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So Let's Go! Nowhere by The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches

The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches

Artist Biography For The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches

The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches Were A Ska-Punk Band From Long Island NY. Their Mixture Of Chaos Humor Catchy Sing-Alongs Angry Misanthropic Anxious And Often Self-Deprecating Lyrics Power-Chord-Driven Choruses And An Overall Upbeat Tempo. Catchy Verses Powerful Choruses Memorable Melodies And An Extremely Powerful Brass Section Have Made Their Unique Sound Equally Loved By Fans And Critics.

In 1995 Jeff Rosenstock Began Playing With Joe Werfelman Together And Started The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches. By 1996 The Two Had Spent Time Writing And Finding Members For Their Band. At This Time They Recorded The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches Demo Tape On Tape But Never Released It. At This Time They Also Began Playing Shows In Their Friends' Basements And Bedrooms.
Patric Santiago And Chris Valentino Joined The Band And The Greatest Hits Tape 1996 Was Made To Play The Rockfest At A Local Church. They Were Denied And Instead Played A Show In Jeff Rosenberg's Backyard With Members Of Taking Back Sunday Bomb The Music Industry! The Matt Kurz One And Sevenwiser.

In 1997 Chris Baltrus Joined Playing Bass And Joe Vazquez To Play Drums After Patric Santiago Left The Band Because Of A Conflict With Other Members Of The Band Who Break Into His House To Get Amplifiers. His Parents Were Furious And Forced Him To Quit.

In 1998 Joe Vazquez Was Replaced With Bryan Cohen And ASOB Records The Integrity Tape In Joe's Garage. Dave Dickerman Joined On Trombone And Bryan Cohen Left The Band. They Began Playing Places Like Q-Zar Scotty Dee's Coffee Shop And An Outdoor Festival With Post-Emo Indie Rock Innovators Inside. John DeDomenici Then Stepped In On Drums And The Band Began Planning Their First Album. They Payed $1000 For 12 Songs.

Mike Costa Replaced John DeDomenici On Drums. They Recorded Built To Fail Which Was Planned To Be Released By Zach And Breaking The Law Records However Due To Conflicts The Band Decided To Self Release It.

In 1999 ASOB Started Branching Out Playing Shows With Channel 59 Sprout Microwave Orphans Who Cares WCF Edna's Goldfish Catch 22 The Toasters And Step Lively. Arty's Taxi's Member Eric Bucello Who Plays The Trumpet And Subsequently Joined The Band. In August The Band Recorded "Fuck You" For A Runaway Records Compilation With The Jestrebzki Family. They Also Started Work On Their New Full-Length Pornocracy.

By 2000 The Band Entered The Studio And Finished Up In June. It Featured JT From Sprout. Soon After Chris Baltrus Left The Band For College And Joe Bove From Arty's Taxi Joined. They Played A CD Release Show With Racecar Breakup.

In 2001 ASOB Recorded "Built To Fail Motherfucker" For A Compilation And Began Touring That Summer. Many Members Quit And The Remnants Of ASOB Played A Show In Upstate New York On A Driving Range With A New Band Featuring Members Of Shabooti. Joe Rosenstock Stated To His Girlfriend "If This Band Ever Gets Big I Want You To Kill Me." The Band Ended Up Being Coheed And Cambria.

Rosenstock Began Writing New Material And Was To Open A Show For Thursday But It Fell Through. A New Roster Was Drawn Up That Included Tim Ruggeri Channel 59WCFTall Hannds Jon Rossman Everyone Else And Chris Taylor But This Also Fell Through. Mike Baltrus Dave And A Few Members Of The High School Football Heroes And Premarital Sax Play With ASOB.

In 2002 ASOB Tried To Re-Record Built To Fail Unsuccessfully. They Recorded An Arrogant Sons Of Bitches 7'' That Was Never Released. They Did A CD Release Show For All The Little Ones Are Rotting And Played A Battle Of The Bands At The Downtown Winning Fourth Place. They Landed A Deal With Kill Normal Records. They Also Played A Halloween Show And Did Ska Covers Of Taking Back Sunday Songs.

A Year Later In 2003 ASOB Re-Released Their EP With Videos A Live Set And Much More. They Opened For Bowling For Soup And Count The Stars. They Toured Out To The West Coast And JT From Sprout Joined Full Time. They Played Outside Of The Idaho Warped Tour And The Next Day Played Inside A Hip-Hop Tent Electrically. They Stayed On Warped Tour And Played To 3000 People In New York. Joe Werfelman Was Kicked Out Of The Band.

Three Cheers For Disappointment Was Finished Being Written And They Recorded With AJ Quashee But The Recording Didn't Go Well And Was Scrapped. Sean Qualls Was Auditioned On Guitar. Joe Bove Had A Panic Attack On Stage And Leaves Bass Giving Sean The Spot On Bass.

Afterward The Band Recorded Some More And Started Working On Releasing A "Complete Discography". The Band Later Got On Streetlight Manifesto Shows That Feature Big D And The Kids Table.

The Band Finally Began Recording Three Cheers For Disappointment At Moontower Studios In Boston Massachusettes With Steve Foote. After It Was Finished The Band Booked A Tour Ordered Merch Talked To Record Labels And Replaced Sean Qualls With James Lynch On Bass. The Band Took A Break In September.

In October The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches Played Two Last Shows At Mr. Beery's - One All Ages One 18 . Shortly Afterward Jeff Rosenstock Started Bomb The Music Industry! Sean Started Bashi-Bazouk JT Started His Solo Project Mike Costa Started His Solo Project And Dave Registered To Finally Go To College.

In 2005 They Finish Three Cheers For Disappointment And In 2006 The Band Plays Three Shows In The Northeast In Support Of It.

In 2007 They Play Their Last Show And.

In 2012 The Arrogant Sons Of Bitches Reunite For One Last Show At The Warsaw In Brooklyn New York. . User-Contributed Text Is Available Under The Creative Commons By-SA License Additional Terms May Apply.