AVENGED SEVENFOLD has issued the following statement regarding the passing of the band's drummer, James Owen Sullivan (a.k.a. The Rev):
"It is with great sadness and heavy hearts that we tell you of the passing today of Jimmy 'The Rev' Sullivan.
"Jimmy was not only one of the world's best drummers, but more importantly, he was our best friend and brother.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Jimmy's family and we hope that you will respect their privacy during this difficult time."
According to The Orange County Register, James Owen Sullivan was found dead at his home on Monday (December 28). He was 28 years old.
Sullivan appears to have died of natural causes, Huntington Beach police Lt. John Domingo told The Orange County Register. Police were notified by firefighters who had responded to Sullivan's home about 1 p.m., according to the report.
THE ARTERY FOUNDATION ANNOUNCE OWN LABEL IMPRINT ON RAZOR & TIE! WELCOME ARTERY RECORDINGS! Info at: www.ArteryRecordings.com
The Artery Foundation has announced the formation of their own label imprint with Razor & Tie for 2010. While many casual music listeners may not be entirely familiar with The Artery Foundation itself, there is no escaping the fruits of their labors, or their artists in the music scene. A management company based in Sacramento, CA they have a knack for finding diamonds in the rough and nurturing them into worldwide prominence. Some of their recent artists flooding the Billboard charts have included The Devil Wears Prada, Alesana, A Day To Remember, Dance Gavin Dance, Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina and Whitechapel.
On the direction that Artery Recordings will take, Eric Rushing, founder of the company and the label says, “We believe in developing a band from the ground up, just like we have with all of the bands we manage. What more of a perfect situation if we can put out records as well and have a platform for the new bands that we discover. We will concentrate on a small amount of releases per year and keep one of our goals to be a very artist friendly label.” Label manager, Mike Milford, added “I think the great part of our partnership with Razor & Tie is that we have the full strength of a successful label, with a proven track history, and major distribution while retaining the close personal relationships with our artists. Unlike some labels where artists get lost in the shuffle, we will have the opportunity to take every creative idea and concern of our artist and address them with utmost attention and support.”
The Artery Foundation formed in 2004 at which point Rushing had been a successful concert promoter in Sacramento for over fifteen years. He also started a record label called 720 Records, which had helped to nurture the local music scene for over thirty releases before he stopped to focus on management full time. Rushing recalls, “From day one we started Artery it was a full-time operation. Our original roster was The Devil Wears Prada, Drop Dead Gorgeous, A Day To Remember and Alesana. On linking up with Razor & Tie Rushing said, “we initially linked up with them on a possible publishing deal for one of our artists. I then began to talk about other ventures with them and after talking with Cliff Chenfeld of the label several times he flew out to sign a deal with me and I can honestly say he sees my vision. The staff is amazing and eager to work (on) our releases.” Of Artery Recordings, Chenfeld said, “We are very excited to get into business with Eric and The Artery Foundation. Eric has an amazing track record of finding and developing quality artists and we expect to help him create additional exposure and opportunities for them.”
New York-based Razor & Tie is one of the fastest growing independent record labels in the United States. The label has enjoyed success in a variety of genres and garnered both Platinum sales and Grammy awards in the process. The rapidly expanding roster includes such artists as All That Remains, Angelique Kidjo, Dead Confederate, Dave Barnes and The Summer Set, as well as upcoming releases from Norma Jean and Just Surrender.
Artery’s initial two signings will have releases in store for the first quarter of 2010. Information and Artery’s take on each artist follows:
Bury Tomorrow:
Mike: I first heard them in Southampton UK at a club called Joiners. They opened the show for my band and I was blown away. I almost didn’t want to play after them because they owned the show. The band recently released their album, Portraits in the UK and for the U.S. release we went in and recorded some additional songs and packed the album with some of the best songs I have heard in their genre in a while. They are currently on tour with Bless The Fall in the UK and will have a big time U.S. tour to announce for spring 2010.
Eric: This record was an office favorite of ours, getting passed around and played in every part of our office. Their songs are so catchy and melodic at times but then just as brutal and hard at others. We are very excited to introduce such a great band to the U.S. The album is to be released on March 16, 2010.
Chelsea Grin:
Eric: The first time I saw this band I was completely blown away and the crowd interaction was just as intense, it reminded me of the first time I saw Whitechapel. This band is very young and the kids are already loving them coast to coast. Very excited about their debut!
Mike: The instant I heard them I was hooked. They are very new to the touring circuit, but have already built a strong draw across the states in their short career. They have shared the stage with such acts as Suicide Silence, Parkway Drive and My Children My Bride. In August of 2009 the band recorded at Lambesis Studio. The result is their upcoming record Desolation Of Eden out on February 16, 2010.
The album isn't expected to drop until sometime in February, so things could change -- but according to High on Fire frontman Matt Pike, the sludge metal trio's forthcoming LP is tentatively titled 'Snakes for the Divine.' And Pike says its perhaps the most progressive offering the band's ever churned out. Arik Roper will once again be handling the album's artwork.
"We went a little over-aggressive with the drumming, and me and [bassist] Jeff [Matz] collaborated a lot more throughout the songwriting process," Pike tells Noisecreep. "We went for a more aggressive approach. It's what we do well. We went for a heavier, ballsier, faster-paced sound that still has a lot of cleverness to it ... there are lots of stops and stalls, crazy licks. It's really heavy, a little more aggressive than our last album, a little less psychedelic. For the most part, the songs are amazing."
The Oakland, Calif., act recorded the new album with producer Greg Fidelman, Rick Rubin's right-hand man. At first, the band had written over four hours of music, which they'd eventually whittle down to an hour's worth of sludgy, doom-riddled metal. Working with Fidelman was a pleasure, says Pike. "He's a genius," the singer says. "He knows what he's doing. We thought we'd butt heads but we ended up seeing eye-to-eye on a lot of things."
High on Fire are currently on the road with Converge, Mastodon and Dethklok, "trying to build momentum" for the release of 'Snakes for the Divine.' But High on Fire's association with Dethklok and Mastodon goes way beyond mutual admiration. In fact, Mastodon's members all met at a High on Fire concert in 1999.
"[Bassist] Troy [Sanders] and [guitarist] Brent [Hinds] were in a band called Four Hour Fogger, and High on Fiore was playing with them. And [drummer] Brann [Dailor] and [guitarist] Bill [Kelliher] just happened to be there that night," recalls Pike. "Six months later, we all saw them at the Relapse offices. We did so many tours together ... like 200 or 300 shows in three years. It's been fun to be on tour with them."
Early on in the tour, Pike claims Hinds stopped the entire tour caravan -- just so that he could ride with the High on Fire guys. "One night, he stopped the convoy of buses to come and hang with me on our bus," Pike says. "He couldn't smoke pot on their bus, so he stopped all the buses to come on ours. We've been best friends since we met, and we love those dudes. And it's really cool to get on tour with them. We're like family."
And on the next season of 'Metalocalypse,' Pike says he'll be featured as a character on the show and did some voiceover work for the cartoon recently in Los Angeles with the guys from Mastodon. "I don't want to say anything more, or I'll start giving stuff away," Pike says.
Reports are currently circulating that "Trivium have acrimoniously parted ways with drummer Travis Smith." While unconfirmed at this point, it appears the Floridian metallers have parted ways with the longtime drummer who sat out the band's most recent tour.
Smith did not travel with Trivium on their most recent trek with Chimaira, Whitechapel and Dirge Within in order to tend to "personal business," and the band enlisted Maruta drummer and former Trivium drum tech Nick Augusto to fill in.
An official statement on the matter is expected this week. Until then, the rumor should be taken with a grain of salt.
Last month, when Trivium frontman Matt Heafy was a guest on Noisecreep's ''Creep Show' podcast, the singer dodged questions about Smith's status in the band and would not comment on the matter other than to say, "Unfortunately, all we can say is he's not on this tour and we hope everything is going amazingly ... that's the only PR response I'll be forced to say."
Christian metal band Underoath has played Warped Tour six years, but one of their biggest highlights is sharing a dressing room with Ice-T and Body Count during the Vans Warped Tour 15th Anniversary Celebration Event in Los Angeles on Sept. 6.
"It was awesome," keyboardist Chris Dudley. "It was seriously, like, the coolest thing ever. He was a nice guy. He just kind of hung out and did the backstage thing. It was fun."
Underoath and Ice-T were among about 11 bands that took part in the festivities, which were captured for a one-night-only national theater event presented by NCM Fathom and 4Fini on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 8 p.m. ET and PT; 7 p.m. CT; and 6 p.m. MT. Also appearing are the Aggrolites, the All-American Rejects, Bad Religion, the Decaydance All Stars, Katy Perry, NOFX, Ozomatli, Pennywise and Rise Against.
The movie theater event, which will be featured in more than 460 separate venues, will encompass two hours of performances as well as behind-the-scenes footage. Tickets for the theater event are available at participating theater box offices and online from Fathom Events.
Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman explained the show was four and a half years in the making. "I was trying to figure out what to do with the 15th anniversary," Lyman told Noisecreep. "At one point, I had this grandiose idea to do it with a big NASCAR race in Southern California and have cars painted and all this craziness that goes through my head sometimes. It was probably a little bit of an ambitious project in general. With these economic times, I think it was way over ambitious.
"Then I talked with MusiCares and the Grammy folks. I thought we could raise some money for MusiCares and do it as a one-off show. Then I thought, 'Wait, maybe we can do it with a theater [chain], so we can film it somewhere, but kids across the country can actually be a part of it.' Naturally it started progressing into this monstrous project. We're editing right now. Sunday night was the show, by 8 [AM], 9 [AM] you're starting to get edit notes. We have to work a little bit to make sure the movie stays PG. We're trying to figure out how to make Ice-T and Body Count work. It might be tough."
Besides being fun, Dudley said the atmosphere of the event was slightly weird. "It was at the Nokia Theatre, which is a basic theater-like set up," Dudley relayed. "But it has this rotating stage, so while one band was playing, another was setting up. It was this whole weird thing. They had us sharing a dressing room with Ice T, which was pretty awesome. That just ruled. That made the night pretty interesting. But it was weird. The crowd, I think, was kind of weird, just because each band plays four songs. It was such a diverse bill I don't think the kids really had time to get really stoked on any one artist. Somebody would come up, they'd be stoked and they'd be gone in 15 minutes. It was pretty funny. We had to follow Katy Perry, which was pretty hilarious. We don't really fit with her at all."
This year, Underoath played the Warped Tour after taking a year break from the festival to perform as part of the Rockstar Mayhem Fest, also founded by Lyman. Dudley has seen a drastic change in Warped Tour's lineup. "There wasn't really any heavy bands at all this year," Dudley said. "There was probably two or three heavy bands on the whole tour. It seems like they scaled back a lot this year. Previous years, there were heavy bands on the smaller stages, the main stages, etc., etc. It seems like they might have scaled it back a little bit.
"I guess dancey techno music with the autotune singing and the screaming -- that's really big now," Dudley added. "There was a whole lot of that. That might have been taking over. Different strokes I guess. It's not my thing. But that's what the kids like, not to sound like an old dude. But it's not going to affect what we do. We're going to keep writing the kind of music we want, if kids, or people in general listen to it, then that's cool. If they don't weird still having fun writing it."
However, rock and metal have played a key role in the Warped Tour's history. "It's interesting because we were known as a punk festival," said Lyman, who is currently booking the 2010 festival. "But metal kind of inspired me to start the Taste of Chaos tour that I started five years ago. When I saw that punk and metal were starting to mesh together, there was that line, with bands like the Used, Killswitch Engage, My Chemical Romance. It was punk, but there were metal influences. A lot of metal bands wanted to come on the Warped Tour: Every Time I Die, All That Remains. That kind of inspired me to start the Mayhem Festival.
"These bands need a home to develop. I started looking at the metal festivals, they weren't really set up to develop artists. The side stages were for whoever could pay the most money. I think we've done a great job with the second stages we put on that tour. Metal and rock, it started with Warped, but it spun into some of the other things we do. There's always going to be a place for rock.
"Ice-T and Body Count, that was really cool. Underoath started on Warped and has played Taste of Chaos and Mayhem for us. Underoath and Rise Against and Ice-T sharing a dressing room. When Body Count hit the stage [at the anniversary party], you saw everyone run over and peek through the curtain. People didn't want to miss that. It was cool to see everyone get excited."
Meeting the required complexity needed to earn the tag as a post-metal, instrumental band means La Fin Du Monde are a hard act to describe. Most songs have a foundation of jazz that weaves in and out of a metallic atmosphere that flags down feelings of an intelligent aggression that enjoys still moments. "We tend to use instrumental/progressive rock quite a bit," bassist Mike Crew confessed to Noisecreep of how he describes the Chico, Calif. band.
"I think of progressive as basically not having any set rules or limits as far as sound goes, like some jazz and other experimental genres. So we think it fits in that way, not in the way that describes a band that does 30-minute keyboard solos while wearing capes. Though we are also kind of a heavy rock band at the core ... just an unconventional one."
Formed in 2004, La Fin Du Monde was not a band posed to last long. The band had a plan; it was to break up soon after a few shows playing their noodling instrumental music, because original guitarist Jeremy Root was set to ship off for the Marines. "We just liked the songs to much to stop," Crew said. "We didn't play for a little while right after Jeremy left. I think we all realized we really missed it and wanted to keep going." And they have kept it going, having four releases now under their belt, including the new album 'Monolith.' And in 2006, they won the award for Best Indie/Experimental Band at the Chico Area Music Awards.
When most people hear the band for the first time the first thing to grab them is no member doubles up on an instrument playing the role of rhythm. The reason that can do this is they have two bassists. "It really frees up the guitarists to try different things. They don't have to worry about playing power chords or rhythm guitar type playing to hold down the low end, so they can try different textures and melodies," Crew said. "It also allows our drummer to lock in with different players throughout the song instead of just locking in with one bass or guitarist. It seems to open up possibilities for everyone in the band." Crew informed us that line up of two bassist was one of accidental design when the ashes of other local bands were used to form La Fin Du Monde.
And for the record, though the band's name can be seen in the beer isle, the band didn't take their moniker from the Canadian golden ale. "We had a song with a working title of 'The End of the World' when we first started out," Crew reveled. "We still didn't have a name though. Someone suggested naming the song La Fin Du Monde, which is the French translation. We liked the sound of it for the song, but liked it even better for the band name. So we changed the song title and used La Fin Du Monde for the name. It also happens to be a great beer. People do mention that a lot. We've even had people send us pictures of a bottle they saw in the liquor store. 'Dude, check it out!'
New York death metal institution Immolation are currently holed up in the studio doing what the band does best: writing headbanging anthems! Vocalist/bassist Ross Dolan told Noisecreep, "This is going to be our eighth full-length release, and it is going to be our first release for Nuclear Blast Records. We have 10 songs this time around, and I would have to say we are all really happy with these new tracks."
Dolan made a large statement about the tunes, saying, "People can expect our fastest, most intense album to date." For a band like Immolation, the descriptors "fast" and "intense" are pretty much par for the course, so Dolan is certainly setting up some large expectations for the album!
"[Drummer] Steve [Shalaty] has really pushed the limits of his playing with us and has forced us to push things up a notch," Dolan also revealed. "The end result will be nothing short of Immolation at our absolute best." Blast beats and super-human drum work is the hallmark of death metal and it appears as Shalaty is laying a strong foundation.
Dolan continued, "Each song has all the traditional Immolation elements, from the dark and twisted guitar melodies, the big sinister epic parts, the heavier-than-hell slow parts to the never stopping militant parts! I think this album will surprise both the die-hards and the newcomers to our style. It's a very well put together album with many twists and turns and great dynamics. Each song is unique on its own, yet each is a very important piece in this ten song puzzle. It blends perfectly the classic old style with the newer, fine-tuned style of the last few albums, and really has something to offer everyone."
So if you like Immolation or like the musical cocktail that Dolan just described, then you'll be first in line for the new Immolation album when it drops next year.
For their latest album, 'The Infinite Order,' Living Sacrifice embraced relatively new technology -- like Pro Tools -- which weren't super popular (or utilized) during their last album cycle for 'Conceived in Fire' back in in 2002. Given the fact that the band lives in different states, it was a matter of necessity to employ modern technology in order to make the album, which is due out in January. "It all came together well," Fitzhugh told Noisecreep. "I was concerned since I live in Nashville and the other guys are in Arkansas. There were a lot of MP3s going back and forth, and I would drive down for weekends and we'd all sit in a room and put stuff together using Pro Tools. That was new for us. Pro Tools was around in 2002, but we weren't using it. We were demoing on four-tracks or hard disc digital recorders. Also, most of these songs were not played live before they were recorded. We pieced them together."
Musically, the band went into the album with no sense of the marketplace or market conditions. "We wanted to write something really heavy and not worry about it," Fitzhugh said. "Basically, we were not putting pressure on ourselves. We approved it that way. We wrote a lot of what we like, and it sounds a lot like us, what we've done in the past. There's no big leap or anything."
The band recently shot a video for 'Rules of Engagement' and will be posting blogs and videos from the band "acting stupid" in the studio on their web properties and the Solid State YouTube channel.
Orange County, Calif. stompers Throwdown contributed their rendition of the chunky anthem 'Becoming' to the Dimebag Darrell/Pantera tribute record cobbled together by Metal Hammer, the legendary U.K. metal rag. The mag is releasing a compilation of 13 Pantera covers in conjunction with their 200th issue and in honor of the anniversary of Dimebag Darrell's tragic death. The five-year anniversary of Dime's loss was on Dec. 8. The issue (and CD) will be on stands Dec. 16 and features the likes of Machine Head, Unearth and many others putting their stamp on Pantera classics. Vocalist Dave Peters told Noisecreep, "We had a few ideas of what songs we wanted to cover, and few of them were already taken." The band initially wanted to offer their take of 'I'm Broken' or 'Becoming,' but another band nabbed the former, so they went with the latter.
"It worked out for the best, because it was fun to recreate those guitar sounds that are 'out there' for that song," Peters said. "It is a tough one to play and a hard one to cover live, but hopefully, we can make it happen [live] one time or another."
Peters broke down why the song is so hard to pull off live, saying, "The hardest part is the kick pattern on the drums. It's very signature Vinnie Paul. Any drummer, even some of the best double bass players out there, would have a hard time wrapping their head around what he does on the drums during that main riff. Also, making those guitar noises come out the right way live would be hard, too. We can do it, but we don't want to hack it live! 'It is a memorable and empowering song. That is what's cool about it. It cuts to the chase and gets to point."
Since the band was mulling over covering two anthems from 1994's 'Far Beyond Driven,' it begged the question. Is that the favorite Pantera album of Throwdown's members? It would seem so, but Peters revealed that he's enamored with a much less expected pick as his fave Pantera opus.
"'Far Beyond Driven' is an important record for Pantera," Peters said. "But it's not my favorite. 'Vulgar Display of Power' is the most important of their albums to me, and it changed my perspective on guitar playing and I love that record, but 'Reinventing the Steel' gets the most playback by me."
Really? 2000's 'Reinventing the Steel' is good, but is not truly regarded as essential album in the band's catalog. It's special in that no one knew it would go down as Pantera's final studio effort. "I wasn't a big fan at first, but I came back to it a couple years later and realized how mind-blowing the guitar work is," he reasoned. "Sonically, it is the best production-wise, too. It was their last stand as far as a record went, so it means a lot more now than when it came out."
Throwdown are currently wrapping up a tour with Bury Your Dead and will hit the road with Five Finger Death Punch and Shadows Fall next year.
There are a lot of factors that determine whether or not a band will blow up. For the Devil Wears Prada, who've been riding a huge wave of success in the past two years, hitting the road and pounding the pavement has been the most crucial factor for the band's success.
"We have worked pretty hard and hit the right tours, ditching our homes," guitarist/vocalist Jeremy DePoyster told Noisecreep. "We didn't really 'ditch' anything, but we did leave our girlfriends and dogs to stay on the road and being on the road the whole time. I dunno how many tours we've done, but we've been trying to build things up. Maybe are people ready for something new, too?"
DePoyster said that he has become more domesticated over the past year, since he was only 18 years old when he first hit the touring circuit. "Back then, I always thought, 'Screw my parents, this is awesome.' But now? I miss being at home," he recalls. To make the tour bus feel like a home on wheels, DePoyster says the band brings a few Xboxes on the road, among other things. "Having my laptop helps," he also said. "I am a huge movie buff. I have binders full of DVDs, I love James Bond movies, so it makes me feel like I am at home when I can watch movies."
The band is currently co-headlining the Napalm & Noise Tour with All That Remains through December.
Los Angeles metallers FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH have announced their winter 2010 U.S. headlining tour, which will feature a unique twist: the first 100 women to line up at each venue day of show will get in absolutely free. The "Five Finger Discount Tour" will run January 21 through February 20, 2010 with special guests SHADOWS FALL, THROWDOWN, and 2CENTS. Tickets go on sale this weekend, but there will be a special fan club pre-sale and VIP packages available starting tomorrow, Tuesday December 8 at 3:00 p.m. local time. The VIP package consists of a ticket, meet-and-greet with the band, early entry to the GA show, special edition laminate, exclusively designed custom FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH guitar picks, special edition sticker, and signed poster all in one. Details are available to the FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH fan club and at 5fdp.com.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH's new album, "War Is the Answer", debuted at #7 on the Billboard chart this fall, marking the band's highest chart position to date. Along with the fact that the CD is already over 120,000 units sold and growing, this fall's Shock And Raw Tour was one of the most successful hard rock tours of the season. FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH plans to replicate that success, keeping the critically acclaimed SHADOWS FALL and exciting newcomers 2CENTS on the bill, while adding one of metal's most exciting bands, THROWDOWN, into the mix.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH tour dates:
Jan. 21 - Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues Jan. 22 - San Diego, CA @ House of Blues Jan. 23 - Las Vegas, NV @ House of Blues Jan. 24 - Tempe, AZ @ Marquee Theatre Jan. 26 - Houston, TX @ House of Blues Jan. 27 - McAllen, TX @ McAllen Convention Center Jan. 29 - Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Jan. 30 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues Jan. 31 - Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade Feb. 02 - Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom Feb. 03 - Greenville, SC @ Handle Bar **First 50 Ladies get in free ONLY Feb. 05 - Poughkeepsie, NY @ The Chance Feb. 06 - Worcester, MA @ Palladium Feb. 08 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club Feb. 09 - [to be announced] Feb. 10 - [to be announced] Feb. 12 - Flint, MI @ Machine Shop * Feb. 13 - Dayton, OH McGuffys House of Rock * Feb. 14 - St. Louis, MO @ Pops Feb. 16 - Rapid City, SD @ Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Feb. 17 - Billings, MT @ Shrine Auditorium Feb. 19 - Reno, NV @ Knitting Factory Feb. 20 - Chico, CA @ Senator Theatre Feb. 21 - Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater
* "First 100 Ladies in Free" promotion NOT valid in these select markets
Ladies are subject to all venue age restrictions. Contact your local box office for details.
THREE DAYS GRACE ANNOUNCE US CO-HEADLINE TOUR WITH BREAKING BENJAMIN AND SPECIAL GUEST FLYLEAF
Tour begins in Peoria, IL on January 15, 2010
New York, NY- Three Days Grace will begin a co-headline tour with Breaking Benjamin in Peoria, IL on January 15th at the Peoria Civic Center.
The band’s most recent release Life Starts Now debuted at #3 on the Billboard Top 200 charts making it the highest debut ever for the band. “Break” the first single from Life Starts Now has reached #1 on the Active Rock BDS Charts and Top 5 at Mainstream Rock.
The Toronto-based rock band is comprised of Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums, piano), Brad Walst (bass), and Barry Stock (lead guitar).
Their first album, the self titled Three Days Grace, was released in 2003. The album generated three hit singles, “I Hate Everything About You” which reached #2 on the Mediabase Modern Rock charts and Top 5 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts, “Just Like You” which went to #1 on both the Mediabase Modern Rock and Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts, and “Home” which went to #2 on the Mediabase Mainstream Rock charts.
One-X, the band's sophomore album was released in 2006 and debuted on the Billboard Album Chart at #5. That album also produced three #1 Mediabase Mainstream Rock singles “Animal I’ve Become,” “Pain” and “Never Too Late.”
For 2007 Mediabase ranked Three Days Grace as the # 1 artist in airplay across all rock formats (Modern Rock, Active Rock, Mainstream Rock). That same year R&R/Billboard also ranked Three Days Grace as #1 Active Rock Artist of the Year, #1 Rock Artist of the Year and #2 Modern Rock/Alternative Artist of the Year.
Both Three Days Grace and One-X have been certified Platinum. Three Days Grace has sold over 4 million albums worldwide.
Tickets for most shows go on sale Saturday, December 12, 2009. Fan club early pre sale begins on Tuesday, December 8, 2009. For a full listing please see below:
THREE DAYS GRACE-BREAKING BENJAMIN CO HEADLINE TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUEST FLYLEAF:
Date City Location On Sale Date
January 15 Peoria, IL Peoria Civic Center Arena 12/12
January 16 Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena 12/12
January 18 Madison, WI Alliant Energy Center 12/12
January 20 Duluth, MN Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Arena 12/12
January 21 LaCrosse, WI LaCrosse Center Arena 12/18
January 23 Mankato, MN Verizon Wireless Center 12/11
January 24 Rockford, IL Rockford Metro Center 12/19
January 26 Grand Island, NE Heartland Events Center 12/12
January 27 Cedar Rapids, IA US Cellular Center 12/19
January 29 Evansville, IN Roberts Stadium 12/12
January 30 Ft. Wayne, IN Allen County War Memorial Coliseum 12/12
February 1 Lexington, KY Rupp Arena 12/12
February 2 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena 12/12
February 14 Portland, ME Cumberland Civic Center 12/19
One of the best things about owning your own label is that you can do whatever you want with it. For Clutch, that’s going to involve releasing a vinyl edition of this year’s Strange Cousins From the West on their own Weathermaker Music label. The double-LP version will be released on December 15, and will include two non-album tracks. One song, “Metroliner Special,” was recorded during the Strange Cousins sessions, and there will also be an extended version of “50,000 Unstoppable Watts” included. The first 4,000 copies of the album will have a code for a digital download of the album as well.
And it took a while, but the band finally has possession of their three albums from their last label, DRT Records. While Weathermaker will be putting out re-releases of Blast Tyrant, Robot Hive/Exodus and From Beale Street To Oblivion in 2010, their first order of business will be giving them a digital release, something the albums have never had before. Beale Street has already been made available digitally, based on the demand for “Electric Worry,” which is featured in ads for Left 4 Dead 2.
Lastly, the band will be ending the year with five headlining shows, listed after the jump. We highly suggest getting to the New Year’s Eve show early in order to catch opener Murder 1. 12/27 Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend 12/28 Washington DC @ 9:30 Club 12/29 Clifton Park NY (Albany) @ Northern Lights 12/30 Boston MA @ House of Blues 12/31 Sayreville NY @ Starland Ballroom
The “US Plague Tour”, featuring MARDUK, NACHTMYSTIUM, BLACK ANVIL, MANTIC RITUAL, and MERRIMACK that was scheduled to stop at the Key Club on Friday, December 4th, has been moved, due to the Key Club closing it doors to re-model. The new location for the show, is the Salon Royal (Royal Hall) in downtown, located at 8637 South Alameda Street, Los Angeles, CA 90002. Parking is provided, with an entrance through the “Steel and Lube” entrance.
A statement from Jordan of Church of the 8th Day, the promoters for the show: “Since everyone has been asking, what and where the Royal Hall is, I wanted to explain, and send something out to clear things up. The Key Club canceled the show, about two weeks ago, leaving us just a few weeks to move it. Since we had two stages worth of bands booked, it was near impossible to move the show to anywhere in Hollywood, at a reputable club, as everything was already booked. We found a place in downtown, which is a banquet hall, and we are going to build it into a venue from the ground up, with two full stages and great sound, full bar, and a BBQ. There have been numerous events held there, including the Bestial Legion Fest. If you purchased tickets through one of the local bands, your tickets will still be valid at the new venue. If you purchased your tickets through TicketMaster, you should be receiving your refund any day. The Key Club said they will be issuing refunds, but they haven't been responding to us about the progress of it, so if you'd like to call and find out, go ahead. You can now purchase tickets exclusively through our new ticketing website, 8thDayTix.com. We're sorry about the confusion, and hope to see everyone there. More information can be found at www.churchofthe8thday.com.”
(Nov.24th, 2009 -New York, NY) – Legendary trip-hop duo Massive Attack are set to release their highly anticipated 5th studio album Heligoland on EMI’s Virgin Records on February 9th, 2010. Last month, the duo released their first new material in three years, giving fans a preview of Heligoland with a 4-song EP Splitting the Atom which features 2 album tracks and 2 album track remixes. Heligoland features an all star cast of guest vocals from Damon Albarn, Hope Sandoval, Martina Topley-Bird, Guy Garvey and Tunde Adebimpe. Long time cohort Horace Andy makes a return alongside Massive Attack founding members Robert Del Naja (3D) and Grand Marshall (Daddy G). Damon also plays bass on ‘’Flat Of The Blade’ and keyboards on ‘Splitting The Atom’ while Portishead’s Adrian Utley plays guitar on ‘Saturday Come Slow’. The band also collaborated with DFA’s Tim Goldsworthy on selected tracks. The cover artwork features an original image by Robert Del Naja.
Over the last three years Robert Del Naja has written and produced soundtracks for a number of films and documentaries, including ‘Trouble In The Water’, ’44 Inch Chest’, ‘In Prison My Whole Life’ and ‘Gomorra’, the latter for which he won the David Di Donatello Award for Best Song. Earlier this year, Massive Attack won the Outstanding Contribution to British Music Award at the Ivor Novello Awards. In September, Massive Attack headlined this year’s Bestival ahead of their first full UK tour in three years. They have just announced a few more UK dates in February and are expected to announce a U.S. tour next year.
MORBID ANGEL's extreme classic, BLESSED ARE THE SICK has been remastered in a special CD/DVD set and is available NOW in North America.
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The legendary Floridian extreme metal act, MORBID ANGEL's second album, BLESSED ARE THE SICK was originally released in 1991 and is widely regarded as one of the most important death metal releases of all time. The Massive follow up to ALTARS OF MADNESS surpassed the high expectations set after their first album's original release.With BLESSED ARE THE SICK, MORBID ANGEL managed to deliver an album full of atmosphere and darkness like never seen before. It has now been remastered on CD and includes the bonus video 'Blessed Are The Sick', liner notes by Trey Azagthoth and an hour long documentary DVD.
The DVD contains interviews with the band, including vocalist and bassist DAVID VINCENT, as well as legendary producer TOM MORRIS. Also interviewed are management, roadies, crew and various people who were in and around the band at the time, as they discuss the recording and release of the album and highlight the band's rise from underground heroes to worldwide flag-bearers for the death metal scene.
Alice in Chains is proud and excited to announce their upcoming headline North American tour to begin in Vancouver on February 2nd, 2010. Tickets for the dates will go on sale December 4th and 5th (unless otherwise specified). For more information, go to aliceinchains.com. Below is the current list of dates:
2/2 - Vancouver - Orpheum Theatre 2/4 - Seattle - Paramount Theatre 2/6 - Salem - Salem Armory 2/11 - Oakland - Fox Theatre - on-sale this Sunday 11/22 at 10am. Click here for tickets. 2/17 - Phoenix - Dodge Theatre 2/19 - Denver - Fillmore 2/21 - Kansas City - Midland Theatre 2/22 - St. Louis - Pageant 2/23 - Louisville - Louisville Palace 2/25 - Atlanta - Tabernacle 2/27 - Myrtle Beach - House Of Blues 3/1 - Nashville - Municipal Auditorium 3/2 - Charlotte - Fillmore 3/3 - Washington DC - DAR Constitution Hall 3/5 - Richmond - The National 3/6 - Mashantucket, CT - Foxwoods 3/8 - New York, NY - Terminal 5 3/12 - Atlantic City - Borgata 3/13 - Philadelphia - Tower Theatre 3/14 - Boston - Orpheum Theatre 3/16 - Montreal - Metropolis 3/17 - Toronto - Sound Academy 3/19 - Detroit - Fillmore 3/20 - Chicago - Aragon Ballroom 3/21 - Minneapolis - Roy Wilkens Auditorium "Your Decision" Teaser and Premiere
The video for "Your Decision" will world premiere on iTunes (North America) on Tuesday, December 1. Until then, check out the teaser now at aliceinchains.com. Yahoo! Maxim Performance
CAKE--one of the most principled, enduring, self-reliant, and best-selling artists in post-alternative rock--will debut their second ringtone of the recently recorded song titled “Federal Funding” today.
The multi-platinum iconoclasts are currently in the midst of recording their sixth studio album and sharing the results with their listeners first, via a series of six free ringtones. Each ringtone is based on a song from the group’s upcoming album and is only released to CAKE listeners who are members of the band’s mailing list. Every six weeks, a new ringtone from a recently recorded CAKE song will be sent out to all of the group’s mailing list members up until the new album launch during Spring 2010. To sign up and download the new music, visit: http://cakemusic.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/cakeusa2/.
Says trumpeter VINCE DIFIORE: "The next ringtone that we are offering comes from the song 'Federal Funding.' We approached this song at a time in the album process when we were fired up and joining forces most vigorously." Adds lead vocalist JOHN McCREA, "’Federal Funding’ is a song we had lying around for quite a while. Now seemed like a good time to release it."
CAKE’s new project is being written, rehearsed and recorded entirely with solar power. The group--who were recently honored as one of the top 10 “greenest” bands on the planet in a special issue of Billboard--teamed with Borrego Solar to convert their entire Sacramento recording studio into solar power. The innovative group documented their break away from the city’s energy grid, as illustrated by this video of CAKE’s solar conversion: www.cakemusic.com/solar.html. The group’s decision to record their forthcoming album entirely with solar power was made for both artistic and environmental reasons.
Founded in 1992 and reaching worldwide attention on the strength of their platinum albums Fashion Nugget and Prolonging The Magic, as well as the gold-certified discs Comfort Eagle and Pressure Chief. CAKE has been cited by Rolling Stone as creators of “a modern pop that is both mechanized and organic...highly developed and virtually unique.” Highlights in recent years range from raves for their latest studio album Pressure Chief (2004), and a subsequent compilation of unreleased tracks B-sides and Rarities (2007)--self-released on the group’s own Upbeat Records--to major success in concert, including multiple runs of their self-founded ‘Unlimited Sunshine’ tour and solo dates in large theaters and arenas worldwide. CAKE reissued their first album, Motorcade of Generosity (Upbeat Records), on June 9th as an enhanced CD. The re-issue includes previously unavailable video footage and limited edition decal. The 180g vinyl version of the album features limited edition poster art and sold out in two days.
Co-Headliners to Tour the U.S. Together For the First Time in Nearly Two Decades
Testament to be Special Guest
Recession-Proof $10.00 Tickets Available in All U.S. Markets
Los Angeles, CA - MONDAY, November 16, 2009 -- Slayer. Megadeth. Two names synonymous with fierce, crunching power. Two bands whose histories are inevitably intertwined in defining the thrash/metal genre. Individually, their respective prowess and accomplishments are impressive; but together, they're brutal and unstoppable. Megadeth and Slayer will join forces to co-headline "American Carnage," the most blistering, the most explosive, and the most eagerly anticipated mega-tour of the winter - and you do not want to miss it.
"American Carnage" will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday, November 20. Ticketmaster is offering a special presale for most shows from Wednesday November 18 at 10am until Thursday November 19 at 10pm.
"American Carnage" is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991's epic "Clash of the Titans" tour. To celebrate that and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the "1991 price" of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they're gone, they're gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.
In addition, Testament - who was also on the "Clash of the Titans" bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a "must see" metal event.
Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road supporting new albums: Megadeth's 2009 album, ENDGAME, while Slayer's World Painted Blood, the band's 10th studio venture, hit stores November 3. Testament's The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23, 2010, with special unreleased bonus tracks.
Slayer and Megadeth have already massacred territories together outside of the U.S. - first with four explosive dates in June, 2009 across Western Canada - "Canadian Carnage" - marking the first time the bands had shared a stage anywhere in 18 years; and then six co-headlining "Carnage" dates in Australia followed in October.
According to various Canadian press outlets last summer: "It was a night of thrash impossible to trash..." "Tales about war, death, destruction, Satan, aliens and serial killers have never been so much fun..." "The two heavy metal heavyweights ...went head-to-head on a level playing field. Both bands brought their 'A' game. And the results were anything but pretty - unless you include pretty freakin' loud and pretty freakin' awesome."
Slayer. Few bands come close to matching the intensity that Slayer - guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, vocalist/bassist Tom Araya and drummer Dave Lombardo - brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band" by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN, and Metal Hammer. World Painted Blood offers a Slayer-ized point of view of our world - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos of our broken political system, the way-too-close proximity of world horrors that technology has brought us, and a chilling hypothesis of how the rest of the world might view America. The album was recorded in Los Angeles over two time periods, during October 2008 and then between late January and March 2009. World Painted Blood was produced by Greg Fidelman, who's spent time in the studio with Metallica, the Gossip, the (International) Noise Conspiracy, Slipknot and others, and executive produced by long-time Slayer colleague, Rick Rubin, who suggested Fidelman for the project. One reviewer called the album "the heaviest, bloodiest and best album in almost two decades." Fans got a couple of early morsels of the brutal new Slayer material -- "Psychopathy Red," a Hanneman song inspired by the heinous Russian serial killer Andrei Chikatilo, who confessed to savagely murdering 56 children, was recorded last October and then leaked online. Then, the King-penned track, "Hate Worldwide," was made available in July as a limited-edition single through Hot Topic. For "American Carnage," Slayer's Tom Araya promises, "no ballads, no acoustic numbers, no slow tempos."
Megadeth. 2009 saw the release of ENDGAME, what has been heralded as Megadeth’s best album in years. It’s the record where it all comes full circle in a career that has not only set standards in hard rock and metal, but defined them. Megadeth’s signature shredding and rousing lyrics are the hallmarks of ENDGAME, with vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine once musing and making declarations about the world we live in, having named the album after a government document that should strike fear in the hearts of Americans! But that’s Mustaine and Megadeth, using the vehicle of music to shake things up, to make a point and to rattle your brain, literally, figuratively and sonically. Revolver magazine said of ENDGAME, ““One of their best albums.” VH1’s That Metal Show deemed it, “One of the metal albums of the year”, and Popmatters said, ““the record positively scorches with an intensity not heard since Rust in Peace.
Legendary thrash metal titans Testament, whose latest award-winning release (2008 Album of the Year, Metal Hammer's Golden God Award) The Formation of Damnation, displays them as the quintessential modern heavy metal band, whose experience and accumulated skill allows them to attack with reserves of anger, energy and finesse that make them more powerful than ever. Lead singer Chuck Billy says, "Uniting these bands is the heavy metal event of generations. We are so proud to be a part of it."
Slayer and Megadeth are also re-scheduling the east coast leg of the “Canadian Carnage” tour, postponed from this fall.
JANUARY
18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA*
19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR - tickets sold via www.rosequarter.com
21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA*
22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA* (tickets on sale 11/21)
23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ**
25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO*
26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM*
27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX*
29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX**
31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN*
FEBRUARY
1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA* (tickets on sale 11/20)
2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY* (tickets on sale 12/4)
4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN* (tickets on sale 12/4)
5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL* (tickets on sale 12/4)
6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI*
9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT**
11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ*
13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ*
14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA*
16 Pavillon de La Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC - tickets sold via Billetech.com
18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON - tickets on sale 11/27 via JohnLabattCentre.com
19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON - tickets sold via Ticketmaster.ca
20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC - tickets sold via Admission.com
22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB - tickets sold via MonctonColiseum.com
23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS - tickets sold via TicketAtlantic.com
SONATA ARCTICA - flag in the ground CHTHONIC - mirror of retribution (live in Orangevale 2009 & interview with DORIS THUNDERTEARS
SATYRICON - repined bastard nation (live in Orangevale 2009 & interview with FROST DROP SEVEN - the unnamed SOULFLY - back to the primitive (& interview with MAX CAVALERA
AUGUST BURNS RED - composure (live in Orangevale 2009
SKINLAB - second skin: new flesh (& interview with SNAKE
Wisdom In Chains' new album "Everything You Know" hits stores in the US tomorrow!!!
Founded in early 2003, as a musical collaboration between musicians from both America and Europe, Wisdom In Chains have put their mark on the American and European hardcore, punk and Oi! scene. Richie & Mad Joe, who at the time both were in Krutch ("Whatever It Takes" released on I Scream Records in 2002) started Wisdom In Chains with Maarten from the Dutch band Daredevil and today, five years, 3 studio albums and some members changes later, they recorded a brand new album, in US stores on November 3rd!
Wisdom In Chains have outdone themselves again with this record. "Everything You Know" is a master piece full of surprises. Musically divers, great lyrics, a solid production and even a guest feature by Lou from Sick Of It All. Simply said, an absolute classic!!
THROWDOWN GIVE BACK TO THEIR FANS WITH RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM DEATHLESS (E1 MUSIC) AND DEATHLESS I TOUR
DEATHLESS TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 10, 2009 ON E1 MUSIC
THROWDOWN knows how tough things are right now for everyone due to today’s economic landscape. That being said, THROWDOWN wants to do everything in their power to make their music and shows affordable and accessible for their fans.
THROWDOWN plans to give back to their fans in many ways with the release of their new album DEATHLESS. Fans will be able to pre-order the new album from I-Tunes for only $7.99.
DEATHLESS will be available at FYE stores nationwide and online for only $9.99 on November 10 when it is released.
DEATHLESS is also available for pre-order in a limited edition bundle featuring, the CD, a t-shirt, and autographed poster for only $29.99. Pre-order the bundle here:
The Deathless Tour I is the first U.S. tour in over a year for juggernauts THROWDOWN. On this tour THROWDOWN is determined to bring an amazing and affordable live show to the devoted fans, with most advance tickets on the tour being priced at $13. Head over to http://tinyurl.com/throwdowntickets and pick yours up today.
THROWDOWN will be joined by Bury Your Dead, For Today, ABACABB and The World We Knew. This tour follows THROWDOWN’s current European tour with Chimaira and Unearth.
Singer Dave Peters had the following to say about this amazing opportunity from THROWDOWN for their fans:
“Without our fans there is no album, no tour, no Throwdown. We are fortunate enough to have such a die-hard following that has made this band what is today. We're playing a number of smaller towns and smaller clubs on this tour and trying to give our fans an intimate show to remember at a low ticket price. "Times are tough" goes the cliche, especially in the music world, and we're just doing what we think every artist and label should be, which is acknowledging that and acting accordingly toward the people that keep us doing what we love after all these years.”
The upcoming album, DEATHLESS, follows THROWDOWN’s most powerfully diverse offering, Venom & Tears, which critics hailed as the best effort from a band. Revolver Magazine has called THROWDOWN “the future of metal.”
The Deathless Tour I (more dates to be added shortly)
ALL THAT REMAINS - forever in your hands CANNIBIS CORPSE - staring through my eyes that are red (live in Sacramento 2009)
CRADLE OF FILTH - from the cradle to enslave
DIMMU BORGIR - the sacrilegious scorn
DR. ACULA - is this a party or a dick measuring contest
DROWNING POOL - shame HATEBREED - ghosts of war
HELLA - try dis
KING DIAMOND - give me your soul
MARILYN MANSON - the nobodies
OWL - the pusher
SECRETIONS - cemetery pogo
THE COUNCIL - sacrifice (live in Sacramento 1998
W & C K - get your drink on
WALLFLOWER - i got soul (i'm so wasted)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 23rd 2009 CHANNEL 18 MIDNIGHT
ALL THAT REMAINS - forever in your hands
CHTHONIC - forty nine theurgy chains
DEATH VALLEY SCREAMERS - bonnie & clyde DIE TRYING - oxygens gone
DRACULA - is this a party or a dick measuring contest
GWAR - penguin attack
HANI - blow
HATEBREED - thirsty & miserable
HOODS - grizzly
I SEE STARS - 3d
KISS - psycho circus
MUNICIPAL WASTE - wrong answer
SETTLE - murder
THE AGONIST - thank you pain
THE CRYSTAL METHOD - come back clean THE NEWO2 - yomp
TOXIC HOLOCAUST - nuke the cross (live in Orangevale 2009)
FRIDAY OCTOBER 16TH 2009 CHANNEL 18 MIDNIGHT ALICE IN CHAINS - check my brain
CHTHONIC - sing ling temple (live in Orangevale 2009)
DAVID GRAY - fugitive DESTRUCTION OF A ROSE - under black flags we sail
DR. ACULA - is this a party or a dick measuring contest
EARTH CRISIS - to ashes GOATWHORE - apocalyptic havoc
HEALTH - die slow
LUNA MORTIS - forevermore
OHGR - majik
SUICIDE SILENCE - wake up
SUPERJOINT RITUAL - fuck your enemy
THE CLIKS - dirty king
VAGINA PANTHER - dave, you are killing me
VEDERA - satisfy
YOU SCREAM I SCREAM - dog
FRIDAY OCTOBER 9TH 2009 CHANNEL 18 MIDNIGHT
ALICE IN CHAINS - check my brain
AUGUST BURNS RED - back burner (live in Orangevale 2009 "Capital Chaos Presents")
AVENGED SEVENFOLD - bat country
DANCE GAVIN DANCE - tree village
DEICIDE - homage for satan
DR ACULA - is this a party or a dick measuring contest GARDENING NOT ARCHITECTURE - (live in Roseville 2009 "Capital Chaos Presents") & interview with SARAH SATURDAY
HOTSPUR - chandelier
LACUNA COIL - spellbound LUNA MORTIS - forevermore
PORTUGAL THE MAN - do you SHWAYZE - get u home STORY OF THE YEAR - terrified
THE ACACIA STRAIN - angry mob justice THE WHITE TIE AFFAIR - take it home
DRAGONFORCE - interview with VADIM IGOREVICH PRUZHANOV
CHEVELLE - jars
MISS MAY I - a dance with aera cura (live in Orangevale 2009) CHTHONIC - forty nine theurgy chains THE ACACIA STRAIN - j f c & interview with VINCENT BENNETT (live in Orangevale 2009) IN THIS MOMENT - call me
SOULFLY - doom/SHAKIRA - she wolf "Capital Chaos Mash Up"
On only the second day of their tour with Billy Talent, Florida’s Poison the Well woke up in Detroit to find their van and all of their gear stolen.
“So this morning we woke up at our delightful Marriot Courtyard hotel (priceline, get into it) and walked outside to get in the van to head to Chicago for our second show of the tour. Only problem, it isn’t there. Either someone is pulling some Merlin shit on us and just waiting for the perfect moment to unveil it and calm our shot nerves, or a talented scumbag stole our van and trailer with literally everything we own inside. Needless to say, we’re crushed. Our most beloved instruments are gone, and trust me, we’re gear nerds.
After a great deal of scrambling and deliberation, we found a way to stay on tour, after a few days off to get some gear and a rental van together. Having something like this happen is the worst thing that can happen to any band short of someone dying, and we’re incredibly stoked to finish this tour with Billy Talent and play every night doing what we love.
Our most sincere thanks to everyone who offered to help us in any way, our friends mean the world to us and everyone who has reached out today is absolutely mind blowing. Huge huge ups to Adam, Dave, and Jackie at Yeah!, the entire Ferret Records Family (Carl cause hes got the cash and Rick cause he calls the shots), Issac and the entire Indie Merch and Jakprints family, Tour Dog Leasing and Rental (thanks for driving to detroit to come get us), Jimmy and First Act Guitars, Russel Blair and Orange Amps, Derek at Ernie Ball, Tyme Rogers and Tech 21, Evan Obrien and Korg, Scott Uchida and Jim Dunlop, Jon “Shabba on the spot” Linton, John “Badge” Chidley. Some of these people have always helped us out and are further making our lives better. Some of these people barely know us and have helped us this with this shit time.
If you want to help out, we’ll have a limited edition shirt online sometime soon that makes fun of our situation and is awesome, and all proceeds from that will go to wiping away our tears and some new tumbleweeds for the insides of our wallets. See you in a couple days. Pissed about our gear and passionate about this band as ever. Poison The Well
Capital Chaos, founded & created by Zoran Theodorovic was originally created as music video television show to be aired on public access in Sacramento, California. Our first show aired May of 1998 and still runs weekly to this day. In the middle of 2005 Mr Theodorovic invited Clint A. & William P. to participate in the show and a Youtube channel and a website were created. At some point in 2006 Clint went on his way leaving William & Zoran to soldier on, which they did together until January 2012 where William was let go due to irreconcilable differences. Capital Chaos currently enjoys the company of Amb Pirate and Kevin Champ. A new Youtube Channel was created & the website switched to Facebook(because let's face it everybody is on Facebook all the time now and who wants to go to some silly website and miss out on very important Facebook stuff. LOL!!!) and Capital Chaos continues on.
