Boris

Rot TV and Bonnie Mercer

this is a past event

FRI 10 JUNE

DOORS 8PM
BONNIE MERCER 8:15PM
ROT TV 9:15PM
BORIS 10:30PM

TICKETS

$50 + transaction fee
  • Licensed venue, 18+
As part of the Japan in Focus music program, legendary doom trio Boris power through their 2002 classic Heavy Rocks.
Boris

A highlight of RISING's Japan in Focus music program is this Victorian exclusive performance by Japanese experimentalists Boris. With each album since 1992—and there have been dozens of them—the doom icons have given us radiant shoegaze, crust punk and plenty of noise. At Max Watt's, Takeshi, Atsuo and Wata will strap in and power through their 2002 record Heavy Rocks—a special set performed with Japan's leading bassist TOKIE—before diving deep into the sludge and psychedelia of their 30-year back catalogue.

Kicking us off are local horror rock riffers Rot TV (who delivered a searing Kinks’ cover last year for RISING Singles Club) and the transcendent, improvised drone hallucinations of Bonnie Mercer.

Session Details

FRI 10 JUNE

DOORS 8PM
BONNIE MERCER 8:15PM
ROT TV 9:15PM
BORIS 10:30PM

MAX WATT'S
$50 + transaction fee
  • Support Acts | Rot TV and Bonnie Mercer
  • Doors open | 8PM
  • Warning This performance contains smoke, haze and flashing lights.
  • Note | Licensed venue, 18+
  • Tickets are also on sale via OzTix

Credits

IMAGES:

BORIS. PHOTO: MIKI MATSUSHIMA

ROT TV. PHOTO: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST

BONNIE MERCER. PHOTO: KURT ECKARDT

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