In April 2022, six dates on the anniversary tour were postponed after Morris tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The band continued touring with the Descendents throughout North & South America in 2023 and 2024 and Europe in 2025.
On July 15, 2021 it was announced that former Queens of the Stone Age and Danzig drummer Joey Castillo would be joining the band on drums.
On November 22, 2019, the Circle Jerks announced that they were going to reunite in 2020 for a number of shows to celebrate the 40th anniversary of their debut album Group Sex , including that year’s Punk Rock Bowling. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused performances to be postponed until 2021.…
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The Circle Jerks played their final show for nearly a decade at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on January 27, 2011.
From 2011 to 2019, the Circle Jerks were on hiatus due to a dispute between Morris and the rest of the band. The conflict was over songs that were written by Morris and Dimitri Coats . Coats (from Burning Brides ), who was supposed to produce a new Circle Jerks…
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The core of Morris, Hetson and Schloss, with drummer Kevin Fitzgerald, continued to tour until 2011, in between other commitments — Hetson was still a full-time member of Bad Religion, Schloss played bass for the reformed first-generation LA punk band the Weirdos , and Morris was an A&R director for…
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In late February 2007, the band released their first new song since 1995 on their Myspace page, titled “I’m Gonna Live”, adding more anticipation to the possibility of a new album emerging. However, in an April 2008 interview, guitarist Hetson admitted that Circle Jerks would not release any new studio…
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In 2004, the Circle Jerks shot a live concert DVD as part of Kung-Fu Records ‘ live DVD series The Show Must Go Off! , in which the band played songs from all six of their studio albums, plus – in nods to Schloss’ other current band and Morris’ first…
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Further Circle Jerks activity was suddenly held up when Morris announced that he had been diagnosed with adult onset diabetes in 1999. A multitude of punk bands held benefits on his behalf.
A long period of inactivity for Circle Jerks ended in 1994, when the Wonderful -era lineup reunited and signed a major label deal with Mercury Records , a move that had a few business complications: Hetson was still with Bad Religion, who had signed a long-term contract with Atlantic Records…
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