The Broadways "Broken Star" LP OOP Lawrence Arms Alkaline Trio Slapstick
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The Broadways "Broken Star" LP Asian Man Records (US)
Vinyl is VG+, Jacket is NM
Out of Print!
Track Listing:
A1 15 Minutes A2 Everything I Ever Wanted To Know About Genocide I Learned In The Third Grade A3 The Kitchen Floor A4 Police Song A5 Upton A6 Restless A7 Jonathan Kozol Was Right... A8 We'll Have A Party B1 Red Line B2 I Hear Things Are Just As Bad Down In Lake Erie B3 Fuck You Larry Koesche, I Hope You Starve And Die Someday B4 25 Degrees North B5 Ben Moves To California B6 The Pope Of Chili-Town B7 The Nautical Mile Lyrics By – Chris*, Sean NaderThe Broadways were a short-lived American punk band from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 1996 after the dissolution of the influential ska-punk band Slapstick. The latter's vocalist Brendan Kelly and trumpet player Dan Hanaway assumed the roles of bassist and guitarist, joined by Rob DePaola on drums and Chris McCaughan (formerly of Tricky Dick) on guitar. All but DePaola also assumed vocal duties.
History
The Broadways acknowledged musical influence from and drew comparisons to Crimpshrine, Fifteen and Jawbreaker. Their songs are typically characterised by socio-policital lyrics and a lack, both lyrically and musically, of adherence to traditional verse-chorus structures.
The band released one full album, Broken Star, in 1998 on Asian Man Records. They broke up later that year, with Kelly stating a reason of “all of us growing out of where we were in our lives when we started the band”. Subsequently, Kelly and McCaughan formed The Lawrence Arms, and Hanaway and DePaola formed The Honor System.
A compilation entitled Broken Van was released in 2000, comprising 6 songs recorded after Broken Star (thought to have been planned for release on a split with Baxter) and all the songs from their pre-album EPs (except “Ben”, which had already been re-released on Broken Star as “Ben Moves to California”).
In 2007 and 2008, Asian Man Records announced plans to reissue both of the band's albums on vinyl and CD. Broken Star had long since sold out on vinyl, whereas Broken Van had been CD-only; both had for some time been out of stock on CD. In late 2007, Mike Park posted a thread on his label’s forum stating that he could not find a copy of Broken Van and would need a fan to provide one in order for the reissue to go ahead. His request was successful. The new vinyl edition of Broken Van went on sale in July 2008, and that of Broken Star was released shortly after.
It was announced at 10:00pm 5/15/2013 that the Broadways will playing a reunion show at Riotfest 2013 in Chicago.
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