BUT STILL, Blue Cheer, regularly referred to by journos and musicians alike as one of the loudest bands, like, ever, have announced their first tour for 20 years.
With two original members still on board - Richard 'Dickie' Peterson and Paul Whaley - the band kick off a mighty US tour in Washington DC tonight. So that's in a few hours, then. The tour finishes in August with a show at Café du Nord in San Francisco.
Along the way they'll be supported by a wealth of quality contemporary rockers, including Dead Meadow, Doomriders, The Dirtbombs, Witch and the frankly brilliant(ly named, anyway) Goblin Cock. Not all at the same show, obviously.
Full dates are available at the band's MySpace page, HERE.
never...
...eard of em
like a 60's comets on fire
and witch are v. cool, mascis is god
Summertime Blues
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oh my god!
This is facking awesome...I can't wait...
If they toured with the original lineup of Vanilla Fudge I just might semen in my pants
again
Blue Cheer
Saw them last night at the Intonation Festival in Chicago. I was really expecting something cool and louder than God, but it was a big disappointment. What can you expect when the only remaining original members are the rhthym section. Peterson's voice was a wreck, and the performance was plodding, dull and leaden.
Much more interesting was Roky Erickson's performance at Intonation. The former lead singer of the 13th Floor Elevators, The Aliens, and the Explosives performed his first show outside of Austin in 25 years. Awesome show, spine-tingling performance blew the crowd away.
David