Texas Is the Reason

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Back and to the Left 03:56 Tools
Johnny on the Spot 04:15 Tools
The Magic Bullet Theory 02:49 Tools
A Jack With One Eye 04:40 Tools
Nickel Wound 04:37 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are? 02:44 Tools
The Day's Refrain 05:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
Dressing Cold 00:00 Tools
Antique 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget (Version II) 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours 00:00 Tools
Blue Boy 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version i) 00:00 Tools
Every Little Girl's Dream 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myse 00:00 Tools
When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just a Baby 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way I Can Talk Myself OUt Of This One Tonight 00:00 Tools
do you know who you are 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back, It's Ours 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget (Version I 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget [Version 1] 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This One Tonight (The Drinkin) 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget [Version 1 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight - The Drinking Song 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget - version II 00:00 Tools
there's no way i can talk myself out of this one 00:00 Tools
The Days Refrain 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This Tonight 00:00 Tools
Nickel Wound (Live) 00:00 Tools
Antique (live) 00:00 Tools
The drinking song 00:00 Tools
the leaving kind 00:00 Tools
Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are- 00:00 Tools
if its here when we get back its ours 00:00 Tools
if its here when we get back i 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself 00:00 Tools
Johnny On The Spot (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Magic Bullet 00:00 Tools
A Jack With One Eye (Live) 00:00 Tools
The Magic Bullet theory (Live) 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version 1) 00:00 Tools
the day's ref 00:00 Tools
Dressing Cold (Live) 00:00 Tools
01 - samiam - stepson 00:00 Tools
02 - Samiam - Sky Flying By 00:00 Tools
08 - texas is the reason - nickel wound 00:00 Tools
13 - texas is the reason - antique 00:00 Tools
03 - Samiam - Full On 00:00 Tools
09 - texas is the reason - the magic bullet 00:00 Tools
05 - Samiam - Speed 00:00 Tools
04 - Samiam - Clean 00:00 Tools
06 - Samiam - Time By The Dime 00:00 Tools
10 - texas is the reason - johnny on the spot 00:00 Tools
12 - texas is the reason - a jack with one eye 00:00 Tools
11 - Texas is the Reason - Dressing Cold 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - A Jack With One Eye 00:00 Tools
07 - Samiam - Home Sweet Home 00:00 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are_ 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - Blue Boy 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - the magic bullet theory 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of... 00:00 Tools
Back And To The Left [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonite (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk M 00:00 Tools
Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version 00:00 Tools
East Texas Avenue 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk... 00:00 Tools
There's no Way 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - nickel wound 00:00 Tools
Every Little Girls Dream 00:00 Tools
01 01 01-Johnny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - johnny on the spot 00:00 Tools
02 02 02-The Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
03 03 03-Nickel Wound 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - Antique 00:00 Tools
Nickle Wound 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - back and to the left 00:00 Tools
Johny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
04 04 04-There's No Way I Can Talk M 00:00 Tools
07 07 07-Back And To The Left 00:00 Tools
05 05 05-Something To Forget (Versio 00:00 Tools
06 06 06-Do You Know Who You Are_ 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget [Version II] 00:00 Tools
08 08 08-The Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
02 - The Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Night 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Speed 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - Dressing Cold 00:00 Tools
03 - Nickel wound 00:00 Tools
the day 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version 2) 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking 00:00 Tools
06 - Do You Know Who You Are 00:00 Tools
01 - Johnny On the Spot 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The DrinkingSong) 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Stepson 00:00 Tools
08 - The Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Full On 00:00 Tools
Every Little Girl's Dream (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - the day's refrain 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Sky Flying By 00:00 Tools
I'm Taking Myself Out of This One Tonight 00:00 Tools
If It's Here... 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Clean 00:00 Tools
When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just A Baby (Previously Unreleased) 00:00 Tools
05 - something to forget (version ii) 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Time By The Dime 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (Th 00:00 Tools
Full On 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Mys 00:00 Tools
The Day´s Refrain 00:00 Tools
04 - There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This One Tonight (the Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This 00:00 Tools
Samiam - Home Sweet Home 00:00 Tools
01-Johnny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Versio 00:00 Tools
Sky Flying By 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - do you know who you are 00:00 Tools
03-Nickel Wound 00:00 Tools
Stepson 00:00 Tools
04 Dressing Cold 00:00 Tools
03 Johnny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
02 Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
Dressing 00:00 Tools
If Its Here When We Get Back It's Ours 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinkin') 00:00 Tools
There Is No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One 00:00 Tools
Johnny On The Spot [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Jonny on the Spot 00:00 Tools
When Rock ‘N’ Roll Was Just A Baby 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back Its Ours 00:00 Tools
02-The Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (v. II) 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours 00:00 Tools
If It's Here 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back, 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - Do You Know Who You Are? 00:00 Tools
The Magic Bullet Theory [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
clean 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - a jack w 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - the drinking song 00:00 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are ? 00:00 Tools
01 Johnny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
07-Back And To The Left 00:00 Tools
Speed 00:00 Tools
Do you know where you are? 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinkin Song) 00:00 Tools
08 The Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget v1 00:00 Tools
Nickel Wound [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are? [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Dressing Cold [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This One (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
02 The magic bullet theory 00:00 Tools
time by the dime 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk ... 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Get Myself Out of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
The Day's Refrain [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
There’s No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just A 00:00 Tools
08-The Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
Antique [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget v.2 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - dressing 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version II) [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonite 00:00 Tools
03 Nickel wound 00:00 Tools
09 A jack with one eye 00:00 Tools
The Day’s Refrain 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way I Can Talk Mysel 00:00 Tools
02 - Dressing Cold 00:00 Tools
The Magic Bull 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - something to forget (version ii) 00:00 Tools
A Jack With One Eye [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
Every Little Girl’s Dream 00:00 Tools
When Rock ’n’ Roll Was Just a Baby 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget [Version 2] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk 00:00 Tools
something to forget. 00:00 Tools
something to forget version ii 00:00 Tools
There's No Way that I Can Talk 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This One 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason / Antique 00:00 Tools
If It’s Here When We Get Back It’s Ours 00:00 Tools
04-There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of This Oen 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (The Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself O 00:00 Tools
Home Sweet Home 00:00 Tools
Where Is The Good In Goodbye (Tv Noir Version) 00:00 Tools
something to forget (version 2 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 07 - back and to the left 00:00 Tools
something to forget (versionII) 00:00 Tools
Instrumental 00:00 Tools
06-Do You Know Who You Are_ 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - Johnny O 00:00 Tools
Texas Is the Reason - There's No Way I Can Talk Myse 00:00 Tools
Samiam / Speed 00:00 Tools
04 - there's no way i can tal 00:00 Tools
11 - texas is the reason - dressing 00:00 Tools
Texas Is the Reason - Something to Forget [Version 1 00:00 Tools
The-days-refrain 00:00 Tools
Sweetness 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - Somethin 00:00 Tools
If Its Here When We Get Back, Its Ours 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - back and to th 00:00 Tools
A Jack With One Eye/The Majic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
Hallo Julia 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 03 - nickel wound 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 06 - do you know who you are 00:00 Tools
back and to th eleft 00:00 Tools
Track 02 00:00 Tools
A Jack With One Eye [live] 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (Tthe Drinking Song) 00:00 Tools
02. The Magic Bullet Theory 00:00 Tools
01. Johnny On The Spot 00:00 Tools
A Day's Refrain 00:00 Tools
the day's refraining 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out of this one(drinking song) 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 04 - there's no way i can talk myself o 00:00 Tools
Back To The Left 00:00 Tools
Emo Kids Suck 00:00 Tools
Do You Know Who You Are? (The Complete Collection) 00:00 Tools
Texas Is The Reason - The Magic Bullet 00:00 Tools
there's no way... 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget (alt version) 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - johnny on the 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk MyseTexas Is The Reason 00:00 Tools
Something To Forgot 00:00 Tools
Every Little Girl's Dream [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
The Promise Ring - E Texas Ave 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Version I) [Explicit] 00:00 Tools
06 do you know who you are_ 00:00 Tools
There´s No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight 00:00 Tools
06 Do you know who you are 00:00 Tools
LP Track 00:00 Tools
03. Nickel Wound 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This Tonight 00:00 Tools
05 Something to Forget [Version 1] 00:00 Tools
Johnny On the Spot 1 00:00 Tools
if it´s here when we get back it´s ours 00:00 Tools
Nickel Wound 3 00:00 Tools
My music 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - the drinking s 00:00 Tools
Theres No Way That I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight The Drinking Song 00:00 Tools
Do you know who you are Full album 00:00 Tools
Something to Forget II 00:00 Tools
The Mag 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 02 - dressing cold 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (ver II) 00:00 Tools
04 There's No Way I Can Talk Myself Out Of This One Tonight (the Drinkin) 00:00 Tools
the day's 00:00 Tools
06 - Do You Know Who You Are? 00:00 Tools
magic bullet 00:00 Tools
the day`s refrain 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - 05 - Something To Forget (Version II) 00:00 Tools
01 - If It's Here When We Get Back It's Ours 00:00 Tools
03 - Texas is the Reason - Nickel Wound 00:00 Tools
Something To Forget (Ver. II) 00:00 Tools
If It's Still Here When We Get Back It's Ours 00:00 Tools
07. Back And To The Left 00:00 Tools
Johnny On The Spot [live] 00:00 Tools
The Magic Bullet (Live) 00:00 Tools
05-something to forget 00:00 Tools
Back And To The Left 7 00:00 Tools
A Jack W 00:00 Tools
Step Up 00:00 Tools
01 - Something To Forget 00:00 Tools
There's no way that i can talk myself out of this one 00:00 Tools
Nickel 00:00 Tools
When Rock 'N' Roll Was Just a Baby. 00:00 Tools
If It's Here W 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - If it's here w 00:00 Tools
There's No Way I Can Talk My Way Out of This One Tonight 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 09 - a jack with one eye 00:00 Tools
texas is the reason - 08 - the day's refrain 00:00 Tools
When You Get There 00:00 Tools
D01 Johnny on the Spot 00:00 Tools
08 - The Days Refrain 00:00 Tools
Texas is the Reason - 01 - If it's here When We Get Back, It's Ours 00:00 Tools
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Texas Is the Reason was an emo band founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly in 1994. A foundational quartet in the post-Sunny Day Real Estate movement of emo music, Texas Is the Reason played melodious but forceful rock music before disbanding in 1997. Norm Arenas (guitar), guitarist for the hardcore Hare Krishna band Shelter, formed Texas Is the Reason with friend and then fellow Hare Krishna devotee Chris Daly (drums), formerly of the band 108, which played music of a similar kind to Shelter's, some time in the early 1990s in New York City. They both desired to leave the macho attitude and religious preaching of their former projects. With former Fountainhead bassist Scott Winegard (bass), the three recruited one-time bassist for Buffalo's Copper, Garrett Klahn (guitar/vocals), to round out the quartet. The name "Texas Is the Reason" is lifted from a Misfits song, entitled "Bullet". It also makes reference to a conspiracy theory about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, in which the president was killed in a plot arranged by Texas Democrats in order to give Lyndon B. Johnson control of the White House. Releasing three songs on an EP, Texas Is the Reason became an underground smash and helped usher in an era of similarly motivated and styled emo bands. They then released a split single with The Promise Ring through Jade Tree Records. The following year (1995) they released another split single with Samuel through British record label Simba. What followed was their first and only full-length album, Do You Know Who You Are?, named after the last statement John Lennon supposedly heard. Produced by Jawbox's J.Robbins and released on Revelation Records , Do You Know Who You Are? brought a lot of major-label courtship to Texas Is the Reason, who were being hailed as the "next big thing" in the growing punk explosion on MTV. Song titles from the album, such as "The Magic Bullet Theory" and "Back and to the Left", continued the allusion to one of the Kennedy assassination theories. In 1997, on the eve of signing with Capitol Records, the band flew overseas for a European tour. Ongoing intra-band tensions arising from the major label attention reached their apex. The night of the final stop of the tour in Bielefeld, Germany, Daly and Arenas agreed before the show that if the show was "awesome", it would be their last. Arenas later related, "I walked on stage and we opened with 'Antique' and when Garrett started singing, there were eight hundred Germans singing along with us. I looked at Daly and knew that this was over." The members headed to various different musical projects, with Klahn to New Rising Sons and Daly to indie outfit Jets to Brazil. Winegard started putting out other bands' records through an imprint he co-owns called GrapeOS, while playing with other musicians in a band called the Americans. The only member to go inactive in the world of indie rock was guitarist Norm Arenas, living in Chicago and DJing for almost three years. Winegard and Arenas joined Charlie Walker of Chamberlain and Jonah Matranga of Far and Onelinedrawing to form the band New End Original, which lasted from 2000 to 2003. Klahn's New Rising Sons released two EPs through GrapeOS, were dropped by Virgin Records, and then disbanded; he now plays in the band Solea. Daly left the now-defunct Jets to Brazil sometime after their 2002 release, Perfecting Loneliness. Klahn now plays in Solea, with members of Samiam and Sense Field. After nine years apart, the band decided to reunite to mark the tenth anniversary of the release of Do You Know Who You Are. A single show was scheduled for New York City's Irving Plaza on November 25, but a second show was added for the following night due to an unexpectedly quick sell-out of the first show. In interviews leading up to the reunion, the band noted their long-time disappointment at not playing a final show in their home city. The band also insisted that the reunion shows were a one-time event, and that they had no plans for further shows: "While we empathize with everyone who wants to come to the show, but can't come for any reason, this will not become a tour and we are not reforming the band. That is as clear a statement as anyone can make." In January 2012, it was announced that Revelation Records would be holding a 25th anniversary celebration at The Glass House in Pomona, California in July of the same year. The band was approached to reunite once more, but ultimately refused the opportunity. Daly, however, traveled to California for the show, featuring a reunited Quicksand, and returned excited about the prospect of another reunion for Texas is the Reason. The band then agreed to headline the opening night of Revelation's east coast event in October 2012 at New York's Irving Plaza. The show sold out immediately upon going on sale, and the band announced a second night held at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. Daly was quoted as saying, "It's like we have this really cool old car that's in really great shape…it's not built for, like, a cross-country trip, but it's good to take out and drive around the neighborhood." After high demand, the band decided to embark on a brief 8-date 2013 North American tour in that began in Chicago and ended in Los Angeles. That April, the band announced a European tour that they called their "final shows ever," that were to begin in Germany in the summer. Paying homage to their past, the band decided in July 2013 to play a one-off show at the legendary venue of Maxwell's in Hoboken, New Jersey to celebrate the club's legacy before its closing at the end of that month. Tickets went on sale three days after the initial announcement and were sold out instantly. On Sunday August 4th, 2013, the band played their "Grand Finale" at London's Electric Ballroom. A post on their official Facebook mentioned that "It is never happening again." Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.