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Дuring an interview with The Guardian in March 2019 Hagerty announced he was leaving the band, stating 'I'm not touring. The band released their first studio album 19 years, White Stuff on Maon Fat Possum Records. The label also made the band's entire discography available on streaming outlets for the first time. In early 2018 the band officially left Drag City and signed a new record deal with Mississippi-based indie label Fat Possum Records. In 2017, the band released a live album, Platinum Tips + Ice Cream, which received positive reviews. They played their first UK show since reuniting at the Victoria Warehouse for TRANSFORMER on May 28, 2017. They played their fourth show since 2001 at Ace of Cups in Columbus, Ohio as part of the Helter Swelter Music Festival on September 24, 2016. Two reunion shows were announced for Augat The Observatory in Santa Ana, California as part of the Berserktown festival and December 19 at Webster Hall in New York City. Since then, both have recorded albums for Drag City Hagerty under his own name and as The Howling Hex, and Herrema under the name RTX. They separated as a couple and dissolved the band following the release of Pound for Pound. Hagerty and Herrema often credited themselves as Adam and Eve for their production work. Royal Trux also released the triple-LP Singles, Live, Unreleased, as well as a pair of EPs and substantial video and webwork. They followed this album with Veterans of Disorder in 1999, and Pound for Pound in 2000. On Drag City, the band released Accelerator, based on the rejected recordings that would have comprised their third album for Virgin. Royal Trux returned to their old label Drag City.

The band was unwilling to record a third record for the label, but was persuaded when Virgin offered to pay for all costs.

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While the band received mainstream media exposure during their time on Virgin (Herrema appeared in Calvin Klein print and TV ads from 1995 to 2000), Virgin was reportedly unhappy with Sweet Sixteen. In 1995, they released Thank You, recorded almost completely live in the studio with producer David Briggs. They also added a percussionist named Rob Armstrong for a short period. Pyle left after a brief period and was replaced by Ken Nasta, a prominent Jacksonville drummer, formerly with Chain of Fools, The Fenwicks and many others. (They spent a prior album advance on drugs and are known for their heroin abuse.) The band added a considerably heavier rhythm section with Dan Brown on bass guitar and Chris Pyle (son of Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle) on drums. According to interviews, the band also kicked their drug habit at this time. Some of the money went into buying a house in Virginia and converting it to a studio, where the band recorded themselves and others (such as The Make-Up). The label viewed it as a way to gain credibility with other, more promising indie bands that they hoped to attract. The songwriting remained highly experimental, but was more melodic, which was revealed on tracks such as 'The Flag,' 'The Spectre,' and 'Turn of the Century.' Around this time, the band signed with Matador and a Royal Trux record was assigned a catalog number for an album which never appeared.Дuring the corporate interest in underground music that followed Nirvana's breakthrough success in 1991, Royal Trux signed a three-record contract totaling over $1 million with the major label Virgin. The arguably atypical lyricism and sonic atonality of their first two albums was largely abandoned in favor of a more stripped, direct sound.ДЇollowing the release of their untitled album, Hagerty and Herrema were joined by guitarist Michael Kaiser and drummer Ian Willers to complete their fourth full-length, Cats and Dogs. Forgoing the experimentalism of Twin Infinitives, the band instead opted for a more lo-fi approach, recording on an 8-track. After moving to San Francisco, Royal Trux released the experimental double-album Twin Infinitives.ДЄfter Twin Infinitives, Royal Trux released an untitled album (sometimes referred to as the Skulls record because of its sleeve artwork). Hagerty and Herrema released their first album, Royal Trux, in 1988. While he gained underground notoriety for his work with Pussy Galore, Hagerty reportedly viewed it as a job and intended to pursue his own artistic vision with his girlfriend, Jennifer Herrema, under the name Royal Trux. During his time in there, Hagerty convinced his bandmates to release a cassette-only remake of the entire Rolling Stones album Exile on Main Street. garage punk band Pussy Galore, led by Jon Spencer, and subsequently relocated to New York. While still a teenager, Hagerty joined Washington D.C.

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