NEWS:
5/20/08
INSTAGON will NOT be appearing in Los Angeles early next month for NOISEPOLLINATION08, that show has been CANCELED. sorry.

THANKS to Ross Hammond with the Home Haircut Series and the True Love Cafe for hosting a fun and very different sorta set last night. And total thanks to Chad for a fantastic and sweet opening set.

5/09/08
MY BIRTHDAY WAS LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN.. THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT. - lob

05/04/08
Besides the low key set from Delayed Sleep, last night was lame. Wild Danz Pizza is a shitty establishment with horrible pizza and unclean beer taps, in a strip mall. The owner, DAN, is a rude unproffesional who should not have the opportunity granted to him to engage with the general public. INSTAGON apologizes to our few friends that came out and had to witness this human embarass himself in his own establishment. So, in the end we did not play and we dont recommend this venue to anyone else for any future at all....but Instagon WILL be playing on thursday for Lob's birthday. Special thanks to Chad and Erik who came out to play and didnt get to.
more shows keep coming.. pay attention!

04/15/08
new shows added for May!
plus INSTAGON has been nominated for a SAMMIE award!. .the SAMMIES are the "Sacramento Area Music" Awards, presented by the Sacramento News & Review. We are honored to be nominated in the Experimental music catagory!. news on the voting to come in sometime in May.
Also, we have a NEW CD coming at the end of the month on Edgetone Records.. more news on that soon.

04/05/08
the May show for the HOME HAIRCUT Series has been rescheduled for Monday, May 19th at the True Love Cafe (upstairs), also playing will be Non Conformist Muffin (Chad WIlliams solo). this should be a treat of a show!

04/03/08
great noise set in Oakland last night.. thanks to everyone that helped to make it fun. . it was great to see Kevin (from Radar) do his solo thing (Tapes of the FBI).. and the sound guy, Paul, from the Stork Club is the coolest sound guy in the bay area!!! Shows for MAY are being worked out.. and some local stuff for June too.. oh, and a visit to you people in So CAL. in early june for NOISE POLLINATION 2008! SEE YOU THERE.

3/23/08
SHOW NEWS!
a show has been added for Wednesday night April 2nd in Oakland,CA. . the show for Lobs Birthday(may 8) has been temporarily canceled due to the closing of the Coolcat Gallery... more news on the recheduled date to appear soon. The show next week on friday will be the first Instagon show in over a month.. show some love and support why dont 'cha!

3/16/08
FEELING BETTER! and looking forward to the show on March 28th!.
In the meantime, if you didnt know.. Lob's new band THE GARAGE JAZZ ARCHITECTS play every Saturday afternoon for free at Java Lounge in Midtown Sac. .. so theres something fun on a weekly basis, come check it out!

3/5/08
DUE TO HEALTH ISSUES BEYOND THE CONTROL OF LOB, the Instagon Free Jazz Army performance scheduled for this weekend has been canceled. sorry. Im really really sick.

2/17/08
great show last night!
thanks to Firetheft Bridge for the amazing set opening the show.

02/10/08
The Deamon just can't say no to a show!
next weekend.. Sat. Feb 16th, Java Lounge, Sacramento. Garage jazz for lovers only..

2/07/07
new VIDEOS POSTED!! Non-Conformist Muffin productions strikes again and gives us most of the performance from the recent Home Haircut Series appearance at Cool Cat Gallery.. the TRIO FOR TOYS AND METAL.. also.. a new audio track from the BIRTHDAY show last weekend has been posted to the myspace profile .. a garage jazz version of Britney's "gimme more".. no foolin'.. for reals.. go check it out (enjoy!!!)

2/03/08
a big thanks to everyone that came out last night to the Birthday show.. Lords of Outland were amazing and the cake was delicious. It was nice to see support, we hope everyone had a great time and will continue to come out and see what surprizes Instagon will have in store for you next.. the next show planned right NOW, is for early March.. and it will be a HUGE ensemble.. hope to see you all there.

1/27/08
THE SHOW IN WOODLAND WAS AMAZING!
THANK YOU WOODLAND!

1/24/08
welcome to thee new year!
the show at Cool Cat was mega fun, thanks to everyone that came out to support.
we play this weekend with Punk As a Doornail in woodland at the Stag,..next week is the big Birthday show.. and the deamon has been added to the Sacramento Sound Art Festival happening in early March.. woo hoo!

12/18 -
WE ARE PLAYING WITH PUNK AS A DOORNAIL!!!!
Thats right, its confirmed that in Janurary, once again, Instagon and Punk as a Doornail will tear a stage up before the eyes of crying punk rockers who have been expecting something else.. as the Vandals used to say...."i thought it would be metal, but boy was i WRONG!"... 20 min SEX BOMB.. its coming!

12/13
thanks to everyone that came out to the show last night, it was great to play 2 sets..its been awhile since i got to stretch out like that.. thanks to Kevin and Dan for rockin' the grooves with me.. and the deamon and I will see you in 2008.
(ps. oh yeah. the birthday show has been booked and will totally be a hoot.)


11/30
just when you thought we were done for the year, another ngiht of blazing garage jazz has been planned for the Java Lounge... 2 full sets.. DONT MISS IT.. probably the last show of 2007

11/19
the show in SF last night was really sweet and different. It was at the SF Musician's Union Hall #6, hosted by the SIMM Music Series.. the attendence was light, but the music was sweet.. We had a Trio ensemble..no drums..very ambient and odd... very similar to the shows we used to do at the Impala back in 1995 and 1996.. it was great to get back to that sorta thing.

9/30
Last night's show was amazing..but loud. So loud we have been banned from playing the Weatherstone Faire. So it seems last night was the last show we will get there.. oooh. Special kudos go out to Dex Lopaz for a rippin' set on the drums after being awake for under 10 minutes. .

The show previously announced for KPFA Radio on Oct. 2nd has been canceled.

another NEW CD from INSTAGON is NOW
AVAILABLE from HEBI LIKE A SNAKE Recordings. Its called "Under Thee Influence ov Tablecore" and features 5 NOISE performances from Instagon done over the past year...

New VIDEO posted on the VIDEO page.. JAZZ FOR SATAN.. live at Weatherstone Cafe in Sacramento,CA May 2007
produced by NonConformist Muffin Productions.

the NEW CD from INSTAGON is NOW AVAILALBE from LOVE EARTH MUSIC .. its called "Survivors ov thee Psychick Conflickt" and has already gotten some airplay on KDVS in Davis,CA.. so they have it there.. request it!!


April 19, 2007
thanks to everyone that came out to the show at G3 LOUNGE last night.. it was wicked.. probably one of the most brutal sets of noise that Instagon has done in a long time. Double thanks to the guys that played in the set: Tim, Bob, Zachary, Dr. O.. you guys rocked!.


April 14, 2007
a few pictures from show #439 in Fullerton,CA have been posted on our PHOTOS page

April 12, 2007
the complete set list for show #438, at Java Lounge from the end of March has been posted.
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April 1, 2007
once again we are in the midst of a full update and face lift to this website.. the archives and other pages will be down for a few days while we make adjustments and change things around.. but we feel that when we are finished you will find the site easier to navigate and find information.