I remember that about a year ago, someone on these boards said they worked in a studio in which Chavez had recently come in to record a few tracks.

Does this person (can't remember who) have any kind of update or info on that?

Connor
P.S. I miss Chavez

That person was me. Other than the rehersals for that FUCK CANCER benefit I haven't really heard much rumblings.

On a related note, if you hand me a weekend concert calendar for NYC I can accurately predict which show(s) you'll spot Matt Sweeney at.

Cool, I love this photo from his last tour.

i don't think anybody pointed this out recently, but matador is repackaging "ride the fader" and "gone glimmering" as one entity on october 10th, complete with bonus tracks and a final-tour documentary. the package is called "better days will haunt you."

info: http://www.matadorrecords.com/chavez/

I guess they were in the studio for the "White Jeans" vocals and not a new record.

Damn.

Oh well. Looks like a fantastic compilation.

Chavez was Matador's best selling band of the 90's (says the matador website)? WTF to that.

Havent they ever heard of say, Pavement, or GBV?

I do like the band; I just find that hard to believe that they were so popular.

The new box set does look pretty complete, and good for that matter.

Ill have to dig these albums out from the crypt...I dont remember ride the fader being as good to me as gone glimmering, which was fucking amazing...perhaps its aged well.

I could maybe see Chavez being the most popular band on Matador during the 90s. That was when they had a deal with a Major in some capacity, right? I'm sure that's why we were seeing Chavez videos on MTV. Hilarious videos, actually.

Ride the Fader, much like Gone Glimmering, is in fact awesome. Do dust them off. "The Guard Attacks" and "Unreal is Here" are a couple of my favorite Chavez tunes.

Even though I already have those albums, I might get the box set too, just because Chavez is that awesome. Also, if a lot of people buy this up, maybe they'll put something new out...

I really like this band and regret that I never got to see them live. I only remember them playing in Chicago once. It was at Lounge Ax after Gone Glimmering.

Did I just miss a bunch of shows, or did they not tour much?

j_harvey wrote:I really like this band and regret that I never got to see them live. I only remember them playing in Chicago once. It was at Lounge Ax after Gone Glimmering.

Did I just miss a bunch of shows, or did they not tour much?

They didn't tour much, that I know of.

Silkworm did a pretty hilarious, extremely down-and-dirty tour of the South with them. Very nice guys.

We had one show in a record store in Johnson City, TN. One person showed up--a girl who'd been stood up for prom. One of the bands played (honestly, I don't remember if it was us or them), and then we went to see Children of the Night.

Children of the Night were (are?) an Eric Carr-era Kiss tribute band. They played all eras of Kiss music, but the drummer was Eric Carr, not Peter Criss.

The opening band for this show was called Kross.

Kross was constituted of the roadies for Children of the Night.

They played the worst versions of War Pigs and We're an American Band one will ever hear a band play.

I remember this event rather vividly.

The drum breaks in War Pigs are burned into my cerebral cortex. Each one was in a different exotic time signature: 11/16, 3/8, 15/32. With internal tempo changes to boot.

I don't think the drummer did it intentionally, but he did it nonetheless.