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Jawbreaker
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San Francisco, United States (1988 – 1996)
Jawbreaker was a popular San Francisco punk rock band in the 1990s. They had their roots in Los Angeles, where members Blake Schwarzenbach and Adam Pfahler were students at the exclusive private Crossroads High School. The band came together when they met bass player Chris Bauermeister at New York University in 1988.
With Schwarzenbach on guitar and vocals, Bauermeister on bass, and Pfahler on drums, the band gained recognition in the late eighties and early nineties for their melodic yet driven sound providing the foundation for Schwarzenbach’s poignant, bleeding-heart lyrics and signature rasp.
The band’s first full-length release Unfun was put out by Shredder in 1990. On this, the band stuck close to the sound coming out of their contemporaries in the nascent pop-punk scene in their sound, with the exception of Bauermeister’s prominent bass lines and Schwarzenbach’s lyrics, at times walking the line of the melodramatic.
Unfun was followed by Bivouac on Tupelo/Communion in 1992. Bivouac proved thicker and darker - both thematically and melodically - yet served to elevate the band above a crowd of previously similar acts. This more ambitious release also artfully used pieces of found-audio, in what was becoming one of the band’s signatures, weaving it in and out of the ten minute title track, “Bivouac.”
Their third release, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, produced by the ubiquitous Steve Albini, unveiled a sparse pop-punk with more carefully crafted lyrics. This album also holds what has become arguably their best known song, “Boxcar.”
With Schwarzenbach on guitar and vocals, Bauermeister on bass, and Pfahler on drums, the band gained recognition in the late eighties and early nineties for their melodic yet driven sound providing the foundation for Schwarzenbach’s poignant, bleeding-heart lyrics and signature rasp.
The band’s first full-length release Unfun was put out by Shredder in 1990. On this, the band stuck close to the sound coming out of their contemporaries in the nascent pop-punk scene in their sound, with the exception of Bauermeister’s prominent bass lines and Schwarzenbach’s lyrics, at times walking the line of the melodramatic.
Unfun was followed by Bivouac on Tupelo/Communion in 1992. Bivouac proved thicker and darker - both thematically and melodically - yet served to elevate the band above a crowd of previously similar acts. This more ambitious release also artfully used pieces of found-audio, in what was becoming one of the band’s signatures, weaving it in and out of the ten minute title track, “Bivouac.”
Their third release, 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, produced by the ubiquitous Steve Albini, unveiled a sparse pop-punk with more carefully crafted lyrics. This album also holds what has become arguably their best known song, “Boxcar.”
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Accident Prone
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Save Your Generation
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Indictment
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Jet Black
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The Boat Dreams from the Hill
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Ashtray Monument
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Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault
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Do You Still Hate Me?
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Jinx Removing
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crystalcash wrote:
Yeah, that tribute was awful. I first saw it when I was like 15 (some years ago), and I think it's funny that the thing is still in circulation and accessible! However, if you want to hear some truly awful covers, listen to other bands cover The Smiths (e.g., Death Cab for Cutie, t.a.t.u.); for some reason, Smiths covers always pale in comparison to the original. The Fall Out Boy cover of Gorilla Biscuits was pretty disgusting, too.
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DearU wrote:
I love seeing other people love Jawbreaker.
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XguiltparadeX wrote:
indeed is.
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expunk_atl wrote:
I think its funny that the bio totally forgets about "Dear You". For all its faults, its still an amazing record.
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NekstBestThing wrote:
It's a shame one of the best bands ever got one of the worst tributes.
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Rafaje wrote:
i agree with crystalcash.
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crystalcash wrote:
I think that "alt. rock", "indie", or something more broad would be the best tag for Jawbreaker. Some people call them "pop-punk" and "emo", but I don't think that they have enough in common with original pop-punk and emo bands to warrant such an association. But, that's just my opinion.
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Rafaje wrote:
my stupid opinion? all right toyboat, I think you just need to learn more about music and good moods. Poor kid, a begginer.
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fghtffyrdmns-- wrote:
Haha, first time ever that a cover has been better than the original - Jesse Lacey's version of Accident Prone is the most amazing song.. Jawbreaker's version however.. NO. But yeah that's just my opinion.
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post-something wrote:
So win.
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duckboystump wrote:
jawbreaker ftw
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lyndsaylovan wrote:
well crazy people arent so boring. wake me up when you're through being cool because i'm snoring!
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NarcissistclyMe wrote:
Dear You is by far my favourite... Accident Prone Sluttering Jet Black are my favourits
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boothanew wrote:
i would classify them more as melodic punk.
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AdelaMoon wrote:
THis was such an important band to me when i was a teenager. I think They're still great. i love Blake.
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toyboat_toyboat wrote:
maybe you should learn something about music before expressing your stupid opinion. how old are you, 13? it is what it is. anyway, jawbreaker rules. classic.
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Rafaje wrote:
people keep tagging Jawbreaker as a "pop punk" band. They should go learn something about music before start using lastfm. Btw, awesome lyrics, great band.
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mfleckens wrote:
holy shit. the tribute album, bad scene..., is embarrassing! i hear there's another tribute album? any truth to that/upload plz?
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AusRotten wrote:
I love this band, they were vital in my younger years. Some of the greatest lyrics ever.
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majself wrote:
Yes,along with The Replacements and Husker Du :D
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