{"id":36337,"date":"2018-11-19T12:57:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=36337"},"modified":"2018-11-20T17:47:57","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T22:47:57","slug":"metal-alliance-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/metal-alliance-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Musicians From The Metal Alliance Tour Share Memories Of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Presented this year by High River Sauces, 2018 brings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalalliancetour.com\">the 8th edition of the Metal Alliance Tour<\/a>. Known for a hard-hitting yet diverse lineup of metalcore artists, this year&#8217;s Metal Alliance Tour features New Orleans blackened thrash giants Goatwhore, New York City street punks The Casualties, Savannah sludge metal group Black Tusk, Boston hardcore band Great American Ghost, and special guests Morthereon and Gozy.<\/p>\n<p>As the tour comes through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reggieslive.com\/\">Reggie&#8217;s Rock Club<\/a> on November 21st, I had the pleasure of asking Metal Alliance Tour participants about their earliest tour memories of Chicago. Responses were received from members of\u00a0Goatwhore, The Casualties, Great American Ghost, and Black Tusk.<\/p>\n<p>More on the Metal Alliance Tour can be found on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.metalalliancetour.com\/\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1278\" height=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Hij9W6Mi5U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"im\"><strong>What do you remember about the first time you ever played live in Chicago?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goatwhore drummer Zack Simmons:\u00a0<\/strong>I honestly don\u2019t remember the first time I played Chicago. It had to have been one of the first couple\u00a0tours I did with the band, but I have no recollection. Chicago has become a very special place for us. We have great friends there and the shows are always insane.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\"><strong>The Casualties singer David Rodriguez:\u00a0<\/strong>I totally remember the people being very involved and dancing and screaming with us. I also remember a lot of alcohol going around and then I don\u2019t remember\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\"><strong>Great American Ghost vocalist Ethan Harrison:\u00a0<\/strong>The first time we ever played Chicago we were on what was called the Fury Tour. I just remember playing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.subt.net\/\">Sub<\/a> right downtown and bringing the most gear up the most stairs in human history. We also ate at <a href=\"https:\/\/kumascorner.com\/\">Kuma&#8217;s<\/a> and spent hours at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chicagomusicexchange.com\/\">Chicago Music Exchange<\/a>. I think we did pretty well with our Chicago experience.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"im\"><strong>Black Tusk guitarist\/vocalist Andrew Fidler:\u00a0<\/strong>So about that, I think that the first time we played Chicago was in 2010 at <a href=\"http:\/\/emptybottle.com\/\">Empty Bottle<\/a> with Zoroaster. But that can\u2019t be right because we\u2019ve been touring since 2006, so surely that can\u2019t have been our first Chicago play\u2026\u00a0But irregardless, I remember that show and the amazing time that we had there and the friends we made that night \u2014 Stavros and Sanford, I\u2019m talking to you \u2014 that we still have to this day. I remember the hospitality of the staff of the Bottle, the packed show, and the good times! We\u2019ve played a ton of venues in Chicago since then, some now defunct and some still going, but it\u2019s always good to be coming back to Reggie\u2019s. It\u2019s a home away from home for us. So up the punks and we will see y\u2019all there!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>After the Metal Alliance tour wraps, what\u2019s coming up for you?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Goatwhore drummer Zack Simmons:\u00a0<\/strong>The plan is to keep working on new material while we still tour to support the <em>Vengeful Ascension<\/em>\u00a0album. We hope to hit some places we\u2019ve missed so far but keep the momentum of the new record strong.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Casualties singer David Rodriguez:\u00a0<\/strong>After the Metal Alliance tour, we immediately go to Mexico and work our way south to South America. We will make it home for a few days around Christmas and New Years, then 7 weeks in Europe ending in Russia sometime in early March!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Great American Ghost vocalist Ethan Harrison:\u00a0<\/strong>Well, we are hoping a lot of things! 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