SCION METAL MATINEE @ THE ROXY - JULY 24th 4pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 03
BUBBA’S ROADHOUSE
SULTAN, WA
Drown Mary
7pm
(21+)
SATURDAY, JUNE 04
HAYLEY’S BAR & GRILL
EVERETT, WA
Rucker’s Tomb, Greenriver Thrillers.
8pm
(21+)
SATURDAY, JUNE 11
THE MIRKWOOD SHIRE CAFE
ARLINGTON, WA
Greenriver Thrillers, The Randalls, Backroad Burial
6:30pm
(21+)
FRIDAY, JUNE 17
RAY’S GOLDEN LION
RICHLAND, WA
The Insurgance, Bomb the Streets, The Jerks.
8pm
(21+)
SATURDAY, JUNE 18
THE HOP
SPOKANE, WA
The Insurgance, Reason for Existence, They’re Watching, Off Track.
7pm
All Ages
How to contact The Accused?
USA Booking - Tim Stein: booking@splatterrock.com
Europe Booking - Tom van Laak: tom@weird-world.de
Latin America Booking & Management - Freddy B.: management@splatterrock.com
Merchandise - Russ Looney: merch@splatterrock.com
Maybe some of you didn’t know about this, but our original Facebook page got hacked and we lost our password, it was quite a challenge to get it back so we said f*ck it, let’s make a new one!!
So there you go, check out our page, go tell everyone we’re back!!!
UGO Entertainment: Interview with Tommy Niemeyer
Few rock bands can say they created a whole sub-genre themselves, but that’s exactly what the Accüsedaccomplished with…”splatter core.” OK, maybe it’s not as a renowned style as “thrash metal” or “hair metal,” but the band has been at it since the early 1980’s, and in 2009, released their sixth full-length overall,The Curse of Martha Splatterhead (via Southern Lord Records). And with the Accüsed set to tour this summer, what better way for the group’s guitarist (Tommy Niemeyer) to celebrate than with carefully navigating through the Short-But-Sweet-Interview? UGO: How heavy is the latest album, The Curse Of Martha Splatterhead? TOMMY NIEMEYER: On your standard “weights and measures scale” it’s not super heavy, more deadly, lean and sharp, like a handful of those martial arts throwing stars being jammed into your face. UGO: Would you agree that the Accüsed were one of the first bands to blur the lines between punk and metal? TOMMY NIEMEYER: It’s cool for the Accüsed to be considered “one of the first,” but honestly, there were several amazing bands that were way ahead of the Accüsed and other bands from that era that just don’t get the credit they should for mixing metal with punk. The Plasmatics (feat. the late, great Wendy O. WIlliams) and China White (Orange County, CA) are two I can think of immediately. Both of those bands’ earlier stuff was HUGE in helping create so-called “crossover” of the mid-to-late 1980’s. UGO: Who were some of the notable bands the Accüsed has played with over the years? TOMMY NIEMEYER: Jeez, man! We’ve shared a stage with some amazing groups over the years: G.B.H. (entire 1987 U.S./Canada Tour), Kreator (legendary Hollywood Palladium gig, 1990’s), Voivod, Poison Idea (a bunch), Corrosion of Conformity, Wendy O. Williams, the Melvins, Die Kruezen, Forced Entry, the Adolescents, the Circle Jerks - those were some of my personal favorites. BUT! The weirdest live bill for the Accüsed HAS to go to a 1982 show in Seattle, where the Accüsed was lead support act for THE REPLACEMENTS! I still have the flyer! UGO: Is it true that Mike Patton was approached to be the singer for the band? TOMMY NIEMEYER: Yes. I was able to get in touch with him a few years back and asked him via e-mail if he’d be interested in being the Accüsed vocalist. As I had predicted before even e-mailing him, he said he had a bunch of various projects going on and couldn’t do it. He did, however, tell me he was honored to have been even thought of, and thanked me for asking him, cuz he said he was a fan of the Accüsed from way back, etc. We stayed in touch a bit and I sent him a bunch of crazy, obscure vintage video titles I had access to from where I was working at the time. We saw him about a year later in Europe when both the Accüsed and he were performing at the same club in Vienna, Austria. VERY cool guy and an unbelievable talent. So creative and vast in his abilities as a vocalist. UGO: Please explain just what “splatter core” is. TOMMY NIEMEYER: Before the handy, yet highly annoying term “crossover” was invented, the Accüsed were indeed blurring the lines between punk and metal. So much so, that it was interfering with us getting gigs, getting reviews in fanzines, and describing our music to our girlfriends’ grandparents. To distinguish the Accüsed from the shitload of glam bands or thrash metal bands of the time, our whacked-out blood and guts thing went full-throttle and we called our sound “Splatter Rock” - not sure where the “core” part came from, but it’s close enough. UGO: Is it true that the band’s mascot, Martha Splatterhead, has been romantically linked to Iron Maiden’s Eddie? TOMMY NIEMEYER: Sort of. Eddie asked Martha out back when they were both in their first year of college. Martha said she had finals that week but maybe the FOLLOWING week they could go out. Well, wouldn’t you know it? Iron Maiden got that kick ass slot on the Motörhead/Girlschool tour, and Eddie had to hit the road with the band. No date. We’re thinking that when Iron Maiden finally gets their head outta their asses and asks the Accüsed to open up for them, well, then maybe like Peaches and Herb say, they’ll be “Reunited cause they’ll kill so gooooooood! Reunited ‘cause it’s understooooooood!
“Hemline” music video coming soon
The title track to the band’s new studio album “The Curse of Martha Splatterhead”; HEMLINE is THE ACCUSED’S first official video in how many year?…we even lost track! “Hemline” was inspired by the classic 80’s horror films and it’s their first attempt to bring Martha Splatterhead to real life. The video was filmed and edited by Federico Aragon who also directed Satriarch’s Exhiled Into Oblivion and produced by Chad Skolte.
The video was shot on two different locations: Seattle, for the band’s performance and San Diego for Martha Splatterhead’s secret hideout.
We hope you enjoy this video.
