Sounds From The Junkshop #105 - The Ataris
"And when this hourglass has filtered out its final grain of sand/I raise my glass to the memories we had" - The Ataris - So Long Astoria By 2003, with fratpunk dying on the vine, the more astute pop-punk bands were quickly looking for a twist on the formula to stop the wave smashing their house to pieces. The overriding memory of the Ataris here in the UK, for those who remember them at all, is that band who did a pop-punk cover of Don Henley's Boys Of Summer and scored a minor hit with it (I think it just to say breached the Top 40 but it was a rock club staple for a few months around the time). And to be fair, it's not a bad cover either - I know that it's not exactly a "cool" song to like (anyone remember Mojo Nixon's brilliantly funny Don Henley Must Die song?) but it's got a good chorus and with that extra oomph behind it, the group put enough of their own stamp on it to make it an enjoyable listen. The truth is though, there was alw...