New Jersey super stoner rock
band THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX will kick off a North American headlining tour run on
July 13 in Boston, MA. Featuring core MONSTER MAGNET members
Chris Kosnik (bass, vocals) and Bob Pantella (drums) alongside guitarist Finn
Ryan, THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX (aka TAB) play music that combines 60's psychedelic
rock, and 70's riff rock with modern day progressive rock influences. The Tee
Pee Records-powered tour will run through July 23 and feature support from NYC
space rockers and TAB label mates MIRROR QUEEN.
Since its formation
in 1993, THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX has inspired hundreds of developing rock and metal
bands, but no group of musicians has come close to matching TAB's unique style
of fun, frenetic and formidable rock and roll. Over the course of six full-length
albums and multiple world tours, the band has perfected its unique style of NYC
hard rock that High Times appropriately tagged, "thunder-boogie". THE
ATOMIC BITCHWAX is currently prepping the follow-up to its celebrated 2016
release, Gravitron. A fall release date is expected.
THE ATOMIC BITCHWAX
w/ MIRROR QUEEN tour dates:
July 13 Boston,
MA Great Scott
July 14 Montreal,
QC Turbo Haus
July 15 Toronto,
ON Hard Luck
July 16 Pittsburgh,
PA Cattivo
July 18 Asheville,
NC Mothlight
July 19 Atlanta,
GA Star Bar
July 20 Richmond,
VA Strange Matter
July 22 Philadelphia,
PA Kung Fu Necktie
July 23 Brooklyn,
NY Knitting Factory
A mainstay in the
NYC hard rock scene, MIRROR QUEEN has shared the stage with heavyweight peers
such as Earthless and The Shrine and toured Europe
with legends such as Uli Jon Roth and UFO. The group's driving music
accelerates at the distinct point where NWOBHM and heavy Prog Rock intersect; a
direct and definite delineation of an era when urgent metallic sound was the
order of the day. MIRROR QUEEN's as-yet-untitled new LP is expected to see
release this October.
"The Atomic Bitchwax work in the middle ground between
amp-worshipping noise rock and the desert-fed stoner metal scene that produced
Kyuss and Fu Manchu (the band shares two members with Monster Magnet, if that
tells you anything), but the group’s also hosted a guest solo from Warren
Haynes, founder of Gov’t Mule and former member of The Allman Brothers. In
other words The Atomic Bitchwax put Dave Wyndorf within six degrees of
separation of Wilson Pickett and I hope they’re proud of themselves." -
INVISIBLE ORANGES
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