on lead guitar (ex-Seaweed Goorillas). The Meanies toured Europe and the United States in late 1993. While in the US they travelled to Seattle to record their second studio album, 10% Weird, which was released in August 1994, with Conrad Uno producing. Blizzard had left the group earlier in January of that year to return to Seaweed Goorillas but he rejoined the Meanies in mid-1995. The group went into hiatus in January 1996 with members undertaking individual projects and reformed in 2008. 1998-present: Desperate Measures In 2006 they released a DVD, The Meanies: A Seminal Australian Punk Tale, which features a documentary, Sorry 'bout the Violence, 11 music videos and a live concert filmed in 1994. They toured the Australian east coast in August–September 2006. In 2008 the Meanies promoted a series of 7-inch singles featuring previously unreleased tracks and cover versions of the Meanies' tracks performed by Cockfight Shootout, Digger and the Pussycats, The Drones, Dan Kelly and You Am I. Kempton told Emery of Beat Magazine, "The way we chose the bands was me finding out bands who loved the Meanies when they were younger... So Augie March are going to do a song because Glenn Richards was a Meanies fan when he was younger. Angie Hart is going to do a song because she used to come and see us, plus You Am I, Digger and the Pussycats, Double Agents, Snout, and we keep asking the Spazzys, but they still haven't got around to it." On 14 February 2008 original member Dennis DePianto (D.D. Meanie), died at St. Vincents Hospital, Melbourne. He had been diagnosed with muscular dystrophy as a child, and towards the end of his life he contracted cancer. He was in the Meanies from their inception until 1995. Guitarist, Tasman "Tas" Blizzard died on 1 August 2008, as a result of a car accident. His car had lost control in wet conditions along the Bellarine Peninsula and spun into a dam alongside the road. It was almost completely submerged – Blizzard was the only person in the car. First responder, Alistair Drayton of Mannerim CFA, swam into the murky water, but "discovered the victim deceased, still trapped in the driver's seat." The band added Jaws Meanie (a.k.a. Jordan Stanley) on guitar and continued as a four-piece – his first two gigs were tribute shows for DePianto and Blizzard, respectively. Rolling Stones Ryan Saar found,