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wenis

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Death From Above 1979

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Quick summary:
Death from Above 1979 members were Jesse F. Keeler on bass, synths, backing vocals and Sebastien Grainger on vocals, drums. Without the help of a lead guitarist they played loud, heavy metal influenced, dance-punk on a bass and drums combination. They were signed to Last Gang Records in Canada, Vice Recordings in the U.S. and 679 Recordings in the UK.

On 4 August 2006 Keeler, via the band's official website, announced the duo's split.
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Why they split:

I know its been forever since I wrote anything on here. I'm sure by now most of you assume the band isn't happening anymore since there are no shows, no work on a new album, etc. well. I wanted to let you know that your assumptions are correct. We decided to stop doing the band... Actually we decided that almost a year ago. We finished off our scheduled tour dates because there were good people working for us who relied on us to make a living and buy Christmas presents and pay rent etc. We couldn't just cancel everything and leave them out to dry... Plus I think we wanted to see if we would reconsider after being out on the road. Our label was really hoping that we would change our minds, so they asked us to keep quiet about the decision for at first. Well, it's been quite a while now and we are still very sure the band won't happen again, so I guess it's time to say something.

—Jesse F. Keeler
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On MuchMusic's television program The New Music, Keeler further explained why the band split. He claimed it was due to disagreements with bandmate Grainger on many levels, including creative differences, music style, and more.
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My two cents:
Incredibly sad to see this band go. I had only heard about them maybe a few months after the release of their album so I missed a shot to see them live. Thoroughly bums me out to know they aren't around as a group anymore. Probably some of the most kinetic and fuckable (Sexy Results for reference) dance / punk music in a long time.

Choice song / video clip: DFA1979 playing on Late Night w/ Conan O'Brien

Albums:
You're a Woman, I'm a Machine
Romance Bloody Romance (Remixes Album)
Head's Up (First EP)

Isis

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Quick Summary:
Isis were a Los Angeles, California-based band, founded in Boston, Massachusetts, with a career spanning from 1997 to 2010. They borrowed from and helped to evolve a sound pioneered by the likes of Neurosis and Godflesh, creating heavy music consisting of lengthy songs that focus on repetition and evolution of structure.

The band's last album, Wavering Radiant, was released on May 5, 2009. The band decided to break up after their final tour ended in late June 2010.
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Why they split:
On 18 May 2010, Isis announced their decision to break up following their final tour, with their final show to be in Montreal - the location of the band's very first show - on June 23, 2010. Isis collectively stated they have "done everything we wanted to do, said everything we wanted to say," and, as part of an agreement made by the band at its formation, it did not wish to be faced with the possibility that it would "push past the point of a dignified death."
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My two cents:
I got into this band at around Panopticon. My best friend turned me onto them and it was just engrossing how full, melodic, beautiful and otherworldly this band pushed their music. If there were ever a metal band that could speak to even non-metal fans this would be it. Their albums suck you in and just wash over you. Highly recommended to listen to while stoned as well :p, but you definitely don't need to be to enjoy their work.

Choice song / video clip: Ghost Key from the album Wavering Radiant

Albums:
Wavering Radiant
Oceanic
Panopticon
In The Absence of Truth
Red Sea (EP)

At The Drive-In

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Quick Summary:
At the Drive-In was an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s post-hardcore scene. They were also recognized for their blend of surrealistic lyrics, unorthodox guitar melodies and unpredictable shifts in tempo and rhythm.
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Why they split:
In March 2001–less than a month away from a U.S. tour set to commence on April 14–at the peak of their popularity and following a world tour, At the Drive-In broke up, initially referring to the split as an "indefinite hiatus." The band played their last show at Groningen's Vera venue on February 21, 2001. A combination of excessive hype, relentless touring, artistic differences, and Rodriguez-Lopez and Bixler-Zavala's drug habits all contributed to the demise of the band. Commenting on the hiatus, guitarist Omar Rodriguez said: "After a non-stop six-year cycle of record/tour/record/tour, we are going on an indefinite hiatus. We need time to rest up and re-evaluate, just to be human beings again and to decide when we feel like playing music again."

Cedric Bixler-Zavala took responsibility for the breakup of the band, saying repeatedly in interviews that he felt almost as if At the Drive-In was holding him back, and that he didn't want his music to be confined to punk or hardcore – that it should encompass many different genres and be even more progressive, alternative, and "against-the-grain." Bixler-Zavala and Rodriguez-Lopez had stated that they wanted their next album to sound like Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, while the other members of the band were intent on progressing in a more alternative rock direction.
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Possible reunion squashed:
In an interview by skullcandyTV, Jim Ward was asked if he and Cedric were still really close he responded by saying, "We went through the not talking thing...you know when your band part ways for a while but we are all still good friends..."

Regarding the relationship between the band members, Omar Rodríguez-López stated to The Skinny in July 2009 that:

The fact of the matter is that we’re in our thirties now and that breakup happened ten years ago. As a human being you just don’t want that kind of karma. We did a lot of shit talking, and they did a lot of shit talking, so I just called everybody up and invited them to my house and said ‘hey, listen, we’re in our thirties now, I’m sorry for whatever I said, I’m sure you guys didn’t mean what you said–you guys were upset because I split up the band and we were upset because of whatever. Let’s be friends again. But do I want to reunite and play fucking 15 year old songs? Well, it would be like asking you, ‘do you want to get back together with your first girlfriend?’ You learn some amazing things together, but I just shudder at the thought. We were a band that went out on top, which is good, but it’s just a coincidence. We were also a band that had been together for seven years, and for six of those years played to nobody and had a great time but were also on the verge of splitting up many times before that. It’s an old relationship. People would like to think of it as unfinished business because to them we went out when we were most popular, but that has nothing to do with the creative element. As far as the creative element went, it very much was finished business. That’s why I ended the band! Now, thank god, fucking ten years later, we’re not holding a grudge and we’re all cool with it. People pick up on the difference of attitude and think ‘oh, this could mean a possible reunion’, but that’s just them projecting their own desires upon us.
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My two cents:

Vaya was one of the greatest fucking things I have ever heard in my life. So at that point when I first started listening to the band they completely changed my idea of where I could take my own music and where things would be going. It only got better and more progressive from there. Perhaps the de-facto angst, kicking and screaming band of my times. I must have worn out Relationship of Command. That poor cd didn't know what happened to it.

Choice song / video clip: One Armed Scissor, probably the best (youtube) example of how crazy this band was.

Albums:
Relationship of Command
In Casino Out
Vaya (EP)
Acrobatic Tenement
This Station is not Operational (7 unreleased tracks/remixes)


I know there are a lot more bands you guys want to talk about, so spill 'em. There's one I left off purposefully to see who would be the first one to post it. A band extremely near and dear to my heart.
 
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speedpop

Has problems recognising girls
The Beatles


But seriously, the only band I can really label this upon is perhaps Jeff Buckley and that came about via his death.
 
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kenssi

Member
The Exploding Hearts
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The Exploding Hearts were a punk rock and power pop band from Portland, Oregon. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist Adam Cox, bassist Matt Fitzgerald, guitarist Terry Six, and drummer Jeremy Gage.
Three of the band's members died in a car accident in 2003, after which no attempt was made to continue using the band name in any capacity.
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Still Crazy
Modern Kicks


Released only 1 album, Guitar Romantic, before the car accident but it is an awesome album full of energetic punk rock/power pop.
 
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hateradio

The Most Dangerous Yes Man
The only answer that matters
to me
: Sputniks Down.

I remember listening to one song of theirs when I was younger. It mesmerized me and it was then that I knew that there was beautiful music to discover. The hate of radio must have budded at that moment. They only had one LP and one real EP. (I just read that they had a second EP, didn't know that, but I guess it was probably some CD-R for that show).


Wiki has this to say about the break up (although I linked to them already, just click the name):

After a tour of Greece in 2003, the band split up.
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:lol


Two songs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ropMK3cci4k

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA-eOBvmx28






I guess also, The Unicorns will be missed.
 
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Wads

Banned
Rival Schools
Sunny Day Real Estate
The Anniversary (splitting after their best album)
Reindeer Section (greatly prefer this to Snow Patrol)
The Dismemberment Plan

Others have been said ITT. Oh, and I know some would say God Speed you, Black Emperor. Not sure if their touring really counts as them being back together.
 
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Combichristoffersen

Combovers don't work when there is no hair
The Sisters of Mercy. Sort of. They still exist as a touring band, but their last studio album was released 20 years ago. And apparently they have no plans to record and release any more albums :'(
 
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Giant Robot

Member
I actually think ISIS went on a little too long.

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One album (1993), drastically different from the previous 4 demos.

that was until Traced In Air came out last year.

also, My Bloody Valentine
 
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evlcookie

but ever so delicious
EraldoCoil said:
To me, A Perfect Circle

good shit.....
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They are still going though, somewhat anyway. Going to do a tour soon anyway and theres the rumour of new material slowly being worked on.
 
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Lafiel

と呼ぶがよい
Mr_Guillotine said:
Actually I'll add a few more.
Drive Like Jehu:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLRPFVn4ivU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXM3D2iEGjw&feature=related

Saetia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gto_IYvlYLA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWGep6sOLVA&feature=related
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Just reminded me about City of Caterpillar. Only released one album - and it was fucking awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooGFcNCcG00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgxHD3S2OUk
 
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Dabanton

Member
projekt84 said:
I'd like to see another Postal Service album.
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Me too but after this shit

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And shit like this

Owl City has been compared to The Postal Service, with a number of publications going as far as accusing Owl City of "ripping off" The Postal Service. Adam Young suggested in a 2009 interview with The New York Times that Owl City is perhaps the "next chapter" after The Postal Service: [The Postal Service] released a record in 2003, and that was it. There was really nothing to compare it to until some one else came along and wrote the next chapter. Maybe that's this record. Maybe that's this band.
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I can see why they would want to leave it their.
 
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Dabanton

Member
Jangaroo said:
Owl City has nothing on PS. What kind of a comparison is this.
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I sure we know that but it's galling to see such a blatant rip off. And from reading interviews with Ben and Jimmy doing a follow up is low on their things to do list.

If they do release another album i can actually see them getting accused of ripping off Owl City. :lol
 
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew

Banned
Only one real and true answer: Failure. They are the best kept secret of rock, in my opinion.

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Everyone in the band was/is super-talented and went on to create some of the greatest music on and off Failure. Too bad the band came out on the wrong place with the wrong name at the wrong time and after releasing 3 albums, it finally died off and they decided to split. Members went on to represent other bands and projects like A Perfect Circle, On, Year of the Rabbit, Autolux, Queens of the Stone Age, Enemy, and a really great tribute album Replicants.

They gave life to a dead genre "Space Rock" and made it their own. Sadly, 90's was the era of Grunge, Shock Rock and Alternative and they were out of the map.

Albums:
* Comfort (1992)
* Magnified (1994)
* Fantastic Planet (1996)

Tracks to look out for:

Bernie (Great, haunting song with a weird, soothing progression): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3I7sOuwGtM
The Nurse Who Loved Me (Later covered by A Perfect Circle. IMO, this version is a gazillion times better than APC's cover): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_BCvV9_I4I
Stuck On You (Later covered by Paramore. Again... Fuck Paramore, this is THE SHIT!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cntLoJ8nCs
Daylight (Greatest and epicest closing song for a band's last album ever. Ever!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NON4mQmCts
Screen man (One word. EPIC!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36nU6fmtz8Y
 
DiscoJer

DiscoJer

Member
My personal choice would be School of Fish. When they broke up, I pretty much quit listening to rock music.

They pretty much only had one hit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onjaC3A2xjk

But their two albums were both really good. The second one really flopped, but when I was in college, I would listen to them both almost constantly. Still listen to them some.
 
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White Man

Member
:( ATDI. After the first EPs of Sparta and TMV, I thought things would be alright. After the first LPs, I thought "Well, they're obviously still figuring things out after shifting their directions." After the second albums I just said "Fuck this shit where are my Fugazi records."

And Unicorns were so much better than Islands :(

I just listened to that DFA '79 for the first time in forever this week, and it absolutely kills. It was a bummer--I have no idea why it fell off rotation in the first place.

My additions to the list would be The Microphones. And uh, Trail of Dead (dead to me :( )
 
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Jay Sosa

Member
Little Brother

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Quick summary:

Little Brother was an American hip hop group from Durham, North Carolina that consists of Phonte and Rapper Big Pooh. Producer 9th Wonder was a part of the group since its inception, but left before recording the album Getback. Their debut album The Listening (2003) was highly acclaimed, and was followed by The Chitlin Circuit 1.5 mixtape in 2005 and the group's second album, The Minstrel Show, also released in 2005 and received a "XL" from XXL magazine and 4.5 Mics from The Source. The group tours frequently with their official DJ, Flash. In an interview with MVRemix.com, Phonte explained the origins of his group's name: "Tribe, De La, P.E....were like our big brothers in the game so now we are the little brothers of that movement...carrying on the tradition of good music."[1]
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Why they split:

Phonte and Pooh always ate all the food, so 9th left before he'd starve to death
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Possible reunion squashed:

In a nutshell, the long looming beef between 9th Wonder and Little Brother came to a head today via Twitter of all places, after Phonte leaked the group’s last collaborative track together “Star” – a track originally recorded for The Dream Merchant LP, but later to be used as an Itunes bonus track for Little Brother’s “Left Back”. However Phonte says in the above video that the group was forced to pull the track from the tracklist at the last minute at the request of 9th Wonder.
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Dan

No longer boycotting the Wolfenstein franchise
Lemon Jelly

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I hope they reunite and/or end the hiatus and make more music together.
 
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Kevtones

Member
Company Flow - Duh.

Neutral Milk - Although THB Pt. II is more or less a PERFECT send off.

MBV - 20 years later and this sound STILL could grow.

The Dismemberment Plan. I'm Facebook friends with Travis and his comments/daily whatevers make me think he'll make some kind of comeback at some point. God I fucking love Emergency & I.
 
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brianjones

Member
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stone roses

hard to say if it was for the better or not with some bands though

MBV might have spent forever trying to chase loveless

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velvet underground original lineup with john cale.. would have loved to seen what they came up with after white light/white heat

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Television

this band never really captured what they were capable of live and adventure was a weak follow up to marquee moon.

tom verlaine, richard hell and richard lloyd all at the same time pumping out albums might have been killer
 
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Aselith

Member
I read the title and immediately thought of At the Drive-In. :lol :lol :lol

I would say the original line up of A Perfect Circle ended too soon. The loss of Paz Lenchantin hit that band hard. They went from something amazing and completely unique to Tool: The Light Rock version. I really don't care for the majority of their work post-Mers De Noms but absolutely love that album.
 
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Salazar

Member
Stone Roses is a good answer - complicated, though, by the immaculate wondrousness of what we did get out of them.
 
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