A cult-favorite Japanese punk band canceled its San Francisco show after a serious New Mexico crash injured all three members.
Peelander-Z was scheduled to perform at Bottom of the Hill on Monday, May 25, with UltraBomb and the Freak Accident as part of its U.S. tour. But the Potrero Hill club announced in a social media post that a “horrific accident” had put the band members in the hospital and left them facing “a long recovery ahead.”
Officials said a semi-truck rear-ended the band’s tour van on Monday, May 18, as the band was traveling west on Interstate 40, east of Albuquerque. The group was less than an hour from its destination…