Timeline    

1994

First band Rehearsals in Jeff's Garage. Band was actually not officially the fairlanes but it was the first practices with Jason and Jeff together. No official fairlanes songs came out of this. Only a song about grey skies and covers by screeching weasel, Jesus and Mary Chain and REM.

Recordings - None

Releases - Thankfully Nothing.

Tours - None

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Jeff - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Scott Fuller - Bass
Ben Griffith - Drums

1995

The band actually became the fairlanes. Started playing local shows. Jason and Jeff moved to Boulder to go to College. Robbie Kalinowski became the new guitar wizard. Jeff suckered his little brother Tim into playing drums. Jeff also decided that he wanted to play bass. Some regular fairlanes songs came out of this time.

Recordings - None

Releases - Nothing

Tours - None

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Jeff - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Scott Fuller - Bass
Tim - Drums

1996

The band started to play a lot of local shows and started to promote itself more. They also started Suburban Home Records and Zine with Virgil Dickerson. After the summer tour, Tim quit and Alex joined up to play drums. He never recorded anything with the Fairlanes and only played for about 3 months with them.

Recordings - 6 Songs at Time Capsule (Hermit Girl, Girl Let Me Go, Supercool, Katie, IÕm not Changing(Unreleased), EverybodyÕs Got Somebody (Unreleased). Many Demo songs at club 156 and in the fairlanesÕ house. (All Unreleased except really wanna see you)

Releases - Hi Were the Fairlanes 7Ó (Suburban Home Records), Really Want to See You on Punk Strikes Back Compilation (Backspin Records)

Tours - 1 Month Summer Tour

Line Up
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jeff - Bass, Vocals
Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Tim - Drums
Alex - DrumsÊÊ

1997

The band continued to play more shows locally. Scott took over on drums right away at the beginning of the year.

Recordings - 5 songs at Time Capsule (DPD, Not Good Enough, Say Goodnight (Unreleased), Materiel Girl (Unreleased) Just One Measure (Unreleased, Vocals Not Finished) 2 Songs at 8 houses (Say Goodnight, Venus) 6 Songs at 8 Houses (Friday Night, Back of My Mind, My Your Man, Rip-Off Girl, Girl Let Me Go, Really Wanna See you (Unreleased). 10 Songs at 8 Houses (Hermit Girl, Catch 22, Screwing Yourself, DPD, Stupid, Goodbye, Vomit, ScottÕs Song, Kiss Me Deadly, Between Planets)

Releases - DPD on the Big Fix Compilation (Allied Recordings) Hermit Girl on PunkÉ ItÕs all about the Orchis Factor (Suburban Home Records)
Touch My Body, Digger/Fairlanes Split 7Ó (Suburban Home Records) Not Good Enough on The Great Soap Opera (Atomic/Wormhole Records)

Tours - 1 Week Winter Tour, Several Weekend Tours, 2 Month Full US Summer Tour.

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar
Jeff - Bass, Vocals
Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Drums, Vocals

1998

The Fairlanes recorded their first Full Length this year. Rob, Jason and Jeff all Graduated College. Mike Little of Potential Getaway Driver filled in on bass for a few shows that Jeff could not make it to. Jason also moved to Houston. Scott also recorded the solo Potential Getaway Driver stuff. The Fairlanes re-recorded the song Òforever.Ó

Recordings - 9 Songs at 8 Houses (Last Sunrise, Alone Tonite, Mr. Poltroon, Tell Me, Forever, Wide Awake, Wait For Her Return, Materiel Girl, My Advice (unreleased)

Releases - Songs For Cruising Full Length CD (Suburban Home Records), Between Planets on the New Frontier (Soda Jerk Records), Hermit Girl on Put My Clothes Back on (Dead Sox Records), Vomit on Bakamono Comp (Bakamono Records),

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Jeff - Bass, Vocals
Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Drums, Vocals

1999

This year, the band wrote songs long distance with Scott flying to Houston and then Jeff and Rob would help from there.

 

Recordings - None

Releases - Bite Your Tongue CDEP (Suburban Home Records), Catch 22 on Mulletcore (Drive Thru Records)

Tours - 10 Day Summer Tour around central US.

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Jeff - Bass, Vocals
Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Drums, Vocals

2000

Worked ALOT on the next full length CD. Made plans to make the Fairlanes a full time band. Jason Moved to Los Angeles. Jeff quit the band. Andy Joined (And thus begins the Cherry Curl).

Recordings - 3 Songs at 8 Houses (This Amp Goes to 11, Burn It Down, Welcome to Nowhere) 16 songs at 8 houses (Never Looking Back, Standing on the Shoulders (Of Average Sized People), This Amp Goes to 11, Frequency of you, Burn it Down, Right Through You, Symbiosis, Lesson Learned, Middle of it All, I am OK, Toursong, Down Here on Earth, Untitled #1, Not Yet Titled #1, Yet to Be Titled #1, That which has no title yet #1)

Releases - This Amp Goes to 11 on Plea for Peace comp (Asian Man Records), Alone Tonite on Playing Four Square comp (Suburban Home Records), Wait for Her Return on Ni-Fi Trash (Floppy Cow Records).

Tours - None Yet, in the works

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Jeff - Bass, Vocals
Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Drums, Bass, Vocals
Andy - Drums, Vocals

2001

Welcome to Nowhere is released. We become a full time touring band! Andy cuts his Cherry Curl. Tour the US several times, Europe once. Buy 27 foot RV with license plate [833 DRE] (Its the motherfuckin' D.R.E.) It is not a Winnebago, it is a Tioga. Calling every RV a winnebego is the same as calling every shoe you ever see a puma. Got it sucker?

Recordings - 5 Songs at 8 Houses (One in a Billion, Beautiful Ride, Goodbye, Friday Night, 2 Miles From Nowhere)

Releases - Welcome to Nowhere, Full Length CD (Suburban Home Records), Fairlanes/Stinking Pllecats Split CD (Wynona Records), Latrines/Fairlanes split 7" (Floppy Cow Records), Never Looking Back on It's all about the punk baby! comp. (Orange Peal Records), Never Looking Back on OX Fanzine comp (Ox Fanzine), Burn It Down on Ritalin Riot 2 (Atention Defecit Disorder), Midle of it All on No-Fi Trash (Second Pressing) (Floppy Cow Records).

Tours - So far: One 7 week US Tour (March 14-May6). Planned: European Tour (June 29-July 1), 6 Week US Tour amd one more US Tour.

Line Up -
Jason - Lead Vocals, Guitar

Robbie - Guitar, Vocals
Scott - Bass, Vocals
Andy - Drums, Vocals, Cherry Curl