11 Facts About Circle Jerks

Circle Jerks are an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1979 in Los Angeles, California.

The Circle Jerks first reunited in 1994 and released their sixth and last studio album to date, Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities, the following year before separating for the second time.

Circle Jerks dissolved in 1990 after Hetson left the band to continue recording with Bad Religion.

Long period of inactivity for Circle Jerks ended in 1994, when the Wonderful-era lineup reunited and signed a major label deal with Mercury Records, a move that had a few business complications: Hetson was still with Bad Religion, who had signed a long-term contract with Atlantic Records, while Schloss had been part of a band contracted to Interscope Records.

The breakup would not be totally permanent, with the Jerks playing sporadically throughout the late 1990s, but Clark left music for good afterward.

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Several years, a rumored Circle Jerks album featuring new material was said to be imminent, although no further formal announcement was made.

Circle Jerks were featured on a television commercial for XM Satellite Radio, and the band posted a cover of Germs song "The Slave" on their Myspace page.

Circle Jerks played their final show for nearly a decade at the Bluebird Theater in Denver on January 27,2011.

From 2011 to 2019, the Circle Jerks were on hiatus due to a dispute between Morris and the rest of the band.

Coats, who was supposed to produce a new Circle Jerks album, decided that the songs Hetson had written were not up to par with Circle Jerks' catalog.

The other members of Circle Jerks believed Coats to be "arrogant, overbearing, egotistical" and called for him to be fired from producing the new record.