https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=User%3ACrackerjack 2026-04-24T10:05:55Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.8 https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=User:Crackerjack&diff=9058&oldid=prev 2025-12-30T14:39:19Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 14:39, 30 December 2025</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Crackerjack <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">was formed in 1998 by George Castady, Jason “Lola” Lollar, Dave Schneider and Darius Lafkas. Based out </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Lombard, IL</del>.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Howdy! I moved your info on </ins>Crackerjack <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to a proper page instead </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the User page</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The software is a little tricky to get </ins>a <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">hold </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">at first</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but this is the better spot</ins>. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Crackerjack]] is </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">home now </ins>and <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">I linked from </ins>the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">main page under 1990s </ins>bands <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">- thanks for contributing! [[User:Gantry|Gantry]] </ins>(<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[User talk:Gantry|talk]]</ins>) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">14:39</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">30 December 2025 (UTC)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">They released two albums, WHAT?!? In 1998 and “Don’t Hold Your Breath” in 1999. Both albums were recorded by John Emerson, </del>a <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">long-time local music supporter and audio engineer. They were also featured in the local Chicago complication “Villa Park vs. Elmhurst” with their track “Reach.”</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Their musically style was pop punk with influences </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Showoff</del>, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Screeching Weasel, The Queers and Green Day</del>. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The lyrics were primarily about heartbreak, boredom and teenage angst.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The band later featured Brett McCarty on bass while </del>the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">band was working on their third album which was never released. They regularly played shows at Off The Alley, Fireside Bowl, Hanger 18 </del>and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">other local venues.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The band broke up in 2000 and the members went on to form </del>the bands <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Michaelane and Scissors. George later joined his brother Dan’s band </del>(<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">who performed backup vocals on both Cracjerjack albums</del>), <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The Fold, in 2009.</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> </table>

Gantry https://punkdatabase.com/w/index.php?title=User:Crackerjack&diff=9054&oldid=prev 2025-12-22T21:03:13Z

<p>Crackerjack</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>Crackerjack was formed in 1998 by George Castady, Jason “Lola” Lollar, Dave Schneider and Darius Lafkas. Based out of Lombard, IL. <br /> <br /> They released two albums, WHAT?!? In 1998 and “Don’t Hold Your Breath” in 1999. Both albums were recorded by John Emerson, a long-time local music supporter and audio engineer. They were also featured in the local Chicago complication “Villa Park vs. Elmhurst” with their track “Reach.”<br /> <br /> Their musically style was pop punk with influences of Showoff, Screeching Weasel, The Queers and Green Day. The lyrics were primarily about heartbreak, boredom and teenage angst.<br /> <br /> The band later featured Brett McCarty on bass while the band was working on their third album which was never released. They regularly played shows at Off The Alley, Fireside Bowl, Hanger 18 and other local venues.<br /> <br /> The band broke up in 2000 and the members went on to form the bands Michaelane and Scissors. George later joined his brother Dan’s band (who performed backup vocals on both Cracjerjack albums), The Fold, in 2009.</div>

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