posts at a gallery/gas station in gallup

submitted by kris kerby, who saw these in gallup, nm, while on tour with his band, tenderizor.

"those posts were at some indian art gallery/gas station on the outskirts we stopped at to tinkle," he says.

gallup, nm

tenderizor invites you to touch the sword

behold-- tenderizor's grisly wail from the albuquerque abaddon.  lucky us, we get a preview of the title track from their soon-to-be-released album, "touch the sword," and it bleeds, and it shrieks, and it slashes at all that is sacred.  that is to say, damn, it feels really fucking good.  touch it.  touch the sword.

tenderizor is about as close to a supergroup that can be scratched out of the dirt around here, including kris kerby (sabertooth cavity) on drums, steve hammond (leeches of lore) screaming his mutherfucking lungs out, brothers mike and pat day (both fando) on lead guitars, and pillar of the arts underworld, raven chacon (dog shit taco, black guys, KILT, and many more), also on lead guitar.  the cover art is by 505 favorite son, mike giant.

tenderizor will cap off a quick tour around the west with the official album release (tour dates below). you can order the album from the record label, sicksicksick distro.  "touch the sword," in all its 12 inches of glory, drops on saturday, march 26th, at burt's tiki lounge.  go.


tenderizor west coast touroar:
3.10.11   flagstaff, az   the big house
3.11.11   reno, nv  the road house
3.12.11   portland, or  plan b
3.13.11  portland, or  reed college
3.14.11   arcata, ca  the alibi
3.15.11   oakland, ca  the stork club
3.16.11   la, ca   f-haus
3.17.11   san diego, ca  (somewhere)
3.18.11   phoenix, az    tribe house
3.19.11   tucson, az  (somewhere)
3.26.11   albuquerque, nm   burt's tiki lounge

kerby's drum goes to heaven

 

on monday, november 15th, at 9pm, kerby of sabertooth cavity and tenderizor sent his snare drum to heaven in a fiery blaze.  the pyre was held at the drummer's home in albuquerque, new mexico.  in attendance were a few friends watching sexy music videos on youtube. 

kerby and the drum were first united six years ago.  "i found her while browsing through music world in hobbs (new mexico) and knew i had to have her," says kerby.  over the years, the two played with a variety of notable artists, including see you next tuesday, heavyheavylowlow, arsonists get all the girls, and the jonbenet.  

kerby and his drum shared many wild adventures.  recalls kerby, "i remember driving drunk and it fell out of the back of my truck in loving, new mexico, and i didn't even realize it till the next day.  i went back searching for about an hour and found her laying in a ditch."  

after a respected musical career, the snare drum enjoyed a happy retirement as a pot for a jalapeño plant in the backyard.

rest in peace, little tambor from hobbs. ashes to ashes, dust to dust, amen.  

tenderizor  http://www.myspace.com/tenderizor

sabertooth cavity  http://www.myspace.com/sabertoothcavity

albuquerque, nm