Two Witches & Jesucrisis at Afterlife
Schedule
Fri Mar 31 2023 at 08:00 pm
Location
1763 Goodyear Blvd, Akron, OH 44305-2911, United States | Akron, OH
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Catch Two Witches on their 35th Anniversary Tour, the only mid-west date! Hosted for 5 U.S. shows in the Eastern U.S. by compadres Jesucrisis, it will be a night of legendary gothic and deathrock from the far North to deep South (Finland to Jesucrisis origins in Chile).BIOS:
Two Witches are pioneers of Finnish gothic, and legendary in the overall history of Gothic Rock. “Formed in 1987, these U.S. concerts with Jesucrisis are part of our 35 year anniversary tour-- along with concerts in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Sweden, among others. We have played hundreds of concerts around the world, in about 30 different countries on four continents, but only once in the US before this, headlining the Los Angeles Gothic Festival 2016. Our full-stage line-up is a six-piece (Alarik, Hermanni, Marko, Haydee Sparks, Miss Blueberry and me), but we are quite often playing as a trio (with Marko Hautamaki) or a quartet. Two Witches has released several albums with cult labels such as Nightbreed (UK), Deepland (Brazil), Scarecrow (MEX), Talitha (Germany), as well as three in the US on Cleopatra Records. Our full discography is at https://www.discogs.com/artist/109935-Two-Witches” (Jyrki Witch)
The band has a presence across YouTube, not only in their vintage videos of early years, but in many that demonstrate their intense live shows— ranging from full-stage six-piece to even acoustic trio in a small european church. All carry the same dynamism and unique gothic style that comes heftily from the stage presence of frontman and founder Jyrki Witch. (Jyrki actually founded the band with Anne Nurmi, who later went on to join Lacrimosa). The band has gone through line-up changes that were actually celebrated at their 30th anniversary five years ago, with several previous members appearing on stage together with current members. Marko Hautamaki is well known for his work on guitar, bass and programming duties with the band, and close teamwork with Jyrki (in addition to having separate doom metal and successful neoclassical project in which he brings his electric cello to the mix as well).
One can not fully know of Two Witches, however, without also being aware of the Lumous Gothic Festival that Jyrki founded, tirelessly coordinated and promoted for three decades, held every July in the band’s hometown of beautiful Tampere, Finland. It was the largest festival dedicated to the goth subculture in Finland and the northernmost Gothic festival in the world. The four-day event was also organized by those musicians around Jyrki’s orbit including his wife, TW keyboardist and dancer/performer in her own right, Miss Blueberry. While the primary focus of the Fest was on music, covering genres such as gothic rock, deathrock, industrial, EBM and neofolk, other cultural and arts events and local artist vendors were included. Lumous consisted mainly of club nights organized in bars and clubs in the centre of Tampere, and it gathered a storied reputation prior to its last show in 2020— especially for anyone who ever attended in the midnight summer sun, listened to Jyrki’s soulful opening night remarks, reveled in the crazy last-night party every year, and caught bands every bit as talented but of different mold and mindset than those forever playing Castle Party and Whitby every year. — Lisa Miles, with some inclusions by Last.FM
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Jesucrisis is exotic, uncommon gothic-deathrock. Influences: Christian Death, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, Swans, Nephilim, Mick Karn, RRRRRRR, Kino, literature, poetry. Vladimir Munoz left hometown Santiago, Chile for a creative life in North America w/ Jesucrisis partner, longtime Pgh dark/punk electric violinist/ composer Lisa Miles. They've toured South America twice as a duo and Los Angeles/ West Coast w/ Ravens Moreland & Rikk Agnew, as well as opened for (and has twice interviewed) Valor’s Christian Death. Vladi founded the band two decades ago and carried it to Barcelona, Spain in the early 2000s while residing there for several years. Lisa has collaborated with many international darker bands/artists, including Ger Egan from This Burning Effigy, Come With Reverse (Thessaloniki), The Flatfield (Helsinki), recently Michael Aliani/ iKon, as well as having laid a track for “Deepland” off Two Witches most recent album, “The Undead.”n Website has much, much more: lisamilesviolin.com/jesucrisis
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*Attendees please note: As a relatively new venue, Afterlife may not yet have their liquor license at time of show.
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Some notes on Full U.S. Tour:
JESUCRISIS is hosting the legendary Two Witches to the eastern U.S. for the first time, as part of their 35th Anniversary Tour ~ Come see and hear the pioneers of Finnish Gothic headline the unique tour put together by North American Gothic/Deathrock founded by Vladimir Munoz 20 years ago in Chile!
March 30 - Drusky Entertainment presents at Hard Rock Cafe - Pgh, PA
March 31 - Afterlife - Akron, Ohio
April 6 - Vanguard DC at The Public Option - Washington D.C.
April 7 - Sanctorium Philly at The Fire - Philadelphia, PA
April 8 - The Red Party at Mercury Lounge - NYC
#Jesucrisis #TwoWitches #VladimirMunoz #LisaMilesViolin #NorthAmericanGothic #AmericanDeathrock #AmericanGothic #FinnishGothic #ChileanDeathrock #ChileanGotico #TwoWitches35thAnniversary
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Where is it happening?
1763 Goodyear Blvd, Akron, OH 44305-2911, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
Tickets
USD 13