Let’s get heavy — Helmet and Prong are touring together this spring.
The two New York bands with ties to the city’s late-’80s/early-’90s are uniting for a 18-date U.S. tour, and it hits Brighton Music Hall in Allston on May 22. A fan pre-sale starts today (February 15) at 10 a.m. via musicglue.com/helmet, and the public on-sale starts Friday (February 16).
“Finally! Helmet and Prong on tour together at last,” says Prong’s Tommy Victor. “The circle is now complete. From the years of crafting groundbreaking riffage and rhythmical carnage on New York’s Lower East Side, to now, the entities still standing that drafted a generation of sonic assault are about to collide. And getting to share a stage with Page Hamilton, one of the most influential masters in existence, is an honor for me personally. Absolutely perfect.”
Says Hamilton: “Helmet really got off the ground after playing audition night at CBGB’s in 1989 (I think those were Mondays?). Tommy was the FOH engineer and door guy was Mike Kirkland. There were many great bands in NY/East Village at the time (Sonic Youth, Rat at Rat R, Live Skull) but most were more in the noise/no wave vein. Prong had an indie vibe but with a heavy dose of metal. We were basically cut from the same musical cloth though Helmet leaned a little more toward noise and feedback and while remaining inspired by AC/DC’s funkiness… We will be forever indebted to Prong and couldn’t be happier to have an NYC reunion tour coming up.”
Check all the dates below after some video romanticizing.
Featured Helmet photo via earMUSIC, by Jacob Blickenstaff.
Helmet + Prong 2017 Live Dates
May 3 – Atlanta, GA – Masq Heaven
May 4 – Pensacola, FL – VMH
May 5 – Baton Rouge, LA – Varsity
May 7 – Corpus Christi, TX – House of Rock
May 9 – Houston, TX – Warehouse Studio
May 10 – Austin, TX – Mohawk
May 11 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
May 12 – Tulsa, OK – The Shrine
May 13 – Kansas City, MO – Truman
May 15 – Omaha, NE – The Waiting Room
May 16 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity
May 17 – Chicago, IL – Bottom Lounge
May 18 – Madison, WI – The Majestic
May 19 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
May 20 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
May 22 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
May 23 – New York, NY – Highline Ballroom
May 24 – Philadelphia, PA – Trocadero
