Hot on the heels of their latest killer record ‘Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs’, Chicago’s goth punk legends Alkaline Trio will make their long-awaited return down under this week to support Dropkick Murphys on their Aussie run!
The Everblack Podcast spoke to Dan Andriano from Alkaline Trio about their upcoming Australian tour with Dropkick Murphys, latest album ‘Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs’, fan tattoos and the current status of his supergroup ’The Damned Things’.
Watch/listen to the interview here:
In more than 25 years together, ALKALINE TRIO have delivered urgent punk blasts with a dark, driving edge that helped them remain commercially viable without sacrificing their raucous spirit and created their own little universe in their songs with a few short steps away from armageddon. Their music has been a reliable black mirror of reality. Slowly ascending through the Warped Tour ranks into the early 2000s, they reached the Billboard Top 20 with 2003’s mainstream breakthrough Good Mourning. They hit a peak with their seventh set This Addiction, which topped the US rock, alternative, and indie charts in 2010.
Brought together in late 1996 by heartbreak, angst, and the companionship of drinking. They started making a name for themselves in the Midwest with their emotion-fueled, angst-ridden, dark pop-punk and released their full-length debut in 1998 with Goddamnit!, an album whose heartbreak tales and anti-cop rants earned a modest following.
They kicked off the year with the release of their monumental tenth album, Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs. It’s been five years since the beloved punk stalwarts have released an album and to commemorate hitting the big ten milestone, they went back to basics stripping their sound down to the bare essentials of the sonic identity that endeared them to a generation of punk fans. They enlisted Grammy-winning producer Cameron Webb and spent several weeks holed up at Studio 606 in Northridge, California, the private recording space owned by Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters. With more than two decades and ten records under their belts, ALKALINE TRIO’s legacy in the rock canon, as well as their influence on their genre, is undeniable.
2024 will undeniably declare punk rock is not dead – be sure to see DROPKICK MURPHYS and ALKALINE TRIO this November when they bring their explosive, high energy live shows down under.
Destroy All Lines Presents
DROPKICK MURPHYS
AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR 2024
WITH ALKALINE TRIO
TOUR DATES:
FRIDAY 15 NOVEMBER – AEC THEATRE, ADELAIDE
SUNDAY 17 NOVEMBER – FORUM THEATRE, MELBOURNE SOLD OUT
MONDAY 18 NOVEMBER – FORUM THEATRE, MELBOURNE 2ND & FINAL SHOW
WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER – ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY SOLD OUT
THURSDAY 21 NOVEMBER – ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY 2ND & FINAL SHOW
FRIDAY 22 NOVEMBER – FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE FINAL TICKETS!
Tickets on sale now at https://daltours.cc/DKMurphys
