When Sizzling first hit the airwaves in 1996, it didn’t simply ignite pleasure — it sparked a cultural bonfire. With its infectious mix of swing, jazz, Delta blues, and Southern storytelling, Sizzling rocketed the Squirrel Nut Zippers from the underground scene of Chapel Hill, NC, to the nationwide stage, reaching Platinum standing and defining a era’s rediscovery of classic Americana.
Now, three many years later, the Zippers are rekindling that fireplace with “Within the Afterlife” tour dates, a 30th anniversary celebration of the album that captured lightning in a bottle and cemented the band’s legacy as one of the vital authentic and unpredictable acts of the period. The primary three reveals, which can function the band performing Sizzling in its entirety, will kick off February 13 in Los Angeles, CA on the Teragram Ballroom and hit the Music Field on February 14 in San Diego, CA and Pappy & Harriet’s on February 15 in Pioneertown, CA. Further tour dates can be launched all year long.
Tickets for the February “Within the Afterlife” tour dates can be out there beginning Friday, October 17 at https://www.snzippers.com/tourdates.
Recorded on the famed Kingsway Studio in New Orleans (owned by Daneil Lanois), Sizzling radiated authenticity. The album’s heat analog sound and wry, vivid storytelling made it a vital and industrial success, topping the Billboard 200 for a powerful 51 weeks. The report produced standout tracks similar to “Put a Lid On It,” “Blue Angel,” and the band’s largest hit to this point, “Hell.”
“Hell,” an unlikely radio single on the time, defied expectations, climbing to #13 on Billboard’s Various Airplay Chart and embedding itself in popular culture historical past. Practically 30 years later, it continues to resonate with new audiences, just lately featured in hit TV sequence like Wednesday(2025) and Lucifer (2021).
“Sizzling was pure alchemy — a mixture of mischief, melody, and magic,” stated bandleader Jimbo Mathus. “It was by no means meant to chase tendencies; it was meant to burn vibrant and final. And someway, it nonetheless does.”
Shaped in 1993 by Mathus, Katharine Whalen, and a tight-knit crew of musical misfits, the Squirrel Nut Zippers defied style from the beginning. Their sound — a spirited mix of prohibition-era jazz, massive band bravado, and punk-rock irreverence — invited listeners right into a world the place vaudeville met voodoo and speakeasy swagger met Southern soul.
Led right now by Mathus, and managed by founding drummer Chris Phillips, the modern-day Zippers proceed to honor that wealthy legacy whereas bringing recent fireplace to their beloved catalog. The thirtieth anniversary of Sizzling is greater than a milestone — it’s a testomony to resilience, reinvention, and the enduring energy of music that swings, sings, and sizzles with soul.
Official “Within the Afterlife” tour dates are as follows:
February 13 Teragram Ballroom Los Angeles, CA
February 14 Music Field San Diego, CA
February 15 Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown, CA
Followers outdated and new can anticipate a present that’s equal components celebration and revival — a joyful journey via the sound that began all of it.
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About Squirrel Nut Zippers
The Platinum recording artists have bought over three million albums to-date with their watershed album, Sizzling (1996), making them a family identify. Recorded within the warmth of New Orleans, fueled by a smoldering mixture of booze and a youthful starvation to unlock the secrets and techniques of old-world jazz, this pivotal launch was just the start for the band.
Since then, SNZ has unveiled such hits as Beasts Of Burgundy (2018), which debuted at #4 on the Billboard Jazz Albums Chart, and Christmas Caravan (1998), which went on to promote 1 / 4 of one million copies and attain #12 on the Billboard Vacation Albums chart.
Their most up-to-date report Misplaced Songs of Doc Souchon debuted in late 2020. It featured 10 tracks – a mix of newly-penned Zippers songs, together with a couple of tunes from previous occasions – and has acquired acclaim from followers and critics alike.
Since reactivating in mid-2016, SNZ have been performing to packed homes throughout the nation and world wide. As Mathus has stated because the band’s re-launch, “it’s not a reunion, it’s a revival.”
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