The Broadways

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The Broadways were a short-lived band from Chicago, Illinois. The group formed in 1996 after the dissolution of the influential ska-punk band Slapstick, with their vocalist Brendan Kelly and trumpet player Dan Hanaway combining with Rob DePaola and Tricky Dick guitarist Chris McCaughan. Musically, The Broadways frequently drew comparisons to Crimpshrine and Jawbreaker. The band is notable for the intelligent political, social, and introspective nature of their lyrics, as well as their complex, non-traditional song structures and above-average punk musicianship.

The band broke up in 1998, with Kelly stating the cause mainly having to do with "all of us growing out of where we were in our lives when we started the band." After the breakup, Kelly and McCaughan formed The Lawrence Arms, while Hanaway and DePaola started The Honor System. A collection of unreleased material and songs collected from their EPs was released posthumously in 2000 as Broken Van.

1 Band members
2 Releases
- 2.1 Full albums
- 2.2 EPs, etc.
3 Trivia
4 External links
5 See Also

[edit] Band members

Brendan Kelly - Bass, Vocals
Dan Hanaway - Guitar, Vocals
Chris McCaughan - Guitar, Vocals
Rob DePaola - Drums

[edit] Releases

[edit] Full albums

Broken Star (Asian Man Records, 1998)
Broken Van (Asian Man Records, 2000)

[edit] EPs, etc.

We All Know That You Can Do It 7" (Bicycle Records, 1997)
Where's The Beef? compilation (1997) (contains the unreleased song "Fuck The Church")
Big City Life (Asian Man Records, 1998)

[edit] Trivia

The Voice over on "This Routine" from the album "Broken Van" is from the book 'I, Rigoberta Menchu" and is about a woman of ten years old working on a cotton plant dealing with mosquitoes.

No Broadways songs have a traditional structure (a chorus/verse), the only exceptions being "The Nautical Mile" and "The Kitchen Floor" However those carry an abnormal structure, only vaguely reminiscent of a proper song.