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OFFICIAL STATEMENT (Valient Himself is without Internet access)

Valient Himself announced today that Valient Thorr will be postponing all activities April 15th through June 10th to allow him to donate a kidney to his ailing father. Valient’s decision to take public what is a private family event stems from the National Kidney Foundation’s public outreach. As Valient Thorr is on a single-minded mission to spread their message of redemption wrapped in rock n’ roll, this is another chance to illuminate a critically important issue that people don’t think about unless they are personally touched. Says Valient, “If I can go from a hospital bed to playing in front of a crowd of 75,000 at the UK’s Download Festival in just eight weeks, people out there might consider becoming organ donors as well. If they have family members who need a kidney, it’s definitely something to think about; and if not, they can still learn about designating themselves as organ donors on their driver’s license.” More information on kidney donations can be found at www.kidney.org or www.livingdonors.org.

Says Catherine Paykin, Transplant Services Program Director, National Kidney Foundation, “We are delighted that Valient Himself has decided to take his donation story public. We hope that it serves to shed light on the lifesaving power of organ donation and encourages others to get involved. We wish him and his father a speedy recovery.”

Prior to Valient Himself’s scheduled surgery on April 29th, the band will play a private show at the Volcom skate park on April 8th to air May 29th on Fuel TV’s Check 1, 2. They will resume their European tour on June 13th and return to the U.S. for a nationwide tour beginning in July. Information on specific dates will be posted as available on ValientThorr.com. (more…)

OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM TURBO & VOLCOM:

Due to serious illness with Euroboy, Turbonegro will be unable to perform on the forthcoming Volcom Tour, therefore postponing the entire tour which was set to begin this coming Monday, March 24th in London.

We will work on rescheduling the dates to some point later in the year.

Euroboy has asked that we relay to you that he is very sorry that he’s unable to do the dates, and looks forward to seeing everyone later in the year, when he is well again.

We’ll do our very best to keep everyone updated as to how he is doing, but would ask that his privacy is respected at this time.

- Volcom Entertainment & Turbonegro

THE OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:

On a single-minded mission to preach their message of redemption wrapped in rock n’ roll, Venus’ favorite export, Valient Thorr, is ready to drop their latest album with the June 17 release of Immortalizer on Volcom Entertainment. The new record — their fourth in five years — is a testament to the band’s hard-working existence, with a staggeringly productive tour schedule that finds them averaging close to 250 dates a year.

Valient Thorr recorded Immortalizer in Seattle with legendary Jack Endino, producer of seminal albums by Nirvana, Soundgarden and Mudhoney as well as younger upstarts Hot Hot Heat and High On Fire. Recording with Endino in his hometown of Seattle, Valient Thorr continued to work from the starting point of their classic 70’s influences such as Black Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, as well as those groups’ more obscure yet equally important contemporaries like Master’s Apprentices and Sir Lord Baltimore to create a shredding yet soulful, heavy-rocking opus. (more…)

alahoyus so rillum… sou allum ul tilurus.

Its been a fucking while, eh? Well, to catch you up quickly- i haven’t much time…

1) we are up in the wet caves of the pacific northwest creating a masterstroke with Jack Endino. If you dont know who he is, well, i dont know, fucking google him, it takes like ten seconds… He’s the best. He saves hail in his freezer, ok? …. the best.
anyway… the jams are fucking killer. I wish i could tell you more about it, but you’ll know about it soon enough….
2) we leave mid month next month for Europe with Turbonegro, and Year Long Disaster.
3) yes, a dvd is in the works
4) new album may be out as soon as june (can’t really say more yet, but soon)
5) huge US tour and Euro Festival tour will coincide with the new album
6) so much crazy shit planned for when this new album drops, im just tempting your tastebuds… Big shit is in the works though… thanx for giving us the break to put it all together. (more…)