Heavy Metal Grateful Dead Tribute Act TRüKKEN Announces 1st Concert

TRüKKEN: A Heavy Metal Tribute to the Grateful Dead will make their debut at the original Brooklyn Bowl in New York City on June 20. “The Brown Acid Test: A Psychedelic Rock N’ Roll Circus” concert will also feature Schism: A Tribute To Tool “plus a special guest.”

Tickets for “The Brown Acid Test” are on sale now. Purchase TRüKKEN and Schism tickets via LiveNation.com. Watch a trailer for show featuring TRüKKEN’s hard-hitting “Casey Jones” as its soundtrack here.

As noted by Brooklyn Vegan, TRüKKEN was founded by members of “All Metal Tribute to The Bee Gees” Tragedy, Satanicide, Hair Supply and Lez Zeppelin. Read more on each member provided to Brooklyn Vegan by the band below:

• Philthy Garcia (guitar and vox) aka Phil Costello of Satanicide, Hair Supply, Tragedy, The Rodney Speed Experience
• Ill Flesh (bass) who was also in Ghost and Lez Zeppelin
• Robbie “Weird” Seahag (guitar and vox) who is in Banned From Utopia, the Rickie Lee Jones band and lots of other sideman to the stars situations
• R.I.P. Roarin’ Rob (drums) who was also in 25 Ta Life, Shat, Tragedy and the White Collar Crime LLC, and Rodney Speed Experience
• Pinkpen aka Jake Szufnarowski on guitar, viol, harmonica, kazoo, washboard, banjo and organ.also of Tragedy, and White Collar Crime LLC

Jake Szufnarowski is the founder of long-running NYC-based concert promotion company Rocks Off. Szufnarowski previously worked in various roles including booker at the Wetlands Preserve before the famed NYC nightclub was closed.