Guttermouth, Fenix TX Lead Charge On Punk-O-Rama Tour
Epitaph Records' fourth annual Punk-O-Rama tour sees headliners Guttermouth pounding the pavement with Fenix TX, U.S. Bombs and the Deviates for six weeks beginning in May.
Dates have only been confirmed for the first leg of the punk junket, which kicks off May 8 in Corpus Christi, Texas, and ends May 29 in Detroit, but additional gigs are expected, according to an Epitaph spokesperson.
Guttermouth's seventh studio album, Covered With Ants, was released April 10 and marks the group's first recording for Epitaph. Nitro, the imprint founded by Offspring frontman Dexter Holland, released previous albums.
Fenix TX will follow last year's eponymous debut with Lechuza, expected May 22, according to their publicist. After the Houston quartet complete the Punk-O-Rama tour, they'll join Rancid and 311 on this year's Vans Warped Tour (see [article id="1441585"]"Warped Tour Adds Rollins Band, Lists Dates, Cities"[/article]), which begins June 22 in Phoenix.
U.S. Bombs are touring in support of their fifth full-length album, Back at the Laundromat, and on May 8 the Deviates drop their debut, Time Is the Distance, produced by Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge.
To coincide with the tour, Epitaph will release the Punk-O-Rama 6 compilation on June 5. The 23-track album includes cuts from Epitaph artists including Bad Religion, Rancid and the (International) Noise Conspiracy, as well as previously unreleased tunes from the Descendents, Millencolin, NOFX and Pennywise, whose cover of X's "We're Desperate" features a duet between singer Jim Lindberg and X's Exene Cervenka.
Punk-O-Rama tour dates according to Epitaph:
Track listing for Punk-O-Rama 6 according to Epitaph: