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Thursday, October 25th 2007
Despised Icon Featured On Vice Magazine's Vbs.tv
Vice Magazine’s VBS.TV recently met up with DESPISED ICON in their hometown of Montreal for a tour of the band’s practice space. The guys ended up jamming a few tracks while new guitarist Al Glassman explained how he ruined a special vacation with his girlfriend in order to tryout for the band. Click on the link below to check it out.
http://www.vbs.tv/player.php?bctid=1264607925&bccl=MTQ0MTg4N19fVE9EQVk
DESPISED ICON will cap off an extremely successful year as part of the “Crashing Through the Holidays” tour alongside The Acacia Strain, Full Blown Chaos and the Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, which kicks off on Nov. 24th. This will be preceded by an extensive Canadian run on the Exclaim!/Much Loud Canadian tour with The Locust. See below or visit www.myspace.com/despisedicon for their complete touring itinerary.
The group recently completed a new video for the track, “Furtive Monologue,”with director Jonathan Desbiens. Click the link below to check out a trailer for the clip and look for the full-length version to make its online debut early next month. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=20261567
In 2007, DESPISED ICON further establishes their position as one of the genre’s most devastating new acts.
“One of the top 100 bands you need to know.” — Alternative Press
“The Ill’s Of Modern Man is a head-spinning exposition of fury.” — RevolverDESPISED ICON
Aggressive Tendencies Tour (Exclaim) w/The Locust
11/03 UBC Ballroom – Vancouver, BC
11/05 Velvet Underground – Edmonton, AB
11/06 The Underground – Calgary, AB
11/08 The Exchange – Regina, SK
11/09 West End Cultural Centre – Winnipeg, MB
11/10 TBA – Thunder Bay, ON
11/12 Call the Office – London, ON
11/13 The Casbah – Hamilton, ON
11/14 The Reverb – Toronto, ON
11/15 Le Studio – Montreal, QC
11/16 Babylon – Ottawa, ON
w/Acacia Strain, Full Blown Chaos and Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza
11/24 Logan Square Auditorium – Chicago, IL
11/25 Magic Stick – Detroit, MI
11/26 Peabody’s Down Under – Cleveland, OH
11/27 Mainstage – Pompton Lakes, NJ
11/28 First Unitarian Church – Philadelphia, PA
11/29 Alley Katz – Richmond, VA
11/30 The Soundvent – Thomasville, NC
12/01 The Masquerade – Atlanta, GA
12/02 Thee Imperial – Jacksonville, FL
12/03 The Orpheum – Tampa, FL
12/04 Backbooth – Orlando, FL
12/05 American Legion Post 33 – Pensacola, FL
12/06 The High Ground – Metairie, LA
12/07 The Javajazz – Houston, TX
12/08 Fat Daddy’s Sound Shack – Lewisville, TX
12/09 White Rabbit – San Antonio, TX
12/11 The Sets – Tempe, AZ
12/12 Knitting Factory – Hollywood, CA
12/13 Showcase Theatre – Corona, CA
12/14 Soma – San Diego, CA
12/15 MACLA – San Jose, CA
12/17 Eagles Lodge – Wichita, KS
12/18 Creepy Crawl – St. Louis, MO
12/19 The Mad Hatter – Covington, KY
12/20 The Penny Arcade – Rochester, NY
12/21 Backstage Enterprises – Kingston, PA
12/22 The Palladium (Upstairs) – Worcester, MA