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The Long and Grinding Road Part 2

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It was really annoying watching all our contemporaries get to Europe post-lockdown. Hell, even Matt got to go with his other bands a few times. Exhumed was forever the bridesmaid, having to cancel two, maybe three trips because of bad booking. This year, we finally made it back to the Old World to eat all the bread and cheese. Oh, and Gruesome came, too. So Matt got to go twice, the fucker.

The Long and Grinding Road continued across the Atlantic. The first stop was Scotland for the Lords of the Land Fest. We got into our hotel and the first thing everyone did was get stupid drunk and Adam and Baz ended up wrestling in my hotel bed.

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The Long and Grinding Road Part 1

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For the first time in Exhumed history (at least the sections I’ve been a part of) we had time to work on a record. And we had a plan for tour. We had a plan for announcements. We had everything planned. I did not plan on being an example of one of the many victims we talk about on our new record, Red Asphalt. But that’s how this year of touring started.

car accident

Some jackass young motorcycle racer lost control of his bike in the rain and seriously fucked up my car when it hit me and sent my tiny mini cooper spinning into the curb. When I got out of my car and he saw I was bleeding from my forehead, his uninsured ass decided the best thing to do was run. The same jackass posted pix from the scene the next day on his Instagram and an anonymous tip led us right to him. No arrest, but he’s getting a misdemeanor charge after confessing. I want more, like the 4k I had to put into my car to get it running again, but the wheels of justice turn slow, if they’re going to turn at all.

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Exhumed – Red Asphalt: Kuntswerk

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“How come there is the front of a car in our practice space?” asked Sean McGrath. I answered something like lol don’t worry about it, Exhumed stuff. And also “I’ve got $50 worth of pig guts in my fridge rn.” And, basically, that’s all it took to create the album cover art for Exhumed’s newest record, Red Asphalt.

Exhumed Red Asphalt cover

Amongst the Exhumed camp, we’d been discussing for a while about doing another photo cover ala Gore Metal. I’ve been back in the band for years, but no album seemed to have called for such a grotesque creation. That is, until we came up for the concept of Red Asphalt. Continue reading “Exhumed – Red Asphalt: Kuntswerk” →

October Surprise

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So, after coming back from Hawai’i with Exhumed and playing a one off with Impaled at the California Death Fest pre-fest show one day later, I had less than a week to make preparations; it was time for the slack-jawed hooded menaces to once again hit the road and for some good old fashioned monster-on-monster crime. This was to be immediately followed by another short Halloween run with Exhumed. FML.

Our first gig was at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma. I’ve played here twice with Exhumed before, once with Revocation. The other time was my very first show with Exhumed in the 1990s where I happened to give myself a nasty little scar on my chest by cutting myself, purposefully, on stage, in a moment of extreme edge-lord-ness. Don’t let your babies grow up to be edge-lords.

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Volcanic Strike 2 with Exhumed

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Back in 2020, when Exhumed was planning to jet set to Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, and Australia, I told Matt we should book a show in Hawai’i on the way. “Why? he asked. It’s a reasonable question, to be fair. It’s a smaller population, it’s expensive to get there, infrequently booked by bands, and we would’ve certainly lost money doing it. My only reason was because I wanted to flex that I’ve played Hawai’i. Well, the world shut down, all the plans were cancelled.

Somehow, however, I willed into being Exhumed playing in Hawai’i. In summer of 2024, the people behind Volcanic Strike made the call and we were booked for an October date. Being part of a fest was a much more attractive offer. Sure, airfare and lodging were sure to eat into our budget significantly, but now we’d at least have a guaranteed audience of festival attendees. We made the plans, and the plans grew. It’s fucking trip to Hawai’i; there was no way we were not going to take advantage of a trip to the lush island of Maui.

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Who Wants Some Head

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Sebastian from Exhumed was getting pretty tired of the same old spark guitar gag he was doing for the Exhumed set over the last few years. For our Decayed Decades tour, Matt suggested we bring back an old gag, the guillotine. Sebastian would solo, then Dr. Philthy would come out and behead him. Exhumed had done the guillotine bit with Bud, the old guitar player, years ago, but that severed head looked REALLY bad. I offered to make something a little bit better for Sebastian.

I had very little time to get this together between tours, so it was definitely done under a crunch. And there were a few missteps on the way to making this…

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Exhumed in the Land of Oz

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It was a longer flight than I’d anticipated from Japan to Sydney, Australia. It was about nine hours and I was just slowly doling out my ibuprofen to deal with the summer of sciatica. There was some more customs hassles to deal with getting into Oz, namely a carnet, a document we had to provide that listed ALL our gear, computers, etc. It went as well as it could, and we entered the airport to find our lovely host, Anthony of Your Mate Bookings, holding a sign displaying a traditional Australian greeting.

I can’t lie, Anthony’s handsomeness put me off a bit. It’s hard to trust a sexy guy who’s decided to denigrate themselves by working in the metal scene. But his humor and typical Australian friendliness did a lot to ease my nerves. He ended up being a great host and our adventures in Australia would prove to be extremely positive.

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Exhumed in Japan

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We headed out early the morning of July 5 to make it to Los Angeles Airport, shit hole of the West. We had to get their very early to take care of three things: checking in, visa forms for Japan, and having our last decent Mexican food for awhile. We made it into Japan without incident, besides maybe some leftover bean farts. 

Our first stop was Tokyo. We met with two members of what was to become our amazing fucking crew, Bastian and Benoit. In a weird twist, our hosts in Japan were French expats. Incroyable! We packed into the very, very tiny van, my sciatica flaring in full force after the long flight, and made our way to the Shinjuku region of Tokyo. 

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