Today came the very sad news that Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey passed away, and tributes from fellow musicians and other members of the music industry have been pouring in. Conan Neutron, who was ...

Vern Rumsey, who played bass in the great ’90s/early 2000s post-hardcore band Unwound, has died. He was 47. Conan Neutron, who was Rumsey’s bandmate in current group Household Gods, wrote on Facebook, ...

On Aug. 6, news broke that Vern Rumsey, the longtime bassist and founder member of the Olympia, Wash. post-hardcore band Unwound, has passed away. He was 47. Conan Neutron, Rumsey’s bandmate in ...

There they sat—one young woman and two young men, their clothes drab and their hair unkempt—huddled together as if for warmth. All around them, people were talking, joking, laughing. Not these three.

Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey has reportedly died at the age of 47. Few details about the death were revealed, but his passing was shared by Rumsey's Household Gods bandmate Conan Neutron. "Absolutely ...

Digital music didn’t kill reissues, but today’s reissues more commonly offer each album individually, through the now standard “reissue series.” Led Zeppelin started an “extensive reissue campaign” in ...

The fourth and final chapter in record label Numero Group’s fascinating history of the Olympia, Washington, trio Unwound collects the albums Challenge for a Civilized Society (1998) and Leaves Turn ...

This fall, obscurities and reissues label the Numero Group will reissue the complete recordings of the Washington State post-hardcore act Unwound. Their seven albums (1992's Unwound, 1993's Fake Train ...

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When the time comes to put on an Unwound album, it can be easy to feel like the only Unwound fan on Earth that is listening to that particular document at that special moment. Unwound worshipers are ...