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On Tour With The Casualties, Toxic Holocaust and Havok
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Legendary Punk Rockers ENGLISH DOGS have
reformed and are ready to move 'Forward Into Battle" for their first
North American tour since 1985. The tour kicks off February 10th in
Baltimore and criss crosses the country winding up on February 25th in
Santa Clara, CA. Support on the tour comes from The Casualties, Toxic
Holocaust and Havok.
Founding member and Drummer Pinch cannot wait to return to
North America:
"Touring this lineup from this period in ENGLISH
DOGS history has been long overdue and I'm pumped to be playing our
best album with them. It's exciting to know that ENGLISH DOGSlegacy
has been significant enough to influence some of today's best bands, and I'm
honored to be touring with them. This is a perfect thrash punk bill,
guaranteed to rip it up every night. If you don't feel this one, you really
are undead!!!"
Guitarist Gizz Butt added:
"It's an understatement to say I feel blessed that
I've been reunited with my old ENGLISH DOGS partners Pinch
and Adie and that this tour has been given to us. I hoped for years it could
happen but started to accept the chance had gone. The legendary USA tour we
did in 1985 was a distant memory until YouTube bought it back and the man
responsible for filming it uploaded the songs. I've been in some big bands
since then, noticeably THE PRODIGY, but despite the number one singles and
albums there was definitely something missing. I'd go out on tour then
feeling I'd lost something. While we've been rehearsing for this tour I've
found exactly what it was. There is a daring excitement, a youthful energy, a
wildness that actually feeds the spirit that is contained in these songs that
were crafted by teenagers feeling the need to fuse together punk rock and
heavy metal and find a music form that suited THEM. So 2012 , WE ARE
BRINGING IT BACK HOME !!!! USA and CANADA , HELLO AGAIN, THIS IS THE ENGLISH
DOGS AND THIS TIME LET'S TRULY GO FORWARD...INTO BATTLE XXXXXXXXXX"
ENGLISH DOGS formed in 1981 and their first
release was "To The Ends of The Earth" 12 inch, featuring four
tracks of crossover punk/metal that had never been heard in the UK and the
foundation of a soon to emerge UK thrash scene. This was released on Rot
Records, a small label from the midlands, and once again charted highly in
the indie charts, proving that the DOGS had tapped the vein
of their fans musical craving. Next up was the ambitious "Forward Into
Battle" full length LP, showcasing the bands metal leanings more
furiously and becoming an influence to such bands as Metallica and Sepultura,
both already leaders of this exciting hybrid. Mixed with the ever
increasingly violent live scene, the band called time on their gigging soon
after the LP release in 1986, even though they had completed a successful
coast to coast tour of the USA for the first time. Since then the band has
reformed with various lineups and also been involved with many side projects.
Fast forward to present day and The lineup of Pinch, Gizz
and Adie, having recruited a pair of manic tattooist twins, Craig and Ryan
Christie from Dana Point, CA , are once more going "Forward Into
Battle" around the United States, ably supported by the freshest talent
on the American Punk and Thrash scenes, both of which were heavily influenced
by the ENGLISH DOGS' legacy. The wheel has fully turned, and
the "Forward Into Battle 2012" US tour is going to complete the
punk/thrash union, born over 2 decades previous.
ENGLISH DOGS On Tour:
2/10: Baltimore, MD @ The Ottobar
2/11: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
2/12: Brooklyn, NY @ Club Europa
2/13: Montreal, QUE @ Les Foufounes Electriques
2/14: Toronto, ON @ The Opera House
2/15: Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's
2/16: Chicago, IL @ Reggie's Rock Club
2/17: St. Paul. MN @ Station 4
2/19: Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
2/21: Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
2/22: Portland, OR @ Branx
2/23: Oakland, CA @ The Pound
2/24: West Hollywood, CA @ Key Club
2/25: Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theater
For More Info Please Visit:
http://www.myspace.com/englishdogsmusic
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