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 Cap'n Jazz performing live in 2010. From left to right: Davey von Bohlen (obscured), Tim Kinsella, Sam Zurick, Mike Kinsella, and Victor Villarreal. | |
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| Origin | Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S.[1] |
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Cap'n Jazz (sometimes stylised as caP'n Jazz) is an American emo band from Buffalo Grove, Illinois.
History
[edit]1989-1991: Toe Jam and Formation
[edit]In 1989, Tim Kinsella met bass guitar player Sam Zurick on the first day of high school at Wheeling High School.[2][3] The pair met when both of their lockers were next to one another and became friends due to their mutual taste in "alternative music", such as Jane's Addiction and Dinosaur Jr.[2] Tim would later create the band "Toe Jam" with Zurick and two other friends. The band contained Jim Wendler playing drums and Jeff Gross playing bass guitar.[2][4] Zurick would join the band as a "chief roadie and onstage dancer" and Tim would play vocals[2] The band members added Victor Villarreal as a guitarist to the band, who never showed up for the first practice because he forgot about it but later found him skateboarding.[5][6] The quartet made nine songs, which contained simplistic guitar chords that were considered "mudane".[2][7] When practicing with Toe Jam, Villarreal started playing "Dee" by Randy Rhoads which Tim said that "kickstarted" the band improving from the mudane structure of Toe Jam.[7] At one point, Tim Kinsella's younger brother, Mike, joined the band as a rhythm guitarist when he was 12.[8]
Toe Jam started to fall apart, as Gross would later quit the band and Wendler would also quit to be a running back for the high school's football team.[2][8] After their departure, the remaining band members overhauled the band; Zurick started playing bass guitar for the band and Mike started playing drums after being gifted a drum kit by his mother.[2][8][9] The new overhauled band chose the name "Cap'n Jazz" after Zurick blurted the name while eating the cereal Cap'n Crunch with the band.[2] The band members would all be in high school, with Tim, Zurick, and Villarreal were in their junior year of high school and Mike was in his freshman year.[9]
The band started playing shows at their variety shows in their high school, and decide to start making the band serious by playing small-town shows.[10]
Post-breakup and reunion
[edit]Members
[edit]Past members
[edit]- Tim Kinsella – lead vocals (1989–1995, 2010, 2017)
- Mike Kinsella – drums (1989–1995, 2010, 2017)
- Davey von Bohlen – guitar, backing vocals (1993–1995, 2010)
- Victor Villarreal – guitar (1989–1995, 2010, 2017)
- Sam Zurick – bass guitar (1989–1995, 2010, 2017)
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]- Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped On, and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over (Also known as Shmap'n Shmazz) – LP/CD (Man With Gun Records, 1995)
Singles/EPs
[edit]- Sometimes if you stand further away from something, it does not seem as big. Sometimes you can stand so close to something you can not tell what you are looking at. – 7” (Underdog Records, 1993)
- Boys 16 to 18 Years... Age of Action – (Further Beyond Records, 1993)
Anthology
[edit]- Analphabetapolothology – 2xCD (Jade Tree Records, 1998), 2xLP (Jade Tree Records 2010)
Compilation appearances
[edit]- Achtung Chicago! Zwei! – compilation LP (Underdog Records, 1993)
- Nothing Dies with Blue Skies – 7” split w/ Friction (Shakefork Records, 1993)
- How the Midwest Was Won – compilation 2x7” (Subfusc Records, 1993) (Playing Field Recordings, 1993)
- Picking More Daisies – compilation 2x7” (Further Beyond Records, 1993)
- It’s a Punk Thing, You Wouldn't Understand – compilation LP (Shakefork Records, 1993)
- Ghost Dance – compilation 2x7” (Slave Cut Records, 1993)
- A Very Punk Christmas – compilation 2x7” (The Rocco Empire & Further Beyond Records, 1993)
- Punk TV – compilation LP (Red Dawg Records, 1995)
- We’ve Lost Beauty – compilation LP (File 13, 1995)
- Ooh Do I Love You – compilation 2xCD (Core For Care, 1995)
References
[edit]Notes
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Cohen 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Gormley 2014.
- ^ Galil 2016.
- ^ Staple 2017, 16:58-17:03.
- ^ Cohen 2018.
- ^ Staple 2017, 17:03-17:30.
- ^ a b Staple 2017, 17:30-17:55.
- ^ a b c Terry 2016.
- ^ a b Staple 2017, 19:18-19:53.
- ^ Staple 2017, 19:59-21:00.
Sources
[edit]- Cohen, Ian (August 26, 2018). "Cap'n Jazz - Burritos, Inspiration Point, Fork Balloon Sports, Cards in the Spokes, Automatic Biographies, Kites, Kung Fu, Trophies, Banana Peels We've Slipped on, and Egg Shells We've Tippy Toed Over". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- Galil, Leor (October 26, 2016). "American Football: Accidental rock stars". Chicago Reader. Retrieved August 27, 2024.
- Gormley, Ian (May 6, 2014). "Tim & Mike Kinsella You Can't Miss What You Forget". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 20, 2024.
- Staple, Justin (February 13, 2017). Your War (I'm One Of You): 20 Years Of Joan Of Arc (DVD). Noisey.
- Terry, Josh (October 24, 2016). "Personal Playlist: Mike Kinsella tells stories behind 6 songs by American Football, Cap'n Jazz, Owls and more". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved January 20, 2024.