Kris Roe's pop-punk project turned a Don Henley cover into a generation's soundtrack.
If you only know 'The Boys of Summer,' check out 'In This Diary' next. It's got that same big-hearted, melodic feel that defines their best stuff.
For a lot of people who came up in the early 2000s, 'The Boys of Summer' is the Ataris song. Their version took Don Henley's original and gave it a pop-punk urgency that felt right for that moment. But there's more to them than that one hit, tracks like 'The Saddest Song' and 'In This Diary' hold up as solid, earnest guitar-driven songs.
They started in Anderson, Indiana in 1996, putting out 'Anywhere But Here' a year later. The 1999 album 'So Long, Astoria' brought their cover of 'The Boys of Summer' and songs like 'In This Diary,' which became staples. Roe has kept the band going through lineup shifts, releasing six albums and three EPs since the late '90s.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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