Name: Jawbox
Brand: Jawbox

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Limited edition

Release date

2015-10-02

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Jawbox

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Punk / Hardcore

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DeSoto

Record label founded in 1989 by members of [A=Edsel] and later run by [a=Kim Coletta] of [a=Jawbox].  Primarily active through the 1990s into the early 2000s.

Jawbox is an American alternative rock band that was founded in 1989 in Washington, D.C. The band disbanded in 1997 but reunited for a one-off show in 2009 and then again full-time in 2019.

The current members of Jawbox include J. Robbins on vocals and guitar, Kim Coletta on bass, Zach Barocas on drums, and Brooks Harlan on guitar and vocals since 2021.

Former members of the band include Adam Wade on drums from 1989 to 1992, and Bill Barbot on guitar and vocals from 1991 to 1997, as well as their participation in the reunions of both 2009 and 2019 until his departure in 2021.

Jawbox was formed in Washington, DC in 1989 by guitarist / vocalist J. Robbins, bassist Kim Coletta, and drummer Adam Wade. The trio released their debut 7" in 1990 as a split between Dischord Records and their own label, DeSoto. Over the next three years, Jawbox put out two albums and three 7" singles. 'Grippe', released in '91, was the band's first full-length.  Second guitarist / singer Bill Barbot joined the line-up in time to record '92's 'Novelty'. Both albums were released on Dischord. Zach Barocas took over drumming duties that same year, performing on 'For Your Own Special Sweetheart', which was released in 1994 on Atlantic Records. Recorded in Hoboken, NJ with John Agnello in winter of 1995, 'Jawbox' was the band's fourth and final album. If Sweetheart presented the band's music in a straightforward and unembellished state, 'Jawbox' found the group more open to experimentation. Arrangement-wise, it contains some of the band's densest compositions ('Chinese Fork Tie'), but also some of its most concise and tuneful songwriting ('Excandescent'). While the basic tracks were recorded more or less live, the songs were later augmented with sounds - toy drum kit, Hammond B3 organ, and saxophone - that were outside of the band's established palate. By the time 'Jawbox' was released via the Atlantic subsidiary TAG in 1996, it had become clear that Jawbox was beginning to wind down. After one last tour they called it quits. Long out of print 'Jawbox' gets reissued on the band's own DeSoto on CD and Vinyl.LP - With Download.

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