December 2024, the band made a trek up to the South West corner of Canada to play 3 shows with Nomeansno drummer John Wrights’ new band Dead Bob with the Invasives supporting all 3 shows.
In November 2024, the band were asked to open 3 shows on the West Coast for Pinback. The first show was at the Fillmore in San Francisco which VF had not performed at since 1994.
In early 2024, both Victims Family and Nasalrod completed the recording and mixing of their respective 5 new songs and the split 12″ ‘In The Modern Meatspace” was released in 2024 on Nasalrod bass player Mandy Morgans’ label Nadine Records.
In December 2022, the band was offered a 2 week run with the Paul Green Rock Academy which featured a cavalcade of young musician students and Butthole Surfers singer Gibby Haynes. The tour rolled from San Diego to Seattle with a total of 9 shows.
January 2019 marked the beginning of a tight relationship with Portland band Nasalrod which features Spit Stix of FEAR on drums. The bands embarked on a 10 show West Coast run and then another Norcal run of shows in 2022. Shortly after this, both bands went into writing mode and…
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2014 marked the 30yr Anniversary and the band performed a commemorative show at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, CA that featured an opening band lineup with each of the members other current bands. Tim with Black Cat Grave, Larry with Brubaker and Ralph with The Sea Men.
In 2010, Victims Family was invited to play in the Czech Republic with Nomeansno, Le Silo (Japan), and a group of Cuban dancers and typewriter players to celebrate a friend’s 50th birthday. This turned into a whirlwind mini-tour in Europe where they played nine shows in nine days. In 2012,…
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In 2009, the band appeared at the Phoenix Theater in Petaluma with Nomeansno and also for Alternative Tentacles 30th Anniversary shows in San Francisco with Alice Donut , Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine , Spight’s latest band.
On December 11 and 12, 2004, Victims Family reunited, with Solyan back on drums, at the Phoenix Theatre in Petaluma, California, and in San Francisco at the Bottom of the Hill, to celebrate their 20th anniversary with all their different incarnations, including The Freak Accident (Spight’s solo project) and Meowmeow…
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After the demise of Hellworms, Spight and Boothroyd continued under the name Victims Family with a new drummer David Gleza of My Name and they recorded the album Apocalicious in 2001. The band continued to tour relentlessly, including two trips to Texas for SXSW , and two more tours of…
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