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Sounds Of The Underground Tour announced

Contributed by aubin. Posted by adam on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 10:38 AM (EST)

A new summer festival tour called Sounds Of The Underground has been announced and is scheduled to run from June 25th through the end of July in both indoor and outdoor venues in the US and Canada. The tour will bring together 18 hardcore and metal bands, including Clutch, Poison The Well, Opeth, Unearth, From Autumn To Ashes, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Every Time I Die, Strapping Young Lad, Throwdown, High On Fire, Devil Driver, All That Remains and A Life Once Lost. A "special half-time performance" will be put on by Gwar mid-way though the shows. Madball and Terror will play the East and West portions of the tour respectively, and select regional appearances will be made by the Red Chord (East coast markets), Fear Before The March Of Flames (Midwest and Southeast markets) and Himsa (Western markets). An additional headliner is still to be announced.

The tour is expected to become an annual summer event. The folks responsible for putting it together include Music Touring booking agent Tim Borror, Ferret Music executive/artist manager Paul Conroy, Ferret Music owner Carl Severson and artist manager Larry Mazer. Tickets are expected to be priced under $30 and organizers plan to pass along info on how and where to beat surcharges and get the best price for the shows. Dates have yet to be announced.

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sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

Sounds good to me.

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oceanblue (March 8, 2005)

its good to see a real hxc/ metal festival...

jamespastepunk (March 8, 2005)

Then go to Hellfest.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

um...no. try milwaulkee metal fest son.

oceanblue (March 8, 2005)

i mean a traveling one, hellfest is insane I'd love to go but i dont have the money for that.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

who was the headliner last year for hellfest? oh yea, the ataris.

Someone (March 9, 2005)

Yeah! None of that pussy crap for big, xtuffx Sickboi! (I'll never forgive your preference to jock asshole meatheadcore over pretentious whiny shit... at least the latter is slightly progressive.) -BSD

Someone (March 9, 2005)

shut up. please?

Someone (March 14, 2005)

You guys are all fucking retarded. Anyone with a decent taste in metal music knows that Opeth is going to own that entire bill. They're worth the money alone.

Someone (March 31, 2005)

opeth blows ass, theres gonna be so many better hardcore bands there, but I guess you haven't heard any of that good music yet...

Fattycakes (March 24, 2005)

this bitch is gonna own

CorpseOfMyMotivation (March 8, 2005)

I give it two years before it turns into Warped.

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

Well then maybe you should start putting your fest together now. Shut up bitch.

CorpseOfMyMotivation (March 8, 2005)

I assure you I could put on something much better than this shitfest. Let me guess...you were listening to FATA while writing that comment, weren't you? Just for the fuck of it though, here's my festival: Day 1 NOFX Bad Religion Lagwagon Bigwig Good Riddance 88 Fingers Louie Swingin' Utters Day 2 Comeback Kid Kid Dynamite Good Clean Fun None More Black Strung Out Dillinger Four Day 3 Jets to Brazil The Smoking Popes Alkaline Trio Hot Water Music The Lawrence Arms The Gamits

CrookedSuperhero (March 8, 2005)

Replace CBK with Bane or PIB and you're sorted.

Marlon (March 8, 2005)

Yeah but didn't Kid Dynamite break uo? You may aswell just list None More...

CorpseOfMyMotivation (March 8, 2005)

I wasn't going by whether or not the bands were still around, otherwise 88 Fingers Louie, The Gamits, Jets to Brazil, Kid Dynamite, and Good Clean Fun wouldn't be on it.

PunkcoreKid (March 8, 2005)

Good Clean Fun fucking rule.

SansX (March 9, 2005)

do you also write fan fiction? just curious

CorpseOfMyMotivation (March 9, 2005)

No...why? Am I missing a joke here?

Someone (March 27, 2005)

Listen here corpse, this is a hardcore festival, not a fucking pussy pop-punk show you scum sucking mamas boy. you dwell in the deepest cellar, and you dont know the first thing about hardcore. Take your loser pop-punk else where cause it is not welcome round this show, fuckin fudge packer.

Someone (March 30, 2005)

that sounds like the fat wreck tour with a few singalong hardcore bands give me a break

Dante3000 (rich) (March 8, 2005)

Honestly, I'd go just for Clutch (who do seem slightly out of place on this tour). They have one of the most entertaining live shows ever, plus they sound amazing live. But shit, you throw in Strapping Young Lad and GWAR and we gots ourselves a party! -Dante

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

how is clutch out of place? if anything the emo-metalcore bands are out of place. Strapping young lad, opeth, clutch, gwar, high on fire....

Dante3000 (rich) (March 8, 2005)

Clutch is a very fun (almost joke) band. Other than Strapping Young Lad, and maybe GWAR none of the other bands seem to have the sense of humor (musically) that Clutch has. Again, I said "slightly out of place", plus they are slightly warmer and fuzzier stoner rock than some of the others. Still it should rock. -Dante P.S. High on Fire are a bunch of uppity assholes.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

...yeah, cause clutch fans are really having fun. If with fun you mean running around kicking hte shit out of everyone.

Dante3000 (rich) (March 8, 2005)

Maybe your experience at Clutch shows has been different than mine. Minus about 4 or 5 dudes running around I've never even seen any shit kicking. And I didn't comment on their fans (any band can have asshole fans) I said the band. And if you've seen them you know Neil’s live show is half theatrical, half large orchestra conductor (the man is just fun to watch). -Dante P.S. Course this tour may be a chance for them to pull out a lot of that pre-1996 stuff that was just straight hardcore. That'd be really cool to see since I was too young to be into them in that era.

sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

People here (Richmond) go fucking bonkers for Clutch. Everytime they play, the show sells out in a week.

thirtyseconds (March 8, 2005)

Watched Coach Carter (superb) last night, and it was only at the fucking end of the film when I realised it was set in Richmond CA not RVA. Just thought I'd post that so people can call me a 'tard.

sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

There's also a Richmond, TX. I remember a story in our local paper about some old goober that was visiting all of them just for shits and giggles.

thirtyseconds (March 8, 2005)

Ha ha... yeah sure. You seem to know a lot about all the Richmonds. "Some old goober" and "Local Paper." You can't fool me. Oh and unless your Richmond is a fucking shanty town, I can bet yours is the best of the 3.

Dante3000 (rich) (March 8, 2005)

Which is strange because they don't really sell that well in the Bay Area. I remember they played Slims and that didn't even sell out and that was an awesome show. Whatever. -Dante

FamousLastWords (March 8, 2005)

I think lamb of god is headlining.

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Someone (March 14, 2005)

lamb of god sucks to much to headline for these bands.

ILOVESCOTT (March 8, 2005)

if Throwdown is there, then I'm there.

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sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

Better leave your drugs at home.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Better start acting tough and saying "mother fucker" a lot. And draws lots of X's everywhere too.

ALineInYourBook (March 8, 2005)

Typical. Close-minded prick.

ILOVESCOTT (March 8, 2005)

well, i'm a 17 year old girl, so acting tough is out of the question, and even if i was straightedge (i'm not), i wouldn't need to go touting it all over my body

jamespastepunk (March 8, 2005)

It's the shittiness of Warped Tour mixed with the pretentious girls jeans, white belt, dyed black hair scenester assholes! Wonderful! I'm interested in ETID and Norma Jean, but not enough to pay 30 bucks. Where's the asskicking stage when you need it?

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

HAhahah. seriously, you bash the tour, and then you say that you like 2 of the like 4-5 bands who fit the description.

sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

Yeah, pretty dumb. Norma Jean and ETID (I like ETID) fit your description to a fucking "t". A hell of a lot more than Clutch, GWAR, Terror, Madball, Unearth....

jamespastepunk (March 8, 2005)

That's why i said interested. I'm not exactly a fan of those groups fans, thus the girlsjeans comment. If it would live up to its name as opposed to being a large metal/occasionally hardcore package tour, on it would be (in my opinion) Bane Comeback Kid With Hon....shit, the Bane tour going on right now plus Paint it Black Raised Fist Sick of it All Sex Posistions Vaux and Most Precious Blood.

sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

Good lineup. You left out Strike Anywhere though.

jamespastepunk (March 8, 2005)

Yeah...I suppose I didn't want to overlap with the asskicking stage. Plus, SOMEONE HAS TO BOOK RAISED FIST SOME U.S. TOURDATES.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Norma Jean are one of the worst fucking bands to ever exist.

oceanblue (March 8, 2005)

agreed

Someone (March 8, 2005)

good call.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

miller lite

Someone (March 31, 2005)

I'd pay $30 to see Every Time I Die and Norma Jean alone.....

Someone (March 8, 2005)

what happened to Lamb of God?

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Poison the Well was underground 3 years ago.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

If this tour comes near me, I'm just going to go for GWAR.

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

you know youre going for FATA as well

Someone (March 8, 2005)

gwar are only playing one of the shows.

x414x (March 8, 2005)

throwdown!? from autumn to ashes?! poison the well?! wow! what other sweet underground bands that no ones ever heard of will be playing?!

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

i dont like those bands either, but if it were a bunch of no-names, then they wouldnt be able to put together a national tour. depending on ticket prices, i may have to get my car fixed so i can go see this.

x414x (March 8, 2005)

they should probably change the tour so as to make it look like something other than some big excuse to sound tough and/or worthwhile, not that kids who are into those bands care about that sort of thing

rkl (March 8, 2005)

i was someone earlier, becuase i wasnt signed in. now im no one, but if prices are under $30, and this is cheap, i will go and scream t syl to play punky bruster songs.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Strapping Young Lad will own every band on the stage.

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Dante3000 (rich) (March 8, 2005)

Word! -Dante

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Best band on that tour!

Someone (March 8, 2005)

There's not one true hardcore band on the damn bill...unless you count tough shit like Madball, Terror, or Throwdown.

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

im not big into madball, but id say theyre hardcore. could be worse, they couldve gotten subbed with atreyu & whatever other band is popular this month.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Yeah but it couldn't hurt to throw on, i don't know :Bane, Paint It Black, Comeback Kid, New Mexican Disaster Squad, From Ashes Rise, Converge...instead of the that scenexcore shit.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

can there be a true hardcore band in2005??? FranktheP

Someone (March 8, 2005)

yes, comeback kid

PunkcoreKid (March 8, 2005)

Terror aren't 'tough shit'.

ILOVESCOTT (March 8, 2005)

not that i'm glad that this is the only type of hardcore on here, but that's what you get when the tour is put on by ferret

Someone (March 31, 2005)

just becuase bands like Norma Jean aren't all punk-hardcore like terror and madball, doesn't mean that they're not underground hardcore, I think terror blows, I've seen them a couple times.

sickboi (chris) (March 8, 2005)

"One more devastating headlinerto be announced" My money is on Sick Of It All.

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

lamb of god.

Someone (March 12, 2005)

i'll 100% guarantee you it's lamb of god. i have it on pretty damn good authority. (i.e. the lead singer of Unearth)

xWileyx (March 8, 2005)

i wish

rkl (March 8, 2005)

looking at the layout of this tour, im going to have to say no. too bad.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

That's sort of a strange title considering the fact that almost none of these bands are "underground" And those that are--well, they're underground because there aren't enough retarded XXX mall-hardcore clones to put them on a decent label...yet.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Warped tour for awful metalcore kids! Going to have stands to buy black hair dye too? And who has tighter pants contests for boys? And boys kissing boys booths?! Oh Oh and maybe even Myspace access!?!?!?

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

bahahaha

ILOVESCOTT (March 8, 2005)

ha ha thats great, even though i must say i'm a big fan of myspace

SethCohen (March 8, 2005)

You forgot two booths: Booth to judge the fattest girl and booth for kids with the worst acne

Someone (March 9, 2005)

Now that comment is truly a keeper...you sir are the only person on this site who is not a total douchebag...excluding me, of course

oceanblue (March 9, 2005)

goood job for making nameless posts ass hole

Someone (March 19, 2005)

hey fuckface, wtf is ur problem?! that tour is gonna be kick ass. those "awful metalcore kids"?! wut r u, some pop-culture obsessed good charlotte/avril lavigne loving asshole? ! Fuck you. i cant wait to see poison the well, throwdown, opeth, from autimn to ashes,and norma jean. The Sounds Of The Underground Tour is a beautiful thing, music with meaning, and im buying tickets.

leftoverbud (March 8, 2005)

quit bitching about it not really being underground bands. these bands for the most part are not part of the mainstream or known by that many people. hence underground.

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Someone (March 8, 2005)

You must be living on Mars. Most of these bands are popular as hell...just because they're not on MTV doesn't mean that they're not pedestrian, commercial, and all-around mainstream...i.e. they play popular music, they are popular bands, they are not underground. Go back to the mall kiddie.

Someone (March 8, 2005)

so because someone calls something underground that makes them underground? hard to consider bands you see on mtv and bands who play clear channel venues underground. get back to hot topic kiddo.

Someone (March 9, 2005)

so the second youre not the only one listening to a band its uncool to listen to them? theres a band called VAGINAL INSPECTION from out here, go listen to them, youll be happy to be the only one listening to em! Hence, youll be fucking cool! Cause those bands on this tour have all plenty of record sales under their belt... dont listen to them!!! dont!!!! VI is the way to go!! goo!!! go!!! go!!!

Someone (March 8, 2005)

Great.... Now every city gets thier own personal HellFest. Things really are looking bleak.

xWileyx (March 8, 2005)

I'll see this for Opeth, SYL. clutch, all that remains, high on fire and maybe norma jean

TheOneTrueBill (March 8, 2005)

I fucking hate Madball. I really truly do.

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rkl (March 8, 2005)

madball may not be the most talented musically, but theyre good at what they do. sing & shout is better than whine & bitch, anyhow.

SteveJonesTheRealBones (March 8, 2005)

i'ld go for gwar. this is like a stepping stone for these bands...next year they will try and be on taste of chaos..and then one day they will aspire to be on warped...except for gwar that is...the only legitimate band on the tour - jones the bones - stevejones8770@yahoo.com

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Someone (March 9, 2005)

have you ever even heard of opeth?

ILOVESCOTT (March 8, 2005)

does anyone else think the name of this is terrible?

tired_and_homeless (March 8, 2005)

There's only one thing I hate more than the sophomore/junior boys at my high school wearing tight girl pants and Norma Jean zip hoodies with their long hair and whiny emo pheromones, and that's Norma Jean's music. At least one good thing comes from their male fanbase: all of them are going to be sterile by the time it counts. Count me out.

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Someone (March 14, 2005)

Not to try to insult yer taste in music, but just what is wrong with Norma Jean? Granted, the guys who wear girl pants suck, but that has nothing to do with the band...thats just personal gayness

Someone (March 31, 2005)

if you don't like Norma Jean, then your hopeless...... and I've never heard anything emo from them, so don't compare them to whiney emo kids.

Daegan (March 8, 2005)

Yes!!!! get all your suck in one spot this summer!!!!

glamcore (March 9, 2005)

Unearth and ETID....fuck yeah..

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oceanblue (March 9, 2005)

I will second this statement

Someone (March 9, 2005)

I would second that statement, if unearth hadnt sucked since they played churchs in my home town and if ETID didn't just release wicked terrible mp3s.

Someone (March 9, 2005)

Lets go bitch & whine on punknews.org about whiny tours ala THE USED.... NAH lets go on punknews.org and bitch & whine about the bands playing Warped Tour and Warped Tour itself.... NAH lets go on punknews.org and bitch & whine about HC bands and the tours their doing.... shit theres nothing left to whine about... lets go play in traffic!!! idiots....

Someone (March 9, 2005)

i think i'll pass!

Someone (March 11, 2005)

I think it's going to be a kick ass show! All you people who are dissing it are just jealous that you don't look cute in girl pants!

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Someone (March 15, 2005)

haha. awesome.

Someone (March 11, 2005)

damn

Someone (March 11, 2005)

the headline is nonother than LAMBOFGOD, trust me.

Someone (March 11, 2005)

I think they could of had a better lineup....more stoner-rock bands....i wan't a festival full of stoner-rock bands thats all....hell i'll go just for clutch and high on fire seen them both and they truley rock....headliner has to be scissorfight!!

Someone (March 11, 2005)

CLUTCH CLUTCH CLUTCH --- thats all there is to say , they put on one of the best shows ive ever seen and they sound better live than most bands do on c.d. anyone who has an interest in clutch or has never heard them , go see them . you will not be disappointed . post by kent morris . all who know me ,whats up

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Someone (March 13, 2005)

umm guys ur leaving out chimaira...... without a doubt one of the heaviest bands there. theyre HIGHLY underrated. their new album is rumored to have some death metall songs on it considering kevin talley (ex dying fetus and misery index drummer) is now with them.

Someone (March 14, 2005)

Chimaira ahahahahaha, whatever listen to Necrophagist they destroy them

Someone (March 14, 2005)

You guys are all fucking retarded. Anyone with a decent taste in metal music knows that Opeth is going to own that entire bill. They're worth the money alone.

Someone (March 14, 2005)

Okay, I am totally going for OPETH, I don't give a damn if I have to go out of state. they are the most brilliant metal band ever.

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Someone (March 14, 2005)

OPETH ahahaha fuck that put Necrophagist on that bill, they'd rape each band there.

Someone (March 16, 2005)

god damn it all of you bitch about how it isnt "underground" enough for you. just shut the fuck up. if you dont like the bands..wait, heres an idea..THEN DONT GO. just cause you think you are special enough to have listened to ptw 3 years ago before everyone knew who they were doesnt make you better than anyone else. i honestly think itll be a great show, why? cause the bands are good. im not gonna not go just because the bands arent "underground" anymore. yea fbtmof and opeth will pwn all your faces.

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Someone (March 17, 2005)

I really like most of the bands there. But the only problem is there will prob. be barriers on the stage so you cant crowd walk, but it does look like a good show. If i wanted to spend money on something that was worth it I would spend it on hell fest!!!

Someone (March 21, 2005)

unearth kicks as and so does norma jean but i wont pay thirty bucks for that when i can go to ozzfest

Someone (March 21, 2005)

Sounds like something that must not be missed. im gonna go buy tickets as soon as they go on sale. I wanna see Every Time I Die, Poison The Well, Opeth, Unearth, From Autumn To Ashes, Norma Jean and Throwdown! cant wait. And to all you arrogant fucks out there, saying that this is for those "awful metalcore kids". Youre right, this is for those "awful metalcore kids", were cooler than you. So, with that said, i hope when u attempt to get in the pit at a REAL HARDCORE SHOW the "scenester assholes" beat the living shit out of you. I would. Your probably a weak emo-numetal loving crackhead.

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Someone (March 22, 2005)

yo ... thats cool. EMO FUCKIN BLOWS ASS AND SHOULD BE SHIT ON! thats all.

Someone (March 23, 2005)

YES. You scenester assholes go get in the pit at a Slayer concert, then I'll think you're someone to deal with. P.S. Please don't classify yourself as an awful metalcore scenester asshole and post that you're excited to see Opeth. Opeth is true metal. Melodic. Death. Metal. The band would eat your scenester asshole face off.

Someone (March 31, 2005)

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha opeth sucks!

Someone (April 4, 2005)

This probably coming from someone who thinks Korn is metal.

Someone (March 31, 2005)

I've listened to bands like ETID and Norma Jean for a couple years now, and I play guitar in a metal-core band like them, but I don't wear tight girly pants. So why do you? YOU PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE THAT MUSIC ISN'T ABOUT FASHION DAMMIT!

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Someone (April 5, 2005)

I don't know who you are, but thank you so much for saying that. This needs to be reinforced...that music is exactly that. Music. Fashion should have nothing to do with it.

Someone (April 30, 2005)

As an objective outsider, who has seen most of these bands, listened to death and black metal for several years, and has no interest in defending myspace metalcore kids; Both sides of this argument are equally dumb.

Someone (July 20, 2005)

Hey Guys, I was wondering who played at the show in Mississauga, I heard a few bands didn't make it.

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