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Crocodiles Tour Dates

City	Venue	Date		Tickets
Brooklyn, NY	Music Hall of Williamsburg	Fri	Jun 07 / 13	Find Tickets
Brooklyn, NY	Union Pool	Sat	Jun 08 / 13	Find Tickets
Cleveland, OH	Beachland Tavern	Mon	Jun 10 / 13	Find Tickets
Chicago, IL	Metro	Tue	Jun 11 / 13	Find Tickets
Columbus, OH	Newport Music Hall	Wed	Jun 12 / 13	Find Tickets
Louisville, KY	Headliners Music Hall	Sat	Jun 15 / 13	Find Tickets
Millvale, PA	Mr Smalls Theater	Sun	Jun 16 / 13	Find Tickets
Toronto	Adelaide Hall	Mon	Jun 17 / 13	Find Tickets
Baltimore, MD	Ottobar	Fri	Jun 21 / 13	Find Tickets
Paris	Nouveau Casino	Tue	Sep 03 / 13	Find Tickets

Crocodiles Biography

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Crocodiles are a noise pop/indie pop band from San Diego, California, USA. The group was formed in 2008 by core members Brandon Welchez and Charles Rowell after the break-up of their former punk bands Some Girls and The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Crocodiles' sound has typically been likened to The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Archies, Tommy James & The Shondells, and Gary Glitter. Whilst at the same time playing in an early incarnation of Dum Dum Girls (Welchez is married to frontwoman Dee Dee Penny), Crocodiles initially gained exposure in 2008 after fellow Southern California noise pop band No Age included their single "Neon Jesus" in a list of the year's best songs. This led to the duo being signed to Mississippi-based label Fat Possum Records, who released the band's self-recorded debut album ''Summer of Hate'', in April 2009. After touring in support of their debut full-length, the first half of 2010 saw Crocodiles go into a studio in the Mojave Desert with British producer James Ford. The resultant sessions comprise the band's second album ''Sleep Forever''. The record was released by Fat Possum in the September of that year. In addition to their own recordings, Crocodiles have collaborated with Television Personalties' frontman Dan Treacy as well as Dum Dum Girls. Although initially gigging as a two piece, Welchez and Rowell have expanded the band to include a live drummer, bassist and keyboard player. Musicians in the live band have included members of Blank Dogs and The Slits. Outside of his activities with Crocodiles, Rowell has published a book of prose writing with Cold Cave front-man Wes Eisold, while Welchez along with wife Penny, releases records by other bands under the ZOO MUSIC label name.

Wikipedia This entry is from Wikipedia, the user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. If you find the biography content factually incorrect, defamatory or highly offensive you can edit this article at Wikipedia.