thePULSERock and Shock Music and Horror Convention
Three days of music, monsters and mayhem
October 2004 – Prepare to be rocked and shocked. This year MassConcerts, Massachusetts’ second largest concert promoter, and Boston’s hard-rocking radio station WAAF will bring a gut-wrenchingly exciting new experience to Worcester: The Rock and Shock Music and Horror Convention.
Living-nightmares will descend on downtown Worcester to rock the Palladium and shock the Centrum Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10. You can join all or part of mayhem, but you won’t want to miss a moment of this monstrosity of horror and heavy metal.
Worcester’s Centrum Convention Centre will provide the shock: three days and 10,000,000 volts worth. Friday, October 8 through Sunday, October 10, The Centrum will be filled with horror film actors, directors and distributors, as well as make-up artists, costume designers and comic book artists and vendors. Notable horror film stars, Jeffrey Combs (Re-Animator, Feardotcom), Sid Haig (House of 1,000 Corpses, The Devil’s Rejects), Angela Bettis (May, Carrie, The Tool Box Murders) and Kane Hoddler (Jason Voorhees of the Friday the 13th films) will be on-site at the horror convention. There will also be costume contests running throughout the weekend.
Tickets for the Horror Convention only are $20 per day or $49 for a three-day pass. The convention will run 6 to 11 p.m. on Friday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sunday.
The Palladium will host the Rock. Type O Negative will open Rock and Shock on Friday, October 8. Amorphis and The Bronx Casket Co. will support the Brooklyn gloom and doom metal outfit. Tickets are $25 for the show or $35 for the concert and a one-day pass to the convention. Doors will open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m.
B-movie fetishists and punk rock legends, The Misfits will slash guitars and kill the crowd on Saturday, October 9. Zombie Apocalypse and local favorites The Deadites will open. Tickets are $25 or $35. Doors 5 p.m., show 6 p.m.
On the final night, Sunday, October 10, The Hell’s Pit Tour will roll into town, featuring Insane Clown Posse, Mushroomhead, Mack 10 and Anybody Killa. Tickets are $32.50 or $45.
There are both three-day passes and three-day VIP passes available to the public. The three-day pass, which includes admission to all three days of the Rock and Shock Horror Convention and all Rock and Shock Palladium concerts, is a mere $99. For diehards, the $149 VIP Pass includes a festival t-shirt, laminate, poster and early admission. Tickets are available at Strawberries, online at Tickets.com and charge-by-phone: 800-477-6849.
Sylvia Cunha of MassConcerts calls Rock and Shock, “the first event of its kind in Massachusetts.” If this year’s events are successful, prepare yourself for Rock and Shock – the sequel. Planners hope the convention and concert series will become an annual event.
