The Thorns of Life

E490664
punk rock band

The Thorns of Life was a short-lived American punk rock band formed in the late 2000s by Jawbreaker frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, known for its raw, politically charged songs and DIY ethos.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Thorns of Life 2
The Thorns of Life canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf punk rock band ⓘ
associatedAct Crimpshrine NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jawbreaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jets to Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pinhead Gunpowder NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedInDecade 2000s ⓘ
formedInPeriod late 2000s ⓘ
genre punk ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ
hasCharacteristic short-lived ⓘ
hasMember Aaron Cometbus NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blake Schwarzenbach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dan Black NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasQuality DIY ethos ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
raw sound ⓘ
hasRole Aaron Cometbus – drums NERFINISHED ⓘ
Blake Schwarzenbach – vocals and guitar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dan Black – bass ⓘ
hasSong Available ⓘ
Black Art ⓘ
Constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ
Freedom NERFINISHED ⓘ
From the Hips NERFINISHED ⓘ
I Hate New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
I’ll Be on the Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
My First Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oh Death NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ribbonhead NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Thorns of Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
Vivid Green NERFINISHED ⓘ
We Build Then We Break NERFINISHED ⓘ
We Build Then We Break (reprise) NERFINISHED ⓘ
You’re Not a Wizard NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Jawbreaker NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor DIY touring ⓘ
live bootleg recordings ⓘ
politically engaged lyrics ⓘ
unreleased studio recordings ⓘ
languageOfLyrics English ⓘ
performedIn Brooklyn, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
San Francisco Bay Area NERFINISHED ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aaron Cometbus → memberOf → The Thorns of Life ⓘ
Blake Schwarzenbach → memberOf → The Thorns of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thorns of Life
Blake Schwarzenbach → associatedAct → The Thorns of Life ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thorns of Life