T.S.O.L. Legend Launches Jack Grisham And The Life Undone

By Editorial Staff | Published: Apr 11, 2026 2:19 PM EDT

Legendary T.S.O.L. frontman Jack Grisham has teamed up with Berlin-based musician Lars Triesch for a new project called Jack Grisham And The Life Undone and they have shared their first single "Pieces Of Sun".

Don't call Jack Grisham And The Life Undone a 'band,' warns Grisham. "We're a couple of friends who made a cool record." That record is set to be released on July 10th.

Reybee shared these details about the single and album: "Lyrically, 'Pieces of the Sun' was an idea that came from Paul Roessler," Grisham recalls, crediting the famed resident producer of Kitten Robot Studios and former member of SoCal punk bands The Screamers, 45 Graves, and others. "We were talking about getting older and he asked if aging ever influenced my writing. Before I wrote this song, it hadn't. I write song lyrics like a kid going through his first break-up. I didn't think I was gonna live this long! I'm years past my expiration date!"

"Pieces of the Sun" recalls the melodic punk of the '90s without casting a nostalgic eye. Kicking off with a frenetic guitar attack, the adrenaline rush of the track doesn't let up easily. "At the risk of pissing people off, I think the '90s were a good time for guitar-driven pop songs," Grisham explains. "There was a lot of cool Britpop stuff, and America had its share as well. It was a good decade for me, and this record was a sort of a redo of my teen years minus the drugs and the alcohol. In the '90s, I was touring the world with The Joykiller and I guess some of that bled in."

Jack Grisham and the Life Undone is an album ripe with anthems (in fact, there's a song on it called "Anthem") but don't take that as a sepia-toned revisit of past glories. The 13-tracks on the album cover multiple bases - from an altrock singalong ("Pain Goes Around"), to a midtempo ballad ("John Says"), to an Americana-tinged acoustic paean ("Angel Funeral"), to a searing and propulsive rocker ("Lazing In The Bed All Day With You").

"I think the beauty of this record is in its diversity. A song that stands out today might be skipped this evening," Grisham says, recognizing the changes in genre and tempos but also noting its cohesion. "My favorites change with my moods. As I say this, I'm a bit pensive, so I'd be rolling with 'Black Ties' or 'Phone Call.' But in an hour, when I'm on my bike doing a hundred down the Coast Highway, I might have 'Lazing In The Bed All Day With You' running through my head."

Produced by Kurt Ebelhauser, Jack Grisham and the Life Undone started with a random meeting at the proverbial "right place and right time" - this instance at Las Vegas' Punk Rock Museum. Triesch (whose life path led him away from the punk rock past to much-more-stable vintage furniture and design firm in Berlin) had always harbored a wish to return to his musical past. Striking up a conversation with Grisham, the oft-suggest "hey we should make a record" phrase was uttered... This statement however had legs. And not too long after, Triesch and Grisham made good on that suggestion and started writing music together - albeit from 6,000 miles apart - via Zoom. "'There's a three-second delay, so trying to play at the same time was maddening. He had his guitar. I had the piano and the voice, and at times, it was enough to drive you crazy," admits Grisham.