ION INDIE MAGAZINE March 2015, Volume 10 | Page 79

The band released its debut EP “Stories From Our High School Years” through the Independent record label
KNURD RECORDS in April 2008, and it quickly sold out. Dochi said, “We used the Internet to promote it and
sold it hand-to-hand. We did the distribution ourselves. Total DIY!”

PEE WEE GASKINS really began to take off between 2008 and 2009, with their fans--calling themselves
“Party Dorks”—serving as their “Street Team” helping promote the band through the Internet and by
dropping flyers. The “Party Dorks” were so spread-out across Indonesia, that there were local divisions such
as “Party Dorks Bali” and “Party Dorks Semarang”.
Early in 2009, the band released its first full-length album called
”The Sophomore”—this time turning to a larger Independent label
called VARIANT RECORDS. The album reportedly sold more than
4,000 copies in two months--a fact that makes Dochi happy, but not
quite content. ”If you are feeling satisfied, you are bound to rest on
your laurels. Then again, never feeling satisfied makes us
complainers. Simply put, we are always trying to push ourselves as
far as we can.” Their third release, “Ad Astra Per Aspera”--which
translate to “to the stars with all we’ve got” in Latin, dropped in
2010 through ALFA RECORDS, which was followed by “You and I
Going South” in 2012, “The Transit Play” in 2013, and their most
recent offering in 2014, the self-titled EP “Pee Wee Gaskins”.