Photo by Andrew YoussefBY RYAN RITCHIEApparently, scoring a ticket to the NAMM show is like the hair farmer version of acceptance into Disneyland's Club 33. Just ask my friend Brian, who was turned away from the event on Saturday even though I pleaded with the press people using my otherwise indefensible charm. I said adios to Brian and met up with photographer Andrew Youssef, who I bonded with earlier that week over the Jets to Brazil reference in his email address (I'll let the readers try to
Photo by Andrew YoussefSo maybe neither
of the two secret Thorns of Life shows this weekend were in Orange County
proper, but that doesn't matter because the influence of the members who
comprise this new band stretch much further than any invisible lines.If you don't know,
now you know...Thorns of Life is a trio featuring former Jawbreaker/Jets to
Brazil singer/guitarist Blake Schwarzenbach, former Gr'ups bassist/The L Word actress Daniela Sea and Pinhead
Gunpowder drummer/punk zinester extra
​Well, that didn't take long. Thorns of Life, the new band formed by famed zinester Aaron Cometbus, actress Daniela Sea and former Jawbreaker/Jets to Brazil frontman Blake Schwarzenbach, has broken up. But the news is not all bad as Schwarzenbach's Facebook page says he has formed a new project with ex- Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon and a bassist named Caroline called forgetters. No word on whether or not Caroline A. has a dime, B. if her calls are getting through or C. lives in a room alone
