NINJA HIGH SCHOOL!!!!!

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informations

Ninja High School is was a positive hardcore dance-rap band from Toronto.

People who played NHS shows were: Matt Collins, Gregory Collins, Adrian Cvitkovic, Whitney Kemble, Catherine Ribeiro, Steven Kado, Wolfgang Nessel, Star DT, Anna Cvitkovic, Craig Dunsmuir (early on), Peter Thorne, and Amy Emel. You can email us.

shows

• thu, dec 13, 2007: toronto on: sneaky dee's. LAST SHOW EVER. w/ permanent stains, WOMEN, dj davy love. $6.
• sat, jun 2, 2007: brantford, on: ford plant.
• sun, jun 10, 2007: toronto, on: festival on bloor
• sat, may 5, 2007: quebec, qc: 228, Saint-Joseph Est
• sun, apr 15, 2007: new york, ny cancelled, sorry
• fri, apr 13, 2007: buffalo, ny: at soundlab, w/ girl talk
• fri, apr 6, 2007: toronto, on: At Sneaky Dee's with Bleubird, Daiquiri, Notorious V.A.G. and guest lecturers
• fri, mar 30, 2007: montreal, pq
• sat, mar 24, 2007: peterborough, on
• sun, dec 31, 2006: toronto, on at ted's collision jugz billiards. NEW YEARS' EVE! FLASHLIGHTS AND FOG PARTY! w/ NO DYNAMICS, ROSAZIA. DJs Wes Allen+Dan Vila. $6 if you bring a flashlight, $10 without. At midnight, we will turn off all of the lights, fog will fill the room (entirely), and the flashlights go on!
• sat, dec 23, 2006: toronto, on at sneaky dee's. w/ 123ten, milkbag brother, statutory apes, secret handsnakes. doors at 9:30, $5
• fri, dec 8, 2006: toronto, on at cat's eye (150 charles st w). w/ BARCELONA PAVILION, PYRAMID CULTURE, dj WES ALLEN
• sat, nov 11, 2006: montreal, pq at the "main hall", 5390 st. laurent. w/ world provider, gizelle #1.
• sat, nov 4, 2006: toronto, on at THE NORTH YORK LIBRARY! Blocks showcase w/ Final Fantasy, Creeping Nobodies, Hank Collective, and Bob Wiseman. Doors 7:30.
• sun, oct 29, 2006: toronto, on at white orchid. 1pm! all ages! w/ the regulations, sailboats are white, attack in black, dirty bs.
• sat, sep 30, 2006: toronto, on at sneaky dee's. w/ subtle.
• sat, sep 23, 2006: ottawa, on at cafe dekcuf. w/ vitaminsforyou, the acorn. doors 8pm, $10 advanced, $12 door

NHS MEGA TOUR 2006-2: WE DRIVE THROUGH LOTS OF NOTHING

8.02.06 - Brantford, ON    - Ford Plant 
8.05.06 - Winnipeg, MB     - Royal Albert 
8.06.06 - Saskatoon, SK    - (not sure where)
8.07.06 - Edmonton, AB     - Avenue Skatepark!!! 
8.09.06 - Vancouver, BC    - Video In (1965 Main St
                             VENUE CHANGE!!!!)
8.11.06 - Victoria, BC     - 50/50
8.12.06 - Vancouver, BC    - Castle in the Clouds
                             (152 W. Hastings, 8pm)
                             --- CANCELLED
8.13.06 - Anacortes, WA    - Department of Safety 
8.15.06 - Portland OR      - Food Hole. w/ YACHT, PASH
                             and OTHER. **NEW!**
8.18.06 - Ames, IA         - Practice Space NOW IN SUPER
                             WASH PARKING LOT!!!! POSTPONED 1 DAY
8.18.06 - Northbrook, IL   - Northbrook Court Mall Parking Lot
                             (the parking lot from "Weird
                             Science!!!") --- 9PM CANCELLED, SORRY
8.20.06 - Grand Rapids, MI - The DAAC

• thu, jul 27, 2006: toronto, on at the boat. w/ final fantasy, pyramid culture, the good ideas. cancer benefit show
• sun, jul 16, 2006: hamilton, on (tentatively)
• tue, jun 6, 2006: kitchener, on at the starlight. 06/06/06 Iron Bitchface CD Release Party!
• fri, jun 2, 2006: guelph, on is NOT at 127 grange st., it is at "van gogh's ear". w/ the maynards, special guests
• thu, jun 1, 2006: toronto, on at the tranzac. SPECIAL US VERSUS DOLLARAMA SET! w/ pyramid culture, secret handshake, the maynards (on tour from the east coast!
• fri, may 5, 2006: toronto, on at sneaky dee's, w/ kid 606
• fri, apr 28, 2006: toronto, on at the boat, w/ the Doers (all ages)
• sat, apr 8, 2006: toronto, on at the tranzac, ALL CAPS/all ages
• thu, mar 30, 2006: toronto, on. at sneaky dee's. w/ jason forrest!!!, knifehandchop
• fri, mar 17, 2006: brantford, on. at the ford plant.
matinee w/ Hank, No Dynamics, Republic of Safety. 2PM!
• sat, feb 18, 2006: rochester, ny.
• We are totally totally sorry but due to passport problems (Matt expected to have his passport renewed by the time of the show but about a week ago the passport office sent his application back because of an "i" that wasn't dotted or something) we can't make it across the border. 1,000,000 apologies.
• fri, feb 17, 2006: pittsburgh, pa. at the William Pitt Union's Assembly Room, Pitt Campus. w/ grand buffet.
• sun, feb 12, 2006: toronto, on wavelength 300th anniversary. at sneaky dee's. w/ Henri Faberge and the Adorables, The Secret Handshake, The Phonemes. NOTE THE DATE/LOCATION CHANGE

• winter east coast tour!

  Please help us out if you can get us shows on the ??? dates. (Moncton, Fredericton, I'm looking at you)
  • jan 8, 2006: ottawa, on, at zaphod beeblebrox, w/ daquiri, night ruiner
  • jan 9, 2006: montreal, qc, w/ s.s. cardiacs, telefauna, baby eagle
  • jan 10, 2006: ???
  • jan 11, 2006: ???
  • jan 12, 2006: halifax, ns, at gus's pub, w/ jon-rae fletcher and the river, the maynards
  • jan 13, 2006: charlottetown, pei, at the arts guild, w/ Windom Earle, BA Johnston, and the Maynards.
  • jan 14, 2006: sackville, nb
  • jan 15, 2006: somewhere in quebec? CANCELLED BECAUSE THE VENUE BLEW UP (no joke)
• fri, jan 20, 2006: we'll be doing a DJ set on CFRE radio: www.cfreradio.com, 9-10pm.
• fri, jan 20, 2006: toronto, on derek madison's baby shower! w/ no dynamics, pyramid culture, better than everyone, shit wizard, 10000 watt head
• sat, dec 31, 2005: toronto, on. at the boat. we're dj'ing. kids on tv, jon-rae fletcher and the river, republic of safety.
• thu, nov 10, 2005: toronto, on. at the boat. w/ final fantasy, henri faberge + the adorables.
• fri, oct 28, 2005: toronto, on. halloween house party! w/ the secret handshake, Krotch Wrott, Battle Walrus, Goathanger. 718a bathurst st. apt 3. BYOB, costumes MANDATORY. duh.
• sat, oct 22, 2005: toronto, on. INDIE ROCK RAVE! at the boat on augusta. w/ KIDS ON TV and a band from the west coast + many many djs. gregory from nhs will be spinning a dancehall set. nhs goes on at 4am.
• sat, sep 24, 2005: kitchener-waterloo, on. details TBA. with the zoobombs.
• fri, sep 16, 2005: toronto, on. at the phoenix (har har). w/ rjd2, kid koala, zoobombs. CANCELLED.
• wed, sep 14, 2005: toronto, on. at the comfort zone. w/ anagram, lenin i shumov, camouflage, others. a hurricane benefit show.
• sat, aug 27, 2005: kitchener, on. at zero to one, 107 king st. w. w/ dd/mm/yyyy, quebexico, and the cannons.
• wed, aug 17, 2005: brantford, on. at the ford plant.
• wed, july 27, 2005: guelph, on. w/ battle wizard, whitebelt octopus. art + music! at "ebar", 41 quebec street. doors @ 8, $5 cover.
• sat, july 23, 2005: toronto, on. Seven-inch release!!! Extra-special location! We're playing a show in High Park. Meet @ the Wharf in the middle of Grenadier Pond. BRING A FLASHLIGHT! It'll be DARK. Seven-inches are $5, the show is free. MIDNIGHT.
• fri, feb 18, 2005: toronto, on. at club rockit, 7pm, $8, ALL AGES, with viking club (last toronto show), japanther (RAD), courtesy blush, the sourkeys
• fri, mar 11, 2005: kitchener, on. at the Victoria Park Pavilion (80 Schneider Av.), with Lions and Tigers, Zefangus, Silent Film Soundtrack, and Esteban. Doors @ 7:30, all ages.
• thu, mar 17, 2005: toronto, on. HOUSE SHOW!!! 403 Adelaide St W, Toronto. w/ NO DYNAMICS, ACTION MAKES, THE KEY CONCEPTS. "Doors" 9:30pm, $10 (incl. all-you-can-drink beer.)
• sat, mar 19, 2005: brantford, on. OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN OH MAN. At the Ford Plant, with Ape AND Transylvania 500. How is that possible??! It's like my greatest dream come true, well my greatest dream already came true this month but it's like my penultimately greatest dream come true. If you don't come to this then you hate fun.
• fri, apr 1, 2005: guelph, on. HOUSE SHOW! 127 grange street (side door.) SPECIAL PA-LESS SHOW. PA-LESS? KAHLESS!
• sat, may 7, 2005: waterloo, on. Waterloo Regional Children's Museum, 10 King Street W. Doors 8pm, $12 door, $10 advance @ encore/orange monkey/loop clothing.
• fri, may 13, 2005: oshawa, on. Polish Hall - 168 Banting ave. $7, doors at 7pm. With ANAGRAM, white light heat, planet uranus + several dancing robots, and the piney wolves
• sat/sun, june 4/5, 2005: tantramar, on. TRACK AND FIELD!!!! HOLY SHIT!!!! The most amazing party of last summer returns to delight us once again. Info at http://www.socialartsclub.org/trackandfield05/. We'll be playing exclusively some material from the new record we're working on titled Young Adults Against Suicide.
• thu, june 30, 2005: toronto, on. HOUSE SHOW! 285.5 college st. PWYC. w/ Tradition, The Lava Witch, Very Venuto.
• fri, july 1, 2005: london, on. Details TBA.
• wed, july 13, 2005: toronto, on. w/ Go! Team, @ Lee's Palace, 529 Bloor St W. Doors 8:00. SOLD OUT, :(.
• fri, july 15, 2005: cambridge, on. Blissful Wizard cd release w/Dharma Bums. Stephanie's, 5 Water St. Doors 9:30- 10.
• plus dozens and dozens of shows before greg joined the band and started keeping track of them here.

releases

do it! scenarios of the revolution

by Jerry Rubin. Danger! This book will become a Molotov cocktail in your very hands. Jerry Rubin has written The Communist Manifesto of our era. Do It! is a Declaration of War between the generations — calling on kids to leave their homes, burn down their schools and create a new society on the ashes of the old. SOLD OUT

young adults against suicide (tomlab)

Available now on Tomlab. Our first full-length, featuring even more yelling about semiotics. MP3 samples: by purpose not by plan (sex nerds mix), shake it off

young adults against suicide (blocks)

Canadian edition on Blocks Recording Club available now!! The Blocks version has an extra bonus track. Read the lyrics.

by purpose not by plan/it's all right to fight 7"

A 7" out on Tomlab's excellent "Alphabet Series". Limited edition of 500 copies. Manufactured to the highest specifications, pressed on 180-gram vinyl. Both sides coated with Permajam™.

we win!

The NHS debut ep! Released in 2004, AVAILABLE NOW OUT OF PRINT from Blocks Recording Club. Featuring more positive hardcore disguised as 'rap' than anyone has ever shaken a stick at in their entire lives!! INCREDIBLE songs and beautifully subtle production. Sample MP3: NHS is gonna rock you

blocks "toronto is great!" compilation

The Toronto Is Great!! compilation is a persuasive document of the recent Toronto-based Positive Music Explosion. We have a track on there called "It's Gonna Be Us!", a different version of which is on our "We Win!" EP. We love Toronto and think that it is the greatest place in the entire world to reside in.

links to awesome stuff

tomlab, blocks recording club, MANHUNT, floatingthrulife