Watch the Aunt Bettys’ 30th Anniversary Reunion

Last January, I wrote about Lost in Ohio’s plans to reissue the 1996 self-titled debut from Aunt Bettys, a rock group that Michael Knott fronted in a bid to break into the secular market. The effort was successful and the remastered album sounds fantastic, a true artifact from the bizarre alternate universe that was ’90s Christian alternative music.

As an added bonus, the Aunt Bettys — or at least half of them — reformed to play a reunion show last month, with Ryan Mead standing in for Knott, who died in 2024. Ping’s Jeff Elbel, a frequent collaborator with Knott back in the day, recorded the set and uploaded the first three songs: “Addict,” “Lush,“
and “Suicide Sex Doll.” The band’s performance is as raucous as you could hope for from anything Aunt Bettys-related, particularly on “Lush,” and serves as a fitting tribute to Michael Knott.

You can order your own copy of Aunt Bettys from Lost in Ohio’s store on vinyl, CD, or cassette.