Marquette hard rock quartet Nudge are returning to Sault Michigan THIS WEEKEND! I apologize for the shorter notice than we usually get, but the Facebook event page was only posted on Monday, and there wasn't enough time to cover these dates twice this week without redundancy. Nudge will help kick off June 2012 with a pair of shows at The Satisfied Frog this Friday & Saturday for their second local weekend with their current lineup, and it's good to see Nudge coming back to the area so soon after their shows earlier this month! Notably, frontman Danzo McCracken also has two acoustic sets lined up at The Frog TONIGHT & tomorrow night too, so click here for more details on those gigs as well. Both the June 1st & 2nd dates have no announced cover charge and 10:00 PM start times, and you must be 21 to attend on either night this weekend. Check the above links for more details! These should be another fun weekend of Nudge concert dates from one of the U.P.'s hardest working bands, and hopefully a big crowd turns out at The Frog this weekend to hear their entertaining blend of hard rock covers! For a preview, here's Nudge covering Queen's "Tie Your Mother Down" at a show in 2008!
Also for recently announced shows this weekend, Sault Ontario metal cover trio Caveman Morrison just announced yesterday evening that they're playing at The Roosevelt Hotel THIS FRIDAY & SATURDAY! Apologies for the short notice again, but it looks like the band heard about the shows only recently as it is. Four weeks after their last Rosie appearances, this talented trio will bring their entertaining set of heavy covers back to the Korah Road bar all weekend long, and if you've missed them in the past few weeks, don't miss them over the next little while! However, they're look different (yet still familiar) this weekend, as ex-Browbeat frontman and former bassist Dutch Vanderploeg will be filling in on bass this weekend, creating (at least for one weekend) a reunion of Caveman Morrison's fall 2010 lineup. According to frontman Tym Morrison on the Facebook event page, James White had to "part with the band" due to commitments with his new job, explaining the need for a replacement this weekend. While it's disappointing to see James leave, we'll still see him in Redundant, so not all is lost, and Dutch should hopefully fit back in Caveman Morrison like a glove this weekend, even if it's only for one weekend!As could be expected, Caveman Morrison's shows on Friday & Saturday are 19+ events with no cover charge and 10:00 PM-ish start times. For more details, check the above links! It's great to see Caveman Morrison back on stage for some more concerts, and hopefully I can make it out this weekend to see this 2010 reunion in action! For a preview for this weekend's shows, here's Caveman Morrison covering Living Colour's "Cult of Personality" last year!
Now to the previously announced shows, starting with the long awaited return of the Roosevelt Hotel metal nights! After an over two month hiatus, the Thursday night metal concert series returns TOMORROW NIGHT, partly thanks to new booking team member/Bear Hunters guitarist Mitch Sirie, and it's great to see the series back for a 44th installment! Bookers have brought a very solid lineup of bands tomorrow, consisting of the three most frequently seen bands at Thursday metal nights at The Rosie, including headliners As It Stands in their first local concert appearance since their strong set at the Sault Humane Society Battle of the Bands! The prominent local hardcore quintet will also be making their second straight Rosie metal night appearance (they opened the last one on March 10th), and you know their energetic metalcore stylings will be sure to deliver a huge crowd and some big moshpits tomorrow night! The opening bands will include include the aforementioned Bear Hunters and fellow local death metal standouts Shit Liver, both fresh off of opening for Fuck The Facts, and their diverse takes on the art of growling and metal brutality will surely be welcomed by all tomorrow at The Rosie!Admission is free (as is standard for all-local Rosie metal nights), it'll start at 9:00 PM or later tomorrow, and continuing the trend from March 10th, this (and the next two Rosie metal nights) will be ALL AGES! Good to see age limits being excised in full, and hopefully the all ages model continues to be successful in the Rosie metal nights' third incarnation! For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! Again, I 100.23% guarantee I'll be at The Roosevelt Hotel tomorrow for this show, and I really hope I can see you guys out there tomorrow, with a review and photos/videos to follow! It'll be awesome, so come on out, and for a preview, here's As It Stands playing their song "Embay The Terrible" at The Grand Theater last month!
And finally for known metal/hard rock shows this weekend (I'll have more if I hear of them), Sault Michigan hard rock notables Monkey's Uncle are apparently returning to The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino THIS WEEKEND! Their shows on Friday & Saturday will be the first at Kewadin Casino's bar in over a month, and though concerts elsewhere remain hard to source due to a lack of frequently updated online pages, it's nice to see two Kewadin concert weekends from Monkey's Uncle spaced closer together than some other recent dates have been! As one would expect for Rapids Lounge concerts, this weekend's shows should have 21+ age limits, no announced cover charge, and start times of around 10:00 PM. Check the above links for more details! Knowing the available originals and covers in Monkey's Uncle's playlist from their peak of online activity, I can assume that they'll deliver a great weekend of hard rocking tunes on Friday and Saturday, so keep their shows at The Rapids Lounge in mind this weekend! For a preview, here's Monkey's Uncle covering Jet's "Cold Hard Bitch" a few year's back!That's all for now, but stay tuned for our Insipid Brutality review and more news by tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
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