In the mid-’90s, when “hell froze over” and our parents’ generation paid exorbitant prices for Eagles tickets, we chuckled about how uncool it was to live in the past. When the Sex Pistols reunited more times than any band with one album and a dead bassist had any right to, we snickered at how grotesquely John Lydon’s punk-rock nihilism had aged. Even our Gen-X neighbors who brought their toddlers to see Pavement tour their greatest-hits set fell prey to our derision. But when we heard, last week, that both At the Drive-In and Refused were reuniting, the oldest among us were forced to stop laughing and took a long, sober look in the mirror at faces that aren’t getting any younger.
Music fans who were born in the early ’80s remember ATDI and Refused as two of the greatest punk bands from our high-school years — the mid- to late-’90s. Sure, they appealed to 20-something Gen Xers, too, but for us, they were the cathartic soundtrack to our teenage rebellion. We can’t hear “One Armed Scissor” without being transported back to a time when every emotion had its own theme song. For once, the bands that are reuniting are ones that stir our own nostalgia.
It has been almost three years now since The Everybodyfields played together on the same stage. The alt-country band from Johnson City, Tenn. broke up just as they were about to break through to a wider audience. No doubt this caused minor waves of panic throughout the Paste Magazine offices.
The band comprised of Sam Quinn and Jill Andrews on soaring boy-girl harmonies, with keyboardist Josh Oliver, pedal steel guitarist Tom Pryor and drummer Jamie Cook rounding out their stew of Americana, bluegrass. Andrews has one of the best voices in all of music. Admittedly, the announcement of two reunion shows (Music City Roots in Nashville on 9/14 and at Rhythm and Roots in Bristol, Tenn. on 9/17) is not much to hang one’s hat upon. Longtime fans of the band are certainly hoping this leads to a thawing of relations and more shows in the future. Music City Roots will stream their show here for people’s listening pleasure. Here’s five reasons why you should be down with The Everybodyfields whether their reunion last two shows or a hundred.
This Saved by the Bellresurgence really came on like gangbusters, right? After a People magazine cover story and a tell-all from Dustin Diamond, here’s the latest from Bayside High: Dennis Haskins — better known as the gang’s principle, Mr. Belding — has a karaoke album dropping September 1. In a press release (and truly a marvel of the form at that), Haskins says: “I love to sing and have been doing karaoke for the past six years. Karaoke is about having fun and I hope everyone will have fun singing along with me or on their own with our karaoke CD/DVD!” Read More »
A Seinfeld reunion? GET OUT! First it was Saved by the Bell (minus Screech) on the cover of this week’s People, and now the AP is reporting that another reunion for a ’90s stalwart is in the works. The actors who played the show’s four principles will appear on the upcoming season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Seinfeld alum Larry David’s HBO show. Read More »
