Yo! San Francisco may be sold out, but Sacramento and San Pedro still have a few tickets left.
We’re stoked to play with @youngbasterds in Sacramento @oldironsidesbar . This show will be a blast.
In San Pedro @sardinepedro we’ll be joined by @jen_pop who be with us in San Francisco as well. She’s rad, you love her, come enjoy her set.
All dates will feature @sweetgloom666 who will tear our faces off.
Here she is. Go to all of the places you watch videos and check out the lyric video for Long Day. Also, go save/like/love/share the single on all streaming platforms. Love you guys, AmSteel
After hassling @the_American_Steel for two decades, it is with great relief that we can finally announce the re-issue of their self-titled debut album on Red Scare. Out March 20th! The texts, calls, and emails have paid off and the squeaky wheel is gettin' the grease. AmSteel are absolute legends in our eyes, and this first LP of theirs oozes that Gilman spirit of bands like Operation Ivy and Crimpshrine. You'll know what we mean when you hear it next month (ahem, L!NK IN BIO), and if you're a proper Steelhead, you'll pick up a copy at one of their upcoming shows:
3/18 - Sacramento, CA @ Old Ironsides
3/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Sardine
3/21 - San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
If you've read this far, you should also know that we will have something *NEW* for you (🤫) between now and March 20th, so prepare for inevitable elation...
#AmericanSteel #LookoutRecords #PunkRock #FatWreckChords #924Gilman
Live shot: @AlanSnodgrassPhoto
Poster art: @HandcarvedGraphics
Heading out on our first tour, July 1998.
We spent the night in Santa Cruz and decided to leave the following evening to avoid the heat of the drive through California’s Central Valley on our way to Las Vegas. If only we had known the heat we would face in the South in the weeks ahead.
Ryan and Scott, both in the center, wandered around Santa Cruz and got a little too much sun. John, on the left, sat on the porch of our host’s house reading and writing, as he did then and still does to this day. Rory, on the right, slept until 4 pm and was ready to roll.
We were out for 32 days and drove more than 12,000 miles. Our DIY tour routing was wild, with some truly chaotic back and forth shows.
We were touring on our first 7”, selling it for three dollars. We also had homemade shirts in Large and XL, bought at Costco and printed in Ryan’s mom’s backyard. We even brought the screen along so we could make more as we sold through them.
On our days off, we wrote songs for our next record, using friends’ basements and DIY venues as our rehearsal spaces.
We learned a lifetime of lessons on that first tour. We fought and loved each other like brothers. We made countless friends who are still in our lives today. Most of all, we did something nobody thought we could pull off and had the time of our lives.
No cell phones. No digital maps. No social media. Just a road atlas and barely enough money for gas to get to the next city, sometimes.
Photo Scan and Edit by: Mike Buchmiller @handcarvedgraphics
If you like and comment on this video and images you’ll be more likely to see the cool stuff we’re about to announce. Dead and Gone video featuring mohawk guy (tag them!) and @mikegetdead briefly enjoying himself. 🎥 by: ?
