Toadies Release Damn You All To Hell EP, Rubberneck 25th Anniversary Tour Underway
Toadies release a new EP, Damn You All To Hell, as their 25th Anniversary Rubberneck Tour recently kicked off. The tour will take them across North America through October.
The EP is four previously unreleased tracks, including a cover of David Bowie’s “Sound and Vision.” Three of the songs were recorded during sessions for the band’s last studio album, The Lower Side Of Uptown (2017), while “Forgiven” was recorded during the No Deliverance session (2008). Drummer Mark Reznicek talks about the song selection: “Three of these songs were recorded during the amazingly productive Lower Side of Uptown sessions. We all loved the songs, but didn’t feel they quite fit the vibe of the rest of the album. The Bowie cover came about during a lull in the session when we often mess around with various cover songs just for fun. We just decided to go ahead and roll tape on this particular song because we like it and it’s fun to play. “
Damn You All To Hell Track List:
1. Damn You All To Hell
2. Deep Deep Water
3. Forgiven
4. Sound And Vision (David Bowie Cover)
Toadies are also finally embarking their thrice rescheduled Rubberneck 25th Anniversary (and then some, and then some…) tour where they will be playing Rubberneck from start to finish. Fellow Texans, Reverend Horton Heat are on most dates and will play their Al Jourgensen produced Liquor in the Front in its entirety. Drakulas start West Coast dates, while Nashville Pussy kick off the bill on the East Coast.
“This tour was originally slated to go out in 2020” Reznicek says “Because of the effects of Covid, this is our third attempt at doing a tour celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Rubberneck. It’s been a long time coming, but the third time’s the charm, as they say. It wasn’t ever an easy decision to postpone tours, but we felt it was the right thing to do to keep everyone (ourselves included) safe. And we’re really excited to finally be getting out there to play the album in its entirety for all our patient fans across the country.” Frontman Vaden Lewis adds “Really looking forward to finally getting back out there and seeing everyone!”
Rubberneck might be 25 plus years old but it still has enduring staying power in pop culture. The LP’s smash hit “Possum Kingdom” remains one of the most played recurrent tracks on Active Rock and Alternative radio and still pops up all over the place to this day. Tracks from the album continue to appear in unexpected places, from Guitar Hero to as far away as England’s NME, including it in their A History Of Rock’N’Roll in 100 Riffs right along with Johnny Cash, Beatles, Stones, The Who, Fleetwood Mac, Queen, Ramones, The Smiths, Metallica, Rage, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Muse, and White Stripes. TV shows from This is Us to For All Mankind on Apple + have included Rubberneck tracks. Robotman in Season 2 of Doom Patrol even wore a vintage Toadies shirt. Girl Talk’s ‘This is the Remix’ sampled “Possum Kingdom,” while Kelly Clarkson was seen and heard singing along to the song in her dressing room during an episode of last season’s The Voice. Indie chanteuse, St. Vincent, also covered the song on a Sirius XMU Session.
More inspiration from Rubberneck has made its way to the written page with Marvel Comics featuring the band in two X-Men comics and NY Times and USA Today best selling author Xio Axelrod’s latest novel The Girl With the Stars in Her Eyes has the main character’s band cover Toadies “I Burn” off Rubberneck. Vaden Lewis has also done his own series of lyric comics including “Tyler” and “I Burn.”
Toadies 25th Anniversary Rubberneck Tour with Drakulas/Nashville Pussy:
Sep. 22 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey*
Sep. 23 – Anaheim, CA – House Of Blues*
Sep. 24 – Sacramento, CA – Ace Of Spades*
Sep. 25 – San Francisco, CA – Regency Ballroom*
Sep. 27 – Portland, OR – Roseland*
Sep. 28 – Seattle, WA – Showbox* SOLD OUT
Sep. 29 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory*
Oct. 3 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown^
Oct. 4 – Kansas City, MO – Knuckleheads^
Oct. 5 – St. Louis, MO – Pageant^
Oct. 7 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue^
Oct. 8 – Milwaukee, WI – Rave II^
Oct. 9 – Chicago, IL – Metro^
Oct. 11 – Indianapolis, IN – HiFi^
Oct. 12 – Detroit, MI – Royal Oak^
Oct. 13 – Cleveland, OH – House Of Blues^
Oct. 14 – Covington, KY – Madison Theater^
Oct. 15 – Pittsburgh, PA – Jergel’s^ SOLD OUT
Oct. 16 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza^
Oct. 19 – Boston, MA – Paradise^
Oct 20 – New Haven, CT – College Street Music Hall^
Oct. 21 – Asbury Park, NY – Stone Pony^
Oct. 22 – Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts^ SOLD OUT
Oct. 23 – Silver Spring, MD – The Fillmore^
Oct. 25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl^
Oct. 26 – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theater^
Oct. 27 – Orlando, FL – House Of Blues
Oct. 28 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room^
Oct. 29 – St Petersburg, FL – Jannus Live^
Oct. 31 – House of Blues – New Orleans, Drakulas only support
Oct. 31 – House of Blues – New Orleans, Drakulas only support
Drakulas *
Nashville Pussy ^
Nashville Pussy ^
About Toadies:
Toadies have more than 25 years, countless shows, and seven studio albums behind them. They have played Lollapalooza, ACL, graced the cover of Marvel Comics, released five signature beers with Martin House Brewing, a signature coffee with Full City Rooster, have had a “Toadies Day” declared by their hometown of Fort Worth, and have hosted ten Dia De Los Toadies, their festival that launched in 2008 honoring Texas musicians and beyond. The band broke up shortly after the release of the follow-up full-length Hell Below/Stars Above. A one-off gig in 2006 become a full-fledged reunion with their devoted following growing stronger each year since.