Hardcore Legends Gang Green Announce 40th Anniversary Tour…Legendary Boston hardcore punk icons GANG GREEN, led by founder Chris Doherty, are returning to the East Coast for a select run of live dates in July and August alongside Boston punk legends The FUs, TREE, and Worm, celebrating the 40th anniversary of their landmark release Another Wasted Night.
Widely regarded as one of the defining records of American hardcore and crossover punk, Another Wasted Night helped establish GANG GREEN as one of the most important and unpredictable bands to emerge from the fabled Boston hardcore underground. Fueled by the notoriety of the classic track “Alcohol” — covered by everyone from The Meatmen to Metallica to Dropkick Murphys — paired with now-legendary shows alongside artists like Misfits, Dead Kennedys, Circle Jerks, SS Decontrol, Bad Brains, and many more, the album’s mix of speed, humor, aggression, and reckless energy continues to influence generations of punk, hardcore, metal, and skate bands around the world four decades later.
GANG GREEN’s return to the stage marks a massive personal victory for Doherty, who suffered a paralyzing stroke in 2017, losing his ability to play guitar and being told he would never walk again. Since then, Chris has battled a lifetime of demons and overcome debilitating physical limitations to claw his way back onto the stage, waging a one-day-at-a-time battle for sobriety.
Says Doherty:
“Since the stroke, getting back on stage is really all I have thought about. We tried doing some shows a few years ago, and it was fun, but it wasn’t right, and I definitely wasn’t ready — physically or mentally — so it just turned into fucking absolute chaos. And not the good kind.
This time, we assembled one of the best lineups GANG GREEN has ever had, and for the first time, I have a great team. It definitely feels like GANG GREEN, and these songs are being played like they never have before. So fucking heavy. So fucking fast. What do you get when you take some of the fastest, heaviest, nastiest Punk Rock ever recorded and make it faster, heavier, and nastier? Come find out.
But to be able to get on stage with this lineup and tear up Another Wasted Night is going to be incredible. Funny being the weak link in my own band, but that’s fucking Punk Rock.”
The lineup features Doherty on vocals alongside longtime guitarist Chris Donelly, plus a pummeling lineup of New England hardcore veterans including drummer Christian “Opus” Lawrence (Cro-Mags, David Ellefson, Dead By Wednesday), bassist Mike Modeste (Dead By Wednesday), and guitarist Kai Stone.
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