See pictures of FEVER 333’s brand-new lineup at a rowdy Los Angeles home present

In 2017, FEVER 333 made their riotous stay debut with an impromptu efficiency at Randy’s Donuts in frontman Jason Aalon Butler‘s hometown of Inglewood, California. Almost six years later, with numerous information bought and worldwide excursions underneath their belt, the band returned to their house base on Could 10 to mark a brand new chapter locally the place it began. This time, nevertheless, they needed to seize the essence of a rowdy yard punk home present to debut the brand new lineup of FEVER 333 earlier than their look at this 12 months’s Sick New World Pageant. 

In a makeshift inexperienced room, crowding round a small TV watching an NBA sport amongst mates, Butler is visibly beaming with pleasure and keen to debate what the evening forward represents for not solely himself and his band however his group and tradition as an entire. “The intentions listed below are to placed on show not solely the place I’m from and the way I got here into this scene however to additionally present that there’s nonetheless very a lot a scene right here and a brand new one which we will domesticate,” Butler asserts. 

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Dubbed the “Fever Perform,” Butler was impressed to curate an occasion that harked again to his upbringing, which he spent going to each DIY punk and hip-hop exhibits within the neighborhood each probability he might get. “It was probably the most lovely time of my life,” Butler admits. “Amidst all of the adversity I felt, whether or not environmentally, politically, or culturally, I felt secure, seen, and distinctive every time I got here to the hood to see these exhibits. It felt like our personal bubble that we have been feeding, nurturing, and exploring abruptly.” 

The “Fever Perform” was a group affair that remodeled a small DIY area right into a vessel of limitless alternatives for engagement. “This home is made for folks to dwell and stay, however we’re creating an area the place folks can join, share, carry out, and be seen,” Butler says. “The DIY spirit is made to indicate you that something is feasible.”

At sundown, FEVER 333 triumphantly took the stage. Adorning customized white jumpsuits, Butler was surrounded by an all-new lineup, together with drummer Thomas Pridgen (The Mars Volta, Trash Speak, Snoop Dogg), viral bass virtuoso April Kae, and guitarist Brandon Davis (Lions Lions, ex-Vanna). It was abundantly clear that issues have been about to get wild. 

FEVER 333 performed a blistering 35-minute set of fan-favorite tracks, in addition to the stay debut of their yet-to-be-released track “Swing.” Put merely, the band sounded extra rejuvenated than ever. The efficiency was nearly ceremonial, with Butler persevering with to redefine the which means of crowd engagement and pushing the boundaries of physicality and exhibition that rivaled seasoned acts. Between songs, he touched on the band’s core mission of enriching and supporting BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ communities, with these within the crowd listening attentively (which included Zulu, Meet Me @ The Altar, H2O frontman Toby Morse and bassist Skyler Acord (Points, twenty one pilots). 

At that second, there was a palpable sense of gratefulness that heavy music has such a fearless voice in Butler, who stays dedicated to talking out for the marginalized and selflessly places within the work for important societal change. 

When Butler introduced the ultimate track, the daredevil frontman climbed atop the roof of the home and screamed his coronary heart out earlier than leaping into the group beneath. Butler then crowd-surfed all the yard perimeter, threw a rubbish can within the air, incited a circle pit, and poured each ounce of his soul into the set’s last minutes. Because the present ended, the yard was suffering from beer cans and smiles, with friends roaring with applause. The “Fever Perform” was the right strategy to welcome the subsequent chapter of FEVER 333 and the ability of music and group.