The Story:
The Ataris story reads like a punk-rock fairytale: teenager lives in boring midwestern town (Indiana); spends all his time writing and recording songs in his room; goes to a Vandals show and gives the band a tape; weeks later he gets a call from Vandals founder/owner of Kung-Fu Records, Joe Escalante asking to do a record for his label; moves to California and puts band together with drummer Derrick Plourde (Ex-Lagwagon); makes record "Anywhere but here" (Produced by Vandals' guitarist Warren Fitzgerald); gets invited to tour with some of his favorite bands (see below); puts together solid new line-up; becomes Fat Mike's (NoFX) favorite new band, who then releases their EP, "Look Forward to Failure" (Fat Wreck Chords), produced by members of the Decendents; the saga continues with, "Blue Skies, Broken Hearts ... Next 12 Exits" produced by Lagwagon singer/producer, Joey Cape. 
He has a song call Girl In The Green Jacket, but Kris is The Boy In The Blue Jacket 
I swear I'll Treat You Like A Queen 
Chris has been rumored to be leaving The Ataris and forming his own boy band. Good Luck 
Hmm if if Mike put on a few pounds and started singing we could call him Fat Mike Where did you get the name The Ataris?
I used to collect ataris games, i had about 550
Whats your favorite atari game?
pitfall-but collect nintendo games now, tell everyone to send me free nintendo games!
Kris whats your fav ataris song?
your boyfriend sucks or my hotel year
What sort of effects do you guys use on your guitars?
nothing - I use a marshall jcm 800 amp that used to belong to blake from jawbreaker and a les paul standard guitar
Does it scare you that getting too big could cause you to lose earlier fans leaving you with only fairweather fans?
what do you want a band to do - work at mcdonalds for the rest of their lives? look at such good bands as mxpx, blink 182, lagwagon, etc.
What does "The Ataris" mean, and how do I correctly pronounce it?
Kris Roe once owned a massive Atari gaming system collection. Unfortunately, the collection was lost in a house fire. To pronounce the name CORRECTLY, say A-TAR-EES, or UH-TAR-EES. Say it just like the video game system, but with a "s" at the end. It is NOT The A-TAR-ISS, UH-TAR-ISSS, Uh-Terrace, or any other form of the word.
According to PunkMunkey (RJ), there are 3 definitions of the word "atari":
Atari (uh-tar-ee):
1. A computer software and hardware company that flourished in the early to mid 80's, renown for bringing "arcade style" video games into the home.
2. An individual member of a kick ass pop-punk band (The Ataris) from Santa Barbara, California that's flourishing in the mid to late 90's and beyond, renown for bringing "punk rock style" music and emotional, heartfelt, intelligent lyrics to their fans everywhere.
3. Loose Japanese translation of "prepare to be attacked." "I'm really fucking sick of Beck and 311 and Marilyn Manson. I wish someone would break his fucking neck. And what about Bush? And lame-ass Oasis, and talk about pretentious, why don't they just blow England off the map? Every now and then, I turn it on again, but it's plain to see that the radio still sucks (x2)." Kris feels that there is something special about the ability for everyone in the world to look up and see the same stars, no matter where in the world you are located. 
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