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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS – New Album & North American Tour Part I Announced

18 Thursday Jun 2015

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Album Details, Dean Millar, Death's Door, European Tour, I'll Cut You Down, Itamar Rubinger, K.R. Starrs, Lee Dorrian, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Monster Fotografien, Mount Abraxas, New Album, North American Tour, Poison Apple, Rise Above Records, Roadburn, Sharon Tate, The Night Creeper, Tour Dates, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Yotam Rubinger

Imagine the original Alice Cooper band jamming in a cell with early BLACK SABBATH and the STOOGES, whilst sitting on murder charges and you may get a glimpse into their fuzzed up world of exploding tube amps and cymbal smashing mayhem. However, this enticing act of musical manipulation is merely the icing upon a very sick cake. From humble beginnings in the witchy flat lands of Cambridgeshire, England, UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS have devolved into an international band of street creeps, burnouts and draft dodgers. Since unleashing the monumental, internationally feared and revered set of blood-curdling chainsaw anthems known as “Blood Lust”, they have been locked away in the barn ignoring all the ensuing hype and publicity, whilst preparing to deliver their own new nightmare message of madness.

Uncle Acid North America Tour Part INow the British four-piece has announced a new studio encounter, called “The Night Creeper” which will released on September 4th via Rise Above records. The celebratory THE NIGHT CREEPER TOUR will kick off with the following shows in North America before the band heads back to Europer later this year. Please check out here for all confirmed European tour dates.

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS – European Tour Announced

13 Monday Apr 2015

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Black Moth, Dave Vachon, Dean Millar, Death's Door, Dom McCready, European Tour, Harriet Bevan, I'll Cut You Down, Itamar Rubinger, Jim Swainston, K.R. Starrs, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Monster Fotografien, Mount Abraxas, Nico Carew, Poison Apple, Rise Above Records, Roadburn, Sharon Tate, Sigiriya, The Killing Jar, Tour Dates, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Yama, Yotam Rubinger

After a most successful European tour with British Post-Grunge four piece BLACK MOTH and Dutch Stoner Rockers YAMA in late 2014, UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS will return to the mainlands in October and November. The band will be touring in support of their upcoming new album, which is set for an autumn release via Lee Dorrian’s very own Rise Above Records.

Check out the flyer below for all confirmed dates.

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UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS – En Route Crossing Mount Abraxas

12 Saturday Apr 2014

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13 Candles, Acrimony, Alex Schenkels, Backstage Munich, Black Moth, Cambridgeshire, Cul de Sac, Dave Vachon, Dean Millar, Death's Door, Dom McCready, Harriet Bevan, I'll Cut You Down, Itamar Rubinger, Jim Swainston, K.R. Starrs, Kyuss, Leeds, Matrix Bochum, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Monster Fotografien, Mount Abraxas, Nico Carew, Poison Apple, Rise Above Records, Roadburn, Sharon Tate, Sigiriya, The Killing Jar, The Oath, Tilburg, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Valley of the Dolls, Vampire Circus, Witheres Hand, Yama, Yotam Rubinger

Yorck Segatz for Psychorizon – Live pictures provided by Monsterpics

On the 16th of March in the year of MMXIV, the lysergic nieces and nephews gathered at the Matrix in Bochum (GER) to attend yet another astonishing performance of one of Britain’s best kept secrets: UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS! This event took place in the southern annex-room of the venue. Looking like the remnants of a former brewery, the first impression was quite a weird one: there was no real stage, just a plain area confined by monitor speakers and microphone stands. Another funny fact: you can access a gallery leading up and behind that “stage”, making it possible to look at the band’s backs from above! The place was packed right from the beginning, lots of different people were drawn out on a fairly warm Sunday evening. The Doom Sisters and Stoner Dudes, of course, but also Hard Rock fans and the occasional “Kutte” attended the gig. Merchandise was available already, but the real business started not until after the UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS gig.

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Itamar Rubinger & his lovely company: Wiggling Jesus and the breathtakingly beautiful Sharon Tate

Initial supporting act THE OATH pulled out for yet unknown reasons, but replacement band YAMA made sure to deliver a rock solid performance with their very own brand of sweet Dutch heaviness. Originating from Tilburg and Utrecht, the four-piece reminded me a lot of ACRIMONY successors SIGIRIYA and a bit of the later KYUSS-style: A downtuned, blues laden onslaught for the worshippers of the riff. Vocalist Alex Schenkels chanted and danced the hell out of himself while occasionally garnishing the songs with his blues harp. A very intense gig, leaving the audience more than impressed after roughly 45 minutes. The sound was appropriate, but I have to admit that I was watching most of the performance from the upper gallery. As me and my photographer buddy headed to the front line during the break, there was no chance to catch up with the band at the merch table. Unfortunately, neither the four lads nor the merchandise were to be seen when UNCLE ACID had finished. At least their three track EP can be downloaded for free at this location. If you’re a lucky bastard and got a ticket for this year’s edition of the Roadburn Festival, make sure to check them out on April 12th at the Cul de Sac!

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Axeman Yotam Rubinger got his shirt & guitar in matching colors, very classy!

By 9:15 pm, the Uncle hit the lights and crushed relentlessly into the set with the opening tracks of 2013’s album, ‘Mind Control’. Intensified by the absence of the stage, the band made an immediate connection with the audience and delivered a super tight performance, leaving no questions in terms of noise and power. The wall of sound was mainly produced from vintage equipment and created a tone that matched (and even exceeded) the canned heat of the studio takes caught on vinyl. Especially bass player Dean Millar made himself heard by plying two 8×10“ bass cabs.
Presenting a well stirred mixture from nearly all releases, 13 tracks made their way onto the set-list. Chatter between the songs was reduced to a minimum beyond the acknowledgments for crowd response, instead, the music did the talking. The stage-acting was fitting, laying focus on the solo parts, but always keeping an eye on full band performance rather than egomaniac jerking on the fretboard. Fronter K.R. „Uncle Acid“ Starrs made a charismatic appearance, but never stole too much of the limelight from his deadbeat mates. Finishing the regular set with a passionate rendition of ‘Vampire Circus’, the band opted to drop the compulsive break and went straight into the encore, consisting of three more songs. After another 15 minutes, the crowd was left behind exhausted and hungry for more.
Standing in the front row during the entire gig, I got full PA as well as the stage sound straight at my ears (I just LOVE that, you know…), so I’m not able to tell if it was decent in the back rows. It’s always a good thing if my humble self is leaving a gig with both ears ringing…Another great way to measure up the excellence of a performing band is to have a look at the merchandise booth right after the show. In this case, it was quite hard to get hands on a patch! Everything done right, I guess…

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K.R. Starrs got his guitarstrap matching his name – now, who’s got style?!

Midweeks are usually not much for a night on the town and fun till dawn, but as one af a rare occasions was calling me to visit the fair city of Munich on a Wednesday, April 04th 2014, it would be to revisit one of the fastest rising stars of the underground sky across the British isles and far beyond its borders: UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS.

As labelmates THE OATH are unavailable for the ongoing road shenanigans, countrymates BLACK MOTH hooked on the rolling circus, second in line that is after Dutch YAMA. Luckily BLACK MOTH are around for the second part of the tour and opening the night at Backstage Club, Munich very much to my personal enthrallment. The Leeds-based fivepiece, led by its enchanting singer Harriet Bevan took off as if there was no tomorrow. Their heavy and slighty grungy Rock sound had the notably increasing audience nod along hypnotic beats and some first headbangers let loose and just gave in to the music. Their set included songs from their full-length debut “The Killing Jar” and the yet untitled second attempt. Anyone still moaning upon the absence of THE OATH should be left speechless sometime around half way through BLACK MOTH’s 30 plus minutes stage time. Harriet, guitarists Jim Swainston & Nico Carew, bassplayer Dave Vachon and drummer Dom McCready clearly enjoyed this sweat soaking chance to play to a well-mannered crowd that made a pleasant change to what is way too common these days and much to my surprise I hardly saw anyone busy on their celly! Seems there’s hope for us yet.

After setting up the rather small stage of Backstage Club for the impatiently awaited highlight of the night, the Cambridgeshire combo enters and kicks off with ‘Mount Abraxas’, not unloading their full gear at once. In the course of their show, humidity is raising as fast as the oxygen level is decreasing, turning the venue into a Sauna with sound. Tracks from the previous output such as ‘I’ll Cut You Down’, ‘Death’s Door’, ’13 Candles’ and ‘Withered Hands’ were most well received, but also more current songs like ‘Mind Control’, ‘Poison Apple’ and ‘Valley Of The Dolls’ – fronter K.R. Starrs dedicated to the late Sharon Tate – got the heat running. After a good hour, that of course ended WAY TO FAST, this mind blowing encounter was over, leaving my clothes dripping and my neck sore…

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UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS – Visually mindcrawling outlets

05 Monday Aug 2013

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Acid Coven, Alice Cooper, Black Sabbath, Charles Manson, Freak Valley Festival, Get on Home, Jim Jones, K.R. Stars, Leeds Festival, Marc Morris, MC5, Mind Control, Mind Crawler, Reading Festival, Rise Above, The Stooges, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

“Mind Crawler” is the new single from UNCLE ACID’s acclaimed third album, “Mind Control”. Due for 7″ vinyl and digital release on August 19th, it features an exclusive b-side, “Get on Home” – a brand new recording of a song originally written and recorded by Charles Manson.

The band have also unveiled the new video for the single too, – directed by Marc Morris it is a paranoia-inducing sensory assault fully capturing sacrifice of social niceties whereby goat skulls, nuns, acid tabs and ritual sex sit alongside trash culture, exploitation movies, rolling news and grainy TV clips of Jim Jones and Charles Manson.

UNCLE ACID will also embark on a full EU & UK arena tour as main support to the legendary BLACK SABBATH in November and December 2013. Prior to the BLACK SABBATH shows, the quartet have also been confirmed to play this year’s Reading / Leeds festival.

FULL DATES:
23-Aug UK Reading Reading Festival
25-Aug UK Leeds Leeds Festival
20-Nov Finland Helsinki Hartwell Arena
22-Nov Sweden Stockholm Friends Arena
24-Nov Norway Oslo Telenor Arena
26-Nov Denmark Copenhagen Forum
28-Nov Netherlands Amsterdam Ziggo Dome
30-Nov Germany Dortmand Westfalenhalle
02-Dec France Paris Bercy
04-Dec Germany Frankfurt Festhalle
07-Dec Czech Republic Prague O2 Arena
10-Dec UK London O2 Arena
12-Dec UK Belfast Odyssey Arena
14-Dec UK Sheffield Motorpoint Arena
16-Dec UK Glasgow Hydro
18-Dec UK Manchester Arena Manchester Arena
20-Dec UK Birmingham LG Arena
22-Dec UK Birmingham National Indoor Arena

UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS’ are the very antithesis of what it is to be a rock band in the 21st century and therefore quite brilliant.

Formed in Cambridge by media-shy frontman K.R. Stars, in an era of profile building, brand-expanding and over-exposure UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS are a cult genuine phenomena: taking rock music back to its ritualistic beginnings when pagan heathens would stomp out a dirt-rhythm and howl at the moon. When music was the carnal catalyst for orgiastic midnight reckonings.

Uncle AcidUNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS at Freak Valley Festival

“Mind Control” (2013) looked across the water for inspiration, primarily early ALICE COOPER, MC5, BLUE CHEER, THE STOOGES and B-movie biker flicks. It has been critically acclaimed right across the music press board, from Kerrang! to Mojo and NME. Because UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS are many things to many people: a blues band, a metal band, a psychedelic band, a doom band. A cult.

The question of who and why and when still go largely unanswered and indeed become irrelevant when UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS plug in and play. Devotees throw themselves down at the feet. Declare allegiance to the twisted spirit sound. Offer themselves and their grandmothers for sacrifice to these devilish overlords. Because resistance, ultimately, is futile.

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FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2013 – A walk through the plains

17 Wednesday Jul 2013

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Acid Coven, Blood Lust, Brutus, Cambridge, Death's Door, Drake Records, Elvis, Ernest Drake, Freak Valley Festival, Gallons Of Mud, I'll Cut You Down, I'm Here To Kill You, Mind Control, Orchid, Pet the Preacher, Rock Hard Festival, Rockfreaks, Roxette, The Muggs, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats

Still fairly worn out by ROCK HARD FESTIVAL a week ago, including three nights of sleeping in my car – oh heck yeah, don’t you just love that ROXETTE song?! I do! – and slightly too cool weather, mostly until San Francisco Hippies ORCHID would bring the sunshine to the ranks of the waterside of Gelsenkirchen amphitheatre, I reschedule my original idea of spending the entire time span as part of the team supporting the Rockfreaks. Nonetheless, the mere fact that UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS play there first ever live show on german soil, could not keep me from visiting this years’ edition of FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL, the second as it is – hell or high water! Narrowing it down to just this one day, the Cambridge Ambassadors of Coolness arrive in the plains of pleasure, a long journey lies before me and my car called ELVIS. In fact the lengths of the way ahead is not that great at all, but driving through Cologne is a terrible thing, even for the cities’ inhabitants. Since attending a festival by myself is not that much fun, first goal of today is Drake Records, which might be Cologne’s’ most charming Record Store, where I meet up with store owner Ernest Drake for a fun-filled afternoon…at least that has been the plan once. To make a long story short(er): My arrival takes an additional hour and thus, we have to leave almost right away, finding ourselves roaming the rocky roads of western Germany.

Uncle Acid IIStomping on stage: UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS

As we finally make our way to a – more or less – official parking lot for day guests and down to the festival site itself, THE MUGGS are still jamming through the vastness of Psychedelic Rock recurrence. Strolling around, Ernest even treats himself to a little shopping spree at the UNCLE ACID merch booth, as I run into a bunch of pals from southern Rhineland. A sip of coke and a smoke later, I’m fully into my personal festival mode and expectations rise beyond the roof. My mind is already set on the upcoming UK-invasion, making me incapable to enjoy norwegian Blues Rockers BRUTUS with their “singing beer-can”. Besides I’m getting carried away talking to PET THE PREACHER Bassplayer Torben, the guys from GALLONS OF MUD and the rest of the gang. Clearly this day is nothing about “good clean fun”, but who wouldn’t prefer things to be a little rough and dirty?

Uncle Acid IIIFading in fake fog: The Acid Coven Drummachine

While dusk is slowly close in on us, the stage gets set for what is going to be somewhat of a lifetime experience. More of an epiphany than a revelation, I undergo, as four musicians in black enter the outdoor boards of FREAK VALLEY FESTIVAL 2013. Familiar sound of an intro may be heard from the speakers before me. Ernest and I fought our way into the photopit to enjoy the best view beyond the crowed. With the first touch of a string and the sound of drums “I’ll cut you down” opens the set and the explosive energy between band and fans is easily felt. The initial tension of the british quartette just blows with the wind and those who were excited to finally see the incarnated mystery, are fully convinced by this rocking foursome. Critics might be in attendance tonight and with the next three tracks being new, they probably have something to whine about. The majority of spectators receive all novelties very well. But it isn’t before “I’m here to kill” and later on “Death’s door”, that some part of the audience really freaks out. The setlist combines songs from the last two albums “Blood Lust” and the latest “Mind Control”. A needless fear of diva-like behavior ends with the encore.

Uncle Acid IVSetlist UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS:

1. I’ll cut you down

2. Crystal spiders

3. Mount abraxax

4. Mind crawler

5. I’m here to kill you

6. Valley of the dolls

7. Desert ceremony

8. Death’s door

9. Poison apple

Encore

10. Over and over

11. Vampire circus

UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS – Premiere New Track on Invisible Oranges and Brooklyn Vegan

12 Sunday May 2013

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Alice Cooper, Bert Jansch, Black Sabbath, Brooklyn Vegan, Chapel Studios, Charles Manson, Decibel Magazine, Evil Love, Freak Valley Festival, Invisible Oranges, Jim Jones, Jim Spencer, Metal Blade Records, Mind Control, NRP Music, Roadburn, Robert Wyatt, SPIN, The Obelisk, The Soda Shop, The Stooges, Uncle Acid And The Deadbeats, Valley of the Dolls

UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS, one of the most talked about rock bands currently in existence, and an enigma in the international underground scene, are preparing to release their third full length album. “Mind Control” is set for release on May 14th via Metal Blade Records in North America. Within its blood soaked grooves you will hear shocking tales of bizarre desert ceremonies, religious brainwashing and drug inspired mass slaughter! Fans can order the album and listen to “Poison Apple” now at metalblade.com/uncleacid.

As we near closer to the release of “Mind Control”, the band has released another track from the album. Invisible Oranges and Brooklyn Vegan are hosting an exclusive premiere of the song “Evil Love”.  In addition Invisible Oranges has an exclusive interview with Uncle Acid.  Check out the interview and song premiere on Invisible Oranges here and the song premiere on Brooklyn Vegan here.

NPR is streaming the track “Valley of the Dolls” here.

“Mind Control” is a concept album with a theme that makes the acts and intentions of the likes of Charles Manson and Jim Jones seem like petty crimes. What makes “Mind Control” scarier than most albums is that it doesn’t seem as sinister on the surface as it really is deep down, within the core of its black acid-drenched world of pain and torture.

UncleAcidAndTheDeadbeatsImagine the original ALICE COOPER band jamming in a cell with early BLACK SABBATH and THE STOOGES, whilst sitting on murder charges and you may get a glimpse into their fuzzed up world of exploding tube amps and cymbal smashing mayhem. However, this enticing act of musical manipulation is merely the icing upon a very sick cake.

Recorded at the legendary Chapel Studios over an autumnal full moon using the finest western electrical technology, engineer Jim Spencer (BERT JANSCH, ROBERT WYATT) has captured perfectly the bands live sound of saturated fuzz, mind-bending riffs and 60′s vocal harmonies.

If youre not around in the UK and missed this years Roadburn, make sure to catch UCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS at Freak Valley Festival!

“The perfect spin for a doomed trip to the desert”

-Decibel Magazine

 

 ”An easy pick for one of the year’s best and most anticipated albums”

-The Obelisk

 

8/10

-SPIN

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