RIP: The Track Record
Years Active: 2003 - 2007 Status: Disbanded From:Â Annapolis, Maryland Members: Michael Strackbein - vocals/bass | Rob Elson - guitar/songwriting | Hasani Martin - Drums | Rob Viti - Guitar
The Basics:Â The Track Record formed in 2003 and self-released EPs in 2003 and 2004. In 2005, they joined Rushmore Records and went on their first national tour. In 2006, they left Rushmore Records and self-released their only full length album, The Coolest Kind of Crazy.
Why Are they Gone?: The split was publicly announced to be due to “the huge strain put on [their] personal lives by all of the bullshit that has happened to [them] as a band over the last year” and for an “opportunity to explore areas of life previously unavailable . . . due to the demands of being a full time band.” You can read the rest of their farewell letter on their MySpace.Â
Why we loved them: They played raw sounding, honest pop-punk without whining. Their lyrical content was a lot deeper than most pop-punk bands but still easy to relate to.
Why we miss them: I am not really a pop-punk fan, I sort of grew out of that when I was thirteen, so I only have this one album that I like to listen to still. I still love old Starting Line and listen to it nostalgically sometimes, remembering all the memories of listening to it with friends and having fun being young. But what about as I grow up? The Track Record was a more “grown-up” band who played pop-punk, and I know they would have grown with me. Sadly, Rob Viti passed away at the age of 26, so chances of a reunion are pretty much gone.
Our regrets: They played in my town once and I was at the show, but I stayed outside the whole time. . . so I never really got to see them live.
Listen to: “Wake Up to the World”  or “Good Answer”Â