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Four Hundred Years was a melodic screamo band . History . Four Hundred Years began in Tucson , Arizona , following the break - up of Groundwork , and eventually found a home in Richmond , Virginia . The band ' s albums capture a frenzy of hardcore intensity , built around simultaneously emotional and political themes . Four Hundred Years formed in ___MASK16___ with Daron Hollowell on vocals and guitar , Ash Bruce on drums , Erin Housholder on bass and Dave Jackson on guitar and vocals . The band began to write intense hardcore songs with a sound descended from Rites of Spring , Fugazi and Hoover . Their full - length debut , Transmit Failure was released on ___MASK58___ in September 1998 . The record combined melody and dissonance stunningly and the group soon found themselves with a large , loyal following . Suture and Other Songs was released in 1999 . In 2000 , after a lineup change , with Bull ( bass , formerly of Policy of Three and Montag ) replacing Erin Housholder , The New Imperialism was released on Lovitt . Alternative rock ( also called alternative music , alt - rock or simply alternative ) is a genre of ___MASK18___ that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s and 2000s . In this instance , the word " alternative " refers to the genre ' s distinction from mainstream ___MASK18___ . The term ' s original meaning was broader , referring to a generation of musicians unified by their collective debt to either the musical style or simply the independent , D . I . Y . ethos of punk rock , which in the late 1970s laid the groundwork for alternative music . At times , " alternative " has been used as a catch - all description for music from underground rock artists that receives mainstream recognition , or for any music , whether rock or not , that is seen to be descended from punk rock ( including some examples of punk itself , as well as new wave , and post - punk ). ___MASK58___ is an independent record label that was founded in 1995 by Brian Lowit who was a student at Guilford College in Greensboro , North Carolina at the time . In 1998 , ___MASK58___ relocated to Arlington , Virginia , just outside Washington , D . C . The label is currently distributed by Dischord records . Their catalog is available for streaming on Bandcamp . Jawbox was an American alternative rock band from Washington , D . C ., United States . Its original members were J . Robbins ( vocals , guitar ), Kim Coletta ( bass guitar ) and Adam Wade ( drums ). Bill Barbot ( vocals , guitar ) and Zach Barocas ( drums ) later joined the group , with Barocas replacing Wade . Transmit Failure is the second ___MASK44___ by band Four Hundred Years . It was recorded at Inner Ear by J . Robbins of Jawbox in April 1998 . James Robbins ( best known as J . Robbins ) is an American ___MASK18___ artist . He began his career as a bassist for Government Issue , and has also led four of his own bands : Jawbox , Rollkicker Laydown , Burning Airlines , and Channels . He was a touring bassist for Scream and played bass on the debut 7 " from Jack Potential , which was issued by DeSoto Records in 1993 . More recently he played bass in Report Suspicious Activity with Vic Bondi , which released 2 albums on Alternative Tentacles Records .