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Adam Tanner's avatar

I’ve lost track of the amount of times I’ve quoted “This is a story you won’t tell the kids we’ll never have” to someone.

That being said, I was fortunate to see them a few times in their original run. Since reuniting, I’ve sadly been underwhelmed when seeing them live. I don’t know if it is all the shitty large LN venues that lost the intimate feel of seeing them at punk shows/venues with 200 friends singing every word back then or that their music was never meant to be heard by me in a “concert hall”.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Like you, I saw 'em in the original run and feel extremely lucky to be able to say "I was there." I have only seen the one show post-reunion, and I agree that they are a band best seen in a small venue. That said, think that first show back (outside of a couple of warm up gigs) was as magical as it was because it finally (!) closed the loop for the band--and us.

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Graham Strong's avatar

I think I've heard of Jawbreaker, but this was not what I expected... lol I thought they were more like Slipknot. They've got the 90s sound down -- surprised they weren't bigger!

I was struck by the fact that their album cover is very similar to The Tragically Hip's Road Apples:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3f/Road_Apples.jpg

...which also has an inside joke, albeit in the title of the album.

Good song -- thanks for that, Kevin!

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Of course! I'm glad you liked it.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

Yes, this album is solid, and yeah, it was so silly that Jawbreaker got dragged into the holier-than-thou punk mud. I think it's noteworthy that I was introduced to this band via live music, and when I heard their new Bivouac record for the first time, I felt like I already knew several of the songs. That was a new experience for me in 93.

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

So, so silly! The things that seemed to matter so much back then just feel absurd now.

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Andrew Smith's avatar

And: things that seemed unimportant are kind of everything, right?

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Yep!

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Andres's avatar

“Sluttering” is such a powerful word 💪🏻😅

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Kevin Alexander's avatar

Right?!

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Matthew Joel Vanderkwaak's avatar

I'm glad for a chance to read this for the first time! I don't know my Jawbreaker lore. Do people understand that the Dear You blow back is a major reason the band broke up?

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