On October 7, 2008, Matador released Fucked Up’s second album, The Chemistry Of Common Life . The album received near-universal critical acclaim from publications such as the NME , The New York Times , Blender , Pitchfork , Alternative Press , Q Magazine , and would later go on to…
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In support of this album, the band went on many tours in the winter of 2008 and the spring of 2009 with bands such as Shinedown , Framing Hanley , and Tickle Me Pink .
The band reunited with Jeff Pinkus and Teresa Nervosa for a tour of the East Coast and Europe in Summer 2008 with the Paul Green School of Rock All Stars. It was the first time the reunited line up played together since 1989. The group performed at the All Tomorrow’s…
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In early 2008, Brand New toured Australia and New Zealand on the Big Day Out festival.
Several Flipper albums were reissued during 2008–2009 in a variety of formats. Album – Generic Flipper , Gone Fishin’ , Public Flipper Limited and Sex Bomb Baby! were reissued on compact disc by Water Records in the US and Domino Recording Company in the UK, and on vinyl by the…
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On October 9, 2008, the band returned to MTV Live , this time performing in the men’s washroom. Once again, the band (and their fans) caused a large amount of damage, destroying the ceiling, spray painting walls and knocking over amps and a motorcycle which was brought into the washroom…
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In spring 2008, Circa Survive released an On Letting Go B-side , “1,000 Witnesses”, to fans through the charity Invisible Children in an effort to raise money for the cause.
In Austin, Texas , during their last scheduled show for the North American/Canada 2008–2009 tour on October 31, 2009, Haynes said “We played our first show as the Butthole Surfers in Austin. And this may be our last.” Haynes has not yet clarified this statement. Recently, Paul Leary and King…
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A short leg of shows in the Eastern U.S. occurred in late 2008
On September 30, 2008, the band announced in a Myspace blog post that on October 3 they would be premiering a demo version of a song from the upcoming album. The song was available a day earlier for members of The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus “Alliance” fan group. However, the studio…
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