The Pleasure Centers

New Favorite Bands

snyderp — Sat, 18 May 2013 16:56:33 -0400

Thanks a ton everyone who came out to the show last night at the Burlington. It was a huge success and we had a ton of fun (and hope you all did too). The cheers were almost enough to get us to un-delete “Pizza Kisses”, but not quite. Maybe next time.

But, another great thing about the show last night was that we got to see Dick Wolf, my new favorite band.

<a href=”http://dickwolf.bandcamp.com/track/my-girls-a-tetrachromat” data-mce-href=”http://dickwolf.bandcamp.com/track/my-girls-a-tetrachromat”>My Girl’s a Tetrachromat by DICK WOLF!</a>

Hey All, We’ve got a show coming up a week from Saturday....

snyderp — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:24:06 -0400

Hey All,

We’ve got a show coming up a week from Saturday. We’re playing at a fundraiser for our buddy Paul’s group that raises money for Haitian musicians. The show is at the Burlington on May 17th. We’re playing first at 9. Be there or miss out on some great tunes (like the above video).

VA - Tales from the Pop-Punk-World Vol.1 (2013)

snyderp — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:48:00 -0400

VA - Tales from the Pop-Punk-World Vol.1 (2013):

The Pleasure Centers made it on a pop-punk compilation. Great day!

Thanks most-much to Ramone-To-The-Bone for putting the compilation together and for sharing tons of great music for years!

The Pleasure Centers - High Standing So, so pleased to get to...

snyderp — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:45:17 -0400

The Pleasure Centers - High Standing

So, so pleased to get to announce the 15th Pleasure Centers release, and the 3rd with John, the newest Pleasure Center. This new release is shorter, crisper, and leaner than ever before. ”High Standing” has some attempt at micro-poignancy, and “Think of Me” is our effort to repurpose the “KKK Took My Baby Away” riff for a new cause that turned out pretty good too!

Regarding the artwork, I can only refer you to this image and hope that all questions will be answered.

A: High Standing (1:34)
B: Think of Me (2:02)

The Pleasure Centers - I’ll Have You Know Hey ya’ll,...

snyderp — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:54:01 -0500

The Pleasure Centers - I’ll Have You Know

Hey ya’ll, just wanted to announce a special XMas Pleasure Centers release. This is our 13th pair of songs, and no question, no joke, no doubt, these must be the best ones yet, partially because John Gramila joined the group and is playing all bass, all the time.

The new songs are Ramones-y-er than ever before, and lift choruses from The Misfits is a wistful more than we ever have before. At this rate we’ll wind up as the Smoking Popes before June. (if that doesn’t make perfect sense, chalk it up to me having drunk more DayQuil than water over the last few days).

A: I’ll Have You Know (2:04)
B: I’ll Say “You Are” (1.44)

The Pleasure Centers @ The Burlyton - 9pm - Wed, 9/26

snyderp — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 13:37:28 -0400

The Pleasure Centers are playing a new, eggcellent show this coming Wednesday, at the Burlyton. We’ll be playing all the jams, new and old. And we’ll also be playing with the new member of The Pleasure Centers, John, and no joke, we sound way more sock-hop-dance-y with a low end. No apologizes, no doubts, this will be our greatest show.

We start at 9pm on the dot, no celebrity time, so come hang out. We can all have a beer together afterwards!

We’re playing with other top bands Softspot (NYC), Cool Memories, and Friends in Real Life. Check it!

SCREEN DOOR Presents: The Pleasure Centers + I AM A ROCKET...

snyderp — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 15:18:27 -0400

SCREEN DOOR Presents: The Pleasure Centers + I AM A ROCKET SCIENTIST: A Live Movie Event

This is all going down tomorrow and Saturday night (August 17 and 18) at COLLABORACTION THEATRE (1579 N. Milwaukee, third floor of the Flat Iron Arts Building). Doors open at 8:30, and it’ll be a blast.

snyderp: Hey guys, The Pleasure Centers are playing two shows...

snyderp — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 15:32:53 -0400

snyderp:

Hey guys, The Pleasure Centers are playing two shows this week, Friday and Saturday, at Collaboraction (http://www.collaboraction.org/) as part of Screen Door (http://moviesarebetterlive.com/2012/08/03/now-playing/)’s cool “Live Moves” series.

We’ll play at 9, and then a live orchestrated movie will play for an hour afterwards, and then drinks and dancing. I’ll be a jam, so come on people!

The new Pleasure Centers Release, “Just To Pick You...

snyderp — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 09:53:55 -0400

The new Pleasure Centers Release, “Just To Pick You Up”, has been released. Quick verses, catchy choruses, and slow bridges, just as it always has been, just as it forever will be.

FYI: I know its not totally clear whats going on from the album art, but its post apocalyptic mid-west, and Mark is defending his new dog home from Pete, with a dog body. Duh…

snyderp: The Pleasure Centers pride ourselves on helping usher...

snyderp — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:33:28 -0400

snyderp:

The Pleasure Centers pride ourselves on helping usher in a new generation of dad-rock fans. These two little kids were dancing up a storm at our show last night and their mom asked if we could take a picture with them last night. An evening highlight!

The Pleasure Centers played a great show last night at The Dock...

snyderp — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:20:38 -0400

The Pleasure Centers played a great show last night at The Dock at Montrose Beach last night. Anni used her iPhone to make this moving cyber-story. You can see me do my unconscious guitar foot shuffle forever now.

Thanks Anni!

Show - June 15: The Pleasure Centers kick out Summer jams at the Dock

snyderp — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 16:34:48 -0400

Great news friends. The Pleasure Center’s hope everyone is enjoying their summer breaks. To up the summer fun, we’re playing a show on June 15th at the Dock on Montrose Beach. We’re playing two sets, starting at 6:30. Its our first outdoor show, and our longest (two hour long sets!), and to celebrate we’ve added a ton of new songs to the set: new tunes, old tunes we’ve never tried before, Ramones covers, maybe some other cover if we’re feeling bold.

So, if you’re looking for something up-beat-and-hopefully grin inducing to do on Friday, June 15 around 6:30, come see us.

The show is free.
We’re being paid in beer, so Pete might gain the courage to talk into the mic
Mark might wear some blue shades

The Dock is on the actual Montrose Beach, so come grab a coconut something and join us! No one will be turned away, no frown will be left upside down.

Elizabeth just made this video too. Oh geeze, its really too...

snyderp — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 19:44:41 -0400

Elizabeth just made this video too. Oh geeze, its really too too great! Thanks x1,000!

The Pleasure Centers had a great time last night playing at the...

snyderp — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:22:48 -0400

The Pleasure Centers had a great time last night playing at the old Doejo office. Thanks a ton to Emily for taking this picture, and to everyone who came. We had a really great time, and we hope you all did to. Thanks for making our night!

Upcoming Show!

snyderp — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:01:58 -0400

We’ve got a show coming up too, to match up with our new songs. Come along for the jams!

Show is on Saturday, March 31 at 2934 N. Broadway (just south of Crisp)
The Pleasure Centers start around 9 and we’ll play for 30-45 minutes
We’re followed by a great cover band after us that’ll play for another 30-45 minutes!
Its BYOB
It shall be fantastic
If anyone wants to hear a song covered, please give us at least 3 days notice!

The Pleasure Centers - #11 - Just For Me

snyderp — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:55:00 -0400

The Pleasure Centers are proud to release our 11th set of songs, Just For Me. Maybe we’ve just been too excited looking forward to the new La Sera release (coming out tomorrow!), but these new songs have a heavy pop-punk / bubble-gum punk kind of feel to them. They’re also the first time I (Pete) managed to sneak a Cheap-Trick style key change past Mark, with predictable fist pumping results.

Singing these two new songs gives me a question though. Half-for-goofs, we’re singing in a half-Joey Ramone style on these songs. But here is the thing: singing in a Joey Ramone style makes everything easy to sing! So, then, the question: is singing in a Joey Ramone patois easier:

because everyone already likes the Ramones, and so singing like the Ramones gives you an automatic conference boost, or
because Joey Ramone discovered a new way of singing in 1976, which helped drive them to great-ness?

There is truly no way to know. But, in the meantime, please enjoy the new songs!

The Pleasure Centers have released their 10th EP! To mark the...

snyderp — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:00 -0500

The Pleasure Centers have released their 10th EP! To mark the occasion we’ve added an awesome synthesizer riff at the end of “Chicago Surf”, a fun lead guitar part on the verses of “I’ll Be Your Man”, and made each song much longer than our other songs (they’re each about 3 min). And get ready to flip because we’ve maintained our high standards for catchiness. Tell your friends!

We just finished polishing up our 9th pair of songs, “I...

snyderp — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:05:47 -0500

We just finished polishing up our 9th pair of songs, “I Never Even Try Anymore”. These songs are our best-ditch effort at 3rd-wave-ska and lounge jazz, genres we didn’t expect to be (not-really) playing either. But, again, we’re really happy with how these turned out. Spread the word, #10 is on the way.

We also have some shows coming up. They will be tremendous.

I Never Even Try Anymore by thepleasurecenters

New Songs on the Way

snyderp — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 03:56:06 -0500

Just a heads up to the world, some great great great new songs are coming, maybe Friday if everything falls in place just right. Really, these might be are best ones yet!

The Pleasure Centers - Roses On Your Mind Track 1 off our...

snyderp — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 23:41:00 -0400

The Pleasure Centers - Roses On Your Mind

Track 1 off our incredibly great new release!