DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2005
FROM:
KRISTINE ASHTON-MAGNUSON/LIBBY HENRY
PENNYWISE SET TO LAUNCH NEXT LEG OF U.S. DATES
WITH
TWO LOS ANGELES HALLOWEEN SHOWS
OCTOBER
28 AND 29
Southern California’s quintessential punk rock band PENNYWISE--JIM LINDBERG (vocals), FLETCHER DRAGGE (guitars), BYRON McMACKIN (drums) and RANDY BRADBURY (bass)--will launch their next leg of U.S. tour dates with two special Los Angeles Halloween shows on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29. PENNYWISE will be joined by openers Ignite (both nights) and Guttermouth (Saturday). These dates mark the seminal band’s first hometown-area shows in over a year and will be followed by U.S. shows with Bad Religion and then Sick Of It All.
PENNYWISE are touring in support of their latest, and eighth, studio album THE FUSE (Epitaph), which debuted at #78 on the Billboard Top 200 Album chart with sales of 13,780. Over the course of their 17-year career--with overall sales of nearly two million albums--PENNYWISE has come to define the Southern California hardcore sound. THE FUSE proves PENNYWISE have no intention of compromising their unflinchingly aggressive sound and stands out as one of the band’s most powerful offerings to date. Throughout the album, PENNYWISE delivers songs of anthemic self-empowerment and politically charged wake-up calls.
Here are some recent critical accolades:
“The
Fuse finds Pennywise sounding like the best version of itself.”
--Shawn Macomber, Outburn, October 2005
“Fletcher Dragge buffers the band’s sharp-edged rhetoric with blistering assault weapon-style power chords, lashing at high velocity around the songs’ pounding, anthemic choruses and Alice Cooper-inspired hooks.
-Jaan Uhelszki, Guitar World, October 2005
“From
the onset, it’s clear: The Fuse is classic Pennywise.
And truly, would anyone expect anything less?
For 17 years, these speedy melodic-punk purveyors have stayed true to
themselves and their signature sound. And
this, their eighth studio album, follows in the footsteps of their latest
releases with increasingly socio-political overtones, namely Land of the
Free? and From the Ashes (their most politically charged yet).
But naturally this record doesn’t only contain overtly socio-political
diatribes like ‘18 Soldiers,’ the hectic ‘Fox TV,’ and the extremely
powerful ‘Dying;’ there are also personal, introspective songs including the
more mid-tempo and affecting ‘Closer,’ ‘Take a Look Around,’ and the
phenomenal ‘Best I Can’…Tight, thought-provoking, yet still fun and
energetic punk tunes? Keep ‘em
coming!”
--Janelle
Jones, Chord, August/September 2005
Catch
PENNYWISE on the road in the following cities:
Wed
11/9
Minneapolis, MN
Quest
Thu
11/10
Chicago, IL
Congress
Theatre
Fri
11/11
Detroit, MI
State Theatre
Sat
11/12
Pittsburgh, PA
Ice Garden Arena
With
Sick Of It All:
Sun
11/13
Cleveland, OH
House
of Blues
Tue
11/15
Washington, DC
9:30 Club
Thu
11/17
Philadelphia, PA
Trocadero
Fri
11/18
Boston, MA
Avalon
Ballroom
Sat
11/19
Providence, RI
Lupo’s
Heartbreak Hotel
With
Bad Religion:
Sun
11/20
New York, NY
Nokia Theatre Times Square
For more information on PENNYWISE, please contact:
MSO
(818) 380-0400
Kristine Ashton-Magnuson (ext 233) kashton@msopr.com
Libby Henry (ext 224) lhenry@msopr.com
Shazila Mohammed (ext 241) shazila@msopr.com
Hilary
Okun
hilary@epitaph.com
Hector
Martinez
hector@epitaph.com
Alexis
Henry
alexis@epitaph.com
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