2026 marks the 15th anniversary of Hitless Wonder, Joe’s book about Watershed. To celebrate, the band is putting together something old and something new, something written and something rocking.

They’ll spill more details soon. For now, save the dates: July 30 and 31 in Columbus, Ohio with more shows to follow.

 Formed in 1985 by Colin Gawel (vocals and guitar), Joe Oestreich (vocals and bass), and Herb Schupp (drums) while they were still in high school, Watershed signed with Epic Records in the early nineties. After the release of a live EP and a studio album (1995’s Twister), Epic dropped the band. Many artists would have broken up at that moment, but Watershed—owing to equal parts optimism and stubbornness—found a new drummer (Dave Masica) and kept plowing forward, producing their best work, including the albums The More it Hurts, The More it Works; Fifth of July; and their most recent studio effort, Blow it Up Before it Breaks. Thanks to significant airplay on WWCD, tracks from these albums cemented the band’s place in the annals of Ohio music.