By Paul Campagna Last updated 2/22/2026, 2:39:10 PM

WALLEYE (1991-1997) (Reunited 2017-2018)

Walleye was a very active band from Newark, Delaware, who formed in 1991 and joined Jade Tree Records in 1994. Everyone but Joey had been in the short-lived band Grin prior. They played the eastern seaboard non-stop, seen on flyers and in basements and halls from New England to the Carolinas.

Walleye house: 15 E. Cleveland Ave, Newark

Members: Shane Evans, Jeff Tirabassi, Joey Simpers, Nick Rutundo (RIP), Darin Clower, Rob Avery (2017-2018)

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Releases

List of releases: Discogs link

  • Land Of Milk And Honey b/w Seeds 7" (Die Cut Records 1993)
  • Rainbow Covers the Holidays CD (Rainbow Records 1993) Walleye -"Deck the halls"
  • Various – Compulsiv For Two 7" (Compulsiv Music 1994)
  • Damnation A.D. / Walleye – In The Flesh / Fuzzyhead (Jade Tree 1994)
  • Stale Air (Jade Tree 1994)
  • Familiar, Forgotten LP (Jade Tree 1995)
  • Serpico (3) / Walleye – Split EP (Element Records 1996)
  • The Tie That Binds CD Compilation (Nevermore 1996)
  • A Document of Nothing Compilation (Second Nature Recordings 1996)
  • The World Still Won't Listen (A Tribute To The Smiths) (Too Damn Hype 1996) Walleye- "There is a light"

Photos

Handy Street basement, New Brunswick NJ by Rob Avery

Walleye and Damnation AD tour, show with Overkill, Valentine's Day 1995, Burlington Vermont

Walleye and Damnation A.D. hanging out somewhere in Florida

Walleye and Bloodlet on tour

Walleye + Bloodlet, Damnation A.D., and Jade Tree's Tim Owen on tour (Blue Chair in Tampa?)

Firefest

Videos

Walleye house show 1992

Walleye US tour diary September/October 1994

Walleye Live 11/12/1994 at 67 Handy St, New Brunswick NJ

Walleye Live 12/17/1994 at Brewers Shack, Red Bank NJ (Unreleased Song)

Walleye Live 3/5/1995 at Chamber of Sound (Safari Club), Washington DC

Walleye Live 3/24/96 in New Bedford MA

Walleye Live 8/1/96 at Bates Lodge, Red Bank NJ

Walleye reunion at Nick Rotundo benefit in Philadelphia 2018

Interviews

Interview in Rational Inquirer 3 (1995), Hialeah, FL

Interview in In the Dark 3 (1996), Tampa, FL

Media mentions

RECORD REVIEWS

Land Of Milk And Honey 7" review in Maximum Rocknroll 128 (1994 Jan) by Owen Peery

Stale Air 7" review in Rational Inquirer 2 (1994) by Nelson Magana

Damnation A.D. split 7" review in HeartattaCk 6 (June 1995) by Koji Motonishi

Familiar Forgotten LP review in HeartattaCk 8 (Nov 1995) by Marianne Hofstetter

Familiar Forgotten LP review in 10 Things Jesus Wants You to Know 13 (1996) by Dan Halligan

Serpico split 7" review in Punk Planet 23 (1998 Mar-Apr) by David Song

TOUR DATES

1994 tour dates from Jade Tree ad in Punk Planet 04 (1994 Nov-Dec)

1996 tour dates from Toybox ad in Maximum Rocknroll 157 (1996 June)

SHOW REVIEW

Walleye and Lifetime in Boston 1996 by Al Quint in Suburban Voice 39 (1996), Lynn MA

ADS

Comps

The Spandex Experiment comp ad in Under the Volcano 34 (1996)

A Document Of Nothing comp ad in Punk Planet 14 (1996 Aug-Sep)

Jade Tree

Flyers and Posters

Walleye shows on Delaware Music History Archive map

Non-Delaware gigs

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Delaware gigs

Misc

First tour shirt. Designed by Rob Erickson

Sold on tour with Damnation AD 1995

RIP Nick Rotundo

Original Walleye PO Box key

Sticker designed by Ken Adams for reunion