<p>In the time that Sludgeworth waited to make a new LP, there have been five presidents, the birth of three generations and the turn of a whole millennium. But 35 years after the Chicago punk veterans released their debut “What’s This?”<i> </i>in 1991 and abruptly dissolved, they’re ready for the “Second Time Around” with an appropriately named new album out June 19 on Chicago label Red Scare Industries.</p><p>“I hadn't talked to any of the guys for a long time,” said singer Dan Schafer aka Dan Vapid, who was just as surprised as everyone else by the turn of events. In the interim, he’s kept busy with The Riverdales, The Methadones, Screeching Weasel and his own solo material.</p><p>But the idea of reviving Sludgeworth started to pick up steam in 2022 when Red Scare Industries approached him about reissuing the band’s posthumous 1995 compilation “Losers of the Year.” That was followed by a reunion show at Cobra Lounge in 2023 that sold out in five minutes and a larger set at Riot Fest the same year that also drew interest.