The Arrivals

The Arrivals made its full-length debut with Goodbye New World on the Windy City's Thick Records in 2000, emerging from the same Chicago punk scene that spawned Naked Raygun, Pegboy, Blue Meanies, and Alkaline Trio. Sounding an amalgam of their Midwestern predecessors, Issac Thomas (guitar, vocals) Dave Merriman (guitar), Dave Kaktis (bass), and Ronni Dicola (drums) got together in 1996 to self-produce their first EP, Songs From the Cabal Headquarters. ~ Ron DePasquale, All Music Guide