The Ataris have a new single, a new tour, and a great story of perseverance and longevity!

Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris

Darrell Craig Harris

Music, Music Commentary, Music Interviews

3.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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The Ataris were formed in 1996 in Anderson, Indiana. The Ataris originally began as the home demo-recording project of lead singer guitarist Kristopher Roe and guitarist Jasin Thomason. The group were discovered a year later by Vandals founder Joe Escalante after songwriter Kristopher Roe met him at a concert. Impressed by his demo tape, Escalante asked Roe to put together a full band and record for his label, Kung-Fu Records. Roe then picked up and moved to California in search of bandmates. (Thomason decided to stay in Indiana), and eventually added guitarist Marco Peña, bassist Mike Davenport, and former Lagwagon drummer Derrick Plourde. Plourde was later replaced by new drummer Chris Knapp. We catch up with founder Kristopher Roe in this fun episode! website www.TheAtarisBand.com social media www.Instagram.com/theataris www.Facebook.com/TheAtaris About Music Matters with Darrell Craig Harris The Music Matters Podcast is hosted by Darrell Craig Harris, a globally published music journalist, professional musician, and Getty Images photographer. Music Matters is now available on Spotify, iTunes, Podbean, and more. Each week, Darrell interviews renowned artists, musicians, music journalists, and insiders from the music industry. Visit us at: www.MusicMattersPodcast.com Follow us on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/musicmattersdh For inquiries, contact: [email protected] Support our mission via PayPal: www.paypal.me/payDarrell

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0:00.0	Welcome to Music Matters podcast with Daryl Craig Harris, talking about all things music
0:09.6	with celebrities, artists, music business insiders, and more.
0:20.7	Christopher Rowe, how are you doing today?
0:22.8	Doing really good. Yeah. Thanks for having me. I really appreciate it.
0:25.6	So you have an awesome band, and it's a band that I'm very familiar with, kind of from back of the day, because you guys had a pretty long break.
0:32.8	You've got a new song out, the car song. You've got a seven-inch single with that, a new music video,
0:38.9	UK, Europe, and USA touring coming up starting in May 24th.
0:43.7	A lot of, a lot going on.
0:45.0	You're a busy guy.
0:45.8	How are you doing these days?
0:47.3	Yeah, doing really good.
0:48.5	In a really great place.
0:49.5	It's been like a real creative streak lately, and I'm really grateful for it.
0:53.7	I guess we take it when we get it.
0:55.9	And, you know, I was always writing during our kind of like time off as it appears on paper.
1:00.4	But, you know, just sometimes even, even though, you know, you're a musician that's kind of like
1:06.5	out there in the public, you also try to find balance at home. I was in a long, kind of several
1:13.1	year relationship and lost my father and, you know, went through the things that we all go through.
1:19.3	And I think some of those things can make you feel creative and some of them can make you
1:23.5	feel like you have writer's block and had a little bit of both, but I'm glad to feel like
1:28.6	I'm in a really amazing, positive place in life right now. I've just recorded like 30 songs,
1:34.4	and there will be about 14 of those will go on a new album, which I'm about 75% done with.
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