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25: 494:– opened, Slapstick played an hour-long set, constantly poking fun at how old they were, how little they like to play ska, and how they were "uh, Slapstick, I guess". Many fans requested Lawrence Arms songs from Kelly, who said this was like his wife asking him to put his pants back on. Late in the set, a drunken 458:
After years of refusing, and occasionally mocking, fans' requests to play songs from their old bands, The Lawrence Arms performed Slapstick's "Broken Down" and songs by The Broadways at the Asian Man Records 11th anniversary show. They also performed these songs on their 2007 tour, in which their own
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Slapstick broke up because we couldn't write songs together anymore. Dan (Hanaway) or I would bring a song in and Matt, Danny and Rob wouldn't like it. Conversely, those three would bring in songs and Dan and I wouldn't like them. The creative process stagnated. it has a lot to do with the fact that
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none of us really ever liked ska a lot. It was a phase for all of us and once we got through the phase, writing ska became hard to do (not to mention silly). We had different ideas about what direction Slapstick should go, and there was no other resolution. We are all still great friends though.
378:. A few songs were released exclusively on now out-of-print compilations, and thus remain unavailable. The band also released a split with Tommyrot, and a few demo tapes containing otherwise unreleased songs. Thus, the self-titled 'discography' is not technically a complete collection. 236:. Since disbanding, Slapstick has periodically reunited to perform shows for various reasons, including benefits and anniversaries. The band is known for being the root of the "Slapstick Family Tree", a group of musical projects which spawned from members of Slapstick, including 479:, both selling out. In June 2006 Asian Man Records released a DVD of the second show. It also features optional video commentary by Brendan Kelly and Rob Kellenberger. 417: 375: 502:
joined Slapstick on stage, slurring, gushing, giving hugs to all the band members, and even engaging in drunken humour at risk of misinterpretation.
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and The Falcon, served as support acts; this was probably to somewhat round out the 'family tree' aspect of these shows.
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The members of Slapstick went on to form a number of notable groups. Andriano, Stamps and Kellenberger formed
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that was primarily active from 1993 to 1996. Started by a group of friends, they took inspiration from
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On June 15, 2011, all the original members of Slapstick reunited at Slim's in San Francisco, for the
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announced on his personal site that Slapstick would again be reuniting, this time to perform at
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15th Anniversary Festival. After two other reunited Asian Man Records bands –
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Prior to the release of these albums, the band had released two 7" vinyl EPs:
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was originally self-released, and later repressed and released alongside
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On November 23, 1997, Slapstick reunited for two final shows at the
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1993–1996, periodic reunion performances thereafter
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