History Music / JeffRosenstock

Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock is an American punk musician hailing from Long Island, New York. Originally known for his work in Music/TheArrogantSonsOfBitches and then Music/BombTheMusicIndustry, he has since embarked on a successful solo career, releasing 4 studio albums[[labelnote:note]]Technically 5 if you count ''SKA DREAM''[[/labelnote]] since 2015.

* IAmTheBand: Despite only being credited to his name, Jeff refers to himself and his backing band as "Death Rosenstock."

* IAmTheBand: Despite only being credited to his name, Jeff's albums ''do'' feature a backing band by the name of Death Rosenstock.

** The "No Jeffs Club" in the [[https://youtu.be/z7MPzv78cWs music video]] for "Wave Goodnight to Me" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat "Homer the Great"]].

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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Tim Dryden, Jim Fairchild, Aaron Burtch, Kevin Garcia, and Jason Lytle]]

->''Summer here, kids\\
All of them, awful lies\\
Tourist info said I'd have a good time''
-->-- "Summer Here Kids"

Grandaddy is an indie SpaceRock band from Modesto, California formed in 1992. They have released 5 studio albums in their 30 years as a band, and have received lots of critical acclaim, despite their lack of financial success. The band's music is characterized by fuzzy guitar riffs, warm analog synthesizers, and lyrics about technology and fear of change.

* ''Under the Western Freeway'' (1997)
* ''The Sophtware Slump'' (2000)
* ''Sumday'' (2003)
* ''Just Like the Fambly Cat'' (2006)
* ''Last Place'' (2017)

!!''Grandaddy's music shows examples of the following tropes:''
* EpicRocking: "He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot" is just under 9 minutes long.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Nonphenomenal Lineage" ends with a synth sample that segues right into the opening of "A.M 180."

* MinisculeRocking:
** ''Under the Western Freeway'': "Poisoned at Hartsy Thai Food"
** ''The Sophtware Slump'': "E. Knievel Interlude (The Perils of Keeping It Real)"
** ''Just Like the Fambly Cat'': "Summer... It's Gone," "50%"
** ''Last Place'': "Oh She Deleter :("

* TitleTrack: "Under the Western Freeway"

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[[caption-width-right:350:Jeff at the Mo Pop Festival in 2018]]

->''I rush to my phone\\
Because I don't wanna feel alone\\
They forced us to grow into a world without a soul''
-->-- "To Be a Ghost..."

Jeffrey Ernest Rosenstock is an American punk musician hailing from Long Island, New York. Originally known for his work in Music/TheArrogantSonsOfBitches and then Music/BombTheMusicIndustry, he has since embarked on a successful solo career, releasing 4 studio albums[[labelnote:note]]Technically 5 if you count ''SKA DREAM''[[/labelnote]] since 2015.

Jeff's solo albums are noticably more oriented towards pop punk and power pop than that of his previous work, but his scathing political commentary and lyrics about his own personal struggles are still ever-present.

* ''I Look Like Shit'' (mixtape, 2012)
* ''We Cool?'' (2015)
* ''WORRY.'' (2016)
* ''POST-'' (2018)
* ''NO DREAM'' (2020)
** ''SKA DREAM'' (A complete [[InTheStyleOf rerecording]] of ''NO DREAM'' as a SkaPunk album, 2021)

!!''We Begged 2 Read Tropes''
* AlbumIntroTrack:
** "Mornin'!" off of ''POST-'' is a 10-second message from Music/LauraStevenson saying that she hopes the message will end up on the album.
** "NO TIME" is a fast-paced punk song that serves as the opener for ''NO DREAM''.

* AlbumTitleDrop:
** The closing lyrics of "...While You're Alive"
** "N O D R E A M" ''almost'' has one with the lyric "It's not a dream, it's not a dream."

* TheAlcoholic: Jeff has struggled with alcoholism at times, and it occasionally pops up in his lyrics.

* AllCaps: The titles of all of Jeff's albums other than "We Cool?" are formatted this way.
** "HELLLLHOOOOLE" from ''WORRY.''
** "NO TIME" and [[TitleTrack "N O D R E A M"]] from ''NO DREAM''

* AllLowercaseLetters: "f a m e"

* AntiPoliceSong: "The Fuzz"

* EpicRocking: "Let Them Win" is 11 minutes long, although the second half is just an ambient synthesizer outro.

* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Starting with "Blast Damage Days," every subsequent track on ''WORRY.'' leads directly into the next.

* GrowingUpSucks: A common theme in Jeff's lyrics, most prevalent on songs like "Get Old Forever" and "We Begged 2 Explode."

* IAmTheBand: Despite only being credited to his name, Jeff's albums ''do'' feature a backing band by the name of Death Rosenstock.

* {{Infomercial}}: The music video for "Scram!" parodies local-access infomercials, complete with cheesy 90s computer graphics.

* MinisculeRocking:
** ''We Cool?'': "Hey Allison!"
** ''WORRY.'': "Pash Rash," "Pietro, 60 Years Old"
*** Tracks 10 to 16 on are all less than 2 minutes long. They all fade into each other to form a sort of medley.
** ''POST-'': "Beating My Head Against a Wall"
** ''NO DREAM'': "NO TIME," "Nikes (Alt)," "Monday at the Beach"

* MotorMouth: Jeff can sing ''really'' fast if he wants to. Some examples include the bridge of "Festival Song" and the breakdown of "N O D R E A M."

* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: "USA," "N O D R E A M"

* ProductDisplacement: The title of "***BNB"

* ShoutOut:
** Jeff name-drops several of his former bandmates and musician friends throughout "You, in Weird Cities."
** The "No Jeffs Club" in the [[https://youtu.be/z7MPzv78cWs music video]] for "Wave Goodnight to Me" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode [[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat "Homer the Great"]].

* TitleTrack: "N O D R E A M"

** "HELLLLHOOOOLE" off of ''WORRY.''
** "NO TIME" and "N O D R E A M"

* AlbumIntroTrack: "Mornin'!" off of ''POST-'' is a 10-second message from Music/LauraStevenson saying that she hopes the message will end up on the album.

* MinisculeRocking: Tracks 10 to 16 on ''WORRY.'' are all less than 2 minutes long. They all fade into each other to form a sort of medley.

-->--"To Be a Ghost..."

-->--''"To Be a Ghost..."''

->''"I rush to my phone\\

They forced us to grow into a world without a soul"''

** The "No Jeffs Club" in the [[https://youtu.be/z7MPzv78cWs music video]] for "Wave Goodnight to Me" is a reference to WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons episode [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E12HomerTheGreat "Homer the Great"]].

* IAmTheBand: Despite only being credited to his name, Jeff's albums ''do'' feature a backing band by the name Death Rosenstock.

* AlbumTitleTrop: