Prong is hitting stages across Europe this summer as part of a wide-reaching tour. If you’ve been looking for a chance to witness this legendary band, now’s a good time, especially if you’re in Europe or work for an airline.
The story of Prong begins with their mid-1980s origins as a messy hardcore/metal crossover thrash band with their Force Fed and Primitive Origins releases that set new standards for raw intensity. Some musical experience later, they released their mid-paced speed metal classic, Beg to Differ.
As they describe it, they were art school grads trying to make metal. The sound they embarked upon eventually integrated some aspects of art-rock into metal, and has never gone for a full-on traditional metal vibe. In recent years, the band has gone further into its own style, starting with Cleansing, that more resembles the power-pop and late hardcore mix of bands like Helmet fused with some of the underground metal acts.
Their newer material continues in this vein but with modern metal influences. If you’re out there on the European continent, catch them live this summer with these handy tour dates:
June 23, 2013
Clisson, FRANCE
Hellfest
June 25, 2013
Luzern, SWITZERLAND
Schüür
June 26, 2013
Freiburg, GERMANY
Cafe Atlantik
June 27, 2013
Mannheim, GERMANY
Alte Seilerei
June 28, .2013
Dessel, BELGIUM
Graspop Metal Meeting
June 29, 2013
Dordrecht, HOLLAND
Bibelot
June 30, 2013
Münster, GERMANY
Sputnikhalle
July 12, 2013
Zlin, CZECH REPUBLIC
Masters Of Rock
July 14, 2013
Novi Sad, SERBIA
Exit Fest
Funny thing you don’t mention Prove You Wrong which was an umitigated disaster of epic proportions. It wasn’t just bad, it was stupid. Prong went into that album on a high note and then came out with this bouncy alt-metal stuff that was halfway to nu-metal and the fans said, “nuh hunh” and threw it down the stairs. Their stuff after that got better for a few albums, but they’re doing the same stuff on Power of the Mixxxer or whatever it’s called. The results will be the same. Tommy Victor is going to be remembered for Danzig and Ministry, and Ted Parsons is in Godflesh, and no one has heard of Mike Kirkland for awhile because he realized the band was unstable and got out before Prove You Wrong proved their career was all wrong.
He’s got a cock that it seems to me
Reminds me how I lost my virginity
It was with a dog, his dick was hairy and short like Troy’s
Now and then when people call me gay
His music takes me away to that special place
Next to Metalocalypse it’s the only thing that I enjoy
Whoa, oh, oh, sweet Mastodon
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, tear soaked tampon
He’s got balls of the softest kind
As if they know they’re gay
I’d love to be licking on those balls when Troy begins to defecate
His band reminds me of Led Zeppelin
Mixed with Pantera and Korn
I heard that when Mastodon plays live they have a large video screen with gay porn
Whoa, oh, oh, sweet Mastodon
Whoa, oh, oh, oh, tear soaked tampon
What did you say?
What did you say bro?
What did you say?
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What did you say?
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Sweet Troy, Sweet Mastodon of mine Sweet Troy Of Mine
Bravo.
And then, I turned 15, and realized that gay jokes are just… gay.
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Prove You Wrong is a killer album:)