Cartoon Factory: News

The CF is proud to announce our recent endorsement of Cheerwine Soft Drink. Cheerwine will be providing us with our onstage refreshment as well as some fan giveaways and lots of other stuff to help us stay cool and hydrated while we rock out for you. Cheerwine is great alone or as a mixer for your favorite beverage. Cheerwine has a long Southern tradition and is available throughout the Southeastern US. Ask for it by name. Cheerwine - the Official Soft Drink of the Cartoon Factory!

Who the heck would attempt to play 3 different venues in 1 day???!!! We would, and will. Saturday, Oct. 4th sees us at Timmy Mac's in Columbia, SC @ 1pm to make a 1 set appearance for a Breast Cancer Benefit, then it's on to The Doghouse in Lexington, SC @5pm to headline the Children's Miracle Network Benefit, then down the street to 1 of the wildest clubs we play, The Boondocks in Lexington for a full 3 set gig from 9 to 1am. If you're in the area, come out and hang with us at any or all of the above, throw down a few bucks for the good causes then Rock n Roll all nite (like it's 1989...) with us as we run the gauntlet-3 venues in 1 day!

The CF will be appearing twice at this years Upper SC State Fair- at 8pm on Friday, Aug. 22, and Headlining the night on Fri., Sept 5 at 10pm. Come out and check out the band in a rare (almost) all original set showcase.

Check out the new pics in the photo gallery- there are some shots from the current tour and the ongoing studio sessions- we're working hard for you! We've also added a new Photo Category- FAN PICS - These can be either photos of the band taken by fans or photos of fans with the band-if u wanna be on the site, send in those pics!

The Cartoon Factory is proud to announce that we have entered into a management agreement with Backstage Productions. Backstage is a Columbia, SC based management firm that represents several other SC based artists. We had reached a point where logistically we couldn't keep up with the promotion and personal contacts that we needed to maintain as the bands popularity has steadily increased, so this should not only maintain but help push us to the next level while letting us do what we do best...rock you! Our early interactions with Backstage have already opened new doors and venues for us and we look forward to growing with them in the future.

The boys will be on the road often this Summer. The band is basically booked thru September at this point. The Southeast is gonna be rockin' with numerous appearances across the TriState area including 2 appearances at the Upper SC State Fair. You know you wanna be there, so don't miss a one!

Just an update to let you know the band is currently playing selected dates around the Southeast and will be taking most of April off to spend in the Studio recording the new CD. The new songs have went over HUGE live and we're anxious to lay em down- yeah we know it's LOOOOONG overdue!

The CF will be rockin' out the old and in the New Year at O'Malley's Restaurant and Pub in Greenville, SC. Reserve your packages now to spend the last night of 2007 with us in this intimate little (but loud) setting. A limited number of packages are available, so RESERVE NOW! O'Malley's is located at 1659-A Woodruff Rd. $35/Couple $20/Individual Advance. Heavy Hors d'ouvres and Champagne Toast included! Call your reservations in to: 864-297-6442

"Deaf, Dumb & Blind" is in Regular Rotation on Steel 93 Internet Radio from 12am-6pm. "DD&B" and "Whirlwind" are also being featured on the "Indie Double Shots" program between 7pm and 12am. "DD&B" is also on the station's "48 Hour Indie Weekend" program. We'd like to give a shout out to Adam Z and the staff at Steel93 for keeping it Indie and keepin it Rockin"! Support Indie Music and Indie Radio. Check them out at www.Steel93.com -you may never listen to commercial radio again.

The Good News: The CF have just released a new EP CD featuring all the current members performing some of their favorite cover tunes including: "You Spin Me Round", "Jesse's Girl", "Rock N' Roll All Nite" and more is now available!
The Great News: It's FREE!
The Catch: You can only get it at a live show by joining the Fan Club or with any other purchase. So come out, rock out, and "Cover Me!"

The Cartoon Factory will be the featured musical act on Friday, Sept. 7 at the Upper SC State Fair. This is one of SC's largest and most attended fairs and the band is excited to be a part of it.

http://upperscstatefair.com/content.asp?id=103

"(I Coulda Been A) Heartthrob", a previously unreleased Chuck-penned tune that was recorded for a Delilahs album that was never released, will be included on Futurama Records newest Compilation Disc, NOW HEAR THIS Volume 2. The song was recorded shortly before the Delilahs disbanded in 1998 and before the formation of The CF. cool archival stuff for the CF, Chuck and/or Delilahs fan.The NHT2 disc is slated for an April Release.

The band has started laying down tracks for the new CD. 12 new songs have been written, Chuck and Bobby have both put down rhythm guitar tracks and Skippy and Joseph are currently working on the bass and drum parts, so the project is officially underway. The CD is to be tentatively titled "revolution", and is slated for a Spring 2007 release. It's been 5 years since the last full CD, so this one should be special. The band has spoken with several "big-name" producers/mixers to work on the project and although nothing is finalized, we expect to make an announcement soon.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Chuck, Bobby, Chip, and Eddie!

Thought we'd give you a quick & easy way to buy the first CD-Just click this link and it's on it's way to you! http://cdbaby.com/cd/cartoonfactory
It's that easy!

I know, FINALLY! Got bunches of new songs written and plan to go in the studio within the next few weeks and lay down acoustic demos so we can start working em out to record. This is the first stage of the recording process. I will probably keep a recording diary here or on our myspace page. (if you haven't joined our friends list yet, what're ya waitin for?!!?) We will be taking an indefinite amount of time off from playing live to devote to the new CD. As the lineup is in a restructuring process, it seemed like the perfect time to get the new project together. I kept waiting on a lineup to stabilize, but if I waited on that any longer, it could be 2050 before the thing was done! New Lead guitarist Bobby Nipper is very similar to Matt in talent and although their styles differ somewhat, I think Bobby will be a perfect fit personally and musically. Although (real) job concerns precipatated a move to Washington, DC, Matt remains a member of the CF family and will probably still contribute to the disc in some way. Original Bassist Chip Anderson has rejoined the band after a legnthy sabbatical due to personal and health issues and should bring some stability to that slot that we haven't had since Chip had to step aside. I am THRILLED to have Chip back on board! The drum slot hasn't been filled as of yet, but we do have a possible prospect in mind, so we'll see how that goes. That's it for now, see ya soon.
P&L,
-Chuck

"Tongue Tied", Our newest release to Garageband, has climbed to #26 on the PowerPop Chart. It also picked up an award for "Best Melody" for this week, and will be featured as GarageBand's "Powerpop Track of the Day" on Saturday, June 17th. GarageBand is one of the largest and most influential indie music sites on the web and the band is excited to achieve this kind of recognition.

Our Label, Futurama Records, thru it's connections has recently agreed to a deal that gives us worldwide distribution. What this means is that basically, you can now walk into almost any store in the world and purchase our music! The deal only guarantees us access, not stock, so we will likely be a special order item most places, but you can get any of our CD's present and future at your local store wherever you are. Just go in and tell em you'd like them to order the Cartoon Factory CD for you and they can get it done! Cool, huh?

While "Monkey Girl" seems to have peaked at #24 on the GarageBand.com Poerpop Charts, it just keeps on picking up Listener's Choice Awards. It was named "Most Original Track" for the 4th Time, and "Best Lyrics" for the 3rd Time! It has also picked up "Best Bassline" and "Best Guitar" Awards as well as being featured as a "Track of the Day"! It has remained in the top 50 for almost 2 monthes already. Our followup, "Hopeless" hasn't charted as well as we'd hoped for (hovering in mid 70's) but has picked up a weekly award for "Most Rocking Song" and will be featured as a "Track of the Day" on April 23rd.

"Monkey Girl" will be featured as Garageband.com's Powerpop "Track of the Day" on March 5, 2006 and also recieved the Powerpop Weekly awards for "Best Lyrics", "Best Bass Line", and "Most Original Song" for the week of Feb. 27-Mar 5, 2006. It has also reached #26 on Garageband's Powerpop Chart. It is a huge honor for us to be recognized by the indie community in this way! You can Link to it at A HREF="http://www.garageband.com/song?|pe1|S8LTM0LdsaSkaVi1ZG5zV8xuY1GSIsw_"> src="http://www.garageband.com/images/badges/totd_redwhite.gif" width="114" height="98" BORDER="0">