When beloved DC emo/punk band Jawbox dissolved in the late 1990s, singer J. Robbins and guitarist Bill Barbot kept the punk torch flaring in Burning Airlines. Barbot switched to bass and Peter Moffett, Robbins's fellow foot soldier in the '80s hardcore band Government Issue, rounded out the trio on drums. This lineup released one album to an excited audience and praiseful critics who appreciated the challenging intricacy of the songs and Robbins's thoughtful lyrics. Mike Harbin replaced Barbot for 2001's IDENTIKIT, a tough, melodic album that showcases Moffett's skillful drumming and Robbins's increasing vocal confidence. Sadly, Burning Airlines broke up in 2002, reportedly due to J. Robbins's burgeoning engineering/producing career, but by 2004, he had started a new band, Channels, who mine a similarly complex musical vein.

Listen to Burning Airlines at Finetune.

• (1999)  Mission: Control!

• Pacific 231
• Carnival
• 3 Sisters
• Back of Love
• Scissoring

• Modest Mouse
• The Get Up Kids
• At The Drive-In
• The Promise Ring
• Braid
• Jets To Brazil
• Sunny Day Real Estate
• Foo Fighters
• Jimmy Eat World
• Weezer
• Bright Eyes
• Fall Out Boy
• Belle And Sebastian
• My Chemical Romance
• Panic! At The Disco
• Taking Back Sunday
• Aloha
• The Mars Volta
• Mineral
• ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead

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• richrude71 on 2007-06-25 16:00:28.607:
  This bio is incorrect. Blake Schwarzenbach led Jawbreaker, not Jawbox. Please add Jawbox to the database ...