The surveillance state is alive and well!!! We take the TA-80 drone for a spin above our neighborhood so you can see tonight's beautiful Tempe, AZ sunset. youtu.be/35xuGV4pUHE?...

We weren't bluffing when we said we have a bunch of shows coming up! Friday, July 3rd, 2026, TA-80 will be playing at Yucca Tap Room with Los Diablos Gordos, The Distortionists and Redoubt !!! 8 PM. No cover.

SATURDAY! JUNE 6TH!!! TA-80 will be playing Chopper John's with Fat Gray Cat and Carol Pacey & the Honey Shakers . Show starts at 9 PM (and we go on first, since we also have a show the following day at Yucca!!). No cover.

VICTORY!!!! The "25" E.P. and the TA-80 / The femurs split and the TA-80 / Rob Moss and Skin-Tight Skin splits are in the proverbial can!! 7 songs total!! Now onto the mixing/ mastering stage! Next we have a big run of shows coming up, then we're aiming to go BACK in the studio in late summer!

Awww, thank you, DJ suzi boneshaker !!!! Love the awesome stickers! KZSU 90.1 FM FOREVER!!!!!

Here's an oldie. The song "Bury You" from our album "TA-80 Will Bury You." We talk some mad shit on this one but we're friends with our old enemies now. I still don't know what kind of music this is. It's unclear if anyone has ever made it to the end of the song. youtu.be/ioX7m3lyuc0?...

Bandcamp Friday! The day where Bandcamp waives their cut! An excellent day to buy some TA-80 shirts, Vinyl, cassettes, etc. Help keep the beast rollin' (get some of these boxes of merchandise out of our apartment). ta80.bandcamp.com

Shout out to the Uncle Pete Show (WHRW 90.5 FM Binghamton, NY) for playing "Holiday" by The 66ers (a band that also has Amy from TA-80 in it!). If you missed it, take a little holiday and click the link to the audio: theunclepeteshow.wordpress.com on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/TheUnclePete...

Alright! Basic tracks are all done! It was a challenging session that went on late into the night (Thankfully the neighbors were having a huge party so that helped cover our noise. (We made time for some serious partying too!)). Thursday, we move onto lead guitars and next Sunday we tackle vocals!

Oh yea! Exactly two years ago TA-80 released our album, "Turn It Up." Geez! It seems so long ago that I had to double check the math. But yea, April 26, 2024, we released "Turn It Up." Check it out if you haven't heard it. Or if you've heard it, Turn it up again! open.spotify.com/album/1tuWo5...

Saturday, TA-80 enters Desert Ranch Studios (Tucson) to record the The femurs split and the Rob Moss & Skin Tight Skins split. While we're there we're going to record our 25th anniversary E.P. re-recording songs from our out of print 2001- 2003 albums. The goal is to bust out 7 songs in two days.

May 15th, TA-80 will be playing at Jobot's in Phoenix! Show starts at 8 PM! It's gonna be a fun night with a lot going on so come join us!!

Check out the new animated video for our song, "Empty & Awake" created by Jubileu Carniça who has also done videos for Squirtgun, The Prozacs, The Bonstones, Dave Strong, etc)!!!!!! youtu.be/loMK-ILbv80?...

Shout out to the @unclepete Show (WHRW 90.5 FM Binghamton, NY) for playing TA-80's song, "Stoned Bull" from our album, "Black Glitter." If you missed it, you better dig into that archive and get crackin'!: theunclepeteshow.wordpress.com And on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/TheUnclePete...

In case you missed it, here's the full video of Amy and Matt's performance at Punks Unplugged at Rips Bar last night! Always fun to hear what's going on beneath the usual electrified roar. youtu.be/WTxgBzBs5OM?...

TONIGHT!!!! APRIL 1ST!!! Amy 80 and Matt 80 from TA-80 will be doing a special acoustic set at Rips Bar for the April installment of Punks Unplugged!!! They'll be doing stripped-down versions of TA-80 tracks and maybe some cover songs! Come check it out!! No cover. Show starts at 7 PM.

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Shout out to the Uncle Pete Show (WHRW Binghamton, NY) for playing Turn It Up by TA-80!!! And if for some reason you weren't tuned in or turned up, then you can dive into the archive: Here's the link to the audio: theunclepeteshow.wordpress.com And on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/TheUnclePete...

HERE IT IS! Full video of last night's show at Brick Box Brewery courtesy of The Waver Dave!! This is the only place you can hear our new song, "Shrapnel Pop," which we're fine-tuning live. New songs are going to be slowly making their way into the set at the next few shows. youtu.be/DZlzz75OXLg?...

We are saddened to hear about the Long Lake Bar (in Hale, MI) burning down. Here's our 2012 video (14 years ago?!) for our song, Trading Diamonds for Dominoes, which features a few shots of us chilling out at Long Lake Bar. youtu.be/LxAJFuL-Of4?...

2026 marks 25 years of TA-80 !!! (Drawing by Blake Chamberlain blakeart.work )

NEXT SATURDAY MARCH 14th, we'll be playing at Rips Bar in Phoenix, AZ, for Jesse Yonkaz' Birthday Blitz celebration with Sick in the Head, Manicdotes and Morgan's Bluff! TA-80 takes the stage first, rockin' out at 8 PM sharp! So come on out! No cover.

Check out Pop Punk Underground's EPIC Playlist of female-fronted Pop-Punk which features TA-80'S "I Wanna Watch TV All Night" alongside classics from The Donnas, The Fastbacks, The Soviettes, Sahara Hotnights, The Linda Lindas, The Runaways and much, much more! open.spotify.com/playlist/2rA...

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In case you missed the live stream, here's Amy's interview she did on the You Know What You Should Du? Podcast! It was a fun one, Amy drank a box of wine (and some Frangelico shots) while talking about bass guitar and telling a few tour and poop stories. Check it out www.youtube.com/live/hlXt6VS...

MONDAY!!!! Amy 80 is gonna be the guest on the You Know What You Should Du? Podcast with Gizz Lazlo and Just Paul!!! This is a live interview so watch it all unfold as it happens! You Know What You Should Du? with: Gizz Lazlo & Just Paul LIVE!! Every Monday Night at 7pm on YouTube @dupodxast

Here's the lyric video we made for our song, "Go Around" from our 2018 album, "Black Glitter." The process of making it snapped me. Every time I thought I was finished, the lyrics would suddenly go out of sync and I would pull my hair out, which is why I am bald today. youtu.be/92owxITfBiQ?...

Here's a blast from the distant past. It's been FOURTEEN YEARS since we made the video for "I Wanna Watch TV All Night." Where has the time gone?!?! As always the video was shot on a cellphone... youtu.be/HnB48Y8x3bw?...

This is the next show we have lined up! March, 14th, at Rips Bar for Jesse Yonkaz Birthday Blitz with Morgan's Bluff , Sick in the Head and Manicdotes! And I think there might be some filming going on for an AZ punk documentary made by Let's Ruin Our Lives . So come on out!

Be sure to give a listen to Lesser Creatures latest single, "People Suck!" Amy 80 and Jamin 80 jumped in on backing vocals for this track and we can assure you it rocks like a MF-er! youtu.be/yn-vJFcaDbA?...

SUNDAY!!! MARCH 22!!! TA-80 will be playing at Brick Box Brewery in Tucson, AZ, with Linnea's Garden (Boston, MA) , Girlslime and Chick Adjacent! 8 PM. No cover. If you see the city of Tucson shakin' that night, you'll know why!! Come on out and rocked with us!!

We're at SER Soundworks Recording & Rehearsal with Shane Matsumoto today! Hmmm. I wonder what Amy's working on... This is gonna be a fun one. Stay tuned.

Check out the latest episode of the Lousekast podcast featuring Bree from Allegedly Records (the world's greatest record label, which is a cold, hard, scientific FACT because TA-80 is on it!). Wrap your judging ears around THIS!!! open.spotify.com/episode/5NWA...

Be sure to watch the new video, "Perfectly Whelmed" by our buddies in Swigfoot !! If you watch closely, you may see a couple members of TA-80 in there (along with our pal, The Ghoulie). Thanks for inviting us! We love Swigfoot!!! youtu.be/T-ptYXwS3UE?...

We've never had to do a stage plot before. How's it looking?

The Rundown:

We love the Uncle Pete Show (WHRW 90.5 FM Binghamton, NY) and we appreciate him playing TA-80's "Roller Rink Days," our tribute to roller rinks around the globe! If you missed it, Here's the link to the audio: theunclepeteshow.wordpress.com And on Mixcloud at www.mixcloud.com/TheUnclePete...

Here it is. Full video of last night's acoustic performance at Yucca. A bunch of TA-80 songs and a couple of covers (by The femurs and Guided by Voices). "YOU GOTTA TURN IT DOWN! YOU GOTTA TURN IT DOWN!" This was fun. youtu.be/3h1oZytg8CA

Wow! What a fun night at Yucca Tap Room !!! Got to see Ethan Anonymous , Jerome Mann and DeMonica Westover !!! Harry J. Erkface , Dinosaur Love, and George Washingtub kicked lots of acoustic ass! We also made lots of new friends! Thanks to everyone that bought some vinyl.

"Make apologies for the stomping boot..." youtu.be/HtE0pfxbXKs?...

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Pix of last night's show at the Time Out Lounge.

Shout out to MI TOCADISCOS DUAL for including us on their list of Top Power Pop albums of 2025! Honored to be listed next to Sloan. We appreciate it! See the full list: mitocadiscosdual.blogspot.com/2026/01/mejo...

Our latest album, "Open Late" showed up on Takin' A Ride's Top Albums of 2025 list! "A solid album from a bunch of pop punks from Arizona. Seems like they’d be a lot of fun to see live. They cover Toto’s “Africa”, punk rock style" Thank you for including us! takinaride.com/top-ten-and-...

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At exactly midnight, we sent the TA-80 drone up in the stratosphere to catch the fireworks over Tempe, Rock City. Check out our view of the city! youtu.be/xE_40LWC5wM?...