Having sold out their show at Adelaide’s 800 cap. The Gov in a record three days The Mark Of Cain have responded to demand and announced a 2nd and final SA show plus a further three interstate dates to their A Different Kind Of Tension August and September national tour.
The tour, of course, comes on the back of the band’s induction into the South Australian Music Association’s Hall of Fame sitting alongside other legends including No Fixed Address, Cold Chisel, The Angels, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter and the Masters Apprentices. It’s a remarkable achievement, unique, and all done without the band having ever having relocated from their home city of Adelaide.
The shows join existing dates in Sydney and Melbourne plus the aforementioned sold-out Adelaide show.
THE MARK OF CAIN ‘A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION’ TOUR
AUGUST 2022
FRI 12 MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE with Totally Unicorn & Chimers
SAT 13 MANNING BAR, SYDNEY with Totally Unicorn & Chimers
THU 18 LION ARTS FACTORY ADELAIDE with The Unset
FRI 19 THE GOV, ADELAIDE with Placement [SOLD OUT]
SAT 20 BADLANDS BAR, PERTH with New Talk
SEPTEMBER 2022
FRI 9 MIAMI MARKETTA, GOLD COAST with Total Unicorn
SAT 10 THE ZOO, BRISBANE with Total Unicorn
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1 June 2022
The Mark Of Cain – the band dubbed least likely in their high school year book – return this August in celebration of being the South Australian Music Awards most recent inductee into the SA Music Hall Of Fame.
In accepting the honour TMOC join previous recipients including Jim Keays and Masters Apprentices, Glenn Shorrock, Cold Chisel, Archie Roach, Bart Willoughby, Sarah McLeod, The Zoot and many more. The band will accept award at a simple ceremony on August 19th at The Gov prior to taking the stage for a full career spanning set.
In addition to the Adelaide performance and in order to celebrate the induction The Mark Of Cain will also play shows in Sydney, Melbourne this August under the banner A Different Kind Of Tension, a nod to legendary UK proto-punks Buzzcocks and their influential 3rd album of the same name as well as providing the perfect metaphor of the last two years (and counting) of covid-endured isolation.
THE MARK OF CAIN ‘A DIFFERENT KIND OF TENSION’ TOUR AUGUST 2022
FRI 12 MAX WATTS, MELBOURNE with Totally Unicorn & Chimers
SAT 13 MANNING BAR, SYDNEY with with Totally Unicorn & Chimers
FRI 19 THE GOV, ADELAIDE with Placement
Comprised of brothers John Scott (vocals and guitar), Kim Scott (bass) and touring drummer Eli Green, The Mark Of Cain have released five albums in their 35 year history including 1989’s debut Battlesick, 1996’s breakthrough Ill At Ease album (included radio hits ‘First Time’, ‘LMA’) and most recent release Songs Of the Third & Fifth (2012) featuring former Helmet and current Battles and Tomahawk drummer John Stanier.
Along the way TMOC have also achieved a series of first including being the first Australian band to work with legendary producer Steve Albini (Big Black, Nirvana, Page & Plant), the first Australian rock act to crossover into the dance market via their ground breaking work with local DJ / producer Paul Mac (a move later adopted by silverchair among others) and remain the only Australian act to be produced by former Black Flag frontman and US spoken word performer Henry Rollins. They have appeared in the soundtrack to movies Idiot Box (‘Degenerate Boy’), various surf and skate films and had their track ‘The Contender’ used as the exit music for contestants on TV show Big Brother.
It’s a remarkable achievement, unique, and all done without ever having relocated from their home city of Adelaide.