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Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012
Start Time: 8:00 PM
Event Type: Special Events, Concerts
Last Updated: June 16, 2012
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with TorcheBlack Cobraand GazaCorrosion Of ConformityFounded by three teenagers in Raleigh, North Carolina in 1982, Corrosion of Conformity began as an underground band and went on to transform heavy music, challenging boundaries and serving as what Decibel Magazine called a crucial stylistic lynchpin in the bridge between metal and punk that irrevocably reshaped crossovers sonic possibilities.Thirty years and many changes later, COCs original trio is back with a self-titled release for London-based independent Candlelight Records. Corrosion of Conformity isnt a comeback album or an example of diminishing returns, Invisible Oranges observed. Its a testament to immense talent and the elusive endowment of staying power.In the summer of 2010, COCs founding members bassist/vocalist Mike Dean, drummer/vocalist Reed Mullin and guitarist Woody Weatherman gathered at Weathermans farm in Virginia to get to work again after a five-year hiatus. With longtime vocalist/guitarist Pepper Keenan busy working with metal supergroup Down back home in New Orleans, COC began playing together as a three-piece for the first time since the mid-1980s.Thats the same lineup behind 1985s Animosity, widely considered a crossover classic. While the trio re-visited songs from that album and 1987s Technocracy, this was not just an exercise in nostalgia, and they soon began writing new material. It was a little strange at first but pretty quickly it felt like we hadnt missed a beat, recalled Dean.After touring the U.S. and Europe with bands including Goatsnake and Clutch, and appearances at festivals like Deathfest and Roadburn,, COC joined with longtime producer John Custer in early 2011 to begin recording what would be the bands first release since 2005s critically acclaimed In the Arms of God, which featured Stanton Moore of Galactic on the drums filling in for an injured Mullin. COC recorded all 11 tracks at Dave Grohl's Studio 606 in Los Angeles with help from Foo Fighters' engineer John Lousteau.