Album Features Appearances by Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters), Steve Soto and More

Long-running Orange County pop-punks WANK have finally officially released their new album ‘White Knuckle Ride’ via Die Laughing Records. The long-awaited LP has previously only been available at the band’s shows.

The album features a number of guest musicians including George Hughes Jr. keyboardist in Ziggy Marley’s band (who plays keys on “Blue Skies”, “Sweet Music”, “We Wanna Rock”, “It Was You”, and “Forgiven”), Chris Shiflett of Foo Fighters (who plays a guitar solo and also produced the track “Salvation”), the late Steve Soto (Adolescents) who sings back up on “Salvation”, as well as a songwriting collaboration with Jeremy and Ajay Popoff of LIT on the track “It Was You”.

Check out a video of WANK in the studio with Chris Shiflett.

To celebrate the release of the album the band will play a series of shows in March and April, including a date supporting Long Beach Dub Allstars on March 13 in Huntington Beach, CA and an appearance at Las Vegas’s Viva Ska Vegas on March 21 where they will play alongside Save Ferris, Buck-O-Nine and many others. See dates below.

Lead vocalist and bassist Bobby Amodeo says, “These next handful of gigs are gonna be a blast. With the album finally hitting we’re excited to get out and play the record live for people and do our thing. Teaming up with bands like Long Beach Dub Allstars , Save Ferris and the Die Laughing Records night with Michael Des Barres and Screaming Bloody Marys at The Redwood Bar gives us an opportunity to rock in a front of good crowds and prepare ourselves for tour! Lot’s of big stuff coming for 2020!”

All songs on ‘White Knuckle Ride’ were produced by WANK with Paul Miner / with the exception of “Salvation” which was produced by Chris Shiflett (Foo Fighters). The album was engineered, mixed, and mastered by Paul Miner at Buzzbomb Studios in Orange, CA.

WANK formed in 1995 in Huntington Beach, CA. Mixing pop sensibility, rock chops, and punk energy, WANK (influenced by the Beatles and the Clash, among others) quickly gained momentum and garnered a reputation for themselves with melodic songs and highly entertaining live shows. In 1996, WANK self-released their debut, ‘Get a Grip on Yourself’. Their continuing success as a live act brought them to the attention of producer Mike Ness of Social Distortion, who oversaw the recording of “Larry Brown” for a split 7″ on Time Bomb Records (1997.) Ness also produced WANK on their version of “Auld Lang Syne,” their contribution to the comp, ‘Christmas Gone Wrong’ (1997.) In late 1997, “Forgiven” was added to rotation at the World Famous KROQ 106.7 in Los Angeles, and WANK was still unsigned. An industry bidding war ensued, and WANK signed a historic record deal with Maverick Records. In 1998, following an expedited major label re-release of ‘Get a Grip on Yourself’, WANK took their show on the road, touring with The Specials, Goldfinger, Social Distortion, and Warped Tour ’98. The band parted ways with Maverick Records in 1999 and focused on other projects. WANK reunited in 2016, self-releasing their 5 song EP – On with the Show and, in 2017, added guitarist Higgins X-13, formerly of the Offspring. In 2020, WANK is back with a new full-length album ‘White Knuckle Ride.’