Captain Piebald, they‘re our heroes...

SideOneDummy act Piebald are just about to take to the road on their co-headlining tour with Hot Rod Circuit (beginning tonight in Rochester, NY), but in an effort to help the environment (and lighten the load on their credit cards), the band have converted their 12-person van into a well-oiled machine: It now runs on vegetable oil! Guitarist Aaron Stuart, a former mechanic, and his friend Mike from GreaseNotGas.com, a not-for-profit website designed to educate the public on how to convert their vehicles to biodiesel, spent a measly $600 converting the van, and have since made a cross-country trek from Los Angeles to Boston without any incident; head out to see them on their current tour (in support of the Killa Bros And Killa Bees DVD/B-sides CD out Nov. 8) to see just how the thing works (and if you work at a fast-food restaurant, empty your grease traps and bring it to ‘em, would ya? Dates:



Oct. 27 Rochester, N.Y. – Steel City Music Hall

Oct. 28 Ann Arbor, Mich. – Blind Pig

Oct. 29 Cleveland Heights, Ohio – Grog Shop

Oct. 30 Chicago, Ill. – Metro/ Smart Bar

Oct. 31 Ames, Iowa – Machine Shop

Nov. 1 Lawrence, Kan. – The Bottleneck

Nov. 2 Denver, Colo. – Rock Island

Nov. 4 Seattle, Wash. – El Corazon

Nov. 5 Portland, Ore. – Hawthorne Theatre

Nov. 6 San Francisco, Calif. – Bottom of the Hill

Nov. 8 La Jolla, Calif. – The Stage at Porter‘s Pub- UCSD

Nov. 9 Anaheim, Calif. – Chain Reaction

Nov. 10 Los Angeles, Calif. – Troubadour

Nov. 11 St. George, Utah – Electric Theater

Nov. 12 Tempe, Ariz. – The Clubhouse

Nov. 14 Austin, Texas – Emo‘s

Nov. 15 Spring, Texas – Java Jazz

Nov. 17 St. Petersburg, Fla. – State Theatre

Nov. 18 Orlando, Fla. – The Social

Nov. 19 Atlanta, Ga. – Masquerade

Nov. 20 Carrboro, N.C. – Cat‘s Cradle

Nov. 21 Virginia Beach, Va. – Club Excess

Nov. 22 Huntington, W. Va. – HYAMP

Nov. 23 Philadelphia, Pa. – Trocadero

Nov. 25 Cambridge, Mass. – The Middle East (Downstairs)

Nov. 26 New York, N.Y. – Irving Plaza

Nov. 27 New Haven, Conn. – Toad‘s Place

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