SPARTA: 20 Years of Wiretap Scars

SPARTA: 20 Years of Wiretap Scars
with Geoff Rickley (of Thursday) and Zeta

Monday, August 7, 2023

Thunderbird Music Hall
4053 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, PA

Doors @ 7pm
Show @ 8pm

AGE RESTRICTION: 18+ or Accompanied by Legal Guardian

www.sparta.band
When At the Drive-In announced a hiatus in March 2001, co-founder Jim Ward (vocals/guitar) immediately started working with bandmates Paul Hinojos (guitar) and Tony Hajjar (drums) under the Sparta moniker. El Paso native and Belknap bassist Matt Miller joined the band several months later. Within a year, the punk-inspired four-piece had a deal with Dreamworks, and in March 2002, released the Austere EP. Five months later, Sparta issued the full-length, Wiretap Scars. The band returned two years later with the ambitious Porcelain, and North American tours followed into 2005. In May of that year, the band announced the departure of founding member Paul Hinojos, and before year’s end, ex-Engine Down/Denali guitarist Keeley Davis was added to the lineup. A deal with Hollywood followed in early 2006, resulting in the album Threes that same year. Ward has also recorded with El Paso poet Bobby Byrd for the 2006 collaboration How Will We Know When We’re Dead.

VIP PACKAGE: Purchase here – https://iconicticketing.com/sparta/
– 2 song acoustic set
– Signed screen-printed poster
– Q & A
– Early access to merchandise
– One GA ticket

Ticket Tier Info:
General Admission Tickets – Standing Room Only

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