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After meeting at summer camp Daryl Palumbo and Justin Beck played their first show as Glassjaw in 1994. The band was strongly Influenced by their membership in other bands, including Beck’s Jewish straight-edged metalcore band Sons of Abraham, and Palumbo’s straight-edged XbustedX. Whilst playing the local hardcore scene, Glassjaw’s line-up changed frequently. Earlier releases included the EP “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” in 1997, and 2000’s debut album “”Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence”.
The album showed off Glassjaw’s powerful and aggressive guttural vocals - dealing with uncomfortable topics such as Palumbo’s Crohn’s disease - and has often been cited as a milestone in post-hardcore. Its follow-up “Worship and Tribute” released by Warner Bros. Records in 2002 was engineered and mixed by Mike Fraser and was a more mature album, with influences as far reaching as Anthrax and The Cure.
With Palumbo experiencing a relapse with his Crohn’s disease as well as performing with his new group Head Automatica, Glassjaw went on a indeterminable hiatus, in which time band members Todd Weinstock, Dave Allen and Larry Gorman were all fired from the band. A couple of years later in 2005 with Manuel Carrero returning on bass after five years, and Durijah Lang filling in on guitar, Glassjaw played three shows at Farmingdale, New York’s The Downtown.
In 2007 the band played a one-off show at the Carling Academy Brixton, in London, England and a warm-up show at the Camden Barfly a day earlier, proving Glassjaw still has life in them. Following headline shows in Southern California, U.S. and a bunch of headline slots at festivals including Saints & Sinners, the band began releasing snippets of their new material.
After a series of teasing single releases including “(You Think You’re) John F*cking Lennon” and “All Good Junkies Go To Heaven” Glassjaw announced the upmcoming release of an EP and LP. The singles were later revealed to feature on the EP “One Color Green (The Singles)” released on 1/11/11. “One Color Green (The Singles)” has been followed up by the “Coloring Book” EP and Glassjaw continue to tour extensively.
Críticas en vivo
What can be said about Glassjaw that hasn’t been said already? One of the most influential hardcore bands for their role in innovating and perfecting the post-hardcore sound that began to hit its stride in the early 2000’s.
The band is spot on live, ripping through their music note for note as effortlessly as anything I’ve seen. Daryl Palumbo, one of two founding members that remain in Glassjaw, is as good a live singer as there is in the post-hardcore world. From his soaring high pitched vocals, to his eccentric dance moves during the band’s extended instrumental sections, Palumbo is an absolute joy to watch on stage.
I most recently saw Glassjaw at Reading in 2011, and I initially had a fear that perhaps the stage, and the moment, might be too big for them to handle but that initial fear was put to rest very quickly as soon as their trademark sound started bursting through those speakers. I don’t know if the other audience members shared my same fear, but if they did, their fears were certainly destroyed as well. In a crowd of tens of thousands, you would be hard pressed to find a single member of that audience that wasn’t in absolute awe of Glassjaw’s combined musicianship and showmanship.
American post-hardcore outfit Glassjaw have been around longer than most give them credit for due to recent public interest gathering and further critical publicity. The group has always been known for their disputes inter-band and with their record label so despite them enjoying a two decade career, their studio album tally still remains at two. This does not seem to deter the fans though who continually follow the group around as away from the conflicts, you cannot deny this band's prowess as a live outfit.
It is an intense performance from the minute the first guitar kicks the venue into life. It is then dragged kicking and screaming through ninety minutes of the most extreme and chaotic post-hardcore music you can imagine with heightened guitar riffs and a thumping snare drum keeping everything in some form of order. It often descends into utter madness as Daryl Palumbo screams into his microphone with a suitably sweaty forehead yet the more insane the band allows itself to get, the more mental the fans react so its a pretty good two way system.
sean-ward
I will give them the benefit of the doubt seeing as it was the first show of the tour, but...
First four songs were played too slowly. Sad as they were 4 great songs. Then fifth song the pace picks up and they go into some spacey stuff from the last 2 EPs. Just when you think they will burn the place down with some classic jams...sets over.
3rd time I've seen this band and this was the most boring.
kyle-frenette
Chicago embarrassed me this night.
Glassjaw played an amazing set, Daryl didn't hold anything back.
What was the crowd doing?
Standing around like zombies at a house party.
If this is the reception they get every time they come out here, I'm not surprised they don't do more shows outside of the east coast.
GentlemanJimmy
Glassjaw was amazin the venue was great the crowed was a little roudy for my taste, in defense it was a glassjaw show. They were pushing so hard behind us they had to pull me up n i lost a shoe then escorted me out. It was still a show worth going i heart u daryl.
vianey-lopez
Glawssjaw were awesome
19 tracks, loads of energy, great performance
Mix of old and new tracks, and some rare live gems in there
Pity about the consistently shit Brixton Academy sound, but hey at least they're reliable
adam-hartley-1
Everything I could have ever wanted in a show!Truly a band that must be seen live and delivers. Lets hope that the long awaited album drops this year. Lets just say they brought out "the bastard in me".
Dirt_
Glassjaw is a superb band no doubt about it. Long time fans and new fans alike have enjoyed the show equally and Glassjaw did not disappoint. The venue was great as well.
newmed
