Screaming Females break up after 18 years

Here’s some terrible news: Screaming Females, one of the busiest, hardest-working, DIY rock bands in the game, have called it quits after 18 years. The band writes:

After 18 years we have decided that Screaming Females is coming to an end. A lot changed around us over those 18 years but at our core we operated pretty much the same throughout. We funded and made the records we wanted to make. We did our own art. We printed a lot of our own merch. We managed ourselves. Probably most importantly we loaded up our van with our gear and traveled around the world to play shows wherever you would have us. We tried to build and celebrate community the best we could. There are too many people to thank and too many things that should be said but right now we have some leftover merch that we would love to get out of Mike’s basement! Order something for you, your friends, your family, your pets!

The announcement comes just a few weeks after the band had to cancel all upcoming shows due to a family emergency.

Their longtime label Don Giovanni Records writes, “I never took getting to work with a band like this for granted, I never took seeing them play for granted, and will be forever grateful for their role in my life. More than a band but family. Marissa Paternoster, Jarrett Dougherty, and Mike Abbate. Long live Screaming Females.”

Screaming Females released eight albums throughout their 18-year career, including this year’s great Desire Pathway, and they were always a force live. They’ve been a constant in the Northeast DIY scene since day one, as well as some of the most prolific road warriors around. We’ve got so many great memories of seeing them over the years, and we’ll miss them.