The band reunited again in 2013 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Black Cat in Washington, D.C., performing with the Pony Express Record lineup—Wedren, Larson, Wade, and Stuart Hill—joined by founding members Matthews and Mike Russell for the encore. In 2025, Shudder to Think returned after more than a…
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A live album, Live from Home , followed in 2009, documenting performances from that reunion period. Later that year, the band—without Larson—played a farewell show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City, where founding guitarist Chris Matthews joined for the encore.
Shudder to Think reunited on September 17, 2007, when Craig Wedren, Nathan Larson, and Kevin March performed a short set at the Mercury Lounge in New York City , joined by guitarist Mark Watrous and Time of Orchids bassist Jesse Krakow . The group continued performing through 2008 with Watrous…
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Both Larson and Wedren have gone on to create highly regarded music for films. David Wain , founder of comedy troupe The State , was a high-school friend of Wedren’s, and Wedren’s music has appeared in many television series and films stemming from the troupe and its alumni, such as…
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However, 1998 marked Larson’s departure and the end of the group. Wedren has pursued a solo career, including an appearance on the Down to You soundtrack with “Didn’t Mean to Do You Harm”, and contributed backing vocals to The Verve Pipe ‘s 1999 eponymous album .
They released another album, 50,000 B.C. in 1997, touring in support of it with March on drums, and touring member Chuck Scott on keyboards and percussion. The album was released to mixed reviews and was a commercial flop. It was after this that the band pivoted to writing soundtracks for…
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The band subsequently signed to Epic Records, with whom Pony Express Record was released in September 1994. The album’s angular, mathematical post-hardcore earned it a devoted cult following , especially after the video for the track “X-French Tee Shirt” became a buzz clip on MTV and was regularly aired on…
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Swiz ex-bassist Nathan Larson and ex- Jawbox drummer Adam Wade replaced Matthews and Russell in 1992 on guitar and drums respectively. Matthews and Russell last performed live with the band on January 1, 1992, and June 28, 1992, as announced by Wedren to the crowd during those concerts.
In this incarnation, the band released one song on the Fetal Records compilation, F-R-5 in 1987, two singles , and their debut album in 1988, Curse, Spells, Voodoo, Mooses , before being signed by Dischord Records. Three albums were then released on the label ( Ten-Spot , Funeral at the…
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In 1984, bassist Stuart Hill formed the hardcore punk band Stüge, recruiting drummer Mike Russell, alongside guitarist Sam Fleming and vocalist Bobby Jones. By 1986, Fleming and Jones left for college, with Hill inviting guitarist Chris Matthews, who had been playing in new wave group 3-2-1, to join the band.…
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