Bodyjar enlisted Australian independent music label UNFD to release Role Model on 18 October 2013, and bundle packages that included a skateboard deck, a T-shirt and a stubby holder were released. Baines hired Dutch design company ATTAK to create the artwork for the album.
On 16 October 2013, the band launched a project on Pledgemusic to raise funds for the album to be released in March 2014. The project reached its funding goal within 5 hours. Recording was completed in January 2014 and the album, titled No Going Back was released through PledgeMusic on…
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Fall Out Boy released a hardcore punk-influenced EP, PAX AM Days , on October 15, 2013.
As of February 2013, Bodyjar has performed as a support act for various touring bands in Australia, such as The Descendents . Read explained in an October 2013 interview that, following the Descendents tour, the band had “a little bit of money in the bank” and decided to write and…
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In an October 2013 interview with BBC 6 Music, Jones said Strummer did have intentions of a Clash reunion and that new music was being written for a possible album. In the months before Strummer’s death, Jones and Strummer began working on new music for what he thought would be…
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On September 30, the first digital single “Love, Sex, Death” premiered with its accompanying video.
Satisfied with their new songs, the band announced the release of a new record, Role Model , which is the first collection of new material in eight years. The first single, “Fairytales”, premiered on 12 September 2013. Prior to the release of Role Model , Read explained the motivation that…
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In the UK on 9 September 2013, and a day later in the US, the Clash released a 12-disc box set called Sound System , which includes their re-mastered studio albums on eight discs and three discs featuring demos, non-album singles, rarities and B-sides; a DVD with previously unseen footage…
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The third single from the album, titled “The Conductor”, was released on September 9.
On 6 September 2013, Mick Jones, Paul Simonon and Topper Headon reunited for an exclusive BBC Radio 6 Music show to promote their legacy and the release of Sound System .