AVAIL's golden age?

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feeds@yuku.com (Gblond) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 23:50:19 GMT

Cool site

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feeds@yuku.com (caeaves) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:02:08 GMT

michaelpclark wrote:
Can't wait for the next album, I really liked the live acoustic song they posted on the site.

"this november" could either be the best Avail or Tim solo song ever!!

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feeds@yuku.com (michaelpclark) — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:12:15 GMT

I agree, Brat. When they came through here with the Draft last April, the crowd was pretty small but it was so many of the same people who were there the first time they played the Detroit area in 96. It was like a family reunion.

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feeds@yuku.com (brat) — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:13:06 GMT

I guess the question depends on how you define 'Golden Era' - are you talking about productivity, like touring? recording? popularity?

If that's the case, the golden era was probably in the mid-late 90s when punk and hardcore were hugely popular in suburbia... when they seemed to put new music out constantly, toured a ton (they still do, but it seems like they don't because they never come to Canada). I remember seeing them several times back then, and the only band that has ever...

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feeds@yuku.com (joemamma) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:21:39 GMT

man my typin sux

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feeds@yuku.com (joemamma) — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:20:20 GMT

youre right about the age thing. seems like it ised to be i could handle two shows in two nights.. but after that last tour the band did i had a 3 day hangover. maybe its cuz i bring my A game to AVAIL.

even the day after the tim / drag the river show i was fuggin beatdown. of course i think that has something to do with a shot of whiskey at the end of the festivites.

as for avail hangin it up, i think they still got it goin on. (altho i was worried after the 02 tour and no one...

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feeds@yuku.com (avail138) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 17:30:12 GMT

I was a late bloomer with Avail. Over the James was my first CD and One Wrench was about to come out. My first live show was on the One Wrench tour and I was going through quite a lot personally and Avail just hit me like a ton of bricks.

Seeing them live was unlike anything I had ever experienced. The girl with me was being a pain and just sat by herself. I had the time of my life as well as 5 or 6 times after that seeing them in either Chicago or St. Louis.

As far as them...

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feeds@yuku.com (michaelpclark) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 15:09:29 GMT

Yeah I couldn't even judge that... Dixie is one of my favorite albums ever, but that probably has more to do with the time of the life it came out and I first discovered Avail. Every album has different qualities I love. And I thought they were finished before Front Porch Stories came out, so that was even a nice surprise. Plus The Falls and West Wye are 2 of my favorite Avail songs yet. Can't wait for the next album, I really liked the live acoustic song they posted on the site.

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feeds@yuku.com (genu) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 12:26:01 GMT

your dead to us!!!!

ha jk

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feeds@yuku.com (Scotty B Augusta County) — Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:28:49 GMT

Aww jeez fellas, I didn't mean to insult anyone or come off as cuccoo or anything. I guees I was just reminiscing about the One Wrench era. Summer of '00, I had just went through this awful breakup and One Wrench came out. It was so different than Over the James in that it was more aggresive, to the point, depressed and pissed at the same time. Then I saw them at the Tremont in Charlotte and it was the best non-RVA show I've ever seen. I guess to me, in my life experience, that was sort...

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feeds@yuku.com (genu) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 15:18:46 GMT

they are like a fine wine..getting better with age

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feeds@yuku.com (eastcoastpete) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 13:16:32 GMT

It's insane and insulting to think they're not STILL at the top of thier game, even with fewer releases and shows.

insane.

AVAIL's golden age?

feeds@yuku.com (Scotty B Augusta County) — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 09:49:33 GMT

The post below got me thinking. It's true, Avail ain't been doing much the last few years, and there are reasons legitimate reasons for that. Nobody's hating, we're all getting older and settling down and Avail has been a huge part of our life experiences. Sooooo, what do y'all think their "peak" would have been? Between whatever album(s) were new and the tours that supported those albums, what time period would you say is your favorite or that they were at the top of their game?