your favorite local bands that never should have broken up

[gibsonman246]

we all have them. bands that we listened to when they only had a few hundred kids listening to them. you swore they were gonna be huge and eventually dominate the whole country. but then they broke up...

Moraine (Metuchen, NJ) - www.myspace.com/moraine

i saw these guys for the first time when they opened up for valencia. i was just blown away and i became obsessed. i think they were getting looks from labels but they turned down a bunch of offers =/ anyways they were just awesome straight up pop punk

Bangarang (Lansdale, PA) - www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes

i forget how i discovered these guys, but immediately fell in love their fast pop punk, sprinkled with breakdowns here and there. i never got to see them though and i feel like there is something missing in my life =(

now that you've read my whining, its you're turn XD

[ikikwe]

Bangarang (Lansdale, PA) - www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes (http://www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes)

i forget how i discovered these guys, but immediately fell in love their fast pop punk, sprinkled with breakdowns here and there. i never got to see them though and i feel like there is something missing in my life =(

now that you've read my whining, its you're turn XD

Goddammit, I wish they had never broken up either. So good.

Off Broadway (Rutherford, NJ) - http://www.myspace.com/offbroadwaynj

I wish they never broke up either. So good live.

[gibsonman246]

Goddammit, I wish they had never broken up either. So good.

Off Broadway (Rutherford, NJ) - http://www.myspace.com/offbroadwaynj

I wish they never broke up either. So good live.

when ever i hear there stuff, i just get so many memories of hamilton st and bloomfield ave haha. its weird my friend and i used to see mark at like ever single starting line show in the area lol

[iateapples]

They're not local, but I do miss The Ergs.

I'm too young to have really known them when they started out, but I loved them.

[ThrownAwayKyle]

Here Among Wolves http://www.myspace.com/hereamongwolves

A really good metal band in Alaska, they were getting famous just through word of mouth and myspace, but unfortunately the singer moved and they broke up. :(

[iateapples]

we all have them. bands that we listened to when they only had a few hundred kids listening to them. you swore they were gonna be huge and eventually dominate the whole country. but then they broke up...

Moraine (Metuchen, NJ) - www.myspace.com/moraine (http://www.myspace.com/moraine)

i saw these guys for the first time when they opened up for valencia. i was just blown away and i became obsessed. i think they were getting looks from labels but they turned down a bunch of offers =/ anyways they were just awesome straight up pop punk

Bangarang (Lansdale, PA) - www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes (http://www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes)

i forget how i discovered these guys, but immediately fell in love their fast pop punk, sprinkled with breakdowns here and there. i never got to see them though and i feel like there is something missing in my life =(

now that you've read my whining, its you're turn XD


I listen to Bangarang a lot. I had no clue they were broken up though.

[caitlinlee]

I used to love Moraine!

[trainspotter]

The Format.
Fenson.

[iateapples]

The Format.
Fenson.

Damn, I loved The Format. Never got to see them live.

[wewascontenders]

bangarang and the premier

[PoisonInMyVeins]

They're not local, but I do miss The Ergs.

I'm too young to have really known them when they started out, but I loved them.

Yeah, it's a shame that they recently decided to call it quits. My friend went to their last show.

[PoisonInMyVeins]

The Format.
Fenson.

I got to play with the Format right when they released their first EP. I wish they were still around.

[Jackfrost50]

Hold Fast Hope- www.myspace.com/hfasthope
Don't know how to describe it; wishes it was post-hardcore with a Hayley Williams type singer?
Their recordings are terrible, but these guys put on a good show opening for Bedlight For Blue Eyes and The Sequence. That girl's voice is incredible. Check out "All That Remains"

Bridgetown- www.myspace.com/bridgetownrock
Indie/rock with piano.
JUST broke up. Great band, their song "Sound The Alarm" on their page is pretty damn catchy.

[Regards]

State of Mind
http://www.myspace.com/musicstateofmind


Better Left Unsaid was such a good tune.

[Rodeo]

Bear Vs. Shark
www.myspace.com/bearvsshark (http://www.myspace.com/bearvsshark)

Small Brown Bike
www.myspace.com/smllbrwnbk (http://www.myspace.com/smllbrwnbk)

Oceans of Regret
www.myspace.com/oceansofregret (http://www.myspace.com/oceansofregret)

Posi
www.myspace.com/posi (http://www.myspace.com/posi)

[Angylion Gefell]

There was a punk band in Tulsa called "Awkward Sex" that broke up just recently. Damn, they were good.

[SLoT]

mine.

[duhpunk]

Midnight Aria. Dudes had potential.

[xBITCHxPLEASEx]

Cosades. A local band that broke up Valentine's Day this year.

Radiation Year. Playing their last show in a town to far away for me. =(

[Hainzey X]

Call it Quits For-evvvvaaahh.

[Mr_Ian]

DB Sixty Eight, they broke up a couple of weeks ago - check out their awesome new ep that they never even released! It was produced by Romesh Dodangoda (Funeral for a Friend, Kids In Glass Houses, the Blackout) it's streaming on their Myspace (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfi le&friendID=2229382)

[EndSerenading]

Beloved

the original .hopesfall.

[Anderson]

In The Clear

HHH

[ape dos mil]

June Spirit and Madison

[TheOtherAndrew]

Landmines, Baby!


Kidding.

[tipoftheiceberg]

Durago95, a small rock n' roll/punk band from tacoma, wa
they were great

[Kerplunk_23]

Ironically enough their was a local area band around here called In Fear and Faith,they were really great and had great stage prescence every show of theirs you felt like you were seeing a band that had been playing in front of tons of people( They managed to open for lost prophets and played I believe one or two pointfest),but they eventually broke up and 2 of the guys in the band worked with victory records for awhile and then they put out a acoustic song as their new band name monster eats manhattan but nothing has really ever happened with it.

[chipdip18]

Hmmmm Broke North. They were good, could have made it some where, had a Saddle Creek sound.

[of_the_rose]

From Albuquerque/Santa Fe, New Mexico:

Left Unsaid
myspace.com/leftunsaid
("The Curse" was "The Curse" before Atreyu had "The Curse". It is the best curse ever.)

The Kidcrash
myspace.com/thekidcrash
(get "New Ruins" off of Itunes and I promise it will change your life. recorded in 02, released in 04 )

The Coma Recovery
myspace.com/thecomarecovery
(Epic. "Drown That Holy End In Wine" is everything you want out of an album and more.)

One For Hope
myspace.com/oneforhope
(my band.)

[tomakebelieve]

At the time, it didn't effect me (because I wasn't very into my local scene), but now, their break up hurts and was totally unappreciated.

I miss you, Small Towns Burn A Little Slower.

http://myspace.com/smalltowns

[vivian_vitality]

Fletch.
their farewell show was so much fun and sad at the same time :/

[emerypearl]

Afterdrama
myspace.com/afterdrama

[Audition101]

Days Away. I miss them more and more every day.

[funkel]

The Cold Comfort Band
http://www.myspace.com/thecoldcomfortband

[poppunknerd182]

Much The Same
www.myspace.com/muchthesame (http://www.myspace.com/muchthesame)

Close Enough
www.myspace.com/impossiblereality (http://www.myspace.com/impossiblereality)

The Waiting Game
www.myspace.com/thewaitinggameil (http://www.myspace.com/thewaitinggameil)

Jinxpack
www.myspace.com/jinxpack (http://www.myspace.com/jinxpack)

504 Plan
www.myspace.com/504plan (http://www.myspace.com/504plan)

Knockout
www.myspace.com/knockoutrockchicago (http://www.myspace.com/knockoutrockchicago)


I could go on and on. I was actually going to post a mix with about 35 local bands that have broken up or don't really play much anymore in the Mixtape thread

[drivthru182]

http://www.myspace.com/thegetawaydrive

http://www.myspace.com/ohsavannarock

[tonyC4L]

I might be speaking a little too soon but... Great Glass Elevator.

[poppunknerd182]

http://www.myspace.com/thegetawaydrive

http://www.myspace.com/ohsavannarock


I'm likin The Getaway Drive

[mattmatumbo]

alison ranger-http://www.last.fm/music/Alison+Ranger

they're sort of not broken up, they're changing their name and doing some other stuff. awesome band though.

[jco3]

Kansas

http://www.Myspace.com/josephinecollective

Just had their farewell show.

[mason324]

Damn i saw this thread and got on here to say bangarang, but looks like its already been said. They were so awesome. its a shame they broke up. i was at their last show and most of them hated eachother. it was so cool back in the days when they would play with the wonder years. i miss em.
i go to school in lansdale and my cousin is friends with all of them so thats how i discovered them. and the drummers sister is in my class

[ggolden91]

They're not local for me but The Devil and The Lion. Awe-inspiring band.

[fake empire]

we all have them. bands that we listened to when they only had a few hundred kids listening to them. you swore they were gonna be huge and eventually dominate the whole country. but then they broke up...

Moraine (Metuchen, NJ) - www.myspace.com/moraine (http://www.myspace.com/moraine)

i saw these guys for the first time when they opened up for valencia. i was just blown away and i became obsessed. i think they were getting looks from labels but they turned down a bunch of offers =/ anyways they were just awesome straight up pop punk

Bangarang (Lansdale, PA) - www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes (http://www.myspace.com/bangaranghoes)

i forget how i discovered these guys, but immediately fell in love their fast pop punk, sprinkled with breakdowns here and there. i never got to see them though and i feel like there is something missing in my life =(

now that you've read my whining, its you're turn XD
God I saw that shitty Moraine band so many times at Hamilton St. They were so bad.

[Mirrors Shatter]

Mutilist
http://www.myspace.com/mutilist

They played at my house and named a song afte the skateshop/skatepark my dad and I own. (Bloodline)
Needless to say, they have influenced me like no other local band has.

[fake empire]

The Ergs! and Hunchback.

Dv4d9IaXCkY

[guitarman2189]

Spitalfield! One of the most underrated bands Ive seen out of the Chicago area. They were gone too soon =(

[Neo Cassady]

http://www.myspace.com/sofapunchiscool

[xJesusFreakx]

Ameris. (http://www.myspace.com/theamerisparty, http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=1400142)
They were one of the only respectable bands to exist in Beaver County.

[imchriswalken]

At the time, it didn't effect me (because I wasn't very into my local scene), but now, their break up hurts and was totally unappreciated.

I miss you, Small Towns Burn A Little Slower.

http://myspace.com/smalltowns


Oh hells yes.

And this:

Much The Same

504 Plan
www.myspace.com/504plan (http://www.myspace.com/504plan)

I could go on and on. I was actually going to post a mix with about 35 local bands that have broken up or don't really play much anymore in the Mixtape thread


And for me, it was Jet Noise from VA.

http://www.purevolume.com/jetnoise

The producer they worked with was still learning at that point so he never captured their energy, but live, I've seen very few bands who've matched them.

[Stavie Steelo]

Flowers for Dorian
http://www.myspace.com/flowersfordorian

[amplific]

VCR (Richmond VA)
http://www.myspace.com/vcr

[xshady121]

Format and Hold
http://www.myspace.com/formatandhold

In 2003/2004, they took the area by storm. Signed somewhere, got jerked around, and quit making music.

[cshadows2887]

Band called Saving Alcatraz. Their Icarus EP was awesome. Wish I had somewhere to get it...

[theguy77]

i was kinda sad that my buddies in The Sophomore Attempt (local to jacksonville florida) broke up. they hadn't released any music i liked in years but it still affected me since they're the reason i taught myself guitar and decided to start writing my own music.

[CheckeredFloors]

ELORA DANAN,
sorely missed in perth

[mybreakingpoint]

Bear Vs. Shark
www.myspace.com/bearvsshark (http://www.myspace.com/bearvsshark)

Small Brown Bike
www.myspace.com/smllbrwnbk (http://www.myspace.com/smllbrwnbk)

Oceans of Regret
www.myspace.com/oceansofregret (http://www.myspace.com/oceansofregret)

Posi
www.myspace.com/posi (http://www.myspace.com/posi)


mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Posi

[xsinkshipsx]

Beloved

the original .hopesfall.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!

and hopesfall was good too

[amplific]

i was kinda sad that my buddies in The Sophomore Attempt (local to jacksonville florida) broke up. they hadn't released any music i liked in years but it still affected me since they're the reason i taught myself guitar and decided to start writing my own music.

Dude! Up in CP/SS, MONUMENT is killing it
http://www.myspace.com/monumentisaband

[maxvsmaradona]

Lexington Down
http://www.myspace.com/lexingtondown

Linus Lowry
http://www.myspace.com/linuslowery

[ModusPwnens]

Movies with Heroes was always so talented. Luckily my poopy high-school band got to open for them a few times.

http://www.myspace.com/movieswithheroes

[AllSewnUp]

*sigh* Snapcase and Kid Gorgeous

http://www.myspace.com/officialsnapcase

http://www.myspace.com/thekidgorgeousrockquintet

[andyball2311]

Arms of Orion
West Chester, PA

http://www.myspace.com/armsoforion

[Jali]

Sound Of Samsara
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[pblest]

Arms of Orion
West Chester, PA

http://www.myspace.com/armsoforion
I remember this band. The Book Was So Much Better was a good record.

I wish El Toro and Joshua Fit For Battle never broke up.

[Hagysaurus Rex]

Races to April (from Virginia)

SAsyEj-PYEo

This band played at the first house show I ever attended all those years ago, and that experience helped changed the scope of my music consumption and DIY roots. Then I moved to Nashville for a couple of years and when I came back, I looked them up thinking that maybe they got signed to a good label, only to find out they broke up. That was a sad, sad day. That left a huge hole in the Williamsburg/NoVA/VT scene.

[Hagysaurus Rex]

VCR (Richmond VA)
http://www.myspace.com/vcr

I forgot all about these kids!

I remember seeing them open for somebody (it's been years...maybe Baroness?) and they had a ridiculously different sound than what I was expecting. I might have seen them once more in a bar somewhere after that but that's it. They had a good sound to them.

[chrisdirge]

some good stuff in this thread!

[CheckeredFloors]

Elora Danan.

They were amazing and for some reason they always reminded me of thrice (just an opinion).
http://www.myspace.com/eloradananrock
all four songs on the page are pretty amazing .

[Duexy]

(In Theory) (http://myspace.com/intheory1)

[fly_guy]

Era. Really good hardcore
www.myspace.com/eranebraska

[SLYGuy]

Ready Set Fail
http://www.myspace.com/readysetfail

Straight Reads The Line
http://www.myspace.com/straightreadstheline

Two Years Ago

http://www.myspace.com/wearetwoyearsago