RIKETS June/July 2010 Tour
To all of you metalheads, if you didn’t already know, my boys in RIKETS are currently on tour in the States to support their sophomore release, All American Death Cult, which release on April 20th through Burnhill Union Records. The new dates also feature Mary Magdalan as a headliner, as well as Blue Felix.
Pandie Suicide (of the Suicide Girls) will also be making appearances at the events.
My boys starts off in Amarillo, Texas on the 4th earlier this month and are still in the process of adding dates. Here are the current dates for the tour that my ‘brother’ Scott sent over to me:
6/11 Kansas City, KS @ Aftershocks
6/12 Cedar Rapids, IA @ 1st Avenue Live
6/13 Peoria, IL @ The Brass Rail (NO MARY MAGDALAN, RIKETS ONLY)
6/16 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s
6/17 Columbus, OH MEET & GREET @ Poison Girl Tattoo
6/18 Sandusky, OH @ The Underground
6/19 Detroit, MI @ Blondie’s
6/23 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
7/2 Austin, TX @ The Encore
7/3 Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar
7/4 Houston, TX @ BFE
Be sure to also keep your eyes and ears open for a new tour with RIKETS beginning this August, headlined by SID of Slipknot fame! Scott will be keeping me as informed as possible.
For more RIKETS, visit them on MySpace at www.myspace.com/rikets! You an also find their video for their currently single, “Program the Dead” there, directed by David Brodsky (Hatebreed, Fear Factory). The boys have also recently posted a “Making Of” video that can be found on their YouTube page.
RIKETS was conceived in 2004, released its groundbreaking EP, Anything for the Devil, in 2006 and toured relentlessly in its support. RIKETS has shared the stage with some of rocks biggest acts and they prove true to form that there is no stopping this band of modern day road warriors. They have seen tour dates with Korn, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Flyleaf, Nothingface, Scum of the Earth, Halestorm, and Buckcherry, as well as countless other acts.
RIKETS went on to record their first full length album between tours so they could “wear in” the new material live. Featuring five talented guys from the US- Scott (Vocals), Provo (Guitar), Nick (Guitar ), Michael (Bass) and Timmy (Drums). Scott Rose (vocals) uprooted the original All American Death Cult recording session from where they began in Dallas, TX and relocated them to Ben Schigel’s (SWITCHED) Strongsville, OH studio. Ben’s involvement in RIKETS runs deep “Ben has been there since day ONE. He’s a motivator, a mentor, a vocal trainer a great creative mind. I’ve been friends with Ben for years and SWITCHED was one of my favorite bands,” Scott explains. “Working with him over the years on RIKETS has been cool for both of us because we get to jam together.”
All American Death Cult’s industrial sound is anything but cold. Plaintive vocals betray deep emotion in tracks like ‘Sold Me Out.’ “Hollywood and I have a love/hate relationship – I love to hate her and she hates to love me,” explains Scott. “This song is my statement on this record. We have been through a lot and have come out the other side.” Lyrically, ‘Sold Me Out’ is double-talk – a parallel of a tumultuous relationship with a woman and a relationship with fame. “You were the first drink of wine and you broke me” refers to Rose’s first taste of fame and the bitterness he felt when his love of music had to take a back seat to sales and industry concerns, but could just as easily be about a romantic relationship gone bad.
Through all the hardship, RIKETS has prevailed. “If we didn’t see the fan base growing and the dedication of the kids (the tattoos they get of us, how they react to the shows), we would have packed it in,” says Rose. “We just know we have something here because of the fans. That and our love for the music is what drives us.”
