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[Lili Marlene]

Ireland is in Europe!

 

[pete]

also just to highlight the couple of gaps in the schedule

 

[pete]

FLIPPER 40 YEAR ANNIVERSARY TOUR:

30-Jul-2019 Nottingham UK Rescue Rooms
31-Jul-2019 Bristol UK The Exchange
1-Aug-2019 Blackpool UK Rebellion Festival
2-Aug-2019 Glasgow UK CCA ^
3-Aug-2019 Leeds UK Brudenell ^
4-Aug-2019 London UK Garage ^
5-Aug-2019 Gent Belgium DOK ^
6-Aug-2019 Amsterdam The Netherlands Paradiso Noord ^
8-Aug-2019 Aachen Germany Musikbunker ^
9-Aug-2019 Karlsruhe Germany Hackerei ^
10-Aug-2019 Bologna Italy Freakout ^
11-Aug-2019 Milan Italy Magnolia Open Air ^
12-Aug-2019 Padova Italy Anfiteatro del Venda ^
13-Aug-2019 Vienna Austria Chelsea ^
15-Aug-2019 Bielefeld Germany Forum ^
16-Aug-2019 Hamburg Germany Hafenklang ^
17-Aug-2019 Helsinki Finland Kuudes Linja
19-Aug-2019 PRESS DAY IN BERLIN
20-Aug-2019 Berlin Germany Bi Nuu
22-Aug-2019 Munich Germany Roten Sonne *New addition
23-Aug-2019 Innsbruck Austria PMK *New addition

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Is David Yow singing with them? Heard reports it's been dreadful.

 

[pete]

Is David Yow singing with them? Heard reports it's been dreadful.

INFLUENTIAL ROCK GROUP FLIPPER 40TH ANNIVERSARY EUROPEAN TOUR BEGINS THIS WEEK
WITH SPECIAL LIVE LINE-UP

PLUS MORE DATES ADDED AND SUPPORT ON SELECTED DATES FROM WE ARE THE ASTEROID

The influential San Francisco rock group Flipper - renowned for their heavily distorted approach to punk - kick off their tour today celebrating their 40 year anniversary. The line-up for this tour will include founding members; Steve DePace on drums and Ted Falconi on guitar, along with David Yow ( Scratch Acid, Jesus Lizard) on vocals and Mike Watt ( The Minutemen, Firehose), with support on selected dates from We Are The Asteroid - dates and details below, including new shows.

Flipper’s performances are famed for their unpredictable nature, centered around repetitive bass lines, ultra noisy and atonal guitar playing by Falconi with DePace’s tight drumming keeping the tunes together. In 1979 Flipper debuted on the SF Underground 7'' comp with the track “Earthworm”. Followed by their first single "Love Canal / Ha Ha Ha" for Subterranean Records (as SF Underground became known). The single "Sexbomb / Brainwash" was released in 1981, causing excitement within the underground punk scene of that time. "Sexbomb" has now been covered by countless bands over the years. The group’s first album; Generic Flipper (released in 1982) is considered a classic, and remains Flipper's most acclaimed album of their prolific career, including four studio albums and five live releases.

In respected punk authority Get in the Van, his memoir of the early 1980s punk rock scene, Henry Rollins of Black Flag described the Flipper experience: "They were just heavy. Heavier than you. Heavier than anything...When they played they were amazing"....

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

And Mike Watt??? Probably gonna sound pretty distant from the Flipper I like.

 

[Space]

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[Cornu Ammonis]

They were brilliant when I saw them with the Melvins about 15 years ago. Bruce Loose on vocals, yer man from Nirvana on bass.

 

[ann post]

I guess if I was an irish promoter I'd hardly be all like 'brexit fucked my roster' in my media, but thats probably a thing.

 

[nuke terrorist]

FLIPPER's Will Shatter wrote some of my favourite lyrics (as in ever)
for the songs -
Sacrifice, Life, and I Saw You Shine.

But sadly he's been dead since 1986

 

[Space]

They were brilliant when I saw them with the Melvins about 15 years ago. Bruce Loose on vocals, yer man from Nirvana on bass.

Yeah that was great. Krist Noveselik on bass too.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Yeah that was great. Krist Noveselik on bass too.

The Melvins/Big Business monster was in full flow at that point.

 

[Lili Marlene]

I guess if I was an irish promoter I'd hardly be all like 'brexit fucked my roster' in my media, but thats probably a thing.

Certainly it has been threatened

UK industry calls for reversal of Ireland visa restrictions | IQ Magazine

According to industry groups and MPs, an end to visa-free travel could force "many hundreds of acts" to cancel the UK or Irish legs of their tours.

www.iq-mag.net

It’s possible many hundreds of acts will be forced to cancel the Irish leg of their tour because it complicates their UK tour, or vice versa.

Dunno how real it is at this point though

 

[ann post]

Dunno how real it is at this point though

The thread is almost ten year old I suppose. I feel like it might scrape off 5-10% of bands who normally would be arsed.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Not too many bands I like play here anyway,so doubt I'd be missing much more than I do.

 

[GARYXKNIFEDX]

Didn't Men of Porn also play that Melvins/Big Business/Flipper gig?

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Didn't Men of Porn also play that Melvins/Big Business/Flipper gig?

Not sure if it was that one or a different one. It’s all becoming a bit of a blur for me.

 

[Space]

Didn't Men of Porn also play that Melvins/Big Business/Flipper gig?

Yes it was Men of Porn featuring Dale Crover, Flipper, Big Business featuring Dale Crover into Melvins featuring Big Business. DJs HMD and Derek Moutpiece.

One of my all time favourite gigs. Would love to see Melvins and or Big Business here again and not supporting Mastodon..

 

[hermie]

Yes it was Men of Porn featuring Dale Crover, Flipper, Big Business featuring Dale Crover into Melvins featuring Big Business. DJs HMD and Derek Moutpiece.

One of my all time favourite gigs. Would love to see Melvins and or Big Business here again and not supporting Mastodon..

Fuck, it all comes rushing back. Awesome night that was.

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Fuck, it all comes rushing back. Awesome night that was.

There were some terrific gigs on around that time. I’m sure I’ve a bunch of photos on Flickr from that period.