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Though they began as a strongly Lagwagon influenced skate-punk band, almost all their output since their debut has been of a distinctive progressive punk/rock sound. The band famously had disagreements with labels over their lack of conventional songwriting staples like their reluctance to add easy choruses or hooks, a problem the band addressed with the track "Yes, This is About You" The group took their name from Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.(show more)

Though they began as a strongly Lagwagon influenced skate-punk band, almost all their output since their debut has been of a distinctive progressive punk/rock sound.

The band famously had disagreements with labels over their lack of conventional songwriting staples like their reluctance to add easy choruses or hooks, a problem the band addressed with the track "Yes, This is About You"

The group took their name from Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

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Ribbons & Sugar (2003)

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