Tony Sly died in his sleep on July 31, 2012. Riddle, Rest and Rivera played a tribute performance to Sly at the Envol & Macadam Festival in Québec City on September 8, 2012, along with the former No Use for a Name members Nassie and Koff. This was intended to…
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The band released its eighth full-length studio album, Keep Them Confused , on June 14, 2005. It takes a more political position than earlier releases. A greatest hits collection, All the Best Songs , was released on July 10, 2007. A new fourteen song full-length studio album entitled The Feel…
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After releasing More Betterness! , Shiflett left the band in 1999 to join the successful Foo Fighters , being replaced by Dave Nassie. Two years later, the band released a live album, Live in a Dive: No Use for a Name on Fat Wreck Chords and, in 2002, No Use…
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Ed Gregor replaced Pfefer on lead guitar soon after the release of The Daily Grind . In 1995, after the release of Leche Con Carne , their third full-length album, Chris Shiflett and Matt Riddle joined the band to play guitar and bass guitar, replacing Gregor and Papoutsis respectively. With…
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NUFAN’s first album, Incognito , was released in 1990 by New Red Archives. It was the only album by the band recorded as a trio. In 1991, Dodge rejoined on second guitar and they released their second album, Don’t Miss the Train , in 1992 before signing up with Fat…
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No Use For a Name was formed in 1986 by longtime friends Dodge, Papoutsis and Koff. The early rehearsals of the band had taken place at the Koff family house in Sunnyvale, where they also came up with the name for the band. During this era, the band was fronted…
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