ACIDIC, which consists of lead singer and guitarist Michael Gossard, bassist Ted Dubrawski and drummer Matt Whitaker, released their fourth full-length, 10-track album Copper Man last month.
The band teamed up with producer John Ryan of Chicago Kid Productions (Ryan has worked with Santana, Lynrd Skynrd and Styx among others). “This album is the album we’ve been wishing and praying for. We love playing these songs. This was a pure collaboration of the whole band, a labor of love between three friends. It’s organic, carnivorous rock n’ roll,†says frontman Gossard.
Their last album, “Chronic Satisfaction†garnered critical praise. In the past two years ACIDIC has toured with Candlebox, Fuel, Warner Drive, Alien Ant Farm, Marcy Playground, Filter, Hawthorne Heights, The Higher and Hinder. In 2011, the band visited Germany and Kosovo as part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour, an experience that inspired Gossard to write “The Brave.†“I would be approached by all these soldiers and they’d tell me stories,” Gossard said. “I’d listen and decided I needed to write about it.â€
When they’re not touring, ACIDIC regularly plays around Southern California recently playing to a sold out house at the legendary Troubadour.
Trapt (originally from Los Gatos, California) includes lead singer Chris Taylor Brown, lead guitarist Robb Torres and bass guitarist Peter Charell and is best known for their hit single, “Headstrong.†The dates for The “Reborn†Tour are as follows:
DATE CITY/STATE VENUE
Monday, Apr. 22 Baton Rouge, LA Varsity Theatre
Tuesday, Apr. 23 Shreveport, LA Riverside Warehouse
Wednesday, Apr. 24 Birmingham, AL Iron Horse
Friday, Apr. 26 Jacksonville, NC Hooligans
Saturday, Apr. 27 Columbus, GA Chaos
Monday, Apr. 29 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall
Tuesday, Apr. 30 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
Thursday, May 2nd Lancaster, PA 17603
For more information and tickets: http://acidicband.com/
