Japan 2010

Our Japan tour sandwiched in between the US and Euro headliners.

03/19 (Fri) Osaka @KING COBRA
w/ WATER WEED, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LASVEGAS
TICKET: ADV 3500 YEN / DOOR 4000 YEN
OPEN: 18:00 / START: 18:30
VENUE INFO: KING COBRA TEL <06-6211-2875> / <090-5462-2550> MAIL URL
SHOW/TICKET INFO: ALLIANCE TRAX MAIL

03/20 (Sat) Nagoya @ZION
w/ EACH OF THE DAYS, LOST COMMITMENT, THE DARKNESS OF LUCIFER
TICKET: ADV 3500 YEN / DOOR 4000 YEN
OPEN: 17:00 / START: 17:30
VENUE INFO: ZION TEL <052-339-2331> MAIL URL
TICKET INFO: ALLIANCE TRAX MAIL

03/21 (Sun) Kanagawa Yokohama @CLUB LIZARD
w/ BILO'U, ARISE IN STABILITY, ARBUS
TICKET: ADV 3500 YEN / DOOR 4000 YEN
OPEN: 17:00 / START: 17:30
VENUE INFO: CLUB LIZARD TEL <045-663-4755> MAIL URL
SHOW/TICKET INFO: ALLIANCE TRAX MAIL
TICKET INFO: LAWSON TICKET L-CODE <74679>

03/22 (Mon) Tokyo Kichijoji @CLUB SEATA
w/ INFERNAL REVULSION, GENESIS
TICKET: ADV 3500 YEN / DOOR 4000 YEN
OPEN: 17:30 / START: 18:00
VENUE INFO: CLUB SEATA TEL <0422-29-0061> MAIL URL
SHOW/TICKET INFO: ALLIANCE TRAX MAIL
LAWSON TICKET: L-CODE <75482>

Euro co-headlining tour 2010

The Red Chord is co-headlining in Europe w/ Aborted & Rotten Sound. We're pumped, get pumped with us!

Machines Of Grind - 3-bands co-headline tour
(the bands will rotate every night)

ABORTED
ROTTEN SOUND
THE RED CHORD

+ Opener:
THOSE WHO LIE BENEATH

presented by Rock Hard, Legacy, Fuze, Metal News,, Allschools

16.04.10 Denmark Copenhagen @ Pumpehuset
17.04.10 Germany Essen @ Turock
23.04.10 France Evreux @ Abordage
24.04.10 France Nantes @ Le Ferrailleur
25.04.10 Spain Durango @ Plateruena
26.04.10 Spain Madrid @ Ritmo & Compas
27.04.10 Spain Barcelona @ Apolo 2
28.04.10 France Luynes / Marseille @ Le Korigan
29.04.10 Day Off
30.04.10 Holland Tilburg @ Neurotic Death Fest
01.05.10 Germany Leisnig @ Revolution Fest Open Air
02.05.10 Czech Rep Brno @ Faval
03.05.10 Germany München @ Feierwerk
04.05.10 Austria Vienna @ Arena
05.05.10 Slovenia Ljubljana @ Gala Hala
06.05.10 Italy Lonato Del Garda (Brescia) @ Olden Live Club
07.05.10 Switzerland Zizers @ Eventstage
08.05.10 Belgium Durbuy @ Durbuy Rock Fest

TERRORIZER TOUR-TURE

3-bands co-headline tour
the bands will rotate every night

ABORTED
ROTTEN SOUND
THE RED CHORD

+ Opener:
THOSE WHO LIE BENEATH

presented by Terrorizer

18.04.10 UK London @ Underworld
19.04.10 UK Birmingham @ O2 Academy 3
20.04.10 UK Newcastle upon Tyne @ O2 Academy 2
21.04.10 UK Leeds @ Rios
22.04.10 UK Plymouth @ White Rabbit

Burgers, bowling, bouillabaisse...

The Red Chord is co-headlining with MyChildren MyBride in Feb/March. It's a US tour, mainly the southern half. We'll be playing some obscure places on this one. Cities we've never played before as well as some we haven't played in years. Come out and support! More info here: Metal Blade press release

Also, I ate some delicious bouillabaisse the other day. And some phenomenal sushi at this place: Asahi

Myspace/Facebook pages for All Rivers

We now have Facebook and Myspace pages for All Rivers. Check them out here:

MYSPACE

FACEBOOK

At this point, there are many pieces of songs and ideas floating around. I have Erica's songs following me around all day and I find myself singing them even when people are talking to me. Soon, we'll move forward and get some stuff recorded. For now, there is an instrumental demo of one of our tunes.

I'm a bit obsessed with Blut Aus Nord and Krzysztof Penderecki lately. Here's a video with some of Blut Aus Nord's music:

Progress, time off, holidays...

So now that I have a bit of time off, work on the All Rivers project will resume. We had our first writing session in a while last night. I've been away on the Gwar/JFAC tour since September. But the song with the working title, "River Reunion" has advanced to level 3.02b. Excerpts are becoming songs and songs are becoming universes. Erica has a means to record music now, which should expedite our riffing. 5 skeletons of songs are taking shape. We are excited.

I'll be working on music for Stomach Earth finally...people have been asking me about this for a while. I know it has been very slow to materialize. There is a link in the Projects section.

The picture above is from Cheeburger Cheeburger in Denver. Guy and I are hanging on their wall of victory for eating 20 oz burgers.

Happy Holidays!
Mike

Review - Fed Through the Teeth Machine

Blabbermouth gave us an awesome review. Check it out here:

Fed Through the Teeth Machine review

Beyond the Sixth Seal review

It's about 2 years too late...but someone posted a review of our 2007 release, "The Resurrection of Everything Tough." Check it out here:

Beyond the Sixth Seal review

The Bad Plus

Seeing the Bad Plus tonight in Boston. Check them out here:

The Bad Plus

We finished up some ideas for new All Rivers songs last night, a very productive evening. I wanted to record demos of said songs today, but the day got away from me. Tomorrow we'll be shooting a video for Demoralizer and playing the Palladium in Worcester, MA. After that, these relaxing days off are over. We'll be back on the road with Gwar and Job For A Cowboy. Come hang out with us!

Mike

All Rivers

For a little over a year I've been working with my friend Erica on a new project that we have recently decided to call All Rivers. I have mentioned it in TRC interviews as Secret Cupcake, its working title. It is music of a gentle nature, the polar opposite of most of my other work. Acoustic guitar is the foundation of the music, but we'll be incorporating a lot of different instruments. Banjo, mandolin, recorder and piano are things we have in mind. Erica is incredibly talented and I'm both excited and honored to be writing with her! We'll have some recordings up soon. Links will be posted here.

Mike

shooting a new TRC video

So we're shooting a video for "Demoralizer." Info here:

Demoralizer video

4th TRC full length

The fourth full length from my main band, The Red Chord is now out. We spent the better part of last year writing this and tracked it in April at Backyard Studios with Jonny Fay, our former guitar player. It's called Fed Through the Teeth Machine and is available in stores as well as here: www.indiemerchstore.com/theredchord

Mike

no idea

I have no idea how to make this happen...testing it out.