We’re super stoked to announce the release of BIG HUGE TRUCK, the hip-pop collaboration between Gregory Pepper and producer/drummer Madadam! This album has been in the works since 2008 and features guest appearances by a bunch of our homies from Fake Four Inc! We’ll be sharing some tracks before the June 2013 release, but for now you can check out the tracklist below:

1. Sisyphean Rock (Gregory Pepper Mix)
2. Mechanical Head (feat. Blue Blue Heron)
3. House On Wheels (feat. Noah 23)
4. Cautionary Tales (feat. Ceschi)
5. Pinch the Hooch, Double Helix, Jizz Cracker
6. Walrus For Mayor (feat. Awol One)
7. Stone Airplane
8. MadadaM Interlude
9. Stirring Dead Leaves (feat. Open Mike Eagle)
10. Let’s Be Homies (feat. Kirby Dominant)
11. Frontin’ In Your Heartbone (feat. Livestock)
12. Sisyphean Rock (MadadaM Mix)

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We’re making room at the CAMP PEPPER SHOP for new inventory so starting today, Meta-GP T-Shirts are just 8 bucks (plus shipping). Available in Charcoal Grey, HOT Pink, Green, and Yellow! Size chart available HERE.

Oh, and we have a couple of these salmon pink, girly shirts left!

Dudes! We sold out of these Macho Man / Lil’ Bub shirts really fast, so I guess that means you’re into it? We decided to print a second run, taking pre-orders from now until April 19th!

We’re printing on a superior brand of “Gildan ring-spun” tees this time (size chart here) so send your size and contact info to: gregorypepper@gmail.com

S-M-L are $20 (shipping included within North America). We’ll also put a bunch of mediums up at the SHOP. OOOOOHHHH YEEEAAAAHHHH!

So KAZOO! FEST was a total blast, homies. Here’s the poster we screenprinted for our show with The Bicycles and Army Girls. Still have a couple of these available – $10 (s/h included).

We did this weird, live drawing thing in front of a captive audience, myself, Marc Bell, Jay Stephens, Mike Byers, Ryan Cassidy, and Gillian Wilson. I drank something like 12 tall cans, so I’m not sure if I added much of value towards the end there. It was fun though.

We also sold stuff at the Print Expo! and screenprinted a poster too:

The rad folks at Wavelength Toronto asked us to play at the Monarch Tavern in little Italy last week, alongside Shotgun Jimmie and Baby Eagle. It was seriously fun, especially cuz $40 T-Bag offered to drive that night. Our buddy James was nice enough to sit one from the mosh pit and take this video of us playing “Quonset Hut” from the Great Repression album. Check it out, homies:

Oh, and here’s an interview we did with the Wavelength guys just before the show.

We just released the new episode of PEP TALK! “Return To Crystal Skull Mountain”! In honor of all the awesome submissions we got to the GREGORY PEPPER COVER CONTEST, this whole show is devoted to some of our favorites! Scroll down to stream or download for FREE from bandcamp. Tracklist: (1) Consultation with Rocker John (2) MADADAM – “All Are Welcome” (3) EXTENDED WALRUS – “All Are Welcome / Overture” (4) EMCOR – “Persona Non Grata” (5) TYSON & HIS GAMEBOY – “Persona Non Grata” (6) KATE SCHUTT – “Do The Die Inside” (7) AGES – Do The Die Inside” (8) ESTEBAN AGUILA & TONY AVILA – “Siga A Casa” (9) YES YES HOBBYHORSE – “Wandering By” (10) STILL NOTHING – “Dearly Departed” (11) CESCHI – “Another Stitch” (12) JAH PEP – “Breathe In” (13) ALEX RICCI – “Breathe In” (14) LEGATO VIPERS – “Breathe In” (15) AC/DC – “Despair’s Moustache” (16) SNAKEFIGHT! – “Take It” (17) THE NEW SHEBANGS feat. BIG TIMMY – “Born to Die” (18) TOMMY V – “All Are Welcome”

As you may already know, mister David Partridge of Oakville, Ontario was recently crowned the victor of the GREGORY PEPPER COVER CONTEST! Dave – who runs HELM Recording studio and plays in AGES and LOST CITIES – submitted two wicked covers, a mellow-major version of “Do The Die Inside” and a hard-as-fuck rendition of “Take It”. Check them out:

I can’t overstate how tough it was picking a winner for this thing. Many thanks are due to all the folks who submitted. Here’s some of our favorites since the last update.

YES YES HOBBYHORSE – “Wandering By”

MADADAM – “All Are Welcome”

EMCOR – “Persona Non Grata”

KATE SCHUTT – “Do The Die Inside”

AC/DC – “Despair’s Moustache”

EXTENDED WALRUS – “Siga A Casa” (aka “Follow It Home”)

THE STILL NOTHING – “Dearly Departed”

CESCHI - “Celebrity Def” (aka “Another Stitch”)

OK, so we haven’t toured in a few months, but that’s left us with lots of time to get caught up on drawing stuff. Here’s some of our favorites from the past little bit.

LEGATO VIPERS t-shirt design

MINOTAURS tour poster. We love TWIN PEAKS, so we had fun drawing the LOG LADY.

We also drew this transparent portrait of MINOTAURS front-man Nathan Lawr, but guy was too humble to roll with it. Hat tip to Kristian Hammerstad for inspiration on this one.

TERRESTRIAL India Brown Ale label for WELLINGTON BREWERY.

there is but two short, dwindling weeks left to supply us with your own unique cover version of a song from ESCAPE FROM CRYSTAL SKULL MOUNTAIN and become a part of the GREGORY PEPPER COVER CONTEST! we’re really stoked on all the submissions received thus far, ranging from longing acoustic ballads to tongue-in-cheek swag rap. if this is all news to you, then check out this informative video to get all the deets. here are some of our favorites thus far:

AGES – “DO THE DIE INSIDE”

EXTENDED WALRUS – “ALL ARE WELCOME”

TYSON & HIS GAMEBOY – “WANDERING BY”

ALEX RICCI – “BREATHE IN”

LEGATO VIPERS – “BREATHE IN”

TOMMY V – “ALL ARE WELCOME”

AM BROOKS – “FOLLOW IT HOME”

THE NEW SHEBANGS – “BORN TO DIE”

and listen: when we say HOMIES, we mean it in an inclusive, friendly sense. chicks need not be shy to apply. all are welcome.

we’ve been drawing lots of stuff recently. above is my 1962 “canadian crap machine” (that’s what the kids used to call CCMs in grade school) for the STAY OUT OF THE MALL XI poster. the three-day-shindig features THE MAGIC, GENTLEMAN REG, L CON, KING COBB STEELIE, and ELAQUENT, to name a few. HIS PROBLEMS will be playing alongside FUCKED UP on DECEMBER 15th.

we also drew this poster for A ROCK SHOW at the silver dollar on DECEMBER 14TH. try as we might, it’s tough to capture lil bub’s complex visage with pen and paper. we’ll be playing alongside our homie wayne petti from CUFF THE DUKE, lily frost, and among millions. mike brooks just joined the band, so he’ll be melting some faces with obscene guitar solos for sure.

promotional screen print for “escape from crystal skull mountain” featuring a bunch of silly tattoos on pepper’s bloated chest, available HERE.

and then there’s this print of professor stephen hawking right after a couple greedy rails. makes a perfect gift for the low-art lover with a grotesque sense of humor. 2-layer screenprint, limited edition of 10. BUY IT HERE!