Bongripper Announced for ‘Way of the Shred’ West Coast Dates
The classy gents of Chicago’s Bongripper will head to the West Coast in July to play a quick series of shows. Dubbed the ‘Way of the Shred’ Tour, it will be Thief Presents‘ gearing up for this year’s Day of the Shred fest — preceded, of course, by Night of the Shred — though the tour’s in July and I’d have sworn the fest was in Oct./Nov., coinciding with the traditional Day of the Dead.
Further inspection shows a couple bands have already been announced for Day of the Shred, among them Captain Beyond, as well as Monolord and Black Bombaim — like Thief‘s recently executed Psycho California fest, this one showing a keen eye for European acts — and Rwake, Torche and Windhand, lest Relapse go underrepresented. Announcements have reportedly been suspended until next month, at which point headliners and others will be unveiled, but already it seems to be a pretty impressive lineup for the Night and the subsequent Day, listed as Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Lucky Halloween is a weekend, I guess.
So I’m not sure how Bongripper will be involved in that fest — they’ll play Southwest Terror Fest earlier in Oct. in Arizona — but they’re on board for the ‘Way of the Shred’ in any case, and no doubt what will be shredded is eardrums. Also stomped on.
Poster, dates and links:
Bongripper – California – July 2015
Night/Day Of the Shred announcements have been postponed until July. In the meantime we are flying in BONGRIPPER for a proper 3 day run up the coast.
Thief presents
WAY OF THE SHRED
July 2015
“A short west coast run leading up to Day Of The Shred 2015 featuring SHRED Alumni and friends.”
7/24 – San Diego @ Brick by Brick w/ -(16)-
tickets: http://wots-sd.eventbrite.com/
7/25 – Los Angeles @ Complex w/ Trapped Within Burning Machinery & YIDHRA *Co-presented by Church of the 8th Day
tickets: http://wots-la.eventbrite.com/
7/26 – San Francisco @ Milk Bar w/ special guests tba
tickets: http://wots-sf.eventbrite.com/
Tickets go onsale today (6/15) at 3pm PST
https://www.facebook.com/events/845175582196152/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/BONGRIPPER/283936697383
https://bongripper.bandcamp.com/
www.dayoftheshred.com
www.facebook.com/dayoftheshred
www.facebook.com/thiefpresents
