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Frontman Craig Wedren talks about "Hit Liquor," an abstract rocker off the D.C. band's upcoming live album.
Shudder to Think, circa 1998

Last fall, revered post-hardcore band Shudder to Think reunited for their first tour since breaking up in 1998. If you missed the shows, don't fret -- the band recorded their gigs and compiled the best takes on Live From Home, Shudder's new live album out Sept. 15!

Listen: Five Bands Inspired by Shudder to Think

Hear how Deftones, Incubus, and three more groups are heavily influenced by the recently-reunited post-hardcore wizards.
Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren / Photo courtesy Virgin Mobile Festival

In 1994, D.C. post-hardcore innovators Shudder to Think released Pony Express Record, a polarizing Rubik's Cube of a major-label debut that becomes, for those who ultimately learn to love it, the best record ever made.

Live at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: Shudder to Think

The reunited post-hardcore pacesetters played their first official show in nearly a decade. Watch them perform "Jade-Dust Eyes."
Shudder to Think's Craig Wedren / Photo courtesy Virgin Mobile Festival

Just down the road from Baltimore, the site of Virgin Mobile Festival, lies our Nation's Capital, a city with a rich punk ethos and the original hometown of Shudder to Think, one of the most innovative and revered acts to put out albums on D.C.'s famed Dischord Records.

Backstage at Virgin Mobile Festival '08: Shudder to Think

SPIN.com's Peter Gaston caught up with recently reformed D.C. icons Shudder to Think about future plans and the pitfalls of relearning material.
Shudder to Think

After their Sunday afternoon set on Virgin's North Stage, reunited '90s indie luminaries Shudder to Think were kind enough to stop backstage and have a chat with SPIN.com's Peter Gaston. Below, watch Gaston and the guys talk about relearning their old songs, the possibility of new material, and blowing their recording budget on catering.

Shudder to Think Reunite, Announce Tour Dates

The D.C. legends live another day, play select gigs across the country. Hoorah!
Shudder to Think, earlier this year in NYC / Photo by Beowulf Sheehan

After years of side projects, solo acts and soundtracks, Shudder to Think have stopped the shenanigans and reformed to bring the rock -- the delightfully bent, seductive rock -- for their first official tour in a decade.

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Shudder to Think, "Red House"

Shudder to Think perform "Red House," off their 1994 LP 'Funeral at the Movies/Ten Spot,' at NYC's Mercury Lounge Sept. 17, 2007.

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