Once again Henry Rollins will host an upcoming concert in Los Angeles featuring Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor, Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian, Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo, Jane’s addiction guitarist Dave Navarro and members of Rob Zombie‘s band, including guitarist John 5, at the Avalon Theater on November 30th.
The show will be a benefit concert and all proceeds will go to Drop In The Bucket, a Los Angeles-and-Uganda-based organization, that constructs wells and sanitation systems in sub-Saharan Africa in order to provide clean water to populations.
Taylor declared: ‘In a time when money is suspect, and politics looks a lot like schoolyard bullying, people forget that there are far greater issues going on in the world. One of which is the fact that millions of people live without water on a daily basis when we as Americans treat it like used tissue paper. It’s only common sense to think that if I can do something to not only help, but also raise awareness, then that’s exactly what I’m going to do.’
‘Drop in the Bucket is one of the most important and selfless causes I have ever had the privilege to be a part of. And I can only hope that I do some good for it. And to be able to do that by putting on an awesome show with friends like Roy Mayorga, Scott Ian and John 5 just shows how good this business can be sometimes!’
Rollins, who has been working closely with the organization and even traveled to Africa last year with them, also said: ‘Drop In The Bucket is trying to make things better. There’s no profit incentive here. It’s only about getting people to water and keeping them alive and healthy.’
One last thing, omni-present artist Shepard Fairey designed the exclusive poster for the event, and will be a guest DJ.
It looks like a great line-up and tickets are only $25 if purchased through Ticketmaster (http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0900476EE2E06248) or $35 at the door