July 1, 2010

Our Guestbook is now working again.

August 17, 2009

Join us on MySpace!



Add us to your friend's list and we will randomly pick one person from our list every month who we will put into a larger pool of names that we will draw once a year for the opportunity to become our real friend. Good luck!

August 10, 2009

How come no one told us our site was completely dysfunctional and not working? Thanks a lot fuckers. Site fixes are now in progress... stay tuned.

- Webmastah

August 4, 2006

You may all like to think we're back, but we're not. We finally managed to secure a server capable of handling our unbelievable traffic and storage needs. Thanks for coming back ;)

July 24, 2005

After 6 years, over 100,000 hits, countless shows, a full blown riot, rumours, gossip, groupies and more spilled beer than fuckups like you will ever drink in your lives, The Borderguards have decided to call it a day. Due to unforeseen and personal reasons, it is best to stop now while still ahead. I have enjoyed my time composing and playing our music for you and thank all members of the outfit, past and present for helping bring what we had to say to fruition. In the future, if anyone thinks they can front the band and thinks they can get along with us, then there may be a possibility of something being worked out with J-Dogg and Vic, whether under this name or not. Until then, it is on with the harsh reality of families, kids, mortgages, work, school and moving on. You may see some of us in a couple of other local bands in the future, keep an eye out for future compilations with Borderguards songs on them and dont forget to sign the guestbook to say hello and goodbye to the group. For now or forever? We do not know.

Regards

Victor Pratt

May 12, 2005

Great big thanks to Wes Hegg, the Warehouse, Roger Miret, Vinnie and the rest of Agnostic Front as well as All Shall Perish and Death Before Dishonour for helping make May 10th such an awesome show and bumping us up to 3rd in the lineup. the show was fucking fantastic and will not be soon forgotten by the 'Guards. Best of luck with the Another Voice tour!!! Cheers!!!!!

May 3, 2005

The band is proud and pleasantly pleased to announce that they will be opening for Agnostic Front here in Calgary on Tuesday, May 10th 2005 at The Warehouse nightclub. This is a licensed all ages event and also Agnostic Fronts first ever appearance here in Calgary. Be sure to check it out. If you don't then you really do suck. Blah!!!!

April 14, 2005

Finally added our 100th band to the links section. Welcome the U.K. Subs to the band links. They probably should have been on here ages ago but now they are so you can go stuff it. oi.

April 6, 2005

BIG thanks out to everyone who helped us out, supported us and played at the shows in Victoria and Vancouver on the weekend. That means Mary Anne Korosi although our radio interview was cancelled thanks to Velvet Revolver, Wendy Thirteen of the Asbalt for putting us on, The Lancasters and D.O.A. for being the kick ass bands that they are, Jeff Penner, Dorian and all the rest of the Victoria crew for their hospitaility and help in doing the show. All the Vancouver crew who came out, it was great to meet you. Aaron Brown, although we were unable to attend your radio show as well. Rek Magazine staff who attended the D.O.A. show and of course, the East Hastings locals for STAYING OUTSIDE 4 blocks down the street from the venue. We hope to play there again sometime soon. Cheers.

March 26, 2005

Come on down to the Sunnyside-Hillhurst Community Hall for a great day of music, friends and awareness with the Uprise! festival. The Borderguards will be playing a solid half hour, in your face set for the Haymarket Cafe Organisations charity show to help them get a cool bookstore up and running here in town. This is the 2nd and final day of the festival and the band will be playing alongside of many other great bands and local talent. See the gig flyer to your right for further details. 12 bucks at the door, be there or be fucking square. This is a fully secured show and drinking is not permitted on the hall premises. We hope to see all of you out there tonight to support the cause.

Hillhurst-Sunnyside Community Centre
1320-5th Ave. N.W.
$12.00 at the door.

March 11, 2005

The band is getting ready to welcome The Lancasters for their first Calgary date ever. The 2 bands will play 2 shows together on St. Paddys weekend in Calgary and in Edmonton with a slough of other bands including Skully & The Hypocrites, BDFM, Rumrummer, 10 Pints To Glory. See the shows section for more details, but be sure to come out and support the Lancasters as they will be coming a long way to bring you the raw street rock that we all love so much.

Starting on March 31st, The 'Guards will then make the exodus to Vancouver for a radio guest appearance on the Fox networks Punk-O-Rama program with host Mary-Anne Korosi, the next day the band will be playing a fabulous show in lovely Victoria with The Lancasters and special guests. After this it will be back to Vancouver for yet another radio appearance at the University of British Columbias campus station, "CiTR 101.9 FM" on the Generation Annihilation program & to play with The Lancasters and D.O.A. at the Asbalt nightclub. A busy start to a busy month indeed.


Updates the bands bio in the "About" section. Including the newly added "Whats in a name?" rant written about the bands name. This was created to dispell any stupid ass rumours and to reassert the REAL reasons why we use the name. We hope you hate it.


Brand new MP3's at New Music Canada,

you can hear them by clicking here.

Note: You will need to Realplayer to play the media on New Music Canada.

February 17, 2005

Feel free to go to the Epitaph Records website and search for the 4 Chords And The Truth mp3 in their demo-lition section. Please listen to the song there and rate the song for the band.
The band will be doing an on the air interview on the Punk-O-Rama radio program, which is sponsored by Epitaph Records, on March 31st at The Fox radio station on March 31st in Vancouver, British Columbia. Rate 4 Chords & The Truth on Epitaph now!

February 16, 2005

We have linked more of our brand new MP3's to New Music Canada,

you can hear them by clicking here.

Note: You will need to Realplayer to play the media on New Music Canada.

Cheers.

February 14, 2005

50,000 and counting......nice. 100,000?! Here I come now!!!!!!

February 13, 2005

Today is a very important day for music and Canadian culture. While the band is finishing up tracks in the recording studio with Casey Lewis at Echobase studios, Sir Peter McLeod of ex- N.C.H.C. fame and frontman for the Tartan Hearts will be flying in via chopper with bodyguards to record the historical duet "Enjoy The Silence" by Depeche Mode with our man Stogie. This is the result of countless hours spent in conference calls between the respective Borderguards and Tartan Hearts mansions as well as many legal briefings and legal summits betweens lawyers. Stay tuned here for more on this devastating aural assault as they prepare to bring it to you sometime in the near future.

February 9, 2005

The band is preparing to go back into the studio for yet another historical weekend session with Casey Lewis of The Everymen fame.
Songs slated for the record are:
*Independant*
*The Way We Were*
*You Never Walk Alone*
*For The One I love*
*Enjoy The Silence (The Oi! version)*

Ex- N.C.H.C. frontman and Tartan Hearts singer Peter McLeod will be contributing guest vox on the famous Depeche Mode hit "Enjoy The Silence". The Stogie and McLeod will be singing this number together as a duet. The world turns, the people await........

January 27, 2005

CFOX 99.3 fm Vancouver BC Canada will be premiering "Live Fast Die Drunk" tonight on their Punk-O-Rama program with host Mary-Anne Korosi and house guest Billy Hopeless. For more info. on the show and the times please click here.

January 26, 2005

We have linked all 5 of our brand new MP3's to New Music Canada,

you can hear them by clicking here.

Note: You will need to Realplayer to play the media on New Music Canada.

January 24, 2005

The Borderguards would like to thank the following people and bands for helping to make the Tsunami relief show a success on Friday, January 21st/ 2005:

• Johnny Insipid


• Damien Inbred


• Dominika Kozlowski


• Shaun Lyster


• Chris Schwartz


• Wappit


• Pete Plastered


• Mark Morrison


• Phil Morley


• Dave Henry


• The Mad Cowboys


• The Nightstalkers


• Rod and The Kroovy Rookers


• The Blind Assassins


• Tiemen, The Diabetics and The Sheglank'd Shoulders


• The Distillery

And a HUGE thank you out to BDFM who overstepped the boundaries of assistance in almost everything that was asked of them and achieved 10 times as much as was expected in helping to make this show a success. Despite delays and many an obstacle presenting itself whilst promoting this show, the door raised $670.00 to go to the Red Cross,
all bands gave stellar performances and a good time was had by all. If there is anyone that I am forgetting to thank here I sincerely apologise. Cheers and see you all somewhere, sometime.

January 20, 2005

Still Loyal: Read the short but sweet history and bio of the band That I have added to the "about" section.

January 6, 2005

The Borderguards are very pleased to announce that they will be doing some work with Roddy Moreno of The Oppressed fame as he relaunches the legendary Oi! Records record label. Several emails have been exchanged between the 2 parties as of recently. Keep coming here for more news as it develops. The band fully intends on putting their Calgarian bootmarks across the face of the international street rock map. Thanks Roddy!!!!!

January 4, 2005

And thats what you get when you fuck with Team Canada. Team Russia was taken to school tonight by our boys. We must have been feeling pretty generous as we let them have one goal to our 6. Hope thats enough to keep the whole fucking team from crying like their "star player" Alexander Ovechkin . If you want to run with the big dogs you got to learn to piss in the tall grass first Alex. Oi! regards from the band. Nice work Team Canada!!!!! Bringing home the gold!!!!!

December 22, 2004

Today, The Borderguards would like to present the following articles and sites on Joe Strummer who passed away 2 years ago today. Joe Strummer was an inspiration to no end for countless of people all over the world including The Borderguards. His was a life of trials and triumphs. Let his name be forever remembered. Cheers.

Joe Strummer Dead at Fifty

Clash star Strummer dies

Joe Strummer Website

Clash star Joe Strummer dies

JOE STRUMMER ROCK AND ROLL LEGEND

JOE STRUMMER DEAD

Joe Strummer Biography

December 17, 2004

The Borderguards would like to say goodbye to one of the best local bands that Calgary has ever had, No Coast Hardcore who graced this city and far beyond for more than 4 years. The boys played their last show at the Underground in November. Some have moved on to other projects whereas others have taken a break. We want to thank Pete, Andy, Chris, Denis, Ian and Aaron for all of the fond memories and wish them all the best of luck with whatever each of their respective futures bring them. Cheers lads.



~The 'Guards~



We have also linked all 5 of our brand new MP3's to New Music Canada,

you can hear them by clicking here.

Note: You will need to Realplayer to play the media on New Music Canada.



If you are wondering why the links section is "abgefukt" as the krauts put it. We are currently in the process of giving them a complete and total overhaul and update. This will be a long strenuous process but in the end, the links section will be 100 times more organised and beautiful.

BANDS THAT WISH TO EXCHANGE LINKS PLEASE READ:

If you would like to exchange links with us then please send us your banner, link description and address and we will get it on in good time.

As per usual, you can access the new mp3 files at the link provided below. All the best for the holidays and the best of luck in 2005.

December 11, 2004

You can now listen to some of the new Borderguards mp3's by clicking here.


These have just been put up within the last few days and of course, are the results of our glorious, historical return to the recording studio.

These versions do not sound as good { by accident ;) } as what we actually have on CD and you cannot download them { once again, by accident ;) }but it gives you an excellent idea as what to expect on the upcoming album.



Special thanks goes out tothe following for their involement:

Casey Lewis for his craftsmanship and innovation. Always a great guy and all musicians reading this should go to Casey when they go to record. He will not steer you wrong. ACCEPT NO OTHER SUBSTITUTES!!!!!



The Royal Canadian Pierre Elliot Trudeau Goon Society Choir for the loan of their lungs on back up vox.



We hope that you all enjoy the new songs. Cheers!!!!!

December 9, 2004

Rick, your ever loyal Borderguards website moderator has added some special Christmas effects to the site for your viewing pleasure. Of course, we have a couple of more ideas in the works for you in these regards so be sure to check back for some stupid assed ideas that we are going to implement to help get through the holidays. Cheers.

December 3, 2004

As previously announced, the band has recorded 5 brand new songs in the studio with Casey Lewis of Everymen and The Failure fame, including a gang vocal version of Oh Canada.

Punk rock duets: When Titans Clash

We are currently in the process of polishing up 5 more songs for the next weekend in the studio. We are very pleased to announce that Peter Mcleod of No Coast Hardcore fame will be joining the ranks for the street rock version of Depeche Modes "Enjoy The Silence" with our man, The Stogie. This will be a very historical moment for Canadian
music and culture and will occur sometime very early in the new year. You can look here for the official documentation as this project slowly comes together.....

In the meantime, as a sampler of what the 'Guards have been up to,
we are pleased to announce that you can NOW FINALLY
listen to the Borderguards "Molson version"of Oh Canada as
performed by the band with the Royal Canadian Pierre Elliot Trudeau Bootboy & Misfit Society Choir.

Just go to the music section and look for the link to the mp3.

November 15, 2004

We are very glad to announce that the Shots For Tots show was a grand success. The last we heard, the girls were sitting at about $900 and STILL had to collect money from the Den and Megatunes. We would like to thank the bands for helping us to help a few good kids out on the other side of the planet. All the bands gave stellar performances and the show ran very smoothly and close to the schedule we had planned out. We hope that the others who were involved are as proud as us for this accomplishment. Stay tuned for upcoming news and further dialogue concerning The Borderguards historical return to the recording arena. We have a few suprises in store for you.

November 12, 2004

A very recent interview at the University of Calgary with the Gauntlet newpaper can be found by clicking here.

The interview deals largely with The Shots For Tots charity show and a bit of the bands history and what we are up to as well. Nevermind the bad pic..... ;)

As always, click on the Shots For Tots charity show link to the right of you and get ready for some major rock n roll action this weekend as The Borderguards and The Von Zippers are united at last with others to combat that evil 4th Horseman of the apocalypse Pestilence at the Mosh For Malaria Shots for Tots show.

NOTE: The Shots For Tots show has been moved to the Den just downstairs from the Black Lounge where it was originally designated to take place.

November 6, 2004

The Borderguards begin the first of many treks into the recording studio. We have recorded the first 5 of a long list of songs
(including the official toques & flannel street rock version of Oh Canada!) for a split with local heros No Coast Hardcore and new projects in the works. The band has not been in the studio for over 4 years. Look for samples of this endeavor to be posted in some audio form here in future days.

We would like to thank Casey Lewis for his services at this time and we are anxious for all of you to hear the results of our work with him. Casey Lewis has helped make the new numbers shine beyond our expectations and we are thankful for his innovation and creative input. He truly is a master at his craft. Good one Casey.

As always check out the write up for the Shots For Tots Mosh against Malaria show that is scheduled for next weekend at the Black Lounge. All info. is posted here at www.borderguards.com 'Nuff said.

October 27, 2004

November 13th, 2004:
The Shots for Tots charity show. Click here for the poster, show information and the official Borderguards thank you list.

Sorry its taken so long to update the NEWS section. I have been busy with new lay-offs, new employment, waging old feuds, masterminding new ones, getting rid of old dates to make room for new dates, new songs, keeping that goddamn new drummer Ollie in line when he is drinking whiskey and the new upcoming "Shots for Tots Fundraiser" show which I was asked to help organize by Dominika Kozlowski and some of her fellow students from the U of C medical faculty. We finally have it organized and you can read more about it by clicking on the above link to our shows section.

I would like to send a big thank you to Dominika Kozlowski and Karla as well as the rest of the Shots Fot Tots Committee for having me involved in this project....

It makes me Irish-ish eyes smile and me glorious Scot-ish/Cree-ish bio-mechanical heart go all a glow....


"Still Loyal: The Borderguards Biography":

I might also like to add at this time that there has recently been some movement in the area of compiling and writing for the upcoming band history. This will come to you in the form of a new addition to the site. This will take some work and some time. Please be patient and understand that I have many hours of legal meetings and conference calling via telephone between the respective Borderguard mansions before it will be complete. Every single detail, no matter how minute, must be cleared with our man, The Stogie, before we can commit anything to the public record. Please keep your eye out for it in coming weeks here at borderguards.com. We are officially very excited with the prospect of presenting it to you at some point.


I am at work and the boss is giving me dirty looks as I type this up, guess I should be "working" or something.

Enjoying a good cup of shut the fuck up
- McVic

August 19, 2004

The Amazing Coast Guards on patrol for Colonel Belcher at this years Slurpee Cup. Yep, and the boys are pretty fired up after a summers length of practices for this years infamous 3 on 3 road hockey tournament at the University of Calgary's campus. The teams name is a collaboration of The Borderguards and fellow local bands No Coast Hardcore and The Amazing Larrys for the second year in a row. This year they will be playing for the many local World War 2 vets and other war veterans through the Friends of Colonel Belcher Society and all proceeds are going them as well. Stay tuned for upcoming info./ pics and results of that days events and if you are attending this years Slurpee Cup then keep an eye out for The Amazing Coast Guards as they bring the Great Canadian Holy War to the U of C campus. Oi! Oi! Cheers.

August 15, 2004

The FINAL RELEASE of borderguards.com (as of August 15, 2004 09:43am) has been implemented after many hours of our computer nerd (Rick) clicking away with his nose plastered to his dual 21" monitors. Lot's of work still being done to this site as new ideas come in. If you find something wrong with this site (which Rick assures us nothing CAN be wrong), let us know.

August 10, 2004

The Borderguards wish to welcome freshly recruited drummer Jason Ohlhauser aboard the Borderguards ship. Jason is a kick ass drummer with A LOT of talent and has strengthened the bands songs, new and old, considerably. The Borderguards are proud to have him aboard and look forward to working with him on many new future projects. You can check Jasons drumming skills out on August 20th at the Underground with The Rampant and The Casket Crew, you wont be disappointed. He is the best thing going for the Borderguards since Vic decided he should start the band.

April 11, 2004

Thanks to all the fuckers that came out to see us last night at the Shark Tank, it's been almost 2 years since our last show up in dEdmonton. Thanks to No Coast Hardcore for lending us some of their gear last night and for playing a fucking kick ass show with us. Check out the pictures here.

April 4, 2004

The Borderguards played an awesome set at Candace's birthday last night... you can check out the new pictures here. We've also added a whole shit load of old pics we found laying around... go to the pictures section and check it out.

March 31, 2004

You can now add your own links on the links page or by clicking here.

March 18, 2004

The Borderguards will NOT be playing the show on the 20th at the Underground, glad to disappoint once again. You can thank the fucker(s) who beat the shit out of Vic last night and put him in the hospital.

March 12, 2004

The music section is now complete, click here to check it out.

March 10, 2004

Netscape/Mac users are not welcomed here, get off the losing team and come join the REAL winners.

March 5, 2004

The new Borderguards.com is in it's testing phase, we'd like to know what you assholes think about it... send your feedback to we_rule@borderguards.com. The FULL completion of this site is still pending. If you don't have the latest browser versions, time to get yer shit together and upgrade.

Still a few minor things to work out but no big deal. Our mailing list is currently a manual system right now as the Rocket desperately tries to get it automated.

2004 is going to be a great year for the Borderguards, we are in the process of compiling new songs, idea's, and merchandise.