The Arrogant Sons of Bitches

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The Arrogant Sons of Bitches

An Arrogant Sons of Bitches Logo
Origin Long Island, New York, USA
Years active 1995 - 2006
Genres Third-Wave Ska, Ska Punk, Punk
Labels Independent, Killnormal Records, Very Distribution
Members Mike Costa (Drums)
Dave Dickerman (Trombone, Backup Vocals, Bells)
John DeDominici (Bass)
Jeff Rosenstock (Lead Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone)
JT Turret (Keyboard, Vocals, Acrobatics)
Sean Qualls (Guitar, Math)

The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (ASOB for short) are a 6 piece ska punk band originally from Long Island, New York and currently located in Baldwin, Nassau County, New York. In 1995, Joe Werfleman and Jeff Rosenstock thought it would be a good idea to start a band to try and pick up girls and, as Rosenstock said, “we followed through on that, unlike many of us following through on education.” He went on to say that the goal of the band “is to make music real people can relate to and possibly learn from mistakes that we make...and to prove that ska music doesn't suck, it just needs a kick in the ass.” [1] During their energetic live shows, ASOB always makes it a point to get the crowd involved, whether it consists of nine or nine-hundred people. Their mixture of chaos, humor and catchy sing-alongs has made their live performances equally loved by fans and critics.

Quote Unquote Records lists Rosenstock as their ex-frontman, and in his blog, Rosenstock himself calls ASOB his "old band". In an October 11th, 2006 interview Rosenstock was quoted as saying "I'm pretty sure they're not continuing [the band] without me," citing that "most of them have jobs that don't permit them to do that[citation needed]," giving evidence that the band has permanently broken up. Rosenstock did mention that he is trying to release the much sought after Radiohead covers.

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[edit] Members

[edit] Current Members (as of January 2006)

  • Mike Costa (Drums)
  • John DeDominici (Bass)
  • Dave Dickerman (Trombone, Backup Vocals, Bells)
  • Sean Qualls (Guitar, Math)
  • Jeff Rosenstock (Vocals, Guitar, Saxophone)
  • JT Turret (Keyboard, Vocals, Acrobatics)

[edit] Previous Members

  • Chris Baltrus(Bass)
  • Joe Bove (Bass)
  • Joe Werfleman (Rhythm Guitar)
  • Steve Connolly (Trumpet, Screamo)

[edit] Recurring Members

  • Chris Valentino(Saxaphone)
  • Sean McCabe (Trombone)
  • Chris Candy (Trumpet)
  • James Lynch (Bass)

[edit] Tours

They have toured with Big D and the Kids Table, Streetlight Manifesto, Suburban Legends, The Know How, and I Voted For Kodos. They've played with Steve-O of Jackass, Taking Back Sunday, onelinedrawing, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Roger Miret, Catch 22, Bowling for Soup, Edna's Goldfish, MU330, Coheed & Cambria, Suicide Machines, -AAA-, The Toasters, Pilfers, NHOI, Bigwig, World Inferno, Mustard Plug, and many others.

They have toured on The Vans Warped Tour '03, The Vans Warped Tour '04, Ska Is Dead '04, Skate and Surf Fest '03, This Island Earth Fest '02.

Their headlining tours include ASOB Giant Fucking Tour (Full USA), ASOB Escape Winter Tour (East Coast/Midwest), ASOB Disappointment Tour (West Coast).

[edit] Influences

The Livingbrooks, Sprout, Nothing Rhymes With Orange, Premarital Sax, Beret!, Bashi-Bazouk, 32 Degrees In Hell, Bomb The Music Industry!, The Gimme 5, Jay Tea, Warehouse Value, Tragic Kingdom, Still Small Voice, Hearts That Hate, Arty's Taxi, Mindtwist, Wingless Angel, General Johnny Six-Gun and The Ammunitions, Aural Assault, Fungus Amoungus,[2] Dillinger Four, Green Day, The Clash, Elvis Costello, Fugazi [3] The Suicide Machines, NOFX, Blue Meanies, The Specials [citation needed].

[edit] Discography

  • 1998: Built To Fail (Self Released). Details: 24 Minutes Long. Sold over 1,000 copies.
  • 2000: Pornocracy (Self Released). Details: 17 Songs. Sold over 1,000 copies. Winner of The Original Sin's Best Local Band Award.
  • 2001: Apology (EP) (Re-Release) (Self Released). Details: Demo tracks. Longer than the previous two full-lengths combined.
  • 2002: All The Little Ones Are Rotting (EP) (Self Released).
  • 2004, February 19th: The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches (Complete Discography CD) (Killnormal Records/Very Distribution). Details: Spans three albums and eight years. This collection features Built To Fail, Pornocracy, and All The Little Ones Are Rotting, as well as two brand new, never before released tracks. An enhanced portion of the disc features an additional 25 tracks, including early material and production demos, as well as the video for "So Let's Go Nowhere."
  • 2005: FUCK EVERYWHERE! (Japanese full length) (Dude Records/CRJapan).
  • 2006, January 10th (Pre-Order) and 17th (Street Date): Three Cheers For Disappointment (Self Released/Killnormal Records). Details: Produced by Stephen Foote and Jeff Rosenstock. Mastered by Alan Douches. Guest vocals from Big D and the Kids Table's Dave McWane (on the track "Disappointment at the Taco Bell"). The first 1,000 copies included CD-ROM extras, including MP3s of Three Cheers for Demos, (the band's first attempt at recording the album in July 2003), as well as This Is What You Get (the band's out-of-print Radiohead live cover album).
  • 2006, October 31th: This Is What You Get (Self Released/Quote Unquote Records). Details: This release is from an older show during Halloween, where the Long Island ska band performed twelve Radiohead cover songs live! It was made available for free download on Quote Unquote Records' official website.
  • Compilations: Buy this Record released on April 20 from Buy Our Records, 2005, Skrewed, Glued, And Tattooed Vol. 1 released on July 20, 2004 from Skrewed Records, More Bang for your Buck released in 2004 from Asbestos Records, Girls Like It Short: Short Music for Long Island released on October 1, 2001 from Runaway Studios, Stranded on Long Island from Runaway Records, with New Paltz, NY's illustrious sultans of mess-thrash- Say You Hate Me!!!!!

[edit] Side Projects

Bomb the Music Industry!
http://www.bombthemusicindustry.com

Jay Tea
http://www.myspace.com/jaytea

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Rosenstock, Jeff. GarageBand.com : Arrogant Sons of Bitches. Garageband.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2006.
  2. ^ Rosenstock, Jeff. myspace.com/arrogantsonsofbitches. MySpace.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2006.
  3. ^ Rosenstock, Jeff. GarageBand.com : Arrogant Sons of Bitches. Garageband.com. Retrieved on September 19, 2006.
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