Grammy-nominated, 2000s-era nu-metal favorite Spineshank is reuniting in 2025 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of its landmark release, 2000’s “The Height of Callousness,” with a revamped lineup featuring original/founding members. The 2025 version of Spineshank will feature vocalist Jonny Santos, drummer Tommy Decker and bassist Rob Garcia, rounded out with the addition of guitarists Tommy Decker Jr. and Jason Hager (Years of Fire, ex-Chimaira).
The reunited Spineshank has announced several major festival appearances throughout 2025, including Louder Than Life, Inkcarceration and Aftershock, as well as a co-headlining tour with The Union Underground, dubbed “An Education in Callousness, with both bands celebrating their respective 2000 releases played in their entirety. All dates are below. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. local time Friday, March 7.
“We are beyond excited to be able to celebrate 25 years of ‘The Height of Callousness,'” Tommy Decker said. “This is the record that defined us as a band and changed our lives. We can’t wait to play all of these songs and share the memories with all of you who lived it with us.”
Santos shares his bandmate’s enthusiasm, saying, “We are extremely excited to celebrate the return of Spineshank for the 25th anniversary of ‘The Height of Callousness’ tour and get to share this milestone with the people who were there back then, and the new fans that never got the chance to see us play. Truly an honor!!!”
“It’s amazing that 25 years later people still react to ‘The Height of Callousness’ the way they do,” Garcia said. “We’re excited to get out and play these songs again, see old friends and throw down for all the new fans who never got to see Spineshank the first time around!”
The band also has announced plans to release a new track this spring to digital outlets, which will be the first new Spineshank music since 2012’s “Anger, Denial, Acceptance.”
Formed in 1996 in Los Angeles, Spineshank exploded onto the late ’90s metal scene with its 1998 Roadrunner debut “Strictly Diesel” and quickly built an underground following, hitting the road alongside current and future luminaries like Sepultura, System of A Down, Fear Factory, Biohazard and Static-X.
Born from a fusion of industrial metal, alternative metal and nu-metal elements, Spineshank gained prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s as part of the emerging wave of heavy music influenced by electronic textures and aggressive rhythms. The band’s sophomore effort, “The Height of Callousness,” produced by Garth Richardson (Rage Against the Machine, Mudvayne), marked a turning point into a more polished and aggressive sound, leading to critical acclaim and wider exposure, as Spineshank joined the ranks of Ozzfest 2001 and toured alongside a who’s who of modern metal greats, including Slipknot, Linkin Park, Type O Negative, Mudvayne and more.
In 2003, Spineshank released “Self-Destructive Pattern,” which included the Grammy-nominated single “Smothered.” Despite the success, internal tensions led to the departure of vocalist Jonny Santos in 2004, who formed Silent Civilian, and the band went on hiatus shortly after. Santos eventually returned, and Spineshank reunited in 2008, releasing its fourth and final album, “Anger Denial Acceptance,” in 2012.
In 2023, Santos and Decker announced the forming of a new project, The Less Dead, which led to further speculation about the future of Spineshank, until early 2025 when the band was announced to be reuniting as part of the lineup for Louder Than Life to celebrate the 25th anniversary of “The Height of Callousness.”
Spineshank tour dates:
with The Union Underground, Adema and Sicksense
7/9 — Lubbock, TX — Jake’s Sports Bar
7/10 — Austin, TX — Come and Take It Live
7/11 — Houston, TX — Scout Bar
7/12 — San Antonio, TX — The Rock Box
7/13 — Corpus Christi, TX — House of Rock
7/15 — Dallas, TX — The Granada Theater
7/16 — Fayetteville, AR — JJ’s Live
7/19 — Mansfield, Oh — Inkcarceration*
7/20 — Belvidere, IL — The Apollo Theatre AC
7/22 — Joliet, IL — The Forge
7/24 — Moline, IL — The Rust Belt
7/25 — Green Bay, WI — Epic Event Center
7/26 — Turtle Lake, WI — St. Croix Casino
7/27 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s
7/29 — Lincoln, NE — Bourbon Theatre
7/31 — Denver, CO — The Oriental Theater
8/1 — Colorado Springs, CO — Black Sheep
8/23 — West Hollywood, CA — Whisky-A-Go-Go*
9/18-21 — Louisville, KY — Louder Than Life*
10/5 — Sacramento, CA — Aftershock*
*Festival
