Talk:Jawbreaker (band)

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This page could be a lot more concise and informative. The quoting of a random lyric as the main body of the introduction is not a conductive of an encyclopedia.

I'm going to change it unless anyone objects strenuously in the next couple of days.

lots of love tommydski 20:14, 11 May 2006 (UTC)tommydskitommydski 20:14, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


I wanted to expand a little on the history, the Jawbreaker site has a very in depth history that is a little daunting to read. I tried to focus on their 4 LPs, especially since each one is different.

It's hard to express Jawbreaker's greatness without coming across as a fanboi or resorting to editoral sniping. However, I think from a critical standpoint, they were head and shoulders above any of their peers or followers in terms of art. I think the discussion of lyrics and the comparisons to Chuck Bukowski are warranted. Although, the sample lyric chosen is almost more of a Kerouac "stream-of-conciousness" style prose.

Despite the usual disagreements over Dear You (the critics liked it, alot of fans didn't), they have suceeded where many others fail, and that is we won't be seeing any reunion tours. It would be like if Lucas never had made the three new Star Wars movies or re-edited the old ones.

I still maintain that if there was a band that encapsulated the beat-generation literary ethic, it would be Jawbreaker (despite being a few decades late).

Solid. Ezweave80 23:27, 20 May 2006 (UTC)


hey, yeah good stuff. but $1000 to record an album is peanuts. it was a sarcastic comment to reflect this. albini is the most inexpensive engineer in the known world!

Good point... took out the editoral comment. Must have been tired when I wrote that one.

[edit] Use the audio documentary?

It may be useful to incorporate more information on the Jawbreaker page from this three-part "Audio Documentary":

--Restecp 18:19, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

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