I recently spoke to Gizz Navarro of Badtown Boys and he has reported that the long running Los Angeles punk band is back in action. The band's current incarnation is the Ep-i-dem-ic lineup featuring original vocalist Greg Keith. Their future had been called into question following the tragic death of vocalist Stephan X this past April.

Badtown Boys is playing a show at the Anarchy Library in Downey, CA on Saturday, September 18th with guests Left Out and Bondage Fairies. The band plans to enter the studio and record a tribute album for Stephan X. It's expected to be released on April 6th 2005.