Fresh off a round of U.K. tour dates with Less Than Jake, Pepper is back in America to prepare for the second leg of its LAW Records “Here Comes the LAW Tour.” 

Launching in the early part of January, this turn will take the Hawaiian-bred, Southern California-based veteran touring band through the western half of the country. Joining Pepper on tour are LAW Records label mates Passafire from Savannah, Ga., and The Supervillains from West Palm Beach, Fla. 

The shows — which support the band’s current album Pink Crustaceans And Good Vibrations — commence Jan. 2, 2009,  in San Diego and take Kaleo Wassman (vocals/guitars), Bret Bollinger (bass/vocals) and Yesod Williams (drums) through 19 markets in the southwest and along the Pacific coast. 

In other news, Pepper’s song “Your Face” from their 2006 album No Shame will be included in a free trio of downloadable songs for Activision’s Guitar Hero ® World Tour game.

 Tour dates, cities and venues include:

 Jan. 2 — San Diego, House of Blues
 Jan. 3 — Solana Beach, Calif., Belly Up Tavern
 Jan. 6 — Tempe, Ariz., Marquee Theatre
 Jan. 8 — Grand Junction Colo., Mesa Theatre & Club
 Jan. 9  — Denver, Fillmore Auditorium     
 Jan. 10  — Aspen, Colo., Belly Up Aspen
 Jan. 11 — Aspen, Colo., Belly Up Aspen
 Jan. 12 — Fort Collins, Colo., Aggie Theater
 Jan. 13 — Colorado Springs, Colo., The Black Sheep
 Jan. 14 — Park City, Utah, Harry O’s
 Jan. 16  — Boise, Idaho, Knitting Factory Concert House
 Jan. 17 — Seattle, Showbox at the Market
 Jan. 18 — Portland, Ore., Crystal Ballroom
 Jan. 20 — Eugene, Ore., McDonald Theatre
 Jan. 21 — Reno, Nev., New Oasis
 Jan. 22 — Sacramento, Empire
 Jan. 23 — San Francisco, Warfield Theatre
 Jan. 24 — Santa Cruz, Calif., The Catalyst
 Jan. 25 — Santa Cruz, Calif., The Catalyst
 Jan. 29 — Los Angeles, Club Nokia at LA Live
 Jan. 30 — Anaheim, Calif., House of Blues           
 Jan. 31 — Anaheim, Calif., House of Blues
                        
Pepper has sold more than 400,000 records independently; the band's music has appeared in many movie, television and video game soundtracks; and they’ve had a couple of singles appear on the Billboard “Hot Modern Rock Tracks” chart.

For more information, visit the band online at www.pepperlive.com or
www.myspace.com/pepperlive.