Former Butcher Babies singer Carla Harvey is now a member of Lords of Acid.
Lords of Acid’s manager Marc Jordan said, “Carla is set to begin recording vocals for the band’s new album this winter and will be joining the band on a 27-date U.S. tour in June.”
Harvey also shared, “I had three favorite bands in high school: Guns N’ Roses, Pantera, and Lords of Acid. Each one shaped me and uniquely influenced me as an artist. LOA had me hooked from the moment I heard ‘I Sit On Acid’ as a teenager dancing the night away at Detroit’s goth Industrial Haven City Club.”
The singer continued, “My obsession with LOA only grew after I saw Coop’s artwork on the cover of ‘Voodoo U.’ Now I get to record an album and go on tour with my industrial heroes! Pinch 16-year-old me! She’ll be the one in the vocal booth.
“While my new band The Violent Hour is set to release its first single in February, I’m adding a bucket list item to my resume: Reigning ‘Acid Queen.’ Praise the Lords!,” she further expressed her feelings.
On The Ward Bond Show in October 2024, Carla talked about leaving Butcher Babies after 15 years. The rocker explained, “The last 15 years of my life have been spent on stage, entertaining people in a capacity that I never dreamed I would have, especially after so much disappointment in my early years in L.A. So I got to do that. I got to be a rock star. I got to do all the things. And then 15 years later, my mind kind of changed again.”
She added, “So there’s so much that goes into being in a band, especially as you get older and your life changes, you have relationships, you have a partner. I have a stepdaughter, and the idea, all of a sudden, of being on the road 10, 12 months out of the year became just a lot to handle.”
“And in a band, there’s five people, and half of those people may feel like they want to be on the road constantly all the time and then some people are, like, ‘Maybe it’s halftime.’ So it doesn’t always work out for the greater good of everybody,” Harvey concluded.
In July, Butcher Babies said Harvey left the band after 15 years. Later, she announced a new project called The Violent Hour. Producer Jay Ruston, who worked with Anthrax and others, helped with the first recordings.
