Dead Cross, Featuring Mike Patton and Dave Lombardo, Announce Inaugural Tour

Most of us have yet to experience Dead Cross live, despite their giving an apparently riveting, albeit invisible, performance at Ozzfest Meets Knotfest last year. The band, which features Faith No More vocalist Mike Patton, former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, and members of The Locust, will kick off their first tour in August. Again, I haven’t had a chance to see this band live yet, but it’s hard to imagine them sucking — aside from their revered line-up of musicians, I can tell you that the band’s debut album kicks all kinds of ass. So don’t hesitate to hit up one of these gigs.

Dates are below. If you’d like to hear a track from the band’s eponymous album, you can do so here. It comes out August 4 on Patton’s own Ipecac Recordings.

August 10 Santa Ana, CA The Observatory
August 11 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl
August 12 Phoenix, AZ The Marquee
August 14 Dallas, TX Gas Monkey Bar & Grill
August 15 Houston, TX Warehouse Live
August 16 Austin, TX Emo’s
August 18 Tucson, AZ The Rialto Theatre
August 19 San Diego, CA The Observatory North Park
August 21 Los Angeles, CA El Rey Theatre
August 23 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre
August 25 Vancouver, BC Vogue Theatre
August 26 Seattle, WA The Showbox
August 27 Portland Wonder Ballroom
August 29 Sacramento, CA Ace of Spades
September 8 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
September 10 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
September 11 Boston, MA Royale
September 12 New York, NY Gramercy Theatre
September 13 Brooklyn, NY Warsaw
September 15 Detroit, MI St. Andrew’s Hall
September 16 Chicago, IL Riot Fest
September 17 Milwaukee, WI Turner Hall Ballroom
September 19 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
September 20 Lawrence, KS Liberty Hall
September 23 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre