The band released two new tracks, “MariKKKopa” and “Backsell” in August 2012, the first recorded material since their return. The song “MariKKKopa” was written in reference to Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona and his outspoken stance and civil rights abuses he’s committed against undocumented immigrants.
On July 14, 2012, in an interview with The Punk Site, it was confirmed by Dan Andriano that the band would begin recording their next studio album that October: “We’re going to go work with Bill [Stevenson] at Fort Collins at the Blasting Room. Bill and Jason [Livermore]. We’ve all…
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Former members who have died include Cross (died 9 July 2012)
In July 2012, Strummer’s daughters Jazz and Lola gave a rare interview to discuss the tenth anniversary of Strummer’s death, his legacy and the possibility of a Clash reunion had their father lived. Jazz said:
In 2012, Millencolin held their own festival to celebrate 20 years as a band. The “Millencolin 20 Year Festival” was a two-day open-air festival at Brunnsparken, Örebro , Sweden on the 8 and 9 June 2012. Millencolin closed both nights by doing two exclusive sets from the band’s entire 20-year…
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On August 6, 2011, Youman got invited on stage to play C.P.K. at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, California ., Youman would join the band onstage again in June 2012 to play Harmonic.
In late 2011, the band went on hiatus to allow Abraham to raise his family, but they returned in June 2012 to play the Metallica -curated Orion Music + More Festival in Atlantic City, New Jersey , and went on to play Fun Fun Fun Fest in November 2012, in…
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The band’s first US tour followed in May and June 2012 taking in venues on both the west and east coasts including a tumultuous appearance at Austins Chaos in Tejas festival (the organiser of which had played an initial part in the bands reunion). A handful of European dates were…
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The band supported Social Distortion on select dates in early May 2012. The Wolf You Feed , their latest studio album, was released on May 22, 2012. To support the album, the Riverboat Gamblers and Cobra Skulls went on the “Wolf & Snakes Tour” through the whole of October 2012.…
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According to a May 2012 interview with Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge , Brett is writing a “fast” Bad Religion album. He also said that Pennywise’s then-new album, All or Nothing , inspired Brett to write a sequel to the band’s 1989 album, No Control .