ULCERATE’S VAN BROKEN INTO AND ROBBED AFTER NEW YORK CITY SHOW

Ulcerate KICKED SO MUCH ASS in Brooklyn on Saturday night. So much. I’m sorry for you if you weren’t one of the 150 or so fans packed into the back room of the Public Assembly (except the dude who puked in the middle of the pit — fuck you!). More on this later.

Unfortunately the night wasn’t all kisses and roses for Ulcerate, whose van was robbed after the show in the wee hours of the morning while they slept. According to a Facebook post, the band lost all their guitar gear (preamps, effects units), some drum equipment, their stage banner (??) and all of Svart Crown’s merch (?!?!). Those last two are really head-scratchers, but I guess if you see a bunch of Svart Crown shirts show up at your thrift store maybe you can trace them back to the criminal.

Being robbed sucks for any band, but it sucks even more for bands from overseas who had considerable travel and gear rental/shipping expenses, and it sucks triply so for Ulcerate because this was basically their welcome gift for their first time in America. Fortunately, they’ve been able to make arrangements to borrow gear for the rest of the shows and their appearance at Maryland Deathfest, so the tour will soldier on.

Ulcerate are hesitant to accept any money in this manner, but dire times call for dire needs: those wishing to help can send money via PayPal to ulcerate [at] gmail.com.

-VN