July 28 will be a hot night at the Warfield Theater in San Francisco as Henry Rollins and Xcene Cervenka and their respective bandmates kick off an 18 stop tour of the U.S.
Having actually spoken with both artists this year, albeit seperately and in a different context, I can tell you I am already checking tour schedules and flight schedules to see if we can cross paths . This promises to be an extremely rowdy time guaranteed to cause more than one listener to wonder if they had traveled back in time to the 80s.
According to Pollstar "X will feature its original lineup of Exene Cervenka, John Doe, Billy Zoom and DJ Bonebrake, and the Rollins Band is back with the same formation that recorded the 1994 album
Weight - frontman Henry Rollins, bassist Melvin Gibbs, guitarist Chris Haskett, drummer Sim Cain and producer/sound man Theo Van Rock."
Now if we could only get Hank III to open a few sets for them. It would make for some interesting backstage conversations. Hank could compare tattoos and talk about his penchant for playing "Black Flag" tunes with Henry, and could swap tales about the troubles of trying to fit a standup bass on the tour bus with Exene.
THAT would be a show worth seeing.