DATE: AUGUST 13, 2004
FROM:
MITCH
SCHNEIDER/LIBBY HENRY/
As
HELMET get ready to release their first album of new material in seven years--SIZE
MATTERS, due September 14 on Interscope Records--the band have announced
a return to the road beginning September 17 in Atlanta.
This five-week club swing marks their first trek in seven years and
they’ll return to some of the venues they cut their teeth in including The
Bowery Ballroom in New York, the Troubadour in Los Angeles, the 9:30 Club in
Washington, DC and Slim’s in San Francisco, with the idea of “filling the
room with a roar," according to singer/guitarist/founder PAGE HAMILTON
in a recent interview with Billboard.com.
This tour announcement coincides with the arrival of SIZE MATTERS’ first single “See You Dead” at radio stations nationwide. “The song is about a relationship that ended in a nasty way,” reveals HAMILTON, who adds that “the lyric was inspired by the line ‘I’d rather see you dead little girl than to be with another man’ from The Beatles song ‘Run For Your Life’ off the Rubber Soul album.”
For
the fall tour, HAMILTON will be joined by bandmates
CHRIS TRAYNOR
(guitars), JOHN TEMPESTA (drums) and
FRANK BELLO (bass). Look for them to
draw on songs from such memorable albums as Strap It On, Meantime,
Betty and Aftertaste
as well as SIZE MATTERS. Produced
by HAMILTON with assistance from producer Jay Baumgardner and former Nine Inch
Nails associate Charlie Clouser, the album is already building a critical buzz.
“…the new album continues the band’s vital, visceral legacy. The songs are filled with jagged, down-tuned riffing, syncopated drumming and acerbic lyrics…"See You Dead" starts with a mesmerizing one-chord rhythm, then busts into a hook-filled chorus and some of Hamilton's most unsettling lyrics…” (Jon Wiederhorn, MTV.com, July 12, 2004).
“…full
of the trademark crushingly heavy riffs and grooves that have gone on to spawn a
legion of imitators.” (Jonathan Cohen, Billboard.com, June 9, 2004).
Check out www.helmetmusic.com
for the latest tour information and catch the band on the road in the following
cities (more dates TBA):
Date
City
Venue
Fri
9/17
Atlanta, GA
Cotton
Club
Wed
9/22
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
Fri 9/24
Asbury Park, NJ
Stone Pony
Sat 9/25
Hoboken, NJ
Maxwell’s
Sun 9/26
Fitchburg, MA
WAAF Locobazooka
Mon 9/27
New York, NY
Bowery Ballroom
Wed 9/29
Philadelphia, PA
North Star
Thu 9/30
Rochester, NY
Water Street Music Hall
Fri 10/1
Buffalo, NY
Showplace
Theatre
Sat 10/2
Toronto, ONT
Lee’s Palace
Mon
10/4
Cleveland, OH
The
Grog Shop
Tue 10/5
Detroit, MI
St.
Andrew’s Hall
Wed 10/6
Chicago, IL
Empty Bottle
Fri
10/8
Minneapolis, MN
Grumpy’s
Sun
10/10
Lawrence, KS
The
Bottleneck
Tue 10/12
Houston, TX
Engine Room
Wed
10/13
Dallas, TX
Gypsy Tea Room & Ballroom
Thur 10/14
Austin, TX
Emo’s
Austin
Sat
10/16
Denver, CO
Larimer
Lounge
Sun
10/17
Salt Lake City, UT Club
Sound
Wed
10/20
Vancouver, BC
Richards
On Richards
Thur
10/21
Seattle, WA
Graceland
Fri
10/22
Portland, OR
Doug Fir Lounge
Sun 10/24
San Francisco, CA
Slim’s
Mon
10/25
West Hollywood, CA
Troubadour
Thur
10/28
Phoenix, AZ
The
Brick House
Fri
10/29
San Diego, CA
The
Casbah
Sat
10/30
Anaheim, CA
Chain Reaction
MSO Contacts:
Libby Henry
Lhenry@msopr.com 818.380.0400
x224
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson
Kashton@msopr.com
818.380.0400 x233
Mitch Schneider
Mschneider@msopr.com
818-380-0400 x235
Amanda Hale
Ahale@msopr.com
818-380-0400
x238
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