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GREG PUCIATO
AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR STARTS TONIGHT!
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
KING YOSEF
TRACE AMOUNT
GREG PUCIATO has never been able to sit still.
After rising to global prominence as vocalist of the revered and pioneering extreme music act The Dillinger Escape Plan, GREG PUCIATO began to spread his wings towards the end of their illustrious and controversial tenure, becoming a key member of other such acts as the heavy metal supergroup Killer Be Killed and synth-pop sensation The Black Queen. He’s even recently become a member of Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chain’s solo band, and now fronts the post-Every Time I Die supergroup Better Lovers alongside his own solo endeavours – and tonight, PUCIATO‘s long-awaited solo tour kicks off down under with special guests KING YOSEF and TRACE AMOUNT
GREG PUCIATO‘s sights have always been set on a longer goal outside of his extremely busy creative schedule – a solo project with no boundaries or limitations. Employing longtime TDEP producer Steve Evetts, and drummers Chris Pennie (Dillinger Escape Plan), Ben Koller (Converge), Chris Hornbook (Poison The Well), PUCIATO wrote and performed everything else you hear on 2020 debut album Child Soldier: Creator of God. He even established an independent record label to self-release it – Federal Prisoner. Late 2020 saw an immediate follow up with the experimental live album/studio EP/visual hybrid Fuck Content. Album number two arrived in 2022 in the form of Mirrorcell, a powerhouse of a record that saw the career mixtape approach of Child Soldier coalesce into a more cohesive form of razor sharp alternative metal, while still embodying the diversity and eclectic experimentation the man is known for.
With a full live band presentation of the project ticking the USA and Europe ticked off in 2023, January 2024 will see PUCIATO bring his baby to the land he has long considered a second spiritual home – Australia.
Producer KING YOSEF, or Tayves Yosef Pellitier found his feet amongst both the hip-hop and hardcore scenes with a bombastic and incredibly heavy approach to a unique style of industrial trap metal. Following several albums, EPs, and a collaborative record with industrial leaders Youth Code, Yosef teamed up with Converge guitarist Kurt Ballou on production duties to explore a darker and more expansive sound on acclaimed new album An Underlying Hum, bringing in elements of country and folk for an album that truly is a journey. Permanently expanded into a live trio with drums and guitars/synth, his live show brings in elements from all across the spectrum for an experience that is undeniably unique and captivating.
A former member of the hardcore band Old Wounds, Brandon Gallagher is TRACE AMOUNT. Confrontational, harsh industrial noise is the modus operandi here. The debut album Anti Body Language was released in 2022 on PUCIATO’s Federal Prisoner label, inspired by the increasingly grim reality of life in New York City. Having been on the grind ever since with substantial touring across the USA and Europe, this expedition will mark his first visit to Australia.
A killer selection of eclectic local acts who together combined create somewhat of an encompassing representation of the broad scope of and diversity within PUCIATO‘s solo material will also join each city, kicking off this evening.
Joining the tour are savage chaotic mathcore of SHE CRIES WOLF in Brisbane, brooding post-metal darkness of MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT in Sydney, the ever-morphing and highly experimental electronic sounds of LONELYSPECK in Adelaide, the collision of new age post-hardcore and 90s grunge of POST HEAVEN in Melbourne and in Perth will be crust-infused black metal of HALO OF TEETH and straight up screamo revival of PUKE.
GREG PUCIATO
AUSTRALIA 2O24
WITH GUESTS KING YOSEF & TRACE AMOUNT
TOUR DATES:
WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY 2024 – THE BRIGHTSIDE, BRISBANE
SUPPORTED BY SHE CRIES WOLF
THURSDAY 18 JANUARY 2024 – CROWBAR, SYDNEY
SUPPORTED BY MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT
FRIDAY 19 JANUARY 2024 – LION ARTS, ADELAIDE
SUPPORTED BY LONELYSPECK
SATURDAY 20 JANUARY 2024 – MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE
SUPPORTED BY POST HEAVEN
SUNDAY 21 JANUARY 2024 – AMPLIFIER BAR, PERTH*
SUPPORTED BY HALO OF TEETH & PUKE
*No King Yosef
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Photographer and Editor/Founder of AllMusicMagazine.com. My love of live music has taken me to incredible experiences with the top bands of all time in stadium shows to the smallest venues with equally inspiring musicians. Using the medium of photography and my publication, these memories will last forever.
