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SUMMARY:Corrosion of Conformity & The Sword
DESCRIPTION:Corrosion of Conformity and The Sword with special guest Hipp
 ie Death Cult at The Vogue in Indianapolis on Saturday\, November 14\, 2
 026! Corrosion of Conformity Listen | Watch Let’s face it: Much has gone
  down in the COC universe since their last album smacked us upside the h
 ead. Back in 2018\, when No Cross No Crown dropped like a rock n’ roll a
 tom bomb\, the tried-and-true COC lineup of Pepper Keenan (vocals/guitar
 )\, Woody Weatherman (guitar)\, Reed Mullin (drums)\, and Mike Dean (bas
 s) was still going strong. Four brothers united in a decades-long histor
 y kicked off by a roving pack of teenage punks in Raleigh\, NC\, circa 1
 982. COC’s first four albums left a permanent mark on headbangers\, long
 hairs\, and street punks everywhere: Underground classics Eye for an Eye
  (1984) and Animosity (1985) followed by slightly more overground banger
 s Blind (1991) and Deliverance (1994). By the time COC carved off No Cro
 ss No Crown nearly a quarter century later\, they were legends in their 
 own time\, revered by two generations of punk\, metal\, and rock fans. T
 hen tragedy struck: In January 2020\, Reed Mullin left this earthly plan
 e. It was a devastating blow\, both personally and professionally. How d
 o you replace a brother? You can’t. All you can do is soldier on in his 
 memory. Which is that the rest of COC did—until Covid shut down the glob
 e. Then Mike Dean decided to go his own way. It was an amicable split\, 
 but it left Pepper and Woody to contemplate their next move. They hunker
 ed down at Pepper’s place in Mississippi\, listening to all the music th
 ey love. Discharge. ZZ Top. Motörhead. Neil Young. Black Sabbath. You kn
 ow: The good stuff. They started writing. They didn’t stop\, not for a l
 ong time. Matter of fact\, they wrote an honest-to-God double album. “As
  we went on\, we had such a crazy plethora of songs\, it was almost like
  two different directions\,” Pepper says. “We knew we had to split it in
 to two different albums. Then we came up with this concept.” The concept
  happens to be the title of the record. It’s called Good God Baad Man. “
 Our producer\, Warren Riker\, kept calling it Dark Side of the Doom\,” P
 epper says. “In my head\, it’s a weird love letter to all things rock n’
  roll. We used that for the freedom to go in different directions. Each 
 album is its own tiny universe\, has its own identity. Good God leans to
 ward the heavier/pissed end of the spectrum. Baad Man is more on the thr
 owdown rock scope. As we went along\, it became clear which songs went o
 n which album.” They brought in drummer Stanton Moore\, who played on CO
 C’s 2005 album\, In the Arms of God. They brought in bassist Bobby “Rock
 ” Landgraf\, who did time with Pepper in New Orleans heavyweights Down w
 hen he wasn’t terrorizing the locals in his own band\, Honky. “With a lo
 t of these songs\, we’re trying to make Reed Mullin proud\,” Pepper says
 . “He was a badass\, and a one-of-a-kind drummer. And the stakes were hi
 gh.” The first single is “Gimme Some Moore\,” featuring backing vocals f
 rom Uncle Al Jourgensen of Ministry and Madonna guitarist Monte Pittman.
  The hook of the song is Struggle is worth the fight/Leather\, chains an
 d spikes. “Me and Woody wanted to write a song as if we were 17 years ol
 d again\,” Pepper explains. “We even made a seven-inch for it.” Said sev
 en-inch is an early ’80s punk throwback\, complete with black & white ph
 oto collage and a Fear cover on the flipside. It’s a ripper. “Lose Yours
 elf” is a song the guys all wrote together. Propelled by a beefy groove\
 , you just might hear echoes of COC’s 1996 heater\, Wiseblood. “It’s sho
 rt and to the point\,” Pepper says. “It’s kind of about not taking life 
 too seriously. If things are getting in the way\, just get away for a wh
 ile\, lose yourself\, get your head straight.” On the other side of the 
 coin\, Good God closer “Run For Your Life” is a powerful psychedelic dir
 ge with heavier-than-heavy spoken word from an old friend who happens to
  be a US military combat veteran. “Baad Man” opens the second album with
  a jive-talking dose of grand funk\, straight from the grimy streets to 
 your tender earholes. “It’s a weird ’70s rock stomper thing\,” Pepper sa
 ys. “It’s about a guy who thinks he’s a badass\, but he really ain’t.” T
 he album’s final track\, “Forever Amplified\,” boasts guest vocals from 
 Anjelika “Jelly” Joseph of the long-running New Orleans jazz-funk band G
 alactic\, of which Stanton Moore is a founding member. “She grew up sing
 ing gospel in a Baptist church\, and she nailed the hell out of the song
 \,” Pepper enthuses. “It’s a dedication to all the people we’ve lost\, i
 ncluding Reed.” Produced by Grammy award winner Warren Riker (Fugees\, D
 own\, Cathedral) and featuring cover art by famed New Orleans artist Sco
 tt Guion\, Good God Baad Man was recorded at Blak Shak Studios in Riffis
 sippi\, USA\, Dockside Studios in Maurice\, Louisiana\, and—get this—Bee
  Gee Barry Gibb’s home studio in Miami. “His studio is a magical time wa
 rp\,” Pepper says. “He was drinking Cuban coffee and hanging out with us
  while we were tracking guitars. I played Maurice Gibb’s Strat on ‘Baad 
 Man.’ The whole experience was a game changer—big time.” Bottom line? CO
 C is back. In a big way. Born again for the last time\, you might say. “
 Woody and I are guys who love music\, period\,” Pepper says. “We had ope
 n minds through this whole process. We love ZZ Top as much as we love Bl
 ack Flag. With this record\, we’ve got a whole new paint palette. We mad
 e a mess and went Maad.” The Sword Listen | Watch The Sword have handcra
 fted their own immersive mythology underscored by undeniable and unpredi
 ctable guitar fireworks\, cinematic themes\, and otherworldly concepts. 
 Since emerging out of Austin\, TX in 2003\, the quartet—JD Cronise [voca
 ls\, guitar]\, Bryan Richie [bass\, keys]\, Kyle Shutt [guitar\, vocals]
 \, and Santiago Vela [drums]—have incited the obsession of a diehard fan
 base and the applause of tastemakers such as Rolling Stone\, The Washing
 ton Post\, Decibel\, and more. The band’s catalog encompasses six full-l
 ength albums\, namely Age of Winters [2006]\, Gods of the Earth [2008]\,
  Warp Riders [2010]\, Apocryphon [2012]\, High Country[2015]\, and Used 
 Future [2018]. The group shared the stage with everyone from Metallica t
 o Lamb of God and Clutch in addition to selling out headline tours on mu
 ltiple continents. After a two-year hiatus\, the band officially reunite
 d and returned in tandem with the celebration of the 15th anniversary of
  Warp Riders. Hailed as a “classic” by Consequence\, it originally garne
 red praise from the likes of Premier Guitar\, SPIN\, and more. Standing 
 out as one of the 21st century’s most important heavy bands\, The Sword 
 architect the next chapter of their mythology with more touring and a ne
 w record on the horizon.\n\nTickets: https://thevogue.com/events/corrosi
 on-of-conformity-the-sword-11-14-2026-indianapolis\n\nhttps://findlocal.
 community/event/b4246ad4-3faf-4c7f-b5dc-b4a1e67c4df4
LOCATION:The Vogue\, Indianapolis\, IN
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/b4246ad4-3faf-4c7f-b5dc-b4a1e67c4df
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