It’s been five years since Waxwing officially broke up–the band played farewell shows in 2005–and seven years since the band went on indefinite hiatus after recording Nobody Can Take What Everybody Owns. But that doesn’t mean the Seattle punk pioneers are gone forever–in fact, a reunion seems more likely now than ever.I spoke with Rocky Votolato last week about his latest album, True Devotion, and he speculated that a Waxwing reunion could happen someday soon. “We were really torn on it, too, because Waxwing was going decently well,” he says about the band’s split which happened right as Rocky Votolato was recording his break-through solo album Suicide Medicine and Cody Votolato’s band, Blood Brothers, was taking off. While there’s no concrete plan at the moment, Rocky said he’s been been talking about reuniting Waxwing in the winter for a tour, and “he wouldn’t be surprised” if the band made another album within the next few years. He couldn’t choose a better time: between the Sunny Day Real Estate, Soundgarden, and Carissa’s Wierd reunions, there’s a renaissance of beloved 90s Seattle bands touring these days.
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