Bonginator Concert History

Bonginator is a death metal band that writes songs about cannabis. It was formed by Erik Thorstenn (everything) at an unknown point in time in Massachusetts. Jake Thompson (drums) was in the band since 2022, but left the band the same year he joined. Then Ron Bernhaut (bass) and Joseph McNamara (drums) joined in 2022. Bonginator is not signed to any record label. They have released a demo in 2022, an EP in 2022 and a single in 2023. These were released independently and digitally through Bandcamp, Spotify and Apple Music.

Date Concert Venue Location
Apr 26, 2025
Upcoming
Bonginator / Ignominious / Yotuma / 1 Body 6 Graves / Self Absorbed / Dissected / scab hag / Decedent / Desolate Remains / Piss Soup Mercury Lounge Lakewood, Ohio, United States
Feb 03, 2025
Bonginator / Trash Panda Alchemy Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Jan 29, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Trash Panda / Retained Surgical Instrument

Froginatour4 Modern Tourfare

Metro Gallery Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Jan 26, 2025
Frog Mallet / Bonginator / Trash Panda / Retained Surgical Instrument Chapel of Bones Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Jan 24, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Trash Panda / Toadsmoke / Buttholectomy

Froginatour 4

The Dragon's Roast Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
Jan 23, 2025
Bonginator / Trash Panda / Frog Mallet / Gornormity The Masquerade Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Jan 22, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Trash Panda / Retained Surgical Instrument

Froginatour IV

Conduit Winter Park, Florida, United States
Jan 21, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Trash Panda / Retained Surgical Instrument

Froginatour 4

The Orpheum Tampa, Florida, United States
Jan 20, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Trash Panda / Oinkliteration

Froginatour 4

The Handlebar Pensacola, Florida, United States
Jan 17, 2025
Bonginator Vibes Event Center San Antonio, Texas, United States
Jan 11, 2025
Cancelled
Frog Mallet / Bonginator / Trash Panda

Froginatour 4

First Street Pool & Billiard Parlor Los Angeles, California, United States
Jan 08, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Pete Danger / Barbarous / Forklift 924 Gilman Berkeley, California, United States
Jan 04, 2025
Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Kryptoxik Mortality / Odachi
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The Funhouse Seattle, Washington, United States
Oct 12, 2024
Faced / Hosticide / False Gods / Tombstoner / Bonginator

NY Back From The Dead Fest

The Meadows New York, New York, United States
Oct 09, 2024
Telekinetic Yeti / Bonginator / Bleak Shore Metro Gallery Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Sep 29, 2024
Telekinetic Yeti / Bonginator / Black Spirit Crown

Telekinetic Yeti @ Grog Shop

Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States
Sep 04, 2024 –
Sep 07, 2024
Full Terror Assault Open Air 2024 @ Hogrock Ranch & Campground
Deicide / Suffocation / Misery Index / 200 Stab Wounds / Weekend Nachos / Cancer / Mantar / Morbid Saint / Fuming Mouth / Bodybox / Devil Master / Lividity / Bonginator / Balmora / No/Más / Stabbing / Necrofier / Upon Stone / Pains / Axeslasher / War Curse / Duskwalker / Cryptual / xenospawn Show all bands
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Hogrock Ranch & Campground Cave-in-Rock, IL, US
Sep 01, 2024
Muddy Roots Music Festival
Bonginator / High On Fire / Harley Poe / Negative Approach / Munly & The Lupercalians / Fea / Cancer Christ / Bob Log III / Dylan Walshe / the ladrones
Junebug Ranch Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
Aug 30, 2024 –
Sep 01, 2024
Muddy Roots Music Festival 2024
All Them Witches / Gogol Bordello / High On Fire / Slim Cessna's Auto Club / Negative Approach / Adolescents / Weedeater / Harley Poe / Sunny War / Holy Locust / Munly and The Lupercalians / Bat / Belushi Speed Ball / Flatfoot 56 / Los Mal Hablados / Tejon Street Corner Thieves / Little Foot / Fea / Witchpit / Beggars Canyon / Yes Ma'am / Bob Log III / Crazy and the Brains / The Immortal Lee County Killers / Pine Hill Haints / Pentagram String Band / Van Tastik (EU) / Bonginator / Viva le vox / The Well / Dylan Walshe / Nicky Diamonds / Moru / Rico Del Oro / Triangle Fire / Dru the Drifter / Second Impact / Deaf Child / Country Death / Genki Genki Panic / Defiant State / Saddle of Southern Darkness / Freya / Hardyville Stranglers / Distorted Times / The Rip Taylors / Dungeon / Bolt Swallower / Part Time Filth / Savage Attack / Blossimin Bone / LAdrones / Twisted Teens / Nina Snoogans / The Bandit Queen of Sorrows / l.i.p.s. / Cosm / Noble Hobo / Wesley and the Boys / Wrekt! Show all bands
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Junebug Ranch Cookeville, Tennessee, United States
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Jun 28, 2024 –
Jun 30, 2024
Lich King / Malignancy / Narcotic Wasteland / Scattered Remnants / Belushi Speed Ball / Bonginator / Deterioration / Maul / Concrete Caveman / Mutilation Barbecue / Left to Rot / Field Dressed / Anti-Sapien / Black Mass / Chained To The Bottom Of ...
Lich King / Malignancy / Narcotic Wasteland / Scattered Remnants / Belushi Speed Ball / Bonginator / Deterioration / Maul / Concrete Caveman / Mutilation Barbecue / Left to Rot / Field Dressed / Anti-Sapien / Black Mass / Chained To The Bottom Of The Ocean / pathogenic / Windchimes / Gutted Christ / Nailed Shut / Split In Half Show all bands
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The New England Death Metal Fun Time Bonanza Litchfield, New Hampshire, United States

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Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Kryptoxik Mortality / Odachi
Jan 4, 2025
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Kryptoxik Mortality / Odachi
Jan 4, 2025
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Kryptoxik Mortality / Odachi
Jan 4, 2025
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Bonginator / Frog Mallet / Kryptoxik Mortality / Odachi
Jan 4, 2025
 Seattle, Washington, United States
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Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD on Feb 7, 2024 [971-small]

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD
Feb 7, 2024
 Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD on Feb 7, 2024 [970-small]

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD
Feb 7, 2024
 Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD on Feb 7, 2024 [969-small]

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Bonginator / Cursed Existence / Animals on LSD
Feb 7, 2024
 Des Moines, Iowa, United States
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Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Brat / Bonginator / Ancient Torture on Feb 13, 2024 [351-small]

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Brat / Bonginator / Ancient Torture
Feb 13, 2024
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Brat / Bonginator / Ancient Torture on Feb 13, 2024 [768-small]

Escuela Grind / Take Offense / Brat / Bonginator / Ancient Torture
Feb 13, 2024
 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Escuela Grind / Bonginator / Scare Tape / Agency on Apr 16, 2023 [928-small]

Escuela Grind / Bonginator / Scare Tape / Agency
Apr 16, 2023
 Morgantown, West Virginia, United States
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FYL Fest on Jun 16, 2023 [726-small]

FYL Fest
Jun 16, 2023
 Houston, Texas, United States
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