After Mclusky
A compilation of the band's singles, Mcluskyism, came out in February 2006; a limited-edition version came with two additional CDs of B-sides (labelled as B-sides and C-sides), rarities and live recordings from their final headline performance at the University of London Union (The band would make one further live appearance on 01/12/04 supporting Shellac at the Scala in London). This compilation is, without doubt, the final chapter in mclusky's nine-year saga, as Falkous informs in the Mcluskyism liner notes, "that's it, then. No farewell tour... no premature deaths (at time of writing), no live DVDs...". With the revelation in 2007 that Falkous and Chapple have not spoken since 2005 there is little possibility of a reunion.
The first mclusky member to release material after the band's demise was Chapple, with his outfit Shooting At Unarmed Men – Chapple had dabbled with the band as a side project to mclusky in the years prior, and wasted little time in making it his first priority after mclusky disbanded. The band released two albums before Chapple emigrated to Australia in 2006. He has since revived the band in Australia with a new lineup, and released another album with the Australian lineup. Shooting at Unarmed Men disbanded shortly after the release of 'With The Youthful Energy of a Zealot'. Chapple played drums with Melbourne band Poor People until 2012, and plays Bass and provides vocals for the 6 piece outfit Harmony, who also feature Tom Lyngcoln of The Nation Blue.
After Falkous had conducted a handful of interviews discussing the then-fresh mclusky breakup, he and Egglestone were not heard from publicly for a number of months. Almost immediately, rumours began to swell that the pair were collaborating with some members of also-defunct Cardiff noise-core act Jarcrew (the project, which received no official title for eighteen months, was jokingly referred to as "Jarclusky") – however, the full extent of the collaboration was not known until Falkous created an unassuming MySpace page for the group under the name Future of the Left, complete with unpolished recordings of the band's first songs. The outfit have since incorporated members of now-defunct British punk rock act Million Dead, and have (after several years of resistance from Falkous) started including mclusky tracks in their live sets.
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