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San Francisco, California, United States (1988 – 1996)
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 built on 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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Dear You
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wretched-one
So glad I seen these guys back in the 90's :)
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badname1986
they offered me a million bucks / all i want's a steady fuck
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jtworsley
Happy sluttering!
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CountDruckula
Dear You, Happy Jawbreaker Day!
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spareanygp
happy jawbreaker day yall
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TheMally98
A band with real passion, one of my favorites ... always strikes me to the heart
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Punk4L1fe
http://www.last.fm/group/EMO+is+a+Subgenre+of+Hardcore+Punk - group for people who hate the EMO fashion trend and love the genre
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Mycodenameis
My air guitar is out of tune.My stupid hair is so '82 to you. At least I don't fit in. Corner me in Chemistry.
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tresfoufou
I think I've experienced the lyrics to every Jawbreaker song at one point or another in my life
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squirelle121
emo bands (that aren't trying to imitate snowing/twiabp/etc) now are pretty awesome
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Punk4L1fe
Dear you is masterpiece!
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Polariaz
back when emo bands were really awesome
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akai_android
Sounds like Boards of Canada for children and metalheads.
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jhansennueve
This blows Green Day out of the water
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cashlangdon
hey check out my band! http://drivingrange.bandcamp.com/
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hijacktheparade
I can't even decide which lyrics to quote.
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metal_gimp
"Suddenly that joe kicks hard in my veins, I cool down. Things sound good right now."
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metal_gimp
"Anybody got the Bivouac reissue yet?" Yeah man, it's pretty awesome. Sounds great, nice to hear a good remaster for a change.
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Mycodenameis
Dreamed I was a tidal wave. I ravaged your coast, There were no survivors. Dreamed I was your landlord. I showed you place when you had lovers. If I was a vampire, I wouldn't suck your blood. Then I dreamed I was you. Sweetest dream I have had.
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Early_Birds
From the Giant Robot page: http://youtu.be/8aBdk6Grbyc
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