Atombombpocketknife was an American indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Chicago

Chicago

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. The band featured Che Arthur

Che Arthur

Che Arthur is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a sound engineer/tour manager who has worked on tours with such bands as Minus the Bear, Pelican, Don Caballero, Trans Am, Thursday, Cursive, The Black Heart Procession, Jets to...

 on guitar and released three full-length albums between 2000 and 2004.

History

Atombombpocketknife formed in 1997 and toured regionally before releasing a 7" record on File 13 Records and then a 10" on Southern Records

Southern Records

Southern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...

 in 1999. A full-length, Alpha Sounds, followed on the same label in 2000. Following this the group toured with Man or Astro-Man?

Man or Astro-man?

Man or Astro-man? is a surf rock group that formed in Auburn, Alabama, in the early 1990s and came to prominence over the following decade.Primarily instrumental, Man or Astro-man? blended the surf rock style of the early 1960s like that of The Spotnicks with the new wave and punk rock sounds of...

, Pinback

Pinback

Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Temporary Residence Ltd. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow. Tom Zinser, Chris Prescott, and Mario Rubalcaba have all contributed drums...

, and Judah Johnson

Judah Johnson

-History:Judah Johnson formed in 1999 and first began recording in the summer of 2000 with Don Dixon. After touring regionally, they released their debut EP on Flameshovel Records in 2001. Following a series of lineup changes in early 2002, the band began recording material for a full-length in the...

. A sophomore full-length was issued in 2001, the first on which Che Arthur

Che Arthur

Che Arthur is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a sound engineer/tour manager who has worked on tours with such bands as Minus the Bear, Pelican, Don Caballero, Trans Am, Thursday, Cursive, The Black Heart Procession, Jets to...

 appeared. Near the end of that same year, drummer Matt Espy (who had joined in 1999) left the group and was replaced by former Sterling

Sterling (band)

Sterling was a popular rock band formed in Manchester, England.The band was founded in 2001 at Manchester University, England by Robin Goodchild, Richard Ash, Gavin Stead and Edward Shiers....

 drummer Tony Lazzara. Their third and final full-length followed in 2004; the group disbanded in 2005.

Members

• Che Arthur
  Che Arthur
  Che Arthur is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist who currently resides in Chicago, Illinois. He is also a sound engineer/tour manager who has worked on tours with such bands as Minus the Bear, Pelican, Don Caballero, Trans Am, Thursday, Cursive, The Black Heart Procession, Jets to...
  
   - guitar (2001–2005)
• Allison Hollihan - bass
• Justin Sinkovich - vocals, guitar
• David Burns - drums (1997–1999)
• Matt Espy - drums (1999–2001)
• Tony Lazzara - drums (2001–2005)

Discography

• Fly Vultures Fly 7" (File 13 Records, 1999)
• Atombombpocketknife 10" (Southern Records
  Southern Records
  Southern Records is an independent record label closely associated with Crass Records, Corpus Christi Records and Dischord Records. It is based in London and previously had offices in Chicago , Le Havre and Berlin .Southern was originally a recording studio owned and operated by John Loder...
  
  , 1999)
• Alpha Sounds (Southern, 2000)
• God Save the APBK (Southern, 2001)
• This Is Dance Time EP (Suiteside Records, 2003)
• Lack and Pattern (File 13 Records, 2004)