The Lawrence Arms are an American punk rock band from Chicago , formed in 1999. They have released seven full-length albums and toured extensively.
65-602: Prior to forming the Lawrence Arms, the three band members were active in other Chicago-area bands. Brendan Kelly had played in the ska punk band Slapstick . Chris McCaughan had played in Tricky Dick before joining Kelly in the punk band The Broadways . McCaughan and Kelly also shared an apartment together on Chicago's north side. Neil Hennessy , meanwhile, had played in a band called Baxter . Both Slapstick and The Broadways released albums on Asian Man Records ,
130-470: A split with Shady View Terrace , was released in 2000 and was their first release to be recorded by Matt Allison, who would continue to record and produce all of their subsequent releases. A second EP, Present Day Memories , was released in 2001 and was a split with The Chinkees . The band's split with The Chinkees had brought them to the attention of Fat Mike of NOFX , who signed them to his Fat Wreck Chords label in late 2001. Their first release on
195-404: A 20th anniversary celebration for Good Mourning , explaining that he had some ideas for what they may want to do, such as shows or a rerelease of the album. On June 8, 2023, Grant announced his departure from the band after 22 years, citing mental health reasons and a desire to pursue music production and graphic design. On June 15, the band announced Atom Willard (who had previously served as
260-586: A Bachelor's Degree in Radio, Television, and Film. Kelly boycotts the Warped Tour on the belief that it ruins the original system for underground bands of touring and supporting larger bands, as well as ruining business for small venues. He along with The Lawrence Arms were banned for life for spreading this belief to the audience whilst participating in the Warped Tour. Kelly provided backup vocals for
325-704: A Twitter account, Nihilist Arby's, which garnered a huge following with its "absurdist, death-and-doom tweeting" about Arby's and life in general. The account received positive attention from Arby's, and led to a job role in The Onion 's ad team. Alkaline Trio Alkaline Trio is an American punk rock band from Chicago . The band's current members are Matt Skiba (guitar, vocals), Dan Andriano (bass, vocals), and Atom Willard (drums). Founded in late 1996 by Skiba, bassist Rob Doran, and drummer Glenn Porter, Alkaline Trio released its debut single, " Sundials ", in 1997. Following its release, Doran departed from
390-582: A band that people want to hear new stuff from. Because I feel like I'm still in a band that wants to write good, new music." Alkaline Trio was slated to perform at the Self Help Festival on March 3, 2018. However, they were forced to back out after Skiba went through throat surgery. The band shared on Instagram: "Matt's recovery from throat surgery is not healing as quickly as planned and, per his doctor, he can't perform. Everything went well, he just needs more time to heal so he can play many shows in
455-498: A bit since our last album [2008's Agony & Irony ] and it is all expressed through this, all the songs are about the relationships we've been in and so the record has a constant theme." The album debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 , making it the highest the band has ever charted to date. Alkaline Trio released an LP, Damnesia , on July 12, 2011. Consisting of "a selection of beloved fan favorites selected from
520-755: A blog, Bad Sandwich Chronicles . The blog is a mixture of scatological humor, social commentary, and stories of life in music. Kelly also co-hosts iconic music television program JBTV in Chicago. Kelly also provided guest vocals on the Alkaline Trio song " I Wanna Be A Warhol " on their 2013 release My Shame Is True . Kelly is also now part of Punk Rock Weddings which is the Brainchild of Mike Park founder of Asian Man Records Kelly has worked as an advertising copywriter for different agencies across Chicago, including FCB In 2015, Kelly started
585-466: A bunch of different shows to go see, like over the summer. Small clubs would have big, good shows at least once a week if not twice a week, three times a week; and kids would have stuff to do. Now, all those big bands go on the Warped Tour. When they come to town, it’s for one day. It’s in a band shell, small clubs all across the US are closing down, they can’t afford to be open. Bands like us have to tour against
650-478: A couple festivals this fall, but it's time for us to make a new record. But I'm doing some Emergency Room stuff and I'm not sure what Matt's gonna be up to with the Sekrets, if he's gonna tour on that, but I think by early next year we're gonna be recording another record." While the production of the ninth album was postponed by Matt Skiba's work with Blink-182 , in an interview on July 3, 2016, Skiba assured that
715-773: A partnership previously announced in April 2011. The Lawrence Arms signed with Epitaph Records and released their sixth studio album, Metropole , on January 28, 2014, along with the News From Yalta 7-inch. On May 27, 2020, the band released "PTA", the lead single from their first album in six years and seventh overall studio album, Skeleton Coast , which was released on July 17 via Epitaph Records. The discography of The Lawrence Arms consists of seven studio albums , one compilation album , five EPs , and three music videos . The following Lawrence Arms songs were released on compilation albums and as music downloads . This
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#1732790925340780-430: A portion of the 2004 Warped Tour , but the band's attitude towards the tour resulted in controversy. In a 2006 interview, Kelly claimed that the band "did like seven days of it and we got kicked off it, banned for life" for "pointing out the obvious flaws of the Warped Tour, on stage while the people running the Warped Tour were watching us." When asked his opinion of the tour, Kelly responded: Warped Tour, it’s destroying
845-489: A result, their employees were let go and their roster of artists left as free agents. January 30, 2007, marked the release of Remains an album of B-sides, rarities and live performances. An accompanying DVD contained performances from The Occult Roots Tour and all the band's music videos to date. This marked the end of their association with Vagrant Records. During late May 2007 the band began listing Epic Records as its label on their MySpace. On April 4, 2008, "In Vein"
910-484: A small record label based in Monte Sereno, California , that would later release albums by The Lawrence Arms. The three musicians came together to form the Lawrence Arms in 1999, taking their name from the apartment complex in which Kelly and McCaughan had lived before being evicted in the middle of the night. Although punk rock bands in their infancy generally start out by releasing EPs and 7-inch vinyl singles,
975-666: A studio EP. Titled Buttsweat and Tears , it was released on October 27 of that year through Fat Wreck Chords both as a 7-inch EP and as a digital download with an extra song. They then went on a tenth anniversary performance in October at the Metro Chicago , followed by a seven-date headlining tour of Arizona and California in November with Teenage Bottlerocket and Cobra Skulls as support. The band’s 10th-anniversary performance at The Metro in their hometown of Chicago
1040-455: A touring replacement in 2001) as their new drummer. On October 17, 2023, the band officially announced their next album Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs with a release date of January 26, 2024. This was accompanied by the release of the album's title track and the announcement of a 2024 headlining tour with Drug Church . In the following weeks, the band also released the album's second single, " Bad Time " on November 30, 2023. The album features
1105-472: Is not an exhaustive list; songs that were first released on the band's albums and EPs are not included. ^ I Denotes songs that were re-released on Cocktails & Dreams . Brendan Kelly (musician) Brendan Kelly (born September 8, 1976) is the bassist/vocalist of Chicago-based punk band The Lawrence Arms , as well as guitarist/lead vocalist in The Falcon and Brendan Kelly and
1170-497: The 2nd disc has demo and acoustic/live versions of some of the songs. Additionally, an enhanced version of the lyrics and liner notes are available for download with personal messages from the band members on the history and/or inspiration(s) behind the songs. In September 2006, Patent Pending , the debut album by Matt Skiba 's side project Heavens was released. The band consisted of Skiba on guitar and vocals, and Josiah Steinbrick (of hardcore punk outfit F-Minus ) on bass. On
1235-491: The Billboard charts The band toured to support the album during 2013. In 2014, the band conducted an anthology tour dubbed the "Past Live" tour, in which they performed all eight studio albums in their entirety over four consecutive shows in several cities. In an interview on July 20, 2015, Dan Andriano was quoted saying, "We need to make a new record, pretty much. We're gonna go to England and play some shows with NOFX, do
1300-580: The Cure , the Sisters of Mercy , Ministry , Front 242 , Bauhaus , and Joy Division . Alkaline Trio's lyrical themes have included alcoholism, women, love, and depression. Dan Ozzi of Differuser wrote that Alkaline Trio's "lyrics combine the macabre imagery of the Misfits with the clever turns of phrases of Jawbreaker." Alkaline Trio is part of a very large circle of Chicago punk/hardcore bands. Skiba
1365-575: The Day . On November 18, 2009, the band announced that they would be releasing their new album on their own newly formed label, Heart & Skull, a joint venture with Epitaph Records . In the same article, Skiba also confirmed that the new album would be released on February 23, 2010, with another new song announced, entitled "The American Scream." The trio went back to their home in Chicago to record This Addiction after recording their last few albums in L.A. The band worked hard to go back to their roots with
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#17327909253401430-608: The Home Street Home musical. Kelly passed. In 2010, Kelly released a split album with Joe McMahon of punk rock band Smoke or Fire , titled Wasted Potential . Kelly's half of the split contained acoustic versions of Lawrence Arms songs (both his and McCaughan), as well as a cover of "Kiss the Bottle" by Jawbreaker . In 2011, Kelly released a three-song EP, A Man with the Passion of Tennessee Williams , with new band
1495-582: The Misfits on December 28 and 30, 2017. On January 11, 2018, the band announced that the Chicago stop during their 2014/15 Past Live Tour (all eight studio albums performed in four nights) will be released in its entirety on Blu-ray , and as an eight- LP box set. Past Live will be released in February 2018. In addition to this announcement, the band also hinted at new music coming soon. Andriano stated that "There's not an inch of me that feels like we're done making music, or we're done making new stuff. I wanna be
1560-533: The Streets Vol. 1, 2, and 3, and Rock Against Bush Vol. 1. Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano have both independently recorded split records, Skiba with Kevin Seconds on Asian Man Records and Andriano with Mike Felumlee on Double Zero Records, as well as jointly performing backing vocal duties on the album This is Unity Music by Common Rider . They recorded two split EPs: one with Hot Water Music in 2002 and
1625-538: The Wandering Birds . Kelly's former bands include Slapstick and The Broadways . He is known for his raspy vocals, drunken demeanor, and onstage witticisms . Kelly appeared on The Daily Show in a correspondent piece by Ed Helms titled "The Clash" in which he criticized Michale Graves for being a Republican . He attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois , and graduated in 2000 with
1690-426: The Wandering Birds. A full length, I'd Rather Die Than Live Forever , followed in 2012. The Wandering Birds are generally darker in tone than Kelly's earlier musical output. He also created a short film, The Spirit of Transparency , to promote the project. During the periods of inactivity of his musical projects, Brendan has been joined by fellow punk rock singers Laura Jane Grace and Brian Fallon in maintaining
1755-416: The Warped Tour, which sucks; or tour on the Warped Tour, which sucks even more. He further likened the experience of Warped Tour to "going to a band shell and buying twelve dollar bottles of water and standing there watching your favorite band play from like a million feet away." He also criticized the tour's effect on punk rock and independent music as a whole: "Now people talk about the Warped Tour like it's
1820-458: The album would move forward, saying, "I'll be writing for a new Alkaline Trio record while on this summer tour so once things with Blink cool down a bit, the Trio can go in and make a new record and start touring again while Blink is on break. [...] It's such a unique and wonderful position to be in, having two full time bands that people – myself included – are big fans of." Alkaline Trio opened for
1885-442: The album, Atlas Studios being the place they recorded their first three albums. On December 1, Alkaline Trio confirmed to Rock Sound that the title of their new album would be This Addiction : "It is the first song on the record and the title of our new album," said vocalist Matt Skiba. "The song takes heroin addiction as a metaphor for love. The whole record is really personal, all three of us have been through quite
1950-524: The album, the duo were joined by The Mars Volta 's Isaiah "Ikey" Owens on organ and Matthew Compton on drums and percussion. Skiba was playing with Heavens during a short tour in the fall of 2006. In October 2006, it was announced that Alkaline Trio had signed with V2 Records . On January 12, 2007, the North America branch of the label announced that they were undergoing restructuring to focus on their back catalogue and digital distribution. As
2015-402: The album. On February 1, 2013, the band released a lyric video for the album's lead single, " I Wanna Be A Warhol ". On February 5, the band released the artwork and track-listing for the album, titled My Shame Is True , as well as the artwork and track-listing for an EP called Broken Wing . Both My Shame Is True and Broken Wing were released on April 2, 2013. The album peaked at #24 on
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2080-462: The band after twenty-two years, with Atom Willard being announced as his replacement soon thereafter. Their tenth album (and their final one with Grant), Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs , was released on January 26, 2024. Alkaline Trio was formed in December 1996, originally consisting of Matt Skiba (guitar/lead vocals), Rob Doran (bass/vocals), and Glenn Porter (drums/vocals). 1997 saw the release of
2145-535: The band also released a joint single "The Sacrifice / At Sickness." The band initially recorded the songs in the same sessions for Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs , but cut them from the final track list for time reasons. Alkaline Trio's style has been primarily described as pop-punk , punk rock , emo , and alternative rock . Alkaline Trio's musical influences include Screeching Weasel , Pegboy , Naked Raygun , Ramones , Misfits , and Green Day . The band's dark, gothic aesthetic borrows from such acts
2210-431: The band and was replaced by Andriano, who occupied the role of co-lead vocalist alongside Skiba. The band subsequently recorded an EP, For Your Lungs Only (1998), and its debut studio album, Goddamnit (1998). Following the release of the band's second album, Maybe I'll Catch Fire (2000), Porter left the band and was replaced by Mike Felumlee for its subsequent album, From Here to Infirmary (2001). Backed by
2275-434: The band celebrated its 15-year anniversary with the release of Damnesia , which featured new, acoustic -based recordings of songs from across the band's career. The band's eighth studio album, My Shame Is True , was released on April 2, 2013, while their ninth album, Is This Thing Cursed? was released on August 31, 2018, followed by a three track EP titled E.P. on March 19, 2020. In June 2023, Grant departed from
2340-463: The band members used their existing relationship with Asian Man Records to immediately begin recording a full-length album, A Guided Tour of Chicago , which was released later that year and before the band had even played a single show. A second album, Ghost Stories , followed in 2000. Both albums focused heavily on the members' own stories of growing up and living in Chicago. The band's next two releases were split EPs with other bands. The first,
2405-542: The band members' continued growth as musicians and songwriters and included extensive footnotes to the lyrics detailing their many references to history, literature, and pop culture. It also showed an evolution in the band's vocal style. Kelly had sung most of the vocals on their first album, while on subsequent releases he and McCaughan had split vocal duties almost equally from one song to the next, with Kelly's voice tending to sound more harsh and urgent while McCaughan's sounds more relaxed and melodic. With this release, however,
2470-536: The band released a three-song EP entitled E.P. after postponing a planned tour with Bad Religion due to the COVID-19 pandemic , with the songs being recorded before the pandemic. Drummer Derek Grant returned to the band around this time, after taking a lengthy break. Skiba announced in Instagram comments in April 2020 that he is currently writing more music for the band. In June 2021, the tour with Bad Religion
2535-441: The band released the I Lied My Face Off EP on Asian Man Records and filmed their first music video, directed by Link 80 guitarist Matt Bettinelli-Olpin . Also in 2000, the band released a collection of their previously released EPs on their self-titled album. In 2001, the band released From Here To Infirmary on Vagrant Records . This album inspired music videos for the singles "Stupid Kid" and "Private Eye." The album
2600-471: The band would begin recording their next studio album that October. "We're going to go work with Bill [Stevenson] at Fort Collins at the Blasting Room. Bill and Jason [Livermore]. We've all wanted to work with Bill for a long time and this is kind of the time to do it. So we're going to go hang out there in October. Make a new record." On October 27, 2012, Skiba confirmed that the band had completed
2665-495: The band's first EP, Sundials . This was followed shortly after by the departure of Rob Doran, after which Dan Andriano , former singer of Asian Man Records band Tuesday and bassist for Slapstick , took his place and they began recording. The band released their second EP entitled For Your Lungs Only , in 1998. Later that year, the band released their first full-length album , Goddamnit , followed by Maybe I'll Catch Fire in 2000, both on Asian Man Records ). In 1999,
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2730-419: The economy of DIY ; and it’s doing it very methodically and very successfully in that [the] summer touring season used to involve a bunch of bands, like Alkaline Trio for example, jumping on buses and taking smaller bands, like us and The Black Maria for example, on tour. There would be all these bands that would do that, so all these support bands would have great tours to go on. Kids in every town would have
2795-555: The future. Thank you for understanding." On July 19, 2018, Alkaline Trio announced their ninth studio album, Is This Thing Cursed? , along with the release of the lead single, " Blackbird ." The band also went on a North American tour to support the album with opening act, Together Pangea . On August 2, 2018, it was announced on Skiba's Instagram that Grant would not be drumming on the tour due to ongoing health problems. Skiba and Andriano recruited former My Chemical Romance touring drummer, Jarrod Alexander , to fill in for Grant on
2860-478: The greatest thing to ever happen to punk rock, it's not the greatest thing to ever happen to punk rock - it's single handedly dismantling the whole thing we've been fucking building for all this time and nobody gives a fuck...And that's why it's the worst thing to ever happen to punk rock, or DIY music in general." Their next album, 2006's Oh! Calcutta! , included a hidden track entitled "Warped Summer Extravaganza (Major Excellent)" referencing their attitude towards
2925-594: The group's extensive catalogue and presented in an intimate semi-unplugged format", the LP also included two new songs, "Olde English 800" and "I Remember a Rooftop", as well as a cover version of the Violent Femmes ' "I Held Her in My Arms". The band went on a fifteenth-anniversary United States tour in support of the album. On July 14, 2012, in an interview with The Punk Site, it was confirmed by Dan Andriano that
2990-511: The label was a 7-inch vinyl single , part of the label's "Fat Club" series of 7-inch records. This was followed by the full-length album Apathy and Exhaustion , released in 2002. The album spawned the band's second music video , for the song "Porno and Snuff Films," and they toured extensively with NOFX and other bands from the Fat label. Their next album was 2003's The Greatest Story Ever Told . Their most ambitious album to date, it demonstrated
3055-490: The last contributions from Grant, as he had completed his drum parts prior to his departure. The album's third single, "Versions of You", came out on January 5, 2024. In support of the Blood, Hair, and Eyeballs , Alkaline Trio embarked on multiple headlining tours with support from Drug Church , Worries, Spanish Love Songs , and Slomosa, while also supporting Dropkick Murphys on their 2024 Australian tour. Later that year,
3120-473: The newly assembled group, The Falcon , with Andriano performing with fellow former Slapstick member Brendan Kelly (guitar and vocals), Neil Hennessy (drums), and Todd Mohney, a former member of Rise Against . Mohney played guitar on the first EP but did not appear in the band's debut album Unicornography , and his spot was filled in by Kelly and Hennessy. Alkaline Trio have been compared to bands such as Jawbreaker and Green Day . In 2006 Skiba started
3185-697: The other with One Man Army in 2004. In 2004, Andriano became a member of The Falcon , a group consisting of The Lawrence Arms ' bassist Brendan Kelly , previously of Slapstick (alongside Andriano) and The Broadways , and drummer Neil Hennessy . The Falcon also saw contributions from Todd Mohney of The Killing Tree and formerly Rise Against . The band released an EP, God Don't Make No Trash / Up Your Ass With Broken Glass in 2005 and its first full-length, Unicornography in September 2006. Alkaline Trio released their fifth studio album on Vagrant Records, titled Crimson , on May 24, 2005, which featured
3250-757: The same name in summer 2011. The album, Hurricane Season , was released on August 9, 2011, under the moniker 'Dan Andriano in the Emergency Room'. A second album followed in 2015 named Party Adjacent . Skiba was set to release his debut solo album on February 14, 2010, but it was delayed until the summer of 2010 due to the new Alkaline Trio album. The album's name is Demos . In May 2012 Skiba released his second solo album (featuring his backing band , The Sekrets) entitled Babylon . In June 2015 Skiba released his third solo album with The Sekrets entitled "KUTS". From 2015 to 2022, Skiba performed and recorded with rock band Blink-182 . He began performing with
3315-423: The side-project Heavens with Josiah Steinbrick, previously of F-Minus . Their debut album, Patent Pending was released on Epitaph Records . On September 16, 2009, bassist and co-vocalist Dan Andriano announced he would be playing a series of solo shows across the US under the name "Dan Andriano In The Emergency Room". The band announced on Twitter that Andriano will be releasing his debut solo album under
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#17327909253403380-408: The single "Time to Waste." The single for this song also included bonus tracks produced by Squirtgun and Common Rider bassist Mass Giorgini . The tracks "Mercy Me" and "Burn" have also been released as singles from the album. In December 2005, a dual-disc special edition re-release of Crimson hit store shelves. This album features the original cut of Crimson released earlier in the year, while
3445-502: The singles " Stupid Kid " and " Private Eye ", From Here to Infirmary significantly increased the band's exposure, and its follow-up, Good Mourning (2003), charted highly on the Billboard 200 . Good Mourning marked the recording debut of longtime drummer Derek Grant. In 2005, the band released Crimson which expanded upon the band's punk rock influences, with prominent overdubs and additional instrumentation, and continued with this direction on Agony & Irony (2008), which
3510-522: The songs "The Company," "Stuck in Summertime," and "Unsatisfied" on The Copyrights ' third full-length album, 2007's Make Sound , released on Red Scare Industries , a label owned and operated by Tobias Jeg, a close friend of Kelly. Kelly (along with Chris McCaughan, co-vocalist of The Lawrence Arms) also provided back-up vocals on Common Rider's This is Unity Music album. Sometime around 2008 Fat Mike of NOFX reached out to Kelly to collaborate on
3575-593: The studio in October and November 2005 and recorded the album Oh! Calcutta! , which was released on Fat Wreck Chords in March 2006. The album was noted as faster and more energetic than the band's prior releases, with Kelly and McCaughan sharing lead vocals on every track. A music video was released for "The Devil's Takin' Names" from the album. In March 2007, McCaughan released the debut album Four One Five Two from his acoustic side-project Sundowner , featuring two Lawrence Arms covers, one of which, "Boatless Booze Cruise"
3640-522: The tour, which began the next day in Dallas, Texas and ended on October 18 in Santa Cruz, California, while the album was released on August 31. In January 2020, the band posted a picture of Andriano in a recording studio with the subtitle "New Jams!" (as well as some pictures with Skiba and Andriano in vocal booths) on Instagram, indicating that work on new material was on its way. On March 19, 2020,
3705-598: The tour. In December 2004 Kelly and Hennessy joined with fellow Chicago natives Dan Andriano of the Alkaline Trio (who had played with Kelly in Slapstick ) and Todd Mohney , formerly of Rise Against , to form another band called The Falcon , and released an EP on Red Scare Industries . Meanwhile, Asian Man Records released a Lawrence Arms compilation album titled Cocktails & Dreams including tracks from out-of-print split releases along with other rarities, b-sides , and re-recordings. The Lawrence Arms re-entered
3770-588: The two began to move towards more of a duet style of singing which would feature prominently on their next album. Extensive touring following the album's release saw the band on the road for much of 2003 and 2004. They also contributed a song to the Fat Wreck Chords Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 compilation, leading up to the 2004 presidential election and became involved with the Punk Voter campaign. The Lawrence Arms also played
3835-561: Was made available for streaming through the band's Myspace profile. On April 7, the album's title Agony & Irony and track listing was revealed. During a concert in May 2009, the band revealed that they were no longer signed to Epic Records and that they would be releasing new material through their own label later in the year. Recording began that July. Four songs from the album ("This Addiction", "Dead On The Floor", "Dine, Dine My Darling", and "Dorothy") were debuted on that tour with Saves
3900-500: Was originally sung by Kelly. The Lawrence Arms toured again in the fall of 2007, with their side projects The Falcon and Sundowner as openers along with the recently reunited American Steel . McCaughan also toured as Sundowner in the mainly acoustic/folk Revival Tour featuring Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music, Ben Nichols of Lucero, and Tim Barry. Hennessy also joined fellow Chicagoans Smoking Popes on drums, touring and releasing music with them. In June 2009, The Lawrence Arms recorded
3965-567: Was previously a member of Jerkwater, Blunt, and Traitors. Former drummer Glenn Porter played in 88 Fingers Louie . Andriano's previous bands were Slapstick and Tuesday . Mike Felumlee (drums) has also performed with Duvall and Smoking Popes . Derek Grant, who joined the band after the From Here to Infirmary album, has also played for Laughing Glass, Skolars, Telegraph, The Suicide Machines , Thoughts of Ionesco , Dan Zanes , The Sugar Pup and Sean Madigan Hoen. In 2004 Dan Andriano joined
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#17327909253404030-546: Was recorded and slated for a release on DVD by Crankstrap Productions . However, complications that might have included logistics at Crankstrap, and/or might have included the band’s being audited by the IRS , meant that the DVD was consigned to purgatory until 2012, when Fat Wreck Chords announced that the video, titled An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstance, would finally be released on June 5 by them in collaboration with Crankstrap,
4095-456: Was released on Epic Records. In 2010, the band released This Addiction on its own label Heart & Skull and Epitaph . Recorded in the band's home town of Chicago , with early producer Matt Allison, the album was a conscious effort by the band to return to their punk rock roots; it became the highest-charting album of their career, debuting on the Billboard 200 at No. 11. In 2011,
4160-626: Was rescheduled with the first show taking place in Riverside, California , on October 15, 2021. In March 2022, the band went on a UK co-headlining tour with Taking Back Sunday . During an interview on the tour, Grant discussed their plans for new music, stating that new songs had mostly been played at soundchecks, but that "things are starting to kind of take shape, and I think we're at the stage now where we're ready to start actually kind of committing to tape somehow, even if it's just on an iPhone at you know, soundchecks." Grant also discussed plans for
4225-519: Was the band's first album to reach above Billboard top 200 mark and the first to gross six figures in sales. Their next full-length album was Good Mourning , released in 2003, with the album's launch single "We've Had Enough" seeing much the same success as the previous single " Stupid Kid ". The album was something of a departure from earlier works, featuring greater production values. The band appeared on various compilation albums, notably Plea for Peace Vol. 1, Vagrant Records: Another Year on
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