Alexander Blake Schwarzenbach (born May 21, 1967) is an American musician. He was the singer and left-handed guitarist of Jawbreaker (1988–1996), Jets to Brazil (1997–2003), The Thorns of Life (2008-2009), and forgetters (2009- )
Schwarzenbach attended the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, a private K-12 school in Santa Monica, California. He then attended New York University between 1985 and 1991, including a two-quarter stint at UC Santa C...
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Alexander Blake Schwarzenbach (born May 21, 1967) is an American musician. He was the singer and left-handed guitarist of Jawbreaker (1988–1996), Jets to Brazil (1997–2003), The Thorns of Life (2008-2009), and forgetters (2009- )
Schwarzenbach attended the Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences, a private K-12 school in Santa Monica, California. He then attended New York University between 1985 and 1991, including a two-quarter stint at UC Santa Cruz in 1985. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from NYU in English literature and creative writing in 1991.
Jawbreaker formed in 1988 after Blake Schwarzenbach and drummer Adam Pfahler responded to a flyer that bassist Chris Bauermeister posted in a New York University dorm cafeteria. The band played their first show as Jawbreaker on March 16, 1989 at Club 88 in Los Angeles, CA. After eight years and four albums, Jawbreaker played their last show on May 19, 1996 at the Capitol Theater in Olympia, WA, as the trio officially disbanded that...
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