Legendary Canadian punk band NO MEANS NO have announced their hiatus is actually the end of the band. The band issued 11 LPs, one collaborative LP with Jello Biafra and numerous EPs and singles, and gained an international audience following extensive touring. The band's distinct hardcore punk sound, complex instrumentation, and dark, "savagely intelligent" lyrics inspired subsequent musicians, including influencing the math rock and emo subgenres.

"Greetings everybody, John here from NMN and with a heavy heart I must announce the retirement of No Means No. A hiatus became a long hiatus and a lingering hiatus has become a permanent one. Thirty-five years and countless miles, a couple thousand shows and many more beers, a bunch of tunes and sweaty hoards of great fans, I can't say thanks enough to everyone.I will continue to post here on our page about the Robots and future projects if and when they happen. Hoping to have the debut Compressorhead album out by next march so you have not heard the last of things yet.So cheers everyone! Raise a glass....xo"

From Propaghandi...

"The time has come to say good night to TRUE punk legends NoMeansNo who are retiring from an amazing career as one of the greatest bands ever! We often use Nomeansno's career as a reference for our decisions, they always operated with a sense of integrity, stayed true to themselves musically and in the way they dealt with the nuts and bolts of everything. R.I.P. To the true old schoolers!"