SPINESHANK vocalist Jonny Santos has confirmed to Rock Feed {that a} new track from the reunited band will arrive within the coming weeks. “We’re actually within the studio making an attempt to complete proper now,” he mentioned (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “The track has been recorded. Proper now it is within the ultimate 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 — drummer Tommy Decker and bassist/vocalist Robert Garcia and new recruits Tommy Decker, Jr. (Tommy Decker‘s son) and Jason Hager (ex-CHIMAIRA) on guitar — have determined to launch one observe versus specializing in making a full-length report. “Persons are, like, effectively, why are we solely doing one track?’ Jonny mentioned. “‘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 SPINESHANK‘s sophomore studio album] ‘The Top Of Callousness’, that is nostalgic. We’re not on the market pumping a brand new report. We’re celebrating one in every of our greatest data. 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 taking part in 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 data out. I mentioned, ‘Let’s do one track. Let’s put this track 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 will 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 track out. Does it development? Does it fucking blow up? Then that may 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 method to take a look at it as an alternative of simply assuming that since we’re doing effectively and reveals are promoting out proper now, that we’re simply gonna put an album and all people’s gonna find it irresistible.”
Concerning the musical route of the brand new SPINESHANK track, Jonny mentioned: “Nicely, I’ll let you know this a lot. It is obtained all the weather that’s what is SPINESHANK. One of many greatest complaints we had on the final SPINESHANK report was followers had been, like, ‘It isn’t digital sufficient.’ And I noticed that. I felt that in a method. There was plenty of programming on that album; we had 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 track’s gotta have power. 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 just sing’ — fuck you. You’ve got gotta convey women to the present too. So you’ve got gotta have power. It is gotta be heavy. You’ve got 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 got a cool loop. Distort that motherfucker. So it is that entire ATARI TEENAGE RIOT dirtiness to it.”
As beforehand reported, SPINESHANK will staff up with THE UNION UNDERGROUND for the “25 Years Of Rebel & Callousness” tour this summer time.
This commemorative, co-headline trek, with particular friends ADEMA and SICKSENSE, will have fun the twenty fifth anniversaries of “The Top Of Callousness” and THE UNION UNDERGROUND sole studio LP, “…An Schooling In Rebel”.
The primary leg of the tour will launch on July 10 in Austin and can see the 2 bands carry out their respective album in full, with a couple of further surprises.
When SPINESHANK‘s return was first introduced, Decker mentioned in an announcement: “We’re past excited to have the ability to have fun 25 years of ‘The Top Of Callousness’. That is the report that outlined us as a band and altered our lives. We will not wait to play all of those songs and share the reminiscences 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 Top Of Callousness’ tour and get to share this milestone with the individuals who had been there again then, and the brand new followers that by no means obtained the prospect to see us play. Really an honor!!!”
Garcia mentioned: “It is wonderful that 25 years later individuals nonetheless react to ‘The Top Of Callousness’ the way in which they do. We’re excited to get out and play these songs once more, see outdated buddies, and threw down for all the brand new followers who by no means obtained to see SPINESHANK the primary time round!”
Decker, Jr. mentioned: “I have been on tour with these guys since I used to be a little bit child, watching them carry out each evening from the facet of the stage. I can not consider it is come full circle and I get to share the stage with my dad and the remainder of the blokes 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 Top Of Callousness’ tour. They are not simply one in every of my favourite bands, however have been nice buddies, 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 could maintain.”
After releasing three profitable albums (“Strictly Diesel”, “The Top Of Callousness” and “Self-Damaging Sample”),acting on numerous world excursions (together with appearances on Ozzfest and the Obtain pageant) 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 blended 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 instructed the “Speak Toomey” podcast about the potential of SPINESHANK releasing new music to coincide with the upcoming tour: ”We by no means obtained an opportunity to essentially exit on a excessive notice. 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 loss of life, if you’ll — going out on a powerful notice as an alternative 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 track since 2012,” Santos defined. “So we have now one new track 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 track does. If it is accepted effectively and persons are enthusiastic about it, if it does effectively, then possibly there might be one other album within the works. Or if something, possibly even an EP. Who is aware of?”
Referencing the resurgence of “nu steel” in recent times, 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 style fad for youths at this time? So I believe as soon as we launch this new track and tour for the higher a part of this yr, then I believe we’ll know if we’re gonna put a brand new report out subsequent yr or not. I wish to, however I solely wanna put a report out if it is gonna matter. I do not wanna put a report out if no person’s gonna give a shit.”
Elaborating on his reluctance to launch a full-length assortment of latest materials, Jonny mentioned: “Not evaluating us to the scale 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 finished publish 1979. You already know what I am saying?
“I believe you hit a sure level in your profession as a band when you’ve got a official 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 does not sound like ‘The Top Of Callousness’.’ It is simply, like, dude, me placing out the identical report twice is just not gonna make you younger once more,” he mentioned. “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 finished it. SLAYER‘s finished it. But it surely works — that works for them, and it is fucking superior. However for me, it does 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 out to be 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 Top 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.”