Formed: 1983
From:
Raleigh,
NC,
United States
Last Known Status: Active
Latest Corrosion of Conformity News
Below is our complete Corrosion of Conformity news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
Note: We began associating news directly with bands in late 2003. Therefore, earlier band news may not be listed on this page.
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Vote For Bands To Perform At Sweden Rock Fest
Sweden Rock Festival is asking fans to vote for 30 bands they want to see at the festival. To vote, visit www.swedenrock.com and click on "Vi frågar er." Click on up to 30 of the bands you want to see, then click the "Skicka" button.
Some of the bands you can vote for: More...
More Dates From Disturbed Tour with COC
Dates have been unveiled for Disturbed's upcoming run with Corrosion Of Conformity, the schedule looks as follows: More...
COC Postpone European Tour Due To Hurricane
Corrosion of Conformity have been forced to postpone all U.K. shows and to pull out of supporting Motorhead in Europe.
C.O.C. guitarist and New Orleans resident Pepper Keenan is currently displaced and looking after family members as they await word on when or if they will be able to return to the city.
The band plans to be back on the road in November supporting Disturbed in the U.S.
Plans are underway to reschedule shows in Europe.
Corrosion Of Conformity To Open For Disturbed
Corrosion of Conformity will be opening for Disturbed on the first leg of the Jägermeister Tour. Tour dates will be announced very shortly. For more information, visit www.jagermeistermusictour.com.
COC To Open For Motorhead In Europe
Corrosion of Conformity has announced tour dates for their upcoming European tour. Tour dates are as follows:
UK tour with Witchcraft:
Sept 25 Stoke On Trent - The Sugarmill
Sept 26 Oxford - The Zodiac
Sept 27 Brighton - Concorde 2
Sept 28 Portsmouth - Wedgewood Rooms
Sept 29 Nottingham - Rock City
Sept 30 Glasgow - King Tut's Wah Wah Hut
Oct 01 Birmingham - Birmingham Academy (Carling Academy)
Oct 02 Newport - TJ's
Oct 03 Liverpool - Liverpool Academy 1,2,3,4 (Liverpool Univ.)
Oct 04 Manchester - Manchester Univ (Academy,MDH,Hop&Grape)
Oct 06 London - Carling Academy Islington & Bar Academy
European tour opening for Motörhead: More...
Corrosion Of Conformity To Tour UK In Fall
Corrosion of Conformity has announced a bunch of fall tour dates in the UK:
Sept. 25 Stoke - Sugarmill
Sept. 26 Oxford - Zodiac
Sept. 28 Portsmouth - Wedgwood Rooms
Sept. 29 Nottingham - Rock City
Sept. 30 Glasgow, UK - King Tut's
Oct. 01 Birmingham - Academy 2
Oct. 03 Liverpool - Uni
Oct. 04 Manchester - Uni
Oct. 06 London, UK - Islington Academy
Laskas Family Benefit Shows Announced
Corrosion of Conformity band has posted this message on their website regarding the benefit shows for the Laskas family following the stabbing at one of their shows last month:
The name of the man killed at the COC show in Ybor on June 23 is Tommy Laskas. As time goes on, we're getting more and more emails from Tommy's friends. It's an honor to have a guy like this come to our show. Tommy leaves behind a daughter and wife.
Many people are pitching in to help the family through this hard time.
JULY 9: A concert featuring 8 bands and DJs will be held to benefit the Laskas family. It will be at New World Brewery, 1313 8th Ave, Ybor City FL. Click here to see the flyer.
JULY 12: A wresting show will be put on to benefit the Laskas family. It will take place at the Full Moon Saloon, 1613 E 7th Ave, Ybor City FL. Phone: 813-248-3309.
JULY 17: A Silent Auction Art Show will be held to benefit the Laskas family. It will take place 1510 E 8th Ave (the corner of 8th Ave and 15th St.) at 5PM. Call ahead at 813-241-2435 to donate art, or come by for the show to pick some up. Click here for the flyer.
A savings account has also been set up for Tommy's wife and daughter if you would like to help directly. It is Wachovia savings account #3000078182834
Thanks everyone. Rest in peace Tommy.
Stabbing Victim Questions Security At CoC Show
Tampa Bay's 10 has filed a report from the Masquerade nightclub in Ybor City, Florida one night after a fatal stabbing at a Corrosion of Conformity concert there. According to the report, some people — including one of the stabbing victims — are questioning the loose security at the popular nightspot. You can watch the video report at tampabays10.com.
Headline News
Man Arrested in COC Concert Stabbing
The arrest and booking information of the suspect arrested Saturday morning (June 25) in connection with the stabbings at CORROSION OF CONFORMITY concert in Ybor City Thursday night (June 23) has been posted online at the web site of the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. You can check it out at this location.
Michael John Pyne (photo), 39, of Pinellas Park, turned himself in early Saturday morning, Tampa Police spokesman Joe Durkin said in a press release. Pyne is charged with murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery, and aggravated assault, according to TBO.com.
Four people were stabbed during a fight Thursday night during a concert inside The Masquerade. Thomas Laskas, 29, died of his injuries early Friday morning at Tampa General Hospital. Witnesses said Laskas was trying to break up the fight.
Police said Pyne admitted to being at the club and having a knife but told detectives that he does not remember anything after seeing his girlfriend in a fight.
Pyne is being held without bond at the Hillsborough County Jail.
Michael Dunn of the Tampa Tribune has issued the following report: More...
Breaking News
Fatal Stabbing At Corrosion of Conformity Concert
It is being reported that at last night's CORROSION OF CONFORMITY show at The Masquerade in Tampa, FL four people were stabbed with one being fatally wounded. The band has released the following statement on their web site:
"We are stunned deeply saddened by the brutal stabbings of three people at the Tampa show last night. We don't have much information at this time. Unofficially we have heard that one victim didn't make it. In twenty plus years of gigging we've never seen anything like this. It's sad that people can't come together for a good time listening to music without something tragic happening. We feel for the families of those attacked and wish success to Tampa law enforcement in their quest to solve this pointless crime. Take care of each other and go in peace.
Anyone who has any information or saw anything should contact the Tampa Police at 813-276-3200."
Ben Montgomery of The Tampa Tribune has issued the following report on the incident: More...
Corrosion Of Conformity Drive Record Company Crazy
Chart Attack reports that Corrosion of Conformity drove their record company crazy with their latest album, "In The Arms Of God." Several excerpts from the article:
"We drove the record company crazy with [it]," [guitarist/singer Pepper Keenan] admits. "It just didn't sound the way we wanted it to. We mastered the record three different times with three different people to get it right. The first guy compressed it to sound like a heavy metal album. We wanted it to feel like a jazz record. It needed those ups and downs. Once we heard it, we were like, 'No way. We're doing it again.'"
"We'd made a record that sounded so different compared to other bands. A lot of people forgot how to make classic-sounding records. Everything has to be on 10, raise it to the ceiling, that's not what we wanted. It's hard when there's this big dude who's done a million records and you're telling him that he's not got it right. He understood what we were trying to achieve though, 'cause we spent a lot of time trying to get the finer points in there."
"Hey, it worked and people get it," Keenan says with a confident smile. "Every time someone says to me, 'The drums sound like cannons!' I'm like, 'No shit, motherfucker, we didn't compress the drums!' We knew we were onto something."
Read the full article at Chart Attack.
Crowbar Plan Headlining Dates, Support CoC
New Orleans sludge-masters Crowbar are hitting the road once again in support of the massively infectious release "Lifesblood For The Downtrodden" next week. The first several dates are Crowbar headlining gigs, followed by a full month out with the legendary Corrosion of Conformity.
CROWBAR headlining dates:
05/27/05 - Lansing IL - JJ Kelly's
05/28/05 - Des Moines IA - Harry Mary
05/29/05 - St Louis MO - Creepy Crawl
05/31/05 - El Torreon - Kansas City MO
06/01/05 - Hi Tone - Memphis - TN More...
COC Frontman To Appear On Headbanger's Ball
On Saturday May 14, Corrosion of Conformity frontman Pepper Keenan recorded an appearance on Headbanger's Ball that will air on MTV2 on Saturday May 21.
Upcoming tour dates w/ Crowbar, Alabama Thunderpussy, and Weedeater:
Jun. 02 Indianapolis IN The Vouge
Jun. 03 Detroit MI Harpo's
Jun. 04 Columbus OH Newport Music Hall
Jun. 05 Covington KY Madison Theater
Jun. 06 Grand Rapids MI Ten Bells Nightclub
Jun. 08 Buffalo NY The Buffalo Icon
Jun. 09 Towson MD Recher Theater
Jun. 10 New York NY Irving Plaza
Jun. 11 Philadelphia PA Trocadero
Jun. 12 Norfolk VA Norva Theatre
Jun. 14 Wilmington NC Marzz
Jun. 16 Asheville NC Stella Blue
Jun. 17 Winston-Salem NC Ziggy's
Jun. 18 Myrtle Beach SC House Of Blues
Jun. 19 Jacksonville Beach FL Freebird Live
Jun. 20 Orlando FL The Social
Jun. 22 Ft Lauderdale FL Culture Room
Jun. 23 Tampa FL Masquerade
Jun. 24 Atlanta GA Masquerade
Jun. 25 New Orleans LA TwiRoPa
Jun. 27 Nashville TN Exit/In
Jun. 28 Memphis TN New Daisy Theater
Jun. 30 Tulsa OK Cain's Ballroom
Jul. 01 Dallas TX Trees
Jul. 02 Houston TX Engine Room
Jul. 03 Austin TX Emo's
Jul. 21 Chicago IL House Of Blues
Watch CoC's 'Stone Breaker' Video Online
Corrosion Of Conformity are out with the video to their new single 'Stone Breaker'. You can watch it online at Yahoo! Music.
Brand New Sin Announce New Tour Dates
The Syracuse-based hard rock quintet Brand New Sin will head out on a string of Northeastern dates with ‘80s legends Faster Pussycat from April 19th to April 24th, leading into two shows alongside Grammy Award-winning rock icons Motorhead. The group recently wrapped up highly successful strings of dates alongside Motorhead, Corrosion of Conformity and Life of Agony in support of their highly anticipated new full-length album "Recipe For Disaster," now set for a May 31st release.
Brand New Sin recently shot a video for the track “Black And Blue” with acclaimed director Dale Resteghini (Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed).
Joe Altier (vocals) checks in with the following tour report:
We are home safe and sound, trying to stop the ringing in our ears and most importantly giving our livers a rest. The Motorhead tour was everything we expected and more. We wanna thank Motorhead, C.O.C, Zeke and all their crews for making it memorable and at times real fucking fuzzy. We also thank all the old diehard sinners for showing their faces again and for not forgetting us and we welcome all the new converts and look forward to seeing you all again real soon. A big thanks also goes out to our brothers in Life Of Agony for hooking us up with a few shows on our way home, and of course we must give a shout out to our fans in Flint and Detroit.
We have a string of dates coming up on the East Coast from April 19th to the 24th and then join back up with the Motorhead tour on May 4th and 5th. Look for our new video for ‘Black And Blue’ to make its Headbangers Ball and Uranium debuts next month and we will be announcing our summer plans real soon. Don't forget our new full-length album, Recipe For Disaster, will drop on May 30th for everyone across the pond in Europe and May 31st for all you here in the U.S. In the meantime, you can check out our Black And Blue EP, featuring the title track (our first single) along with three exclusive new cuts. This is available through our website and at all of our live shows. If you see me sitting in a random bar in Syracuse, hit me up because I will have a few of them in my back pocket. See all of you real soon.
Just when you thought you've heard it all, Brand New Sin returns with an aggressive, blue-collar American hard rock album sure to create a buzz that will transcend genres. Click here to hear the full-length version of “Black And Blue.”
Brand New Sin with Faster Pussycat tour dates:
Apr. 19 House Of Rock - Baltimore, MD
Apr. 20 Dragonfly - Harrison PA
Apr. 21 Staircase - Pittston PA
Apr. 22 Continental - New York NY
Apr. 23 Dingbatz - Jersey City NJ
Apr. 24 Crazy Donkey - Long Island NY
Brand New Sin with Motorhead tour dates:
May 04 Hampton Beach Casino - Hampton Beach NH
May 05 BB King's - New York NY
CoC's "In The Arms Of God" Listening Party
Real.com is hosting an online listening party for Corrosion Of Conformity's new album 'In The Arms Of God', released Tuesday (April 5). You can listen to the album in full here.
COC Guitarist On Making Of New Album
Woody Weatherman, guitarist for Corrosion of Conformity, recently spoke with Quad-City Times Newspaper about the making of their album "In the Arms of God." Here are several excerpts from the article:
Corrosion of Conformity guitarist Woody Weatherman describes the making of his band’s stunningly pointed new album, “In the Arms of God,” the same way a 7-year-old might talk about a baby tooth.
“It just fell out,” he said from a tour stop in Connecticut.
The effortlessness that he and the rest of the decade-old North Carolina four-piece encountered when they convened to record their first album in five years was unexpected. All of the time away from the recording studio, coupled with a drastically changed world from the one they were living in when they made the last record gave lead singer Pepper Keenan more fire to play with.
“With Keenan, he’s coming from a different time and place. The world’s a different place. Everything’s a little scarier and I think a lot of these songs reflect that,” Weatherman said.
“That’s the true Corrosion of Conformity fashion,” Weatherman said. “We take giant leaps. If (our fans) weren’t expecting a surprise, they should have.”
Many of the songs initially came to be as ideas hatched at Weatherman’s farmstead. They were then recorded uninhibitedly at the crumbling practice space — the “dingy hole-in-the-wall with mold growing on the wall” — that Corrosion’s had since the 1980s.
“I’ve got a place out there that’s half a farm. I don’t have any llamas or anything. It’s a little ways out. For me, it’s in the country. It inspires everyone once in a while,” Weatherman said. “We recorded the entire record at our practice space. It was the first time we’ve ever done that. When people record demos and then record their album in a studio, a lot of times people will say, ‘I kind of like the demo tape version better.’
“We just kind of did that. It’s raw and it’s real. We used all the same equipment we use live. Those amps that we play with every night are the same amps that are on the record.“
Read the full article at Quad-City Times.
New Corrosion Of Conformity Audio Clip Available
A one-minute, fifteen-second audio clip of a brand new Corrosion of Conformity track, entitled "Stone Breaker", has been made available for download at this location.
"Stone Breaker" comes off the group's new album, "In the Arms of God", due on April 5 via Sanctuary Records.
The group's first collection of new material since 2000's "America's Volume Dealer", "In the Arms of God" was produced by C.O.C.'s longtime collaborator John Custer. Besides working on four of the band's previous albums, Custer also produced C.O.C. bassist Mike Dean's track on Dave Grohl's Probot project and C.O.C.'s contribution to "Nativity In Black", the Black Sabbath tribute compilation. Playing drums was New Orleans' Stanton Moore, skinsman for the renowned jazz-funk combo Galactic.
"In the Arms of God" (view cover here) track listing:
01. Stone Breaker
02. Paranoid Opioid
03. It Is That Way
04. Diry Hands Empty Pockets / Already Gone
05. Rise River Rise
06. Never Turns To More
07. Infinite War
08. So Much Left Behind
09. Backslider
10. World on Fire
11. Crown of Thorns
12. In the Arms of God
Track #3, "It Is That Way", has previously appeared at the High Times magazine compilation "High Volume: The Stoner Rock Collection", released last year.
Corrosion of Conformity will embark on a U.S. tour supporting Motorhead beginning on March 9 in Sayreville, New Jersey. Joining Pepper Keenan (vocals/guitar), Woody Weatherman (guitar/vocals) and Mike Dean (bass/vocals) on the road will be drummer Jason Paterson (Cry Love). Tour dates can be found here.
Motorhead Announce More Tour Dates
Motorhead has announced more tour dates to their 30th Anniversary tour with Corrosion of Conformity & Zeke. The complete list of tour dates is as follows:
Mar. 09 Sayerville, NJ Starland Ballroom
Mar. 11 Worcester, MA The Palladium
Mar. 12 New York, NY B.B. Kings Blues Club & Grill
Mar. 13 Binghampton, NY Magic City Music Hall
Mar. 15 Hartford, CT Webster Theatre
Mar. 16 Philadelphia, PA The Trocadero
Mar. 18 Cleveland, OH Agora Theatre
Mar. 19 Chicago, IL House of Blues
Mar. 20 Milwaukee, WI Rave Ballroom
Mar. 21 CHicago, IL House of Blues
Mar. 23 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
Mar. 25 Omaha, NE Sokol Auditorium
Mar. 26 Kearney, NE Expo Centre
Mar. 27 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
Mar. 29 Albuquerque, NM Showcase Theatre
Apr. 01 Los Angeles, CA Wiltern Theatre
Apr. 02 Anaheim, CA House of Blues
Apr. 03 Los Angeles, CA Wrestlemania
Apr. 05 Las Vegas, NV House of Blues
Apr. 06 Bakersfield, CA The Dome
Apr. 08 San Francisco, CA Warfield
Apr. 09 Portland, OR Roseland Theatre
Apr. 10 Seattle, WA The Showbox
Apr. 12 Spokane, WA Big Easy
Apr. 14 Vancouver, BC Commodore Ballroom
Apr. 15 Prince George, BC Prince George Multiplex
Apr. 17 Calgary, AB The Whiskey
Apr. 18 Edmonton, AB Red's
Apr. 19 Banff, AB Wild Bills
Apr. 21 Saskatoon, SK Credit Union Centre
Apr. 22 Winnipeg, MB Burton Cummings Theatre
Apr. 23 Thunder Bay, ON Warp 9
Apr. 25 Toronto, ON The Docks
Apr. 26 Kingston, ON Stages
Apr. 28 Ottawa, ON Capitol Music Hall
Apr. 29/05 Quebec City, PQ Capitol Theatre
Apr. 30 Montreal, PQ Metropolis
May 02 Halifax, NS Halifax Civic Centre
May 03 St. John, NB Lord Beaverbrook Rink
May 28 Mexico Monterrey Metal Fest
New Brand New Sin Album In May, Tour w/ Motorhead
The highly anticipated new Brand New Sin full-length album "Recipe For Disaster" is now set for a May 31st release and will be preceded by a series of performances alongside rock legends Motorhead and Corrosion of Conformity, kicking off March 9 in Sayerville, N.J. In conjunction with the tour, the band will release a low-priced four-track EP titled "Black And Blue," which will be available starting in March at select independent retailers.
The title track, "Black And Blue,” will serve as the first single from "Recipe For Disaster"; the other three songs will be exclusive to the EP. The group recently shot a video for “Black And Blue” with acclaimed director Dale Resteghini (Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed); click here to check out stills from the shoot. Brand New Sin are currently wrapping up a two-week tour of the Southeast and were recently added to a slew of new Motorhead shows, along with two special gigs with Life of Agony late next month.
The Southern-influenced hard rock quintet first burst upon the scene in 2002 with their groundbreaking self-titled debut, which garnered acclaim from such mainstream outlets as Billboard and Guitar One. The group went on to earn a devoted legion of fans through relentless touring with a wide array of artists, from Black Label Society and Slayer to Breaking Benjamin and Saliva. It's the stunning blend of Altier's captivating roar and melodic overtones mixed with the band's gritty, rock-solid rhythm section, stunning dual guitar solos and pummeling hooks that helps this group stand out from the pack and appeal to a diverse audience.
Just when you thought you've heard it all, Brand New Sin returns with an aggressive, blue-collar American hard rock album sure to create a buzz that will transcend genres.
Click here to hear the full-length version of “Black And Blue.”