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KYUSS LIVES! Featuring original KYUSS members John Garcia, Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri along with guitarist Bruno Fevery – will unleash their desert rock fury on North America for the first time in over 15 years this Fall when the band launches a North American headlining tour on September 16 in Toronto, ON.
The eagerly anticipated return of the California rock pioneers follows the blanket success of the group’s recent European and Australian tours which have proven to be a feast of recognition for the legendary musicians.
Due to overwhelming demand, KYUSS LIVES! has announced additional North American tour dates, including shows in San Diego (November 17), San Francisco (November 19), Vancouver (November 23), Chicago (December 2) and more.
KYUSS is a band that needs no introduction. In the 1990s, the quartet produced some of the most celebrated, inspirational and influential rock music of its time.
Over the course of four studio albums, KYUSS provided the blueprint for a generation of bands as they single-handedly spearheaded the “stoner rock” movement and created their own genre of rock ‘n’ roll.
The group’s landmark albums — 1992’s Blues for the Red Sun and 1994’s Welcome to Sky Valley – are universally praised by both critics and fans and are a staple in any discerning rock record collection.
The generator parties that took place in the deserts of southern California at the close of the 1980s were the making of KYUSS who trailblazed a stunning heavy psychedelic rumble described by everyone except the musicians themselves as “stoner rock” or the more aptly named “desert rock”.
The band’s gargantuan sound rested on three pillars: a downtuned guitar played through a bass amp, the rhythm section’s quaking grooves and the instantly recognizable vocals of John Garcia.
KYUSS’ classic lineup – Garcia, guitarist Josh Homme, bassist Nick Oliveri and drummer Brant Bjork – only lasted for two years and the band for just five, but after the unit’s dissolution in 1995, its posthumous legend grew and grew.
In the years since, KYUSS’ legacy has lived on with previous members having formed or performed with the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Brant Bjork and the Bros, The Dwarves, Mondo Generator, Slo Burn, Unida and Hermano.
Then something magical happened. In April 2010, Garcia announced a solo European tour billed as “Garcia Plays Kyuss”; the singer’s backing band composed of Belgian and Dutch musicians and friends including lifelong KYUSS devotee Bruno Fevery on guitar.
The shows were met with great joy by KYUSS’ global fanbase. During a performance at France’s Hellfest that June, Garcia and Fevery were joined on stage by former KYUSS members Brant Bjork and Nick Oliveri for performances of the band’s classic songs “Gardenia” and “Green Machine”.
After the gig, Garcia, Bjork and Oliveri decided to bring the KYUSS legacy back to where it really belongs; live and on stage. The undeniable chemistry and electricity that the performance yielded led to the resurrection of KYUSS’ lead-heavy psychedelic groove for the masses under the banner ‘KYUSS LIVES!’, a name both tongue-in-cheek and genuinely deserving of its exclamation point.
KYUSS LIVES! North American live dates:
** support from The Sword, Monstro
++ Monstro opens, remaining support TBA
September 16 Toronto, ON The Sound Academy ++
September 17 Guelph, ON Guelph Concert Theatre ++
September 18 Montreal, QC Olympia de Montréal ++
September 20 Worcester, MA The Palladium **
September 21 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero **
September 23 New York, NY Terminal 5 **
September 24 Washington, DC 9:30 Club **
September 25 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel ++
September 26 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade ++
September 28 New Orleans, LA House of Blues ++
September 29 Houston, TX Warehouse Live **
October 1 Austin, TX Stubb’s **
October 2 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall **
October 4 Denver, CO The Summit Music Hall ++
October 5 Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe Brewing Company **
October 6 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre **
October 7 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues **
October 8 Pomona, CA The Fox Theater **
November 17 San Diego, CA House of Blues #
November 19 San Francisco, CA The Regency Ballroom #
November 21 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre #
November 22 Seattle, WA Showbox SODO #
November 23 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom #
November 26 Calgary, AB Flames Central #
November 27 Edmonton, AB Edmonton Event Centre #
November 29 Winnipeg, MB Garrick Centre #
November 30 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue #
December 1 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom #
December 2 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre #
December 3 Pontiac, MI Crofoot Ballroom #
December 5 Greensburg, PA The Palace Theatre #
December 6 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom #
KYUSS LIVES! will also perform in Mexico, Chile, Argentina and Brazil in November.
November 9 Mexico City, Mexico El Circo Volador
November 11 Santiago, Chile Teatro Teleton
November 12 Buenos Aires, Argentina Teatro Colegiales
November 13 Sao Paulo, Brazil Caricoa Club