At the end of June 2024, Soul Coughing reformed with all the original members and announced that there would be a short tour with limited shows throughout September and October 2024. On September 12th, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of Ruby Vroom , the band performed “Super Bon Bon”…
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In February 2022, Doughty and Steinberg performed together in Los Angeles during Steinberg’s set for Watkins Family Hour . The duo performed Soul Coughing songs “Super Bon Bon” and “True Dreams of Wichita”, which marked the first occasion members of Soul Coughing appeared on stage together since the split in…
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Lust in Phaze , a greatest hits compilation including a few B-sides , was released in 2002. Rhino Records reissued Soul Coughing’s three studio albums on 180-gram black vinyl in 2015, marking the first time Ruby Vroom had been pressed to vinyl. In 2017, Swedish record label Woah Dad! acquired…
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Soul Coughing broke up in 2000. Mark Degli Antoni moved on to a career as a film score composer, while Mike Doughty began a prolific solo career, occasionally revisiting Soul Coughing songs in new styles.
The 1998 song “Circles” from El Oso reached No. 8 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart , and was used as the soundtrack to a Cartoon Network extended commercial that poked fun at repeating cartoon backgrounds.
In 1996, Soul Coughing contributed to the AIDS benefit album Offbeat: A Red Hot Soundtrip , produced by the Red Hot Organization . The same year they released an EP on the subscription-only label Hello CD of the Month Club . Also in 1996, one of the group’s songs, “Unmarked…
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Within a year of their formation, the band was signed to Slash Records , a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Records . The group released three albums: Ruby Vroom (1994), Irresistible Bliss (1996) and El Oso (1998), with the latter showing a marked drum and bass influence. Irresistible Bliss and El…
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All four Soul Coughing members were regulars at The Knitting Factory , a New York City nightclub and performance venue that was part of the 1980s and 1990s experimental downtown scene . Doughty was a doorman known for his improvised comedic quasi-raps, while the others appeared at the Knitting Factory…
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