PJ Bond – Stop Being Bad

Ask New Jersey native PJ Bond about DIY ethics, the underground punk scene and toiling in relative obscurity for nearly ten years and you’re likely to hear a thoughtful, forthright response that could fill a book. Or at least a chapter in a book that’s overflowing with the hard-knock stories of similarly under-appreciated artists whose contributions have also been woefully ignored.

Once a member of the hard-touring indie band Outsmarting Simon (Triple Crown Records), Bond cut his teeth on the road, traveling in overcrowded vans and playing in hundreds of dive bars, art spaces, coffee houses, sweaty basements and just about anywhere with a stage and a P.A. system. Much to the chagrin of fans that reveled in the outfit’s dynamic punk-influenced emo rock leanings, Outsmarting Simon opted for indefinite hiatus in 2007. PJ then jumped to the similarly minded Marigold, followed by a stints with Communipaw and The Color Fred.

Bond’s latest offering, You Didn’t Know I Was Alphabetical, was recorded between January and June of 2009 in a number of NJ and PA locations using a few different computers and programs such as Protools and Cubase. DIY baby! It was mixed by PJ’s brother, Brian Bond, and mastered by Rob Zajac. Black Numbers will be releasing the record on November 10, 2009 in both 12″ and CD formats. There were 300 copies of the LP (100 white, 200 blue) pressed. Additionally, there is a short run (200) of hand-screened CDs with liner notes personally written by PJ. No two of these limited edition discs are alike

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PJ Bond - Stop Being Bad