Two bits of New Bomb Turks news for you, first the band has announced a reunion gig that will take place on June 26th in Brooklyn and secondly, frontman Eric Davidson's history of garage punk 'We Never Learn: The Gunk Punk Undergut, 1988-2001' is finally hitting the streets and to celebrate he is heading out on a barnstorming book tour later this summer.The book is the next chapter in the Please Kill Me/American Hardcore/Our Band Could Be Your Life succession. It starts with Homestead Records and ends with the Black Lips, King Khan & BBQ, Jay Reatard and covers Crypt and Sympathy and In The Red and the Gories and Billy Childish and the Mummies and the Cheater Slicks and Blues Explosion and the rise of Sub Pop.
These bands weren't swept up in the "alternative rock explosion." They played and acted like a bunch of punks, yawned at the Green Days and Offsprings of the world who were supposedly bringing "punk" to the masses, played Sonics bootlegs in their tour vans as much as Iggy Pop, the Ramones or Black Flag, and had soaked up just enough of music biz history to know that they would never be welcomedeven through the servant's entrance. They reveled in '50s rock'n'roll and '60s garage rock while creating their own wave of gut-busting riffs and rhythm.
The bands that populate this bookThe Dwarves, Gories, Supersuckers, Mummies, Oblivians, Billy Childish, Rocket From The Crypt, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Cheater Slicks, Teengenerate among themgained little long-term reward from their nonstop touring and brain-slapping records.
What they did have was free liquor, good drugs, guilt-free sex, and a crazy good time, all the while building a dedicated fan base that extends across America, Europe, and Japan.
Truly, this is the last great wave of down-and-dirty rock'n'roll, one whose hangover can still be felt in bars and clubs everywhere in the world.
AUTHOR APPEARENCES
Brooklyn, NY Friday, June 11 Academy Record Annex 96 North 6th Street Reading and pre-Nobunny/Spits soiree! 7 PM
Brooklyn, NY Saturday, June 26 The Bell House 149 7th Street
Launch party!!! NEW BOMB TURKS reunion gig plus Livefastdie! Reading at 6 PM; bands start at 8, $12
Seattle, WA Tuesday, June 29 Easy Street Records 20 Mercer Street reading/book signing, 3pm
Seattle, WA Tuesday, June 29 Snoose Part Deux 10406 Holman Rd. reading/DVD showing, 9pm
San Francisco, CA Thursday, July 1 Hemlock Tavern 1131 Polk Street
Happy hour pre-Eddy Current Suppression Ring/Thee Oh Sees party, 6:30 PM, FREE
Los Angeles, CA Wednesday, July 7 Stories 1716 Sunset Blvd.
Columbus, OH Friday, July 9 Wexner Center 1871 North High Street reading/DVD; 9pm www.wexarts.org After-party at Cafι Bourbon St.
Columbus, OH Saturday, July 10 Surly Girl Parking Lot Blow-Out 1126 North High Street
New Bomb Turks gig plus get this the Gibson Bros. and Scrawl!!! 8 PM
Chicago, IL Tuesday, July 13 Museum of Contemporary Art 220 East Chicago Avenue reading/DVD; 9pm
