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The band's stellar debut release, Luna, out now on R&M Artist Records and produced by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, Underoath, Dashboard Confessional), is seeing the first single entitled "By All Means" turn heads at Alternative Radio across the country. The song can also be heard these days at the movies as it is featured in a national CINEMASOUNDS campaign where it is being played in over 6,500 movie theaters. Building on their red-hot momentum, the video for "By All Means" is currently being seen on-line, at broadcast outlets in towns from coast to coast and at major retail and life-style shops in malls across the USA and has recently made its way onto TV. BY ALL MEANS just WON the FRESHMEN 5 on MTVU. A week prior MTV & Freedom Zone had a crew in Salt Lake City, Utah interviewing the boys for a show called ON THE RISE which will showcase the bands personalities, music, videos as well as serious topics like their involvement in various charities, suicide, the music industry from their point of view and how to survive as a band and family on the road through all the trials and tribulations that a band faces in this modern music world. An OC band by way of Hawaii, National Product consists of five guys( Danny/lead singer, Robby/drums, Stan/guitar, Nate/ bass-vocals and Jeff/guitar) from many different walks of life. The band originally started in Hawaii as best friends.

"We have a serious undying passion for music and the fans of music. We are not competitive with other bands because making music to us isn't a competition, it's an art form, it's our way of communicating, healing ourselves, and others and expressing who we are. We love all types of music and believe in writing songs straight from our guts and directly from the heart. Everything we do with this band is motivated by what is RIGHT in our heart versus what sounds right to others or what pays the bills. We are not motivated by fame or money. We are motivated by sing-a-longs, hugs, rad people, good times, and rocking you like a hurricane. Some of us are religious, and some of us are not. Some of us party really hard and some of us do not. We all like to rock though", says singer Danny Casler.

The songs on Luna are inherently catchy, but the band pushes far beyond having just great hooks to captivate the listener. They have a sense of purpose, with music and lyrics covering the gamut of emotions apt for all music fans to embrace. Alternative Press Magazine awarded NP's debut album, LUNA, 3.5 STARS in their August 2007 issue, hailing the album as: "half aggressive, half melodic, all catchy...solid record", with the record garnering 4's and 5's all across the board in highly regarded web and magazine reviews. Even before LUNA or any single was released, NP hit the top of the radio chart with a massive number 1 hit in Hawaii at KUCD with the shimmering "Love Me". They have shared the stage with acts such as: Saosin, New Found Glory, Rise Against, Yellowcard, Poison The Well, The Vandals, Me First & The Gimme Gimmes, Emery, Anberlin, Mute Math, Eisley, Shiny Toy Guns, Over It, Lorene Drive, Just Surrender, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Jeffree Star, 36 Crazy Fist, Unwritten Law, Mickey Avalon, Sugar Cult, Scary Kids Scaring Kids and many more.

In conclusion, we are simply 5 dudes who left everything behind to pursue music in its most pure and honest form and in the best way we know how in a place where we had no friends or family. We love what we do and we do a lot for charity and others. If you're down with what were about, PLEASE come to a show, buy a cd, buy a shirt or go to a charity in our "reach out" section and donate because you felt inspired or motivated by NP and when you leave, don't forget to come give us a hug. It gets us from town to town. xo If you ever wanna know anything about us, ask us.


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Thanks for your love and support!]]> Virb 2.0 (@nationalproduct) en Medicated http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/320689 Mon, 14 Jul 2008 22:59:38 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/320689 Explode http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/144238 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:09:01 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/144238 November Night http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/144235 Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:06:23 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/144235 Quay http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/139162 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:35:08 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/139162 By All Means http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/108348 Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:14:46 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/108348 Love Me http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/95820 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 18:23:42 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/audio/95820 National Product MEDICATED video INTERNET FILE SIZE without CHYRON July 8 2008-1.mov http://virb.com/nationalproduct/videos/1757667 The Music Video for "Medicated" from the album, LUNA.

]]> Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:43:18 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/videos/1757667 m_7b40093aa15c28f8b8640609d87123dd http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1588099 ]]> Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:56:57 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1588099 CHAINSHOW http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1492785 ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:53:56 -0800 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1492785 Artist-5136-2047024 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1328892 ]]> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 20:02:24 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1328892 NP-WeekendKnitting http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1316243 ]]> Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:21:22 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1316243 NP-QM[1] http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1280159 ]]> Sat, 26 May 2007 21:42:32 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/photos/1280159 Single Mothers & Fathers... http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/883551 So I cant sleep AGAIN. Big surprise right. We all know I have a sleeping disorder. Its totally bullshit. I refuse to take drugs to sleep however without something, I just cant sleep. Its been this way my entire life, i think im screwed ha.

Ok, so I was talking to a very dear friend who played a roll in my life early on when our band was starting, and when we left to Hawaii. She has remained in my life, thank god and she is a single mother. Dad is a deadbeat for the most part, you know the deal, you have seen it before.

It got me thinking about my parents. I am a statistic. Parents divorced when I was very young, 6 to be exact, total broken home status, cheating was involved, physical and verbal fighting the whole nine. Im not going to point fingers because I love my parents very much, however I would be lying if I said shit was perfect and that I was not traumatized by what I saw and what took place. Ill save all those details for a book one day, if I ever finish it. ha.

So, this friend of mine, we discussed love, sex without love, cause were essentially like "bros" so we talk about feelings and all that shit. We keeps it real. I said this too her when she described here "being single" and I wrote this because as you all know, I dont pull shit with you guys. Im as real as it comes. Im a very spiritually and religiously grounded person however I am also very connected with "the world" as people like to call it in church (which btw, i dont attend, not because I think its crap, but mainly because Im more down with the personal relationship verse the organized, throw your hands up in the air even if you dont feel it relationship) pros and cons to both mine and theirs, but mine works for me and I hope, for god to some degree. Not perfect, just real.

We discussed loving someone, and the act of "loving someone physically" which we can call sex, fornication or the street term, fucking. Once again, im getting gasps from people thru their computers, I can hear them and feel them as I type and its burning me up haha. Just being real, from all aspects. I like to think im really well rounded. So I told her this....

"I also know what you mean about the whole "fucking", and disconnecting from emotions aspect. When I broke up with XXXXX (thought we were gonna get married, i was a big fat puss, etc), i feel like thats all I ever did since then, even if i were in a relationship for over a year or whatever, it just felt...disconnected. Im ok with that because im always safe and everything I do is never with any malice and for that moment I share, it is filled with a sense of love and respect even if its just that moment but mainly because even if we are hooking up I need to feel a connection physical and emotional even just for that moment, but that doesnt have to carry .. with i love yous and stuff, just respect for ones being, health and heart etc. I have done something I know I wouldnt be happy to tell my parents but I have lived a life and still continue to grow in all my experiences understanding more about who I am, what is right and wrong in not only my eyes, but others and most importantly for me, gods eyes.

(for those assuming that just because I am in a band, I sleep with anything and everything like some dudes in bands do, you would be INCREDIBLY mistaking. I think I would speak for all the dudes in my bands. Pretty good dudes.)

We then went on to talking about being a single parent. I have 2 dogs and somedays, they are so hard to keep up with that I do not even know what I would do with kids... seriously ha. So i told here this...

"Im really proud of you for accomplishing what you set out to do. I know that raising your child ontop of your goals must be a tremendous task and I can only imagine how much it takes out of your body, spirit and soul but at the same time, I can only imagine how much it gives to those things as well. The yin and yang, ebb and flow of everything. life is so fucking cool. I love it."

It got me thinking...

there are sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many mothers and fathers out there, single, raising children. It is incredibly inspiring and I dont know why I didnt think maybe more about this, but thats the really awesome thing about life. You will have a conversation and certain things will POP that open a new item of knowledge in your life. Almost like a video game where your like "TADA you have completed the level, you move on to the next level"

This new blessing, and gift tonight came from talking to here and then reflecting on my father and how much effort he put into bringing up to rowdy and i mean ROWDY boys! It gave me an incredible sense of happiness and joy and it inspired to be grateful towards my wonderful father even more so than I already am. The dude is my best friend. My mom is the shit too. We all had really rough times early on but now, things have seemed to just work themselves out. Its like, when your young, and they say "you will appreciate this when your older, you just cant understand this now"

Little moments like this are the reason I am glad I have sleeping disorder haha, I just said that, but yeah, its moments like this, that make very stoked to be alive and sharing in these moments and I just wanted to give all your single mothers and fathers out there tremendous love and support. What a blessing one, to be able to bring new life into the world, but even more so, to guide it and nurture it into the person it will eventually become. All because you gave a shit you know? Isnt that awesome.

Anyhow, Im off to continue writing this small book on motivation, desire and passion. I sound like the movie announcer guy right? haha. When I am done, Ill let you all know. It will be awhile for sure. All this time home has inspired me to write more music, books, paint walls, learn new recipes etc.

k, im out xo]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2008 04:20:45 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/883551 new MUSIC for FREE http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/827929 What's up guys... Danny from NP (national product) here: In 2005 I filled in for a local band I loved when the singer left for college. We ended up recording an EP for fun in our friends bedroom. Shortly after, everyone went off to college and focused on their careers and the real world. I have to say that being in something that did not require marketing plans, and lawyers, record labels and agents was probably one of the most exciting things ever. We could write corny lyrics, and throw hardcore breakdowns in super poppy punk songs and not give a shit whether it was gonna be anything more, and that's exactly what we did. ALL the songs from the EP are on the myspace for YOU to have for FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! Please enjoy these songs that we made, don't take them too seriously, cause we didn't and pass them along if you like them. For fans of (and this does not mean "it sounds like") - anything 80's, anything PoP pUnK and XHARDcoreXXXX grrrrr http://www.myspace.com/storybookendingforfree ]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:06:28 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/827929 Let It Be.... http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/778986 A woman came into my life. She was not typical. She was not average. She wasn't even in the same demographic.

She came into me vibrant and full of life teaching me wisdoms and showing me compassion. Understanding me more than any woman ever has. She gets me, she sees through me, and without fully knowing me, she knew me.]]> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 04:06:00 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/778986 On The Road Again... http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/772952 altThis may look like im not stoked. I am however]]> Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:12:01 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/772952 Our Time Here... http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/755134 I am going thru an array of feelings right now. We are about to head out on tour and there is so much going on internally with us. Nothing bad, like, we hate each other or anything. Were all best friends, always will be. However. Certain feelings have come up about wanting to pursue a life that doesn't involve touring, and struggling on the road. When you have done it for years and years you start to feel like its repetitious and its not the easiest thing to always keep your passion; your passion. ]]> Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:31:07 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/755134 IPHONE vs IPHONE http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/747885 alt
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Have you ever ran into someone you haven't seen in year that had a major impact in your life, or turned down a street that brought back powerful memories of your struggle in life.

That happened to me today. I was driving around checking out all the fish stores in the areas since my tank was acting funny. I was tired as hell. I had run errands all day and sat in the worst southern california traffic ever and I just wanted to go back to my house and lay down in bed and go back to sleep.

I turned down a road that had major significance in my being in California still, as well as my career in music.

This place was called The Executive Suites however, it was far and away from being "Executive".

When I first moved to California, I was living on the floor of my friend Josh's house. He was a vegan straight edge friend of mine, very awesome guy. I was not vegan, nor straight edge but I totally respected his lifestyle and his home. I had nothing but clothing and was waiting for my car to be shipped to California from Hawaii. Josh had a small refrigerator and it was filled with everything vegan. I remember telling him that even tho he did not ask me, I would never bring meat into tho house but if it were cool, I would like to put cheese in the fridge. Of course he was cool with it, he didnt want me to be inconvenienced and I didnt wanna do the same to him. My diet consisted of top ramen and cheese mustard sandwiches and not because it was the only thing allowed, but it was seriously all i could afford. After 6 months on a floor, the guys (my band) were slowly trickling in from Hawaii (where we are from). We were finally on our own, and since our families were/are poor, we didnt have anything like a nest egg, or renters history or anything to help us out. We had no families in Souther California, and that meant we had no where to stay. All we had was our guitars, our clothing, a bunch of Hawaiian candies and top ramen.

We spent every day looking for someone to give us a chance to rent but we kept getting turned away every time and what sucked more was spending $25 bucks every time for your credit checks. None of the people renting would allow you to use the last one you took, so they continuously took your money and ran. Lame.

Well, we soon figured that we had run out of options. We saw this place in Westminster called "The Executive Suites"

It was owned by a really sketchy vietnamese dude who said we could live there weekly for like $150.00. It was a little over $20 a day which for us was like $4 per person. Super good deal right. Well, we started to notice why it was $20 per day.

At night, we had crack heads and dealer below us on the 1st floor doing deals. It was an enclosed 2 story motel and obviously, there was no pool or amenities, so there really was no reason to go outside unless you need some crack.

Our bedroom was a tiny small hotel room equipped with an executive 22 inch tv with channels 1-13, an executive couch that folds out to a bed, an executive bed that later was discovered to have blood soaked into its mattress (yeah, im serious) and an executive shower tub thing that rarely had hot water. 5 people lives in this room. It was our home for quite some time. We still went out attacking the apartment complexes to rent to us, because every night we had new crazy stories about living there. It honestly got to a point where we got so stir crazy that we would drink to get drunk and myself as well as another guy in the band started sniffing vicodin and getting into stuff because we felt like we were going crazy.

We werent eating right, we didnt know anyone in this new world we had just entered. No one would give our band shows unless we would sell 100 tickets. We didnt know 5 people so how were we going to sell 100 tickets. We had entered a world that we were not prepared for.]]> Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:51:43 -0700 http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/747884 My Wisdom Teeth Removal http://virb.com/nationalproduct/posts/text/743634
Bring the pain...

I just got my wisdom teeth removed. I have had the tops taken out before but I have never been more fearful about getting my lowers removed. These bad boys were in the jaw, and deep. They were under the skin and impacted. This meant, parts of my jaw would need to be cut out in order to extract the tooth.

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