SPINESHANK performed its second present in almost 13 years this previous Thursday night time (July 10) at Come And Take It Stay in Austin, Texas. Becoming a member of vocalist Jonny Santos, drummer Tommy Decker and bassist/vocalist Robert Garcia in SPINESHANK‘s 2025 lineup are new recruits Tommy Decker, Jr. (Tommy Decker‘s son) and Jason Hager (ex-CHIMAIRA) on guitar. Fan-filmed video of the complete live performance could be seen under.
Featured songs:
00:54 Asthmatic
04:20 Artificial
07:40 (Cannot Be) Fastened
10:26 Cyanide 2600
14:40 Play God
18:33 Malnutrition
22:10 Seamless
25:33 Destructive House
28:25 (Introducing the band)
29:35 Clear
34:48 New Illness
37:58 The Peak Of Callousness
42:12 Smothered
45:22 Violent Temper Swings
49:38 Starting Of The Finish
53:12 Useless To Me
SPINESHANK has teamed up with THE UNION UNDERGROUND for the “25 Years Of Insurrection & Callousness” tour this summer season. This commemorative, co-headline trek, with particular company ADEMA and SICKSENSE, is celebrating the twenty fifth anniversaries of SPINESHANK‘s sophomore studio album “The Peak Of Callousness” and THE UNION UNDERGROUND sole studio LP, “…An Training In Insurrection”.
Final month, SPINESHANK vocalist Jonny Santos confirmed to Rock Feed {that a} new music from the reunited band will arrive within the coming weeks. “We’re actually within the studio attempting to complete proper now,” he stated. “The music has been recorded. Proper now it is within the remaining strategy of being edited. We’re gonna truly begin listening to roughs this week.”
Santos additionally addressed the explanation he and the remainder of SPINESHANK‘s 2025 lineup have determined to launch one observe versus specializing in making a full-length report. “Persons are, like, properly, why are we solely doing one music?’ Jonny stated. “‘Trigger we do not know. We have not put a report out in 12 years. “Trigger let’s face it, the SHINESHANK factor proper now, [the upcoming tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of] ‘The Peak Of Callousness’, that is nostalgic. We’re not on the market pumping a brand new report. We’re celebrating certainly one of our greatest information. That is what we’re doing. So what we determined to do is… Can we wanna do a brand new report? ‘Trigger now we have now little Tommy enjoying guitar, which is fucking superior; he shreds. And we have got Jason Hager; all people is aware of Jason. He is from CHIMAIRA. So we get these two new guys, and so they clearly wanna do a brand new report. However 5 months in the past, we did not even know individuals even cared about SPINESHANK. So let’s maintain on right here a second earlier than we begin placing new information out. I stated, ‘Let’s do one music. Let’s put this music on the market. We’ll get it out to the lots, and let’s examine the way it’s acquired.’ That is gonna inform us proper there — I really feel it’s going to inform us if we’re only a nostalgic act, that folks simply wanna come hear the hits and really feel like they’re 18 once more, or we put this new music out. Does it development? Does it fucking blow up? Then that can point out proper there, ‘Okay, guys, let’s go do a brand new report and begin placing new songs out.’ And I believe that is a good means to take a look at it as a substitute of simply assuming that since we’re doing properly and reveals are promoting out proper now, that we’re simply gonna put an album and all people’s gonna like it.”
Relating to the musical route of the brand new SPINESHANK music, Jonny stated: “Properly, I’ll let you know this a lot. It is received all the weather that’s what is SPINESHANK. One of many greatest complaints we had on the final SPINESHANK report was followers have been, like, ‘It isn’t digital sufficient.’ And I noticed that. I felt that in a means. There was numerous programming on that album; we have been simply utilizing natural sounds because the loops and stuff. However I perceive what the followers meant. So this time round, the SPINESHANK recipe, if you’ll — the music’s gotta have vitality. It is gotta be heavy. It is gotta be catchy. It is gotta have a hook. I do not care. I fucking love singing in fucking steel songs. All these individuals on the market [who say], ‘That is lame that you simply sing’ — fuck you. You have gotta convey ladies to the present too. So you have gotta have vitality. It is gotta be heavy. You have gotta have a hook. And with SPINESHANK, it is gotta have that digital side and that soiled, nasty, digital side. Very industrial — ‘Antichrist Famous person’ [MARILYN MANSON] industrial. I like when you’ve a cool loop. Distort that motherfucker. So it is that complete ATARI TEENAGE RIOT dirtiness to it.”
When SPINESHANK‘s return was first introduced, Decker stated in an announcement: “We’re past excited to have the ability to have fun 25 years of ‘The Peak Of Callousness’. That is the report that outlined us as a band and adjusted our lives. We won’t wait to play all of those songs and share the recollections with all of you who lived it with us.”
Santos said: “We’re extraordinarily excited to have fun the return of SPINESHANK for the twenty fifth anniversary of ‘The Peak Of Callousness’ tour and get to share this milestone with the individuals who have been there again then, and the brand new followers that by no means received the prospect to see us play. Actually an honor!!!”
Garcia stated: “It is superb that 25 years later individuals nonetheless react to ‘The Peak Of Callousness’ the way in which they do. We’re excited to get out and play these songs once more, see outdated mates, and threw down for all the brand new followers who by no means received to see SPINESHANK the primary time round!”
Decker, Jr. stated: “I have been on tour with these guys since I used to be a bit child, watching them carry out each night time from the facet of the stage. I can not imagine it is come full circle and I get to share the stage with my dad and the remainder of the fellows who I contemplate my household. I used to be 4 years outdated when this album got here out and seeing all of the followers nonetheless present like to this album is loopy!”
Hager said: “I’m past excited and honored to be part of the return of SPINESHANK, for the twenty fifth anniversary of ‘The Peak Of Callousness’ tour. They don’t seem to be simply certainly one of my favourite bands, however have been nice mates, ever since they generously, and selflessly helped us (CHIMAIRA) out, throughout our early days. I am trying ahead to seeing you all, out on the highway, and enthusiastic about what the longer term might maintain.”
After releasing three profitable albums (“Strictly Diesel”, “The Peak Of Callousness” and “Self-Damaging Sample”),acting on numerous world excursions (together with appearances on Ozzfest and the Obtain competition) and a Grammy nomination in 2004, the band went on a hiatus.
SPINESHANK‘s fourth album, “Anger Denial Acceptance”, was launched in June 2012 through Century Media Information. The CD was produced by SPINESHANK guitarist Mike Sarkisyan and drummer Tommy Decker and combined by Mike Plotnikoff (PAPA ROACH, BUCKCHERRY).
SPINESHANK‘s third LP, “Self-Damaging Sample”, was launched in September 2003. The album’s lead single, “Smothered”, was nominated for a Grammy within the class of “Finest Steel Efficiency”.
This previous April, Jonny advised the “Speak Toomey” podcast about the potential of SPINESHANK releasing new music to coincide with the upcoming tour: ”We by no means received an opportunity to essentially exit on a excessive be aware. And so after we first began on the brink of do all this, doing one other report wasn’t actually even talked about. It was extra of simply, like, ‘Hey, let’s simply exit and do [‘The Height Of Callousness’] in its entirety’ and provides the band its warrior’s demise, if you’ll — going out on a robust be aware as a substitute of simply falling into obscurity.
“Now it is gotten to the purpose… So proper now I am within the studio ending up some edits and mixing the primary SPINESHANK music since 2012,” Santos defined. “So we have now one new music popping out. As a result of I believe the way in which that we really feel that we’ll know is, let’s examine how this SPINESHANK music does. If it is accepted properly and persons are enthusiastic about it, if it does properly, then possibly there could possibly be one other album within the works. Or if something, possibly even an EP. Who is aware of?”
Referencing the resurgence of “nu steel” lately, Jonny continued: “It is type of bizarre how — it is uncharted territory. It is, like, is that this right here to remain? Is that this gonna be a staple in heavy music or is that this only a vogue fad for teenagers right now? So I believe as soon as we launch this new music and tour for the higher a part of this 12 months, then I believe we’ll know if we’re gonna put a brand new report out subsequent 12 months or not. I want to, however I solely wanna put a report out if it is gonna matter. I do not wanna put a report out if no one’s gonna give a shit.”
Elaborating on his reluctance to launch a full-length assortment of latest materials, Jonny stated: “Not evaluating us to the dimensions of THE ROLLING STONES or something, but when I used to be gonna go see THE ROLLING STONES, I am not too involved with something that they’ve accomplished publish 1979. what I am saying?
“I believe you hit a sure level in your profession as a band when you’ve a reputable and fixed following that folks simply wanna go hear the hits.
“I’ve seen, I am going to put music out or no matter, and persons are, like, ‘Oh, man, it would not sound like ‘The Peak Of Callousness’.’ It is simply, like, dude, me placing out the identical report twice is just not gonna make you younger once more,” he stated. “As a result of that is how it’s.
“Only a few bands can get away with placing the identical report out. AC/DC‘s accomplished it. SLAYER‘s accomplished it. But it surely works — that works for them, and it is fucking superior. However for me, it would not.
“The considered placing a brand new SPINESHANK report on the market, it is thrilling. However on the identical time, we’re gonna see how this goes.
“We’re going into this with no expectations. That is actually enjoyable for us to do, and I believe it is an opportunity for lots of people which have turn into SPINESHANK followers within the final decade or in order that have by no means seen us to get to see us. And being that ‘The Peak Of Callousness’ was by far our best-received album, I can not consider a greater report to do in its entirety out of our catalog.”
