Red Fang

Red Fang
Red Fang
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Background information
Origin	Portland, Oregon, USA
Genres	Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Heavy Rock
Years active	2005 - Present
Labels	Wäntage USA, Relapse Records, Sargent House
Associated acts	Ten East, Red Kunz, Amazing Grace, Facedowninshit, Last Of The Juanitas, Mercury Birds, Party Time, Shiny Beast, Willard
Website	redfang.net
Current members	Maurice Bryan Giles, David Sullivan, Aaron Beam, John Sherman
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Red Fang are a stoner rock/metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2005. The band would gain quick notoriety for their high-energy shows and tongue-in-cheek nature of their frequent music videos, which often features the beer "Pabst Blue Ribbon".^[1] To date the band has released five studio albums among a wide arrangement of other releases, four of their albums via Relapse Records.

History[]

Red Fang started out on Wantage USA Records in Montana, where the band released its self-titled LP. Red Fang's 2009 debut for record label Sargent House/Wantage USA combined its first two releases, which were limited-release tour EPs. Following the release of a third tour EP, Red Fang would sign with Relapse Records on 16 September 2010.^[2] The band followed this debut with Murder the Mountains, released on Relapse Records in 2011 produced by Chris Funk. Red Fang also appeared on 2011's Metalliance tour alongside the bands Crowbar and Helmet; the same year, Red Fang opened the Jägermeister stage on 2011's edition of the annual Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival which also featured headliners Megadeth, Godsmack, and Disturbed.

On 12 September 2011, Red Fang was announced as one of the openers (the other being The Dillinger Escape Plan) for Mastodon's 2011 and 2012 tours in the United States and Europe respectively. Later in 2012, Red Fang embarked on a European headlining tour with Black Tusk, performing for the first time in various countries including Russia, Ukraine, and Greece. In February 2013, Red Fang traveled to Australia to play the Australian Soundwave Festival and also performed sideshows with stoner rock bands Kyuss Lives! and Orange Goblin. Following further touring Whales and Leeches would see release on 15 October 2013, peaking at #66 on the Billboard 200.^[3] The band performed on Late Show with David Letterman in January 2014.

Following further touring in support of Whales and Leeches, including tours with Opeth and In Flames, work would begin on a fourth studio album in early 2016.^[4]^[5] Only Ghosts would see release on 14 October 2016 to critical acclaim,^[6] along with peaking at #143 on the Billboard 200.^[7]

Following a relentless touring schedule over the next few years and a period of dormancy in light of the CO-VID19 Pandemic, Red Fang would work on a fifth album, announcing details on 5 April 2021.^[8] Arrows would see release on 4 June 2021, with a tour announced for the Fall alongside Here Lies Man and Warish.

Discography[]

Studio Albums[]

Red Fang (2008, Wäntage USA, Sargent House)
Murder the Mountains (2011, Relapse Records)
Whales and Leeches (2013, Relapse Records)
Only Ghosts (2016, Relapse Records)
Arrows (2021, Relapse Records)

Extended Plays[]

Tour E.P. 1 (2006, Wantage USA)
Tour E.P. 2 (2007, Wäntage USA)
Tour E.P. 3 (2010, Self-Released)
Daytrotter Session (2013, Daytrotter)
Scion A/V Presents: Red Fang (2014, Scion Audio Visual)
teamrock.com Presents an Absolute Music Bunker Session with Red Fang (2014, Self-Released)
Volcom 7" (2015, Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club)

Splits[]

Malverde / Favorite Son (Split with Tweak Bird) (2008, Volcom Entertainment)
Red Fang / ASG (Split with ASG) (2013, Relapse)

Singles[]

Prehistoric Dog (2009, Sargent House)
Witness (2009, Self-Released)
Wires (2011, Relapse Records)
Crows in Swine (2012, Relapse Records)
Blood like Cream (2013, Relapse Records)
No Hope (2013, Relapse Records)
Only Fools Rush In / Why? (2015, Volcom Ent. Vinyl Club)
Listen to the Sirens (2018, Relapse)
Antidote (2019, Relapse)
Stereo Nucleosis (2020, Relapse)

Members[]

Current members[]

Aaron Beam – Bass, Vocals
John Sherman – Drums
David Sullivan – Guitars, Vocals
Maurice Bryan Giles – Guitars, Vocals

List of Known Tours[]

Spring 2007 North American Tour (With The Fucking Champs, Birds of Avalon) (2007)^[9]
Winter 2008 North American Tour (With Clutch, The Bakerton Group, Willem Maker) (2008)^[10]
Spring 2009 North American Tour (With Early Man) (2009)^[11]
Fall 2009 North American Tour (With Kylesa, Bison, Saviours) (2009)^[12]
November 2009 North American Tour (With Valient Thorr) (2009)^[13]
Fall 2010 North American Tour (With Valient Thorr) (2010)^[14]
Metalliance (With Helmet, Crowbar, Saint Vitus, Kylesa, The Atlas Moth) (2011)^[15]
May 2011 North American Tour (2011)^[16]
Friction Tour (With The Ocean, Intronaut, Earthship) (2011)^[17]
Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival (2011)^[18]
The Hunter North American Tour (With Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan) (2011)^[19]
Murder The Mountains West Coast Tour (2011)^[20]
The Hunter 2012 European Tour (With Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan) (2012)^[21]
Spring 2012 European Tour (With Black Tusk) (2012)^[22]
Summer 2012 North American Tour (With The Sword, Honky) (2012)^[23]
Summer 2012 European Tour (2012)^[24]
Fall 2012 North American Tour (With Black Tusk, Lord Dying, Indian Handcrafts) (2012)^[25]
Fall 2012 United Kingdom Tour (With El Caco) (2012)^[26]
Soundwave Festival (2013)^[27]
Whales and Leeches European Tour (2013)^[28]
Whales and Leeches North American Tour (Leg One) (With Helms Alee, Dog Shredder, Gaythiest) (2013)^[29]
Whales and Leeches North American Tour (Leg Two) (With The Shrine; Select dates with Indian Handcrafts, Cancer Bats, Radkey) (2013)^[30]
Whales and Leeches European Tour 2014 (With The Shrine, Lord Dying) (2014)^[31]
Spring 2014 North American Tour (With Big Business, American Sharks) (2014)^[32]
Summer 2014 European Tour (2014)^[33]
October 2014 Canada Tour (With Black Mastiff) (2014)^[34]
Fall 2014 North American Tour (With Opeth, In Flames) (2014)^[35]
Spring 2015 European Tour (2015)^[36]
Spring 2015 Australia / New Zealand Tour (2015)^[37]
Summer 2015 European Tour (2015)^[38]^[39]
Fall 2015 North American Tour (With Whores, Wild Throne) (2016)^[40]
Fall 2015 European Tour (With Torche) (2016)^[41]
Fall 2016 North American Tour (With Torche, Whores) (2016)^[42]
Spring 2017 South American Tour (With Slayer) (2017)^[43]
Summer 2017 European Tour (2017)^[44]
California Ghost Rush (With Bloodclot, Fireball Ministry) (2017)^[45]
Emperor of Sand European Tour (With Mastodon, Russian Circles) (2017)^[46]
Winter 2018 North American Tour (With Black Label Society, Corrosion of Conformity) (2018)^[47]
Spring 2018 North American Tour (With Clutch, Fireball Ministry, The Bronx) (2018)^[48]
Spring 2018 Latin America Tour (2018)^[49]
Spring 2018 Australia / New Zealand Tour (2018)^[50]
Fall 2018 North American Tour (With Big Business, Dead Now; Select dates with Monolord) (2018)^[51]
Summer 2019 European Tour (2019)^[52]
Arrows North American Tour (With Starcrawler, Here Lies Man, Warish) (2021)^[53]
2023 North American Tour (With Clutch, Dinosaur Jr.) (2023)

External Links[]

References[]

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Red Fang

Background information
Origin	Portland, Oregon, USA
Genres	Stoner Metal, Stoner Rock, Heavy Rock
Years active	2005 - Present
Labels	Wäntage USA, Relapse Records, Sargent House
Associated acts	Ten East, Red Kunz, Amazing Grace, Facedowninshit, Last Of The Juanitas, Mercury Birds, Party Time, Shiny Beast, Willard
Website	redfang.net

Current members	Maurice Bryan Giles, David Sullivan, Aaron Beam, John Sherman
Band Logo