On February 13, 2019, Louder Sound asked Lally and Canty about the possibility of Fugazi returning, Lally responded “You never want to say never about anything, because how can you say that about the future? But there does seem to be a lack of time to allow it to happen,…
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In 2019, the band was sued by Furry Puppet Studio for overusing llama puppets made by the company.
In January 2019, Metal Addicts reported that D.R.I. had been working on their first full-length studio album since 1995’s Full Speed Ahead , though no new material has been released as of 2026. In 2025, the band participated in the Hell’s Heroes music festival held at the White Oak Music…
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Mainville later left the band and Max Holbrook, Adam Waz and Matt Zappa joined the band. In 2019 and 2020 they performed at PAX East and MAGFest and played with a setlist featuring yet-unreleased songs announced as part of their young adult fantasy novel. On April 20, 2020 they released…
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In 2019, the band announced a new feature film and accompanying soundtrack album called Watermelon . The film was scheduled to start shooting in early 2020. The film’s Kickstarter , however, was ultimately unsuccessful, falling short of its $175,000 goal.
In 2019, Flipper decided to play some dates to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the band. The 2019 incarnation of the band consists of Steve DePace, Ted Falconi, and David Yow. With no permanent bass player, the band reached out to friends Rachel Thoele , Mike Watt (whose previous band…
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On June 7, 2019, Chris Shiflett took part in a Reddit AMA. When asked about The Gimmes he revealed he is “No longer involved”, although he did not specify exactly when he left the band. He noted that “When the Gimmes decided to start releasing songs that I didn’t play…
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The Menzingers announced their sixth studio album Hello Exile and premiered a music video for the single “Anna” on July 15, 2019. On August 20, 2019, The Menzingers released the second single from Hello Exile : “America (You’re Freaking Me Out)”, alongside a music video. On September 18, 2019, The…
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On March 17, 2019, Grayscale announced via their Twitter account that they had parted ways with drummer Nick Veno, citing “creative differences.” Veno later released a statement on his own account providing his view of the situation, which differed from the band’s previous statement. The band clarified that Veno would…
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In 2019, the online magazine Consequence named the Soviettes No. 93 on its list of the best 100 pop-punk bands of all time.