Texas Is the Reason is a musical group founded by former Shelter guitarist Norm Arenas and 108 drummer Chris Daly. A foundational quartet in the post-Sunny Day Real Estate movement of emo or emocore music, Texas Is the Reason played melodious but forceful rock music before disbanding in 1997.

Norm Arenas (guitar), guitarist for the hardcore Hare Krishna band Shelter, formed Texas Is the Reason with friend and then fellow Hare Krishna devotee Chris Daly (drums), formerly of the band 108, which played music of a similar kind to Shelter's, some time in the early 1990s in New York City. They both desired to leave the macho attitude and religious preaching of their former projects. With former Fountainhead bassist Scott Winegard (bass), the three recruited one-time bassist for Buffalo's Copper, Garret Klahn (guitar/vocals), to round out the quartet.

The name "Texas Is the Reason" is lifted from a Misfits song, entitled "Bullet". It also makes reference to a conspiracy theory about the assassination of John F. Kennedy, in which the president was killed in a plot arranged by Texas Democrats in order to give Lyndon B. Johnson control of the White House. Releasing three songs on an EP, Texas Is the Reason became an underground smash and helped rein in an era of similarly motivated and styled emo bands. They then released a split single with The Promise Ring through Jade Tree Records. The following year (1995) they released another split single with Samuel through British record label Simba.

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@jannalong @greglongmusic I am thinking Pappasitos is the real reason you moved to Texas!
dinabusey (Dina Busey) Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:57:37 -0000
@jannalong @greglongmusic I am thinking Pappasitos is the real reason you moved to Texas!
Big news of the day is obviously firing of Mike Leach at Texas Tech. Sounds like the AD was itching to get rid of him and found his reason.
DanGreenspan (Dan Greenspan) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:11:31 -0000
Big news of the day is obviously firing of Mike Leach at Texas Tech. Sounds like the AD was itching to get rid of him and found his reason.
There is a reason Texas Tech fired that coach so quickly so stop over analyzing it... The dude had a screw loose.
ChicagoBoiler (Gregg Gant) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:48:49 -0000
There is a reason Texas Tech fired that coach so quickly so stop over analyzing it... The dude had a screw loose.
leach is the reason we are talking about texas tech. that should mean something
Qbdaproblem (Qbdaproblem) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:36:04 -0000
leach is the reason we are talking about texas tech. that should mean something
What's really really sad is that Leach is the main reason that A&M isn't the #2 program in Texas anymore, which has been great for our State
Jordan_Stewart (Jordan Stewart) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:41:30 -0000
What's really really sad is that Leach is the main reason that A&M isn't the #2 program in Texas anymore, which has been great for our State
Good: Texas Tech is a trending topic. Bad: the reason why #gotech
disett (Dan Isett) Wed, 30 Dec 2009 19:39:38 -0000
Good: Texas Tech is a trending topic. Bad: the reason why #gotech

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