Now here’s a press release that I didn’t think I would find coming my way. It seems as though some of the original members of the Dead Boys will be reunited and touring and also doing some recording. Check it out down below the poster. I’ll close out with some editorial thoughts as well. Here we go.
The Press Release:
Punk rock pioneers and provocateurs, the Dead Boys, celebrate the 40th anniversary of their landmark first album “Young Loud and Snotty”, with a worldwide tour and a special re-recording of the classic record. “Still Snotty: Young, Loud & Snotty at 40!” on Nashville-based Plowboy Records is hitting the streets and available online on September 8 with a major US tour kicking off in Dallas, Texas on September 7.
Formed in Cleveland in 1976, the **Dead Boys** were one of the first American acts to combine the proto-punk fervor of bands like the Stooges and the New York Dolls with a new level of intense energy. 1977 debut LP, _Young, Loud and Snotty_, was a landmark album in the birth of hardcore punk and produced one of the first great punk anthems, “Sonic Reducer.” After one more album, the band split in 1979. They reunited for a few gigs in the 1980s, but following the death of lead vocalist Stiv Bators in 1990, the band members went their separate ways except for two brief reunions in 2004 and 2005. The return of the Dead Boys began with guitarist Cheetah Chrome.
“I’ve had my solo band for the last ten years, and Dead Boys songs have always been included in my shows and over time the right mix of people came together to pull off and at times enhance the Dead Boys sound. With the 40th anniversary of the Dead Boys on the horizon and a solid band that could interpret and deliver the performance and sound needed to maintain the authenticity of the Dead Boys , I reached out to Johnny Blitz about an anniversary tour and he said yes and we began the journey of what would become “Still Snotty” with Jason Kottwitz on guitar, Detroit punk legend Ricky Rat on bass and vocalist Jake Hout from ‘zombie’ Dead Boys tribute band, the Undead Boys, the Dead Boys 40th anniversary tour started taking shape. I’ve been singing the Dead Boys songs myself for 20 years because I couldn’t find another singer I trusted enough to hand it to,” Chrome says. “The first gig with Jake, it was like, ‘You got it, man!’ I think Stiv would be very proud of our choice.”
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