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02 february 2012 : "Sandpaper Blues Knockout" digipack out now :

		You might have noticed lately we are we bombing online musicstores with new tunes but today the actual digipack's arrived! Dice Industries takes care of shipping to the stores so check your local recordstore. By local, we mean Belgium. For the rest of the world, the digipack will be available at every gig and we can send it straight to your house as well. Hook us up through This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and we'll take care of it. We will get busy the upcoming weeks so give us a a few days to reply. Thanks for the continuous and overwhelming support through the years! We hope you like our new grooves!!

31 january 2012 : Starting today you can reserve your tickets for our release party at the MaZ in Bruges. Send your requests to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Our friendly assistent will answer all your questions!

		On saturday March 24th 2012 the re-scheduled Plufest will take place @ Paraplufabriek, Nijmegen / The Netherlands. On the bill Tank 86, Grandfather, Cowboys & Aliens, Ten Horned Devils, Went Up In Smoke and more to be confirmed. All info soon available @ www.plufest.nl. Click here for the flyer.

28 january 2012 : "Sandpaper Blues Knockout" now available as digital download!

		Well Ladies & Gentlemen, Boys & Girls, Friends & Lovers ... it's digital and it's here. Enjoy! Starting today the new EP "Sandpaper Blues Knockout" is available on iTunes & AmazonMP3. Digipack available @ all Metalzone & Billboard recordstores on saturday February 4th 2012!

		And of course our Australian friend Stu celebrates the release in his own unique way : "With the release of a return to form by a bunch of motley Belgerians, I must cook something as a tribute to where they hail from. Hope i get this one right, Yay for boobies!" Click here to watch "Cowboys eat Aliens @ Disco's Kitchen on Youtube. Again great stuff from our favourite stonerrocking cook from down under!

26 january 2012 : Releaseparty for the new EP!

		On saturday February 25th 2012 Cowboys & Aliens / Dice Industries are celebrating the release of the new EP @ MaZ, Magdalenastraat 27, Bruges / Belgium supported by fine folks such as We Eat The Cat and labelmates Fields Of Troy! Doors are open at 07.00 P.M., first band is on at 08.00 P.M. Entrance fee is 6 Euro's but of course you all prefere the Damage Deal which is 10 Euro's New EP Included. Hope to see all you freaks out there! Spread the news, click here to download the flyer, thanks!

Upcomming friday February 10th your all welcome to join us @ Jeugdhuis Comma / Bruges for a Cowboys & Aliens Going Wild DJ Set!

14 january 2012 : Well, here's an update on the upcoming "Sandpaper Blues Knock Out" EP release on Dice Industries!

		The new 4-song EP will be released worldwide by Dice Industries on January 28th 2012. It has been mixed and mastered by Kris Belaen at CCR and John. P. at Bear Cave Studio's. All songs have been produced by C&A guitarist John Pollentier. Physical CD's will be available at all Metalzone and Billboard recordstores in Belgium. Digital downloads on iTunes, Spotify and AmazonMP3. Direct download-links will be posted as soon as available. Click here for a sneakpeak of the artwork!

And here's a teaser Dice Industries made for the new release

Click here to watch the teaser on YouTube.

13 january 2012 : Check out our number one Aussie fan Stu! A crazy nutcase who does amazing stuff with food and C&A tunes. Stu might not be the greatest cook around but he's a hell of a guy so while your at it please subscribe to "Disco's Kitchen", his YouTube channel, thanks!

Click here to check Stu's New Years Eve Tarts recipe on YouTube!

02 january 2012 : Cowboys & Aliens signs new record deal with Dice Industries!

		Dice Industries, Fields Of Troy, Grizzlyncher and Maria Isn't A Virgin Anymore welcome Cowboys & Aliens to the Dice Industries-family! Yes, you're reading this right, the Belgian Stoner Legends are back! At this moment we're working hard to release their forthcoming EP 'Sandpaper Blues Knockout' at the end of this month! More news soon! Happy NY!

15 october 2011 : Rocktoberfest. @ Ledegem tonight with fine folks such as Dressed Like Ninjas / Wearelions / Waldorf and Steak Number Eight + an afterparty with Studio Brussels DJ Otto-Jan Ham ... should be fun! In the meantime we're working on the third part of the neverending C&A saga, click the pic below to check out the poster.

24 september 2011 : The release of the new EP "Sandpaper Blues K.O" might be postponed for a few months but no worries, we're looking at various options as we speak. In the meantime we received word that Plu-Fest @ Nijmegen / TheNetherlands is cancelled due to license issues. The whole thing will be rescheduled and should happen somewhere around March 2012. Of course Cowboys & Aliens will be honored to be on the bill again. What's more ... Pic's & Vid's from Delirium Fest. are online now and tonight you freaks can check us out live @ The Grizzlyncher Realease Party for some mayhem together with the cream of the Bruges Homebrew. RockOn!

28 august 2011 : Cowboys & Aliens would like to thank Universal & DreamWorks Pictures for the massive promo campaign all over Europe. As a favour in return we're working on the sequel as we speak (click the pic's below for larger view). In the meantime C&A is preparing for the next series of shows. Check the Gigs section for more info.

09 august 2011 : Check out a live version of "Simple Things" recorded at Roadkill Fest. last weekend, click here to watch on youtube. More clips in the Media section on this site, enjoy!

01 August 2011 : After 6 years Cowboys & Aliens are back in the Netherlands! Tonight we're playing @ The Lane in Oostburg with the mighty Karma To Burn and local stoners Swamp Machine! On october 22nd we will rock The Plu @ Nijmegen ... more info on the Nijmegen deal will be posted soon.

31 july 2011: Hometown boys Grizzlyncher are launching a realease party for their selftitled debut album and Cowboys & Aliens are proud to join them for the celebration!

		The gig will take place on september 24th 2011 @ JH Comma / Bruges, Belgium. A night with 6 befriended bands all hailing from Bruges. Lineup is Grizzlyncher / Cowboys & Aliens / Fields Of Troy / Vienna / Nemea and Sensual Noise ... be there!

18 July 20111 : Gig update, upcoming august 1st Cowboys & Aliens will rock @ The Lane, Oostburg / The Netherlands with Karma To Burn + Swamp Machine!

17 July 2011 : Last night was another kickass experience, thanks to everyone who showed up and thanks to Karma To Burn for being awesome!

		As usual you folks can check out the "Gallery" and "Media" pages on this site for pic's and video's taken @ Charlatan Deluxe.The crazy rock'n roll train only stops for a brief moment, next up Roadkill 2011 @ Waarschoot / Belgium on August 6th. We sure hope to see all you maniacs again!

16 July 2011 : Tonight live @ Charlatan Ghent / Belgium with Karma To Burn, that should be something! Today we uploaded an extra shitload of pic's and clips from both SFTU and BurgRock, check the "Gallery" and "Media" sections. Thanks & RockOn!

11 July 2011 : Hometown gig tonight @ Burgrock, Bruges / Belgium - Showtime - 09.30 p.m., hope to see you all there!

		Cowboys & Aliens would also like to thank the fans, the bands, the organization and everyone else involved @ Stoned From The Underground 2011 for making this an unforgettable weekend! We had a blast, you guys ROCKED bigtime, Respect! Check out the "Media" section on this site for 5 songs we videotaped during our gig. Lot's of pictures coming very soon, we're still sorting out the 500+ photo's shot during this amazing, spaced out weekend! See you all next year, even if we don't have to play we'll be there rocking out with you folks, THANKS!!!

03 july 2011 : one, two, three, four ... GO!!!

		We played a blistering set @ Waregem last night. Countdown for "Stoned From The Underground 2011" in Germany has started! Next up BurgRock on July 11th @ Bruges, our hometown. In the meantime, check out the "Media" section on this site for some liveclips shot during the first comeback gig at Nederename a couple of weeks ago ... thanks & RockOn!

19 june 2011 : We would like to thank the fans for the massive support yesterday! Check out the "Gallery" for pictures taken during our first comeback gig, video footage coming soon. Hope to see you all back often during the next couple of months. We had a blast, RESPECT!

18 june 2011 : Cowboys & Aliens added to the bill of this years Roadkill Festival @ Waarschoot Belgium on August 8th 2011!

		Partners in crime on the bill are The Carburetors (NO) / Le Chat Noir (UK) : Viking Skull (UK/USA) / Peter Pan Speedrock (NL) / Aguardente (BE) / Monstertone (NL) / Hootka (BE) & Maria Isn't A Virgin Anymore ... let's Rock!

Click here for an interview (in Dutch) with C&A vocalist Henk Vanhee @ Moon Art Gallery.

31 may 2011 : More upcoming dates added to the gig section ... stay tuned!

Check out the teaser for the upcoming EP Sandpaper Blues Knock Out, to be released this fall! (click here to watch on YouTube)

15 may 2011 : Tomorrow the new EP Sandpaper Blues Knock Out, will be mastered at Digital Sound Labs!

Cowboys & Aliens will perform @ Delirium Rock Fest. alongside Masters of Waha, Maria Isn't A Virgin Anymore, Motorcity Angels and more upcoming September 10th 2011 @ Lichtervelde / Belgium. Stay tuned for more dates and mayhem very soon!

09 may 2011 : Stoned From The Underground News :

		On friday night, July 8th 2011 Cowboys & Aliens will play the legendary "Stoned from the Underground" festival @ Erfurt - Stotternheim / Germany from 09.40 PM 'till 10.30 PM right before cultbands Eyehategod & My Sleeping Karma ... awesome!! Check out the festival's website @ www.caligula666.de for more info & tickets. Other bands on the 3 day festival bill are Valient Thor, Jex Thoth, Drive By Shooting, Glowsun, Sungrazer, Church Of Misery, Gates Of Slumber, Vibravoid, Monster Magnet ... and more.

08 may 2011 : Yesterday we finished the mix for the upcoming "Sandpaper Blues Knock Out" EP, mastering soon to come. Check our Facebook profile for kinda "making of" photoshoot and while your there, "Like Us" and as a reward we're come riding into your town and destroy the shit out of it very soon!

Cowboys and Aliens are also on ReverbNation and Facebook, click images below to see profiles ... thanks!

10 april 2011 : Launching of the new website, welcome! Let us know what you folks think about it by leaving us some comment in the guestbook, thanks!

04 april 2011 : Tonight the last vocal recordings will be done for the comback EP "Sandpaper Blues Knock Out" to be released later this year. It will contain 4 tracks: "Questions vs Answer", "In My Time", "Sign of the Omen" and "Worth your While"

COWBOYS & ALIENS - ROCK IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING: "SANDPAPER BLUES KNOCK OUT" 2011

4 years after the final blast of guitars & drums died out the four original members found each other once again in a back alley, at a time when only stray dogs & drunks rule the streets. Naturally the boys felt right at home and decided to have some be...ers and laughs; at a bar no-one would care to remember. The four decided that the world was in desperate need of some more heavy riffing' and promptly forgot why they stopped playing together.

It all happened in the firm tradition of a spaghetti western anyway so the band thought Sergio Leone wouldn't be that pissed off to welcome back the Belgian stoner pioneers on stage.The good man would even be delighted with the idea of a new EP haunting the world as a long-haired split-eyed tattooed ghost.

Cowboys & Aliens were something of an item between 1999 and 2007. Dour Festival, Graspop, support gigs for Monster Magnet, Soulfly, Danzig, Queens Of The Stone Age, Deep Purple in various top class venues in the Benelux and headlining tours in Germany, Switzerland alongside razzle-dazzle experiences with Holland's finest in the likes of Peter Pan Speedrock, Astrosoniq and Candybar Planet were no exception at that time. This, however, is history. The kind of history one should treasure. The future has begun as we speak. "Sandpaper Blues Knock Out", the new EP to be released this year is going to set Cowboys & Aliens right where they bloody well belong: on stage, blasting the volume harder than ever before. Looking for a conquest…

Cowboys & Aliens: "Sandpaper Blues Knock Out" to be expected in the fall of 2011.

Cowboys & Aliens have been added to the bill of this years "Stoned From the Underground" Festival @ Erfurt / Germany. The festival takes place on July 7th, 8th & 9th 2011. The band will appear next to fine people as Monster Magnet, EyeHateGod, Church Of Misery, Gates Of Slumber, Glowsun, Vibravoid, My Sleeping Karma ... and many more. Check out the festival's website for more info.

Check out Cowboys & Aliens on Facebook and MySpace.

01 march 2011 : Back in the rehearsal room, about time it is! Cowboys & Aliens are back with the same lineup and team as back in the year 2000 when "A Trip to the Stonehenge Colony" was recorded. C&A team 2011 is, Henk Vanhee : vocals / John Pollentier : guitars / Kris Vandekerckhove : bass / Peter Gaelens : drums / Jan Papeliers : management - bookings etc. / Serge (Dude) Defraene : web & graphics design - propaganda etc.

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