They Are Scientists Once Again

This probably will not interest any of you at all but one of the most revered and influential bands on the early to mid 90's, Cap'n Jazz, reformed last Friday night at Chicago's Empty Bottle under the guise "Local Cover Band". Clever, but there's no mistaking that voice of Mike Kinsellas.

Brief history; Cap'n Jazz was a band from 1989-1995, mostly the years the members were in high school or fresh out. As the legend goes, they were young and bratty, a beautiful mess of a band, never rehearsing and barely writing songs together but just showing up at venues or house parties and tearing the roof off. They broke up on stage during a show, probably in a drunken or drug-induced stupor and for reasons none of them could remember the following day. They only released one album and a few limited release vinyl singles, that are all but impossible to track down. All five members went on to form different bands and made some of my favorite music of the end of the 21st century. Albums by the Promise Ring and American Football practically burned themselves into my portable discman. More recently Owen and Make Believe are bands that Laura & I have become permanently attached to as well, all stemming from this ragtag crew of Cap'n Jazz.

So hard times and personal disagreements and brain tumors aside, they're back together, or at least they were Friday night. And rumor is they're booking some more appearances. Is there an album in the works? Is there a worldwide tour brewing? Maybe some things are left best undiscovered but there's a whole slew of people who, since Cap'n Jazz's notorious status only came to be posthumously, never got the chance to see these songs played live, so, I guess that'd be cool.

Cap'n Jazz performs for the first time in 15 years, since they were 19. Songlist:

Little League
Oh Messy Life
We Are Scientists
Que Suerte!