Acid Mothers Temple on Tour

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They aren't playing here for a whole month... 17th of October. I hope that show is still on. God damn I want to see them.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Friday, 16 September 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

from the band site
* * * Unfortunately we have to cancel the concerts at least 14th and 21st of September. We have still the problem to get the US work visa from the US consulate. When we'll be able to get our visa, we're going to come to US as soon as possible. We apologize everyone who was going to come to the concert that was canceled. Anyway we really would love to come to US with all members of AMT & TCI as soon as possible!

― drone/a/saur (william), Friday, 16 September 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

Tour's on, according to the website. I LOVE the new 'band' and really wanna see them in NYC but Ticketweb aren't selling tix online. Does anyone in New York know how much tickets are at the Knitting Factory show? Do you think it'll sell out?

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Saturday, 24 September 2005 03:44 (twenty years ago)

ok, so are they touring or not?? Did the Visa thing get worked out?? No one seems to know. Has anyone seen them yet?

― Rudy Tuesday, Tuesday, 4 October 2005 06:19 (twenty years ago)

They are here. I know because we played with them and Terry Riley at UCLA on Saturday night at the Terry Riley 70th Birthday Celebration (which was pretty great- Terry sang a beautiful Indian song and played "Rainbow in Curved Air" too). AMT did "In C". They ruled. Do go check em out- it's just a fourpiece, they weren't able to bring two drummers as they had intended. Tabata kicks so much ass it's ridiculous.

― Drew Daniel (Drew Daniel), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 06:32 (twenty years ago)

As long as Hiroshi is there, I'm a happy man.

Tix just bought - thanks Drew!

PS "Rainbow in Curved Air" live??! FUCK!

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:48 (twenty years ago)

I saw em in SF on Friday. they had two drummers. i forget who the second drummer was (some white guy that's in some noise/indie band in the states).

― JaXoN (jaxon), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 22:54 (twenty years ago)

i saw them in SF on friday and literally blew out my right ear drum. great show, until i left and couldn't hear a thing in my right ear. in any event, was kinda weird... they had a fill-in extra drummer (from subarachnoid space), and Philip Manley of Trans Am was their roadie... and Hiroshi smashed his guitar. rawk and/or roll

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

haha.. sorry, xpost... didn't see that

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 23:05 (twenty years ago)

I just learned about this from a guy I know from school whom I ran into on the bus. I want to go, but I probably can't afford it.

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 23:40 (twenty years ago)

Need to check on the other LA show they're doing -- would have loved to have been at the UCLA show but a friend's birthday party took precedence!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 23:45 (twenty years ago)

tix were only $12!!!

(somehow ended up $35 for two with 'service fees' though - fuckin' Ticketmaster!)

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Tuesday, 4 October 2005 23:48 (twenty years ago)

Who's going to the Philly gig on the 20th (the 20th, I think?)

― blackmail.is.my.life (blackmail.is.my.life), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 00:50 (twenty years ago)

i'm seeing 'em tonight. $6 bitches!!

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 01:42 (twenty years ago)

Pffff.

― Roger Fidelity (Roger Fidelity), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 02:06 (twenty years ago)

I wish that they had been able to get into the country when i tried to go see them at rothko in nyc last month. it seems that we hate to bring weird japanese musicians over to the us.

i used to book my college's independent music festival and i tried to get damo suzuki, but he also couldnt get across customs.

― emma cleveland (emma cleveland), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 10:31 (twenty years ago)

Cities / dates?

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 12:03 (twenty years ago)

N/m

WED 9/14 NEW YORK, NY @ Rothko (CMJ)
THU 9/15 MONTREAL, PQ @ La Sala Rossa
FRI 9/16 OTTAWA, ON @ Babylon
SAT 9/17 TORONTO, ON @ Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
SUN 9/18 BUFFALO, NY @ Soundlab
MON 9/19 CLEVELAND, OH @ Grog Shop
TUES 9/20 DETROIT MI @ Magic Stick
THU 9/22 CHICAGO, IL @ Empty Bottle
FRI 9/23 MILWAUKEE, WI @ Todd Wehr Conference Center
SAT 9/24 MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Triple Rock Club
TUES 9/27 SEATTLE, WA @ Neumos
WED 9/28 VANCOUVER, BC @ Richards On Richards
THU 9/29 PORTLAND, OR @ Berbati's Pan
FRI 9/30 SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
SAT 10/1 LOS ANGELES, CA @ UCLA (w/ Terry Riley)
SUN 10/2 SAN DIEGO, CA @ Casbah
MON 10/3 PHOENIX, AZ @ Modified Arts
TUES 10/4 TUCSON, AZ @ Club Congress
THU 10/6 SALT LAKE CITY, @ UT Ego's
FRI 10/7 DENVER, CO @ Larimer Lounge
SAT 10/8 LAWRENCE, KS @ The Jackpot Lounge
SUN 10/9 DENTON, TX @ Hailey's
MON 10/10 AUSTIN, TX @ Parish
TUES 10/11 HOUSTON, TX @ Mary Janes Fat Cat
WED 10/12 BATON ROUGE, LA @ Spanish Moon
THU 10/13 TALLAHASSEE, FL @ The Beta Bar
FRI 10/14 ORLANDO, FL @ The Social
SAT 10/15 GAINESVILLE, FL @ Common Grounds
SUN 10/16 ATLANTA, GA @ The Earl
MON 10/17 ASHEVILLE, NC @ Grey Eagle
TUE 10/18 BALTIMORE, MD @ Ottobar
WED 10/19 BROOKLYN, NY @ Southpaw
THU 10/20 PHILADELPHIA, PA @ First Unitarian Church
FRI 10/21 NEW YORK, NY @ Knitting Factory
SAT 10/22 CAMBRIDGE, MA @ Middle East
SUN 10/23 NEW HAVEN, CT @ Bar Nightclub
MON 10/24 NORTHAMPTON, MA @ Pearl Street Nightclub

― Edward III (edward iii), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 12:06 (twenty years ago)

Gonna make a day of it on Saturday in Lawrence. Been a few years since I visited Love Garden.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:19 (twenty years ago)

Denton sora sticks out like a sore thumb there, don't it?

― Austin Still (Austin, Still), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

Oh fiddle, I could have sworn they were playing a separate LA date. Ah well.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

Denton sora sticks out like a sore thumb there, don't it?

Yay Denton, the home of happiness.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 13:21 (twenty years ago)

I saw Acid Mothers Temple w/Kinski at the Entry and thought they were fantastic..then a bunch of people I knew went to see them at the Triple Rock later on and said they sucked...I guess they had a more stripped down lineup and it was boring wank..the vers. I saw had about 6 or 7 people, super great chugga chugga space rockin' w/two people cranking on weird knob analog synths making sqwacks and squelches....sweet.

but maybe I have bad taste in psych and all these other folx are right...who knows?

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 14:50 (twenty years ago)

AMT are great and your friends are feebs. (But they could have easily just had a bad show.)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 14:53 (twenty years ago)

yeah....I think it might have been a "lineup" thing...I think they said it was only a four-piece....focused mainly on guitar solos....the big lineup I saw (while obv. doing lots of solos) was more focused on building up into big Hawkwind bulldozing riffs....

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:02 (twenty years ago)

Huh. Well that's weird, as last time I saw them they were a four piece and my god were they focused into major riff drone.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:06 (twenty years ago)

I guess I could see them being a band that could be pretty completely diff. depending on what night you see them, though....prog/psych is prolly hit or miss by nature. Still, the show I saw was godhead...one of my favs of the last few years!

Especially liked that the small Japanese woman on analog synth was wearing a WWE Generation DX hockey jersey!

― M@tt He1geson (Matt Helgeson), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 15:32 (twenty years ago)

as much as i fucking love AMT, i do think they suffer a bit from the loss of Cotton Casino--and her Steve Austin shirts

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

I think Amoeba or some listserv told me that this is the last hurrah for this incarnation of the band. Perhaps both lineups are touring?

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 17:27 (twenty years ago)

yeah, i read somewhere that kawabata makoto is pretty sick of touring

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

they were a fourpiece last night, with a mix of droney riffage and monster solos from kawabata. i don't know their songs but the general pattern seemed to be 6 min of riff & variations -> 10 min freakout solo -> 6 min riff & winddown.

they didn't encore even though i thought we managed good applause for the crowd size (tiny by end)-- is this typical??

― W i l l (common_person), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:07 (twenty years ago)

What's the tour-only release like this time around?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:13 (twenty years ago)

CID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE COSMIC INFERNO Iao Chant From The Cosmic Inferno (Ace Fu) cd 14.98
Yes it's another Acid Mother Temple album! Apparently as necessary to life as food or oxygen, for some people...or so it would seem from the band's oft-remarked-upon release schedule, which is in fact matched by the demand for their prolific output. Seriously, though, while we joke about how many records these hairies release, we also always have to perk up and pay attention when there's a new AMT opus. 'Cause most of the time, they're well worth hearing -- this one in particular certainly is, we've gotta say.
Consisting of one 50 plus minute long track entitled "OM Riff from The Cosmic Inferno", this actually sounds quite a bit like AQ faves Circle! Andee thought it *was* Circle when he first heard it, actually. The "chant" you hear is all hyper and Magmoid, twinned with a Circle-like, chugging, insistent rhythm that plows through a universe of swooshing bleeping blooping electronic space soundz. It's repetitive and hypnotic and maybe even spiritually meaningful. An electric Buddhist drug thing you wouldn't understand...but it's fun trying. The chanting gives way to purely instrumental, sorta psychedelic soundtracky passages, but then at at about 23 minutes a heavy, groovy bassline kicks in, and Kawabata unleashes the motorpsycho darkness of his guitar, getting just a wee bit Keiji Haino on us. Later still the chant resurfaces, even more cranked and intense and things just get crazier and heavier. It's all very kosmic and freaky, reminding us like we said of Circle, and even darker stuff like Yeti and Tarantula Hawk, and of course '70s forefathers Hawkwind. And oh yeah Kawabata busts out the hurdy gurdy on here as well. Recommended, especially to AMT fans who also like Circle (which is, we'd imagine, a lot of you).

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

yeah, no encores from them is pretty typical. i've only ever seen em do one encore and it was a one-minute song.

― ken taylrr has gone off the internet because of you (ken taylrr), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:15 (twenty years ago)

Yay to the sound of that -- but is that the actual on-tour-only thing or a separate 'regular' release? They usually sell at least one new CDR on the road.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:18 (twenty years ago)

Yea, I don't know -- but I wanted to highlight the name lineup change.

― Jonothong Williamsmang (ex machina), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 18:21 (twenty years ago)

I didn't have enough $$ to pick up any AMT merch. :(

― Leeeeeeeee (Leee), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:34 (twenty years ago)

I saw 'em at Southpaw last year, planning to go to this one too.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:42 (twenty years ago)

why do these bands all play the same 10 towns?

― msp (mspa), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

That CD is available in shops too.

― everything, Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:46 (twenty years ago)

But $5 more.

Hiroshi has some long fingers!

― Leeeeeeeee (Leee), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:49 (twenty years ago)

The first time I saw them it was like a mindblowing Amon Duul II / Hawkwind manic space riffing thing but the second time it was more like watching the wanky metal dudes that work at the guitar store do an impromptu jam. I don't remember if there were any lineup differences but it seems like they can be pretty hit or miss.

― walter kranz (walterkranz), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 20:58 (twenty years ago)

37>10 xpost to msp

― superultramega (superultramarinated), Wednesday, 5 October 2005 21:09 (twenty years ago)

MON 10/17 ASHEVILLE, NC @ Grey Eagle

what the FUCK

the band isn't actually playing at this venue. they're at some other small bar in Asheville. I just got off the phone with some bitchy woman from the Grey Eagle who was not helpful at all. ugh, get your shit together, tour managers!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 17 October 2005 03:31 (twenty years ago)

Same thing happened in NYC. They were supposed to play the Knitting Factory, and a good friend of mine works there, so I figured I was in like Flynn. But for some reason, it's Knitting Factory 'PRESENTS' AMT, and the show is at the Canal Room. Oh well. It's money well spent, anyway, and I'm pretty excited.

― Killa Hill (Roger Fidelity), Monday, 17 October 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

Does anybody know for sure that AMT did manage to get into the country by now? I can't get on the phone with the venue they actually are at, and am about to hit the road for a 2 hour drive to this show.

― Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:33 (twenty years ago)

yeah theyre here - check out their message board.

― petesmith (plsmith), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:43 (twenty years ago)

3897 Res many.thanks. lue.velvet. 2005/10/18 02:51
New 204.4.13.72

thank you for being such considerate house guests.
I could not have picked a better group of people to allow into my home. dishes were done, and blankets were folded. I hope I was able to make you feel welcome and at home. Have fun on the rest of your journey.

lue.velvet.

haha, awesome. I want the Acid Mothers Temple to stay with me!

― Mickey (modestmickey), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

More like a 45 minute Pink Lady Lemonade.

― Tripmaker (SDWitzm), Monday, 17 October 2005 18:47 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

And here it is again:

13 Apr.(fri) @ Troubadour LOS ANGELES, CA (http://www.troubadour.com/)
17 Apr.(tue) @ Emos Jr. AUSTIN, TX (http://www.emosaustin.com/)
19 Apr.(thu) @ Bottletree BIRMINGHAM, AL (http://www.bottletreecafe.com/)
20 Apr.(fri) @ The Earl ATLANTA, GA (http://www.okproductions.net/)
21 Apr.(sat) @ Grey Eagle Tavern ASHEVILLE, NC (http://www.harvest-records.com/)
22 Apr.(sun) @ Satellite Ballroom CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (http://satelliteballroom.com/)
23 Apr.(mon) @ Ottobar BALTIMORE, MD (http://www.monozine.com/)
24 Apr.(tue) @ Rock and Roll Hotel WASHINGTON DC, DC (http://www.rockandrollhoteldc.com/)
25 Apr.(wed) @ First Unitarian Church Sanctuarty PHILADELPHIA, PA (http://www.r5productions.com/)
26 Apr.(thu) @ Knitting Factory NEW YORK, NY (http://www.knittingfactory.com/)
27 Apr.(fri) @ South Paw BROOKLYN, NY (http://www.spsounds.com/)
28 Apr.(sat) @ Middle East Downstairs CAMBRIDGE, MA (http://www.mideastclub.com/)
29 Apr.(sun) @ Bar Nightclub NEW HEAVEN, CT (http://www.barnightclub.com/)
30 Apr.(mon) @ Babylon OTTAWA, ON (http://www.babylonclub.ca/)
01 May.(tue) @ Lees Palace TORONTO, ON (http://www.leespalace.com/)
02 May.(wed) @ Soundlab BUFFALO, NY (http://www.bigorbitgallery.org/)
03 May.(thu) @ Grog Shop CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH (http://www.grogshop.gs/)
04 May.(fri) @ Magic Stick DETROIT, MI (http://www.majesticdetroit.com/stick.asp)
05 May.(sat) @ Empty Bottle CHICAGO, IL (http://www.emptybottle.com/)
06 May.(sun) @ Triple Rock Club MINNEAPOLIS, MN (http://www.mpshows.com/)
09 May.(wed) @ Richards On Richards VANCOUVER, BC (http://www.richardsonrichards.com/)
10 May.(thu) @ Chop Suey Presents SEATTLE, WA (http://www.chopsuey.com/)
11 May.(fri) @ Doug Fir Lounge PORTLAND, OR (http://www.dougfirlounge.com/)
12 May.(sat) @ Bottom Of The Hill SAN FRANCISCO, CA (http://www.bottomofthehill.com/)
13 May.(sun) @ Attic SANTA CRUZ, CA (http://www.theatticsantacruz.com/)

Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
- at the time of this tour are :
Kitagawa Hao : voice, thermin, hot spice & alcohol
Tsuyama Atsushi : bass, voice, cosmic joker
Higashi Hiroshi : synthesizer, guitar, dancin'king
Shimura Koji : drums, latino cool
Kawabata Makoto : guitar, speed guru

and
Justin "Jastin" Waters : driving, vinyls exploration, chicken sandwich
the support band : Mammatus

We'll sell new albums "Nam Myo Ho Ren Ge Kyo" (Ace Fu Records),
"Crystal Rainbow Pyramid Under The Stars" (Important Records) and the
limited tour 12' "Crystal Rainbow Pyramid" (Important Records) also
Tour T-shirts at SHOPZONE table in each night.

Will be there at the Troubadour, of course.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 22 March 2007 05:55 (nineteen years ago)

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