Jawbox was a punk rock/indie rock/post-hardcore band from Washington, D.C.. Its members were J. Robbins (vocals/guitar), Bill Barbot (guitar), Kim Coletta (bass guitar), and Adam Wade & Zach Barocas (drums). Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... Indie rock is a subgenre of rock music often used to refer to bands that are on small independent record labels or that arent on labels at all. ... Post-hardcore; this specific genre was created by others as a sourse to relaese the emotion that builds inside, making the music intimate and touching to listeners. ... Jump to: navigation, search Washington, D.C. is the capital city of the United States of America. ... J. Robbins is an influential rock artist. ... In music a singer or vocalist is a type of musician who sings, i. ... Jump to: navigation, search The acoustic archtop guitar used in Jazz features steel strings The guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... Jump to: navigation, search A Yamaha BB400S Electric Bass A bass guitar is an electric or acoustic bass - a stringed instrument similar in design to the guitar, but with longer scale and tuned lower in pitch. ... Drummer for Jawbox, Shudder to Think and Sweet 75. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ...

Robbins had played in the final incarnation of Government Issue, which was the longest lived of the original D.C. hardcore bands. After Government Issue called it quits, Robbins formed Jawbox with Kim Coletta and Adam Wade. The trio recorded their first, self-released single and the Grippe album. (This was also the beginning of Desoto Records, which went on to become a successful independent record label.) Shortly afterwards, Bill Barbot joined the band as second guitarist and second singer. They shortly thereafter recorded Novelty with Iain Burgess, and toured the USA. Jump to: navigation, search Government Issue (often just GI) were an American hardcore punk band originating from the Washington DC scene, formed in 1980 and signed to Dischord Records. ... ... This article needs to be wikified. ... An album is a collection of related audio tracks, released together commercially in an audio format to the public. ...

Wade then left the band to play drums with Shudder to Think, and their friend Zach Barocas was called upon to play the drums. Zach's adoption of various stage-names caused some confusion at the time; he used the name Jim Shortz, and even the name of the famous Japanese actor Takashi Shimura. Shudder to Think are a difficult band to pigeonhole. ... Takashi Shimura (志村 喬 Shimura Takashi, 12 March 1905 - 11 February 1982) is one of the great Japanese actors of the last century. ...

They had a minor MTV hit with "Savory" in 1994. Jawbox gained some notoriety in the indie music community by becoming one of only two bands to defect from legendary record label Dischord Records for a major label, when they signed to Atlantic Records for 1994's For Your Own Special Sweetheart (the other band was Shudder to Think). Jump to: navigation, search MTV (abbreviation for Music Television) is a cable television network which was originally devoted to music videos, especially popular rock music. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dischord founders Ian Mackaye and Jeff Nelson Dischord Records is a Washington, D.C.-based record label specializing in D.C.-area independent punk, hardcore, and post-hardcore music. ... The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ... Atlantic Records (Atlantic Recording Corporation) is a record label founded in 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson, principally as a R&B label. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Shudder to Think are a difficult band to pigeonhole. ...

The band recorded a second album for Atlantic, but was eventually dropped by the label; Barocas decided to move back to New York, and Jawbox called it a day. After the split, Robbins and Barbot, along with former Government Issue drummer, Peter Moffett, formed the band Burning Airlines, which itself broke up after releasing two albums. Barbot and Coletta continue to run DeSoto Records. Barocas became a part of The Up on In which, like Burning Airlines, broke up quickly thereafter. Robbins is currently part of the band Channels, and has also gone on to become a successful producer. Jump to: navigation, search Burning Airlines was started by former Jawbox members Jay Robbins and Bill Barbot. ...

Albums

• Grippe (1991)
• Novelty (1992)
• For Your Own Special Sweetheart (1994)
• Jawbox (1996)
• My Scrapbook of Fatal Accidents (1998)

This is a seminal record from the early 90s by Jawbox and probably the groups best album. ...

External links

• Official web site
• Desoto Records
• Burning Airlines
• Channels