Overkill news

Veteran New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL have tapped PAIN/HYPOCRISY mainman Peter Tägtgren to mix their new album in August.

OVERKILL bassist D.D. Verni has been locked in the studio putting together what will be the band's 25th anniversary release. The group is still talking with different labels, but plans are to make the new CD available at the end of the year.

Since 2010 is the 25th anniversary of the release of the debut OVERKILL album, "Feel The Fire", there are lots of plans for next year, including U.S. and European tours.

hopefully Peter can bring out an even heavier more extreme Overkill.

I'm sure he will.

that'll be awesome

Always anxious for some new Overkill!

Nice! I was just thinking that we were about due for some new Overkill. Bring it on fellas!

I thought about 70% of the bands on that list broke up over a decade ago....

Britney Fox? Nelson? Danger Danger?

HELP!

mc666 wrote:

hopefully Peter can bring out an even heavier more extreme Overkill.

That would be cool!

detuned wrote:

I thought about 70% of the bands on that list broke up over a decade ago....

Britney Fox? Nelson? Danger Danger?

HELP!

no kidding..and then the one's that didn't--some of them you have to say "well is it PHIL's version of LA Guns or Tracii's" "is it Taime's version of faster Pu$$ycat or...?" etc etc...

Overkill and Britny Fox on the same bill? Talk about two bands who are about as far apart in quality as you can get.

Rocklahom seem to be adding more Thrash bands lately.

80smetalrocks wrote:

Rocklahom seem to be adding more Thrash bands lately.

The first night of Rocklahoma is going to be Heavy Metal night, that's when Anthrax, Overkill, Metal Church, etc. are appearing. once that's done with then it'll be all hair all the time.

Fat Freddy wrote:

80smetalrocks wrote:

Rocklahom seem to be adding more Thrash bands lately.

The first night of Rocklahoma is going to be Heavy Metal night, that's when Anthrax, Overkill, Metal Church, etc. are appearing. once that's done with then it'll be all hair all the time.

Hell yeah! Sure wish I could go! I wonder if Overkill will ever play Atlanta again?

7thSaviour wrote:

Fat Freddy wrote:

80smetalrocks wrote:

Rocklahom seem to be adding more Thrash bands lately.

The first night of Rocklahoma is going to be Heavy Metal night, that's when Anthrax, Overkill, Metal Church, etc. are appearing. once that's done with then it'll be all hair all the time.

Hell yeah! Sure wish I could go! I wonder if Overkill will ever play Atlanta again?

doubt it. there's long post from awhile back by Chaly that explains why it never happens--ever seen that? mostly because they can't fill in all the dates--there's too many days off in a row when they try to schedule down here. saw then in ATL though in '88 once & that was awesome of course.

here's the post i was referring to:

"I think, for the record I need to clear up a few things regarding US
tour dates and the areas of the US that seem to be, most visited by the
band. Seems that with every new record release and tour involved,
places the band in quite familiar territory all of the time. For
example, OH, PA, CT, MA, NY, NJ, VA, MI are staples generally on an
Overkill tour. Why? Well, it has NOTHING to do with the band and
everything to do with setting up a tour. Without getting into the
lengthy rhetoric on how tours are set up, basically the logistics for
the ENTIRE tour (from beginning to end) have to connect. Connect, you
say? What the Smurf is that? Well, to be honest, connect in a financial
sense. And while that may seem to be a smurfed up thing to state, you
have to realize that this is the way the band members make a living and
pay bills. Make a living and pay bills right! Well, countless times I
have heard that "if the band toured more areas, they would sell more
records and make more money!" While that is 100% correct, it is still
an understatement. Why? Well, here's where the word "connect" comes
into play again. This time, in a practical sense of the word. Lemme
explain: Say you hire Agency X to book your tour in April 2005. Agency
X, starting approx 3 months prior, gets on the horn everyday, calling
every venue from Jersey to Alaska and everywhere in between, selling
the tour they are putting together to the perspective venue. If 100
calls are made and 50 confirm, you have the start of a great tour.
Okay, with confirmations in hand, contracts are sent out to the venues
that include all of the legal stuff between the agency and the band and
also contains a deposit amount. What happens next...is the waiting!
Waiting for the return contracts and deposits for the show. Meanwhile,
the dates are being tracked out, day wise. All of the venues that have
confirmed and sent contracts to, all now are set up on the calendar.
So, let's start with April 4 - Club X, April 5 - Club Y, April 6 - Club
Z...get the idea? Now, here comes the good stuff. Agency X sent out 30
contracts with specific dates confirmed. Out of those 30, 10 send in
deposits and finalize the booking. Great! But, with those 10 deposits,
those dates that are attached to them are scatted throughout the month.
Not good, but okay. So the agency, gets on the horn again, to try to
fill in the gaps. And again, the same process previously. More waiting.
April is a month away, and it is decided to stop booking and piece
together what we have. The end result is a designated tour for a
specific month. This also yeilds this equation: [actual show days] are
less than [days off] Hmmm! Not good! You see, the term "days off" means
that the band has no show that day. No show means no income. And with
that "day off" and no income, they still have to: ...pay for the
bus...pay the crew...pay for any daily extras that arise.. pay
themselves. You see, both in a financial and practical sense, this does
not "connect". Okay. Now here comes the "most popular" responses to
this whole issue: 1. "Get another booking agent!" Sure. That's a
possibility. It will not solve the problem. The problem lies more
within the venue itself, than with the band, agent or record company.
You see, like a band or any business, a venue is out to make money. Say
the venue confirms to book the band on April 15. Being that Overkill
has not been in this area for quite some time, the venue is quite
speculative about the nights turnout (how many people will buy tickets?
how much do I have to pay the band? am I (venue) gonna make a profit on
the night?). Now, rightly so, Overkill is not the only band out touring
in the month of April, so let's say during this time the bands
contracts are being exchanged, Rock Band X and Rock Band Y also contact
this club looking for a date in April. The venue looks at both and
let's say, both bands have played there before and sold the place out,
or even pretty close to. Know what happens next? Right! The venue books
Rock Band X or Y for April 15. Know where that leaves Overkill?
Right!!! With an open date (or a "day off"). And remember..."day off" =
NO INCOME! 2. "Get the record company to supply tour support." Sure.
Another possibility! But this subject is WAY TOO LENGTHY to even
discuss. Bottom line...record companies NEVER SUPPLY anything. A
contract between a band and a record company for a specific release is
"budgeted" specifically. Anything out of budget...is "out of pocket".
3. Don't charge so much to play. This is the best one of all! For the
record, I can honestly say this and this pretty much sums up this
topic, and I quote "...as long as our expenses are completely covered
and we can put a few bucks in our pockets...we will show up and play".
With this being said, there is really nothing more to expand upon. This
article is just scratching the surface of this issue, hopefully trying
to shed some insight and make things a little more clear from the bands
standpoint. As far as Overkill purposely ignoring the rest of the US,
is absurd as much so as a member of the band isn't allowed to tour the
rest of the US. Simply absurd! With each and EVERY new record Overkill
releases, the FIRST thing that is planned out is to "tour the areas
with this record we have not played in a long time". So far, this has
NEVER panned out. Why? See above! To conclude this article, I leave you
with this: Tours are set up in a "consecutive" sense. Take a look at
ANY bands tour schedule. It looks something like this: Show days
(month): April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15....Days off
(month) April 6, 11, 16... Take the example above, switch the show days
and days off and THAT is always the result of trying to put together a
"West Coast Tour". Bottom line...too many days off not enough show
days. Booking an "East Coast Tour" is easier and most practical. Why?
Basically, the band has established the area effectively. What is the
solution to this problem? Not really sure. The band is trying it's best
to come up with one. Hell, I know for a fact that this time, a
"Southern US Tour" was SOOOOOOO close to being finalized, closest as it
has been in years, but again fell to the peril of that "days off"
problem. One of these days...I'm sure it will come together!" _Chaly_

mc666 wrote:

hopefully Peter can bring out an even heavier more extreme Overkill.

I would so love to see Saxon, Overkill and Danger Danger.

The more Overkill, the better!

Well written bit about touring - I know lots of people still don't understand that when it comes to bands like Overkill that make a living at the music they do, but have to be fiscally responsible in doing so. As much as I'd love to see a band like Overkill come to Nebraska, I know it's not that feasible.

reply # 32 & 40...if you log in/join/post on their forum anyway..

http://wreckingcrew.com/yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1243426148/30

Hell yeah they keep cranking out great thrash one of the few bands that still do.

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