{"id":20821,"date":"2026-09-02T17:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T17:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.showrock.com\/the-ataris-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T17:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T17:18:52","slug":"the-ataris-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.showrock.com\/the-ataris-en\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ataris"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t\n\t\t\t
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Car Song released<\/a><\/div>

On May 2, 2025, the Ataris released a new single, “Car Song”. The song was previously available as a demo via the band’s bandcamp profile. In January 2026, the band announced that their new album would be released in March or April; ultimately, however, it never arrived on either date.…
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Recording with Bob Hoag<\/a><\/div>

In 2024, Kris Roe posted via the Ataris’ Facebook page that the band is currently in the studio with producer and former drummer Bob Hoag to record the next album. Roe also confirmed that the band would most likely not use The Graveyard of the Atlantic as the album title.…
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2017<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Silver Turns to Rust released<\/a><\/div>

In 2017, Warped Tour announced that the Ataris was going to play on the 2017 tour. On June 18, 2017, the band released a compilation titled Silver Turns to Rust on Bandcamp. This compilation featured four previously released tracks from The Graveyard of the Atlantic and six from the previously…
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2010<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Cross-country US tour<\/a><\/div>

Between February and April 2010, the Ataris went on a cross-country US tour with Don’t Panic, and then performed at the Windy City Sound Clash festival. Following this, they went on another US tour between July and September 2010. That same year, a two track songs, All Souls’ Day &…
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Begin demoing<\/a><\/div>

In June 2008, the band began demoing at The Gallows Recording Studio in Muncie, Indiana in preparation for recording in late summer, with the aim of releasing a new album in 2009. In November, the band posted a clip of a demo online. The following month, the band entered the…
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2006<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Leaves Columbia Records<\/a><\/div>

On June 10, 2006, the band announced that it had left Columbia Records due to the label’s internal disintegration. In November 2006, the Ataris started their own imprint, Isola Recordings, through Sanctuary Records and RED Distribution, and simultaneously announced the official release date of their fifth album Welcome the Night…
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2005<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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Recording Welcome the Night<\/a><\/div>

After some time off, Roe and Collura later moved forward and began writing songs that would become part of the follow-up to So Long, Astoria titled Welcome the Night . They held some informal practices with some friends from New York, who played in the band Park Ranger. These sessions…
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2003<\/span><\/div><\/div>
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So Long, Astoria released<\/a><\/div>

During this same period, the Ataris’ contract with Kung Fu Records expired, and the band chose to sign with Columbia Records . Later that year, they began recording their fourth full-length album and major label debut, So Long, Astoria , released on March 4, 2003. Produced by Lou Giordano ,…
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Tour and Live at the Metro<\/a><\/div>

The band toured behind this record for most of 2003 and into early 2004 adding another guitarist (Joseph A. Farriella) to the band. That year also saw the release of a low-key live album, Live At The Metro , along with a track on the Spider-Man 2 soundtrack. So Long,…
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Lineup change with John Collura<\/a><\/div>

In 2002, the lineup changed again, with John Collura replacing Pe\u00f1a on guitar. Prior to this, Collura had played in his own band Beefcake who’d toured with the Ataris. He’d also done time on tour as a guitar tech for the Ataris just prior to Pe\u00f1a’s departure.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t

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