Today’s episode of The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal is a tribute to and a look at the lineup for this year’s Freak Valley Festival, taking place next week in Siegen, Germany. Freak Valley has been hosting bands for over a decade and I’m proud to say that this will be my first year attending after many, many more wanting to do so, doing writing for the festival, etc.
Should probably point out even if I d don’t necessarily need to that this isn’t the full lineup of the festival, just as much as I could effectively pack into two hours while also managing to play a 20-minute Endless Boogie track. Could I have hunted out shorter cuts and maybe been able to fit another band or two? Probably, but it doesn’t feel like The Obelisk Show in my brain if it doesn’t end with a jam, so it is what it needs to be.
I should be in the chat this time if you want to say hi. I was doing live factoids about the bands for a while because the Gimme Bot doesn’t always know this stuff if it’s new, or weird, or not at all metal, and so on, but it just kind of got sad after a while so I stopped. Lesson learned.
Thanks if you listen, thanks if you’re reading. Thanks in general.
The Obelisk Show airs 5PM Eastern today on the Gimme app or at: http://gimmemetal.com.
Full playlist:
The Obelisk Show – 06.10.22
Psychlona
Blast Off
Venus Skytrip
Fu Manchu
Strange Plan
Fu30 Pt. 2
Duel
Wave of Your Hand
In Carne Persona
Green Lung
Leaders of the Blind
Black Harvest
VT1
Red Fang
Wires
Murder the Mountains
The Midnight Ghost Train
Foxhole
Buffalo
Villagers of Ioannina City
Part V
Age of Aquarius
Pelican
Arteries of Blacktop
Nighttime Stories
Djiin
Warmth of Death
Meandering Soul
Toundra
Danubio
II
Geezer
Atomic Moronic
Stoned Blues Machine
Slomatics
Cosmic Guilt
Canyons
IAH
Naga
Omines
Kosmodome
Hypersonic
Kosmodome
Madmess
Rebirth
Rebirth
VT2
Endless Boogie
Jim Tully
Admonitions
The Obelisk Show on Gimme Metal airs every Friday 5PM Eastern, with replays Sunday at 7PM Eastern. Next new episode is June 25 (subject to change). Thanks for listening if you do.
Posted in Whathaveyou on May 3rd, 2022 by JJ Koczan
Well, we knew Elder and Pallbearer were going to be on tour this Fall, and we knew the same of Truckfighters and Greenleaf. Doesn’t seem unreasonable Fu Manchu and Electric Citizen might keep company on the road in Europe, but of course I don’t know that. Either way, the former was slated to play in 2020 for their 30th anniversary, so it’s nice to think that delayed party will go ahead, and having Naxatras, Irist and Echolot rounding out the first lineup announcement certainly does nothing to hurt Up in Smoke.
There will be more adds, of course. With Keep it Low in Munich and the now-two Desertfest Belgiums in Antwerp and Ghent, Into the Void 2022 in the Netherlands a week after this, and sundry other festivals taking place this Fall, it will be packed (hopefully) and those bands on tour — listed here and otherwise, like Hippie Death Cult, High Reeper, Mothership, and Sasquatch from the US, who’ll all be in Europe for at least part of the season — will have plenty of stops to anchor their runs. It’s a good system. Nice to see it back.
Up inSmoke‘s Spring counterpart, A Day in Smoke, took place in Pratteln this past weekend, and the fest-proper — helmed by Sound of Liberation — had this to say:
UP IN SMOKE 2022 // ARTWORK & FIRST BANDS
Right in time for our single day event ~ A Day In Smoke Festival ~ in Pratteln TOMORROW, we are super happy to share with you the artwork and first bands for its big sibling end of this year:
UP IN SMOKE FESTIVAL 30. September – 02. October 2022 @ Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln
ALREADY CONFIRMED Fu Manchu, Truckfighters, Elder, Pallbearer, Greenleaf, Naxatras, Electric Citizen, Irist, ECHOLOT
TICKETS Available on side at our A Day In Smoke Festival tomorrow E-Tickets available at www-sol-tickets.com
Killer artwork by Brookesia Estudio
Mark your calendars, get your tickets and hopefully see you all tomorrow already!
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 28th, 2022 by JJ Koczan
Pick your poison here, it’s all killer. Makes sense when you think about it, too. If you’ve been waiting to have a party for two years, don’t you want to do it up? Thus it is that Sound of Liberation‘s plague-delayed 15th anniversary celebrations have become 17th anniversary celebrations — and frankly, having survived those extra two years is no mean feat either for a booking concern, or, you know, anyone — and the parties will be held June 10-11 in Munich and June 24-25 in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Simply put, the lineups aren’t fucking around. Colour Haze, Fu Manchu, High on Fire, 1000mods, Elder, Ufomammut, My Sleeping Karma, Yawning Man, Monkey3, The Well, Toundra, Villagers of Ionnina City, DVNE, Slomosa, Stoned Jesus, Lucid Void, and more to be announced. That pushes beyond “killer party” and into “this is actually a festival” territory, and after so much delay, I seriously doubt any of the concerned parties have a problem with that.
These will be significant evenings. If you’re going, drink it in.
As posted on socials:
17 YEARS SOUND OF LIBERATION FESTIVALS 2022
*** New Bands *** Day Splits *** Warm-Up Show ***
Dear friends and fans, we are excited to share a bunch of amazing news for our SOL Birthday Bashes in Munich and Wiesbaden with you.
We added some more outstanding acts to our line-ups and there’s an additional warm-up evening happening in Wiesbaden!
17 years Sound of Liberation • Backstage Munich
We’re stoked to finally share the day-splits with you!
Friday, 10th June 2022 Backstage, Munich (GER) Line-Up: Colour Haze, High On Fire, Elder, UFOMAMMUT, Villagers of Ioannina City, Toundra, DVNE + more TBA Tickets: http://www.sol-tickets.com
Saturday, 11th June 2022 Backstage, Munich (GER) Line-Up: Fu Manchu, 1000mods, MY SLEEPING KARMA – OFFICIAL, Yawning Man (Official), monkey3, The Well + more TBA Tickets: http://www.sol-tickets.com
Single-Day Tickets & Weekend Tickets are available.
17 years Sound of Liberation • Wiesbaden
Our party does now start a day earlier!
We’re proud to welcome no other than mighty UFOMAMMUT (ITA) and rising stars Slomosa (NOR) (+ one more band TBA) to rip down the Kesselhaus at Schlachthof Wiesbaden on June 24th and warm-up our neck muscles for the following full festival day!
Friday 24th June 2022 Official Festival Warm-Up Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) Line-Up: UFOMAMMUT, Slomosa + 1 more band TBA Tickets: http://www.sol-tickets.com
Saturday 25th June 2022 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden (GER) Line-Up: 1000mods, Elder, MY SLEEPING KARMA – OFFICIAL, Stoned Jesus, The Well, Lucid Void + more TBA Tickets: http://www.sol-tickets.com
We can’t wait for June, this is happening for real! Grab your tickets and join us in Munich and / or Wiesbaden
Posted in Whathaveyou on May 19th, 2021 by JJ Koczan
I take it as an encouraging sign that I saw these tour dates maybe five minutes before I started putting this post together and it’s only now, some 20 minutes after that, that the possibility that they wouldn’t for some reason happen occurs to me. So yes, barring some pandemic resurgence, some mutation of COVID-19 or once-in-a-century viral infections becoming like once-in-a-century wildfires or once-in-a-century hurricanes — that’s right I fucking said it; it’s all tied together! the end is nigh assholes and we did it! — these shows will go forward. Obviously, my hope is that they do precisely that. I’m not the hugest fan of the New York venue — no photo pit, no parking, all crowd push — but a Fu gig is an awfully pleasant thought.
As discussed in my recent interview with guitarist Bob Balch (posted here), Fu Manchu are looking to get back to recording material for their 30th anniversary EP series in the next couple months. Presumably releases will happen staggered somewhere around these tour dates, as the band hits various spots in Europe and major markets along East, West and Southern US coasts. Note Freak ValleyFestival in Germany. It is my sincere hope to be there.
As Balch also said in the interview, Thursday is Fu Manchu day, since they’ve practiced on Thursdays apparently forever, the last year notwithstanding. Sounds good to me. Make sure to kick out some Fu Manchu tomorrow in their honor.
Dates follow:
See you all in 2022! Check out our rescheduled 30th Anniversary shows athttps://fu-manchu.com/tour-dates/. Original tickets are still valid and new tickets are on sale now.
Fu Manchu Live: Tue, MAR 15, 2022 The Rebel Lounge Phoenix, AZ Fri, MAR 18, 2022 House of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX Sat, MAR 19, 2022 The Secret Group Houston, TX Tue, MAR 22, 2022 Motorco Music Hall Durham, NC Wed, MAR 23, 2022 Baltimore Soundstage Baltimore, MD Thu, MAR 24, 2022 Underground Arts Philadelphia, PA Sat, MAR 26, 2022 The Sinclair Cambridge, MA Sun, MAR 27, 2022 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY Tue, MAR 29, 2022 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH Wed, MAR 30, 2022 Bottom Lounge Chicago, IL Sat, APR 2, 2022 Bluebird Theater Denver, CO Thu, JUN 9, 2022 Markthalle Hamburg, Germany Sat, JUN 11, 2022 Backstage Halle Munich, Germany Sun, JUN 12, 2022 Glazart Paris, France Mon, JUN 13, 2022 Les Docks Lausanne, Switzerland Tue, JUN 14, 2022 Alcatraz Milan, Italy Sat, JUN 18, 2022 Freak Valley Festival Netphen, Germany Tue, JUN 21, 2022 Patronaat Haarlem, Netherlands Wed, JUN 22, 2022 La Maison Bleue Strasbourg, France Thu, SEP 22, 2022 Garage 2 (G2) Glasgow, United Kingdom Fri, SEP 23, 2022 O2 Institute Birmingham, United Kingdom Sat, SEP 24, 2022 O2 Empire Shepherds Bush London, United Kingdom Mon, SEP 26, 2022 Button Factory Dublin, Ireland Tue, SEP 27, 2022 Manchester Academy Manchester, United Kingdom Thu, SEP 29, 2022 Kulturfabrik Asbl Cultural Centre Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg Sat, OCT 1, 2022 Pumpehuset Copenhagen, Denmark Mon, OCT 3, 2022 Pustervik Göteborg, Sweden Tue, OCT 4, 2022 Rockefeller Music Hall Oslo, Norway Wed, OCT 5, 2022 Nalen Stockholm, Sweden Fri, OCT 7, 2022 Hole44 Berlin, Germany Sun, OCT 9, 2022 Substage Karlsruhe, Germany Tue, OCT 11, 2022 Kulturzentrum Schlachthof Wiesbaden, Germany Wed, OCT 12, 2022 Effenaar Eindhoven, Netherlands Wed, OCT 12, 2022 Effenaar Eindhoven, Netherlands Thu, OCT 13, 2022 AB Cafe Brussels, Belgium Tue, NOV 1, 2022 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA Sun, NOV 13, 2022 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR Mon, NOV 14, 2022 Neumos Seattle, WA Fri, NOV 18, 2022 The Ritz San Jose, CA Sat, DEC 3, 2022 Troubadour (Doug Weston’s Troubadour Tavern) Los Angeles, CA Sat, DEC 10, 2022 The Wayfarer Costa Mesa, CA Sat, DEC 17, 2022 Casbah San Diego, CA
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Fu Manchu are: Scott Hill – vocals guitar Bob Balch – Lead guitar / backing vocals Brad Davis – Bass – Backing vocals Scott Reeder – Drums / Backing Vocals
There’s a point somewhere after 12 minutes in that Bob Balch reaches with both hands to his right and in a completely fluid motion, pulls a guitar in front of him, where it remains for the rest of the interview. And honestly, from that point on, he looks more comfortable too. This is a guy who spends a goodly portion of every day living just like this: in that chair, thinking, working, teaching, learning the craft of guitar. I don’t even know how many times he calls himself a nerd throughout the conversation, but it’s several. And awesome. He lives and breathes it.
Known for his work as well in Fu Manchu, whose 30th anniversary tour and release plans were scuttled in 2020, Balch has of late been overseeing the construction and release of the second Big Scenic Nowhere full-length, titled The Long Morrow. The group — legit “super,” with Balch joined by Mos Generator‘s Tony Reed and guitarist Gary Arce and drummer Bill Stinson, both of Yawning Man — have two songs released as of this post. Both of them come from a stockpile of jams the four-piece (and some friends, like Masters of Reality‘s Chris Goss) put together over the course of three days in 2019 — the same sessions from which their 2020 debut, Vision Beyond Horizon (review here), and the follow-up EP, Lavender Blues (review here), were carved.
That process, taking jams, finding tones and rhythms that coincide, and building songs from them, would seem to be how Balch spent much of a 2020 that otherwise would’ve been on the road, but as of now, work is still being done on The Long Morrow ahead of its coming out sometime hopefully this Fall. Balch talks about guest appearances to come, the project’s origins in wanting to jam with Arce and Reed and some of the material’s birth in his own Sun and Sail Club outfit — also the hilarious circumstances of how that more frenetic project was born, which I didn’t know previously — recording and release plans for Fu Manchu, who’ll look to get back on tour next year across multiple continents and follow-up the early-2020 Fu30 Pt. 1 EP with more originals and covers. If you’re wondering Fu Manchu practices on Thursdays. That’s Fu day.
Given the chance, I also wanted to talk about Balch‘s work in guitar instruction — he gives lessons and runs PlayThisRiff.com with videos and interviews with guitarists — his recent return to taking lessons rather than just giving them, and more general guitar stuff that’s piqued his interest of late. There was a lot of ground to cover, and it was a cool chat.
As always, I hope you enjoy:
Big Scenic Nowhere, The Long Morrow Interview with Bob Balch, May 10, 2021
Big Scenic Nowhere‘s The Long Morrow is being released as singles ahead of a full-LP arrival later this year on Heavy Psych Sounds. Fu Manchu‘s anniversary tour plans for 2022 are coming soon. More info at the links.
Posted in Bootleg Theater on December 25th, 2020 by JJ Koczan
As California as you might ever be, will you ever be as California as Fu Manchu‘s King of the Road? One suspects not. In 1999, while people were flitting about in a tizzy over whether or not planes would drop out of the sky when computers changed millennia, the kings of San Clemente were writing and recording the songs that would become their sixth album and a singularly righteous statement of aesthetic. This is the real surf rock. A monster Jeff Spicoli of a record that’s ace in its hooks from opener “Hell on Wheels” down through “Weird Beard” and “Hotdoggin'” ahead of the closing Devo cover “Freedom of Choice,” which, yes, is also catchy as hell.
There is a legion among Fu Manchu‘s fanbase who will accept no answer other than 1996’s In Search Of… when it comes to picking the band’s best album. To the point that I’m a little gunshy about calling this my favorite Fu Manchu LP, though it is. Duke it out however you want. 20 years after the fact, and on the occasion of what should’ve been a 30th anniversary victory lap throughout 2020 for the band, I’m willing to put 2000’s King of the Road out there as their most influential work. There are still dudes hearing “Over the Edge” and immediately starting bands. Two decades have passed, and even a barn-burner like “Grasschopper” still sounds mellow and easy. Less memorable than some of the other classics, even “Breathing Fire” — which if it wasn’t actually written that way was certainly positioned where CD-era filler would’ve gone to put the record over the 45-minute mark; it’s 46 — kills when you actually put it on.
Counting 1999’s Godzilla’s (Eatin’ Dust) EP compilation LP on Man’s Ruin, FuManchu put out four albums with the lineup of guitarist/vocalist Scott Hill, bassist Brad Davis, guitarist Bob Balch and drummer Brant Bjork, picking up the latter following the breakup of Kyuss and bringing him and Balch on board prior to 1997’s The Action is Go (discussed here) in place of Eddie Glass, who of course would go on to start Nebula with fellow-Fu-alumni Mark Abshire (bass on the first two albums) and Ruben Romano (drums on the first four). King of the Road has the distinction of being sandwiched between the Godzilla’s (Eatin’ Dust) CD and 2001’s California Crossing, but any way you look at it, the band was on a run that I don’t think any heavy rock band of the era could hope to match. Neither Sleep nor Acid King were as prolific or as punk-rooted. Kyuss didn’t put out that many records. Even Clutch weren’t as productive. The Melvins maybe, but if you’re going to sit there and argue Melvins songs stand up to Fu Manchu songs, it’s going to be a short conversation. Because they don’t. There’s a reason that no matter how many bands they have inspired and continue to inspire, there’s only one Fu Manchu.
“Hell on Wheels” fades in its riff like motors in the distance. “Over the Edge” pushes on-the-beat uptempo fuzz starts and stops and a signature chorus ahead of “Boogie Van,” which at this point just reads like an aesthetic blueprint for how to be stoner rock. I still get records with vans on the cover, if not weekly, then certainly more than once a month. The title-track and “No Dice” follow in succession, letting the long-hold wah kick in on “Blue Tile Fever” for a grittier, almost winding feel on a straight-ahead chug worthy of the cowbell that offsets it. The centerpiece of the original disc, “Blue Tile Fever” also caps the first platter of the 2LP version of King of the Road that Fu Manchu released on their own At the Dojo imprint in 2015, and thinking about it as a closer makes sense with its long fade and the way “Grasschopper” picks up the pace again, mirroring the energy with which “Hell on Wheels” (it’s no big deal, but yeah, it is) starts off the album as a whole. Learn something new all the time.
But as much as the first half of King of the Road is utterly unfuckwithable, the second answers right back. “Grasschopper” careens into the roll-rock storytelling of “Weird Beard,” which are three and a half of the best minutes you’ll spend on just about any day, while “Breathing Fire”‘s speedier thrust dirties up the fuzz a bit but is all about velocity, which is a great setup for “Hotdoggin’,” a song which reminds that this was the era in which Brant Bjork also started his solo career with 1999’s Jalamanta (reissure review here; discussed here; also here), the vision of laid back mellow-heavy that pervades the penultimate cut on King of the Road having the same kind of open-vibe start-stop funk foundation — and Davis‘ bassline; damn — as would become a hallmark of Bjork‘s work on his own. It’s a different close from “Blue Tile Fever,” but follows the pattern of being a little longer than the songs before it, and of course there’s “Freedom of Choice” as a kind of thanks-for-coming bonus inclusion.
Fu Manchu covers are a special kind of joy all on their own, and “Freedom of Choice” is a right-on pick, ending King of the Road with a groove and a hook that could’ve just as easily come from the band themselves as from Devo. As with many of the songs they’ve taken on over the years, from Blue Öyster Cult and Black Flag to The Cars to the version of The Doobie Brothers‘ “Takin’ it to the Streets” that appeared on their 2020 EP, Fu30, Pt?.?1 — part two of which was doubtless interrupted by canceled tour plans — their taste and the sense of fun they bring to whatever they’ve Fu‘ed up over time has always been impeccable.
Don’t get me wrong, I frickin’ love any number of Fu Manchu albums. I’m not gonna say a bad word about them, even the commonly-slagged Start the Machine, which’ll close out a week around here sooner or later I’m sure, is catchy as hell. But King of the Road is a standout even among the golly-that’s-sumpin’-special batch that is their entire discography, and as always, I hope you enjoy this revisit.
Thanks for reading.
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Xmas morning, and yeah, I do consider writing about the Fu a present to myself. It’s just past 6AM now, and The Pecan has started to stir. I got up at 4:15. I’ve been doing the 4AM thing all week to work on the Quarterly Review, which has only sucked because he was up before 6 three days this week, thereby torpedoing my ability to get more done. Also since preschool isn’t happening, it’s required I take work time from The Patient Mrs. — who has very diplomatically not told me to fuck myself for doing a Quarterly Review the week of Xmas — which I am generally loath to do if I can avoid it.
It’s been a rough week. It’s been a rough couple months. Rough year? I don’t know. Virtual preschool. Come on. And nothing until Jan. 4 except sitting around and thinking about plague numbers. What the hell. No break from it. My brain. Pills.
We’re going north today, I think, to Connecticut to see The Patient Mrs.’ family. I’m not really pro-out of state travel at this point, but screw it. The only place I’ve been in the last five days that had any people whatsoever was Shop-Rite on Wednesday, which was legitimately crowded, but I haven’t started to show symptoms so I’m guessing I’ve once again emerged from a packed produce department covid-free. Unless you count fatigue as a symptom, which has become a running gag with my daddy-to-a-toddler self. I honestly don’t care anymore. I’m tired of it. Set my lungs on fire. Kill my ass. At least then I won’t be around to listen to myself complain about nothing or feel useless.
In any case, I can’t honestly say if there were three bands — or two, or one — playing Saint Vitus Bar tomorrow night I wouldn’t throw caution to the wind and go, so I’m not about to put up an argument against going to see family on what to most people is a special day even if I don’t like the holidays.
Yeah, The Pecan’s up. I can see on the monitor (app on my phone) he just got out of bed and beaned himself walking into the little cubby cut into the wall of his room. Wham. It’s still dark and he’s woozy when he first gets up. Won’t stop him. Nothing does. Kid doesn’t feel pain.
But I’d better go.
New Gimme Show today at 5PM, and special thanks in advance if you share part of your holiday with me by listening. It’s a good one, so I at least have made it hopefully worth your while.
And the Quarterly Review picks up on Monday. That’ll go Monday and Tuesday, then I’m taking Wednesday (and maybe Thursday) to work on my year-end list, then that’ll be up before the end of the week, then the poll results next Saturday and life returns to normal after that. Ha.
Great and safe weekend. If you’re celebrating, don’t be stupid. Don’t forget to hydrate. So important.
Posted in Whathaveyou on September 15th, 2020 by JJ Koczan
If you didn’t know the dudes of Fu Manchu are big Rush fans, it would probably go along way toward explaining while Alex Lifeson showed up on 2018’s Clone of the Universe (review here) and why they were willing to dedicate nearly half of the record’s 38-minute runtime to the track on which he appeared. Also riffs. Anyhoozle, in homage to the late Neil Peart, the Fu have a cover of Rush‘s “Working Man” that they’ve now issued as a digital single with the proceeds going to brain tumor research, and frankly, I have to believe if there’s anything that’s got a shot at curing cancer, it’s Fu Manchu. If you know me personally, you know I’m being sincere when I say that.
Fu Manchu were set to spend most of this year back-and-forthing on tour for their 30th anniversary. Those plans, of course, have been postponed like the best of everything, and you can find the rescheduled dates on their various social platforms. As for “Working Man,” it’s streaming at the bottom here, and it grooves every bit as much as you’re hoping it does. Fu Manchu don’t disappoint.
To wit:
In Tribute to The Professor, Neil Peart, we are releasing our version of RUSH’s “Working Man” that we recorded January 2020. All Proceeds will benefit Brain Tumor Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in his memory. Members of our band and our manager were in the audience on August 1, 2015 when this was the final song played by Neil, Geddy and Alex. We are forever grateful for all of the music and memories. Thanks to Carl Saff for donating his mastering services and to David Medel for donating his art services. Thanks to Jim Monroe for the studio time, engineering & mixing hook up. Thanks to Meg and everyone in the Rush family. Thanks to John Raso for going the extra mile to help us get this out. This is a digital release only…for now.
Posted in Whathaveyou on February 5th, 2020 by JJ Koczan
Fu Manchu are in the studio now and I think they said on Instagram they’re eyeing a May release for their next album, which would rule and would arrive in timely fashion as they celebrate their 30th anniversary all year on the road. They joined the Up in Smoke 2020 lineup at the end of last week along with Mars Red Sky, Pallbearer, The Heavy Eyes — still waiting for the full tour to be announced — Sons of Morpheus and Mother Engine.
It’s a pretty efficient bundle if what you’re looking for is ‘awesome,’ and I think probably it is. It seems early for the Fall fest season to start taking shape, but it always does when it happens around now, so points for consistency at very least, and Sound of Liberation, which is behind this fest as well as Keep it Low and has a hand in several others along the way — Desertfest in Berlin, Antwerp and New York, and so on — rarely leaves this kind of thing to chance. Pro-shop and all that.
The latest announcement is below. I’m late with it but I’m late with everything. I’m a pitiful old man, give me a break.
Smokers, we’ve been eager to share some line up news with you and we could for sure do it slowly and patiently, announcing one band after another… but you know what? It’s Friday, so take them all!!
Californian legends Fu Manchu are celebrating their 30th anniversary and we’re super stoked they’ll celebrate it with us!
They’ll make your neck hurt alongside mighty US doomsters Pallbearer, French’s unique psych-doom wizards Mars Red Sky, groove masters The Heavy Eyes, also from the USA, German Instrumental wonder Mother Engine and beloved Swiss psychedelic trio Sons of Morpheus !
We’re super proud and excited to welcome those amazing acts on board! Can’t wait, see ya there!
??Up In Smoke takes place at Konzertfabrik Z7 – Pratteln in Pratteln on 2-3-4 October 2020.
