Fairweather (band)

Fairweather
Origin Virginia, United States
Genres Indie rock, alternative rock, emo, pop punk, post-hardcore, punk rock
Years active 19992003
2011–present
Labels Equal Vision
Website Official Site
Members Peter Tsouras
Shane Johnson
Jay Littleton
Ben Green
Ben Murphy
Past members Jay Littleton
Ben Green
Justin Cochran
Scott Joplin
Pat Broderick
Xander Stein

Fairweather is an American rock band from Virginia, United States. They have released three full-length albums on Equal Vision Records: If They Move...Kill Them (2001), Lusitania (2003) and Fairweather (2014). The band also released several demos and the Alaska EP. In March 2011, after an 8-year hiatus, Fairweather formally announced a reunion show. The reunion show took place May 14, 2011 at the Black Cat in Washington, DC.[1] The band continued with further shows since the reunion and subsequently recorded and released their third album in April 2014.[2]

Biography

Fairweather began playing shows in the Washington, D.C., and various suburbs of Fairfax, Virginia. After much critical acclaim of their first album, If They Move...Kill Them (named from The Wild Bunch)[3] the band booked dates with Thursday, Brand New, Saves The Day, The Movielife, Piebald, Onelinedrawing, Codeseven, and other nationally known touring acts. The band announced that they would be disbanding in late 2003, not too long after their second full-length album, and finally disbanded in the winter of 2003. They played their final pre-hiatus show at St. Andrews Church in College Park, Maryland, with Darkest Hour, Age of Ruin, StarsHideFire, and Good Clean Fun. The setlist was:

Their reunion show lasted just over one hour and featured 13 songs plus a two song encore. The set featured songs from all of their three albums and set was as follows:

Albums and EPs

Release Date Title Label
February 20, 2001 If They Move...Kill Them Equal Vision Records
August 20, 2002 Alaska EP
July 11, 2003 Lusitania
April 1, 2014 Fairweather

Members

On Lusitania and Alaska

On If They Move...Kill Them

References

  1. "Fairweather". Fairweatherdc.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  2. "Fairweather". Fairweatherdc.com. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
  3. "Interviews > Fairweather". Punkrockacademy.com. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2017-01-24.
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