Paul Cripple, pictured above, assumed Reagan Youth was a failure due to the lack of interest during the band's latter half (Reagan's second term) and the fact that the last album was immersed in wicked and malicious situations that affected his mindset for a long time. 18 years later he moved back into the Lower East Side where he ran into some punk rockers who ended up booking a Reagan Youth show; The Woodstock Of Hardcore. Paul agreed for the hell of it and figured it'd be a one time thing until people started talking shit, like Paul was in the band for a second or who played guitar originally So Paul went and got Al Pike and Johnny Aztec, from the 80s, to play live shows but they weren't interested in performing the songs the way Dave Insurgent insisted they be played. Paul came up with songs for one last album, about the life and times of his dearly departed friend and singer Dave insurgent. Unfortunately the band members were not interested in anything except complaining. Go figure. Only one of these new songs has been released, "Lucky 7". That is the only song, released as a demo, he would sing because of its lyrics glorifiying drug use. Is it a wonder that he later died in 2014 from drug use? No it's isn’t and Reagan Youth is most definitely not about abusing drugs though three former band mates have passed on from it (possibly a fourth member, Rick Royale their third drummer, because Paul has not heard from Rick since he met him and complained of a drug dealer having put a gun to his head. Others who knew him have told the same thing). Paul will continue working on one last album so possibly Dave Insurgent can one day have a different ending to his life's story. And may my former band mates rest in power; Dave Insurgent, Andy Apathy, Rick Royale & Kenny Young. Your contributions were great enough and won't soon be forgotten.
Paul is now battling stage 3 cancer so tour dates are out of the question and of course recording the new material is most definitely doable.
So there you go.
Salute 🤘🏼