In a new interview with Blabbermouth, Danny Lilker talked about the future of Nuclear Assault and the possibility of a comeback.
When asked if there is a sense of closure with the band now that they are no longer doing shows, the rocker responded: “I would say so. If I go here and there, it’s like, ‘Is there ever going to be another Nuclear Assault show?’ I’m like, ‘Sorry,'” he revealed.
Lilker mentioned that the band has a special place in his heart. “That was the first band I got to tour the world with. The first band I was on multiple albums with. You had ‘Fistful Of Metal’ and ‘Speak English Or Die’, which was a one-off until 14 years after it came out. Nuclear Assault was the first band I did multiple records and tours. It will always have a place in my heart. It came at a time when it came to its natural end. I’m totally good with that.”
Lilker left the band several times throughout his career, but his most recent one ultimately became the end of the band. However, the rocker doesn’t regret his choice.
“It’s great. I’m not going to lie,” he said when asked how it feels being off the road after doing it for so long. “It’s a ‘been there, done that’ thing. I regret nothing. I’ve been to all over the world, well, not all over the world. I never played in Africa. I have gotten to experience stuff that very few people get to, especially for free. I’ve been flown out to play f*cking Finland. I can’t complain.”
“I’ve reached a point in my life where it would be nice to have some stability and serenity. The thing with age is you get a little more aches and pains. It’s nice to have a nice, stable lifestyle. I don’t know — maybe I’m lazy? I don’t know what it is. I’m enjoying settling into aging gracefully and all that sh*t,” he added.
Back in 1993, Lilker left the band to focus on Brutal Truth. The classic lineup reunited in 2002 for performances at the Metal Meltdown and Wacken festivals. From 2007 to 2012, Nuclear Assault played occasional shows, returning to Japan and South America, and making guest appearances at the Maryland Deathfest and the Metal Merchants Festival in Oslo, Norway, in January 2011.
In 2013, it was announced that Nuclear Assault was working on a new album, scheduled for release in 2015. However, they instead released an EP titled ‘Pounder’ on June 1, 2015, featuring four ‘killer old-school thrash’ tracks. By 2022, Nuclear Assault continued to perform live occasionally, mostly in South America and both the East and West Coasts of the United States. On November 20, 2022, the band announced via social media that they had officially disbanded.
