NINJA rocks Vancouver!

As if they needed more rocking, Vancouver found itself completely rocked Saturday night as NINJA rolled into town and fogged, strobbed, blew fused, masked up, strummed down, stick broke and face melted the night away!


The thrill of Total Success was achieved when I glanced in the kitchen and saw the cook proudly wearing one of our classic NINJA tees!  The hot chick bartender, too! (not that there's anything wrong with that..)


The clan travels North to Seattle this Wednesday for a return show at The Comet!  Come see us and say HI and get a free pin for saying something nice to any one of us..  really!

Scout NINJA runs his first meeting..

Welcome to The Sixth NINJA!

I have yet to officially welcome our shiny new NINJA #6, so here it is:  Welcome to our clan, you ferocious, winsome, stealth-stud!


Seriously, this man is the answer to our prayers - a reliable and unassuming scout during our mobile street performances, a talented musician who can step in during sound checks when one of us can't break away from some exciting mission, a fresh set of ears during work on new material, a man with the obvious good taste to hook his wagon to this stupendous project - what a guy!


You, dear reader, can meet this fellow at most of our shows, as he tends the merchandise table, as well.  He offers stylish NINJA-wear, fabulous mini-albums, pins/patches/picture books and inside scoops regarding the exciting inner workings of your favorite band of rock & roll ninjas:  NINJA!


As the years roll by and these transmissions reach the outer stratosphere, all of us will receive our due credit as fun-lovin' creatures who really knew how to inject our souls with super-solid provocative fun fun fun!


Shake it up!

Life with NINJA!

Life with NINJA heats up again, dear readers.  This clan of ferocity took it's show to the Plan B rock bar in Portland the other night.  The crowd was hot and hungry, the bar was pouring strong, Spinal Tap was playing on the soundsystem between acts - classic!


NINJA guitarist D. Grimm jumped with vigor again and again.  Explorer Ninja remained steadfast and rock steady.  Drummer Ysan was spellbinding and absolutely awesome.  Throat Rot tapped into energy and body-bending screams from beyond Pluto.  Yours truly, Christo Bas, dug deep to trench out the lowest grooves heard since Fishbone's tough album: Give A Monkey A Brain and He'll Swear He's The Center Of The Universe!


NINJA has a surprise in store for Portland this up-coming weekend, so look out!


Thanks for reading!

NINJA rocks Doug Fir!

Who's got great sound? Doug Fir does!

Who rocked the snot out of Doug Fir?  We did!

Who had the best time at Doug Fir?  The people!

Well, this ninja has seen some great shows here in Portland over the last few years and a lot of them have been at the Doug Fir.  Sky Cries Mary, Dungen, Dead Meadow, Builders & Butchers, etc., so it was extra satisfying to get the opportunity to play on that stage with my very best pals of NINJA.

We rocked righteously hard and everyone had a blast!  

We have another glorious show planned for Friday night at ghoulish Plan B, also in Portland, and now I must light a candle and stretch my tendons..

Good night.

In the hallowed halls of KUFO!

In the boardroom with NINJA!

KUFO meets NINJA!

What a night!  NINJA descended upon the skyscraper that holds KUFO - Portland's premiere rock radio station - and held court with fab DJ Jeff Allen for an hour.  We made command decisions regarding very important radioland business, played tracks from our mini-album, answered questions from dear listeners who called in from across the country and got to meet Amy, a 12-year old fan from right here in the Northwest!


We hope to bring joy to Amy and her classmates with a surprise mobile guerrilla NINJA show very soon!  That will keep that little tyke up past her bedtime with all the thoughts of glorious ninja-rock running through her sweet head.


Please go ahead and visit: NinjaMetalNinja.com for more excitement and feel free to enjoy an incredible live NINJA show this Wednesday at the Doug Fir in Portland!

Something secret hereby sits..

NINJA shares stories on KUFO tonight!

That's right, good people - the men of NINJA (and it's not a calender photo spread, by the way) will be telling amazing stories via the radio waves tonight!  Portland's KUFO Viva La Luna show at 9pm will play host to yours truly and some of the other fab fellows from the band, as they play tracks from our mini-album and ask us questions about street hi-jinks and what brand of guitar picks we use..


I'll tell you one thing right now, we will be making sure that Portland knows about our show at swanky Doug Fir this Wednesday!  The sound in this room is stellar, so there will be twice as many ears as there are people in the room enjoying every ferocious nuance of each expertly created musical movement..


Come on out if you live nearby and we will shake your hand, toast to life and rock your bodies!

NINJA::NECKTIE PARTY::SUPER VIDEO!

NINJA Super Bowl Pre-Halftime Show!

Your favorite clan of ninjas celebrated the impending all-american clash of sporty teams at the Super Bowl with an engagement with an epic Iron Maiden Tribute Band called.......MAIDEN NW!  It was the night before the big game.  It was Saturday night in Vancouver.  Long hair, fist pumps, devil fingers, stone-wash jeans, high tops and trashy trashy were everywhere as the rock show hit and everyone drank jello shots and celebrated volume, from the stage and in the hair!  Wow!  Another classic night!