Give Up The Ghost

In honor of their 20th anniversaries, here’s a look back on 10 classic hardcore albums from 2003, including American Nightmare, Terror, Paint It Black, Cursed, and more…

Are American Nightmare finally releasing a followup to their 2003 sophomore album?

As discussed, the great American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost are playing LA and NYC on January 2 at Webster Hall and January 4 at El Rey Theatre, respectively…

American Nightmare at Webster Hall in 2012 (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) Though Wes Eisold is mostly busy with Cold Cave these days, he’s still taken time to get back with his great hardcore band American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost, who were last in NYC for two Webster Hall shows in 2012…

American Nightmare @ NYC’s Webster Hall, July 2012 (more by Alyssa Tanchajja) Boston hardcore punks American Nightmare (aka Give Up the Ghost) first reunited in 2011 for a pair of shows after an eight-year absence…

“Finally, sad skinny guys get a chance to mosh hard without fearing for broken bones or glasses.” — Anonymous concertgoer, American Nightmare, July 22 Friday (7/20) and Sunday night (7/22) at Webster Hall, Cold Cave‘s Wes Eisold rejoined former American Nightmare (Give Up the Ghost) bandmates for sold out shows at the large NYC venue…

At least one of the American Nightmare / Give Up the Ghost Webster Hall reunion shows is listed as sold out, but now there’s a way to get tickets to both:Shirts for a Cure is excited to announce the American Nightmare ticket/shirt package deal…

(via) New Lows have posted the lineups for the pair of Webster Hall dates for the American Nightmare/Give Up The Ghost reunion. As pictured above, the sold-out 7/22 show will feature support from Damnation AD (who last played NYC with Unbroken), New Lows and Prurient (who will also play Saint Vitus the night before) while the 7/20 show will feature support from Indecision and Horror Show…

Wes of AN on stage with Cold Cave at Guggenheim (more by Amanda Hatfield) You snooze you lose. Or maybe you didn’t snooze and were perched atop your keyboard ready to strike at the moment when American Nightmare tickets went on sale at noon today (5/31) and sold out pretty much immediately…

American Nightmare in Boston (more by Stephanie Crumley) Just a little reminder that tickets to American Nightmare/Give Up the Ghost‘s July 22 show at Webster Hall go on sale today at noon…