Chisel will play GAMH on Feb. 20 as part of the 30th rendition of noisepop in San Francisco.
When reviewing the catalog of Chisel — his rock band from the 90s that is reuniting for the first time in nearly three decades — seminal punker Ted Leo said he was flooded with memories from the halcyon days of his college band.“I’ve actually had to confront the idea that I may have been a better guitar player in the late 90s,” said Leo, who rose to fame as a solo artist in collaboration with his longtime backing band The Pharmacists. “Because some of those Chisel songs are pretty tough.
The impetus to get the gang back together came from the 25th anniversary reissue of the final Chisel release, “Set You Free.” Chisel’s record label, Numero Group, announced plans for a two-day festival in Los Angeles celebrating its artists, which Leo and company saw as a perfect opportunity to reintroduce the band.
“This was the pre-Nirvana era, so it’s kind of hard to describe what it’s like entering spaces like Notre Dame and seeing someone else wearing a band t-shirt with just a slightly punk air to it,” said Leo. “I mean, you gravitated to that person immediately. I think there were like five of us on campus and we all hung out together.”
While Norborg and Dugan settled into civilian life in the Midwest, Leo went on to find greater fame performing as Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, releasing seminal albums such as “The Tyranny of Distance and “Hearts of Oak”
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