Chicago pop punk pioneers Sludgeworth — who were fronted by Dan Vapid (Screeching Weasel, The Riverdales, The Queers, etc) and also featured Screeching Weasel’s Brian Vermin on drums — only existed ...

In a relatively unsurprising move Ben Weasel has confirmed that the upcoming pseudo reunions of Screeching Weasel will not turn into anything more. In a recent interview with Wrecked Kids he notes: it ...

A lot has been made of the 2009 reunion of pop-punk legends Screeching Weasel — but the fact is, the band has broken up and reformed numerous times since starting in suburban Chicago in 1986. Snotty, ...

Ben Weasel of Screeching Weasel has released a novel. It's called Crow-Black the Night and it's a murder mystery. The book is self-released and is about a former rock singer in a band that is now ...

For those who thought all pop/punk notables were ensconced in California's Bay Area, Chicago's Screeching Weasel proves that just isn't the case. Screeching Weasel's previous release loudly trumpeted ...

When the Chicago punk band Sludgeworth started in 1989, they were a Screeching Weasel side project. At the time, Sludgeworth singer Dan Schafer played bass and guitar in Screeching Weasel, and drummer ...

It has been three years since Screeching Weasel played a show in Texas, but for lead singer Ben Weasel, the incident lives on through YouTube. He was onstage at the South by Southwest music festival ...

The lineup and details for this year’s Riot Fest, an annual punk festival in Chicago, have begun to leak out thanks to the Chicago Reader. According to the Reader’s "Early Warnings" column, the ...