A bass player who left in the last century walks back on in the state the band started in, and Metal Church have Duke Erickson joining them tonight in Bremerton, Washington.
The show is at the Tracyton Movie House, also known as the Redwood Theater, on 14 November. Erickson will appear on stage with the band and at the meet and greet, and a few of those slots were still open when the appearance was announced.
Erickson played bass on the band's early records, the self titled debut of 1984 among them, in the line-up that also held guitarist Craig Wells and singer David Wayne.
Metal Church formed in Washington state in 1980 and the band's most recent video was "Dead to Rights", filmed at a festival and put out through Rat Pak Records.
No other guest appearances have been announced for the run.
The band have kept playing through several changes of singer since Wayne's death, and the current line-up carries none of the men who were on the first record.