Talk:Jawbreaker (band)

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Other bands appropriated the DIY ethic from Jawbreaker? Are you kidding? I am removing this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.12.139.35 (talk) 00:23, 7 March 2008 (UTC)

Who writes this crap: "Almost a period piece"?!?! This shit reads like a college newspaper.


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.

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[edit] Audio documentary links are dead

Just pulled the links to the audio documentary from the article page, links are dead, dailysonic.com is no more. If anyone can locate another source for this documentary, please build it back into the article.

Here is a revised version of the snip that was in the article, which "introduced" the listing of links:

In April 2006, San Francisco based writer and musician AJ Metz completed a three-part Jawbreaker audio documentary, which spans Jawbreaker's entire career, and features rare recordings and interviews with all three band members.

--Restecp 06:14, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

The dead links follow (as referenced)...

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[edit] Reunited?

What constitutes being a band exactly? They are just doing some filming for a documentary, and playing together. There are currently no plans for a reunion show or a CD. I do think the Rumored reunion (2008-present) part should be included, but 2008-present should not be listed under years active. Sean22190 (talk) 08:58, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm going to change it, change it back if you have a good reason. 23:42, 12 February 2008 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sean22190 (talk • contribs)

I just changed the "Post-break up (1997-2007)" section to "Post-break up (1997-present)", since there's no full or one-off reunion confirmed by any of the members of Jawbreaker or their management. I'll just leave the "Rumored reunion" section in that section for now, until there's any news on whether an actual Jawbreaker reunion will ever happen. Alex (talk) 22:54, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Can we at least get rid of "2008-present" from the years active then? Sean22190 (talk) 19:36, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

For now since it's already removed, yes. Alex (talk) 20:31, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Post-Emo?

How can this band be 'post' something they pretty much originated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.255.232.78 (talk) 21:09, 7 April 2008 (UTC)