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IAMX Coming to the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco

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To help promote his newest release “Everything Is Burning (Metanoia Addendum),” IAMX is embarking on a tour with a stop at the Great American Music Hall in San Francisco in October. According to a press release that went out this morning, the new release suggests, the copious output by the cofounder of ‘90s trip-hop sensation Sneaker Pimps is fueled by a transformative awakening. Originally from the UK where he formed Sneaker Pimps with Liam Howe, After the band’s breakup in 2005, Chris Corner spent several years in Berlin, before settling in Los Angeles in 2013. Toward the end of his time in Europe, after having released five IAMX albums Corner spent so much energy wrestling his demons, he almost quit music. “It was a combination of despair and depression and insomnia, and it was very difficult,” he says, “It took me a long time to get through it, but I learned a lot about myself, and I developed a new set of mental tools that allowed me to survive.”

Not only has Chris Corner survived, he is thriving and credits his persona with saving his life. “IAMX is basically my public therapy,” he says. “It’s my way of being able to connect with the world, to pour my heart out and dance at the same time. It’s also an excuse for me to play with who I am, to explore certain parts of my personality that I don’t get to explore in everyday life.” IAMX’s exploration has yielded a string of acclaimed albums, beginning with his 2004 debut Kiss + Swallow, and continuing through The Alternative, Kingdom of Welcome Addiction, Volatile Times, The Unified Field and Metanoia.

Summarizing his awakening and subsequent creative outburst, Corner says, “I realised that it wasn’t the music that was hurting me, it was just that I had to reprogram myself to approach things in a different way, and it became very clear to me that I still wanted to make music more than ever.”

Metanoia and Everything Is Burning (Metanoia Addendum), are just the beginning of that reborn desire.

Tour Dates:
Fri Sep.09 Lunario, Mexico City, Mexico
Sat Sep.10 C3, Guadalajara, Mexico
Tue Sep.20 The Casbah, San Diego, USA
Wed Sep.21 The Constellation Room, Santa Ana, USA
Fri Sep.23 Club Dada, Dallas, USA
Sat Sep.24 Antone’s, Austin, USA
Mon Sep.26 The Riot Room, Kansas City, USA
Tue Sep.27 Double Door, Chicago, USA
Thu Sep.29 Virgin Mobile Mod Club, Toronto, Canada
Fri Sep.30 UStreet Music Hall, Washington, USA
Sat Oct.01 The Gramercy Theatre, New York, USA
Mon Oct.03 The Loft, Atlanta, USA
Tue Oct.04 Mercy Lounge, Nashville, USA
Wed Oct.05 The Ready Room, St. Louis, USA
Fri Oct.07 Marquis Theatre, Denver, USA
Sat Oct.08 Metro Bar, Salt Lake City, USA
Mon Oct.10 Great American Music Hall,San Francisco, USA
Thu Oct.13 The Regent Theater, Los Angeles, USA
Photo courtesy of Magnum PR

Having released albums under Digital Nations, a label founded by Steve Vai, music critic Louis Raphael has remained deeply connected to the pulse of the San Francisco music scene. Following his tenure as the San Francisco Music Examiner for Examiner.com and AXS.com, he embarked on creating Music in SF® to authentically highlight the vibrant offerings of the city's music scene.