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The Affair

End of the road...

About Me

THANKS EVERYONE...

WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OUR FRIENDS AND LOVERS AND FOR COMING TO OUR SHOWS OVER THE YEARS AND SUPPORTING US--IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
ED ZIMMERLE (THE ULTIMATE)
CHUCK HESTAND (THE PENULTIMATE)
STEVE FACTOR (FOR SHOWING US HOW IT'S DONE)
CHRIS BOSSLET (HE EATS THE OLD BOSS FOR BREAKFAST)
PHIL 1 (FOR PUTTING UP WITH US)
PHIL 2 (FOR PLAYING THAT ONE SHOW!)
WALKER MCLELLAN (FOR ROCKIN' UP TEXAS)
JUSTIN MENK (FOR SOME GREAT GIGS)
THE HI-POINTE (THE BEST DRINKS OF OUR LIVES)
LISA AT THE HI-POINTE (THANK YOU VERY MUCH)
LOW SKIES
JOEL GROEBBLINGHOFF(sp? sorry dude!)
DIALOGUE (THE BEST CHICAGO ROCKERS)
THIS IS EXPLODING (THE BEST CLEVELAND ROCKERS)
WAVA MUTILATION
RIOT FOR VIOLET
PROF K
THE UPRIGHT ANIMALS
MODERN RED
THAT DUDE IN CHICAGO ON THE UNICYCLE (YOU'RE FUCKED UP)
MIKE JUDY
CICEROS
JIMMY & SHANNON NICHOLS (BIG TIME)
KEITH O'BRIEN (HOLLA!)
DOZEMARYPOOL (ALSO BIG TIME)
REND
JESSE "MUTHA-FUCKIN JAMES" GANNON
HAZARD FOR HEADLIGHTS
KATIE HUNN (FOR ALL THE LATE NIGHT NOISE AND FRIDGE RAIDS)
THE PIN-UP BARTENDER FROM CICERO'S (BIG TIME!!)
JAY (ALSO FROM CICEROS)
ALEX MILLER (A CLASSIC)
WILL RODRIGUES
JIMMY VAVAK
ANGELA POWERS
RIDDLE OF STEEL (FOR INSPIRATION)
KRAFTED IN KOREA
THE CATHETERS (THAT SHIT WAS RAD)
WAKE UP REPORT
FEMME FATALITY
PERRY (SORRY DUDE, CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR LAST NAME!)
STEVE "THE HAMMER" HELMERLING
BUNNY
JOHN MANCUSO
HELL IN THE CANNON
NICK
J (CJ'S COUSIN)
CHRIS RYAN
GARRET RYAN
MURDER HAPPENS
CORINNE
NEAR MISS
ALPHA
SHAME CLUB
MURDER IN A TUXEDO
RYAN CABRERA (WHOM WE REGRET NOT BEATING THE SHIT OUT OF IN THE PARKING LOT)
GROUPTHINK
GUITAR CENTER
CAREFUL
PAUL WOOD
GABRIEL (FROM GUITAR CENTER)
SHALL WE DANCE
NICK WILSON
MOCK ROMEO
SIMONE
FARKUS
MISSLE SILO SUITE
MARSHENY (SORRY KIDDO-NO IDEA HOW TO SPELLTHIS ONE!)
JASON EMERICK
SEAN WATKINS
CARNABY STREET
AKATHISIA
CHARLEMAIGNE
LEFT ARM
ALLYSON
THE STOTENBOROUGHS (ALL FOUR OF'EM!)
THE AFFAIR !(BROOKLYN,NY)
GLEN (FROM JON HARDY & THE PUBLIC)
SUBIE KID
ACES AND EIGHTS
SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST (THE CULMINATION OF OUR BEING)
THE WAY-OUT CLUB
LEMMONS
FOOSEBALL (FOR RUINING ANY DETERMINATION THAT WE PREVIOUSLY HAD)
THE ROCKETBAR (THE BEST SHOWS WE EVER PLAYED)
JON JON
OUR FINAL SHOW AND EVERYONE WHO CAME AND THE BANDS WE SHARED THE STAGE WITH...

AND COUNTLESS, COUNTLESS OTHERS THAT I CAN'T THINK OF...IF YOU WEREN'T ON THE LIST, REST ASSURED IT'S BECAUSE I CAN'T TYPE ANYMORE... WE SINCERELY APOLOGIZE...
IT'S BEEN A GREAT RUN.
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING, ST. LOUIS...
XOXOXO,
THE AFFAIR

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 12/30/2004
Band Website: Right here is just fine.
Band Members:
THE AFFAIR

Influences: Anything and everything that's good music. Many times, this can be a wide spectrum; from Rachmoninov to Refused--from Botch to Bob Dylan--from Hank Williams to Hank Williams III--from My Morning Jacket to Wes Montgomery--from OutKast to Oscar Peterson--one thing leads to another and everything we hear gives us influence.
Sounds Like: The pages of a hotel bible, crackling and curling in a fire.
Record Label: Dogfight Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

STRIPPERS...

We have currently booked a homecoming show at POP'S on NOVEMBER 17th. Tickets are available through us--just drop us an email or a postcard (or find us around town) and we will hook you up. We will pl...
Posted by The Affair on Fri, 27 Oct 2006 09:27:00 PST

CHICAGO HERE WE COME...

We are very excited to be embarking on a mini-weekend tour to Chicago and then to Cleveland to play with fellow bandmates and rabble-rousers DIALOGUE & THIS IS EXPLODING. We were, however, unable ...
Posted by The Affair on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:46:00 PST

MERCHANDISE

That's a heavy word for us--MERCHANDISE. We always kind of thought it would be cool to make good music and entice people into the world of our band with tunes. But facts are facts; no one is gonna be ...
Posted by The Affair on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 10:50:00 PST

RIDE SALLY, RIDE

The final show at Sally T's rocked in more ways than one: we got to see the place packed, shoulder to shoulder, one last time--we drank very cheap beers and remembered previous shows--and we played on...
Posted by The Affair on Tue, 26 Sep 2006 03:18:00 PST

THANKS WAYOUT AND CASEWORKER

     Thanks to the WAYOUT CLUB for helping our friends THE CASEWORKER (San Francisco) with a last minute show on their tour. A big thanks to COPPER PRESS&n...
Posted by The Affair on Wed, 06 Sep 2006 06:33:00 PST