1997.E2.80.932016: Post-Jawbreaker projects Jawbreaker (band)

schwarzenbach in 2001 post-jawbreaker act jets brazil.

following band s breakup, schwarzenbach moved brooklyn dj d , wrote freelance video game reviews websites. formed , fronted jets brazil 1997 2003, combining britpop influences, piano ballads, , stark lyrics. fans , critics, however, still associated him jawbreaker , did not warm new project: schwarzenbach adored had done few willing allow him gracefully move on , writes greenwald, jets brazil, though popular, has received unspeakably scathing reviews, boiling bitterness reserved cheating lover.

bauermeister, meanwhile, returned job @ toy store had worked @ before jawbreaker had begun touring. had been on tour, playing in front of thousands of people , later remarked, , here was, working toy shop clerk. devastated. returned music, joining chicago pop punk band horace pinker 1999 2001, performing on 2000 ep copper regret.

pfahler remained in san francisco s mission district, opened lost weekend video store jawbreaker s tour manager christy colcord. played in j church bauermeister s old roommate lance hahn 1998 2002, in whysall lane until 2006. continued release jawbreaker material through blackball records label, issuing live album live 4/30/96 in 1999 , compilation album etc. in 2002. in 2004 licensed publishing rights dear you—which had become out-of-print collector s item, selling more twice retail price on online auction sites—from dgc s parent company geffen records, , re-released positive critical response.

in august 2007 filmmakers keith schieron , tim irwin began work on documentary film jawbreaker, having made 2005 minutemen documentary jam econo. 3 band members convinced take part in film , met @ san francisco studio, first time had met in eleven years. couple years ago, began have nice time memory of jawbreaker, said schwarzenbach, thought, s good, people it. nice. happy idea. wanted it. bauermeister unsure seeing schwarzenbach again, stated there moment when realized resentment not through blake, had come represent in mind. told him. filmmakers had necessary instruments , equipment set in studio , invited band play, did, performing bivouac , condition oakland , , parabola . performance photographed, , audio recording made through sound board, band chose not film session out of both respect sanctity of moment , fear d suck. in february 2011 schieron , irwin shot footage in los angeles, including interviews jon liu , band s former tour manager anthony nino newman. there have been talks of reuniting band dear producer rob cavallo, has not taken place. documentary has no set release date or distributor, , bauermeister , schwarzenbach have not spoken since filming in san francisco. documentary remains in production, however, pfahler mentioned in may 2015 update on band s official twitter account had met keith schieron jawbreaker documentary. re interviewing editors take here.

schwarzenbach spent time teaching english @ hunter college in new york city , briefly fronted thorns of life 2008 2009. plays in band forgetters. bauermeister lives in olympia, washington , performs in mutoid men. pfahler still resides in san francisco, continues run lost weekend video , reissue jawbreaker material through blackball records; in 2010 released remastered version of unfun, , plans remaster , re-release bivouac , 24 hour revenge therapy on next few years.

–schwarzenbach on possibility of jawbreaker reunion

rumors persisted of jawbreaker reunion, had been continually dispelled band members. pfahler said in heartbeat , while bauermeister had agreed adam , @ drop of hat. don t think blake anywhere near [ready]. part, schwarzenbach had expressed did not feel physically capable of singing songs , doing them justice: if felt in enough place, think have fun , successful tour. pay lot of bills, profoundly helpful. s same story. fucking broken in me when s like, lot of people want hear you, think, well, don t want that.