Oh yes, they have arrived. After months of Darkling anxiety, The Stone Gods fell upon us in a distinctly pleasurable manner, mainly in the form of 1.14 minutes of song. Impressed? You should be.
With a band that we at OI have pledged loyal allegiance to comes websites, and plenty of them. For starters, the glorious Stone Gods Temple – www.thestonegods.org – built by the same young lady who constructed our fine HQ (tigerlilybolger), with the aid of Rock Blonde and us, SixSister. Our sister site has already accumulated well over a hundred members (and counting) within the forum, all of whom seem terribly impressed with how awesome we are. Then there is the official site, www.thestonegods.com (graciously including a link to our sexy fansite on the main page), the official MySpace (www.myspace.com/thestonegods) and finally the Temple’s MySpace for word-spreadage and such – www.myspace.com/stonegodstemplesite. All of this means nobody has any excuse for not knowing what’s happening (but that doesn’t mean you’re allowed to stop visiting us).
Jo has written some reviews of her four-day ride on the SG Express, so if you want a taster, go read. It’s been widely acknowledged that their first performances supporting Thin Lizzy all went superbly well, and everyone thinks they’re really quite good (visit the official site or the official MySpace for the 1.14 minutes I referred to earlier). The single ‘Burn The Witch’ is the title track for an EP that will be thrust upon us in the new year, with hopes on an album in the Summer. Is all that enough for you? Well tough, you can swallow these tour dates down, too:
8 Dec 2007 19:00
Colston Hall Bristol (supporting Apocolyptica)
9 Dec 2007 19:00
Guildhall Southampton (supporting Apocolyptica)
11 Dec 2007 19:00
Astoria London (supporting Apocolyptica)
12 Dec 2007 19:00
Academy 2 Manchester (supporting Apocolyptica)
13 Dec 2007 19:00
Academy Birmingham (supporting Apocolyptica)
14 Dec 2007 19:00
Garage Glasgow (supporting Apocolyptica)
17 Jan 2008 19:00
Fleece Bristol
18 Jan 2008 19:00
Academy 3 Manchester
19 Jan 2008 19:00
King Tuts Glasgow
20 Jan 2008 19:00
Academy 2 Newcastle
22 Jan 2008 19:00
Corporation Sheffield
23 Jan 2008 19:00
Barfly Birmingham
24 Jan 2008 19:00
Zodiac Oxford
25 Jan 2008 19:00
Rock City Nottingham
27 Jan 2008 19:00
Wedgwood Rooms Portsmouth
28 Jan 2008 19:00
Concorde 2 Brighton
29 Jan 2008 19:00
Camden Underworld London
30 Jan 2008 19:00
Waterfront Norwich
Right, that really is enough. At least until I see them on the 11th… Expect more reviews, photos, the whole kerblammy very soon. Rock-the-fuck-on!