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Chicago, United States (1999 – present)

The Lawrence Arms are a punk rock trio from Chicago, formed in 1999. The lineup consists of Brendan Kelly (vocals & bass), Chris McCaughan (vocals & guitar), and Neil Hennessy (drums). They have released five full-length albums and are currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords. Their music and lyrics exhibit their propensity for juxtaposing references from history and literature with American pop culture. The band takes its name from a building the members resided in (and were later evicted from) called the Lawrence Arms, which was located in a very lower-class area of uptown Chicago.

Members of the Lawrence Arms have also played in The Broadways, Slapstick, Tricky Dick and Baxter.

The three musicians came together to form the Lawrence Arms in 1999. Although punk rock bands in their infancy generally start out by releasing EPs and 7” vinyl singles, the band members used their existing relationship with Asian Man Records to immediately begin recording a full-length album, A Guided Tour of Chicago, which was released later that year. A second album, Ghost Stories, followed in 2000. Both albums focused heavily on the members’ own stories of growing up and living in Chicago.

The band’s next two releases were split EPs with other bands. The first, a split with Shady View Terrace, was released in 2000 and was their first release to be recorded by Matt Allison, who would continue to record and produce all of their subsequent releases. A second EP, Present Day Memories, was released in 2001 and was a split with The Chinkees.

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1	The Slowest Drink At The Saddest Bar On The Snowiest Day In The Greatest City full track	457
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4	Cut It Up full track	400
5	Spit Shining Shit full track	382
6	The Redness In The West full track	374
7	Them Angels Been Talkin' full track	372
8	On With the Show full track	325
8	Great Lakes/Great Escapes	325
10	100 Resolutions	316
11	Recovering The Opposable Thumb full track	305
12	Are You There Margaret? It's Me, god.	293
13	Jumping The Shark full track	273
14	Lose Your Illusion 1 full track	272
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poppunknerd182 wrote:
Wednesday evening

For me it'd be Oh Calcutta>Apathy & Exhaustion>Cocktails (if I can include it)>Greatest Story>Ghost Stories>Guided Tour. EP would be pretty high on that chart as well haha.

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TraumaSponge wrote:
last week

Hey, looks like the rest of the world seems to be in agreement with me that Slowest Drink is the best song on the EP.

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mikeysoundtrack wrote:
last week

btw i would put the Shady View split EP somewhere between Calcutta and Guided tour and chinkies split between the same spot (two splits next to each other)

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mikeysoundtrack wrote:
last week

@ Codename: just to set you straight: Greatest story>Oh Calcutta>Guided tour>Apathy & Exhaustion>Ghost stories. Just keepin it real, that's all.

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Marchelo88 wrote:
last week

I've never found the feeling with the band, but now I found it with the EP. Amazing!

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Mycodenameis wrote:
last month

Okay, let's be bold: Oh! Calcutta! > Ghost Stories > Apathy and Exhaustion > A Guided Tour of Chicago > The Greatest Story Ever Told. I won't put the new EP here because that wouldn't be fair, though if they were the first 5 tracks on a new album I would be seriously fucking impressed.

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Mycodenameis wrote:
last month

I've bought a lot of new music recently but the new EP is the best release this year, simply brilliant.

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ooorxbanditsooo wrote:
last month

Meh. Like I wish Guided tour and Ghost Stories were combined into one album. Like best songs from both. I dunno.

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breathingvictim wrote:
last month

not everyone.

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acrowemerica523 wrote:
last month

Everyones gonna hate me for this, but, A Guided Tour of Chicago ftw

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Mycodenameis wrote:
last month

Finally just bought the new EP from my favourite band.

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rockandpie wrote:
last month

LOVE the fucking Half Baked reference on the new EP! was about to come comment about it but it looks like someone beat me to it.

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bertality wrote:
last month

fuck you. you're cool. fuck you too.

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Scream_Out wrote:
last month

New ep is EPIC!

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Cawnur wrote:
last month

bummed that they did nothing since 2006.

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breathingvictim wrote:
last month

how could you ever not be stoked on them?!

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Cawnur wrote:
last month

new ep rips. i'm so stoked on this band again.

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Rowley87 wrote:
last month

I'm so conflicted. It's Buttsweat and Tears Vs Hold on Dodge (Menzingers) for EP of the year for me.

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