From The Austin Chronicle:
Several of Austin's pre-eminent punk bands, namely the Lower Class Brats, Krum Bums, and Complete Control, are such thanks largely to TKO Records, their Huntington Beach, Calif., label. TKO grew out of the mid-Nineties San Francisco scene of bands like One Man Army, Working Stiffs, and the Bodies, but Austin was part of the equation almost from the beginning. TKO's very first LP was the Dead End Cruisers' Deep Six Holiday in 1999, and "Lower Class Brats were on the fourth release the label ever did, a split single with the Templars," says TKO owner Mark Rainey. "We've had allies in Austin since day one." Rainey flew the Brats to their first California show in 1999, cultivating a friendship until signing them in 2005 and releasing last year's spark plug, The New Seditionaries. "They finally made the record they were meant to make," Rainey says. March 20, TKO releases the Brats' live CD/DVD, Loud & Out of Tune, recorded in L.A. and Seattle last summer, two weeks after the Krum Bums' first domestic LP, As the Tide Turns. Complete Control, who shared a split single with the Bums last summer, are adjusting to a recent lineup shuffle and "working up new material as we speak," Rainey swears. "Especially in Southern California, every band in the world comes here, and you really have to bring your A game to impress the kids," he adds. "Those Texas bands have just kicked everybody's ass."