Following two successful 2019 European tours, supporting U.D.O and a dual headline tour with Mammoth Mammoth, Dead City Ruins are excited to be bringing their exciting live show to Australian audiences.
Previewing tracks from their forthcoming album, produced by Machine (Clutch, Lamb of God, Crobot), the “Hot Way to Live” tour is one not to be missed this summer.
“…they’re just these young, broke kids who don’t give a fuck except to play music in front of people. I love it and it’s inspiring on a daily basis. That’s the spirit of rock and roll” Dave “The Snake” Sabo, SKID ROW
Dead City Ruins have made a name for themselves on a national and international level through years of touring and living in their tour bus lovingly named the Blue Bastard. Well known for their energetic live performance and brazen return to the roots of Australian pub rock.
For 11 years now the band has been going strong without letting anything distract them from their mission. Dead City Ruins plow ahead with everything they’ve got, and you can hear this in every note on Never Say Die.
Recorded with English producer James Lewis (Arctic Monkeys, Sunset Sons) Never Say Die will knock you on your ass, just as all good rock’n’roll should, but there’s more to it than that. The music goes deep – as all really good rock’n’roll should. After all, Led Zeppelin are more than Whole Lotta Love, Sabbath are more than Iron Man, and Soundgarden go beyond Outshined. Dead City Ruins play with the same intensity that made the iconic albums of the Seventies, Eighties and Nineties so special. In short, it has soul.
With their rock n roll battle scars worn like badges of honour, the band have played every hole in the wall pub and club you can think of both here and on multiple extended tours of Europe and the States with the likes of Mastodon, Skid Row, Ugly Kid Joe, Fozzy, Orange Goblin and Wolfmother. Playing every show like they were headlining an arena.
Of course the songs on Never Say Die can’t help but reflect the life they now lead. A life on the road. Songs about touring, break ups, fans, laughs, tears and beers..
Fuelled by life, raised by riffs and out to give everyone a good time, Dead City Ruins have delivered an album of working class hard rock that will leave your ears ringing and a grin fixed on your face for days.
TOUR DATES
Round 1
Friday, December 13: Enigma Bar, Adelaide
Saturday, December 14: Barwon Club, Geelong
Thursday, December 19: Cambridge Hotel Warehouse, Newcastle
Friday, December 20: Crowbar Black, Brisbane
Saturday, December 21: Vinnies Dive, Gold Coast
Round 2
Saturday, January 11: Transit Bar, Canberra
Sunday, January 12: Frankies, Sydney
Thursday, January 16: Brisbane Hotel, Hobart
Friday, January 17: Sooki Lounge, Belgrave
Saturday, January 18: Northcote Social, Mlebourne
Tickets available from https://lnkfi.re/DeadCityRuinsAU
