CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS Announce Live Shows
December 4, 2009, 14 years ago
L.A. all-stars CHAD SMITH'S BOMBASTIC MEATBATS, featuring guitarist Jeff Kollman (COSMOSQUAD, GLENN HUGHES), bassist Kevin Chown (UNCLE CRACKER, TED NUGENT), and keyboardist Ed Roth (GLENN HUGHES, RONNIE MONTROSE), have scheduled several appearances with both co-founder Chad Smith (RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, CHICKENFOOT) and Kenny Aronoff (JOHN FOGERTY, IOMMI) alternating on drums.
Upcoming dates include shows at L.A.'s famed Baked Potato, the Mark & Brian Show on KLOS morning radio, the NAMM Convention, as well as a live DVD shoot for the Drum Channel on December 19 with both Smith and Aronoff on hand. "This band has developed a rare thing." states Kollman. "Chad has had commitments over the summer with Chickenfoot and now with the Red Hot Chili Peppers who are writing daily for a 2010 release. Therefore, we called on heavyweight drummers Kenny Aronoff and Matt Sorum for recent tours to fill Chad's shoes. Both guys killed it and at the same time made it their own. This revolving drummer thing has worked out better than we could've ever hoped."
The Bombastic Meatbats live schedule reads as follows:
with Kenny Aronoff:
December
12 - Safety Harbor Kids benefit, Malibu, CA13 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA
15 - KLOS Mark & Brian Morning Show
20 - Drum Channel
January
13 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA (in Celebration of NAMM Week)with Chad Smith:
December
20 - Drum Channel20 - Baked Potato, North Hollywood, CA
January
15 - NAMM Convention, Anaheim, CA (at the Fender booth at 5pm)15 - NAMM Convention, Anaheim, CA (Sabian party)
Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats' debut album, 'Meet The Meatbats', was released on September 15 via Warrior Records/Universal in North America and October 12 through Edel/earMUSIC in Europe.
For more info visit www.myspace.com/bombasticmeatbats.
