Reunited New Jersey thrashers
DEATHRASH will play their first show in 20 years at Dingbatz in Clifton, New Jersey on Friday, January 16. The band says, "The last
DEATHRASH show was March 27, 1987 so this will be an historic event. We will be playing all the
DEATHRASH classics as well as new songs from our upcoming
'Thrash Beyond Death' release! You do not want to miss this show! It is going to rage!" The concert will be filmed and recorded for future release.
DEATHRASH performed on the
Time Warner cable TV show
"NY Rocks" on May 8, 2008. According to a press release, this marked the band's first appearance in 20 years.
DEATHRASH performed the new song
"Unfinished Business" as well as other tracks.
Watch footage of
DEATHRASH's
"NY Rocks" appearance below.
The upcoming
DEATHRASH CD,
"Thrash Beyond Death", is expected to include live recordings circa 1986-87 from CBGB in New York City, The Grunge Club in upstate New York and the band's last show at The Electric Banana in Pittsburgh. In addition, the album will include the new songs
"Unfinished Business" and
"Thrash Beyond Death". All the original members are involved:
John Scherer (vocals),
Pat Nemeth (guitar),
Tim Scherer (guitar) and
Pat Burns (bass).
DEATHRASH's lineup briefly included drummer
Tony Scaglione, who had previously played with
WHIPLASH,
SLAYER,
LUDICHRIST and
RAGING SLAB, among other acts.
For more information, visit
www.deathrash.net.