The tour spanned eleven countries and featured the band playing nearly thirty dates in Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Finland.

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They officially disbanded as of January 1, 2017 and reunited in 2018.

Tense, who previously had played with Jerry in a group called the Stand, was replaced within a year by Tom Pig Champion Roberts (guitar), formerly of the Imperialist Pigs.

The jacket featured a choice of two kings, Jesus (front cover) and Elvis Presley (back cover).

The band then released War All the Time 3 (named for the Charles Bukowski book) in 1987.

War All the Time and the EPs that followed (the Getting the Fear 12 and the Filthkick 7) found them further developing the rockhardcore sound first established on Kings of Punk, which they would hone in 1990 with Feel the Darkness.

By this time, their drinking habits and hard living were beginning to catch up with them: the band weighed in at about 1,300 lb.

Poison Idea then released Blank Blackout Vacant in 1992, and, before seemingly splitting in 1993, they released We Must Burn.

Jerry A pursued a solo project called Gift with his wife and Thee Slayer Hippy.

In 1998 the original line-up reunited for a 7 EP released on Taang (who reissued their early catalogue), but broke up following an aborted tour.

Then later in 2005 a compilation 12 containing the Pick Your King EP and the Learning To Scream EP.

Matt Brainard was busy with Defiance and decided that two full-time touring bands was too much and elected to leave the band.

Jimmy Taylor was hired as guitarist for Poison Idea as the band was planning a 6-week tour of Europe and became a permanent member of the band.

They toured Europe twice in 2003 and 2004, with Eric Eggroll on guitar during 2003 and Joe Spleen ( The Gits ) during 2004 filling in for Pig Champion on the road.

In 2004 Poison Idea was invited to go on a tour in Japan as a 4 piece with Japanese punk legends Forward.

They were well received in the other countries they toured, inspiring the band to put together a new record.

The band had recorded the new record and it was ready for release when he died.

Pig Champion had wanted the record to be called Latest Will and Testament, a name that the rest of the band liked.

After his death Jerry commented that Pig Champion probably knew something that the rest of them did not.

The band did not play a record release show, or any show for over a year as they tried to get used to the idea that their friend was gone.

In 2012, after playing two dates each in both Portland and Seattle, the band embarked on a five-week tour of Europe during June and July.

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