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‘Atticus … Dragging the Lake’ Turns Twenty

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  1. Melody Bot May 9, 2022
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    Brooklyn Vegan has a look back at the Atticus … Dragging the Lake compilation, which was releases twenty years ago on Side One Dummy Records.

    It helped shine even more of a light on Drive-Thru Records, which was a crucial player in emo/pop punk crossover and which was growing rapidly thanks to the success of their flagship band New Found Glory and a then-recent deal with MCA Records (home of blink-182). NFG, who were already pretty big at this point and about to be much bigger upon dropping Sticks and Stones a month after this comp came out, were represented with their then-rare Christmas song “Ex-Miss,” and other Drive-Thru bands who were on the cusp of breakthroughs were there too. Philly emo-leaning pop punks The Starting Line were there with “Greg’s Last Day” from their 2001 debut EP With Hopes of Starting Over, and a few months later they’d begin rapidly rising with their debut LP Say It Like You Mean It. Long Island emo/melodic hardcore band The Movielife made the cut with “Walking On Glass,” one of the best songs from their 2001 EP The Movielife Has A Gambling Problem. Finch, who were instrumental in putting a pop punk-friendly spin on post-harcore, made the cut with “Post Script” from their debut LP What It Is To Burn, which came out a couple months before Dragging the Lake.

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  2. Chuck! May 9, 2022
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    These were huge gateways for me
     
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  3. ctigers92 May 9, 2022
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    The third edition introduced me to Fall Out Boy and TBS. Really important compilation for my music taste evolving as a kid.
     
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  4. popdisaster00 May 9, 2022
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    I discovered sooooooooo many bands from this.
     
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  6. joe.boy.fresh. May 9, 2022
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    I’ll always love these comps. Helped me get into a lot of new artists. Fuck it, gonna spin DTL2 today
     
  7. Bartek T. May 9, 2022
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    D'oh! Prestigious

    Same here, discovered some of my favorite bands, I think including Hot Rod Circuit maybe, but also enjoyed lots of the tracks from bands I don't/or barely listen to anymore. Need to revisit some of it! Too bad it hasn't been released digitally, but I can dig for it a bit.
     
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  8. Bayside 182 May 9, 2022
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    Yeah would love a digital release but I believe on Apple Music some people have made playlists of the tracks
     
  9. Bartek T. May 9, 2022
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    D'oh! Prestigious

    There are playlists on Spotify as well, but they're only made from the available tracks, so there's tracks missing that I care about, HRC, Rival Schools, Bad Astronaut etc.
     
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  10. JamesMichael May 9, 2022
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    I'm sure I still have this somewhere. Such a great release that helped me discover so many bands.

    I still have some early Atticus shirts haha.
     
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  11. Bartek T. May 9, 2022
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    I wore an Atticus hoodie a few times just this month haha ;D and I also have the comps somewhere, just can't access it that easy (you get used to that comfort, I guess).
     
  12. notamerryman May 9, 2022
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    This was a gateway comp that got me into soooo many bands. I still have the CD too, which I throw on every so often. "Jaked On Green Beers" is to this day one of my fav (the best?) Trio songs.
     
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  13. davxdcampbell May 9, 2022
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    I still know and anticipate the next songs when I hear songs from this comp. Easily one of the most played cds I’ve ever owned.
     
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  15. Anarchivist May 9, 2022
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    I still keep DTL3 in my car. It's insane how much these comps influenced my music taste as a teen.
     
  16. failinginplace May 9, 2022
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    shit, Ex-Miss is still one of my fav NFG songs, hands down.
     
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  17. Nolessthanblink May 9, 2022
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    I gave my younger brother these 3 albums (he just turned 19 and I'm 35) a few years back and got to watch him fall in love with them just like I did. Great memories of being freshly driving and blasting Jaked on Green Beers
     
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  18. satellitexyears May 9, 2022
    satellitexyears

    Death Touches Us, From the Moment we Begin to Love Supporter

    Those first two volumes were great. Still got my cd's.

    Atticus hats/shirts, Famous Stars & Straps trucker hats with bandanas under them, Dickies shorts. Oh I went through that phase the summer of 2002!
     
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  19. SuNDaYSTaR May 10, 2022
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    I had no idea Atticus was still a thing, and it's even weirder to think it's now a Europe-based company.
     
  20. Zip It Chris May 10, 2022
    Zip It Chris

    Be kind; everyone is on their own journey.

    Wearing an Atticus shirt was such a flex back in HS, only the cool kids knew…
     
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  21. kpatrickwood May 10, 2022
    kpatrickwood

    Give what you can.

    Bought this at a mall in Florida while I was on vacation with my fam when it first came out, and 20 years later I’m still playing the shit out of it on my honeymoon in the Bahamas.
     
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  22. parkerxcore May 11, 2022
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    Somebody's gonna miss us Supporter

    Absolute gateway albums the nostalgia for these compilations hit hard
     
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