SENSES FAIL

'Senses Fail' is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based band that draws heavily from the punk, emo^[1], screamo,^[2] and hardcore genres. Their main influences are Jimmy Eat World, Fairweather, Grade, The Promise Ring, Jawbreaker, Saves the Day, Thursday, and The Get Up Kids.

Contents

History

Members

Former members

Discography

Albums

Singles

Non-album tracks

Connections with other media

External links

References

History

The history of Senses Fail starts with the lead singer, James "Buddy" Nielsen, posting an advertisement on the Internet a year before the formation of the band, inviting people to jam with him. The current drummer, Dan Trapp, read the article and brought friends Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki from two bands he had played with previously. Later, the bass player Mike Glita, former drummer for Tokyo Rose joined the lineup.^[3] Their first release, on August 16 2002, was a six-track EP on ECA Records, From the Depths of Dreams. This was re-released on April 29 2003, on Drive-Thru Records, with two extra tracks. Their first full-length album, Let It Enfold You, was released on September 7, 2004 on Vagrant Records. It was also re-released, with five bonus tracks: three acoustic versions of songs on Let It Enfold You, a new track named American Death and a cover of the song Institutionalized, which was originally by Suicidal Tendencies.

In 2005, the band's web site announced the departure, by mutual agreement, of guitarist Dave Miller. He was replaced by Heath Saraceno, previously the guitarist/vocalist of the band Midtown. Subsequent interviews with band members have made it clear that Miller did not leave voluntarily.
The band has played on the Warped Tour in 2004-06 and the International Taste of Chaos tour in 2006. In November 2006-February 2007, they did a headlining tour with such bands as Saosin, Alexisonfire and The Sleeping, and then completed the North American version of the Taste of Chaos Tour that featured such bands as The Used, 30 Seconds To Mars, Saosin, Chiodos, Aiden, and Evaline. They performed in a number of European festivals (as well as a couple of headlining shows) in April 2007, and played a short U.S. tour (including part of the Zumiez Couch Tour) with From Autumn to Ashes in June. On June 14, 2007, Neilsen announced from the stage that the band would do a Fall 2007 Co-Headlining Tour with New Found Glory, which will begin October 5 in Las Vegas.
On July 18th 2007 Senses Fail announced via MySpace that they would be writing songs again over the summer.
Two new songs have been recorded.

Members

★ James "Buddy" Nielsen - Vocals

★ Garrett Zablocki - Lead Guitar, Vocals

★ Mike Glita - Bass, Vocals

★ Dan Trapp - Drums, percussion

★ Heath Saraceno - Guitar, Vocals

Former members

★ Dave Miller - Guitar

★ James Gill - Bass guitar

Discography

Albums

'Album cover'	'Release date'	'Title'	'Label'	'U.S. Billboard peak '	'U.S. sales'
	August 13, 2002	''From the Depths of Dreams'' EP	ECA Records		280,000
	September 7, 2004	''Let It Enfold You''	Vagrant Records	#34	360,000
	October 10, 2006	''Still Searching''	Vagrant Records	#15	250,000

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock
2003	"Bloody Romance"				''From the Depths of Dreams''
2004	"Buried A Lie"				''Let It Enfold You''
2005	"Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning"				''Let It Enfold You''
2006	"Calling All Cars"				''Still Searching''
2007	"Can't Be Saved"				''Still Searching''
2007	"The Priest and the Matador"				''Still Searching''

Non-album tracks

★ "Bastard Son" – released exclusively on iTunes, b-side from ''From the Depths of Dreams'' (2002)

★ "Bad Reputation" – released on the original soundtrack to ''Bad News Bears'' (2005)

★ "Stretch Your Legs to Coffin Length" – released on the "Calling All Cars" iTunes single (2006)

★ "Cinco de Mayo" – released as a digital download that was received for free with Target purchases of ''Still Searching'' (2006)

Connections with other media

★ The band is mentioned in MC Lars's song "Signing Emo."

★ The title of the song "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" is a reference to the title of an episode from the first season of ''Lost''.

★ The song and album "Let It Enfold You" is named after a poem by Charles Bukowski.

★ The song "Institutionalized" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. It is a cover of the 1983 hit originally sung by Suicidal Tendencies.

★ Contrary to popular belief, the song "Rum is for Drinking, Not For Burning" is not a quote from, or a reference to, the movie .^[4]

★ A poster of Let It Enfold You's CD cover can be seen in an episode of ''House'' and in the movie ''Transformers''.

★ A poster of Still Searching's CD cover can be seen in License to Wed.

External links

★ Senses Fail Official Website

★ Senses Fail on MySpace

★ Senses Fail on Bebo

★ Senses Fail Official Fan Page

References

1. [1]
2. Senses Fail Myspace
3. http://www.myspace.com/stairwellcollapse
4. [2]