July 30th, 2004
For Immediate Release
HIGH ON FIRE JOINED BY EX-MELVINS BASSIST; ANNOUNCE U.S. TOUR
Relapse Records recording artists HIGH ON FIRE will be joined by bassist
Joe Preston (THRONES / ex-MELVINS) for their forthcoming U.S. tour. Preston
replaces long time HIGH ON FIRE bassist George Rice, joining the power trio
alongside guitarist / vocalist Matt Pike (ex-SLEEP) and drummer Des Kensel.
Preston will make his live debut with HIGH ON FIRE when the band kicks
off a two week U.S. tour beginning August 4th in San Diego, CA. The band
will round out the 14 city trek on August 18th in Chicago, IL. Support on
the tour will come from a host of up-and-coming acts including TOTIMOSHI,
BONGZILLA and HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE.
At the conclusion of the tour, HIGH ON FIRE will enter Electrical Audio
Studios with engineer Steve Albini (NEUROSIS, JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION,
NIRVANA) to record the follow up to 2002's heralded "Surrounded by Thieves".
The forthcoming HIGH ON FIRE album, tentatively titled, "Blessed Black
Wings" is slated for a February, 2005 release date via Relapse.
Updated HIGH ON FIRE news and tour information will be made
available via the Relapse Records website: www.RELAPSE.com
<http://www.RELAPSE.com> and the HIGH ON FIRE website: www.HIGHONFIRE.net
<http://www.HIGHONFIRE.net> .
"the apocalypse's doomy, amp-destroying fifth horseman...galloping
mammoth metal" - SPIN
"HIGH ON FIRE is the sludgy resin from 30 years of super-hard-rock
history transubstantiated into three men from Oakland with low-slung jeans"
- NEW YORK TIMES
"Pike has toppled BLACK SABBATH's Tony Iommi to become the new God of
heavy metal thunder." - ALTERNATIVE PRESS
HIGH ON FIRE tour dates:
August 4th San Diego, CA Casbah (w/ Totimoshi)
August 5th Hollywood, CA Viper Room (w/ Totimoshi)
August 6th Long Beach, CA Alex's (w/ Totimoshi)
August 7th Phoenix, AZ Mason Jar (w/ Totimoshi, Hammers of
Misfortune)
August 8th Albuquerque, NM Launch Pad
August 9th Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
August 11th Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
August 12th Des Moines, IA Hairy Mary's (w/ Bongzilla)
August 13th Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club (w/ Bongzilla)
August 14th Madison, WI High Noon Saloon (w/ Bongzilla)
August 15th Milwaukee, WI Cactus Bar
August 16th Iowa City, IA Gabe's Oasis (w/ Bongzilla)
August 17th St. Louis, MO Creepy Crawl (w/ Bongzilla)
August 18th Chicago, IL Double Door
September 5th San Francisco, CA Studio Z at 3 Days of Darkness Fest
(alongside Graves at Sea, Cephalic Carnage, Khanate, High Tone Son of a
Bitch, etc.)
September 6th Los Angeles, CA Knitting Factory |
