SLAYER,
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
AND
EXODUS, TO HIT THE ROAD
Trek
Will Culminate with Sets at the
2014
"Rock On The Range" in Columbus, OH
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LOS ANGELES, CA - TUESDAY,
January 21, 2014 - Slayer will take a break from writing and recording their
next album to hit the road on May 9 for a handful of dates intended to pummel
devotees with a night of moshing and frenetic thrash-punk-metal.
Joining Slayer as Special Guests for these shows are Suicidal
Tendencies and Exodus, marking the first time Slayer and Suicidal have toured
together since the 1990 European "Clash of the Titans" tour.
Gary Holt, who continues to fill in for Slayer's fallen guitarist
Jeff Hanneman, will do double-duty as guitarist in his primary band, Exodus.
Tickets for
Slayer/Suicidal/Exodus go on sale this Friday, January 24 - log onto www.slayer.net for ticketing information.
"Can't wait for this
week of shows to happen," said Slayer's Kerry King. "LOVE
Suicidal, and havent played with them in over 20 years! Everyone knows
I'm a huge Exodus fan also. I guarantee you I will be watching every
show from the stage! Going to be awesome!!!"
"It's been 24 years
since Suicidal Tendencies played with Slayer," added Suicidal
Tendencies' Mike Muir, "so it's long overdue that we finally play some
shows in the States together. I have lots of great memories from that
tour, and know that there will be a lot more after these shows, for the band
and the people. Can't wait!"
Gary Holt states, " I am
very excited to announce Exodus will be joining Suicidal Tendencies and the
mighty Slayer in May for a short trip ending at the Rock on the Range!
Double duty will have never been so much fun! Looking forward to this
one in a big way! Let the mayhem begin!"
The dates will culminate for
all three bands at the May 17 "Rock on The Range" rock festival in
Columbus, OH, where they will share the stage with artists including Guns N'
Roses, Avenged Sevenfold, and Kid Rock.
Confirmed dates are as
follows:
MAY
9 The Great Salt
Air, Salt Lake City, UT
10 Fillmore, Denver,
CO
11 Shrine, Billings,
MT
13 Uptown Theatre,
Kansas City, MO
15 The Pageant, St
Louis, MO
16 Eagles Ballroom,
Milwaukee, WI
17 Rock on the Range,
Columbus, OH
ABOUT SLAYER:
The Chicago Tribune's Greg
Kot wrote that the five-time-nominated, two-time Grammy
winning Slayer is "one of the great American rock bands of the last
30 years, forget about genre." Their membership in "The Big
Four" - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - the four bands that
defined the thrash/metal genre - secures their place in music
history. Indeed, few bands come close to matching the intensity that
Slayer brings to its live shows, having been named "Best Live Band"
by numerous media outlets including Revolver, SPIN,
and Metal Hammer. With songs that mirror the turmoil
and aberrations of our society - God's terrifying global genocide, the chaos
of our broken political system, chemical warfare, the hideous minds
of serial killers, and the way-too-close proximity
of world horrors that technology has brought us, Slayer remains crushing and
brutal, steadfastly refusing to cater to the Mainstream. Slayer's
founding member, guitarist Jeff Hanneman passed in 2012, and Exodus guitarist
Gary Holt has been filling in since.
ABOUT SUICIDAL
TENDENCIES:
In 1982, before Suicidal
Tendencies had ever released any music, readers of the legendary Flipside
fanzine voted ST "Worst band and Biggest Assholes." When ST
released its self titled album a year later, they took out a full page ad
thanking everyone that voted for them and in bold letters said, "You'll
be sorry!"
The next year Flipside put ST on the cover with the print, "Love them or hate them, they are not going away," after readers voted them "Best Band, Best new Band and Best record." Over the years, many controversies have surrounded the band, including being banned from playing their hometown of LA, and Tipper Gore from the PMRC trying attack the band. To this day, whether it's a skater, punk, metalhead, thrasher, alternative, crossover, you'll see the ST flip hats and shirts all around the world with ST festivals as far away as Indonesia and South Korea, and touring many major festivals in Europe, South America and Asia. Thirty years later, after several gold records and Grammy nominations, and world wide touring, ST is still loved and hated....and they don't give a fuck. As lead singer Mike Muir said, "We're not hear to play what you like, we're hear to play what we like, hopefully you'll like it as much as we do, but Suicidal is not for everyone, so if you don't, we ain't losing any sleep over it." Now in 2014, Suicidal is still not going way, as the classic ST song say, "You can't bring me down"!
ABOUT EXODUS:
When it comes to thrash
metal, Bay Area thrashers EXODUS epitomize, define, raise the bar and have
the genre on lockdown. EXODUS are one of the true forefathers of thrash,
hailing an illustrious career spanning 34 years. Their 1984 breakout
debut, Bonded By Blood, is a stonewall genre classic featuring
cranium-crunching standards such as '"A Lesson In Violence",
"Strike Of The Beast" and more. Formed in 1980 with original
members Kirk Hammett (guitar), Tim Agnello (guitar), Tom Hunting (drums),
Carlton Melson (bass), the line-up has evolved through numerous changes
before coming to their current status. EXODUS are Gary Holt (guitar), Lee
Altus (guitar), Tom Hunting (drums), Jack Gibson (bass), and Rob Dukes
(vocals). To date, EXODUS has released ten studio albums, two live albums and
one compilation, including their most recent release of 2010'sExhibit B:
The Human Condition via Nuclear Blast Records. EXODUS recently broke
ground on their brand of blistering new material, set for tentative release
later in 2014. EXODUS has sold over 5 Million albums worldwide.
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