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CHRONIC PISSED ‘Demo’ cassette in the Give Pra

CHRONIC PISSED ‘Demo’ cassette in the Give Praise store now! @chronicpissed #chronicpissed

SANGRE DE IDIOTAS ‘Grindcoregraphy 2019-2023’

SANGRE DE IDIOTAS ‘Grindcoregraphy 2019-2023’ CD pre-orders now at Crucial Session! #sangredeidiotas

New website is up and we have a new store also! Vi

New website is up and we have a new store also! Viva la CRUCIAL SESSION!

ISSUE #1 12 PAGES OF A SKATE STORY AND HOW TO STAR

Join the Praise Brigade. Tell your friends! #prais

Join the Praise Brigade. Tell your friends! #praisebrigade

This is not a pity me post - I hate those. Just in

This is not a pity me post - I hate those. Just information - both of my grandparents have passed. I was really lucky I got to spend a lot of time with them, they both lived into their 90’s. My son, Christopher and my wife, Heather both got to know them.
My grandfather, Paul passed away a few years ago and my grandma Jean passed this weekend. My grandfather fought in WW2 and was part of the Timberwolves. My grandmother was a nurse and loved donuts and, really, food in general.
They were both great people, who I learned a lot from, through them and through them teaching my dad how to be a hard worker. Life is very short, and sad sometimes and really good a lot of the time.
Give Praise is on a short break until next week, but we’ll have some cool stuff next week!
Enjoy time with your family and friends.

Let’s shred the planet!!!

Let’s shred the planet!!!

Still behind! Went to urgent care today - ear infe

Still behind! Went to urgent care today - ear infection and pneumonia - hopefully will be back to normal next week!

I’ve been super sick so not really around - I wa

I’ve been super sick so not really around - I was able to avoid it until now! Be back next week! Thank you for the support!

The Golden Stance pledge! Nice and sticky grip tap

The Golden Stance pledge! Nice and sticky grip tape - durable and anti-slip!

Out and shipping now!! CRUCIAL SECTION ‘Camo Tr

Out and shipping now!!

CRUCIAL SECTION ‘Camo Trucker Hat’

CHRONIC PISSED ‘Demo’ cassette -
Angry and raw fast hardcore from Germany.

@crucial_section @chronicpissed

PART 3 When I was a little kid my biggest dream w

PART 3

When I was a little kid my biggest dream was to become a sponsored skateboarder. I sucked and there was very little chance of that happening. But, after 20 years I’m bringing skateboarding into Give Praise and I am really excited about it. We have a skate team, a grip tape line and a lot more coming.
The next few years will bring a lot more releases and a bunch of new bands. I am not a very big label but every band I work with, I really try and make them become a household name in the punk, hardcore and sometimes metal scenes.
I have worked with so many radical bands and will continue too. We are slowly growing every year and the last 20 years have been awesome. I learned a lot and will continue to learn a lot.
The scene has come full circle and I’m so glad to see cassettes coming back. I love cassettes. I have since, got rid of the duplicator and now get everything done at a cassette pressing plant. Although I still get my own printing done and assemble everything myself.
I don’t know what the next 20 years are going to look like but I’m really excited to see a lot of growth for the label.
I don’t get to really travel, or tour anymore as I have a most radical family now. But I know there are so many people who still support what I and Give Praise does.
Thank you so much and let’s get radical for another 20 years.

PART 2 Next was Teacore, my big claim to fame wit

PART 2

Next was Teacore, my big claim to fame with that on was I did a CDR from 1-2 Go Crew! That started a very solid friendship with Ben from In Defence. 1-2 Go Crew was the project he had right before In Defence. With Teacore I would burn CDRs and buy empty jewel cases and assemble everything. This time, my mom and dad, would buy all of the blank CDRs they could find. Big boxes of them from the wholesale club stores.
One more until Give Praise: I had a label called Set In Stone and released one 7” EP - a split with 2 bands: Turn Cold and Award.
Finally Give Praise happens along. I started a zine previously called Praise To All and wanted the label to run along with the zine so kept the names pretty close. Hence, Give Praise.
Now, I’m here 20 years later. I have made a lot of mistakes, I made a few people angry, a few people got mad at me, and I got totally ripped off from 2 big(ger) distros. But stuff happens and you have to keep on pushing.

PART 1 This is a long post and a few parts! But t

PART 1

This is a long post and a few parts! But thank you so much to all my friends and family for supporting me through 20 years. I’m not perfect. But hopefully we’ll last another 20. Thank you to the friends in high school who still follow the label today. That means a lot. 2025 will be gnarly. Thank you so much.

20 years. Totally crazy. When I first Give Praise Records I was just two years out of high school. I had three other record labels before I even started Give Praise.
First was Skate Squad, I made cassettes and drew marker on white shirts and brought them to sell at local shows. I really only did demos and home dubbed cassette tapes. I remember I bought a $200 or so tape duplicator from a local music store. I bought all the blank tapes from them also and my mom would pick up cassettes anywhere she could find them.

Give Praise is so honored to have some of the most

Give Praise is so honored to have some of the most radical skaters on our team and to welcome a new rider!! Let’s welcome Renaldo! Enjoy the video on the last reel! Renaldo brings another radical blast of energy and joins @tanks__world @kvltofrik @mastenator and @mtpoolz @rendemery

Sunday afternoon. No record label work today, litt

Sunday afternoon. No record label work today, little dude is playing with Lego’s and I’m reading my new favorite zine - Do Some Good. Check it out. @dosomegoodzine

Shackle Magazine will be fully launched next week!

Shackle Magazine will be fully launched next week! Join the shackle over at @shacklemagazine

Punk and hardcore. Shop now and shred later!!

Punk and hardcore. Shop now and shred later!!

STORES / DISTROS! We deal direct!!! Get in touch!

STORES / DISTROS!

We deal direct!!!
Get in touch!! Awesome discounts for bigger orders and promo stuff with every order!!

This didn’t win and I can’t draw - but I enter

This didn’t win and I can’t draw - but I entered the Larb contest to make some art - I thought this looked pretty cool! @larbvomit thank you for the opportunity!! #thelarb

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