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News : A tour you should go to: Vaz (USA) and DEAD

By on October 22, 2012

Vaz are the long standing cult band from Brooklyn via Fargo that everyone almost knows. For over a decade they’ve remained underground despite putting out a stack of amazing records on labels like Load, Wantage USA, X-Mist etc. and counting some pretty influential folk as BIG fans (Melvins/Thrones/Big Business to name a few).

In the 90’s the two core members of Vaz were in North Dakota trio Hammerhead. While they weren’t able to cash in for big bucks like Helmet, or stick around long enough to achieve elderstatesmen status like the Melvins, Hammerhead did carve out their own niche, albeit in a fashion that had more in common with their Touch and Go contemporaries– Shellac, Jesus Lizard etc.– than any of their label mates on Amphetamine Reptile. Vaz took what Hammerhead had started and evolved it to places far more extreme.

With that list of related bands and labels, it’s hard not to get excited about Vaz hitting Australia, especially when they’re playing with DEAD. If you don’t know DEAD already, which is entirely (but unfortunately) possible, you should definitely check them out. They’re a brilliant two piece, who you will see whored all over Metal Obsession until the end of time (or one of the two parties ceases to exist). They have a new album out soon, and it’s called Idiots.

Go to one of these shows;

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Mitch Booth is the owner, designer and grand overlord of Metal Obsession. In the few seconds of spare time he has outside of this site, he also hosts a metal radio show over on PBS 106.7fm in Melbourne (Australia) and organises shows under the name Untitled Touring. You should follow him on Twitter.