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Hank Williams III's Assjack tours behind debut album
Hank Williams III will take to the road for a summer tour with his death-metal band Assjack in support of the group's upcoming self-titled debut.
The country music rebel will take to the stage tonight (6/16) in Louisville, KY--the first show of a 22-date club tour that runs through mid-July. During each stop on the trek, Williams will perform with Assjack for a 45-minute set, as well as with his traditional country "Damn Band" for another 45-minute performance, according to a press release. The full schedule is included below.
The summer outing, which concentrates on the East Coast and parts of the Midwest, precedes Assjack's self-titled full-length debut, which surfaces Aug. 5 on Curb Records.
Hank III, the son of Hank Williams, Jr., and the grandson of country-music legend Hank Williams, released his fourth solo set, "Damn Right, Rebel Proud," last October. The musician also performs with Southern punk rockers Arson Anthem and metal outfit Superjoint Ritual, though Williams will focus on Assjack--a far cry from his country lineage--for the summer.
"I just stuck with the hard road," Williams said in a press release. "That's what makes us different and unique and gives the wide audience range from 14 to 80 out there ... cowboys, punks, metalheads, jocks, grandmas and the average everyday person. We bring them all together under the same roof. That's what makes us proud. That's what makes it worth it at the end of the day."
