Pitchfork

If you've never seen a band blow up a venue before, here's your chance. It seems like only yesterday when they last blew through town, leaving a swath of destruction, mayhem, and booty-shaking in their wake, but Rocket from the Crypt is heading out on tour again. The shows are in support of their latest sleazy rawk sensation, Group Sounds. Club owners are advised to take out additional insurance, because the power of rock may cause structural and auditory damage to clubs and eardrums everywhere.

Two tracks from Group Sounds, "Venom Venom" and "Straight American Slave," can be heard passing in and out of the background on Jim Rome's nationally broadcast sports radio show. We'll be looking for RFTC on the next installment of the Jock Jams series. As promised, the aforementioned tour dates:

07-17 Salt Lake City, UT - Liquid Joe's
07-18 Fort Collins, CO - Starlight
07-19 Lincoln, NE - Knickerbockers
07-20 Iowa City, IA - Gabe's Oasis
07-21 Milwaukee, WI - Shank Hall
07-22 Grand Rapids, MI - Intersection
07-24 Newport, KY - Southgate House
07-25 Columbus, OH - Little Brother's
07-26 State College, PA - Crowbar
07-27 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
07-28 Philadelphia, PA - TBA
07-29 Richmond, VA - Twisters
07-31 Nashville, TN - 328 Performance Hall
08-01 Memphis, TN - Young Avenue Deli
08-02 Little Rock, AR - Vino's
08-03 Dallas, TX - Deep Ellum Live
08-04 El Paso, TX - E-9
08-23 Belgium - Pukkelpop