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Portraits Of Past - discography CD out now!!

Thirteen years after they broke up, the Portraits of Past discography CD has finally came out. It will be available for sale on 6/23/08. They are also playing some shows in the Bay Area and in NYC this summer. Check them out. A little blast from the past.

Take a look at the Portraits of Past page to get more info about this great release.

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Things you might want to know about Ebullition

How many people work at Ebullition?
Two. Just Lisa and Kent.

Kent, of course, founded Ebullition, and Lisa has worked her for more than 13 years.

Who does what?
Lisa keeps track of all of the inventory in our office. She pulls all of orders, and she personally packs and ships 99% of all of the orders within the USA. She also helps with deciding on restock orders when we are low on inventory.

Kent does all of the accounting, and decides what we will carry. He does all of the catalogs and updates the web site on either Saturday or Sunday each week. He also ships all of the international orders. And he pays labels/bands and manages the restock orders with Lisa's help.

Can either of you read minds?
Surprisingly, no.

Thus if you send us an order or e-mail then please tell us who you are and what you are talking about. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people in the world that have the same first name. It is best to include your full name and address with every order, and if you are responding to an e-mail from us then please either quote our original e-mail or describe what we were talking about!

How do I get something distributed by Ebullition?
E-mail a description for the release, as well as a wholesale price to wholesale@ebullition.com and sooner or later Kent will get back to you. If he needs more information then he will ask. Don't bother sending sound files as Kent doesn't understand how to listen to them, and he certainly doesn't want to read your one sheet. Keep it simple.

What are your payment terms?
In general we work on consignment with a payment schedule that will be determined by the speed at which your releases sell. If your stock sells very slowly then you will get paid very slowly, and if your stock sells very fast then you will get paid very fast. Everything is subject to how busy we are. Being that we are only 2 people that can change quite quickly.

How come you haven't answered my e-mail?
As noted, Ebullition is only run by two people. Lisa does NOT work on the weekend, and she generally is off 2 Fridays a month. So if you e-mail her when she is off then you have to wait for her to get back. She is very good about e-mail and if you don't get a response within 7 days then something is wrong.

Kent does work on the weekend, but he doesn't answer e-mail every day. He tries to do the important e-mail on a very regular basis, but he gets a LOT of e-mail and sometimes he gets behind. It may take a few weeks to get a response, and if it isn't critical then it might take a lot longer then you would like.

Are you and Lisa married or dating?
No.

Lisa is married to Brett (This Machine Kills/Not For The Lack of Trying guitarist). They have a child. His name is Xander.

Is Ebullition a cult?
No.

It is true that Kent, Melissa (Kent's girlfriend), our friend Steve, Brett, Lisa, and Xander all live together in one house.

That doesn't make us a cult, though I am sure that all of our various parents might think otherwise.

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Mailorder and Domestic Distro changes

We have changed the rules for mailorder and for domestic distro. Huge changes.

Ebullition is a small company; just Lisa and I. Mailorder has become increasingly time intensive and expensive over the last few years. It isn't cost effective nor is it a good use of our time. Lisa would like more time with her son and family, and I would like more time in my life to pursue other interests. Over the years we have tried to integrate a 3rd person into the Ebullition team, but for various reasons it has never worked out long term. So we decided to make changes that would allow the two of us to run Ebullition without having to spend our entire lives here in this office.

The following changes are massive, and for most mailorder customers it will mean that we are effectively no longer doing mailorder. Domestic Distro customers won't really find many changes.

Here are the major changes.

We now have a $100 minimum order.
We now only have one catalog.
Everyone pays wholesale prices + postage.

We realize that a $100 minimum will be prohibitive for most people. However, for those that can consolidate their orders the final costs will actually be less. So for those of you that can do a $100 order you will find that you will be getting more records and CDs for less money.

For those that can't afford to do a $100 order then I suggest that you mailorder from Interpunk.com, No Idea, Brickwall, Level Plane, Very Mailorder, Revelation, Stick Figure, or any of the dozens and dozens of places that offer mailorder.

Our mailorder service has been shrinking each year. Last year we only did about 4 or 5 mailorders a day. That isn't much. Mailorder is less than 2% of our sales. Our main emphasis is on distributing to stores, other distros, people that sell at shows, and other mailorders.

I started doing mailorder in 1984. I personally did the mailorder until 1994 when Lisa took over doing the mailorder. Leslie, Chris, Brandy, Fil, and Dave all took their turns doing mailorder over the years. We have many customers that have been ordering from us for over 12 years. It has been a pleasure to serve you over these long years.

Hopefully, some of you will still order a few times a year. Perhaps try consolidating your orders with local friends.

In any event, Ebullition will still be doing our distribution. We hope that this change will allow us to enjoy more life and to serve our core customers more efficiently.

Sincerely, Kent McClard

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Ampere/Sinaloa - split LP out now!!!

The new split LP by Ampere and Sinaloa is out now!

You can find out more about the LP here.

Look for it in stores and distros across the globe soon.

7 tracks from Ampere and 5 tracks from Sinaloa.

Both bands on a European tour right now. You can find out more about that on our tours page.

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Seein' Red new LP out now!!!

The new LP by Seein' Red is out now!

You can find out more about the LP here.

Look for it in stores and distros across the globe soon.

22 songs of unrelenting political hardcore as only Seein' Red does it!

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The Ebullition Owl


In November of 2004 I built an owl box in one of the trees that lives in my backyard. An owl family now lives there. I took this photo of one of the owls.

The owl came out during the day because a cat was trying to attack them. The owl came out to protect the family. I chased the cat away. Cats are constantly coming to hunt the owls and wild birds that live in our yard.

Cats should never be allowed to run wild. They kill and taunt wild birds and small animals. If you own a cat please do not let it go outside. Letting your cat go loose is the equivalent of going around with a rifle shooting birds and small animals. If you care about the environment and wild animals then please do not let your cat go outdoors.

Cats are not natural. They are man-made hunters that do not belong in the wild. Wild animals do not know how to deal with them and unless you live in a very rugged place there are no predators to keep the cats under control. In many places in the world cats are decimating the natural habitat. In the USA cats are responsible for a massive decrease in songbird populations. In some states songbirds may go extinct due to the wholesale slaughter being caused by domestic and feral cats.

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Policy of 3 - Anthology CDx2 out now!!

This double CD anthology of Policy of 3 songs is finally available. Twenty-three tracks from this awesome emotive hardcore band. Policy of 3 was around during the early '90s and this CD captures them in all their glory.

Check out the new Policy of 3 page to get more info about this great release.

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Ebullition 2K7
The Ebullition site is slowly growing.

I am going to be putting a lot of work into our web site during 2005 so expect many changes!!

On 8/22/05 I added a page for Amber Inn and Iconoclast.

On 6/23/05 I added a page for End Of The Line, Portraits of Past, and Seein' Red.

On 4/23/05 I added a page for Prank Records.

On 12/4/04 I added a page for Policy of 3.

On 8/16/04 I added a page for Ampere.

On 8/16/04 I added several pages for our exclusive labels. I added pages for Chainsaw Safety Records, Init Records, Nuclear War Records!, Parts Unknown Records, Perpetual Motion Machine Records, Underestimated Records, and Waking Records.

On 3/14/04 I added a page for Still Life.

On 3/13/04 I added several pages for our exclusive labels. I added pages for Mountain Records, The Electric Human Project, Hyperrealist Records, Insolito Records, Golden Brown Records, Ache Records, and Ed Walters.

You can access a list of all exclusive labels here.

On 10/17/03 I added a page for Yage, Spitboy, and Los Crudos.

On 6/27/03 I added images and descriptions for all of the new releases that just came out on King of The Monsters.

On 6/30/01 I added pages for Countdown To Putsch and This Machine Kills. To visit these new pages just go to the Ebullition: information section or access them from the above links. I also added the framework for a new section called the D.I.Y. Files. Over the course of July I will finish the various pages for the D.I.Y. Files starting with "How To Put Out A Record."

On 5/12/01 I updated the HeartattaCk pages with lots of new info, and I also added a new Tour section.

There are plans to add a message board system, but that could very well be a long way off. It is something that I would like to do, but there are some definite time constraints involved.

If you have any comments or questions, let me know, especially if you are having any problems loading or viewing the site!

Kent @ Ebullition

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Ebullition Releases going out of print!!

When I started Ebullition my original goal was to keep everything in press. That has proved to be too hard, and ultimately a bit silly. I have decided to let a lot of my releases go out of print.

The following list of records will be going out of print. Once they are gone, they will never be repressed. Most items will not sell out anytime soon, but there are a couple of items that won't be around much longer (as well as a few items that are now out of print). Thanks. - Kent

(SOLD OUT) 3/12/93 - Comp 7" w/John Henry West, etc...
(153 left) ADMIRAL - Revolving and Loading 7"
(500 left) AMBER INN - All Roads Lead Home LP
(87 left) AMBER INN - Serenity In Hand 7"
(SOLD OUT) BREAD AND CIRCUITS - LP
(100 left) BLEED - True Colors Running 7"
(125 left) BORN & RAZED - Holy Wars 12"
(128 left) DOWNCAST - 7"
(40 left) DOWNCAST - LP
(56 left) ECONOCHRIST - Another Victim 7"
(138 left) ECONOCHRIST - Skewed 7"
(SOLD OUT) ECONOCHRIST - Trained To Serve LP
(200 left) END OF THE LINE - 12"
(125 left) EX-IGNOTA - Lazarus Is Back... 7"
(SOLD OUT) FAILURE FACE - All Pain, No Gain 7"
(30 left) FLOODGATE - Troubles A' Brewin 12"
(SOLD OUT) ICONOCLAST - Groundlessness of Belief 7"
(198 left) ICONOCLAST - the first 7"
(10 left) INCURABLE COMPLAINT - Blue Horses 7"
(200 left) IVICH - La Vie Devant Soi 10"
(200 left) JARA - three song 7"
(SOLD OUT) JULIA - LP
(SOLD OUT) LIFE, BUT HOW TO LIVE IT? - 12"
(125 left) MANRAE - Pacata Hibernia 7"
(125 left) MANUMISSION - Binary Lung 7"
(200 left) MANUMISSION - Diego Rivera 7"
(SOLD OUT) PORTRAITS OF PAST/BLEED - split 7"
(SOLD OUT) PORTRAITS OF PAST - 01010101 LP
(SOLD OUT) REVERSAL OF MAN - This Is Medicine LP
(135 left) SAWHORSE - 7"
(200 left) SAWPIT - 7"
(240 left) SEEIN' RED - Marinus 7"
(SOLD OUT) SEVERED HEAD OF STATE - 1st 7"
(SOLD OUT) SEVERED HEAD OF STATE - No Love Lost 7"
(60 left) SEVERED HEAD OF STATE - No Love Lost CDep
(25 left) SPITBOY - Rasana 7"
(SOLD OUT) SPITBOY - True self revealed 12"
(500 left) SUBMISSION HOLD - Waiting For Another Monkey... LP
(SOLD OUT) STILL LIFE - From Angry Heads... CD
(SOLD OUT) TORCHES TO ROME - 12"
(300 left) YAPHET KOTTO - The Killer Was... LP (green vinyl)
(200 left) YAPHET KOTTO - Syncopated... LP

(400 left) AMNESIA - comp LP w/Ordination Of Aaron, Scout, Three Studies For A Crucifixion, Car Vs. Driver, In/Humanity, Failure Face, Wellington, Lybernum, Ipecac, Silence Equals, Stephen Hero, and Thumbnail
(800 left) GIVE ME BACK - Comp LP with Econochrist, Seein' Red, Born Against, Spitboy, Profax, Downcast, Man Lifting Banner, Amenity, Suckerpunch, Desiderata, Bikini Kill, End Of The Line, Struggle, and Sawhorse
(325 left) HEARTATTACK #10 - comp LP w/Amber Inn, Shotmaker, Jihad, Uranus, Loomis Slovak, Ex-Ignota, Skyskraper, The Fisticuffs Bluff, K.A.S.H., Manrae, and incurable Complaint
(200 left) ILLITERATE - comp LP w/Finger Print, Kina, Gnezl Drei, Wounded Knee, Condense, Nothing Remains, Ivich, Voorhees, Ego Trip, Abolition, Blindfold, Married To A Murderer, and Hypocritical Society
(300 left) XXX - double LP comp w/Groundwork, Frail, Policy Of 3, None Left Standing, Via, Monster X, Pogrom, Threadbare, Endeavor, Portraits Of Past, Shatter The Myth, Prozac Memory, Trees Without Leaves, and Well Away

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Special Ebullition Pressings!!

We have a few limited edition records available now.

YAPHET KOTTO - The Killer Was In The Government Blankets 12"
We are out of printed covers for this LP. Instead, we are now selling a hand silk screened version of the LP. You can get them on green vinyl. It will not be pressed again. This is the last pressing!! Once they are gone it is gone forever on vinyl.

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Ebullition Releases for 2K6

The Portraits of Past CD is getting closer to being finished. The actual music is re-mastered and complied. That is ready to go now. The band is just finishing up the artwork and then this discography CD will be finished. It will definitely be out this year!! The total running time of the discography CD is 66 minutes and it includes live and studio tracks.

In addition Ebullition is working on a Downcast CD, and a CD version of the Give Me Back compilation.

There has been some talk of doing a John Henry West discography LP/CD on Ebullition. But there are very little details on this at this point, other than the record will include all their studio tracks, some live material, and two unreleased tracks. Once again, it all depends on when the band finishes the artwork. (Personally, I am starting to doubt this will happen)

There is also a chance that Ebullition will do an Admiral discography CD, though this will probably be a very limited release. Very little details on this release are available at this time, and hell, it might not happen... hard to tell at this point. If I was going to bet on this one I would place my bets on never going to happen. (Personally, I am starting to doubt this will happen)