Les Claypool at the Marquee Theatre 06.12.2009

Les Claypool
w/ Capillary Action
When: 6/12/2009 7:00 PM
Where: Marquee Theatre
Ticket price: $25.00*
Price day of: $27.00*
* Prices subject to service fees 
Ages: All Ages

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The most original rock bassist to come along in the ’90s was unquestionably Primus’ Les Claypool. With his oddball sense of humor and funky playing, Claypool took his varied musical influences and created an invigorating and completely inventive style. The Les Claypool story begins on September 29, 1963, when he was born in Richmond, CA. As a teenager, Claypool met fellow student Kirk Hammett (yes, the Kirk Hammett of Metallica fame), who turned him onto such rock acts as Jimi Hendrix, Cream, and Led Zeppelin. It was around this time that Claypool took up the bass, influenced by the likes of Rush’s Geddy Lee, Yes’ Chris Squire, and Paul McCartney. Although Hammett asked Claypool to join a band he was in, he opted for another group in his high school, progressive metallists Blind Illusion, while broadening his musical horizons by playing in jazz and swing bands. Upon discovering such fusion and funk bass greats as Stanley Clarke and Larry Graham around this time, Claypool began incorporating “slapping” into his playing technique.

After graduation, Claypool played in a local cover band, the Tommy Crank Band, which specialized in blues, R&B, funk, and mainstream rock hits. Playing several sets a night almost every night of the week, he sharpened up on his improv skills, and after a short while, there wasn’t a musical style that he couldn’t pull off convincingly. It was while with Tommy Crank that Claypool bought his first Carl Thompson piccolo bass (after seeing Stanley Clarke play one), an instrument that would become his trademark. It was around this time (early to mid-’80s) that Claypool began demoing his own original compositions, which would become the impetus for Primus. Originally called Primate, Primus consisted of guitarist Todd Huth and drummer Jay Lane in addition to Claypool, who also contributed vocals (in a strange sing/speak style, almost a kin to a narrator) in addition to bass. Although the trio instantly created an underground following in the San Francisco area, Primus was put on hold when Huth left and Claypool returned to Blind Illusion (whose sound now resembled a thrash metal band), and appeared on the group’s lone album, The Sane Asylum, on Combat Records.

His return to Blind Illusion didn’t last long, but he met a kindred musical spirit in BI’s guitarist, Larry LaLonde. By 1989, a new Primus lineup was formed — Claypool, LaLonde, and new drummer Tim “Herb” Alexander, and not long after their first album was issued — the live set Suck on This. The album caused such a buzz with college radio that the independent label Caroline signed the group, resulting in reissuing their debut and their sophomore effort, 1990’s Frizzle Fry, while the trio toured with such bands as Jane’s Addiction and 24-7 Spyz. 1991 proved to be an even better year for the group, as their major label debut (for Interscope), Sailing the Seas of Cheese, reached gold status a year after it’s release, as the trio opened for such varied artists as Public Enemy, Anthrax, U2, Fishbone, and Rush. Primus scored a surprise Top Ten hit with 1993’s Pork Soda (and subsequent headlining spot on that year’s Lollapalooza festival tour), solidifying the band’s status as quirk rock’s undisputed kings, as more hit releases followed throughout the decade and new millennium — Tales from the Punch Bowl, The Brown Album, Rhinoplasty, and Antipop, as well as penning the theme song to TV’s South Park (Claypool also tried his hand at directing the band’s videos). In addition to his Primus duties, Claypool has always had time for side projects — Sausage (a reunion of the original Primus lineup), Les Claypool & the Holy Mackerel, The Frog Brigade, and Oysterhead, as well as guesting on albums by other artists (Buckethead, Jerry Cantrell, Victor, Limp Bizkit, Tom Waits, Rob Wasserman, etc.)

Taking Back Sunday at the Marquee 06.09.2009

Taking Back Sunday

w/ Anberlin, Envy On The Coast
When: 6/9/2009 6:00 PM
Where: Marquee Theatre
Ticket price: $25.00*
Price day of: $25.00*
Ages: All Ages
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TAKING BACK SUNDAY started with Eddie Reyes, punk rock for life who was calling Long Island home in 1999. A fertile area for some of today’s most (insert synonym for promising here) advantageous, bright, favorable, felicitous, fortunate, golden, halcyon, happy, hopeful, lucky, opportune, propitious, prosperous, rosy, timely, well-timed young artists, Eddie quickly found three friends nearby with a shared musical vision and recruited one from a little further away (current vocalist) Adam Lazzara originally moved to NYC from High Point, North Carolina) to play bass. After their initial demo circulated, (insert line-up change here) Victory Records quickly signed the band and put them in the studio with Sal Villanueva of Thursday fame running drills.

TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS, their debut album was released in March 2002 and the band continued to tour, winning fans over by their (insert synonym for exciting here) agitative, animating, appealing, arousing, arresting, astonishing, bracing, breathtaking, commoving, dangerous, dramatic, electrifying, exhilarant, eye-popping, far out, fine, flashy, groovy, hair-raising, heady, hectic, impelling, impressive, interesting, intoxicating, intriguing, lively, melodramatic, mind-blowing, moving, neat, overpowering, overwhelming, provocative, racy, rip-roaring, rousing, sensational, showy, spine-tingling, stimulating, stirring, thrilling, titillating, wild, zestful live shows. By the summer of that same year, only a few short months later, shows were selling out in advance and word of mouth continued to spread. Sharing the stage with Boxcar Racer, The Used, Jimmy Eat World, New Found Glory quickly followed and the band saw less and less of home and more and more fans dedicated to the catchy yet meaningful songwriting layered over a unique blend of rock’s best attributes. Lyrics such as “Why can’t I feel anything from anyone other than you” taken from Cute Without the ‘E’ (Cut From The Team) and “You could slit my throat, and with my one last gasping breath I’d apologize, for bleeding on your shirt” taken from their upcoming single You’re So Last Summer became anthemic sing alongs with audiences quickly overpowering stage wattage output at tour stops from coast to coast. Believe it or not the entire band writes as well. All of them play guitar and write melodies. No fact checking necessary, even drummer Mark O’Connell is very involved in the writing process.

Fast forward to spring of 2003: TAKING BACK SUNDAY embarked on the Takeover Tour, their first national headlining tour. Playing to (insert synonym for sold out here) awash, brimful, brimming, busy, chock-full, clean, close, compact, crammed, cramped, crushed, dense, full, full house, full up, huddled, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, overflowing, packed, populous, sardined, stiff with, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, thickset, thronged, tight, topped off, wall-to-wall crowds in most of the US and Canada (2,200 fans in Toronto when the band had never stepped foot over the eastern border) helped the press take notice and features in Rolling Stone, Spin, Alternative Press (cover) and Revolver quickly followed.

By now TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS had surpassed 200,000 records sold. The band had plans to travel to Europe and then return to the US to spend the summer as one of the main stage acts on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. (insert line-up change here) Instead they welcomed Fred Mascherino and Matt Rubano to the mix. Mascherino comes to Taking Back Sunday from one of their favorite bands, Breaking Pangaea, best known for significant college radio airplay and critical raves. Fred’s strong backing vocals, guitar virtuosity and insightful lyrics bring an added dimension to the Taking Back Sunday sound. New Bassist Matt Rubano is a native of Baldwin New York and a life long friend of Mark’s, so the chemistry between the two is unmistakable. Matt has recorded and toured with a variety of artists from all genres of music, but is best known for his work on Lauryn Hill’s grammy winning debut, “The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill”.

Debuting the new line-up at the last three Warped shows in Philly, NY and NJ respectively allowed the band to dispel the rumors of a (insert synonym for break-up here) adjourn, disassemble, disband, dismantle, disperse, disrupt, dissolve, divide, divorce, end, halt, part, scatter, separate, sever, split, stop, sunder, suspend, take apart, terminate and allowed TAKING BACK SUNDAY to blast through songs from the record and introduce some new ones which received a more than favorable review from fans and press alike. Their third video for You’re So Last Summer will feature a guest appearance by Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav. Why you ask? “Why not,” would be their reply, there are no rules.

In late summer the band will play some scattered festivals and radio shows, play a benefit with Blink-182 for cancer striken pro-surfer Jason Bogle in a 1,500 capacity club in San Diego, make their network television debut on Jimmy Kimmel live (September 9) then head back out across the nation with Saves the Day in the Fall. The fans have waiting patiently. They will not be (insert synonym for disappointed here) aghast, balked, beaten, blue funk, cast down, chapfallen, complaining, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, downhearted, foiled, frustrated, hopeless, let down, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, vanquished, worsted.

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Unity Tour 2009! 311 with Ziggy Marley

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UNITY TOUR 2009

311

Ziggy Marley

FRIDAY, JULY 10

 

 

311 returns to Phoenix with their annual summer Unity Tour! Their Unity Tour ‘09, will feature special guest Ziggy Marley and will hit Dodge Theatre on Friday, July 10. The show will begin at 8:00pm with special guest The Expendables. Tickets go on sale this Friday, April 10 at 4:20pm.

 

311’s celebratory live shows & incessant touring schedule have earned them a massive grassroots following nationwide. Since its inception in 2004, 311’s annual summer headlining amphitheatre run, Unity Tour, has become one of the largest annual modern rock tours of the summer. Support acts on the past five Unity Tours have included Snoop Dogg, The Roots, Papa Roach, The Wailers, O.A.R. and Matisyahu.

 

Uplifter, the band’s first studio record in three years will be released on June 2 and was produced by the legendary Bob Rock. As the title suggests, the band’s new album is an uplifting collection of 311’s trademark blend of rock & reggae; elevated by inspired songwriting, dynamic musicianship and big anthemic choruses. A deluxe edition of Uplifter will include a special DVD documentary, “The Road to 311 Day,” directed by Wayne Price. The documentary, including interviews, backstage footage and live performances, follows the band and their fans for the week leading up to the 3-11 Day concert event in New Orleans in 2008.

 

With their signature blend of rock, reggae, hip-hop & funk, Uplifter is the band’s ninth studio album. Previously 311 have released five Gold, one Platinum, and one Triple-Platinum-certified albums, a live album and three DVD’s (one Gold, two Platinum-certified). Five of their releases have reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Charts. Six singles have gone into the Top 10 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Chart including the #1 hits “Down,” “Love Song,” and “Don’t Tread On Me.”  To date band has sold over 8 million units in the U.S.

 

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