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Textbook

ON TOUR IN THE UK JULY 18-27!

About Me

"The antecedents of Textbook stem from a chap by the name of Dave Lysien, former vocalist and commandeer of Chicago's smartest pop-punk of the '90s Not Rebecca, whom Textbook in no small part bear an uncanny resemblance. Across 11 cuts, Textbook brandish the dexterous aplomb of Hey Mercedes, Ted Leo, and even The Replacements, minus the "it" band quotient. A hipster's wet dream they're not but aficionados of ringing, indie-guitar rock, fleshed out with a touch of rootsy abandon, will surely appreciate the fact that Textbook are sincerely in it for the tunes." (Neal Agnete - The Big Takeover 57)

BUY A CD:
BOXING DAY MASSACRE (Boss Tuneage Records/2008)
THE GREAT SALT CREEK (Next to X/Playing-Field/2005)
USED (Next to X/2002)
SMOKE EM IF YOU GOT EM (Next to X/Boss Tuneage/2000)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/14/2004
Band Website: listentotextbook.com
Band Members: Dave Lysien (voice/guitar), Rick Uncapher (bass), Mark Doyle (drums)
Influences: The Replacements, Descendents, Naked Raygun, Government Issue, Hüsker Dü, Buffalo Tom, Lemonheads, Dag Nasty, etc.
Sounds Like: Textbook
Record Label: Boss Tuneage Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Real World

Our song Moonlight Glows appeared on Episode 7 of this season's Real World: Sydney. Check it out here....
Posted by Textbook on Sat, 03 Nov 2007 08:25:00 PST

UK Tour

We're back from our UK tour and had an amazing time! The entire tour could not have gone any better and we would like to send out a huge thank you to the following people...Russell Gallon and Mike Tay...
Posted by Textbook on Sun, 19 Aug 2007 07:46:00 PST

Latest Reviews of "The Great Salt Creek"

Illinois Entertainer - The Great Salt Creek Despite his punk pedigree as former frontman of Not Rebecca, Dave Lysien's new band, Textbook, forsakes blistering sonic blasts for thoughtful, deliberate ...
Posted by Textbook on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 09:09:00 PST

Purchase our new CD online here...

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Posted by Textbook on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

On the radio in France

We're on a radio show in France!! Check it out... Fréquence Mutine Rockers Delight BP 13125 29231 BREST Cedex 3 France http://memorial666.free.fr/mutine/ playlist... Reggie and the full e...
Posted by Textbook on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review from dfbpunk.com

"In Phillip's year-end roundup he mentioned that Texas Is the Reason's full-length was likely the last good emo record he would hear for some time because bands don't make good emo records anymore and...
Posted by Textbook on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Review from punknews.org

"In an unexpected fashion a girl has recently entered my life. She's adorable, smart, motivated, refreshing and just flat out makes me feel good about things. When I hear Smoke 'em If You Got 'em by T...
Posted by Textbook on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST