Brisbane's Swashbuckling Hobo Records is marking the looming Pat Todd and The Rankoutsiders Australian - well, Victorian - tour by releasing a limited edition seven-inch single.
The instantly collectable "9 Lives, Tall Tales & False Alarms" b/w "Bullshit World/Bullshit Man" will follow recent album releases on Hound Dawg Records and Melbourne's Dog Meat labels.
The Victorian Tour will follow Pat's rapturously received solo East Coast Australian run of November 2023.
For the unitiated, Pat Todd fronted the undisputed roots-punk kings of LA, The Lazy Cowgirls after blowing in from Midwest outpost Vincennes, Indiana in the early 1980s.
The Cowgirls' live album “Radio Cowgirl” was the first release on scene prime mover Sympathy For The Record Industry and ultimately inspired a resurgence of classic 1976 Ramones/Saints/ Heartbreakers-style punk that stretched across the US into Europe, Japan and elsewhere, inspiring bands like The Muffs, New Bomb Turks, Oblivions, Teengenerate, Onyas and others.
Over the years the Cowgirls shared bills with the likes of the Ramones, Mudhoney, and Australia's Cosmic Psychos.
The Rankoutsiders are the ideal vehicle for Pat Todd's fantastic songs. A prolific writer with an eye on life in the margins - whether they be in small towns or the big sprawling city he has called home for 40 years - Todd routinely hits the mark where youth and the advancement of age find common ground in alienation and willfulness.
Supports have been announced for the tour, presented by Melbourne’s Fiasco Productions. Here are the details and ticket links:
NOV
7 - Trash Cult, Bendigo
8 - The Tote Upstairs - Collingwood
(with Blowers + Poppin' Mamas) - Tix
9 - River Rocks 2024, Barwon Club Hotel - Geelong - Tix
10 - St Kilda Bowls Club - St Kilda
(with Simon Juliff Band + Wrong Turn) - Tix
11 - Last Chance Rock'n'Roll Bar - Melbourne
(with Gas Babies + Plastic Section) - Tix
