TAKING BACK SUNDAY

'Taking Back Sunday' is an emo/rock^[2] band from Amityville, Long Island, New York. The current members are Adam Lazzara, Fred Mascherino, Eddie Reyes, Mark O'Connell and Matt Rubano.^[3]

Contents

History

Discography

References

External links

History

Taking Back Sunday originated with Antonio Longo on lead vocals, Jesse Lacey on bass and backing vocals, John Nolan on guitar, Eddie Reyes on guitar and Stevie D on drums. Their first release was the Taking Back Sunday EP. However, in the middle of recording the EP, the band went through a lineup change. Lacey left the band to play for The Rookie Lot and was replaced by Adam Lazzara and Mark O'Connell replaced Stevie D on drums. The EP was distributed at shows but never got noteworthy success.
Taking Back Sunday would again go through a major lineup change. After Longo was kicked out of the band, Reyes moved Lazzarra to lead vocals and then recruited Shaun Cooper to play bass. They released the follow-up album ''Tell All Your Friends'', produced by Sal Villaneuva for Victory Records. ''Tell All Your Friends'' gave the band a small taste of success in the alternative spotlight.
The album cover is a picture of an off-ramp, marked by a sign bearing the words "exit 152". Recently the band posted a bulletin on their Myspace saying that the 152 sign was near where they met their friends and that they would never forget them no matter how far away from them they were. Every "TBS" album to date has featured the number 152 somewhere on the cover.
Following the release, they played with bands such as Brand New and The Used, as well as performing a short stint on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. Another change in the band's lineup occurred when singer/guitarist John Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper left the band to form Straylight Run. Shaun Cooper and John Nolan discussed their decision to leave the band in April 2003:
The loss of John and Shaun was twofold, as it put the already unstable band into a state of heightened tension, and it delayed shooting for the band's next video, "You're so Last Summer". However, with the addition of guitarist/vocalist Fred Mascherino, formerly of Breaking Pangea, and session bassist Matt Rubano, the band stabilized, and successfully completed filming.
The year 2004 proved to be successful for Taking Back Sunday, with the band opening for Blink-182 and co-headlining the Vans Warped Tour. In addition, their second album, titled ''Where You Want to Be'', was released on July 27, 2004 on Victory Records. Although sounding slightly different than ''Tell All Your Friends'', the new album managed to do well commercially. Propelled by the single A Decade Under the Influence, ''Where You Want to Be'' went on to debut at the #3 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart, with around 163,000 copies sold.
Taking Back Sunday received even more mainstream exposure by appearing (on the day of ''Where You Want to Be's release) on late night talk shows Jimmy Kimmel Live and Loveline, as well as contributing the song "This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know)" to the soundtrack for Spider-Man 2. They also contributed the song "Your Own Disaster" to the Elektra soundtrack, and the original version of "Error: Operator" to both the Fantastic Four soundtrack and tie-in video game, where it served as Mr. Fantastic's theme. An instrumental version is also used as background music in the game. In 2007, the band contributed the song "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?" to the soundtrack for Transformers, although the song did not appear in the movie.
In 2005, Taking Back Sunday opened for Jimmy Eat World and Green Day at Milton Keyes National Bowl in England.
On April 25, 2006, Taking Back Sunday released their third album, entitled ''Louder Now'', on Warner Bros. Records. The band's comments on the album reflected the dramatic change the band had undergone in the two years since their last release. Lazzara stated that fans seemed to feel their live shows had more energy than their recordings, and that "Louder Now" brought more of that across.
Taking Back Sunday received mainstream exposure by appearing on the late night talk shows The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
In April 2006, Taking Back Sunday took part in the 2-day Give It a Name indoor rock festival in England. The band played at Manchester Evening News Arena on Saturday, April 29, and London Earls Court on Sunday, April 30. During the first song of their set at the Earls Court show, Adam Lazzara accidentally hit Matt Rubano on the head while swinging his microphone and knocked him out cold. He was rushed backstage for medical treatment. Rubano later returned to the stage sporting a large head-bandage and a noticeable amount of blood on his face. Following his return to the stage, Rubano continued to play while sitting down. In a less noted incident, during the band's last song at the MEN show, the pedal to the bass drum broke, and the band had to stall while a replacement was found and installed.
The band released the follow-up single to MakeDamnSure, Twenty-Twenty Surgery, on August 21, 2006 in the UK. The video depicts Lazzara in the role of Johnny Cash from Walk the Line.
Taking Back Sunday embarked on their North American Tour on February 22, 2007 at Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania with supporting bands Underoath and Armor for Sleep. This tour was a revisiting of a former era as older songs from previous albums, and the song "Brooklyn (If You See Something, Say Something)" from their first live appearance were featured.
In April 2007 they supported Lostprophets on their UK arena tour, along with Aiden.
On April 6, 2007 it was confirmed by Linkin Park's Joe Hahn that the band would be part of the 2007 Projekt Revolution tour with Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Placebo, HIM, and Saosin among others.
The band performed for the American leg of Live Earth on July 7, 2007.
There was a recent MTV article about a new album involving Victory Records which will be comprised of material released during the band's time on Victory.
Recently, during the Projekt Revolution tour, Mark O'Connell was diagnosed with a herniated disc, resulting in the first time in eight years that they have used a replacement drummer.
On August 23rd, 2007 guitarist/co-vocalist Fred Mascherino announced that his solo project, The Color Fred, had signed with Equal Vision Records and would release his debut album, Bend To Break on October 30th.
On August 29th, the band posted a bulletin on MySpace announcing the title of the new album to be released on Victory Records on October 30th. The album will be called Notes From The Past, and will feature b-sides and music from the group's older material. The band also confirmed they have began work on "Louder Now Part Two", which they "hope to have in your hot little hands soon".

Discography

Main articles: Taking Back Sunday discography

'Album Cover'	'Date of Release'	'Title'	'U.S. sales'
	2001	''Taking Back Sunday EP''
	March 26, 2002	''Tell All Your Friends''	Gold
	July 27, 2004	''Where You Want to Be''	Gold
	April 25, 2006	''Louder Now''	Gold
	October 30, 2007	''Notes From the Past''
	TBC	''Louder Now Part Two''

References

1. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/takingbacksunday/articles/story/10224603/godsmack_beat_taking_back_sunday
2. http://www.myspace.com/takingbacksunday
3. http://nymag.com/nymetro/arts/music/features/10611/index.html

External links

★ Official website

★ Taking Back Sunday at MySpace

★ Taking Back Sunday's Official VMIX

★ Taking Back Sunday at YouTube

★ Recent Live Photos

★ Interview with Eddie

★ TBSUnion.com Fansite

★ The Aubrey Drive at MySpace

★ Taking Back Sunday at Rolling Stone

★ Live Earth Performance and Press Conference Footage