The Toasters and The Attack announce Fall US Tour Dates
Music News | Sep 11th, 2014
The Toasters and The Attack have announced a Fall Tour, starting next month. The main dates with the Attack will be down south but the Toasters will be here in NYC with Mephiskapheles on October 30th at Mercury Lounge.
New York’s 2-Tone Ska legends The Toasters have announced a series of upcoming Fall US tour dates beginning next month, taking along friends and Orlando-street punks The Attack, for a series of dates taking both bands from Texas back to Florida kicking off October 9th at the Three Links club in Dallas, Texas.
Now celebrating their 34th year the Toasters are once again announcing a full calendar of dates to kick off the 2014 touring campaign. These NYC D.I.Y die-hards have already notched more than 5000 live shows and plan to heap more onto that tally this year with tours already slated for the West Coast USA, and Europe in the Spring including the Tramore festival in Ireland and Groezrock in Belgium. A summer festival round in the Balkans is also planned with plays at Prilep Beer Festival and Punk Rock Holiday in Tolmin, Slovenia, as well as a return visit to the far east, China and Indonesia amongst other locations. The band will also perform at Woolacombe Scooter Rally in the UK in August.
Formed on the Lower East Side in 1981 the band has become synonymous with American 2 Tone Ska music and forged their instantly recognizable “East Side Beat” sound in such famous Big Apple dancehalls as CBGB’S where they have been named as a top 20 core artist alongside myths like the Ramones, Blondie and the Talking Heads. Widely acclaimed as launching the 3rd Wave Ska revival the Toasters went on to form the famous Moon Records label and kick-started the careers of dozens of bands. Their early collaborations with the iconic Joe Jackson helped define their sound and establish them as the premier USA ska act of their generation.
The band is currently supporting their latest single: “House of Soul,” released on their own label Megalith Records and released only in a 7 inch vinyl format. The full colour jacket features original artwork by renowned Serbian portrait painter Slavko Krunic.
The current lineup consists of an interchangeable all-star selection of players from US and European bands. Expect to see the likes of Thaddeus Merritt (Westbound Train) on bass, Derek Davis (Big D) on drums, Tom White (Macy Gray/Gloria Gaynor) on Tbone and the McNaughtonator on saxophone. There are always special guests revolving through the line-up so the sound is constantly refreshed.
Continuing their year of non-stop touring, which saw them hit the road with UK heroes The Business, as well as The Misfits, Less Than Jake and others, as well as one-off appearances at the recent Gwar-B-Q and Fun Fun Fun Fest, Orlando punk and hardcore troupe The Attack have been increasingly making a name for themselves throughout the mainstream and underground for the past five years. With their most recent “Under The Gun” EP – made available in five different languages, including Spanish, German, French and Italian, the always forward-thinking Attack fellas are primed to take the world by storm, one show at a time.
Tour Dates:
Thu 10/09 – Dallas, TX @ Three Links
Fri 10/10 – San Antonio, TX @ Korova
Sat 10/11 – Corpus Christi, TX @ House of Rock
Sun 10/12 – Harlingen, TX @ The Hop Shop
Mon 10/13 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Downstairs
Tue 10/14 – New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
Wed 10/15 – Fort Walton Beach @ Coasters
Thu 10/16 – Gainesville, FL @ Loosey’s
Fri 10/17 – Orlando, FL @ Will’s Pub
Sat 10/18 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Culture Room
Sun 10/19 – St Petersburg, FL @ State Theater
Mon 10/20 – New Smyrna Beach, FL @ Beachside Tavern
