Here Comes The Flood: Banned From Utopia

August 19, 2014

Banned From Utopia: Fall tour dates

Frank Zappa alumni band Banned From Utopia hits the road again this Fall for an European tour. Te hee verterans are joined by Zappa Plays Zappa member Jamie Kime

Banned From Utopia:
Robert (Bobby) Martin (FZ 1981-88) vocals, keyboards, sax, French horn
Ray White (FZ 1978-84) vocals, guitar
Tom Fowler (FZ 1973-75, 1978) bass guitar
Albert Wing (FZ 1988) tenor sax, soprano sax
Chad Wackerman (FZ 1981-88) drums
Jamie Kime (Zappa Plays Zappa 2006-2012) guitar, vocals

Live dates:

11/06 Umea, Sweden @ Jazz Studio
11/07 Oslo, Norway @ Cosmopolite
11/08 Örebro, Sweden @ Clarion Hotel
11/09 Uppsala, Sweden @ Katalin
11/11 Twist, Germany @ Heimathaus
11/12 Haarlem, The Netherlands @ Patronaat
11/13 Münster, Germany @ Jovel
11/14 Ottersum, The Netherlands @ Roepaen
11/15 Minden, Germany @ BÜZ
11/16 Weert, The Netherlands @ De Bosuil
11/18 Duisburg, Germany @ Grammatikoff
11/19 Kassel, Germany @ Theaterstübchen
11/20 Berlin, Germany @ Kesselhaus
11/21 Szczecin, Poland @ Free Blues Club
11/22 Erfurt, Germany @ HsD Gewerkschaftshaus
11/25 Nürnberg, Germany @ Rockfabrik
11/26 Pratteln, Switzerland @ Z7
11/28 Bourgoin-Jallieu, France @ Les Abattoirs
11/30 Blois, France @ Maison de Bégon
12/03 Swansea, UK @ The Scene
12/04 Derby, UK @ Flower Pot
12/05 Grimsby, UK @ Yardbirds
12/06 Blackburn, UK @ King George’s Hall
12/07 London, UK @ The Jazzcafe Camden

Tickets info on Bobby Martin's website.

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February 17, 2014

Banned From Utopia: tour dates

Frank Zappa alumni band Banned From Utopia hit the road for an European tour, playing shows in The Netherlands, Germany, France and Austria:

(...) the group is not merely a tribute band, content to mimic their own performances through the years with Zappa. Rather the values and influences instilled by playing with Frank are the biggest part of Banned From Utopia’s focus. The compositions Frank wrote are a part of each member's body and soul, put there by years of rehearsal, recording, and concert appearances. But rather than stagnate through self imitation, the Banned builds on that solid foundation, constantly exploring and expanding the material and mining new gems from it, as Frank always sought to do.