Robbins formed Jawbox

From 1986 to 1989, J. Robbins played in the final incarnation of Government Issue , the longest lived of the early Washington, D.C. hardcore punk bands. After Government Issue disbanded, Robbins formed Jawbox with bassist Kim Coletta and drummer Adam Wade . At the time, Robbins and Coletta were in a relationship, and Wade was a friend of Robbins that had recently returned home from college. The band’s name was found while they were reading Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable , in which they saw that “a jawbox is a sink or sewer, and slang for television.”