Manchester’s dirty southern rock mavericks, GORILLA RIOT return with a brand new show this Autumn, based around their forthcoming album, SALVATION, scheduled for release Fri 11th October and available to pre-order soon via TMR Rock Records.
The 12 date run visits the length of the UK and includes…
Sat 12 Oct – The Deaf Institute, Manchester – hometown album launch show
Sun 13 Oct – O2 Academy2, Islington
Thur 17 Oct – Nightrain, Bradford
Fri 18 Oct – The Station, Cannock
Sat 19 Oct – Leo’s Red Lion, Gravesend
Sun 20 Oct – The Bullingdon, Oxford
Fri 25 Oct – Rock City Beta, Nottingham
Sat 26 Oct – Independent, Sunderland
Sun 27 Oct – Bannerman’s, Edinburgh
Sun 03 Nov – Portland Arms, Cambridge
Fri 08 Nov – Corporation, Sheffield
Sun 10 Nov – Heartbreakers, Southampton
Tickets, Merch & Music available at: gorillariot.co.uk
The tour is set to coincide with the release of a new album, SALVATION, the cover of which has only recently been teased online by the band. The coverart was conceived and created by fast-rising street artist, and bassist of Gorilla Riot, Deggy.
Deggy, said of the tour announcement, “We are really stoked to be heading back out on the road this October. We have a great mix of venues on the run, some new to us, along with a few old favourites and we will be playing some tunes from our new album, but more importantly we can’t wait to have a great time with you lovely lot!”
Gorilla Riot are a 5-piece, dirty rock n’ roll blues machine. Utilising a dual-pronged guitar attack with multi-part vocal harmonies; they play raucous blues-based rock, combining elements of grunge, stoner, and country to create a full-on high energy sonic experience.
Mainman, Arjun Bhishma, surrounded himself with the best talent in Manchester to form Gorilla Riot. Arjun, is joined by Charly T. (guitars & vocals), Deggy (bass), and Matt Talbot on skins with Luci Vee joining the band on stage as backing vocalist.
They have built their reputation as a hard living, hard playing, genre-straddling rock n roll band that can draw forth tears of joy one minute and then the pain of a heart-felt lament, the next.
They have entered the charts twice in recent times… on ‘Earache Records presents New Wave Of Rock N Roll’ compilation album, as well as NWOCR Volume 1 – both hitting Top #10 in their respective charts.
Equally at home acoustically or electrically, they have toured extensively with headline shows in Spain and France, and across the UK. That reputation saw them invited to join sold out shows with REEF and also Airbourne and The Darkness.
Gorilla Riot released a 4-song acoustic EP entitled SOLACE, ahead of this new full-length studio album, SALVATION, due in October 2024.
Formed: 2013
Hometown: Manchester, England
FFO: Dirty, Southern, Grungy Blues Rock, Alice In Chains, Free, Lynyrd Skynyrd
Discography:
Gorilla Riot EP (2014) Eve Tapes Live EP (2014) Six Shots Down EP (2016) American Honey Vol 1 EP (May 2018) PEACH album (Jan 2020) Solace EP (Sept 2021) SALVATION album (2024)
Links: www.gorillariot.co.uk