Serial Bowl Records

23/09/2025

RED ALERT - THEY CAME IN FORCE
Pre-Order now (UK pre-orders to be shipped week ending 27th September)

Limited to 250 red vinyl and 50 CD's with no repress. First 100 orders come with a Red Alert badge
Official release October 18th

https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/they-came-in-force

They Came In Force is also available via:
Dead Broke Rekerds (US)
MAD BUTCHER RECORDS (Germany)
Waterslide Records (Japan)

More about the story of the album can be seen in a previous post. The album has been months in the making and has been a real labour of love. The cassette, which Tinner owned, had been recorded straight from the mixing desk and mastered by Decontrolled Records with Paul Decontrol restoring the previously unseen grainy pictures (courtesy of Goldie). Cathy Smith (Steve's wife) Paul and Tinner then designed the artwork and put it all together. The insert also includes recollections from various folk who were there on the night as well as the unseen photographs.

Red Alert were one of the most influential bands to come out of Sunderland and their legacy will always be remembered. They Came in Force is dedicated to Steve 'Cast Iron' Smith and Red ALERT

20/09/2025

RED ALERT - THEY CAME IN FORCE

Live and Loud…The album emerged from what was thought to be a long lost cassette from a live gig in Darlington in 1982 which was recorded directly through the mixing desk.

“The lyrics are a brief tale of a gig we did in a north-eastern town called Darlington, down the road from Sunderland, about an hour in that old van of ours. The week before the incident, we broke down on the way to Darlington to do the gig, we got to a phone and explained things, but the bloke on the phone was far from happy even though it was no one’s fault. So we agreed to play the following week. At that time we had a good following that travelled with us to gigs, a bunch of lads called the Station Skins from Sunderland. So off we went in a hired Luton van full of band, equipment, a good number of skinheads. Soon as we arrived, a punk outside told us to watch our backs as they were still angry that we didn’t play the week before. We just laughed it off – we weren’t the toughest lads in the world, but we weren’t frightened of s**t like that either. So the gig played out, the hostile locals standing round watching and our travelling mates having their usual boisterous p**s up and dancing and singing along. Sure enough, it kicked off at the end. It started with football chanting, it became a Sunderland/Newcastle thing for some reason and up it went, big time. Lot of glass broken, people hurt, and eventually the police came. They took us down to load the van, which by then had a beer keg on the front seat having been thrown through the windscreen. They escorted us most of the way back to Sunderland and a few lads were left behind as the fight had spilled into the streets. Next day we met up in the Market Square as usual n’ just laughed it off, some battered n’ bruised but nothing major. It was just one of those things – not cool, but it happened. I’ve actually got a cassette of the whole show, fight included, crazy”
Steve ‘Cast Iron’ Smith

Pre-order from next week limited to 250 red vinyl and CD

Thank you Cathy Smith for your support in making the album happen to Jon ‘Sh*t Stirrer’ for the video and Decontrolled Records for mastering and artwork.

19/09/2025

Claudia play Revolt. Recorded, filmed and produced at The Bunker as part of Sunderland Summer Sessions V2

Revolt is available to download via our Bandcamp store
https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/revolt

Claudia are a 3 piece fiery punk/riot grrl band hailing from Sunderland, Taking cues from iconic bands like Hole, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch and Bikini Kill.

REVOLT! is their debut release... a supercharged, hard hitting track that picks apart modern society. The riot grrl revolution is eager to begin...no words are left unspoken and only truths are told. Revolt is taken from Claudia’s upcoming EP which will be available via Serial Bowl Records

Claudia play Revolt. Recorded, filmed and produced at The Bunker as part of Sunderland Summer Sessions V2 This was an Artist Development Project, run at The ...

18/09/2025

Not long now until Stages Sunderland!!!
We are hosting
Onlooker the band
Loudmouth (official)
Claudia
At Diego's Joint on Friday 3rd of October….the gig is Free and tickets can be purchased here 👎

https://www.stages-festival.co.uk/

15/09/2025

FRIDAY 3RD OCTOBER - DIEGO'S - 7PM - FREE ENTRY
ONLOOKER + LOUDMOUTH + CLAUDIA

SUNDAY 5TH OCTOBER - MUSEUM VAULTS - 3PM - £6 ENTRY
TV FACE + IMAGINARY FRIENDS

SUNDAY 12TH OCTOBER - MUSEUM VAULTS - 2PM -£6 ENTRY
THE SH*TS + APERTURE

SUNDAY 23RD NOVEMBER - MUSEUM VAULTS - 2PM - £10 SUGGESTED
MARRAFEST 3 - ONLOOKER + SLALOM D, IRKED & TIN RIBS

SUNDAY 30TH NOVEMBER - DIEGO'S - 4PM - £10 ADVANCE TICKETS
THE RESTARTS + AMASS, ORPHANS & ACTIVE MINDS
🎫-https://www.serialbowlrecords.com/product/the-restarts-tickets

SUNDAY 7TH DECEMBER - MUSEUM VAULTS - 2PM - £10 ADVANCE TICKETS (coming soon)
BOWLFEST 2025 - DEALING WITH DAMAGE + HOUSE PROUD, TV FACE, DAN GOATHAM & MONKEYS BLOOD

online ticket for The Restarts + Amass, Orphans and Active minds Sunday 30th November Diego's, Sunderland list of names on the door please keep...

14/09/2025

Not long now until Stages Sunderland!!!
We are hosting
Onlooker
Loudmouth
Orphans
At Diego's Joint on Friday 3rd of October….the gig is Free and tickets can be purchased here 👎

https://www.stages-festival.co.uk/

12/09/2025

CLAUDIA - REVOLT!
Claudia are a 3 piece fiery punk/riot grrl band hailing from Sunderland, who were formed through the Young Musicians Project (YMP). Since their debut gig just over a year ago, they’ve been turning heads with their raw energy and unapologetic sound. Taking cues from iconic bands like Hole, L7, Babes in Toyland, 7 Year Bitch and Bikini Kill.

REVOLT! is their debut release... a supercharged, hard hitting track that picks apart modern society. The riot grrl revolution is eager to begin...no words are left unspoken and only truths are told. Revolt is taken from Claudia’s upcoming EP which will be available via Serial Bowl Records
Revolt is available as a free download

https://serialbowlrecords.bandcamp.com/track/revolt

10/09/2025

It’s the annual Pawz for thought charity gig this Saturday at The Ivy House…Free entry as well!!

09/09/2025

Upcoming gigs for October…
Friday October 3rd Diego's Joint
Onlooker the band
https://onlookertheband.bandcamp.com/track/wishing-wellay

Loudmouth (official)
https://youtu.be/FP4S-2R4xlY?si=toy9jHzdSgOG8H8D

Orphans

FREE ENTRY
Doors 7pm

Sunday October 5th Museum Vaults
TV FACE
https://tvface.bandcamp.com/

Imaginary Friends
https://youtu.be/vAdMQwsoJ4E?si=eoC31NiXL6vl73Nx

£6 Entry
Doors 2pm

Sunday October 12th Museum Vaults
The Sh*ts
https://thes**tsrock.bandcamp.com/album/youre-a-mess

Aperture
https://aperture32.bandcamp.com/track/well-rounded-man

£6 Entry
Doors 2pm

05/09/2025

Claudia release Revolt on September 16th via Serial Bowl Records.
They have a few upcoming gigs starting tonight at Pop Recs with Splitbox and Slalom D

02/09/2025

The new Dealing With Damage album ‘The London Particular’ will be released early next year via Serial Bowl Records. We think it’s a great title and asked Ed from the band about it who kindly told us…
“It is the original name that people gave London pea super fogs. As in particles. So hence the London particular. We thought it was a good metaphor for the fog of s**t that's going on in the world at the moment and for some reason we all decided we wanted to reference London in the name of the album”
so there you have it folks. If anyone is new to the band then check out the most wonderful Head Full of Feedback

Song recorded by Dealing With Damage:James Sherry, Andy Myers, Owen Cox, Ed Wenn & Steve Cox.Recorded at Perry Vale Studios by Pat Collier in November 2023Mi...

30/08/2025

This will be a cracker…next Friday at Pop Recs Ltd Slalom D Splitbox and Claudia