The Arrogant Sons of Bitches (commonly abbreviated as ASOB) was a 6-piece

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band from

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and Baldwin, New York. The band was known for its strong DIY punk roots, self-releasing two albums and two EPs. Their final album, ''Three Cheers For Disappointment'', was released on Kill Normal Records. Frontman

Jeff Rosenstock Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock (born September 7, 1982) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Long Island, New York. He is known for his former bands Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, as well ...

went on to found

Quote Unquote Records Quote Unquote Records is a donation-based online independent record label, founded and run by Bomb the Music Industry! and The Arrogant Sons of Bitches frontman Jeff Rosenstock. The label is an example of Rosenstock's DIY ideals. Many of the l ...

, a donation-based record label, as well as the band

Bomb the Music Industry! Bomb the Music Industry! (commonly abbreviated as Bomb or BtMI!) were an American punk rock musical collective from Baldwin, Nassau County, New York, United States, led by singer-songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Jeff Rosenstock. ...

Other members went on to join Jay Tea, Hello Nurse, Let Me Crazy, and The Rocky Sullivans.

History

In 1995, Joe Werfelman and Jeff Rosenstock started playing

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cover songs together. More members gradually joined their band, and in 1998 they recorded their first album, Released on Breaking the Law Records and titled ''Built to Fail''. Following ''Built to Fail'', the band experienced some success and played with bands such as

Edna's Goldfish Edna's Goldfish was an American ska punk band from Long Island, New York. Together from 1997 to 2000, their studio albums include ''Before You Knew Better'' (1998) and ''The Elements of Transition'' (1999), both released on Moon Ska Records. T ...

, Catch 22, and

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. In 2000 they released their second album, ''Pornocracy''. At this point, many ASOB members quit the band to attend college. In 2003 the band decided to follow the

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, playing outside of the venues. After a while they were invited into the tour. In 2004 the band completed recording most of the album ''Three Cheers For Disappointment''. At this point the band was starting to break up, and Jeff started a new band,

The album was finally released in 2006, and the band broke up officially. However, in 2007 ASOB announced a farewell show for their fans at

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. The show sold out in under seven hours, an unprecedented phenomenon for the show's venue. A second farewell show was played the following night at the Crazy Donkey in

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. Five years later, the band reunited for a set of shows in New York. Jeff explained: "We like each other again, and thought it would be fun to play together again. This show is a one time thing. There are absolutely no plans to make another record, to go on a big tour anywhere or anything like that." Throughout their career, ASOB was praised for their high-energy live performances. One reviewer described that, "They're climbing on the ceiling, the keyboardist would be jumping up and down on the keyboard swinging from hanging speakers, and the bassist would stage dive in an empty spot... land straight on his face, and keep rocking out as he had the time of his life."

Band members

Discography

Music videos

* So Let's Go! NOWHERE (2006)

References

External links

ASOB on Discogs

Official Facebook profile

Official Myspace profile
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