Robin Parrish – CMCentral

Big Man Creative, Inc. and Alabaster Arts today announce the debut of a new online fan club for Relient K. The Relient K Air Conditioner & Fan Club, located at www.rkfanclub.com, offers members exclusive content and offers including advance ticket sales to select events, special meet & greets with the band at select concerts events, fan club only merchandise, online store special sales, monthly contests, online chats with the band, the ability to network with other fan club members, exclusive video and audio footage, and more all for a membership fee of $25. As a special sign up bonus, new members will receive a CD of All Work and No Play.

Relient K has recently finished recording their third album, set for release in March 2003. The band’s web site at relientk.com had over 137,000 unique visitors resulting in over one million page views in September 2002. They are currently headlining the Back to the Few Tour, which is selling out venues across the country. The Back to the Few Tour has had 11 sellouts in the first 14 shows including Chicago, Grand Rapids, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Spokane, Seattle, Portland, Eugene, Livermore, and Pomona. Additional upcoming dates have also sold out in advance.

This project represents the debut of a new fan club system designed and developed by Big Man Creative which allows artists and their managers to create and manage their own fan clubs. The easy to customize and program functions include sign-up support for credit cards, PayPal, and check/money orders, exclusive member content via admin supported sections like Special Offers, Articles (General, Interview, News); Media Gallery (Photos, Audio Clips, Video Clips); Contests, Searchable Member Directory, and more. Robust Administration features also include various functions to Manage Member Accounts.

In related news… With so many people wanting the Employee of the Month EP, which is available only on the band’s current tour, Gotee and Relient K have decided to add the EP to The Anatomy of the Tongue In Cheek in all stores for November and December. So for $13.98, you will receive The Anatomy… and the Employee of the Month EP, which features five brand new songs (two from the new album coming out in March and three only available on the EP).