Russ tour dates

Gigs Performed with Annihilator

Oct 6-7 2006 Sweden Rock 34,000 Ton Metal
Cruise ship festival, Sweden/Finland

July 28 2006 Metalway Festival, Gernika, Spain

July 29 2006-08-21 Metalway Festival, Jerez, Spain

With the band Dusk Machine

Nov 14 2005 Werk 9, Berlin, Germany

May 13 2006 Joch n Roll Festival, Hameln, Germany

With the band Escape

May 16 2004 Gabby’s, Langley BC
May 09 2004 Gabby’s, Langley BC
May 02 2004 Gabby’s, Langley BC
Apri 26 2004 Gabby’s, Langley BC

2003 Year, last tour with Annihilator

Retrospective

Thanks to Dave , Randy , Curran and Jeff! I had a great time guys. See ya around!

Tour Dates

July 25 2003
Speyer - Germany - Festival 101

July 26 2003
Herschaid - Germany

July 27 2003
Burbach - Germany

July 31 2003
Wacken - Germany - Wacken Festival

Aug 01 2003
Zaandam - Netherlands - De Kade

Aug 02 2003
Pratteln - Switzerland - Z7 - Metal Days

Aug 03 2003
Budapest - Hungary - Sziget Festival

Year 2002 Waking the fury tour
With Seven witches and Debase

Retrospective

This was a difficult tour. Attendance was poor and the reaction to the new album was not so good. There were many reasons but we made the best of it.

Curran Murphy is the new guitar player. In my opinion, this was the best line up while I was in the band. We kicked every night. Played some new places as well Paris was a highlight and we recorded a live album at the end of this tour called “Double Live Annihilation”.

I think we went through like 6 bus drivers and a couple of busses. The weather was fantastic and I did a lot of hiking. Saw alot of great things. Toured with Joey Vera of Armoured Saint/ Fates Warning. Great guy and a great player. Everyone was cool on that tour..... except the bus drivers

April 30 2002
Austria Vienna

May 01 2002
Austria Salzburg

May 02 2002
Austria Graz

May 03 2002
Austria Worgl

May 04 2002
Austria Dornbirn

May 05 2002
Day Off

May 06 2002
Germany Nurnburg

May 07 2002
Switzerlan Pratteln

May 08 2002
Italy Milan

May 09 2002
Day Off

May 10 2002
Day Off

May 11 2002
England Bradford

May 12 2002
England Dudley

May 13 2002
England London

May 14 2002
Day Off

May 15 2002
France Paris

May 16 2002
Holland Zaandam

May 17 2002
Belgium Vosselaar

May 18 2002
Holland Helmond

May 19 2002
Holland Zwolle

May 20 2002
Day Off

May 21 2002
Germany Bochum

May 22 2002
Germany Berlin

May 23 2002
Germany Hamburg

May 24 2002
Germany Fulda

May 25 2002
Germany Offenbach

May 26 2002
Germany Ludwigsburg

May 27 2002
Day Off

May 28 2002
Czech Brno Show Cancelled

May 29 2002
Czech Teplice

May 30 2002
Germany Munich

May 31 2002
Germany Osnabruck

June 01 2002
Germany Zwickau

June 02 2002
Germany Aachen

Year 2002 : Valencia Rock Machina festival

Retrospective

Good time. Flew in for 4 days and played 45 minutes! The crowd was great and we played with some cool bands. Bruce Dickinson headlined the show and I met and hung out with Duff McKagan of ex- G’n’r . Nice guy. In fact , almost everything was totally cool. Great food, good cold beers and a splendid day on the beach. It was hot as hell. Last show with Joe Comeau.

Date

Aug 2002 Valencia Rock machina fest

Year 2001 Annihilator Carnival Diablos Tour
With Nevermore, Soilwork and Rawhead Rexx

Retrospective

Great tour! New singer Joe Comeau did a fantastic job. All the bands were great and got along pretty good. It was good package because each band was different from the next. We went to alot of cool places.

Eastern Europe and Greece were highlights. Spent quite a bit of time walking around and checking things out. All the bands drew well to so most of the gigs were full. Some areas we went to Nevermore got great responce and other places were more Annihilator crowds.

The bus went off the road in Bulgaria somewhere and almost tipped over after hitting something on the road (not to sure what happenned there). But no one got hurt and the bus was o.k. Also, before we even did one show the trailer came off the bus a travelled on its own for a while.Actually, there was alot of wild things that happenned. Lots of memories. Last tour with Drummer Ray (Fartmann) Hartmann .

Tour Dates

Feb 19 2001
Germany- Hamburg-Preproduction

Feb 20 2001
Germany –Hamburg-Markthalle

Feb 21 2001
Germany-Bochum-Zeche

Feb 22 2001
Holland-Zoetermeer-Borderij

Feb 23 2001
Belgium-Vosselaar-Biebob

Feb 24 2001
Holland-Hardenberg-Podium

Feb 25 2001
Holland-Helmond-Plato

Feb 26 2001
Day Off

Feb 27 2001
Day Off

Feb 28 2001
Spain-Barcelona-Mephisto

Mar 01 2001
Spain-Madrid-Revolver

Mar 02 2001
Portugal-Lisbon-Seixal-Fabrica Mundet

Mar 03 2001
Portugal-Oporto-Gaia-Hard Club

Mar 04 2001
Spain Bergara-Jam

Mar 05 2001
Day Off

Mar 06 2001
Switzerland-Pratteln-Z7

Mar 07 2001
Germany Ludwigsburg-Rockfabric

Mar 08 2001
Germany-Braunschweig-FBZ

Mar 09 2001
Germany-Offenbach-Hafenbahn

Mar 10 2001
Germany Berlin-Music Hall

Mar 11 2001
Poland Katowice-Mega Club Cancelled

Mar 12 2001
Poland Wroclaw-Kolor

Mar 13 2001
Hungary Budapest-E-Klub

Mar 14 2001
Romania Tirgu Mures-Sala Polivalento

Mar 15 2001
Day Off

Mar 16 2001
Greece Soloniki-Ydrogeios

Mar 17 2001
Greece Athens-Rodon

Mar 18 2001
Greece Athens-Rodon

Mar 19 2001
Day Off

Mar 20 2001
Italy Voghera-Thunder Road

Mar 21 2001
Italy Torino-Supermarket

Mar 22 2001
Italy Treviso-New Age

Mar 23 2001
Austria-Innsbruck-Hafen

Mar 24 2001
Austria Vienna-Planet Music

Mar 25 2001
Germany Nurnberg-Hirsch

2001 Year Europe Festivals

Retrospective

First festival run. Real cool. Randy Black on drums. We travelled in a couple of vans for this and it was insane for travel. But, we made all the gigs and did well. Wacken was definately a highlight as we kicked ass! Other gigs were good to.

First time to Europe in the summer and I really enjoyed it. It is a very beautiful place. We got to hook up with Nevermore and Overkill in Belgium. Good to see those guys again.

Tour Dates

Aug 03 2001
Switzerland Pratteln –Z7 (Metal Days)

Aug 04 2001
Germany Wacken- Wacken Open Air

Aug 05 2001
Belgium Neerpelt – EuroRock

Aug 06 2001
Holland-Zaandam-De Kade

Aug 07 2001
Germany Bochum-Zeche

Aug 08 2001
Go Home

2001 Year JAPAN

Retrospective

Going to Japan was a great experience. The cities were amazingly huge. We were on the 20th Anniversay tour for Loudness. Which was cool because I used to listen to Loudness when I was younger.

One night in Sapporo we went to a bar with a live band and had some drinks. I ended up doing a jam session with the guitarist and drummer from Loudness. Akira Takasaki is one of the greats and it was a pleasure to make some music with him.

We got treated very well while we were there. Met Billy Sheehan and had beers in the Hard Rock Cafe in Tokyo! Last tour with Dave Scott Davis (Gloverson!)

Tour Dates

Sept 01 2001
Nagoya -Diamond Hall

Sept 02 2001
Osaka-Zepp

Sept 04 2001
Sapporo-Zepp

Sept 09 2001
Tokyo-Zepp

2000 Year Criteria For a Black Widow Tour

Retrospective

First full length tour with Annihilator. Many things happenned on this tour but it was a pretty good tour. Most of the venues were full and we went to some cool places. Longest stretch of the tour was 19 nights in a row.

That included flying in and out of Moscow! Shortly thereafter we left Riga, Latvia and the infamous “Randy Rampage getting kicked off the bus incident” happenned. Randy was awesome. Right from the first day I met him I was intrigued.

This guy was indestructable. Scream his brains out every night and then be the last to bed. Sometimes the next day! Never a dull moment. Overkill was cool to. The bus shennanigans were incredible!

Highlights were playing in Moscow, Malaga. Waters sang for one show at the end of the tour and then we went home. Joe Comeau from Overkill became Annihilators singer about six months later.

Tour dates

Jan 27 2000
Switzerland-Pratteln- preproduction

Jan 28 2000
Switzerland-Pratteln-Z7

Jan 29 2000
Helmond NL Plato

Jan 30 2000
Belgium-Weregem –The Steeple

Jan 31 2000
Travel day

Feb 01 2000
Spain –Barcelona-Mephisto

Feb 02 2000
Spain-Madrid-Macumba

Feb 03 2000
Spain –Malaga-Terra

Feb 04 2000
Portugal-Lisbon-Paradise Garage

Feb 05 2000
Portugal-Oporto-Hard Club

Feb 06 2000
Spain-Bergara-Salla Jam

Feb 07 2000
Travel day

Feb 08 2000
Italy – Milan –Rainbow

Feb 09 2000
Italy-Florence- Auditorium Flog.

Feb 10 2000
Austria-Vienna-Planet Music

Feb 11 2000
Austria Salzberg-Rockhouse

Feb 12 2000
Germany-Berlin-Kesselhaus

Feb 13 2000
Germany-Hamburg-Markthalle

Feb 14 2000
Germany-Osnabruck-Works

Feb 15 2000
Germany-Stuttgart-Die Rohre

Feb 16 2000
Germany-Nurnberg-Hirsch

Feb 17 2000
Germany-Frefeld-Kulturfabrik

Feb 18 2000
Germany-Offenbach-Hafenbahn

Feb 19 2000
Germany-Glauchau-Alti Spinnerei

Feb 20 2000
Czech Republic-Prag- Palak Akropolis

Feb 21 2000
Poland- Katowice-Megaclub

Feb 22 2000
Poland-Poznan-Esculap

Feb 23 2000
Poland-Warschau-Proxima

Feb 24 2000
Russia-Moscow-DKG Theatre

Feb 25 2000
Lithuania-Vilnius-Kablys

Feb 26 2000
Latvia –Riga-Riga Motion Pictures

Feb 27 2000
Travel Day

Feb 28 2000
Travel Day

Feb 29 2000
Travel Day

Mar 01 2000
Holland-Rotterdam-Baroeg

Mar 02 2000
Holland- Zaandam-De Kade Cancelled

Mar 03 2000
Go Home

1999 Europe

Retrospective

This was my first tour with Annihilator. I learned alot. I also met my wife. This tour was extremely memorable. Not only was I playing cool tunes with great players on a different continent, but the personalities of these individuals were new.

I didn’t really know any of them at first and this was the first week I hung out with any of them. Or have beers! I think the stand out memory (which I don’t really remember) was after some drinking and I went to go to sleep in my Dutch fold up bed. Jeff walks in and decides to fold the bed up with me in it.

I woke up with a blistering headache. Wasn’t quite sure why it was so bad until Gloverson told me how my head got caught in the bed hinge as Waters lifted it up in giggling fit. Yeah, that story is a real scream.

Tour Dates

April 23 1999 Hardenberg NL-Podium
April 24 1999 Voselaar Belgium-Biebob
April 25 1999 Aardschokdag W/Grip Inc Den Bosch NL