BAYSIDE (BAND)

'Bayside' is an alternative rock band signed with Victory Records.

Contents

Biography

Members

Current Line-Up

Ex-members

Discography

Albums

Compilations

Singles

References

External links

Biography

Bayside formed in Bayside, New York during the winter of 2000. The band began touring, gaining support slots with bands such as Alkaline Trio, Taking Back Sunday and The Used. Brooklyn, New York's Dying Wish Records signed the band and released their first EP, Long Stories Short in 2001.
Bayside continued touring throughout 2001/02, including appearances at the Asbury Park Skate and Surf Fest 2002, Birmingham's Furnace Fest in 2002 and 2003, and a two week stint on the 2002 Vans Warped Tour. In the Spring of 2003 Bayside released their second record on Dying Wish Records, a split with California's Name Taken. The song Loveless Wrists was used for the bands first video, and is available on the rerelease of the CD.
Bayside signed with Victory Records in 2003, and released their debut album for the label, "Sirens and Condolences", on January 27 2004. A video was filmed for the song Masterpiece.
In the fall of 2004, the band began planning their new album. Singer/guitarist/lyricist Anthony remembers, “We made a really conscious decision to work with producers that no one else in our scene were using – it seems like the same ten producers are doing all the albums and it shows.
The band elected to self-title the album in part due to the contributions of Ghanbarian and Holohan. “Nick and John are two of the best musicians I have ever played with, we named the album “Bayside” because with them in the band, we are one unit and we wanted to reflect that,” Anthony said. Bayside’s emotional intensity, lyrical honesty and solid musicianship coalesced on this remarkable new album. This marked Bayside's introduction into the Billboard Top 200 Chart debuting at #153.
On October 31, 2005, at approximately 3:13 AM in Cheyenne, WY, after leaving their Boulder, Colorado show, Bayside's tour van hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and flipped over. Drummer John "Beatz" Holohan was killed and Nick Ghanbarian was seriously injured. Anthony and Jack escaped with minor injuries. Bayside rejoined the "Never Sleep Again" tour, which included Aiden, Hawthorne Heights and Silverstein, on November 16th at Jannus Landing in St. Petersburg, FL, with Anthony and Jack playing acoustic sets and played through the end of the tour.
An acoustic album, Acoustic CD/DVD was released due to popular demand. This album features the track "Winter" which is written in memory of John "Beatz" Holohan. This song features very personal lyrics. The band spent only 2 days at the Chicago Recording Company recording the record, which would go on to peak at #200 on the Billboard Top 200.
Several other bands recorded and released songs about John Beatz and his untimely death. The Sleeping, good friends and touring mates of Bayside, has a song, "Heart Beatz" on their album ''Questions and Answers'', released in early 2006. Fellow Victory Records partners Silverstein released "Here Today, Gone Tomorrow" about Beatz on "Arrivals and Departures" in 2007. Punchlines song They are strong hands features the lyrics "ain't nobody gonna bring me down'Cause my boy John "Beatz" got my back"
Bayside is currently promoting their new album, entitled ''The Walking Wounded''. Shep and Kenny were signed on to produce the album which began tracking on October 15th in Queens, NY and finished December 2nd. ''The Walking Wounded'' was released on February 6th, 2007. The album debuted at #75 on the Billboard 200 with 13,000 copies sold.[1] Bayside released a track from ''The Walking Wounded'' via their MySpace and PureVolume pages, titled The Walking Wounded. The first single released to be taken from The Walking Wounded is titled "Duality" a sample of the track can be heard via AbsolutePunk.net. A U.S tour promoting The Walking Wounded is slated to start February 5th, 2007 with Anberlin, Meg & Dia, and Jonezetta; U.K tour is scheduled to start April 13, 2007 with Moneen as well. On May 5th, 2007 Bayside performed on this years Bamboozle Festival in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in New Jersey.
Bayside performed their latest single "Duality" on the Conan O'Brien show on 27th February 2007. The video is available to watch through their Myspace page.
For the summer of 2007, June 29th-August 25th, the Vans Warped Tour will feature Bayside playing 30 minute sets on the Hurley Stage; however, for the dates that they win the Engerizer Encore competition, for which they are often main contenders, Bayside will play 40 minute sets. Winning the energizer encore competition also entitles the band to a meet-and-greet in the energizer tent.
It was announced that Bayside will be supporting Funeral For A Friend during September on their first trip to Australia.
Bayside will be headlining the Victory Records Tour in the fall and winter of 2007. They will accompanied on tour by The Sleeping, June, A Day To Remember and Driver Side Impact. Dates can be found on www.victoryrecords.com

Members

Current Line-Up

★ Anthony Raneri - Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar (2000-present)

★ Jack O'Shea - Lead Guitar/Backing Vocals (2003-present)

★ Chris Guglielmo - Drums (2006-present)

★ Nick Ghanbarian - Bass (2004-present)

Ex-members

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★ John "Beatz" Holohan'''Italic text'' - drums (deceased) (2004-2005)

★ Mike Kozak - guitar (2000-2002)

★ Chris Jackson - bass (2000-2001)

★ Andrew Elderbaum - bass (2001-2004)

★ Vinny Daraio - drums (2000-2001)

★ Dustin Roth - drums (2001)

★ Jason Enz - drums (2001-2003)

★ Jim Mitchell - drums (2003-2004)

★ Gavin Miller - drums (toured early 2006)

Discography

Albums

★ ''Long Stories Short'' (Dying Wish Records, 2001)

★ ''Bayside/Name Taken Split'' (Dying Wish Records, 2003)

★ ''Sirens and Condolences'' (Victory Records, 2004)

★ ''Bayside'' (Victory Records, 2005)

★ ''Acoustic CD/DVD'' (Victory Records, 2006)

★ ''The Walking Wounded'' (Victory Records, 2007)

Compilations

★ ''From Brooklyn With Love'' (Dying Wish Records, 2002) - Song featured: ''Count The Score''

★ ''Punk vs. Emo'' (2003) - Song featured: ''Loveless Wrists''

★ '' (Dying Wish Records, 2003) - Song featured: ''Chemistry''

★ ''Dead And Dreaming: An Indie Tribute To Counting Crows Tribute'' (The Vinyl Summer Records, 2004) - Song featured: ''A Long December''

★ 'Resident Evil: Extinction' Official Soundtrack'' (Lakeshore Records, 2007) - Song featured: ''Duality (Project Alice String Remix)''

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock
2003	"Loveless Wrists"				''Bayside/Name Taken Split''
2004	"Masterpiece"				''Sirens and Condolences''
2005	"Devotion and Desire"				''Bayside''
2007	"Duality"				''The Walking Wounded''

References

External links

★ Official Bayside Website

★ Bayside on Myspace

★ Bayside on Purevolume

★ Victory Records: Bayside Bio