By the time Saint Vitus did a weekender tour of the East Coast in October 2009 (the Brooklyn show was killer), they’d replaced drummer Armando Acosta with Henry Vasquez, who was brought on board having worked previously with Vitus guitarist Dave Chandler‘s Debris Inc. project in addition to front-drumming his own band, Blood of the […]

This week’s Wino Wednesday clip was recorded almost 26 years ago to the day. On July 12, 1987, Saint Vitus played Washington, D.C.’s Hung Jury Pub, and the entirety of their just-under-hour-long set was captured on video tape. The band would’ve been touring at that point on the heels of their classic third album, 1986’s […]

In an attempt at efficient show-going, I walked into Europa in Brooklyn at 10PM to catch Saint Vitus and only Saint Vitus before splitting out to CT for the weekend. The fates, looking down on me and laughing as ever at my feeble attempts to outwit them, had other ideas. Not a week after seeing […]

Holy crap. I don’t think I’ve mentioned this yet, but I’m going to Roadburn next week, and the reason I’m going is because Saint Vitus are playing. Seeing this set list for the show they did on Saturday in New Orleans, I’m even happier to have booked that flight. 01. The War Starter 02. Living […]

So here’s the thing. I really like the current Wino Wednesday banner — don’t get me wrong — but it’s been more than a year now and I’m thinking it might be time to change it up. It just so happens I saw Saint Vitus at the Saint Vitus bar last week, and managed to […]

I don’t remember the last time I looked forward to a tour the way I looked forward to the Irving Plaza, NYC, stop of Metalliance. Usually, I’ll get down with a couple bands on a bill, maybe even three or four on a great night, but this lineup was insane. Helmet playing Meantime, Crowbar, Saint […]