The Lords of Altamont Sign to Heavy Psych Sounds
This past December, long-running Los Angeles heavy punkers The Lords of Altamont were in the studio with Paul Roessler of The Screamers working on their sixth album. There’s video at the bottom of this post for proof. That record, it’s now been revealed, will be issued via Heavy Psych Sounds as the band’s debut on the label. It’s their first outing since 2014’s Lords Take Altamont, and though I’ve yet to see a solid release date or title for the record, The Lords of Altamont have tour dates listed on their site (snagged and included below) that will find them on the road in Europe next month.
That’d be a quick turnaround from hey-this-band-is-signed to okay-here’s-the-record, but stranger things have happened. Here’s the announcement from Heavy Psych Sounds:
THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT – Heavy Psych Sounds
HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records & Booking is really proud to announce a new band in the roster!
THE LORDS OF ALTAMONT news about new projects on the way soon!
The Lords of Altamont bring forth raw rock and roll fury birthed from the ultimate end to the era of peace and love. What was billed to be the “Woodstock of the West,” the infamous Altamont Free concert on December 6th, 1969 was highlighted instead by heavy drugs, motorcycle chains and brass knuckles and later punctuated with shoving matches and fist fights. This palpable sense of bawdy foreboding resulted in four births, four deaths and extensive property damage.
While the hippies had been grooving and mellowing out in the Bay Area, the forefathers of the Lords of Altamont were playing high energy rhythms in the beer soaked venues of Detroit and the dingy clubs along LA’s Sunset Strip. Mid-60s London RnB shares equal space with the scruffy 70s NYC Bowery among the influences of The Lords also. They take their other cues from kids banging out primitive riffs on cheap guitars all across the USA in garages alongside chopped bikes and American v-8 muscle, lingering exhaust fumes mixing with sweat to conjure the rare elixir of real rock n roll.
The story of the band who would come to be known as The Lords of Altamont gets a proper start in late 1999. A son of Southern California and a veteran of the SoCal music scene, Jake Cavaliere – with numerous bands and projects from garage to punk dating back to the late 80s under his belt – enlisted fellow motorcycle rider and bandmate of the instro/surf sensation The Bomboras, Johnny Devilla, to form something new. Max Eidson, Doran Shelley, and Gabriel Hammond rounded out the original lineup known as “The First Five”. Besides holding their first show at the legendary venue The Garage in Hollywood, high points include touring as the support act for their primitive rock n roll idols The Cramps, infamous rock gods The Who as well as counting the late Michael Davis of the MC5 as a past member.
Through personnel changes and various adventures over the past 17+ years, The Lords of Altamont continue to release albums and Jake “The Preacher” Cavaliere, along with his assemblage of gritty and talented personalities, continues to captivate audiences with unparalleled hard driven performances the world over.
The Lords Of Altamont are:
Jake Cavaliere
Dani Sindaco
Rob Zimmerman
Steven Van Der Werff
The Lords of Altamont live:
28 July Macon, FR
29 July Sanguinetto, IT
30 July Lugo di Vicenza, IT
31 July Sezzadio, IT
01 Aug Marina di Ravenna, IT
02 Aug Torino, IT
05 Aug Waarschoot, BE
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