Angry Samoans Tour Dates and Upcoming Concerts
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Category
1980 La Hardcore, Rock, Free Jazz And Beyond, Punk, Garage Rock
About Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans are an early Los Angeles hardcore punk band, formed by rock critics "Metal" Mike Saunders and Gregg Turner after the demise of Vom, with fellow critic Richard Meltzer in 1978. Their unspecified grudges against influential KROQ DJ Rodney Bingenheimer caused them to write a defamatory song called "Get Off the Air," which caused many Los Angeles clubs to avoid booking them until the mid 1980s. The band's particularly offensive, politically incorrect attitude and lyrical content probably contributed to this situation as well.
AS put out a 7 inch as The Queer Pills in 1981 including the classic punk anthem "They Saved Hitler's Cock" which seems to be played on XM Radio's Fungus 53 station with hilarious regularity in 2007.
Angry Samoans began as Vom in 1976, a self-described beat combo featuring the reknowned writer and critic Richard Meltzer on vocals, with Turner on guitar and 2nd vocals and Saunders on drums. The band also featured Dave Guzman on "tuneless rhythm guitar," 'Gurl' on bass guitar, and Phil Koehn on lead guitar. The name Vom is short for 'vomit', as their early live act is said by Meltzer and Turner to have included throwing various 'viscera', cow parts and food substances at the audience to provoke reaction.
The first Angry Samoans gig was opening for Roky Erickson and The Aliens in Richmond, CA in 1978. In the middle 1980s Angry Samoans returned to their roots in 1960s garage rock (they had always cited the 13th Floor Elevators as being their major influence) and put out two releases, Yesterday Started Tomorrow EP and Stp Not Lsd. Singer/bassist Todd Homer left in 1989, and formed The Mooseheart Faith Stellar Groove Band with Larry Robinson, formerly of 1970s teen pop-soul band Apollo. Turner left soon afterwards, putting out an album in 1993 with The Mistaken before forming his current band, The Blood Drained Cows. Metal Mike formed his own group, featuring a catchy cover, "My Girlfriend Is A Rock." Angry Samoans continued with Saunders, drummer Bill Vockeroth, and a wide variety of other individuals, like Kevin Joseph AKA Mutt, sporadically active throughout the 1990s and into the new millennium.
Discography:
Inside My Brain (1980)
Back From Samoa (1982)
Yesterday Started Tomorrow (1986)
Stp Not Lsd (1988)
Return To Samoa (1990)
Live At Rhino Records (1992)
The '90s Suck And So Do You (1999)
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Genres
1980 La Hardcore, Rock, Free Jazz And Beyond, Punk, Garage Rock
Band members
and if neither bass player can do an out-of-townstate thing --, NOTE: metal mike is at page, bonze Anne Rose Blayk, Bill Vockeroth: drums vocals, Rick Dasher: bass guitar, John V: bass guitar, Matt "Malice" Vicknair: bass guitar vocals, Bio with full historical membership is now finally posted here ---, Metal Mike Saunders: vocals some guitar, starting with the original founding member who OWNED THE FREE PRACTICE PA for use in the garage ---, and sometimes
Angry Samoans Tour Cities
Frequently Asked Questions About Angry Samoans
Concerts & Tour Date Information
Is Angry Samoans on tour?
Yes, Angry Samoans is currently on tour. If you’re interested in attending an upcoming
Angry Samoans concert, make sure to grab your tickets in advance. The Angry Samoans tour
is scheduled for 2 dates across 2 cities. Get
information on all upcoming tour dates and tickets for 2024-2025 with Hypebot.
How many upcoming tour dates is Angry Samoans scheduled to play?
Angry Samoans is scheduled to play 2 shows between 2024-2025. Buy
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When does the Angry Samoans tour start?
Angry Samoans’s tour starts Nov 09, 2024 and ends on Jan 11, 2025.
They will play 2 cities; their most recent concert was held in
Los Angeles at The Regent Theater and their next upcoming concert
will be in Los Angeles at The Regent Theater.
What venues is Angry Samoans performing at?
As part of the Angry Samoans tour, Angry Samoans is scheduled to play across the following
venues and cities:
2024 Tour Dates:
Nov 09 - Los Angeles,
CA @ The Regent Theater
2025 Tour Dates:
Jan 11 - Santa Ana,
CA @ Constellation Room