Saint Vitus and Weedeater 9/30/12 at Bottom Lounge
Last night could have been considered a heavy metal holiday as Saint Vitus returned to Chicago for the first time in nearly a decade. They not only returned but they brought Weedeater with them! The Bottom Lounge saw a good turnout of metal fans willing to stay out late on a Sunday night and those [...]
Saint Vitus and Weedeater to play Bottom Lounge this Sunday
This Sunday a pair of bands is playing at the Bottom Lounge that are so good that it should be declared a metal holiday. Long-time heavy metal band, Saint Vitus are teaming up with the more modern but equally great Weedeater. Either one of these bands would be more than enough reason to venture out [...]
Weedeater 9/17/11 at Reggies
Saturday night a touring package of four excellent heavy bands made a stop at Reggies in Chicago for a night of metal in the South Loop. This package tour featured the mighty Weedeater as the headliner and that alone was reason enough to hit up one of Chicago’s finest clubs and the fact that three [...]
Weedeater cancels remaining tour dates due to injury
In what should come as a surprise to no one, a member of Weedeater sustained an injury severe enough to force them to cancel the remaining dates of their US tour. This is disappointing news as the band is an amazing act to see live and now the people in the remaining cities on their [...]
Weedeater – Jason… the Dragon
The band that the term sludge was invented to describe return with an extremely heavy and thick record full of swampy, gritty guitars and bowel shattering bass. It doesn’t get any heavier or thicker than this! Rating: Weedeater – Jason… the Dragon Southern Lord Recordings It was beginning to look like Weedeater wasn’t going to [...]
Weedeater 9/21 at Reggies
Last night sludge metal icons, Weedeater, made their return to Chicago to headline a show at Reggies. They were part of a four-band bill full of a variety of metal styled bands. The storms outside were no match for the power emanating from the stage though as each band brought something different and heavy to [...]
