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Classic Line-Up Of English Dogs Touring Next Year!
Formed in 1980, British punk/heavy metal band English Dogs have influenced some of the biggest names in rock and metal history. Now the boys are back and ready to tour the US! Support will be coming from the fine gentlemen of The Casualties, Toxic Holocaust, and Havok. Check after the jump for all tour dates!
Gizz comments, “In 1984 to 1986 Me , Pinch and Adie were writing and recording some of the most important and influential songs of our lives and our Forward into Battlealbum was the peak of our success. The American fans completely got it . CROSSOVER HAD ARRIVED !! Our 1985 debut USA tour exploded with sell-out shows and sights we’d never seen before, queues half a mile down the street , mosh pits and circle pits all night long. We have finally reunited to achieve a dream that has been going on for over 25 years. To realize the entire FORWARD INTO BATTLE album , along with To The Ends Of The Earth EP, another ambitious milestone, live in all their glories, to North America.”
Founding English Dogs member, Pinch, added: “We were young and hungry for a musical challenge. The hardcore punk scene had become stagnant and new territories needed exploring.Adding Gizz to the band let us off the leash and we were able to wander down any musical alley we chose. We were 20 years old when we recorded F.I.B., playing way beyond our abilities as musicians and lacking the studio technology to capture it. Now, 25 years later, we will finally be able to do this album justice, sonically. Live and in your face, the genre we helped to create is going once more, Forward into Battle.”
It’s a new day, and you’ve got new John Carpenter to listen to. John Carpenter, Daniel Davies and Cody Carpenter have released the new track He Walks By Night this morning, the second single off their upcoming album Lost Themes IV: Noir, out May 3 on Sacred Bones Records.
Lost Themes IV: Noir is the latest installment in a series that sees Carpenter releasing new music for John Carpenter movies that don’t actually exist. The first Lost Themes was released in 2015, followed by Lost Themes II in 2016 and Lost Themes III: Alive After Death in 2021.
Sacred Bones previews, “It’s been a decade since John Carpenter recorded the material that would become Lost Themes, his debut album of non-film music and the opening salvo in one of Hollywood’s great second acts. Those vibrant, synth-driven songs, made in collaboration with his son Cody Carpenter and godson Daniel Davies, kickstarted a musical renaissance for the pioneering composer and director. With Lost Themes IV: Noir, they’ve struck gold again, this time mining the rich history of the film noir genre for inspiration.
“Since the first Lost Themes, John has referred to these compositions as “soundtracks for the movies in your mind.” On the fourth installment in the series, those movies are noirs. Like the film genre they were influenced by, what makes these songs “noirish” is sometimes slippery and hard to define, and not merely reducible to a collection of tropes. The scores for the great American noir pictures were largely orchestral, while the Carpenters and Davies work off a sturdy synth-and-guitar backbone.
“The trio’s free-flowing chemistry means Lost Themes IV: Noir runs like a well-oiled machine—the 1951 Jaguar XK120 Roadster from Kiss Me Deadly, perhaps, or the 1958 Plymouth Fury from John’s own Christine. It’s a chemistry that’s helped power one of the most productive stretches of John’s creative life, and Noir proves that it’s nowhere near done yielding brilliant results.”
You can pre-save Lost Themes IV: Noir right now! And listen to the new track below…
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