Tag: 90s punk

Jawbreaker Week: Day 5 – The Reunion

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For the last day of Jawbreaker Week, we bring you the moment that all Jawbreaker fans had been waiting for: the reunion. Below, find some highlights of Jawbreaker’s reunion tour and get more Jawbreaker when you pick up 24 Hour Revenge Therapy. There aren’t many genuine surprises nowadays in popular and semi-popular music. But Jawbreaker surprised pretty much everyone by announcing on April 21, 2017, that they were getting back together to play Chicago’s Riot Fest in September. For a thirty-something Jawbreaker fan who had never seen the band in their…

Jabreaker Week: Day 4 – The Jawbreaker Break-up

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Jawbreaker Week, Day 4 is a unique moment in Jawbreaker history, as it traces the band’s activity from break-up to 2016-early 2017 when Ronen Givony was interviewing a then-still broken up band. Below, read Givony’s interview with the band and get their first-hand account of the 1996 break-up, through to their recent reunion. Read more in Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Theory, out today!  The first draft of my 24 Hour Revenge Therapy book had a long concluding chapter that traced the lives and musical careers of the band from their break-up in…

Jawkbreaker Week: Day 3 – Video Vault, Pt. 2

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Ronen Givony, author of Jawbreaker’s 24 Hour Revenge Therapy, returns for Jawbreaker Week, Day 3 for part 2 of the Video Vault! If you missed the first post, check it out here. “Chesterfield King,” Isabel’s Grand Finale, Chicago, May 23, 1993. If you want to know why Jawbreaker meant everything to some people, look into the eyes of the kids in the video. (If you look closely, you can see a teenage Tim Kinsella in the front row.) This show took place while Jawbreaker was in town to record 24…