No Sounds of the Underground this year?

Posted by RobInjection on February 4th, 2008

Looks like another favorite from years' past may not be coming back this year.

During an interview with the Headbangers Blog Podcast, while Dave Mustaine talked about the lineup for this year's Gigantour he let it slip up that because of the stacked lineup of his tour (and most-likely the even heavier stacked Rockstar Mayhem Fest) the organizers of Sounds of the Underground are sitting this year out:

Headbangers Ball Blog: When we were talking before the interview, you mentioned something about there being no Sounds of the Underground this year.
Mustaine: I did say that.

Headbangers Ball Blog: Is that because they didn’t want to compete with Gigantour?
Mustaine: No, I did not say that. I said that they had given us a compliment and said that they weren’t going out this year because I think they wanted to get some of the talent that we have. I think think that they were looking at Children or In Flames. For whatever reason [they’re not having the tour this year]. But the bottom line is it’s cool to see that we’re trudging through and we’re having integrity and the bands are good and the music is happening and we’re gonna have fun, man.

While its sad to see one of our favorite fests take the Summer off, the good news is at least there will be more tours coming around with full sets. One of the biggest downsides of these mega-fests is the extremely short set-times, usually 20 -30 minutes for all bands except for headliners. We'll keep you posted when we get official word.

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Comments (3)

February 5th, 2008 at 11:40 pm doody says:

Wow, i cant believe this. I am a huge fan of Sounds of the Underground and the fact that they are not puting on this monster of a tour is very disappointing. Ozzfest is rumored to be dying as well, even though i havent cared to go see Ozzy have a heart attack on stage lately. So this leaves Gigantour with megadeth and In Flames and the first ever Rockstar Mayhem Tour with slipknot and Disturbed. The only thing im gonna say about Gigantour is; average bands, average show.(except for job for a cowboy!.. they're rad.). The Rockstar Mayhem Tour has moslty lame bands with pretty cool bands placed here and there. Neither of these damn tours are worth spending millions of dollars to go see. Oh by the way, why do people listen to Disturbed.. holy shit!
February 12th, 2008 at 7:47 pm earthsherm says:

there is no way there is a shortage of metal bands to do that tour, this better just be a rumour and not a truth. when will disturbed just go away, i mean come on.
April 27th, 2008 at 9:30 am loztnmyownworld says:

yeah i have to agree with the previous comments. that is so fukin gay. Disturbed was somewhat ok when they first come out what almost 10 years ago. but they are so lame they should be in a church singing. not on a metal tour. and wtf it up with no sounds of the underground. gwar is the shit and i have been looking for to seeing those guys since i saw them last ( the tour after sounds). for two years they made me proud and did not only the sounds of the underground, which in my opinion is the best metal fest ive been to here in the U.S. (ozzfest is kick ass but not a big ozzy fan and alot of the bands that played usually sucked anyway) . but as soon as that tour was done the first year they went on tour right after, allthough at that time the other bands to play sucked (a dozen furies was one of the bands, need i say more) and then last year as soon as the sounds tour was over, they went on their own tour again. i dont remember who they pklayed with was a little hammered and had to drive 3 hrs to get there so i pretty much got there right as they took the stage. but yeah. if they dont do sounds again this year it will be ubber depressing. and just a prewarning to you guys of gwar, if yall arent on tour by the end of the summer im gonna go kidnap your asses and make yall play in my basement. everyone not in gwar, yalll are invited. at least machine head is on the mayhem tour considering how fuking gay slipknot is these days

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