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  1986 - Habits
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1986 is a band originally from Austin. We live in Nyc now...sort of. We leave so much it's almost like we don't really live much of anywhere. Some people like our music...if you are into loud rock music with ridiculous drums and big guitars. If that's the case, then 1986 may be your ticket.

They've been compared to a wide array of bands from The Replacements to Dinosaur Jr and 13th Floor Elevators to the Gun Club.

1986 seeks to end the current trend of "dance" music enrapturing the ears of the youth of America. 1986 feels that it takes more to be in a band then to where American Apparel...er...apparel and play one note on a key board. 1986 is a bitter band, as are most other bands in their current situation. The situation being unsigned and convinced that the rest of the world doesn't understand your genius--or doesn't seem to be ready for it, at least.

1986 hasn't sold many records (we think it's up to 54 today, but a few were returned apparently). They haven't signed that many breasts, either. But they'd like to put out a record one day that is purchased and appreciated by people outside of their immediate family, specifically their mothers. Seriously, we love the support, moms, but it's not helping. It just makes us more bitter and depressed. None of your friends will think that our record makes a "great stocking stuffer". They're just going to leave the record sitting on their coffee table to be used for years upon years as a make-shift coaster, its original intent long lost in lieu of proper anti-condensation ring protection.

10 years in the future, when we've long given up on the dream of being a "rock star", broken in spirit and in wallet, we will move back home and work at the high school we went to teaching asshole kids about ancient Roman history in an attempt to at least put our history degree to (good) use. We will go through our thoroughly pointless existence as a school teacher barely holding on to any dignity and hope we once had by reminding ourselves that Bob Pollard was a teacher before he became a rockstar...and then Matador "discovered" him. This will be our rock we so tightly grip to for a few years. Until we attend a Christmas party with our parents that they urge us to come to because their secret intention is to introduce us to the hostess' daughter who just graduated suma cum laude from Harvard and who has a "promising future" in publishing. We will reluctantly go to this party, really only looking forward to the free booze and the chance of getting just drunk enough that peeing in the pool seems a thoughtful gesture as the guest bathroom is overrun by holiday glee pee-ers. We will pee in the pool, disgust our parents, many will talk behind your back about your rock and roll past and your inability to get your life straightened out. We will blissfully ignore all this as we stumble to the den and plop down next to the gaggle of children all watching A Christmas Story and Earnest Saves Christmas marathon. We will remain fixated on Earnest for more than an hour, wondering whatever happened to such a comic genius, when our eye catches the unique coaster under our 10th Jameson and nog. We will lift the drink up only to find a faded cardboard case containing what seems to be a never played cd. Faded into the cover of the case, we will barely make out the number, 1986, and a handwritten note that reads "Gale, this is my son's new 'rock' record. We love it. We hope you will too. We're so proud of him". We will weep. The summa cum laude girl will not be impressed. We will go home with our parents.

Rock and roll lifestyle. F*%cking Sweet.

Oh yeah, we're recording our next record with John Agnello who has produced some of our favorite records from people like Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr and Son Volt. Also, Keith Morris of Black Flag and Circle Jerks will be making a guest performance. Quite an honor.