THE BRONX RELEASE FINAL 7-INCH IN BRONX VI LIMITED-EDITION SERIES: “PARTICIPATION TROPHY” AVAILABLE TODAY VIA THEBRONXXX.COM BRONX VI AVAILABLE NOW VIA COOKING VINYL | ||
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March 11, 2022, LOS ANGELES – The Bronx, who have released a limited-edition 7-inch for each of the 13 songs on the SoCal band’s critically-acclaimed album Bronx VI (Cooking Vinyl), release the final piece of the collection: the “Participation Trophy” single and an accompanying merch collection. Matt Caughthran says of the track: “We love ending our albums with a bit of a curveball, and ‘Participation Trophy’ is definitely an experimental finish line. A throwback sound that was too exciting to ignore.” | ||
 Personalized “jack ass” Participation Trophy |
As the band has done with each track from Bronx VI, when they have released the vinyl single, they’ve also unveiled a single-themed merch collection (Thebronxxx.com), focusing on artists that have a strong artistic vision and a history with the band. For “Participation Trophy” they go in-house with guitar player Joby J. Ford crafting the 7-Inch art. A set of six “jack ass” trophies will be available, with each engraved with the name of the buyer. | ||
 “Participation Trophy” 7-inch artwork |
The other participants who have taken part over the past several single releases include Dogtown’s Craig Stecyk’s unique glyphs showing up on a Bronx VI skateboard, LA-by-way-of-Australia duo DabsMyla’s striking imagery for “Superbloom,” U.K. graffiti artist/typographer Gary Stranger’s artwork for “Peace Pipe,” a “White Shadow” themed NFT in associated with cult punk/hardcore/Dead & Co. graphic designer Jeremy Dean, an Estevan Oriol-directed video for “Curb Feelers,” a trio of original paintings by tattooer-turned-designer Tokyo Hiro for the physical “New Lows” singles, Rick Froberg (Pitchfork/Drive Like Jehu) designed the artwork for “Jack of All Trades,” and Rancid’s Tim Armstrong directing the band’s “Breaking News (Live)” video. Bronx VI (https://thebronx.lnk.to/ | ||
 Photo credit: Mike Miller |
The Bronx formed in 2002, releasing their self-titled debut album the following year. Over the Los Angeles-based band’s 19 year career, The band has released six original albums as The Bronx, and three albums under their alter ego, Mariachi El Bronx. Both iterations of the legendary SoCal outfit have been hailed for harnessing the “unleashed cries of youthful blue-collar anguish” (Los Angeles Times), and for writing “hard-hitting and catchy hard rock tracks” (Loudwire). The Bronx is Matt Caughthran (vocals), Joby J. Ford (guitar), Ken Horne (guitar), Brad Magers (bass) and Joey Castillo (drums). # # # | ||
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