The Quitters are a garage band from Rochester, New York that helped spark a second garage revival in the city in the mid-nineties along with bands such as the Thunder Gods, the Squires of the Subterean, McFadden's Parachute, and later the Moviees; the first revival occurred when the Chesterfield Kings, another Rochester band, helped spark a nation-wide garage revival back in the early eighties (Moviees frontman Paul Morabito went on to join the Kings).
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The Quitters are a garage band from Rochester, New York that helped spark a second garage revival in the city in the mid-nineties along with bands such as the Thunder Gods, the Squires of the Subterean, McFadden's Parachute, and later the Moviees; the first revival occurred when the Chesterfield Kings, another Rochester band, helped spark a nation-wide garage revival back in the early eighties (Moviees frontman Paul Morabito went on to join the Kings).Dave and Dan Snyder had been playing with local favorites Dog's Life as the front man and drummer respectively for around eight years before deciding they had had enough. Dog's Life had been playing an optimistic surf pop sound that the Snyder's had begun to get tired of. They enlisted the rhythm section from Rochester surf band Duke Galaxy and the Pipeliners, Keith Parkins and Rob Filardo, while the brothers moved up to playing guitars and sharing vocals.
Although they would go on to inspire a new scene in Rochester that culminated with a series of shows called Garage Pop which in turn spawned a record label, the Quitters never achieved the same mass success live that Dog's Life had. Their music was still pop and even bubblegum at times, but still too dark for the fan's of Dog's Life who were used to hearing songs about characters like Moth Man. The new Snyder brother's songs were both self-aggrandizing and self-effacing at the same time. Most of the earlier songs began to focus around the increasing problems that Dave was having with drugs which also helped to turn away Dog's Life fans eager to here about orange and vanilla motorcycles.
Things came to a head when Keith had setup a showcase for their first label, Trashcan Records, at the Knitting Factory in 1997. A couple of months before a showcase that was to feature the Quitters, their frontman Dave was checking himself into rehab. A month before the showcase, the guy who booked it at the Knitting Factory decided to quit to pursue a career with a band that he was forming. The new booking agent wanted to cancel the show. After a phone call that ended in a screaming match, the show did go on, but Keith was beaten.
After Dave got out of rehab, he left town leaving the Quitters with a cd recorded put not pressed. Dave was replaced by Jay Kast as the band continued to gig to try to get support to release their first cd. Three years later, Dave Snyder started hiking the Appalachian Trail,a 2,175 trail that runs along the east coast of the United States. When he reached New York from Georgia, he'd had enough and came back to Rochester for a visit. The Quitters had just started to get the support they needed to put out the cd, The Quitters are King, which they had recorded so long before. Dave stayed, and the Quitters went on to release "Second Album", and "1982." This period has often by cited as their peak and saw the Quitters opening up for bands ranging from the White Stripes to Arab on Radar.
After MTV picked up a couple of the Quitters tracks to use on their shows, Keith left to help form Hinkley and later Tiger Cried Beef. The Quitters continued to play for a number of years with different bassists before Dave left. Dan and Rob still perform occasionally as the Quitters with Keith Suhr of the Thunder Gods and the Grinders on bass.
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