Cap'n Jazz
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Cap'n Jazz were a seminal Chicago emo band, locally very popular in the early/mid 1990s. Their first 7" record, 'Boys 16-18 Years ... Age of Action' was released on [Basil Shadid's] Further Beyond Records in 1993. They were able to reach a much wider audience in 1998 (ironically, three years after the band had parted ways), when Jade Tree Records released Analphabetapolothology. This two-disc set assembled most of the band's releases (missing was their contribution to the Achtung Chicago! Zwei! compilation), two live tracks from their final show, as well as two previously unreleased tracks.
The line up of the band included Tim Kinsella (vocals); Samuel Zurick (bass guitar); Mike Kinsella (drums, vocals); Victor Villareal (guitar, vocals); and Davey vonBohlen (guitar, vocals). Although their talent and influence stands on its own, they are also notable for the significant careers that former members of the band have charted since the demise of Cap'n Jazz in 1995, most notably Make Believe, The Promise Ring, American Football, Owls, Ghosts and Vodka, and Joan of Arc.
Discography
Compilations- Achtung Chicago! Zwei! – compilation LP (Underdog Records, 1993).
- Nothing Dies with Blue Skies – 7” split w/ Friction (Shakefork Records, 1993).
- How the Midwest Was Won – compilation 2x7” (Subfusc Records, 1993).
- Picking More Daisies - compilation 2x7” (Further Beyond Records, 1993).
- It’s a Punk Thing – compilation LP (Shakefork Records, 1993).
- Ghost Dance - compilation 2x7” (Slave Cut Records, 1993).
- A Very Punk Christmas – compilation 2x7” (The Rocco Empire & Further Beyond Records, 1993).
- Punk TV – compilation LP (Red Dawg Records, 1995).
- We’ve Lost Beauty – compilation LP (File 13, 1995).
- Ooh Do I Love You – compilation 2xCD (Core For Care, 1995).
7”
- Sometimes if you stand further away from something, it does not seem as big. Sometimes you can stand so close to something you can not tell what you are looking at. – 7” (Underdog Records, 1993).
- Boys 16 to 18 Years... Age of Action - (Further Beyond Records, 1993).
Albums
- Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, And Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over. Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards In The Spokes, Automatic Biographies. (Album) (AKA: Shmap’n Shmazz) - LP/CD (Man With Gun Records, 1994).
Anthology
- Analphabetapolothology – 2xCD (Jade Tree Records, 1997).
External links
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