Drive Like Jehu

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San Diego, United States (1990 – 1995)

Drive Like Jehu were an American post-punk/post-hardcore band, greatly influenced by American acts such as Sonic Youth, Fugazi, Mission of Burma, Slint, Wipers, Black Flag and Honor Role, as well as German Krautrock bands such as Can and Neu!, and Italian film composer Ennio Morricone.

Drive Like Jehu was founded in 1990 in San Diego, California by Rick Froberg (guitar, vocals), John Reis (guitar), Mike Kennedy (bass), and Mark Trombino (drums).

Froberg and Reis had originally played in Pitchfork, but despite musical similarities, there were some significant changes in the lineup of Drive Like Jehu. Froberg, no longer just a vocalist, picked up a guitar, while Kennedy and Trombino formed the rhythm section of the new band after having played together in Night Soil Man, a prog-influenced punk outfit.

The group released their self-titled debut album on Cargo in 1991. The following year, they released the double a-side single, Hand Over Fist/Bullet Train To Vegas on Merge Records, and released the original recorded version of Sinews on the Headstart to Purgatory compilation of San Diego bands.

Drive Like Jehu and Rocket from the Crypt (a garage-punk band fronted by Reis) were signed to Interscope Records as a pair, with the label releasing Drive Like Jehu’s second album, Yank Crime, in 1994 after which the band embarked on tours of the United States and Europe.

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post-hardcore, math rock, noise rock, indie, emo
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karlapractice wrote:
10 hours ago

:)

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boklo wrote:
last week

Froberg has one of my fav all-time screams in rock.

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boklo wrote:
last week

"Here Come the Rome Plows" is the best [3]. But the entire album kicks ass, too.

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typicalnewjack wrote:
last week

meh, i wish i knew something about guitar so i could know when complex shit was really going on, instead of having to rely on others to tell me which bands are "math rock" and which aren't...i always loved the drummer's efforts in DLJ...so fucking awesome, a great complement to everything else going on

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horsiest wrote:
last month

I take it you don't have sarcasm in your culture, TomBarlow. Anyway, rather than continue to complain I have simply removed the line that bugged me. As I see it there's no place for waffle about time signatures and musicological crap in an artist's biography so I think my reasons for doing so are objective.

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TomBarlow wrote:
last month

I think he means play as in, are you that good on guitar? Anyway I don't think it matters whether there are "complex time signature changes, and complicated interweaving guitar rhythms", what matters is that it's awesome. Although, relative to most other similar music, it is pretty complicated...

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horsiest wrote:
last month

Sure thing Der_Reek, you can come to my house and listen to my Drive Like Jehu LP any time. I'd rather you bought their albums for yourself though. Then you could listen to their music whenever you wanted!

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Der_Reek wrote:
last month

horsiest, can you play some drive like jehu songs for us? yeah? no? oh, okay. :D

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nerd-ish wrote:
last month

v made me lol

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horsiest wrote:
October 2009

Cool band, terrible description - I'm not hearing any "complex time signature changes, and complicated interweaving guitar rhythms", sorry. This band is a straight up kick to the face and you're making them sound like some wanky prog rock band

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bramin22 wrote:
October 2009

Quintessential Post-Hardcore

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BillSwansea wrote:
October 2009

EverysinglesongonYankCrime = Best Track(s)

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johnny-mnemonic wrote:
October 2009

one of the best things which ever happened to rock music.

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noiztalk wrote:
October 2009

treats for their ears

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AimsterSkitz0rz wrote:
October 2009

first heard em after they broke up...shame shame...i heard from older friends they were a lively bunch...

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markrooney wrote:
September 2009

Atom Jack or bust!

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Der_Reek wrote:
September 2009

O Pencil Sharp <3

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contrastereo wrote:
September 2009

Here Come The Romes Plows is the best. [2]

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Megrahi wrote:
September 2009

Thank goodness this is tagged as "emo" or I simply never would have listened! =D

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donnymoooore wrote:
September 2009

god i miss the 90s

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