POISON IDEA Announce They Have Broken Up

10 January 2017

Veteran punk band POISON IDEA has announced that they have officially broken up effective at the start of this year. The band broke the news to fans via Facebook on Sunday (Jan 8th).

The group was formed in Portland, Or in 1980 and originally broke up in 1993, only to regroup five years later, but now it appears that they have officially called it a day.

They said in the social media post, "This is an official announcement. We've told our friends, talked with promoters, announced it at the last show, but I guess we have to do this to make it 'official'. Poison Idea is pulling the plug on the life support system that keeps the band side alive. Ya can't kill the spirit, but as of Jan. 1, 2017, Poison Idea is no longer a band.

"We're going to keep working with TKO/Cascade to rerelease the old catalog and we have stuff that was never let out of the can, that will probably be released. Thank you for the 35(!) years worth of memories. Stay true, stay free. Cheers."