Sick Puppies Tour w/ Seether- Ultimate Guitar
Posted: 14 Jun 2008 03:51
Concert fans seeking a healthy dose of punchy, melodic, and painfully, liberatingly honest modern rock this summer will find it onstage with Sick Puppies, the RMR/Virgin Records debut trio, who will join "The band that shall not be named" on a month of national tour dates this summer.
The new single "What Are You Looking For," taken from Dressed Up As Life, the Australian band's North American debut album, is off to a fast start, ranking as the second-most-added track at modern and alternative rock radio stations nationally.
In a reminder of the way that the massively-popular homemade video of "All the Same" ignited a worldwide viral wave of interest in Sick Puppies, the band is launching a "make-a-video" contest on their official on-line home pages (URLs below). The contest winner will receive a signed electric guitar, an iPod Touch, and a Sick Puppies prize pack, including band merchandise, and a meet-and-greet opportunity at a future show date.
In recent times, Sick Puppies (Shimon Moore, guitar and vocals, Emma Anzai, bass, Mark Goodwin, drums) completed a two-month headline tour, and a series of gigs supporting Evanescence, Deftones, Velvet Revolver, Chris Cornell, Flyleaf, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven.
Sick Puppies was originally formed in their hometown high school, in Sydney, Australia. They relocated to Los Angeles in search of a record deal after earning immediate praise as "Best Live Act" at the Australian Live Music Awards, and "the most dynamic new band in the country" (Rolling Stone Australia), among other enthusiastic notices.
Made as a personal gesture of sympathy to Juan Mann, whose offer of "Free Hugs" in a Sydney (Australia) mall became an international cause celebre, a video starring Mann, set to the Sick Puppies song "All The Same," unexpectedly caught fire, eventually generating 27 million YouTube views. The band signed to RMR/Virgin Records and completed their first album in a process described by Anzai as "grueling, but character building." Vocalist/songwriter Moore adds: "I think the songwriters who really connect with people are the ones who are willing to release their deepest, darkest secrets…regardless of how embarrassing or frightening it might be. And I think when you give in to that, it can be very liberating."
The new single "What Are You Looking For," taken from Dressed Up As Life, the Australian band's North American debut album, is off to a fast start, ranking as the second-most-added track at modern and alternative rock radio stations nationally.
In a reminder of the way that the massively-popular homemade video of "All the Same" ignited a worldwide viral wave of interest in Sick Puppies, the band is launching a "make-a-video" contest on their official on-line home pages (URLs below). The contest winner will receive a signed electric guitar, an iPod Touch, and a Sick Puppies prize pack, including band merchandise, and a meet-and-greet opportunity at a future show date.
In recent times, Sick Puppies (Shimon Moore, guitar and vocals, Emma Anzai, bass, Mark Goodwin, drums) completed a two-month headline tour, and a series of gigs supporting Evanescence, Deftones, Velvet Revolver, Chris Cornell, Flyleaf, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down and Finger Eleven.
Sick Puppies was originally formed in their hometown high school, in Sydney, Australia. They relocated to Los Angeles in search of a record deal after earning immediate praise as "Best Live Act" at the Australian Live Music Awards, and "the most dynamic new band in the country" (Rolling Stone Australia), among other enthusiastic notices.
Made as a personal gesture of sympathy to Juan Mann, whose offer of "Free Hugs" in a Sydney (Australia) mall became an international cause celebre, a video starring Mann, set to the Sick Puppies song "All The Same," unexpectedly caught fire, eventually generating 27 million YouTube views. The band signed to RMR/Virgin Records and completed their first album in a process described by Anzai as "grueling, but character building." Vocalist/songwriter Moore adds: "I think the songwriters who really connect with people are the ones who are willing to release their deepest, darkest secrets…regardless of how embarrassing or frightening it might be. And I think when you give in to that, it can be very liberating."
They did it with Ev, they'll do it with "The band that shall not be named"... its a given. I'm sure the majority of people who go into the show not knowing a thing about the band, will most likely want to find out more after the show.
but im going to see about making the atlantic city show.