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Wino Wednesday: Wino Plays Guitar in Saint Vitus, Live 1990

Saint Vitus have been through a lot in the last 35 years. From frontman shifts that have taken them from Scott Reagers to Wino to Christian “Chritus” Linderson back to Scott Reagers then back to Wino to the 17-years between 1995’s Die Healing and 2012’s Lillie: F-65 where the closest thing to new material they had out was a 2003 one-off reunion DVD. They weren’t a band for most of that time, having gotten back together in 2009 to find an audience waiting for their return, but still, it’s been 35 years since guitarist Dave ChandlerReagers, bassist Mark Adams and drummer Armando Acosta (R.I.P.) got their start as Tyrant in 1979, and the simple fact that Saint Vitus is still standing today is an accomplishment not to be overlooked.

As previously announced, Vitus — now Chandler, Wino, Adams and Henry Vasquez — will head out on a West Coast run in celebration of their 35th anniversary beginning May 8 (dates here). This week, the band let it be known that they’re bringing the show, which includes playing 1986’s classic Born too Late in its entirety, to Europe and the UK this fall, and that they’ll be joined by Orange Goblin on the five-week trek. The dates are as follows:

Saint Vitus 35th Anniversary Tour Playing Born too Late
with Orange Goblin
09 Oct 14 Colmar (FRA) Le Grillen
10 Oct 14 Limoges (FRA) CCM John Lennon
11 Oct 14 Barcelona (ESP) Day of Doom
12 Oct 14 Madrid (ESP) Shoko
13 Oct 14 Lisbon (POR) Rca Club
15 Oct 14 Bilbao (ESP) Kafe Antzokia
16 Oct 14 Bordeaux (FRA) Le Krakatoa
17 Oct 14 Geneva (SUI) L’usine
18 Oct 14 Mezzago (ITA) Bloom Club
19 Oct 14 Rome (ITA) Init Club
20 Oct 14 Bologna (ITA) Locomotiv Club
21 Oct 14 Winterthur (SUI) Salzhaus
22 Oct 14 Munich (GER) Backstage Halle
23 Oct 14 Saarbrücken (GER) Garage
24 Oct 14 Paris (FRA) La Fleche d’Or
25 Oct 14 Tourcoing (FRA) Le Grand Mix
26 Oct 14 Vosselaar (BEL) Biebob
28 Oct 14 Bristol (UK) The Fleece
29 Oct 14 London (UK) Heaven
30 Oct 14 Dublin (IRE) Button Factory
31 Oct 14 Belfast (UK) Limelight 2
01 Nov 14 Leeds (UK) Damnation Festival
02 Nov 14 Rotterdam (NED) (Dutch Doom Days)
03 Nov 14 Cologne (GER) Luxor
04 Nov 14 Dresden (GER) Beatpol
05 Nov 14 Kraków (POL) Fabryka
06 Nov 14 Berlin (GER) SO36
07 Nov 14 Malmö (SWE) Babel
08 Nov 14 Stockholm (SWE) Debaser Strand
09 Nov 14 Oslo (NOR) Parkteatret
11 Nov 14 Gothenburg (SWE) Sticky Fingers
12 Nov 14 Hamburg (GER) Knust / Grünspan
13 Nov 14 Osnabrück (GER) Rosenhof
14 Nov 14 Jena (GER) F-Haus
15 Nov 14 Würzburg (GER) Hammer of Doom

To emphasize just how much Vitus have been through since ’79, I wanted to find something for this week’s Wino Wednesday you don’t see every day, and to that end, here’s a two-part set from the band live in Mezzago, Italy, from 1990 that features Wino on guitar alongside Chandler. He tears into a few solos and riffs out on “Dragon Time” and “Bitter Truth,” but by the time they get around to “Born too Late” and “Patra,” the guitar seems to have disappeared.

This experiment didn’t last long. Wino released the self-titled record from The Obsessed in 1990 and in 1991 traded out one band for the other. He wouldn’t return to Vitus until 2009, and in the five years since, he’s been frontman exclusively.

Enjoy:

Saint Vitus, Live in Mezzago, Italy, Nov. 20, 1990


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