Jawbreaker - Fireman

[@norecessmusic]

I was today years old when I found out there's an official music video for this song. thank you to whoever's responsible for making sure this made it's way onto KZbin

[@kevinkydd3919]

I remember I asked for a Jawbox CD for Christmas and my mom got me Jawbreaker. I was so mad until I played it and it became one of my favorites. Nostalgia.

[@vegancurse]

I mean, both are good choices. Your mom did you a solid!

[@kiryubelmont3222]

And you were 'so mad'.. what a little turd!

[@leam89]

@@kiryubelmont3222 maybe he didn't know about jawbreaker. My parents got me Savage Garden instead of sound garden 🙃

[@samuelmorse784]

Jawbox is so much better but I'm big jawbreaker fan as well.

[@samuelmorse784]

@@kiryubelmont3222 fucking dork Jawbox is 3 times better and much more dynamic.

[@eurikadude]

One of the best guitar tones I've ever heard, glad this video is finally getting a million views

[@dt6695]

been listening since i was born in 07 went to there concert in october at the brooklyn bowl

[@bzradiohead18]

I just opened a record store. This was the first song I blasted in the shop.

[@canesrule96]

Good luck!

[@kierenfrewen5705]

That is a dream come true man! Wish I had a record shop 😊

[@burningjdm]

That's awesome man, this is how you know it's a good shop

[@sonicdiablo8968]

Love that opening riff

[@richiemyoozik]

Same ❤

[@lobyte]

im a huge 90s music fan but never heard of these guys until recently. I love it.

[@RustinChole]

Dear You and 24 Hour Revenge Therapy are absolute must haves. These guys were a huge inspiration for Green Day, and even Kurt had their sticker on his guitar on Nirvana’s final tour. Basically like if Green Day was more into drive like jehu and fugazi than pop punk.

[@masterblaster5705]

Jawbreaker kills. Thursday, Sunny Day Real Estate. Dag Nasty. Red 40. I don't need to tell you. You know what the fuck music is. Keep going squire.

[@ang3lstardust]

@@masterblaster5705 Dag Nasty is awesome!!! JAWBREAKER IS AWESOME!!!

[@DaveAnchovies]

@@ang3lstardust dag nasty sounded like a different band on all the stuff i got into...still like smalley over sean on Can I Say...maybe his best stuff, i dont care about his moderate but uncool politics...or Bakers which arent much different. Wig Out was pretty great, too...but Jawbreaker fans turned on them when this came out---now its arguably tied with 24 hour revenge as their best. it makes unfun sound juvenille and Bivuoac was lacking in consistency. but they were getting better. Dear You stood the test of time for all the shit they got...a well deserved check for years of entertaining rich kids who denied their bands any reward for the sacrifices it takes to be a real band. How many times does the guy gotta say "i need new sweaters, people!" this pollup in my throat could kill me! the label doesnt even supply health insurance. pricks killed a growing band. at least they went out strong and sneer when Chemistry saved some dorks life! Jet Black, man. To the center.

[@ang3lstardust]

@@DaveAnchovies I love 24 Hour Revenge Therapy and Bivouac. I can agree with you Can I Say is my favorite Dag Nasty album!! Their best work!

[@gabriellalove7]

"If you could hear, the dreams I've had my dear, they'd give you nightmares for a week!" beautiful.

[@BrookieMonster1313]

And in the same song, “if I were a vampire, I wouldn’t suck your blood” lol. I love it.

[@thenewac1852]

Best dark cabaret dungeon synth fusion band I've ever heard

[@TheFletchandSebShow]

Googles dark cabaret dungeon synth fusion.

[@gumybo]

Finally at 1mil. Nothing has changed and I don’t care.

[@philiom7724]

The best retro jazz fusion ensemble of all time

[@augusto8147]

Damn, i love these 90s eurodance groups

[@corrupted6683]

Best black metal band of all time!!

[@alexanderconner7661]

Played Dear You 4 the 1st time, I cried the entire album

[@Warlud.]

@@LightningShade12 what are they?

[@Warlud.]

@@LightningShade12 ty

[@toddpacker4683]

@@LightningShade12 whoosh

[@beardymcwhisky]

I miss this music so bad.

[@anitacrumbly]

best hip hop crew of all time hands down!

[@roughestgunark845]

Jawbreaker were the best pornogrind band of the 90's.

[@opses546]

Don't make me start a cover band where we just steal their lyrics and pitch shift them to shit

[@trevinwhiteley2730]

One of the best prog rock groups of the 90’s

[@koozboy]

Jawbreaker is some good alternative rock.

[@DaleCooper1101]

Best industrial neo folk band of all time.

[@mrsxierox9]

These lyrics are pure poetry

[@matthewjames206]

Some of the best lyrics ever written. This song still sounds amazing in '21. Edit: And late-summer '24 🤙🤙🍻

[@CoolYogurt]

Still the best in 2020

[@RustinChole]

His lyrics for Condition Oakland and Ashtray Monument are vastly superior, if you haven’t heard 24hrRT. Saw this one 120minutes and went to the mall on a bus and bought the cassette. One of the best.

[@poob7836]

still good in 21 lol

[@superawesomeandfun]

still fucking amazing in ‘22

[@pravda666]

Absolutely incredible in '25

[@TH1515FAK3]

I absolutely love how he says “a gun for hire”.

[@philiom7724]

me too!

[@TacosFromMars]

I was in hospital in 2011 recovering from a seizure that required me to be put into a coma. I was really bummed because I missed the warped tour, and one of the only albums I had downloaded to my LG Rumor phone was Dear You. This album brought me incredible joy, and i will be forever grateful to this band.

[@jmm8476]

Friend, go listen to 24 hour revenge therapy if u haven’t (I’m sure u have, but just in case). It’s superior.

[@TheMallen1234]

So good it hurts my feelings.

[@joshquinny6026]

I just realized how amazing the drummer is

[@Mitchell_Network]

Oh yes, the good old days of the 1990s when indie , punk rock, college rock Pop rock all came together.. was lucky enough to live in a place where we had plenty of local college stations and commercial college stations who put on many summer concert series. Saw this band in Providence Rhode Island in the 90s.

[@joegillian314]

This was LITERALLY my favorite song as a kid. Still love it today.

[@ndrawker]

When it Pains, it Roars..

[@amosng2560]

My favourite electro-polka/funk fusion band :)

[@CamCaywall]

Finally hit 1 million Views What a banger

[@Eddievanhello]

I Love the chorus! If you were here, I'd never have a fear So go on live your life But I miss you more than I did yesterday 🖤

[@Eddievanhello]

You’re beautiful!!!!!!!!!!

[@pantsnjacket381]

I see what you did there

[@mondobe]

I came here from the interview where Gerard said he copied this song for that chorus hahaha

[@aleav219]

The best madchester band!

[@bobdobalina9511]

Jawbreaker is one of the best nu-metal bands

[@lewisbush7732]

+Bob Dobalina NU METAL they are not nu metal they are post punk or punk rock not nu metal

[@PurzelPadauZ]

Jawbreaker were an integral part of the first wave of Gangsta Rap. You can even hear Country influences on their third Techno-Album.

[@theangryginger7582]

Um actually they're an experimental synth-pop band get your facts straight

[@sir420rawrdank8]

Seems more like J A W B R E A K E R some nice vaporwave

[@joeychanci6866]

Um actually they are an death metal group fools

[@ronrondrewthat]

Jawbreaker has been and always will be my favorite punk band. Blake Schwarzenbach's lyrics are fantastic but you would expect from a guy who got a BA from NYU in English Lit and creative writing. Read about him in Wikipedia he teaches undergrads now; he's inspired the punk/indie/emo culture and many punk bands list Jawbreaker as one of their favorite bands or inspirations....Face to Face, Lagwagon, NoFX, Bad Religion, tons of great bands.

[@soulfireclash2882]

Bad Religion and NOFX came out years before Jawbreaker but I'm sure they liked them

[@punkrockstormchaser]

Ik laggers and Blink did as well as Deftones possibly I’m very sure chino knew of them too

[@trainelavalais6280]

Just like Sunny Day Real Estate, Jawbreaker represented the emo music genre very well.

[@jmm8476]

I’m with you. I’ve long made the claim (old punk preaching here) that sunny day diary jawbreaker revenge and weezer blue album started emo! But… there was a band in Austin in the 80’s (also Texan here) called the Big Boys that may lay claim to first “emo” punk song. Them or the buzzcocks. Ha ha.

[@SkatePunkMan1980]

If there was ever a band that deserved Super Stardom---these guys were it. Jawbreaker's "Dear You" CD is about perfect from beginning to end. Now we have what? American Idol, The Voice and X-factor? Bwah-ah-ah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!!!

[@remarc69]

what an awesome song, i seen these guys at the summersault festival in Sydney in 1994, they rock!!!!

[@charlie13333]

why does this band need to have a genre they sound dope idc what they are

[@meganpiazza1528]

Been listening to Jawbreaker for the past 21 years and can always count on them for some deep ass lyrics. Love them forever and always 💕

[@TheOrangization]

Dreamed I was a fireman I just smoked and watched you burn Dreamed I was an astronaut I shot you down like a juggernaut Dreamed we were still going out Had that one a few times now Woke up to find we were not It's good to be awake Dreamed I was a tidal wave I ravaged your coast, there were no survivors Dreamed I was your landlord I showed your place when you had lovers If I was a vampire I wouldn't suck your blood Then I dreamed I was you Sweetest dream I have had If you could hear the dreams I've had, my dear They would give you nightmares for a week But you're not here and I can never sleep Come home so I can be a creep Dreamed I was a dream I stole you away, away in your sleep Saved you from a fire, a gun for hire Introduced you to a vampire A wave crashed on the beach We rolled around in its foamy grasp Kissing in the chaos of a kelpy sea Seems I couldn't save you from me If you could hear the dreams I've had, my dear They would give you nightmares for a week But you're not here and I can never sleep Come home so I can be a creep Maybe I'm obsessive to think like this Probably not impressing you with my cheap tricks Honey, it's depressing what depression does to some I'll play the part for hours but I know you'll never come If you could hear the dreams I've had, my dear They would give you nightmares for a week But you're not here and I can never sleep Come home so I can be a creep

[@kyokari4]

Thanks!

[@timothypoison]

thanks lord

[@wallygdg]

You fucked up the lyrics..

[@WesleyDysart]

Dude is a poet

[@anthony_castro710]

Very vivid memories listening to this at 7 years old ☹ i miss simple times

[@bluen0tez]

easily one of my favorite bands

[@RichieWilliams97]

Drums on this song go legendarily hard

[@arnieroo]

This is some great Ranchera music!!

[@animegirlIRL]

God I love Blake's voice, It sounds like he smokes weed and cigarettes all day, and doesn't care if the mainstream likes it or not......... Like some kind of punk

[@dama301]

Such a great latin trap band

[@randyschultz89]

nice, 1 million.. deserved

[@krashd]

Lol, all this arguing over whether they are emo, punk, hardcore or whatever when Jawbreaker were clearly fuzzy jazz revivalists.

[@emptRx]

I think they were more alt.jazz/fusion protomodern bluewater sound

[@chaddeez8446]

This was punk back in the mid '90s. "Emo" wasn't in anyone's vocabulary if you want the truth.

[@kennygates1192]

Rob Fraser Man what are you on? This is clearly reggae fusion punk thrash chillstep polka!

[@whateveryasaypal5022]

@@chaddeez8446 "emotional hardcore' and "emocore" were underground terms that were used in the late 80s and they morphed into the term "emo" in the 90s so yes "emo" was in people's vocabularies but not many, and it was usually the retard critics who used these dumb labels, 90% of the bands hated them. i get what you're saying though, punk is just punk

[@caffeinatedinsanity2324]

@@whateveryasaypal5022 That label was typically stuck to some bands in the DC scene, though. I would put Jawbreaker alongside Descendens or ALL in terms of what they were doing, that I would call "experimental punk rock".

[@MikeAndersonvinyloldies]

I'm 13 and I love this old school 1960s R&B.

[@Smaldera]

I came here after reading the Jawbreaker chapter about in "Sellout", book by Dan Ozzi. Man, what a sad and depressing story about the pression, the hatred, the "fans" and everything that terminated this wonderful band. I really love the "Dear You" record, they don't deserved AT ALL what happened to them. I'm so sad

[@englisheducative]

I just read a wikipedia article about all the "hype" and angst about the release of this album . . . they needed a better singer and more guitar solos, and shaper video production. .

[@Smaldera]

​@@englisheducativeProbably, but I believe their 'magic' resided in their unique identity. They emerged from a DIY context and, according to Ozzi, their sin was being outspoken about not being 'sellouts' before they finally signed with a major label. In my humble opinion, they didn't need major labels nor commercial guidelines, which, at the time, were obsessively searching for a new Green Day. That video, for example, doesn't even fit the original style of the song. I don't know, it seems like they were under too much pressure to become something else.

[@mookievmovies]

gotta love a 90s foil room

[@brianprobart3176]

"They don't even dress emo." Hilarious! In the early '90's we referred to bands like Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate as "emo". Later emo became something else. Stop trippin'.

[@samuelpearson6836]

+Brian Probart Yup. Emo is not a fashion statement, it's a music genre. Nothing wrong with dressing up emo though, it's kinda cool. But don't associate music with fashion.

[@mortysmith862]

+Samuel Pearson you have just became my bestfriend

[@samuelpearson6836]

MisterCacahuate (INACTIVO) *tips hat

[@NowWhat480]

+Brian Probart right. If I had to put them into a genre, it would def not be emo, maybe JTB, specifically "Perfecting Loneliness" but not Jawbreaker albums. With maybe the exception of Sea Anenome.

[@viral0998hj]

Here they don't even sound like fucking Unfun, which was fucking emotive

[@420chillaxin]

Amazing Band. hands down! I remember being a huge fan of bivouac,and 24 hr, but was always reluctant of dear you.. until i bought it back in'99.. Since then dear you has been my favorite jawbreaker album!

[@charlieborthwick2302]

Yes! I love country music!

[@notyoursavior78]

Jawbreaker rules!!!

[@vkuolema79]

The best fucking intro riff ever. Never gets old!

[@kingster911]

First time hearing these guys just now. Loved this song! Looked them up on Wikipedia and it said they were a big influence on nineties emo. I guess I could see that but still, I think a lot of us punk rockers like a wide range of stuff. I remember hearing them mentioned in a Lagwagon song. To me this is just great nineties music. It's got that great feel to it.

[@never-books]

Definitely an influence on stuff like the Promise Ring and Braid. That's actually how I found them in the late 90s!

[@kingster911]

@@never-books and since my comment I have seen Jawbreaker live three times. 😎😎😎

[@v-giny5507]

Just saw them live at the Roseland a few nights ago. Awesome as hell.

[@jowston100]

Still fresh.

[@dynamicvoltage9765]

This is some really good pop deathcore

[@mjacob17]

I love that antigua p-bass.

[@t3chphr3ak]

Is that old post blackened slamcore band all the kids have been talking about?

[@aliosha.]

Justin Dittburner HAHAHAHAH

[@likearitual]

Jawbreaker is one of the most influential bands to father in this new pop punk/emo movement. Bands like Title Fight, Balance and Composure, Tigers Jaw, and even Man Overboard have all taken something from Lifetime or Jawbreaker

[@whoseeyesareflowers639]

Eh, most of those bands are mediocre trend followers with insufferable fanbases. Not even remotely in the same league as Jawbreaker.

[@likearitual]

@@whoseeyesareflowers639 ok 9 year comment tho

[@crujones4491]

Hello Bastards is a classic.

[@ricardols9567]

Powerviolence at its best!!!

[@strummer126]

Can't believe this is 19 years old. Seems like bloody yesterday. Jesus.

[@neilwiththedeal]

lol 25 years

[@schwarzblatt]

Amazing to me how hung up on subgenre classifications so many of you are. How much does it matter? One two three four, who's punk what's the score?

[@somethingsomething3053]

Amen to that!

[@robinzietz7377]

Yeh boxcar wut

[@computersnevergoonstrike]

LIKE HOLY SHIT, no kidding... i mean i have seen these dumb debates before but never to such a degree like below. fuuuck enjoy the music and shaddup!

[@miked4309]

i also hate how people will put down todays bands that have this sound. i love certain music and i will always love it. doesnt matter when or why it was made. music is for enjoyment and entertainment. i can listen to Jawbreaker and then listen to Bully and enjoy both. it does not matter what place in time it comes from. its all rock music.

[@glittermoondust]

lmfao shut up

[@ddave7026]

How did this only sell 40,000???? I still blast this

[@Smaldera]

So ahead of their time

[@Justin-k1l3h]

They were during weird times when punk and hardcore were making their last stand and they were loved for it good job guys and thank you

[@begang679]

Jawbreaker is my favorite reggae band also with distortion

[@Jetsamification]

This song takes me back and also sounds just as fresh today. The 90s had some killer bands and tunes.

[@broadwirefilms]

I got a les paul just and I noticed that blake had one, left handed like mine, and I immediatly started playing this song along. So happy that day

[@ttodd1558]

Wish these guys were still around. Dear YOU!

[@bakintoast]

I totally feel you. I look back on these years and just think,"I wish I could have actually done stuff back then."

[@Graterstuuf]

reminds me of different places i lived when this song was around therapy

[@moforyguy6803]

This song doesn't give Jawbreaker justice to how good they are.

[@dougtull4594]

This album blew my mind. I had seen them a year or two before this came out. Brilliant.

[@jawbreaker19801]

Some good ol classic rock right here. Over 20 years old now.

[@bobdobbs7000]

Great song and vid from this excellent D.C. band from the 90's.

[@flyingdiscofrog]

Some of my best youngster memories have Jawbreaker as background music. Love these guys!

[@user-fh5ov4tu2j]

Came here from an MCR interview saying that this is what inspired them to write Give Em Hell Kid and it turns out i already listen to this song before lmao great stuff

[@yeseniarad]

ooh what interview?

[@catsaresquishy9222]

@@yeseniarad This interview: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZfOdImgjbxorJY

[@genocidecrusade6534]

1:37 "If you were here, I'd never have a fear"

[@myupsidedown]

came from the same thing lol

[@featheralliance4590]

same lmao

[@iStayKrafty]

I remember hearing this for the first time like 15 years ago. Still love this song.

[@BadSceneMyFault]

No band since has matched their greatness.

[@alexisjade2704]

Yasss!!! 13 Year old me is stoked!

[@eddie2913]

Is 17 year old you stoked?

[@Shifty78]

I usually don’t listen to reggae, but ended up here somehow.

[@hardcorehopefoundation9925]

Gate keeper here just to confirm that Jawbreaker is post Rites of Spring emo but pre screamo emotive post hardcore, and definitely easycore godfathers.

[@cwebb871]

I laughed so hard at this comment. I wish we could be friends, we think alike.

[@JasonRoggasch]

I hate you

[@soulfireclash2882]

Please don't forget to add that they were sell outs because they opened for that one band? Guns N Roses I think that's who it was? Or was it Nine Inch Nails maybe? I forgot but after that Gilman St. changed their locks.

[@hardcorehopefoundation9925]

@@soulfireclash2882 I always check with Gilman St. before liking a band to make sure they could still play there. That way I never lose my DIY, punk, hardcore or crossover credentials.

[@matthewjames206]

Smoothed out on the R&B tip 🍻

[@technozombie789]

I'm not sure what people are arguing about, this is an alternative band.

[@ScreamJob]

Aaaaah the future! I am HERE! I am 32! And this is what it is: Finding nostalgic Jawbreaker on KZbin and getting a Mcdonalds commercial, from which I KNOW Jawbreaker is getting zero $dolla bills. I thought the future would have smelavision, not this mild travesty. Anyway, Jawbreaker was/is really really fantastic. Good work boys!

[@JadeWestTristan]

Oh my gosh this is amazing so glad I found them

[@tarabletv]

I don't care what kind of band they are, all I know is that two boys named Ed and one boy named Eddy would love them.

[@Dbzmad34222]

i wish i knew somebody that loved this band.

[@alexanderconner7661]

I love Jawbreaker to death

[@charliejenkins4315]

Jawbreaker is some good rock n roll

[@lauran.9427]

They were AMAZING IN CONCERT at Metro/Chicago in 90's....❤❤

[@james_marshall]

This song is perfection

[@matthewburdman27]

Still love this in 2019! Awesome, another gem from Mark Kohr!

[@adamJKpunk]

Such a great K-Pop band.

[@zeanzern4396]

..no

[@helpimadog-playthroughs5956]

@@zeanzern4396 It’s what known as a joke….

[@Ilovemywifekimgaeul]

This shi caucasian day6

[@vapido]

nobody turned against them. they were still playing with local punk bands in 95. they just stopped touring. hell, between the last time they played here and the 2nd to last time they played was about 5 years i remember. too bad you had to hear it on the radio. shitty deal for you.

[@kash2010]

I just refound this song! Love it :)

[@machinesbreathe]

Bauemeister is a monster on the bass! "Want" off of Unfun is a perfect example.

[@Fafafohi]

Do you remember when Jawbreaker rocked the boat?

[@menherahamster]

I feel bad for everyone who hasn’t discovered this legendary band

[@Renegate007]

Actually, I like this album even more than their others.