Sparta signed a major label deal with Dreamworks the same year they formed, and debuted in 2002 with the Austere EP before releasing their debut full-length Wiretap Scars later that year.

Sparta will head to Australia in May 2024 for a run of shows celebrating their debut album Wiretap Scars. The band will play five dates around the country, starting in Brisbane on Thursday, 16th ...

This marks Sparta’s first tour of 2023 and a follow up to their fall 2022 tour supporting The Get Up Kids. Featuring fan-favorites “Air,” and “Cut Your Ribbon,” Wiretap Scars was ...

Sparta spent Thanksgiving at a Perkins in North Platte, Neb. Or at least that's what Tony Hajjar, drummer of the El Paso, Texas, ... Sparta had its first album, Wiretap Scars, complete. The band ...

Sparta‘s classic debut LP Wiretap Scars turned 20 last year: the band have continued celebrating the anniversary on tour this year, and there’s a new vinyl reissue now, too. We have an ...

Sparta plays Denver’s Bluebird Theater on Thursday, May 18, with Geoff Rickly of post-hardcore band Thursday and '68. Sparta's Jim Ward Reflects on Twenty Years of Wiretap Scars | Westword ...

Sparta guitarist-vocalist Jim Ward seems to have an inherent sense of this and is using the 20th anniversary of the post-hardcore band's debut album, Wiretap Scars, to revisit the material and ask ...

Sparta have announced US tour dates to celebrate the 20th anniversary of their album Wiretap Scars.Neil Hennessy of The Lawrence Arms will be joining Jim Ward and Matt Miller as the drummer for this ...

Sparta is on tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of its album, “Wiretap Scars.” The band will perform at Launchpad on Friday, May 19. (Courtesy of Jesse DeFlorio) Music flows through Jim ...

Sparta, the El Paso band featuring Jim Ward, has been celebrating the 20th anniversary of their critically acclaimed debut album Wiretap Scars touring the U.S. throughout the past year. Now, the ...

Sparta enjoyed a short reunion in the 2010, and the band has now been in fairly consistent operation since 2017, though Hinojos and Hajjar haven't been in the group for years.