Jawbreaker

Jawbreaker is an American punk
rock band. The group was
active from 1986 to 1996 who
are often cited as one of the
most influential acts of the
early-1990s emo movement. Lead
vocalist and guitarist Blake
Schwarzenbach, bassist Chris
Bauermeister, and drummer Adam
Pfahler formed the band while
students at New York
University, later relocating
to Los Angeles where they
released their debut album
Unfun in 1990 through
independent record label
Shredder Records. Relocating
again to San Francisco the
following year, they released
1992's Bivouac through the
Tupelo Recording Company and
The Communion Label.
Schwarzenbach's charisma and
personal, frustrated lyrics
helped to establish him as a
cult idol, even as he
underwent surgery to remove
painful and voice-threatening
polyps from his throat.
Jawbreaker toured with Nirvana
in 1993 and released 24 Hour
Revenge Therapy in 1994,
attracting the attention of
major labels. They signed a $1
million contract with DGC
Records and released 1995's
Dear You, but the album's
polished production and smooth
vocals resulted in a
significant backlash from the
band's core audience. Internal
tensions led to Jawbreaker's
dissolution in 1996.
During the breakup, the
members of Jawbreaker were
active in other projects
including Jets to Brazil and
Whysall Lane. Pfahler
continued to issue
previously-recorded Jawbreaker
material through his Blackball
Records label, and public
interest in the band continued
due in part to
nationally-charting pop punk
and emo acts openly indebted
to Jawbreaker's sound. In 2004
Pfahler licensed the
out-of-print Dear You from
DGC's parent company Geffen
Records and re-released it to
positive response. He has
since issued a remastered
version of Unfun, and plans to
remaster the rest of the
band's catalog. In 2007
Jawbreaker briefly reunited in
the studio during the
recording of a documentary
film about the band, but
rumors of a full reunion have
repeatedly been dispelled by
the members and the film has
no projected release date.

Videos In The Playlist:

1. Jawbreaker - Fireman
2. Jawbreaker - Accident Prone
3. Jawbreaker : 'Kiss The Bottle'
4. Jawbreaker - Boxcar
5. Jawbreaker - Want
6. Jawbreaker - Busy
7. Jawbreaker - Chesterfield King
8. The Dead Weather - Jawbreaker (Studio Version)
9. Jawbreaker - Chemistry
10. Ascii.Disko - Jawbreaker (Official Video)
11. Judas Priest-Jawbreaker-Montreal Canada 84
12. Jawbreaker - Donatello
13. Jawbreaker - Driven
14. Rage - Jawbreaker
15. Jawbreaker - Ache
16. Courtney's Revenge (Jawbeaker)
17. Jawbreaker-Jet Black
18. Jawbreaker - 16 Friendly Fire live 3/10/94 at Mad Hatter's