Video of the Week: Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza guest apperance!

Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza vocalist Jessie Freeland and guitarist Layne Meylain join members of Misery Index and Seven Year Existence at The Phoenix in Champaign, Ill.

(Video credit: Amanda Wright).

Tony Danza Canadian tour dates announced

Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza will tour Canada in May for the "Making the Canadian Bacon Tour." Joining them will be The Number Twelve Looks Like You and Stray from the Path.

Confirmed dates/venues:

5.21 - Windsor, ON - Chubby Pickle
5.22 - St. Catharines, ON - L3 w/ Starring Janet Leigh
5.23 - Toronto, ON - Kathedral w/ Starring Janet Leigh
5.24 - Ottawa, ON - Mavericks
5.25 - Montreal, QC - The Underground
5.26 - Quebec City, QC - L'Anti
5.27 - Essex Junction, VT - Champlain Valley Expo
5.28 - Oshawa, ON - EP Taylors
5.30 - Guelph, ON - Shadow
5.31 - Hamilton, ON - Casbah

BMA News Update: Animosity and Architect to tour, Danza visits the great white north and more

Today's news blog begins with a friendly, in your face, reminder:
11/11 - Dance Club Massacre "Circle of Death" (pre-orders available now at the Black Market Activities Indie Merch store.)
11/25 - Architect "Ghost of the Saltwater Machines"

Just sayin' folks.
And onto the news:

The European conquest is coming to a close for Animosity, but those hella-sick dudes will be setting their sights on the U.S. with Job for a Cowboy (Metal Blade), Hate Eternal (Metal Blade) and All Shall Perish (Nuclear Blast) in toe. Check the dates below:

11/13 POMONA CA @ Glasshouse Music Hall
11/14 BAKERSFIELD CA @ The Dome
11/15 SACRAMENTO CA @ The Boardwalk
11/16 PORTLAND OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/17 SEATTLE WA @ El Corazon
11/18 BOISE ID @ The Venue
11/20 COLORADO SPRINGS CO @ The Black Sheep
11/21 LAWRENCE KS @ Bottleneck
11/22 IOWA CITY IA @ The Picador
11/23 ST. PAUL MN @ Station 4
11/25 DETROIT MI @ Magic Stick
11/26 PITTSBURGH PA @ Strummers
11/27 LONDON ON @ The Embassy Hotel
11/28 BURLINGTON VT @ Higher Ground
11/29 PORTLAND ME @ The Station
11/30 PROVIDENCE RI @ The Living Room
12/1 FARMINGDALE NY @ The Crazy Donkey
12/2 SAYERVILLE NJ @ Starland Ballroom
12/3 BALTIMORE MD @ Otto Bar
12/4 RICHMOND VA @ Canal Club (Downstairs)
12/5 WILMINGTON NC @ Soapbox Laundro-Lounge
12/6 ATLANTA GA @ The Masquerade
12/7 Knoxville, TN @ Valarium
12/9 LITTLE ROCK AR @ The Village
12/10 TULSA OK @ The Marquee
12/11 DALLAS TX @ The Door
12/12 MCALLEN TX @ Cine El Rey Theatre
12/13 AUSTIN TX @ Red 7
12/14 ODESSA TX @ Dos Amigos
12/15 FARMINGTON NM @ Gators
12/16 TUCSON AZ @ Rialto Theatre

Our big, flannel-loving brother to the North will be paid a visit from Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza following some brief North Eastern U.S. dates. Joining Danza on the "Ripped Across Canada" tour will be A Life Once Lost (Ferret) and Arsonists Get All the Girls (Century Media).

11/04 - Manchester, CT @ American Legion
11/05 - Albany, NY @ Valentines
11/06 - St. Catherine, ON @ L3
11/07 - Windsor, ON @ Chubby Pickle
11/08 - London, ON @ The Embassy
11/09 - Toronto, ON @ Reverb
11/10 – Kingston, ON @ Time To Laugh
11/11 – Ottawa, ON @ Bayou
11/13 – Montreal, QC @ Underworld
11/14 – Trois-Rivieres, QC @ Rock Cafe Le Stage
11/15 – Quebec City, QC @ L' Anti
11/16 - Burlington, VT @ Annex
11/17 - Maplewood, NJ @ Garden State Music Factory
11/18 - Reading, PA @ The Silo

Tony Danza, Animosity interviews on Metal Injection from New England Metalfest

Tony Danza





Animosity

Artist Entry: Tony Danza vocalist Jesse Freeland is William Shakespeare reborn

Roses are red, violets are blue...

The sun was hot today and made my neck red.
The ground was still kind of wet cause it had rained earlier.
If you don't have the new GTA yet go get it, 'cause it is amazing!
I love my dogs and now I have to go mow the yard before 5 p.m., so I can make it to the gun range before it closes.
Thanks for your time.
P.S. go buy the new Carrie Underwood........

Tony Danza mentions Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza on "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson."

Artist Entry: TDTDE compare and contrast Metalfest experiences

Photo Credit: Mark Jeffries

Greetings fellow metal people, Brandon Bateman here of Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza.

So here I sit in the back of our van, (well not our van, Lina's van,the van she is letting us use for now)trying to decide how I am going to explain our fun time at New England Metal and Hardcore Festival.

The only thing I could think of was to ask each of the other dudes to tell me some things they dug and things they didn't dig so much. After beating it out of them, I have only the following to report:

Layne Meylain - Guitar
Likes -

1. The crowd's response to our set.
2. Hanging out with tons of friends.
3. Slutty goth chicks!
   

Dislikes -

1. Bands that wear kilts.
2. Meshuggah's sound mix during their set.
   
3. Video interviews
   

I'm gonna break pattern here for a moment and share with you an exact quote from Layne, after I asked him what he thought of Meshuggah's set: " All I got to say is...big rooms and low tunings!"

For those readers who may not know, NE Metalfest was held at the Palladium in Worcester, Mass. A venue that one day long ago held a shit load of yuppy ass mothas in their chinchilla cloaks watching the latest showing of "The Hound of the Baskervilles" acted out by men in tights with questionable sexual orientations, and women who look like men with questionable sexual orientations. So if you've seen the flick "The Phantom of the Opera," you probably have a good idea of what the room looked like and sounded like.

Mike Butler - Bass
Likes -

1. Getting to see friends and fans from past tours.
2. Playing a sweet show and seeing Meshuggah......for FREE!!!!!
3. Getting to hug Scott Lee.
   

Dislikes -

1. Interviews
2. Interviews
3. Interviews
   

Jessie Freeland - Vox
Likes -

1. Scott Lee hooking us up with a badass slot.
2. Playing a fest I've always wanted to play.
3. Seeing a lot of friends.
   

Dislikes - NONE?

Paul Simpson - Guitar
Likes -

1. The awesome people of Mass.
2. The Crowd response.
3. Getting to see friends from past tours.
   

Dislikes -

1. Not getting paid to play the show.
2. A ridiculous merch cut.
3. $6.00 sausages.
   

And for my last trick....

Brandon Bateman - Drums
Likes -

1. Seeing the amount of gray in all of Meshuggah's hair.
2. Comparing Vince Bennett's and Ray Chaos' beards for the most comfort (Ray won).
   
3. Doing a photo shoot with Buck Hunter, The Taliban and random acts of public urination.
   

Dislikes -

1. Not getting a single moment of silence ALL FUCKING DAY.
2. Not getting a single moment of silence ALL FUCKING DAY.
3. Not getting a single moment of silence ALL FUCKING DAY.
   

So, I'm falling asleep writing this. I'm gonna take a nap and dream about a new tour van.

Goodbye for now friends.

Dance the night away with The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Beneath the Massacre, See You Next Tuesday and Born of Osiris!

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 15, 2008

Dance the night away with The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, Beneath the Massacre, See You Next Tuesday and Born of Osiris!

Cecil Bennett has a dream. One day, this pint-sized man will have his revenge on those who haze him—thanks to destruction via electric chainsaw.

You may ask, who is Cecil Bennett? First, he’s a midget, and he really doesn’t mind the term when said in a non-jeering way. Primarily, Bennett is a creation straight from the twisted minds of the The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza—and no, this isn’t a band formed to pay homage to Tony Danza, while they perform illustrious dance moves to Frank Sinatra tunes.
These good ‘ole Tennessee boys get down to a different tune, one that drowns-out any of the clickity-clack noises tap dancing makes, anyway. TTDTE blow away all the country music goody-two-shoes in neighboring Nashville, with its version of high-end guitars and Tourette’s Disorder-esque breakdowns, giving new meaning to the electric slide. While musicianship and perfection remain important to some in tech-metal land, TTDTE deliver its tech assault one fart joke at a time.
TTDTE take the show on the road this spring with Beneath the Massacre, See You Next Tuesday and Born of Osiris.

The Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza w/ Beneath the Massacre, See You Next Tuesday & Born of Osiris
2/29 Rochester, NY @ The Penny Arcade 

3/1 Wilmington, DE @ Harmony Garage Hall 

3/2 Holyoke, MA @ Waterfont Tavern 

3/3 Pompton Lakes, NJ @ Mainstage 

3/4 Doylestown, PA @ Siren Records 

3/5 New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory

3/6 Virginia Beach, VA @ Steppin Out 

3/7 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade 

3/8 Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit

3/9 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum 

3/10 West Palm Beach, FL @ The Underground 

3/11 Pensacola, FL @ The Legion 

3/12 New Orleans, LA @ The High Ground 

3/13 Dallas, TX @ TBA

3/14 San Antonio, TX @ The White Rabbit 

3/15 Houston, TX @ Java Jazz 

3/16 Mission, TX @ Smoking Aces 

3/18 El Paso, TX @ Chic's 

3/19 Albuquerque, NM @ The Compound 

3/20 Phoenix, AZ @ Cell Block 

3/21 San Marcos, CA @ The Jumping Turtle

3/22 San Bernardino, CA @ The Hudson Theater

3/24 Bakersfield, CA @ The Dome 

3/25 Los Angeles, CA @ The Whisky 

3/26 Fresno, CA @ The Exit 

3/27 San Jose, CA @ San Jose Skate

3/28 Boise, ID @ The Venue 

3/29 Logan, UT @ Club NVO 

3/30 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theatre 

3/31 Wichita, KS @ Eagles Lodge 

4/1 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews 

4/2 Milwaukee, WI @ Miramar Theatre 

4/3 Louisville, KY @ Uncle Pleasants 

4/4 Detroit, MI @ The Hayloft

4/5 Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's


To check out music from TTDTE visit:
http://www.ttdte.com
http://www.myspace.com/tonydanzatapdanceextravaganza