“The Waterboys Present: Rips From The Cutting Room Floor (Extras from Life, Death And Dennis Hopper) is the genre-defying companion to The Waterboys’ Sun Records debut album “Life, Death, and Dennis Hopper”, a song cycle telling the life story of the great American trailblazer and actor. Written and self-produced by Mike Scott and the storied international rock band, the eclectic album is comprised of 16 all new tracks including “The Next Time I Saw Elvis, Still Raging On” and an alternate version of “Golf, They Say.”
First single from the Waterboys’ forthcoming album of bonus tracks – “Rips From The Cutting Room Floor” extras from Life, Death And Dennis Hopper, out December 5th. Performance featuring Mike Scott on guitar and vocals and Dylan Bishop on lead guitar.
STILL RAGING ON, the second track to be released from our Hopper extras album Rips From the Cutting Room Floor, is out now.
“Still Raging On” is the prototype of what became “Ten Years Gone” on the album. It features the same lyric but with a completely different and very beautiful tune sung by Mike with acoustic guitar.
The Waterboys will perform a special series of dates in August and September 2026 under the banner THE FISHERMAN’S BLUES REVUE. The shows will celebrate and explore the music of the Waterboys’ classic “Fisherman’s Blues” album era of the mid-late 1980s.
Legendary Waterboys fiddler Steve Wickham will rejoin the band for the shows, and in an exciting development the ensemble will be graced by great American singer/songwriter Steve Earle, who will perform as a member of the Revue, singing his own songs while adding vocals, guitar and mandolin to Waterboys numbers.
The shows will follow hot on the heels of the release of “ATLANTIC RAIN“, a 3-disc set of previously undiscovered music from the Fisherman’s Blues sessions, to be issued July 17th 2026 on Chrysalis Records.
Waterboys leader Mike Scott: says “The Fisherman’s era was a transcendent time for The Waterboys and it’s always exciting to delve into its spirit and see what happens. We’ll be performing with an eight-piece band including the mighty Steve Earle who I’ve wanted to do a project with for many years. He’ll bring Americana roots and killer songs to the party, and these promise to be among the best Waterboys shows ever.”
Other band members include Brother Paul (organ), Famous James (piano), Aongus Ralston (bass), Eamon Ferris (drums) and Norwegian Pedal Steel ace Roar Øien.
“ATLANTIC RAIN” will comprise 3 discs of previously unheard songs and alternate versions recorded during “Fisherman’s Blues” but forgotten due to the sheer volume of music recorded. Says Scott: “We made so much music during those days – hundreds and hundreds of individual recordings – that I’m still discovering magical stuff in the vaults. This set contains the best I’ve found so far – the music is every bit as good as the original album.”.
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