After the end of Mt. Desolation Tour (alternative project by Tim and Jesse), Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin joined the other two members of the band to work on the pre-production of Strangeland . It was announced on 3 February 2011 on the band’s official website that Quin had become…
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In February 2011, artist Toby Mott exhibited a portion of his Crass ephemera collection at the Roth Gallery in New York. The exhibit featured artwork, albums (including 12″ LPs and EPs), 7″ singles from Crass Records and a complete set of Crass’ self-published zine , Inter-National Anthem .
In February 2011 John Ace left the band.
In a February interview, Parlophone president Miles Leonard told HitQuarters that the band were still in the studio working on the album and that he expected the final version would appear “towards the autumn of this year”.
In February 2011 it was announced that Dan would be joining his brother Tom in Tenebrous Liar as their new guitarist while continuing to work as BlackCar.
In February 2011, Napalm Death appeared in an episode of E4’s Skins .
In a February 2011 interview, Langford discussed the music documentary about the band, Revenge of the Mekons, directed by Joe Angio. The film premiered in 2013 at the DOC NYC festival with members of the band in attendance.
On 28 January 2011, Michael Paget stated that the group had already drawn proportions for the next studio album and will sound a lot like Fever . He followed-along with stating that the band plans to have the songs for it written within 2011 and will begin recording the album…
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On 27 January 2011, it was announced that Judas Priest were in the process of writing new material; the band also clarified their plans for the future, saying, “this is by no means the end of the band. In fact, we are presently writing new material, but we do intend…
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On 24 January, it was announced that the album was to be released by Good Fight Music , a move that would reconnect the band with the original label team that released Seven Ways to Scream Your Name and Casually Dressed & Deep in Conversation .