In February 2010, Chandler stated that there was talk of Saint Vitus recording new material, but there were no concrete plans at the time. However, according to frontman Weinrich, “we’re writing some stuff right now. Everybody’s pretty busy. I know I’ve been busy. The Wino band is pretty much on…
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Dave Chandler has cited health concerns as the reason for Armando’s replacement. Armando Acosta died on November 25, 2010, from arterial complications at the age of 58, and was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in California.
On the Metalliance Tour, Saint Vitus debuted a new song called “Blessed Night”. On November 8, 2010, it was announced that they were signed to Season of Mist and would release their new album, entitled Lillie: F-65 , on April 27, 2012. It marked Saint Vitus’ first studio album since…
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He was then replaced by Henry Vasquez of the band Blood of the Sun. Wino also released one album to date as a member of the Doom Supergroup “Shrinebuilder” in 2009.
Late 2009 through 2010 also saw the majority of Saint Vitus’ back catalog come back into print. SST Records reissued vinyl versions of all the group’s records except for the first album, which was reissued on CD. The label also released Hallow’s Victim and The Walking Dead on CD, having…
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In 2008, it was announced that Saint Vitus were reuniting again for a tour in 2009. The band headlined Friday’s April 24 date at the 2009 Roadburn Festival . at the 013 venue in Tilburg, Netherlands and then went on to play three gigs in Germany. The lineup for this…
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On July 1, 2003, the classic Born Too Late lineup (Weinrich, Chandler, Adams, Acosta) reunited to play a gig at Double Door in Chicago.
Chandler went on to form the punk/doom band Debris Inc. , with Ron Holzner of Trouble in the early 2000s. They released their self-titled album via Rise Above Records in 2005. Acosta stayed busy with a band called Dirty Red, Adams no longer played music, and Reagers also left the…
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Following Weinrich’s departure, the band found former Count Raven singer Christian “Chritus” Linderson as a replacement after a short search. He would record only one album, C.O.D. , produced by Don Dokken , and tour Europe and America with the band until 1993 before being replaced by original vocalist Scott…
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Weinrich also wrote some songs such as “Bitter Truth”, “Looking Glass” and “Ice Monkey”, the latter was covered by supergroup Down in their early live performances. By 1989, Saint Vitus had been dropped from SST and signed to Hellhound Records , who released the band’s next three albums. Weinrich left…
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