Sucks that i won't be able to catch them, but is anyone on here planning on going?

06-16 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
06-17 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar*
06-18 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's *
06-20 New York, NY - CBGB
06-21 New Haven, CT - BAR Nightclub #
06-23 Brooklyn, NY - Northsix ^
06-24 Boston, MA - Middle East %
06-25 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Intonation Music Festival)
06-27 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street Nightclub
06-29 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa #
07-01 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab #
07-03 Toledo, OH - Vamp's
07-05 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
07-06 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick &
07-08 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock Social Club
07-09 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
07-11 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
07-13 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory @
07-14 Denton, TX - Hailey's @
07-15 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington @
07-16 Austin, TX - Emo's @
07-19 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
07-21 San Diego, CA - Casbah $+
07-22 Los Angeles, CA - Key Club $+
07-23 Santa Ana, CA - Galaxy Theatre $+
07-25 Santa Cruz, CA - Attic $!
07-27 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater $!
07-28 Seattle, WA - El Corazon $!
08-04 San Francisco, CA - Café du Nord

* with Dead Meadow
# with Witch
^ with Soldiers of Future
% with Doomriders
& with the Dirtbombs
@ with the Black Angels
$ with Goblin Cock
+ with Earthless
! with Kalas

"I bring the rock."


You know, I like Blue Cheer and all, but....no.

Hey they are playing with The Dirtbombs. Who are Blue Cheer? What they sound like?

They're a cool new indie band.

Sweet if you like them then i'm in.

The Chicago gig is also with Roky Erickson.
And the bass player in my band is going to get to hang with Roky. He and his wife are friends with his drummer.

Haha I'm just kidding. I mean I do like them, but they've been around since the late 60s/early 70s and haven't really done much since. You should check their stuff out though, I can't imagine anyone actively disliking them.

Yeah i just checked them out on Allmusic. I had never heard of them. I will have a listen.

You will enjoy it if you are a fan of the MC5, Hawkwind, etc., or even stuff like Mudhoney or early Oneida.

Formed in the late '60s, named as part of a weird promotion for Owsley's new (at the time) crop of LSD, best known for the world's shittiest version of "Summertime Blues". But maaaan, they were retarded, plodding heavy metal before there WAS retarded, plodding heavy metal.

i like retarded, plodding heavy metal

its the best kind

That ringing guitar note is way better than Pete Townshend's dumb ass growling.

I told you there was a bunch of stuff you couldn't imagine.

Hey this isn't a post-punk thread. You weren't supposed to enter, so then my comment would have been accurate.

Vincebus Eruptum could definitely use a remastering, now that we're on the topic. Also, I never saw the fathers of metal connection with Blue Cheer despite hearing it forever.

Hard to find adequate words to describe how bad an idea this sounds like to me.

Well, the "fathers of metal" thing is admittedly hard to see from a modern vantage point. But put it this way: I've got a book called Rock Revolution, compiled by the editors of Creem magazine back in '73, that has a section dedicated to heavy metal. Understandably, Black Sabbath is cited in that section - but the other bands that were considered heavy metal were:

the Who
Velvet Underground
Jimi Hendrix
Cream
the MC5
the Stooges
Vanilla Fudge
Iron Butterfly
Blue Oyster Cult
Alice Cooper
Humble Pie
Deep Purple
Grand Funk

So, compare pretty much everything on that list to what Blue Cheer sounded like - and you'll hear that "fathers of metal" claim a little more clearly.

yeah, i'll be at the intonation gig next weekend. blue cheer and dead prez at the same show? WORLDS ARE COLLIDING!