Shudder To Think Reunited for Their First Live Shows in Over a Decade

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Formed in the ‘80s, and disbanded in 1998, DC-area post-hardcore art rock band, Shudder to Think, returned for two shows on Saturday, March 15th. Taking place at Los Angeles’ Permanent Records Roadhouse, these performances were their first since 2013, featuring Pony Express Record-era bandmates, Craig Wedren on lead vocals, Nathan Larson on guitar, and Adam Wade on drums, joined by Clint Walsh on guitar and Jherek Bischoff on bass. Head into the article below to find out more and watch the band performing “Hit Liquor.”

The band delivered a set featuring many of their classic hits and they closed out the show with a new track, “Playback.” As Wedren noted to the exuberant audiences – which featured the likes of musicians Dave Grohl, James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), Anna Waronker (that dog.) and Josh Klinghoffer (RHCP, Pearl Jam); comedians and filmmakers Ken Marino, David Wain, Jonah Ray, the Sklar Brothers, Jesse Peretz (director), Lisa Cholodenko (director), Brad Simpson (producer); and many more – “We are Shudder to Think and we intend to do this more!”

Last year, the band celebrated the 30th anniversary of their groundbreaking 1994 album Pony Express Record – their first album on Epic Records, following several releases on Dischord Records. By the late-90’s, Shudder to Think dove into the world of scoring films and creating music for soundtracks with the 1998 releases of Jesse Peretz’s First Love, Last Rites; Lisa Cholodenko’s High Art and the Todd Haynes epic, Velvet Goldmine. Wedren and Larson have gone on to be prolific film and television composers with Wedren working on Yellowjackets, Wet Hot American Summer, The School Of Rock, Laurel Canyon and more; and Larson working on Our Idiot Brother, The Skeleton Twins, Juliet, Naked and High Fidelity (TV series), among others.

Set List:
Hit Liquor
Gang Of $
Red House
Love Catastrophe
9 Fingers On You
Kissi Penny
Lies About The Sky
So Into You
Earthquakes Come Home
Pebbles
X-French Tee Shirt
Day Ditty
Playback

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