Redd Kross: Last News

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAbsence can make the heart grow fonder, and one of the ironies of the power-pop revival of the mid-1980s was how hard it was to find records by some of its main archetypes, even if those earlier groups had genuine hits: The brace of great early-‘70s albums and singles by Beatles-obsessed bands like Badfinger, Big Star and the Raspberries had been out of print for years and could only be found at specialty shops for exorbitant prices or as random junkshop jackpots.Even more ironically, one of the greatest albums of that ‘80s wave — Redd Kross’ “Neurotica” — suffered the same fate. It was released in 1987 on the short-lived U.S.

Dream Theater‘s drummer Mike Portnoy has shared his Top 10 favourite albums of the year.The musician took to his official Instagram account to share a post about the 10 albums that stood out to him in 2024. Portnoy made sure to note that the recap is in no particular order of preference.The 10 albums on his list were Opeth‘s ‘The Last Will And Testament’, Blood Incantation’s ‘Absolute Elsewhere’, The Lemon Twigs‘ ‘A Dream Is All We Know‘, Redd Kross‘ self-titled LP, Leprous’ ‘Melodies of Atonement’, Frost*’s ‘Life In The Wires’, Neal Morse & The Resonance’s ‘No Hill For A Climber’, Category 7’s self-titled LP, Kerry King‘s ‘From Hell I Rise‘ and The Warning’s ‘Keep Me Fed’.A post shared by Mike Portnoy (@mikeportnoy)Back in October, it was revealed that Portnoy had gone on to play a live show with Dream Theater shortly after he learned that his sister had sadly passed.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Abramorama has acquired worldwide theatrical distribution rights for a fall release for “Born Innocent: The Redd Kross Story,” the feature documentary about the seminal L.A. cult rock band. Andrew Reich directed the doc covering brothers and founders Jeff and Steven McDonald and the band’s place in the Los Angeles music scene from the 1970s to now.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music One of the most common things you’ll ever hear musicians of A Certain Age say onstage is some variation of “We never dreamed we’d still be playing and talking about these songs” 20 or 35 or 55 years later. For the vastly underrated veteran alt-rock icons Redd Kross — who managed to be players and a pivotal influence on the punk, indie and even metal scenes of the ’80s and ’90s — that existential conundrum is compounded by the fact that their music, image and raison d’etre was retro from the jump: an elaborately ironic take on the early 1970s music and culture they grew up on, making an art of the then-novel concept that you can revere and respect something and mock it mercilessly at the same time.

"We are beyond grateful to still have the opportunity to come play for you this year"

Merge and Third Man Records have announced vinyl reissues of Redd Kross records. The band has also announced a forthcoming tour. Find those dates below, as well as a trailer for the reissues.