Emerging from the South Bay of Los Angeles, SLAUGHTERHOUSE has honed their punked-up death-rock sound over the last few years and recently released the single/music video “Poison”. The track focuses on the innate toxicity that is prevalent in today’s digital age of social platforming and electronic amusement, affecting how we see not only ourselves but also the world around us. Singer Meriel O’Connell explains: “The track is about society being subjected to constant overwhelming stimulus on our phones, devices, etc that creates this culture of comparison, disposability, and lack of fulfillment in our daily lives. There’s another component where these companies and corporations who push apps, social media, etc aren’t making these things just for fun, it’s all for profit. To keep us searching for more rather than being satisfied by ourselves and our immediate surroundings, and ultimately them knowing & tracking everything about us algorithmically. It’s this lack of escapism that makes it more difficult for us to turn inwards & go into our own internal lives and spaces, and makes us place value on what we’re putting out externally rather than consider how we can be internally fulfilled, fill up our own cups…”
SLAUGHTERHOUSE has built a reputation for playing explosive live shows when sharing stages with the likes of Pennywise, Social Distortion, Adolescents, Dead Kennedys, and Alkaline Trio. Relentless touring supporting Bad Religion, Amyl & The Sniffers, and Destroy Boys indicates the band’s commitment to pushing boundaries at their live shows with no signs of slowing down. Most recently, Slaughterhouse hit the road for a month-long US tour with Grade 2 and wrapped the tour with a Punk Rock Bowling show with legendary punk icon Alice Bag. Slaughterhouse is currently working on a new album that is scheduled to release soon.
Slaughterhouse is:
Meriel O’Connell – vocals
Eddie Cairns – bass
Taylor Ramirez – guitar
Nick Aguilar – drums
SLAUGHTERHOUSE live shows (w/ NIIS + Strawberry Fuzz):
02/23 – Garden Grove CA @ The Locker Room (Garden Grove Amphitheatre)
02/24 – Phoenix AZ @ Last Exit Live
02/25 – San Diego CA @ Soda Bar
02/27 – Bakersfield CA @ Pyrenees Cafe & Saloon
02/28 – Fresno CA @ Fulton 55
03/01 – Portland OR @ Show Bar (at Revolution Hall)
03/02 – Seattle WA @ Freakout Weekender (Madame Lou’s)
03/03 – Boise ID @ The Shredder
03/05 – Santa Cruz CA @ Atrium (The Catalyst)
03/06 – San Francisco CA @ Rickshaw Stop
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