2011 good news! DE GRAANREPUBLIEK, REACT WITH PROTEST, IFB and FLOWERVIOLENCE are going to release our new record. if everything works well, it will be in june! the tape comes within the next weeks on YAKUZZI. stoked! bad news! we are very sad to announce that we have to cancel all upcoming shows due to an injury in ralf's knee. hopefully we can do the shows later this year. sorry to all who are involved in the shows in any way! hey there, we've just finished the recordings for our upcoming release and now we sit and wait for the mastered songs. if everything works well, we will have the record with us at the shows in april. there will be a 12" version (we are looking for a label for this!) and a tape version on Yakuzzi Tapes. if you like fast hardcore with some rock and metal parts here and there, this might be your cup of coffee! see you at the shows! 2010 6. december hey everyone, we just returned home from our short "chuck's are made for the summer, not winter"-trip to east germany. we had a great time, the new line-up worked really well and above all it seems to last. fingers crossed! by the way, this was probably the last chance to see the gentle art live for the next few month. we will now lock ourselves up in the rehearsal room to finish the last songs for our upcoming LP, which will be recorded in february at the tonmeisterei in oldenburg and will be released on rising riot records and yakuzzi. see you around at the shows in april with cancer clan and on our tour in june! 1. august finally most of the shows for the rest of this year are fixed. check out the dates section! we are still looking for a show at the end of october, which will be the first show with spence singing. any ideas? drop us a line! also, we booked a weekend at the almighty tonmeisterei in oldenburg to record a new long player, which will be out spring/summer 2011 on rising riots records. 6. july alright kids, we just put up all our stuff for free download. this means the songs from the split 7"s w/ SHITSTORM and SICK TERROR and the songs from the s/t 12". you can choose between mp3 and flac, if you think, crappy fastcore sounds even better in lossless. also, we just fixed the first shows with spence on mic. check out the show section for details. 16. may we finally found a singer, spence. we will see how it works, but it looks very good so far. if everything works out we will be back on stage at least in october 2010. watch out! 2009 1. october after some months and only a handful of shows with lexi on vocals, he is no longer part of TGAOC for several reasons. so, again, we are looking for a new singer. if you are into singing, get in touch! 19. april about a week has gone by since we returned home from our weekend-trip with the unholy PLANKS. we had a blast with our friends and might be doing a short trip with them again in October. we're still writing new songs for our next release. we got a couple of shows lined up around May 1st, this time we're heading towards France and will be crossing Belgium on our way back and forth. looking forward to play some nice shows. shows? oh yes, shows... we're always looking for shows so hit us up. 8. march we played our first show with Lexi on vocals yesterday. it worked well, exept some technical problems with the drumpedal. for now we have 6 new songs and keep on working to record some new stuff this year, we keep you updated! 2008 20. december we finally found a singer. we will see how it works, but it looks good right now. if we get enough songs for a live-set we will play 4 shows with our friends PLANKS in April. do. 9.4. FRANKFURT: cafe exzess fr. 10.4. LEIPZIG: gieszer (w/ Finisterre) sa. 11.4. NUENCHRITZ: kombi (w/ Dean Dirg) so. 12.4. MAGDEBURG: heizhaus 28. august we are back from our 10 days trip to the UK. thanks to everybody who helped us out in any way! after the tour Micha (our singer) left the band for several reasons. so we are stuck again. we are not sure what we wanna do now. we keep you updated. but if you are into singing in a band like this, feel free to contact us! 28. juli our new CD has arrived! 13 new tunes in less than 12 minutes, as fast as cheap! 5 decent euros + postage 12. july we're planning another 5, maybe 6 days tour at end of the year (dec 26 - dec 31). we're looking for some gigs in germany or close to germany, together with our friends PLANKS (myspace.com/walkingonplanks). if anyone wants to put up a show for us, get in touch. 6. july the new CD is at the pressing plant and will be out end of July. we'll also bring some new stickers/patches for those who care... first gig for 2008 was quite cool, although the falafel was way better than our performance... 31. may august tour is almost fixed. check the shows section for the dates. we'll be on the road for 10 days, where as we're still looking for a gig to play on AUG 22. in case anyone wants to put up a show for us that night, get in touch (somewhere in Holland or Belgium would fit in perfectly). the new release, will be a CD with 13 new tracks on flowerviolence records. it will be out for the tour. the vinyl version will follow in fall as a one-sided 12" on regurgitated semen records! 15. may we have finished our new recordings. thanks a million henner and role at the Tonmeisterei studio. check out some of the new tracks on our Myspace profile. the plans for the UK tour are getting concrete, most of the dates are already fixed. we'll have new shirts ready by then, as well as some new release, we'll see. 2007 15. december bad news. due to an heavy inflammation in our drummer's arm we were forced to cancel the intended recording session in january! he's just trying to get a grip on it, we're gonna make up for the new recordings at the beginning of may. 23. november here we go, the first january weekend has been confirmed to record our new stuff. by the way, if anybody has GENTLE ART pics of our gigs in eastern europe, please get in touch! 22. october we're back from eastern europe! thanks to everybody who helped us out with gigs, food, places to stay etc. we focus on two more shows for 2007: november 10 @AJZ Bielefeld, Germany november 17 @ Alte Meierei Kiel, Germany afterwards we'll prepare for our upcoming studio session in january. fuck, i brought some fleas from that filthy fucked up appartment in hungary... 10. october we're back home from our 5 days trip through germany with GUNMOB and PLANKS. thanks to both for the good time we've had.. hope to hit the road together again as soon as possible! thanks to the people for letting us play, as well for food, drinks and places to stay...by the way, we've slept in one room with at least two of these fuckers:20. august so, here's the actual state of affairs: we're just about to get our october tour of eastern europe fixed... we´re gonna play the czech republic, slovakia, hungary, romania and austria. check the live section for the dates and let us know if you can help us out with the unfixed dates! our long awaited split 7" with florida's SHITSTORM is finally in the pressing plant, to be released in a few weeks... we're looking forward to play our first shows with the new line-up in about 3 weeks!! we'll have some shirts ready by then, check the design in the Merch section. we'll get different sizes ranging from small to x-large! get in touch for pre-orders! furthermore we're gonna do a 3"CD version of both our split 7" recordings, first and foremost to be sold on tour! of course you can order it anyway if you favor the CD over the vinyl versions! guess that's it so far... we'll keep you in the loop! 25. march after a four months break, THE GENTLE ART OF CHOKIN' is finally back, to rip the shit outta you fucks! sebastian joined on guitar and we'll go on with writing new songs, looking forward to hit the stage again as soon as possible! 2. january looking forward to this year. can you play guitar? call us!