The band released their sixth album – a double, What Nature Gives…Nature Takes Away on Cherry Red Records in June 2019. It was built around the theme of nature and features a 20 piece choir and contributions from Chris Packham Shirley Collins Jordan and Kirk Brandon .
On 23 May 2019, the Damned started a tour performing their third studio album, Machine Gun Etiquette (1979), which they had not played in full since its release. The tour included venues such as the House of Blues , Punk Rock Bowling and Music Festival and Rebellion Festival .
On May 15, 2019, Jason Cruz announced the name of the upcoming Strung Out album, Songs of Armor and Devotion on Episode 15 of the Dying Scene Podcast.
Michiro Endo died in a Tokyo hospital while battling pancreatic cancer on April 25, 2019, aged 68.
On April 13, 2019, for Record Store Day , the band released their Woodstock 1994 performance on vinyl for the first time. It contains all 9 songs they played live, as well as audio of the ensuing mud fight.
To celebrate 40 years since its release, Demon Records issued a special-edition copy of Another Kind of Blues in a box set of two 10″ coloured vinyl discs on 13 April 2019. This was soon followed by the next album in succession, Brand New Age on 12 July 2019. Crash…
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On April 11, 2019, Billy Kottage announced that he had quit the band via his Instagram page.
On September 11, 2018, the Distillers official Instagram account announced the release of a new single available on iTunes. In April 2019, the band confirmed that they had begun recording their fourth album and follow-up to Coral Fang . On April 28, 2019, The Distillers announced they would be entering…
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On March 30, 2019, the 40th anniversary of the first Hüsker Dü show in St. Paul, Bob Mould played a concert in St. Paul, in which he was supported by the band Porcupine, featuring Greg Norton. To commemorate the occasion, both former Hüsker Dü members paid tribute to their late…
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In March 2019, Weinman announced on his Twitter page that he was in the studio tracking down new material for the next Suicidal Tendencies album. In a July 2020 interview with Ultimate Guitar , however, Weinman stated that “there hasn’t been any music made”, but also stated that “maybe when…
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