Fat Wreck Chords to release Strung Out box set

Contributed by alex101. Posted by john on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 1:30 PM (EDT)

Fat Wreck Chords has announced that they will be releasing a Strung Out box set, titled Volume One. The set will feature remixed and remastered versions of the band's first three albums: Another Day in Paradise, Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues and Twisted by Design, as well as a DVD containing footage from the band's recent Twisted in a Suburban Wasteland tour. Drummer Jordan Burns said of the release:

We are all pretty stoked on this box set. All 3 albums are sounding so fresh and revived. If we didn't think you would all love it like we do, we wouldn't be putting it out. Also the live DVD from our Twisted In A Suburban Wasteland tour last year is going to be sweet. Filmed in Montreal Canada, it will include both STWB and TBD live. I know, our first DVD ever and its looking great!

The set is due out this summer.

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exitflagger (March 12, 2013)

There is little use for a Volume Two. Except for a handful of strong tracks from An American Paradox, this band`s prime ceased after The Elements of Sonic Defiance.

whoostin (March 12, 2013)

Exile in Oblivion was their peak for me, but I can't say this band has ever put out a shit album

BarleyPat (March 12, 2013)

Yeah, I love STWB and TBD, but Exile was incredible as well and is among their best. Also, off the recent ones, I really like "Andy Warhol".

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

If you love the early stuff, It makes no sense that you don't continue to love them.
The material hasn't changed at all and it sounds better than it ever did from a production stand point.

They haven't changed, you have.

exitflagger (March 12, 2013)

Oh please. Jason`s vocals sound completely different now, in a bad/flat way. I will admit that there are a few good songs on Exile in Oblivion (which I bought), but the album is produced so dreadfully that it`s almost a chore to listen to them. Blackhawks and Agents were just poor records.

heavypettingdrew (March 12, 2013)

Your mom.

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

Oh please indeed. You are deluded and I don't even care about the band. If you think the early records are perfect and the new ones suck, you are a space cadet.

exitflagger (March 12, 2013)

You are almost as senile as you are impotent.

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

You are the type of person that jerks off in the mirror, aren't you?

BarleyPat (March 12, 2013)

I'd guess the answer to be "yes". Combined with a soundtrack consisting of nothing but Guided by Voices would make this a VERY terrible movie. 0/10, would not watch again.

droneclone (March 12, 2013)

I'm the type of person that jerks off to your reflection in the mirror. You can see my eyes scowling at you but you can't see anything below my neckline and when you turn around, I'm not there. I exist only in your mirrors.

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

Sweet, I'll be home around 8. See you there?

droneclone (March 12, 2013)

I'll be waiting for you. I'm looking forward to our dance.

wentz_equals_death (March 12, 2013)

i agree with exitflagger. jim cherry was so important to this band and his absence is felt greatly in the lack of soul pervading everything they made since he left. they became better musicians and worse songwriters

wentz_equals_death (March 12, 2013)

generally speaking they didn't have to divide the songs between the "angry and fast" and the "heartfelt and poppy" like they seem to be doing now ... each song came through as emotionally complex and fully considered. i think i just convinced myself to buy this.

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

This will be recorded as an act of aggression.

wentz_equals_death (March 12, 2013)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr2vlfuwrfk

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

Too many letters.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXPTU7b66FA

droneclone (March 12, 2013)

I agree with bastard_squad.

That said, I am willing to admit that I've grown out of them and I never listen to them unless something comes up on shuffle. Not that I'm cool or anything because I'm not.

wahhey (March 15, 2013)

got to agree with the other dude. strung out went tons more metal after american paradox, and lost most of the skatepunk double time drums they used to use. they went from being an absolute perfect representation of the 'fat wreck' sound to being sort of an anomaly on the label, musically speaking. The last, I guess 3 records sound like overblown cock rock metal. They would fit in perfectly on a bill with an Avenged Sevenfold type tour. I love those first three records (and the element of sonic defiance EP), hell STWB was the third CD I bought in middle school, but I am embarrassed for them with their new stuff, and by the looks of it so are they with all the emphasis they've been placing on material thats almost 20 years old at this point(scary).

rob-o (March 12, 2013)

Gotta love the blanket statements "I did not like their latest album, thus, nobody else does". Speak for yourself bro.

BarleyPat (March 12, 2013)

Although I've heard Another Day in Paradise, I never got around to getting my hands on a copy - need to do that.

whoostin (March 12, 2013)

I just bought the reissue on yellow vinyl within the past couple years and now they're releasing this boxset which renders the reissue useless

you_are_a_loser (March 13, 2013)

Not really, because the boxset is completely remixed/remastered. If you like how the original sounded, don't part with it.

secondtolast (March 12, 2013)

nice fucking big mac ad to the right. real fucking punk rock to let mcdonalds be a sponsor. fucking assholes will do anything for a buck $ #suckit

bastard_squad (March 12, 2013)

Strong work dude.

ToddFury (March 13, 2013)

This site has ads? Interesting. I didn't know there were still people around that don't use Adblock...

Dante_X (March 12, 2013)

you know that the ads are based on websites you visited? YOU are the sellout going to mcdonalds website.

droneclone (March 12, 2013)

Yeah, I'm constantly on the miracle whip website.

BarleyPat (March 12, 2013)

Ha, this was my first thought as well. I also have the McDonalds ad and have visited their site exactly 0 times, so...no.

obstracted (March 12, 2013)

Hahaha.

BarleyPat (March 12, 2013)

Wrong, but nice try.

secondtolast (March 12, 2013)

than where all all my porn ads?

obstracted (March 12, 2013)

Hahaha.

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BarleyPat (March 13, 2013)

Hey, remember when you had those creepy, awkward posts, went away shortly after that and came back w/ a different name? You should try that again, except don't come back!

puddboy (March 12, 2013)

I thought everything through An American Paradox was amazing, even Element of Sonic Defiance EP, which I thought was so well crafted and somewhat of a divergant path for them to take.

After that, I've enjoyed but not loved the albums after. I think Jim Cherry did a lot for that band.

Just my two cents as an almost 20 year long Strung Out fan...

OrgcorePunker (March 12, 2013)

Stoked. And Fat needs to do a No Use For A Name box set at some point assuming the ball isn't rolling on that already.

wahhey (March 15, 2013)

Agreed, I think they should do a REALLY GOOD tribute album. I wouldn't mind knowing how Tony died either.

loki13 (March 12, 2013)

Mixtapes are stoked

Slacker (March 12, 2013)

I like the old mix of STWB way better

uscbdaddy (March 13, 2013)

Exile would be my favorite Strung Out cd if the production wasn't so awful. It's a shame because I felt like the musicianship on that cd was their best. I can't understand how they would allow it to be released when it sounded that bad.

you_are_a_loser (March 13, 2013)

I have a feeling that Exile will be remixed and remastered and released in Vol 2. The songs from that album in their Top Contenders comp sounded amazing.

madapril (March 13, 2013)

Production this… production that… give me a break. 20+ years of amazing work this band has delivered. Sometime in the distant future Strung Out will be looked upon as the real deal legends they are… Jim Cherry, Chris Aiken and all.

ak3punk (March 17, 2013)

This band can do no wrong. I've loved them since Suburban came out and I still do. These guys will always be my favourite band. Can't wait for this!!!