Colour Revolt Live

I don’t get into much heavy rock and roll these days, I associate a lot of hard rock with my junior high years. But every now and then, a band comes along who I could head-bang to for old times’ sake.

Colour Revolt have been around for a few years, and they’ve steadilly been building momentum towards becoming a respectable hard rock band. “Respectable” in that they don’t ease up on the heavy guitar riffs, but bring forth a meaningful message to their listeners. I enjoyed my first Colour Revolt show this weekend at the Subterranean in Chicago, and I came away in the end feeling like I had experienced pure grunge. Colour Revolt is murky, dark, and loud. They’re not radio-friendly, nor are they interested in being so. This defiance of label systems might be the only clear message that blares through their muddy alternative rock. (except for that lyric on Naked and Red, “Eden, Eden, Eden is a hell of a place.” [rock fist!])

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If you’d like to catch some seriously raw music, Colour Revolt is on tour. Catch them in your town if they’re rolling through in the next month sometime:

May 25 2008 8:00P	Jackpot Saloon [w/ Snowden]	Lawrence, Kansas
May 26 2008 8:00P	The Conservatory [w/ Snowden]	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
May 28 2008 8:00P	House of Blues – Cambridge Room [w/ Snowden]	Dallas, Texas
May 29 2008 9:00P	Stubb’s [w/ Snowden]	Austin, Texas
May 30 2008 9:00P	Walter’s on Washington [w/ Snowden]	Houston, Texas
May 31 2008 8:00P	One Eyed Jacks [w/ Snowden]	New Orleans, Louisiana
Jun 5 2008 9:00P	Hi-Tone	Memphis, Tennessee
Jun 6 2008 8:00P	Thirsty Hippo	Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Jun 7 2008 8:00P	Sluggo’s	Pensacola, Florida
Jun 8 2008 8:00P	Orpheum	Tampa, Florida
Jun 9 2008 8:00P	The Social	Orlando, Florida
Jun 10 2008 8:00P	Jack Rabbit’s	Jacksonville, Florida
Jun 11 2008 9:00P	40 Watt	Athens, Georgia
Jun 12 2008 8:00P	Vinyl	Atlanta, Georgia
Jun 13 2008 8:00P	Bonnaroo	Manchester, Tennessee
Sep 13 2008 1:30P	Monolith Festival @ Red Rocks	Morrison, Colorado
Sep 28 2008 8:00P	Austin City Limits Festival	Austin, Texas

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ash to ash and dust to dust

we’re all gonna die so we have to trust

in something

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http://colourrevolt.calebplain.com/