In the wave of punk-pop bands that followed Green Day and the Offspring to major labels and MTV airplay, Jawbreaker is one of the few to retain their street credibility in the punk community for their unwavering hard work and anti-commercial ethics. Consisting of guitarist/singer Blake Schwarzenbach, bassist Chris Bauermeister, and drummer Adam Pfahler, Jawbreaker's songs are more downbeat than many of their contemporaries, focusing on depression, loneliness, and relationship problems. Schwarzenbach and Pfahler met in high school in Santa Monica, found that they shared an admiration for the SST West Coast punk bands, and formed a band called Red Harvest. When Schwarzenbach moved to New York to study English at New York University, he met Bauermeister, a native of Connecticut, in 1988. Whenever there was a break from class, Schwarzenbach and Bauermeister traveled to Los Angeles, where Pfahler was attending UCLA, rehearsed quickly, and recorded several singles, EPs, and eventually the ...

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Indie Rock, Pop Punk, Emo