Texas is the reason

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Texas is the reason
Texas Is the Reason at Groezrock 2013
Texas Is the Reason at Groezrock 2013
General information
Genre (s) Indie rock , emo , post-hardcore
founding 1994, 2006, 2012
resolution 1997, 2006, 2013
Website http://www.texasisthereason.org/
Last occupation
Garrett Klahn
guitar
Norm arenas
Chris Daly
Scott Winegard

Texas Is The Reason was a post-hardcore band from New York . The group, founded in 1994, disbanded in 1997. From 2012 to 2013 she was active again.

Band history

Texas Is the Reason was founded in 1994 by Norm Arenas (guitar, previously with Shelter ), Chris Daly (drums, previously with 108 ), Scott Winegard (bass) and Garrett Klahn (vocals and guitar). The name of the band goes back to a line of lyrics by the Misfits from the song Bullet (" Texas is the reason that the president's dead ").

Their only regular album , Do You Know Who You Are? , was produced by J. Robbins of the band Jawbox and released in 1996 by Revelation Records . Shortly thereafter, a split EP with the band Samiam was released on Jade Tree Records . The following year, Texas Is the Reason was dissolved due to disputes. In 1999, Your Choice Records released a split live album with Samiam, recorded three years earlier.

Norm Arenas and Scott Winegard then played in Jonah Matranga's project New End Original , which released the 2001 album Thriller . Chris Daly founded the group Jets to Brazil with Blake Schwarzenbach from Jawbreaker , which was active from 1997 to 2003.

Texas Is the Reason achieved late fame when DaimlerChrysler used the song There's no way I can talk myself out of this one tonight for a commercial in 2002 .

In 2006 the band were reunited for two sold out farewell concerts on November 25th and 26th at Irving Plaza , New York City. The official reason given by the band was that they never had an official farewell concert in front of all friends in their hometown when they split up.

Between 2012 and 2013 the band was active again. After a European tour, the reunion ended on August 5, 2013 in London .

Discography

album

EP

  • Texas Is The Reason (1995, Revelation Records)

Splits

Web links

Commons : Texas is the Reason  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Jade Tree Records: Texas Is The Reason / The Promise Ring Split ( Memento of the original from December 5, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , JT1024, accessed May 18, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jadetree.com
  2. Visions News of September 12, 2006