A King Buzzo Australian Tour 2014 has been announced, with legendary Melvins frontman Buzz Osbourne bringing his solo project Down Under for a ten-date acoustic tour.
With a career spanning 31 years, 30 albums, and over 2,000 live performances, these Frontier Touring-presented shows mark the first time that the monarch of metal will perform acoustically in such a unique and intimate setting, for a series of headline shows across the country this August.
As the frontman and founding member of Melvins, Buzz Osbourne’s dark and sludgy sound influenced the works of many acclaimed grunge and metal bands including Nirvana, Soundgarden, Green River and in many ways nurtured the Seattle music scene itself. He’s also a noted member of experimental metal supergroup Fantômas, playing guitar alongside Mike Patton, Dave Lombardo, and Trevor Dunn
Last year the band released their nineteenth studio album Tres Cabrones (out now through Ipecac Recordings), a psychedelic hard-rock gem that saw original drummer Mike Dillard re-join Buzz and Dale Crover for a collection of tracks that playfully referenced both the punk aesthetic of the band’s roots and their current layered and exploratory sound… all done with a pierced tongue planted firmly in cheek.
King Buzzo’s solo and acoustic debut This Machine Kills Artists (out May 30 through Ipecac Recordings),has actually been a long time coming – Buzz wrote a vast majority of the Melvins’ songs originally on acoustic guitar before transferring to electric. “What I’m doing, it’s not folk music, it’s not heavy metal. It’s ‘molk,’ how ’bout that?” says King Buzzo.
Across seventeen tracks, This Machine Kills Artists uses absolutely no electric guitars, amplifiers or direct boxes, offering a surprising new side to the grunge progenitor and a rawness that spotlights his skill as a songwriter. There’s still the doom-laden edge that Osbourne is renowned for, but a whole new sonic palette as heard on first two cuts ‘Dark Brown God‘ and ‘Instrument Of God‘.
After an extensive 38-show tour of the United States, King Buzzo will now bring This Machine Kills Artists to Australian audiences for the first time with a series of shows that are guaranteed to bring the house down. Make certain you’re there for this rare opportunity to see a metal powerhouse like you’ve never seen him before on the King Buzzo Australian Tour 2014.
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King Buzzo Australian Tour 2014 Announced
Wed 13 Aug – Adelaide | Enigma Bar (18+)
Moshtix.com.au | Ph: 1300 438 849
Thu 14 Aug – Geelong | Barwon Club (18+)
Oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Fri 15 Aug – Melbourne | Ding Dong Lounge (18+)
Oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Wed 20 Aug – Newcastle | The Small Ballroom (18+)
Oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Thu 21 Aug – Sydney | Newtown Social Club (18+)
Newtownsocialclub.com | Ph: 1300 724 867
Fri 22 Aug – Wollongong | Anita’s Theatre (18+)
Yoursandowls.com.au |
Sat 23 Aug – Canberra | Transit Bar (18+)
Oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Sun 24 Aug – Brisbane | Black Bear Lodge (18+)
Oztix.com.au | Ph: 1300 762 545
Tue 26 Aug – Perth | Astor Lounge (18+)
Showticketing.com.au | Ph: 08 9370 5888
Frontier Members pre-sale via www.frontiertouring.com/kingbuzzo on Mon 26 May (12noon AEST) to Tue 27 May (12noon AEST)
(or ends earlier if pre-sale allocation exhausted)
General public on sale from 10am local time, Thursday 29 May
