Lowside Magazine Party - Baltimore, MD

Gotta send a huge shout out and thanks to the fellas over at Lowside Magazine. They put on a great event and are taking the steps to create a standout magazine that will be here for a long time to come. Its the DIY effort and understanding that if you build it they will come mentality that made the event a great time. Extra thanks to Rich for securing us a hotel room, damn that place had some cold AC! I haven't seen that many bitchin' bikes in one setting in a long time. All riders and some seriously old iron showed up, hells yeah!

Peep a few photos here and on our Flickr page

Beind The Barbed Wire - Jeff Clayton of Antiseen

THAT PLACE WERE ANTiSEEN IS FROM



SO.........how did the GBH show go? pretty damned well in my estimations.Well, considering there was only 150 paid through the door which is embarrassing , but then again we ARE talking about Charlotte, NC...the city that could only have a turnout of 200 for the New York Dolls!!! OK, OK, so it was a Tuesday night, I reckon we should take that into consideration. We opened the show with a 30 minute set that according to some hack at CREATIVE LOAFING blog was "average" at best. Truth of the matter is, this fucking asshole had his opinion of us set before he ever walked into the fucking club!!

ANYWAY...like us or not, just get used to the fact that we aint going away, we are the best thing going today AND Charlotte is simply "that place where ANTiSEEN is from".

The GBH guys were some really cool guys. I brought 'em a jar of peach moonshine to welcome them to the South...the REAL South. They seemed to really enjoy that stuff. I gotta tell ya, we've played with quite a few of those old Brit bands (Exploited, Anti Nowhere League etc...) and although most of the bands were cool (with the exception of some of em's road crews....who were fucking PRICKS...not GBH's) these guys were the nicest we've met. they actually took the time to ask, learn and remember all of our names (something i can barely do!!!) and talked to us as equals and not the "lowlife opening act"...So to those dudes in GBH (and crew) if I had a shot of shine right now i'd be toasting it too you!!

I wanna say thanks to all of our fans that came out and drove from long (and short) distances to be there.Thanks to the crew at Tremont as well. Live Pics by Girlie Punk Productions.







If any of you saw the show and wanna see the full god damned tilt ruin extravaganza...then come on out to SNUG HARBOR on Friday, August 13th for a sonic ass kick!!!! Opening the show will be our good pals SELF MADE MONSTERS & BIGGY STARDUST & His WRETCHED HIVE!! Snug is located at 1228 Gordon Street in "that place where ANTiSEEN is from", Charlotte, NC. Doors are at 9pm show starts at 10pm...cover is $8 to the best of my knowledge, could be less but it wont be over that.



Well, the GG ALLIN & ANTiSEEN picture disc is in production as we speak (read) so Ole Rusty will be lettin' ya'll know when you can start pre-ordering that AND that wonderful new Two Headed Dog T-shirt & Hat Design!! Goddamn what a thing of beauty. Keep a lookout for a new overhaul of the MySpace page and as always, for more ANTiSEEN info and merch and culture you can always go to www.antiseen.com.

I almost forgot, on August 14th we will be in Roanoke Virgina at the Bridge Street Grill, 702 Bridge Street, in beautiful Roanoke, Viginny!!!! It's a FREE show folks so come out early and stake out a spot to watch the non-stop action and self praise!!! (there will be some music played as well).



I don't have much more for ya this week do to the fact that my computer is getting ready to go to that great computer graveyard....so hopefully I'll have that remedied before too long. Thanks for the support and keep checking in to see whats up behind the barbed wire!!



I'd like to take this space to send Happy Birthday wishes to my son Jeffrey, Phil Keller of ANTiSEEN and my condolences to our old pal Jimmy King on the passing of his father.

Iron Horse Magazine - Revenge Run

Let's just say the Tim and I are stoked that our spring Revenge Run is getting even more coverage in the latest issue of Iron Horse Magazine, its an honor. Cheers to making shit happen and doing it right! Huge Thank You to every rider, band and participant in the entire event, without you guys we would just be two dirty East Carolina bikers toolin' around on back roads by ourselves. Extra special thanks to Lance Dawes for doing what he does best, that is simply capturing the moment in his camera lens. No image of the cover just yet, but be on the lookout at your local newsstand...

Iron Horse Magazine

lance Dawes Photography

Rusty Knuckles - Dirty Pages

For those that haven't signed up for our email list, we offer a special monthly newsletter pertaining to whats new here in the Rusty Knuckles compound. Each month during the first week we will be posting the newsletter through our subscriber list and here on the blog, so stay tuned or sign up if you want a chance on scoring deals and insider info on what's coming up. Have a look at the first installment of Dirty Pages.

Coming up next month, a feature Article on our favorite metal head turned outlaw country troubadour and pre-order for his new album.

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Lowside Party - Baltimore - This Saturday!

If all yall are sleeping, don't forget about the killer event being put on by Rich and the fellas of Lowside Mag on Saturday. Its going to be a damn good time and you can catch all of us there at the Rusty Knuckles booth. If you mention this blog post, first beer is on me, but you may have to fight through Josh to get to our packed cooler, ahahah!

Lowside Syndicate - Garage Built Suicide Machines

Rob Zombie - White Zombie

Was stoked to see Rob Zombie, Hatebreed and Lamb Of God yesterday for the Mayhem Festival. It was a damn good time but way over priced for the concessions. I don't mind paying the money to see the bands but $12 bucks for a beer, gimme a break from the corporate greed. So yes, fuck you Time Warner Cable pavilion of Raleigh, NC with all of your over priced food and drinks and shutting off the drinking fountains on a 96 degree day to pay for water at $4.50. Fuck you once again for also having crappy internet service. Besides the price gouging my lust for all things metal was pleasantly satisfied. Really wish I could have gotten there earlier though to catch 3 Inches of Blood, as I have missed them quite a few times now. But I gotta say, with all the meat and potatoes metal, Rob Zombie never fails to elevate the show as he truly makes it a spectacle. He gets it, being onstage is a show and he runs away with it. With the huge video screens, mad scientist robot stage props and a metal head favorite, FIRE, yes he stole the show. Here is Rob Zombie then and now...

Popcorn Sutton - Moonshine Legend

With the upcoming Ride For Lightning motorcycle run, we are taking a page out of history by blazing down a few infamous North Carolina mountain roads used in the hauling of moonshine. Long are the tails of racing and running shine, but a few names tend to bubble up, when it comes to the tasty swig of fresh mountain dew. Popcorn Sutton is one of those characters that legends are made of. He defied the revenuers for many years and supposedly offed himself instead of heading to prison for 10 years for making homemade liquor. I like to think that his renegade spirit is still with us as we are blanketed by culturally devoid zombie after zombie. Popcorn's story has been told in a documentary and its one not to miss.

Popcorn Sutton - The Last One - Documentary

Harley Leaving Milwaukee?

Just found this article on Yahoo news and it leaves me quite baffled. I understand that running a business is sometimes about cost cutting, but c'mon Harley. You are defined by being a Milwaukee based company and one of which the entire area rallies around everything that is Harley Davidson. With other famous Milwaukee breweries having left town, figure out labor costs and keep your hometown community strong. With a CEO that barely even rides a motorcycle except for press, their shedding of Buell and MV Augusta, now the potential move out of Milwaukee? Maybe yall should try doing something new and innovative within the corporate culture by shedding dead weight amongst the suits who have no idea what a bug at 70mph really tastes like and understand the community you represent

More in the Yahoo article below:

MILWAUKEE – It's the roar that made Milwaukee famous — the distinctive throaty rumble of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. But that much-loved racket could be rumbling away to another state if the company cannot bring down its labor costs.

Harley-Davidson warned employees in April that it will move its Wisconsin manufacturing operations elsewhere if it cannot cut millions of dollars at the factories that build the bikes known as "Milwaukee Iron."

Harley's corporate headquarters would remain here, but that's small consolation to a community that has already endured repeated blows to its civic identity.

"When you think of Milwaukee you think of beer, brats and Harley-Davidson," said Steve Daily, a researcher at the Milwaukee County Historical Society. "Right or wrong, that's what it is."

But that's been changing. For example, beer giant Miller Brewing Co. moved its headquarters to Chicago in 2008 after merging with Molson Coors Brewing Co. Then there was Schlitz, which billed itself as "the beer that made Milwaukee famous" until financial and labor problems forced it to sell out to a Detroit company in the 1980s.

That leaves Harley-Davidson Inc. as the city's lone signature brand. It's also a magnet for tourists, many of whom want to visit the factories where Harley engines are made.

"We get asked frequently where the plants are," said Paul Upchurch, the president of the VISIT Milwaukee tourism bureau. "A lot of people around the world associate Milwaukee with the home of Harley."

Harley chief executive Keith Wandell said the company will make its decision on whether to move in the next two months. Harley executives are already scouting out other states, though Wandell will not say which ones.

The company, he said, would also be open to incentives to keep the 1,630 manufacturing jobs in Wisconsin. But the idea that it could move production elsewhere stuns many Harley loyalists.

"You can't describe it. They've got so much history here. They've just become the blood of the community," said Tom Steepy, a lifelong rider and the director of the suburban Milwaukee chapter of the Harley Owners Group, or HOG. "If they moved their manufacturing, it would just create a void you can't fill."

Harley has been a local fixture for more than a century. It all started in 1903 when 23-year old William S. Harley and 22-year old Arthur Davidson began selling motorcycles built in a cramped wooden shed.

The company later built motorcycles for the U.S. military in both world wars, which helped introduce the bikes to a global audience that saw them as an American icon.

"They symbolize the classic American values of independence and hard work, freedom, all those values," said Kanti Prasad, a marketing professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee business school. "Harley-Davidson is a uniquely American phenomenon."

And a Milwaukee phenomenon. Prasad said when he travels to Europe, China or Japan most people respond blankly when he says he's from Milwaukee. Then he points out it's Harley's hometown and their faces light up with recognition.

As storied a company as Harley has been, it's weathered some rough spots, too, most notably in 1984, when a banker had the option of allowing the company to refinance a $90 million loan or forcing them to declare bankruptcy.

At the last minute, the banker allowed the company to refinance. According to the story, it's because he owned a Harley.

The famed motorcycles have also had a long history with Hollywood. They've appeared in films from "Easy Rider" to the more recent "Simpsons" movie. Elvis Presley rode one. And so did the Fonz in "Happy Days" — the classic TV sitcom that was set in Milwaukee.

So if the Milwaukee-Harley marriage is so solid, how could the company even think of straying?

Company spokesman Bob Klein said Harley wants to remain faithful, but its production schedule needs to be more closely aligned with seasonal demand, a change that would require approval from labor unions.

Negotiations with the unions began in late July. The president of Harley's largest union did not return multiple messages seeking comment.

Prasad, the UW-Milwaukee professor, doesn't see Harley's threat to move simply as a negotiating tactic. A company with a 107-year history is more concerned with the next 100 years than with making idle threats to extract short-term advantages, he said.

Harley benefits the city's image and its bottom line. When the company turned 105 two years ago, some 100,000 fans from around the world joined the Milwaukee celebration.

But even if Harley's production goes elsewhere, there's still a tourist draw here — the popular Harley-Davidson Museum. Whether that's enough to help Milwaukee cling to the brand that keeps it on the map is another question.

Either way, the loss of Harley production would be another painful drop of water in the erosion of the city's proud working-class history, Milwaukee historian John Gurda said.

"It's important to have that identity. You need a certain level of civic self-confidence," Gurda said. "And Harley-Davidson, that's a brand that's been imprinted on America's imagination unlike any other Milwaukee-made product.

Antiseen Store Is About to Launch

We have been deep in the trenches with Antiseen and about to launch their new store & partnership with us here at Rusty Knuckles. Have a look at their new myspace page, along with a preview of the re-issue album about to go on pre-sale in a few weeks. For those familiar with the infamous GG Allin and his work with Antiseen back in the early 90's. This will be the first and only time the album will be on a picture disc or vinyl for that matter. Once it sells out, that's it, sayonara. Stay tuned for the new Antiseen merch designs and music releases, we are working on with the Boys from Brutalsville. Their full store will launch later this week.

Antiseen on Myspace

Gary's 1980 XLCH Ironhead - Part 1

Got word of a project from a buddy of mine named Gary. I figured he could tell the story best, check out part 1 of his Ironhead build. Be sure to take a close look at those forward controls on the bike when it was purchased, classic design and innovation, hahha! Even has the barcode left on there for the steel to be returned to Home Depot.

"I have been riding since I was 18 I am 40 now. Iv'e had many bikes since then, couple of sport bikes Kawi 500 , Yamaha FZR then a 1986 sportster which I regret selling the most. After selling the sportster I got a 97 Wide Glide loved it but sold that and got a Fatboy got bored with that real quick and then got a RoadKing. What I realized was that bigger is not better, faster maybe but not necessarily bigger. So that brings me to my current project 1980 XLCH, Here is my story. I had been wanting to build a rigid bobber

for the longest time and after buying and reading countless "The Horse BSC" mags I decided it was time to just buy a donor bike and start wrenching. In March of 08 on craigslist was a 1980 XLCH for sale in Wilson for 2200.00 , Just like I had done almost every other time in the past I just went out without telling my wife what I was doing.

Off I went with 500.00 in my pocket thinking if anything I'll leave a deposit and figure out where i'd get the rest of the money later since all my money was tied up in my Roadking and the thought of being with out a bike for the summer was out of the question. Damm it!. After getting lost and calling this guy David like 5 times I was less than stoked about the bike. finally finding the house I meet David tells me a little about the bike and how it rode like a raped ape aside from all the tried up mud , grass and God knows what was all over the tires and fender which had been partly chopped, the bike looked reasonably intact. At this point David tells me that he was going to make a Drag Racer but he was being deployed to Iraq in a few days and his family was moving back to Georgia so he had to sell the bike. I offered him 2000.00 he said OK now I had a problem I had to call my wife and tell her I was in Wilson , I bought a bike and I needed 1500.00 right now from the nearest bank LOL. Needless to say that conversation did not go well all while A guy named David was in my truck showing me to the nearest bank. After telling my wife that I was going to build the bike for her to learn and ride just so she would agree to let me take the money , I felt like I just sold my soul to the devil not that my wife is the devil but you know what i mean. I get the bike home and just would stare at it for hours trying to figure out what I was going to do, after a couple of days of this I just said screw it and started taking it apart thinking ideas will start flowing once I start getting my hands dirty but like a lot of things I take on I go off half-cocked which only leads to more questions and confusion."