choice- the mic stand. The art she creates (which can be seen on this website and on all Hate in the Box albums) mirrors the lyrics she writes; broken toys in a fractured fairytale, longing to be whole.