The Jazz June is an American emo band from Kutztown, Pennsylvania.
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Origin | Kutztown, Pennsylvania, United States |
Genres | Emo, indie rock, alternative rock |
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Members | Andrew Low Bryan Gassler Daniel O'Neill Justin Max |
Past members | Adam Gerhart Nathaniel Duncan Tim Holland |
In 2016, Rolling Stone placed the band's album The Medicine at number 33 on its list of the 40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time.[1]
History
editThe Jazz June was formed in 1996 by students attending Kutztown University.[2] The group recorded its first full-length album in 1997; their first two albums were recorded through Canadian record label Workshop Records.[3] In 1998, the band signed with Initial Records and went on to release three albums through the record label. They disbanded in 2003 after four full-length albums, but reunited for benefit shows in 2006 and the release of an outtakes-and-rarities compilation the following year.[4] In 2014, the group announced they were reforming and releasing new material on Topshelf Records.
Name
editThe band's name is derived from a passage in the Gwendolyn Brooks poem "We Real Cool."
Members
edit- Andrew Low – vocals, guitar
- Bryan Gassler – guitar
- Daniel O'Neill – bass
- Justin Max – drums
- Adam Gerhart
- Nathaniel Duncan
- Tim Holland -- guitar, trumpet, keyboards
Discography
edit- They Love Those Who Make The Music (Workshop Records, 1997)
- The Boom, the Motion, and the Music EP (Workshop Records, 1998)
- Breakdance Suburbia (Initial Records, 1998)
- The Medicine (Initial Records, 2000)
- Better Off Without Air (Initial Records, 2002)
- The Scars to Prove It compilation (Universal Warning, 2007)
- After the Earthquake (Topshelf Records, 2014)
References
edit- ^ Bayer, Jonah; Burgess, Aaron; Exposito, Suzy; Galil, Leor; Montgomery, James; Spanos, Brittany (March 1, 2016). "40 Greatest Emo Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 8, 2018.
- ^ The Jazz June biography at Allmusic
- ^ Julien, Alexandre (March 22, 2011). "Workshop Records Interview". Abridged Pause Blog. Archived from the original on May 30, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2018.
- ^ Review of The Scars to Prove It, PopMatters, January 21, 2008.