banned books


we are a magickal music band AKA philharmonic rockestra AKA feedback plz kthx. now, if you'd kindly allow us to fuck your ears with our collective sonic cock…

banned books is ben crouse, matt dermond, and zane kanevsky

for booking info email
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other links:

ben on twitter
doug o'neil
stumparumper
zane on twitter

it feels nice to finish something

we just finalized the digital release and vinyl tonight. look for the records at our shows starting in late july or early august. hope you enjoy the new tunes. you can also hear the album version of summer death camp on our myspace.


-zane 6.24.09

show details

a couple of the dates we had posted fell through. june 6th @ spike jonze is now june 20th w/ eggman, siyoung (maybe spongebath), and rx. check out the flier here. Also the show with granny frost on july 12th is probably going to end up being in our basement lol. should be fun. we'll be sure to keep things updated.
p.s. we're almost done the record.


-zane 6.2.09

new site/record details

welcome to bnndbks.net v2.0. hope you enjoy the new layout. we are nearing the completion of our debut release. still a few details to wrap up. but in the meantime here's the tentative tracklist:

side a:
the alarm
mission creep
supernatural mongoloid
wilderness area

side b:
trophy wife sings the devil's fanfare
summer death camp
anti-anthem
black knot of plum or cherry

stay tuned for upcoming performances and more details on the release.


-zane 5.7.09

lorem ipsum dolar

we are releasing a 12" record!


-ben 4.18.09



music:


mission creep

wilderness area



live dates:

june 18th @ court tavern in new brunswick w/ maury & moosh        moosh and we are seahorses
june 20th @ spike jonze w/ siyoung, rx, and eggman flier
july 12th w/ granny frost in our basement.. bellmawr, nj
aug. 21st millville, nj @ new rev. records high st. w/ pfunkt