Legendary goth rock band Christian Death announces the USA "Baby Bats Parade" tour • GRIMM Gent

After almost fifty years, legendary goth rock band, CHRISTIAN DEATH is still frightening the very fabric of society. The founding fathers of American goth rock are touring the U.S. next month. Valor Kand and Maitri will lead the ‘Baby Bats Parade‘ across more than 20 U.S. cities with support from GENE LOVES JEZEBEL, DESCARTES A KANT & BLACK SEASON WITCH.

The tour begins in St. Louis, Missouri on June 3rd and wraps up on June 28th in Worcester, Massachusetts. The band will be performing songs from their legacy spanning over four decades including tracks from the most recent album, Evil Becomes Rule.

For more information about Evil Becomes Rule: https://www.season-of-mist.com/release/evil-becomes-rule/

06.03.2026 – Red flag, St. Louis, MO.
06.04.2026 – Xray Arcade, Milwaukee, WI
06.05.2026 – Crucible, Madison, WI
06.06.2026 – Harpo’s, Detroit, MI
06.07.2026 – Woodward theatre, Cincinnati,
06.08.2026 – Record Bar, Kansas City, MO
06.10.2026 – The Vanguard, Tulsa OK
06.11.2026 – Come & Take It, Austin, TX
06.12.2026 – The Rock Box, San Antonio, TX
06.13.2026 – RBC, Dallas, TX
06.14.2026 – White Oak Music Hall, Houston
06.16.2026 – Culture Shock, Atlanta, GA
06.18.2026 – QXT, Newark, NJ
06.19.2026 – Webster Theatre, Hartford, CT
06.20.2026 – Jewel-Manchester, MH
06.21.2026 – Acruz Events, Pawtucket, RI
06.24.2026 – WC Social Club, W. Chicago, IL
06.25.2026 – Black Circle, Indianapolis, IN
06.26.2026 – A&R Music Hall, Columbus, OH
06.27.2026 – The Vortex, Akron, OH
06.28.2026 – Electric Haze, Worcester, MA

Get tickets HERE:
https://christiandeath.band/Secciones/upcomingTourDates.html

Once plagued by riots, protests, death threats, arrests, album burnings on US
Christian TV, a nationwide investigation by German church officials, albums and
performances banned, shadow bans, censorship, infighting, attempted suicides
and actual suicide, in spite of all this and more, Christian Death is Alive.
Christian Death is one of the world’s most controversial bands with a most
controversial name. It is the first band to use the word Death in a name.
Created as a word play on ‘Christian Dior”, by “Rozz Williams“, the band’s first
singer and lyricist…. In 1983, after some underground local recognition in Los
Angeles, live shows and recordings for the first album (See Discography Below), the band broke up completely.

A year later, Rozz joined the Los Angeles band, “Pompeii 99“, formed by band
leader, lead vocalist and guitarist “Valor“. During negotiations for a record deal in the UK and Europe for Pompeii 99, Valor was also in contact with a French label with a solid offer, however, after hearing the name Christian Death, the label CEO had added one more condition, “to re-use Christian Death”. Rozz and Valor objected to changing the name. But the label made them an offer they could not refuse. So after signing contracts between the label and band and between Rozz and Valor, Pompeii 99 was re-named as Christian Death.

After the band’s third album and first tour, Rozz split from the band, reneging his rights and responsibilities of the partnership, leaving Valor holding the reins . 7 Years later, Rozz made a comeback, releasing several recordings under the
name Christian Death. (those “unofficial” recordings are not included in
Discography below). Rozz later tragically committed suicide in 1998.

Enter “Maitri“, female vocalist and bass player, the second most continuous
member of Christian Death. Originally from Holland, Maitri moved to London
where she was first introduced to Christian Death. Her first official debut as a
permanent member was on the album “Sexy Death God“(See Below) and the
subsequent tour with Type O Negative. She has been a key figure in the band
ever since, performing on all the later albums, including: “Pornographic
Messiah“, “Born Again Anti Christian” which features performances from several members of UK Black Metal band “Cradle Of Filth” as well as a subsequent European tour with Cradle Of Filth, which also featured former members of Cradle Of Filth as members within Christian Death.

With a cast of dozens of changing members, and as one journalist put it “A
revolving door of members”, Christian Death with Valor and Maitri, has done
multiple headline tours in the USA, Canada, Mexico, most countries in Europe,
South and Central America, Australia, New Zealand and Israel.

In the beginning, Christian Death have done support tours and or concerts with the likes of Specimen and Siouxsie and the Banshees to Kiss and more recently performances at the Cruel World Festival in Los Angeles with Blondie and Morrissey and others, attended by approx. 100,000 people and the 2023 Darker Waves festival on Huntington Beach California, attended by upwards of 30,000 people, with The B52s and New Order (a band that Pompeii 99 once also performed with).

In 2024, with over a quater million monthly listeners on Spotify, Christian
Death, with Valor , Maitri, Chuck “Chains” Lenihan, on Guitar (ex Crumsuckers,
Genitorturers, Canivore AD) and Steve Kilroy on drums, embarked on tours in Europe in May and Late summer in South America. The new album “Evil Becomes Rule” and subsequent videos from the album was the focus of concerts in 2 in Europe, South America and the USA.

“The founding fathers of American goth rock, Christian Death took a relentlessly
confrontational stand against organized religion and conventional morality, with an appetite for provocation that made Marilyn Manson look like Stryper. Regardless of who was leading or performing in the group, Christian Death set themselves up to shock, both in their cover art and their lyrics, which wallowed in blasphemy, morbidity, drug use, and sexual perversity. Their self-consciously controversial tactics set them apart from the British goth scene, having more to do with L.A. punk and heavy metal, and thus the band dubbed its sound “death rock” instead; however, their sensibility was ultimately similar enough that the “goth” designation stuck in the end.”
– Steve Huey Rolling Stone-