Hot Water Music

How Good Are They LIVE?

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Real Live Certified

Critic Consensus

Hot Water Music is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 5% of all live performers. Based on 20 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Hot Water Music is rated as an excellent live performer, with memorable shows that are worth watching. Hot Water Music concert reviews describe live shows and performances as intricate, infectious, and energetic.

ON TOUR

Bo Diddley Plaza, Gainesville, FL, United States (October 25); Skaters Palace, Münster, Germany (November 7); Capitol, Hannover, Germany (November 8); Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands (November 9); Trix Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium (November 10); LKA-Longhorn, Stuttgart, Germany (November 12); Muffathalle, Munich, Germany (November 13); SiMM City, Vienna, Austria (November 14); Felsenkeller, Leipzig, Germany (November 15); Huxleys Neue Welt, Berlin, Germany (November 16); Debaser - Brooklyn Bar, Stockholm, Sweden (November 18); Musikens Hus, Gothenburg, Sweden (November 19); Richter - Gladsaxe, Søborg, Denmark (November 20); Große Freitheit 36, Hamburg, Germany (November 21); Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany (November 22); 170 Russell, Melbourne, Australia (February 21)

FESTIVALS IN 2024

The Fest 22 2024

October 25 - 27, 2024

The Fest 2024

October 25 - 27, 2024

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Latest Release

VOWS (10 May 2024)

Artist Info

Genre

metal

Origin

Gainesville, United States (1993 - present)

Bio

Hot Water Music is a Gainesville, Florida punk outfit known for Chuck Ragan and Chris Wollard's raspy vocals, as well as their searing Jawbreaker-esque guitars on earlier albums. The act first formed in 1993, and their first record, Finding the Rhythms, was released on No Idea and Toy Box records.

Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

November 22, 2019

Columbiahalle, Berlin, Germany

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

November 21, 2019

Lido, Berlin, Germany

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

November 16, 2019

O2 Ritz, Manchester, UK

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

April 27, 2018

Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, Germany

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Rockfreaks.net (Denmark)

January 27, 2018

Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, Canada

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Exclaim (Canada)

February 10, 2013

But when the band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2005 they left a void that many groups such as Alkaline Trio Against Me! and the Gaslight Anthem attempted to fill.

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Consequence (USA)

February 1, 2013

Mark Olson of The Jayhawks said that and while Hot Water Music (HWM) couldn’t be further in sound from Olson’s most famous group I can’t think of a band that better embodies the sentiment.

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