Tomahawk, the supergroup quartet featuring Faith No More’s Mike Patton, Helmet/Battles drummer John Stanier, bassist Trevor Dunn and Jesus Lizard guitarist Duane Denison, will embark on its first tour since 2013 this summer. Starting July 18 in Nashville, the group will be joined on the A Huge Waste of Your Time and Money outing by Ipecac labelmates Melvins, with whom it previously toured in 2003.
Tomahawk emerged in 2001 with its self-titled debut and was active on and off in the studio and onstage through 2014. A new album, Tonic Immobility, was released in 2021 but was not supported on tour due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“In the spirit of the Olympics, Team Tomahawk has decided to rise up and go for the gold once again,” Denison says. “Also competing will be our cohorts the Melvins.” Adds Melvins frontman Buzz Osborne, whose band will be a four-piece on this run with Dale Crover, Redd Kross’ Steven McDonald and Coady Willis, “this tour is a no-brainer. I can’t wait. A Melvins/Tomahawk trek will be a stone groove.”
Tickets go on sale Friday (Feb. 27).
Speaking to SPIN following the release of 2013’s Oddfellows, Patton admitted it took him some time to adapt to Stanier’s punishing drumming style. “He’s hearing this stuff almost as mathematics and I don’t think that way,” he said. “He’s like a fucking robot — it’s amazing. Then I thought about it like, ‘this guy is the backbone of Tomahawk right here.’ And the backbone has to be straight. I’m used to a curved spine. It’s really refreshing.”
Here are Tomahawk/Melvins tour dates:
July 18 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl
July 20 Austin, TX Emo’s
July 21 Dallas, TX Granada Theater
July 23 New Orleans, LA House of Blues
July 24 Atlanta, GA Buckhead Theatre
July 26 Washington, DC 9:30 Club
July 27 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
July 28 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
July 30 Boston, MA House of Blues
July 31 Buffalo, NY Electric City
August 1 Cleveland, OH House of Blues
August 3 Detroit, MI The Fillmore
August 4 Chicago, IL The Riviera Theatre
August 5 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue
August 7 Denver, CO Ogden Theatre
August 8 Salt Lake City, UT The Union Event Center
August 10 Portland, OR Pioneer Courthouse Square
August 11 Seattle, WA The Showbox
August 12 Seattle, WA The Showbox
August 14 San Francisco, CA The Warfield
August 15 Los Angeles, CA The Belasco
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