<strong>The Anniversary</strong> was an indie rock band formed in 1997 in Lawrence, Kansas. The band released two full length albums: &quot;Your Majesty and &quot;Designing a Nervous Breakdown&quot; as well as a number of splits. Originally a group of high school friends, <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Matthew+Pryor" class="bbcode_artist">Matthew Pryor</a> of <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Get+Up+Kids" class="bbcode_artist">The Get Up Kids</a> approached them about recording an album. Designing a Nervous Breakdown was the result. The band broke up on February 6, 2004 despite having a number of songs ready for a third album. Three of the members joined together to form the band <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Only+Children" class="bbcode_artist">The Only Children</a>, taking a few of the completed songs along with them. Justin Roelofs went off to release a self-titled album under the name <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/White+Flight" class="bbcode_artist">White Flight</a> and Adrianne Verhoeven released the album &quot;Smoke Rings&quot; under the name <a target='_blank' href="http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/Dri" class="bbcode_artist">Dri</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.