Psychostick
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Booking: Daniel DeFonce – dan(@)continental-concerts.us
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“In a genre with a lot of anger, aggression and seriousness, every once in a while some levity is good. That’s wherePsychostick come in. Their fourth albumIV: Revenge Of The Vengeance is musically solid and lyrically amusing.” – Heavy Metal – About.com
“humorcore band Psychostick is like the Jerry Seinfeld of metal. On its fourth full-length release, IV: Revenge of The Vengeance, the band’s sound invokes similarities too oddball artists such as Mr. Bungle, GWAR, Primus, Green Jello, Scatterbrain and Austrian Death Machine, to name a few. On its 21 ridiculous tracks (including various short skits between songs), the band explores its brand of observational comedy mixed with brutal breakdowns. The band exceeds expectations by parodying popular culture, relationships and binge drinking.” – Bravewords
“Psychostick pulls the pin from a hand grenade and shoves it down the gullet of comedy. When it explodes, anyone within earshot finds themselves covered in the entrails of hilarity! These guys are off-the-chart insane. Imagine if the cast of “Jackass” formed a metal band with Andy Samberg, Sam Kinison, and Seth Rogen and then they threw a house party that made “Project X” look like amateur hour by comparison. Yeah, now you’re getting it!” – Axs
“I do like when bands like Pyschostick inject humour into songs and REVENGE OF THE VENGEANCE is pretty damn funny…The first single ‘Obey The Beard’ is magnificent and this is coming from a clean-shaven dude. It made me want to grow one. Comedy Metal fans can listen for a couple of inside Metal jokes (Captain Stupid!) and a cameo by ‘snaky’. The production is immaculate and as always these guys are as heavy as hell. Weird Al on crack. I wanted to use that phrase and I couldn’t even think how to work it into this review so I just dumped it here at the end. Humour is so subjective but I know what I like and I really like IV: REVENGE OF THE VENGEANCE.” – Metal Rules
“IV: Revenge of the Vengeance isn’t just a Psychostick album, it’s a Psychostick experience. They really went all out on this album. Not all of it makes sense and some of it may be a little over the top, but that’s what makes this band so great- they aren’t afraid to push the envelope of ridiculousness. In fact, they bask in it. Get ready, world. Get ready for the revenge of the vengeance and one of the most action-packed metal albums ever concocted. Rating: 9/10” – Front Row Report
“The creator of “Humorcore” knock one out of the fucking park with this one (IV: Revenge of The Vengeance). If you’re in a band trying to do parody and funny Metal songs stop right now, you’re just embarrassing yourself, you will not be able to dethrone Psychostick. ” – Rock Hard Place
“I love this album. Sometimes albums that are funny are only good for one listen, but I’ve lived with this one for a few weeks, and I still like listening to it…If you love metal, have a sense of humour and are not dead (a beard would help!), you will love this!” – Hellbound
“Finally, there is ‘Bruce Campbell,’ history’s greatest actor, and this a suitable homage to The Chin, and even references the truly awesome Brisco County! What do Black Sabbath, Mastodon, Metallica and Iron Maiden all have in common? Answer: none of them have written a song about Bruce Campbell, which pushes Psychostick to the front of the metal gods!” – Hellbound
“In ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ you have more craziness and beard than ever before, weighing in at a whopping twenty one beard bending tracks of strictly tongue in cheek craziness and general insanity with song titles ranging from ‘NSFW’, ‘Quack Kills’, ‘Loathe Thy Neighbor’ and the previously unleashed ‘Dogs Like Socks’ and ‘Obey The Beard’ as well as a cover of Kenny Loggins ‘Danger Zone’. Add a couple of cameos from Bill Manspeaker, the founder of Green Jello and you can imagine the types of craziness that is unleashed once play is pressed. Simply put, ‘IV: Revenge of The Vengeance’ is beardtastic and in the words of Psychostick ‘Obey The Beard’.” – Firebrand After Darkness Mag
“make no mistake about it – these guys rock first and foremost, especially on this album’s standouts, the anthemic “Obey the Beard,” as well as “Dogs Like Socks,” which explores the complexities of canine/hosiery relations.” – Erie Reader
“There are so many little things that make this more than your run-of-the-mill laugh and enjoy album. For example, in the lyric book, for the song “Choking Hazard”, it simply displays the pamphlet image of what to do in the event of someone choking. This unpredictable, jokey style they incorporate spills over into their live show and after four albums, they show no wear and tear in their funny bone and no signs of decelerating those head banging riffs. I could ramble a little more, but you’re better off experiencing this yourself. So go buy it already.” – Media Mikes
“This new album features twenty-one tracks of skits and songs that will make you listen to it until you can catch all the references from pop culture, the metal scene, and moments of “did he just say what I think he said?” With the fast paced musings of being stalked by a water fowl in “Quack Kills” to “NSFW” that will never see airplay on your local radio station, the album covers a wide range of subjects in its lampooning. It is no wonder their fans, that have had three albums to delight them in metal geekiness and humor, have waited anxiously for this new release.” – National Rock Review
“Psychostick is not a metal parody band; they are a great metal band with funny songs. “IV: Revenge of the Vengeance” starts off with a movie style trailer that sets you up for the insanity that will follow. There are songs about Anatidaephobia (which is the irrational fear that one is being watched by a duck), Bruce Campbell , and even a song the gives accurate information on how to help someone that is choking. The album also has some skits that introduce songs, my favorite being the one that introduces the song “So Heavy” in which the band tries to tune to H flat.” – Extreme Metal TV
“How fuck the Psychostick haven’t played in the UK recently I don’t know, I know so many people who love them here. The album is fierce and hilarious,, it remains a thrashy, compact masterpiece with chunky breakdowns and enriched madness. ” – Music Review Database
“Ha ha. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha!
Okay, give me a moment. I’m still chuckling every time I think of Psychostick’s latest 21 track album Revenge of the Vengeance. Every moment on it is filled with hilarity, from marrying beards, being afraid of ducks and then saving a crowd of people from a dimensional time portal. And I thought I’d heard it all…Tenacious D were the kings of comedy metal, but Rize of the Fenix has made it look like they’ve reached their hay day, as much as I love them. The king’s crown has to go somewhere, and for an album like this, it looks like Psychostick are next in line for the throne.” – Rock Revolt Magazine
“PSYCHOSTICK really can be described as “When Marx Brothers meet Hardcore and Metal”. Their fourth album, “IV: Revenge of the Vengeance” is not only a very tasteful album of music, but as well is a medicine for a bad mood…the entire album is excellent, no doubt about that.” – Metal Temple
“In their fourth studio album, IV: Revenge of the Vengeance, Psychostick continues to unapologetically weave facepalm-worthy masterpieces of metal.” CJLO 1690AM (Montreal)
“If I could sum this album up one way, it would be the bands 10th track “NSFW”, and if you don’t know the reference then that gives you even more of a reason to listen.” – New-Transcendence
“‘Revenge of The Vengeance’ may be my favourite thing to happen to metal in recent years!” – Devils Gate Media
Revenge of the Vengeance
Release Date: November 4th, 2014
1. Revenge of The Vengeance (0:42)
2. Obey the Beard (3:53)
3. President Rhino (2:12)
4. H-Flat (0:20)
5. So. Heavy. (4:48)
6. Dogs Like Socks (1:09)
7. Super Legit OFFICIAL Teaser #2 Explode (0:31)
8. Quack Kills (3:29)
9. Blue Screen (4:37)
10. NSFW (3:13)
11. Danger Zone (3:50)
12. New To The Neighborhood (0:53)
13. Loathe Thy Neighbor (4:57)
14. AWESOME! (3:32)
15. Choking Hazard (3:14)
16. Fight to the Death (3:18)
17. Bruce Campbell (2:40)
18. Trick or Treat (0:40)
19. Dimensional Time Portal (3:21)
20. The Power of Metal Compels You (2:04)
21. Outtakes IV: The Outtakening (3:47)
Album Length: 57:13
L-R = Josh “The J” Key – Guitar | Matty J “Moose” – Bass | Rob “Rawrb” Kersey – Vocals | Alex “Shmalex” Dontre – Drums
Fun facts about Psychostick
– 30 million Youtube video views with over 100,000 subscribers
– Over 175,000 Facebook fans.
– Completed 30 nationwide tours, in 48 states, since July 2006.
– Completed 2 UK tours, one self-headlined and one with Dog Fashion Disco
– Completed nationwide tours with Mushroomhead, Nekrogoblikon, American Head Charge, Dog Fashion Disco, Green Jelly, Nashville Pussy, Powerglove, Blacklight Burns, Polkadot Cadaver, One Eyed Doll, The Bunny the Bear, Bobaflex, Look What I Did, Ventana, Fun Gone Wrong, Downtown Brown, Wild Throne, Wolfborne
– Bruce Campbell himself endorsed song Psychostick wrote about him – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_zP2Etb2kY
– System Of a Down Parody N.O.E.L. went viral
– Successfully crowd funded $38,000 through Indiegogo (126% of goal) to build a recording studio and fund new album in 2013
– “Dogs Like Socks” video went viral, was featured on “Right This Minute” daily syndicated viral video tv show in 2013
– “Beer” was #1 sold song for Rock Band Network in 2012
– Played Texas Independence Fest 2017 and 2016 with acts such as Anthrax, Killswitch Engage, The Devil Wears Prada, Oh Sleeper, Despised Icon, Bury Your Dead, Unearth, Carnifex
– Conventions played: Dragon Con 2017, MAGFest 2016, AnimeIowa 2017, Too Many Games 2017 and 2016, Geek.Kon 2015 and 2016, DBQ Con, Danville Comicon, Dallas Gaming Expo
– Played Gathering of the Juggalos 2017
– Played Ink and the Clink 2016 with Saliva, Drowning Pool, Flaw
– Played “Dirtfest” 5 years in a row (2011-2015) with acts such as Killswitch Engage, Clutch, Sevendust, Nonpoint, Powerman 5000, Chimaira, All That Remains, Trapt, Hed PE, Asking Alexandria, Pop Evil, In This Moment
Played “WIIL Rock Fest” 2013 and 2015 with acts such as Volbeat, HIM, Nonpoint, Hurt, All That Remains, Trapt, Adam Gontier, Soil, Hollywood Undead, Pop Evil, Butcher Babies, Texas Hippie Coalition
– Played “South By South West” 2013 with Hed PE
– Played “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2012, with acts such as Slipknot, Slayer, Motorhead, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, The Devil Wears Prada, Asking Alexandria, White Chapel,
– Played “Warped Tour” in 2011 (5 dates)
– Played “Earthday Birthday 18” in Orlando, FL in 2011, with Sevendust, Coheed and Cambria, Finger Eleven,Nonpoint, Drowning Pool, Hollywood Undead, A Day To Remember, All That Remains, The Supervillians, Hail the Villain, and Pop Evil
– Played “Rockapalooza” in 2013 with Candlebox, Saliva, Taproot, Adam Gontier, Mushroomhead, Hed PE, Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, 12 Stones, Boy Hits Car
– Played the “5th Annual Breast Fest Biker Bash” in 2013 with Drowning Pool, Nonpoint, Pop Evil, Soil, Primer 55, Gemini Syndrome
– Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in Kansas City and St. Louis, MO in 2011, with Buckcherry, Hellyeah, All That Remains, and The Damned Things
– Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in St. Louis, MO in 2010, with acts such as KORN, Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Five Finger Death Punch, Hatebreed, Chimaira, Norma Jean, Atreyu, Winds of Plague, In This Moment,Shadows Fall, and 3 Inches of Blood
– Played “The Gathering of the Juggalos” in southern Illinois, 2010, with acts such as Insane Clown Posse, Tech N9ne, Method Man/Red Man, and Twiztid
– Played “Skatopia” in southern Ohio, 2010, with acts such as GWAR, Green Jelly, Fishbone, Meat Puppets, 7 Seconds, Murphy’s Law, Agent Orange, Mustard Plug, and Downtown Brown
– Played the “Jagermeister Music Tour” in St. Louis and Columbia, MO in 2009, with Pennywise and Pepper
– Played the “Rockstar Mayhem Festival” in Phoenix, AZ in 2008, with acts such as Slipknot, Disturbed,Dragonforce, Mastodon, Machine Head, Underoath, Black Tide, Walls Of Jericho, 36 Crazyfists, and Five Finger Death Punch
“The opening set by Psychostick — a band best known in Kansas City for its 98.9 The Rock staple “Beer!” — was deeply amusing. Heavy metal is ripe for parody, and the jokers in the Arizona band mercilessly mock the genre’s inherent silliness. Psychostick’s presence reflected the night’s theme of good, dirty fun.” – Kansas City Star
“”The grooves are infectious and easy to nod along to”- Metalunderground.com
“”Psychostick continues to be the most fun band in rock’n’roll with “Sandwich,” twenty-four tracks that will have you banging your head while you laugh your ass off at the same time.” – RoughEdge.com
“I found myself laughing out loud, track after ridiculous track, eager to hear what nonsense was to follow.” – Metal-Rules.com
“If you like humorous metal like Polkadot Cadaver you might just laugh yourself to death by this new album (Space Vampires vs Zombie Dinosaurs in 3D by Psychostick. It’s actually very like a comedy show on metal music. Totally awesome and insane.” – MetalLikey
“A crazy musical storm truly one of the most entertaining and energetic show’s we’ve covered in a long time and most defiantly the most humorous!” – OrlandoBands.com
“Do you want to metal? Psychostick wants to metal. On their newest, heaviest and funniest effort Sandwich, the clowned princes of humorcore metal their mad-hatted heads off.” – HeavyMetal.About.com
“Listening to a Psychostick album is like eavesdropping on college bros riffing on each other or just jamming in their garage.” – ThatDevilMusic.com
“When listening to a Psychostick album, you can usually expect two things: outstanding guitar riffs and hooks and then, and most importantly, you can almost always expect to laugh…at least once or twice.” – TheFrontReport.com
“Psychostick is notorious for a few things, two of which being off-the-wall album titles (2003’s We Couldn’t Think of a Title” and 2009’s Sandwich) and hilarious lyrics meshed with face-melting instrumentals.” – TheFrontRowReport.com
“…the Weird Al Yankovic of Metal.” – examiner.com
“…the more you listen, the funnier and harder it becomes.” – rocknycliveandrecorded.com
“It’s a magical moment when you see a band doing exactly what they love to do.” – TheRealAtlanta.com
“Psychostick wrapped more amazingness into about 35 minutes than I have ever really seen in concert.” – behindthehype.com
“Psychostick may come off as idiot savants considering a lot of what they sing about are everyday common crap such as oranges, hoagies, salsa and taking showers, but the Texas taco munchers who once released an album called We Couldn’t Think of a Title in 2006 are smarter than you think.” – The Metal Minute
“Psychostick release another solid album with over-the-top hilarity.” Sputnik Music – Review of Sandwich
Festivals:
2014 – Blood Sprinkles and Guts Tour with One Eyed Doll, Wild Throne
2014 – ‘The ‘Merica Fuck Yeah Tour’ w/ Dog Fashion Disco, The Bunny, The Bear
2014 – Mad Marchness Tour
2014 – South By So What? (Dallas, TX)
2014 – South By South West (Austin, TX)
2014 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2013 – ‘Our Tour Can Beat Up Your Tour’
2013 – ‘Blow Your Fingers Off’ Tour
2013 – American Head Charge Tour
2013 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2013 – BreastFest (Pecatonica, IL)
2013 – A2 Fest (Ann Arbor, MI)
2013 – Rockapalooza (Jackson, MI)
2012 – Noctis V Metalfest (Calgary, AB)
2012 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis),
2012 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI)
2011 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis)
2011 – Dirtfest (Birch Run, MI
2010 – Mayhemfest (St. Louis)
2011 – Earthday Birthday 18
2011 – Rock and Shock
2010 – Gathering of the Juggalos
2010 – Skatopia
2009 – Mayhemfest (Phoenix, AZ)
Toured with:
Mushroomhead, Green Jelly, Nashville Pussy, Powerglove, Blacklight Burns, Look What I Did, Mower, Ventana, Screaming Mechanical Brain, Circus of Dead Squirrels, Downtown Brown, Indorphine, Better Left Unsaid, Retard-O-Bot, Blue Felix, Xfactor1, Polkadot Cadaver, American Head Charge, Dog Fashion Disco, Wild Throne, One Eyed Doll
Shared Stage w/
3 Days Grace, 3 Inches of Blood, 36 Crazyfists, A New Revolution, After The Burial, Airbourne, All Shall Perish, All That Remains, Anthrax, As I Lay Dying, Asking Alexandria, Atreyu, Black Tide, Blacklight Burns, Buckcherry, Cavelara Conspiracy, Chelsea Grin, Chimaira, Clutch, Devin Townsend, Emmure, Five Finger Death Punch, Flaw, God Forbid, Green Jelly, Hatebreed, Hell Yeah, Hemlock, Hollywood Undead, In Flames, In This Moment, Iwrestledabearonce, Kittie, Machine Head, Manilla Road, Mushroomhead, Nashville Pussy, Non Point, Norma Jean, Otep, Pennywise, Pig Destroyer, Polkadot Cadaver, Red Fang, Shadows Fall, Straight Line Stitch, Suicide Silence, TapRoot, The Damned Things, The Devil Wears Prada, The Red Chord, Trivium, Underoath, Unearth, Walls of Jericho, White Chapel, Winds of Plague
Endorsements
Jagermeister
Zildjian
Orange Country Percussion
D’Addario
Evans
Silverfox
Puresound
Warwick
Discography
2011 – Space Vampires Vs. Zombie Dinosaurs In 3D
1. Premature Intoxication 00:43
2. Welcome to the Show 02:04
3. Sadface 😦 03:27
4. Because Boobs 03:42
5. Intervention for a Good Mood 02:45
6. Hate Times Eight 03:32
7. It’s Just a Movie, STUPID 03:36
8. Political Bum 03:44
9. That Guy 01:20
10. Six Pounds of Terror 01:30
11. Methane Crescendo 02:51
12. My Clingy Girlfriend 05:00
13. The Root of All Evil 03:56
14. Numbers 04:14
15. Duh, of Course We Did Outtakes! 08:38
Album Credits:
Release Date: August 16, 2011
LABEL: Rock Ridge Music
DISTRIBUTION: ADA
CATOLOG # – 61334 (cd) – 161334 (digital)
UPC CODE # – 677516133425 (cd) – 677516133463 (digital)
• All songs performed by: Psychostick
• All songs written by: Psychostick
• Produced by: Joshua Key and Psychostick
• Mixed by: Joshua Key
• Mastered by: Matthew Chiaravalle
• Single released: “Because Boobs”, “Political Bum”
2010 – “The Digital Appetizer” EP
1. Cockblock 03:39
2. Tuff Luv 04:12
3. iSong 03:05
2009 – “Sandwich”
1. Metal? 00:25
2. Caffeine 02:49
3. Shower 05:27
4. A Lesson in Modesty 00:36
5. P is the Best Letter 03:03
6. Minimum Rage 03:36
7. Don’t Eat My Food 02:26
8. The Hunger Within 04:09
9. Grocery Escape Plan 01:23
10. Too Many Food 00:52
11. This is not a Song, it’s a Sandwich 03:53
12. Girl Directions 01:33
13. Orange 03:16
14. Beer, Part 2 00:38
15. Do You Want a Taco? 01:45
16. An Attempt at Something Serious 02:14
17. #1 Radio $ingle 03:30
18. Vah-jay-jay 00:08
19. Die… a LOT! 01:35
20. You Got Mail Enhancement 03:32
21. Passive Vengeance 04:04
22. 373 Thank Yous 14:19
23. Outtakes 06:40
24. We Ran Out of CD Space 03:52
2007 – “Flesh Eating Rollerskate Holiday Joyride” EP
1. Doom to the World 00:35
2. Holiday Hate 03:32
3. Jolly Old Sadist 03:24
4. hXc VS \m/ 00:24
5. Jingle Bell Metal 02:50
6. Silent Night 00:24
7. Red Snow 04:02
8. Happy Fucking New Year 03:06
2006 – “We Couldn’t Think of a Title”
1. Indecision 00:58
2. Scrotal Torment 02:58
3. Two Ton Paperweight 04:32
4. Death Burger! 00:53
5. No Pun Intended 00:09
6. Why, Oh, Why? 05:09
7. Pluh 05:50
8. BEER!!! 02:14
9. Prozak Milkshake 05:54
10. Throwin’ Down 05:17
11. I Hate Doing Laundry 00:27
12. Return of the Death Burger 00:23
13. Largiloquent Dithyramb 05:06
14. Lizard Sphere X 02:30
15. Orgasm = Love 04:47
16. Good Morning 01:37
17. In a Band to Get Chicks 04:11
18. Fake My Own Death and Go Platinum 15:26
19. ABCDEath 01:07
20. Jagermeister Love Song 02:28
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