Taking Back Sunday

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  • Taking Back Sunday's fourth album New Again has a release date of June 2, 2009. The first single released was Sink Into Me. []
  • When Taking Back Sunday played The Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, NY on May 5, 2008, they booked the venue under the name Lance Striker and the Rockoholics as a joke. []
  • On May 6, 2008 Taking Back Sunday made a surprise appearance opening up for My Chemical Romance in Philadelphia. On the marquee, they were billed "Special Guest" and came out on stage wearing masks, which they didn't take off until they started playing, so no one in the audience would know it was them. []
  • In 2008, Matt Rubano became the third vocalist of Taking Back Sunday. It was announced at a "secret" show on May 5, 2008. []
  • Taking Back Sunday released Louder Now: Parttwo, a follow up to the CD/DVD Louder Now: Partone on November 20, 2007. []
  • Taking Back Sunday released Notes From The Past, an album of their songs while they were still on Victory Records, on October 31, 2007. []
  • Mark O’Connell had to quit the 2007 Projekt Revolution tour because of back injuries. Matchbook Romance drummer Aaron Stern, who has toured with Taking Back Sunday before, replaced him on the tour. []
  • Taking Back Sunday performed at the Bamboozle Festival 2007. []
  • In April 2007, Taking Back Sunday toured with Lostprophets for their U.K. arena tour, which also included Aiden. []
  • Taking Back Sunday was on the Projekt Revolution tour in summer 2007, along with Linkin Park, Placebo, and My Chemical Romance. []
  • Taking Back Sunday performed at Live Earth, a concert for the environment, on July 7, 2007 as part of the US lineup. []
  • Matt Rubano's height, about 5'6", is often made fun of by the rest of the band, who refer to him as "the tallest member of Taking Back Sunday." []
  • Former member Jesse Lacey of Brand New provided back-up vocals on the demo songs Go On and Summer Stars. []
  • Some song lyrics are from other then the band members. The line "If You See Something, Say Something" from the song Brooklyn is the NYC metro transit authority slogan, the lyric from Ghost Man On Third, "It's a campaign of distraction and revisionist history," can be found in the book "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius," and the chorus in My Blue Heaven is originally from the Breaking Pangea song Wedding Dress. []
  • The video clip for This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know) was directed by Tom Delonge of blink-182 and Angels and Airwaves. []
  • The video for A Decade Under The Influence was filmed in a shipyard in Brooklyn. []
  • Rapper Flavor Flav appears in the You're So Last Summer video, which was shot at Fulton Ferry State Park in Brooklyn, New York, lip synching some of the lyrics and singing along. It was Mark's idea to have a rapper in the video. []
  • The week Louder Now was released, TBS played New York, London, Belgium, and Toronto. []
  • John Nolan's sister Michelle did back-up vocals on the songs Bike Scene and Ghost Man On Third from Tell All Your Friends. Also, Fred Mascherino's wife Elena has vocals on the song I'll Let You Live from the album Louder Now. []
  • The baby on the cover of Where You Want To Be is actually guitarist Eddie Reyes. And the back of the cover of Tell All Your Friends was taken by Adam Lazzara. []
  • The song The Ballad of Sal Villanueva was recorded right after the band had recorded Tell All Your Friends and was used as a shout-out to their producer. []
  • A title that was thought of for Taking Back Sunday's second album Where You Want To Be was "Make It Your Business." []
  • Nicknames during the recording of Tell All Your Friends:
    Adam Lazzara - Freakie
    John Nolan - Tweakie
    Eddie Reyes - Meat
    Shaun Cooper - Navy
    Mark O'Connell - Nerves []
  • In the songs I Am Fred Astaire and I'll Let You Live (demo), the name "Bree Ann" is said. Bree Ann is a friend of the band and she is mentioned as a shout-out. []
  • TBS once played secret shows under the name Booze & Adventure to try out new members of the band with their fans. []
  • The first and second songs written by the current lineup were Bonus Mosh pt. II and A Decade Under The Influence. []
  • The first song written by the old lineup, which include John Nolan and Shaun Cooper was Great Romances of the 20th Century. []
  • Possible album titles for Louder Now as seen on the Louder Now Partone DVD were: Most Obvious Weakness, Everything You Want, You're So Cool, Sweet Stach, Getting You Out, Understand, The Night Begins, Listen, Proof, Luxury, Priceless, You Are Safe, Permanant, Say Something, and Victory. []
  • Guitarist Eddie Reyes loves collecting and racing RC cars. []
  • Taking Back Sunday headlined the Winter 2006 Taste Of Chaos Tour, playing in Australia, Europe, and Asia. []
  • Taking Back Sunday performed at Summer Sonic in Japan in August 2006. []
  • The song MakeDamnSure was originally titled “You’re So Cool.” []
  • TBS first performed the song Brooklyn, a bonus track on the album "Louder Now," on their winter/spring 2007 tour, which launched February 22, 2007 in University Park, PA at Bryce Jordan Center, featuring Underoath and Armor For Sleep as opening bands. []
  • On one show on Halloween, the band dressed up as a blues bar jam band, named “Lance Striker and the Rockaholics,” even playing blues music for ten minutes. []
  • The vocals for the song Divine Intervention from the album "Louder Now" were recorded on a rooftop in Los Angeles, which is why street sounds can be heard in the beginning and end of the song. []
  • The reason that Jesse Lacey and John Noland left the band are due to girl troubles in different forms. John Noland had some type or relationship with Lacey's girlfriend, which is why Noland left. And Adam Lazzara dated, and was apparently unfaithful with, Noland's sister Michelle, which is why John dropped out of Taking Back Sunday. []
  • Former bassist Jesse Lacey is now the front-man and songwriter for TBS' rival band Brand New. []
  • Guitarist Eddie Reyes is the founder of Taking Back Sunday. []
  • Taking Back Sunday’s album “Louder Now” was named the #1 album of 2006 by Kerrang! magazine. []
  • One thing the guys of TBS enjoy doing together on down time is watching movies together. []
  • Taking Back Sunday’s song MakeDamnSure was ranked at # 52 for Rolling Stone’s Best 100 Songs of 2006. []
  • None of the band members appeared in the 2005 music video Set Phasers To Stun. []
  • Taking Back Sunday released their first-ever full length DVD, “Louder Now: Partone,” on December 12, 2006. The CD/DVD release includes live performances, interviews with all five band members, behind the scenes looks, full length videos for MakeDamnSure and Liar (It Takes One To Know One), and much more. []
  • There are two versions of the song Error: Operator: the one that appears on the album “Louder Now” and the one that appears on the soundtrack for the movie “Fantastic Four.” []
  • The first key change in a Taking Back Sunday song is during the bridge in Liar (It Takes One To Know One). []
  • The video for Timberwolves At New Jersey was never released as a music video, but is available on the DVD that comes with “Tell All Your Friends.” []
  • “Louder Now” is a certified Gold album. []
  • Taking Back Sunday is mentioned in the Gym Class Heroes song Taxi Driver. []
  • The band has had two references to the movie "Fight Club" in their videos: the video Cute Without The 'E' (Cut From The Team) has a "Fight Club" theme to it, and in the video Great Romances Of The 20th Century, a promo poster for the movie can be seen in back of Adam when he is on the phone. []
  • The first video that featured the line-up of TBS that included Fred Mascherino is 2003's You're So Last Summer. []
  • Taking Back Sunday won the 2006 mtvU Woodie for Best Tour. []
  • The room they filmed MakeDamnSure was actually a refrigerator for green beans, which was ironic because, according to the band, the room was very hot and smelled like hot dogs actually. []
  • Drummer Mark O’Connell participated in a scene in the video for MakeDamnSure. In the riot scene, he was one of the people a behind-the-scenes who threw various items at the police. []
  • The band’s first record was only made in a couple of weeks. []
  • The band performed Liar (It Takes One To Know One) at the Boost Mobile Rock Corp. 2006, which is a concert for teens that have helped out in their community. []
  • When the band performed on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" on May 12, 2006, they had the Dharma logo from the hit show LOST on their drum set. []
  • According to an interview with the band, they were the only ones at the 2006 VMAs without any bodyguards. []
  • The album "Louder Now" peaked at #2 on the Billboard chart. []
  • The albums "Tell All Your Friends" and "Where You Want To Be" went gold. []
  • The second U.S. single and video from the band’s album Louder Now was Liar (It Takes One To Know One). It is the third release from the album, however, since the video for Twenty-Twenty Surgery was released in the UK, but not in the States. []
  • Birthdays:
    Adam Lazzara – September 22, 1981
    Fred Mascherino – July 27, 1975
    Eddie Reyes – November 19, 1972
    Mark O’Connell – May 6, 1981
    Matt Rubano – March 10, 1977 []
  • Classifications, as according to bassist Matt Rubano:
    The Short Guy: Matt Rubano
    The Thug: Mark O’Connell
    The Old Guy: Fred Mascherino
    The Fat Guy: Eddie Reyes
    The Long Haired Southerner : Adam Lazzara []
  • During the Give It A Name Festival in April 2006, Adam Lazzara was swinging his mic as he normally does and accidentally hit bassist Matt Rubano in the head. Rubano had to get six stiches on the left side of his forehead. []
  • Each one of TBS’s albums has the number 152 on it, which represents the exit in North Carolina where Adam Lazzara and old friends would take pit stops on their way to concerts or back home. []
  • The album “Tell All Your Friends” is the fastest and highest grossing album in Victory Records history. []
  • The band appeared on an episode of "Degrassi: The Next Generation, " titled, "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?," a song title from the album Louder Now. They also starred on one of the miniature webisodes, “Degrassi Mini’s,” called Adam Lazzara Married My Mom. []
  • The band records their melodies first before they write lyrics for their albums. []
  • The song Spin is on “Madden NFL ‘07.” []
  • The band released the video for Twenty-Twenty Surgery in the U.K. []
  • The band was nominated for the MTV2 awards for the 2006 VMAs. []
  • The band was nominated for a 2006 Teen Choice Award for Best Rock Song (MakeDamnSure). []
  • Two of Taking Back Sunday's music videos are inspired by movies. Twenty-Twenty Surgery is based off of "Walk the Line," and Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team) is based off of "Fight Club." []
  • The band is oftened labeled Melodic Hardcore and Post-Hardcore, though they are really alternative. []
  • The band participated in the 2-day indoor rock festival “Give It A Name” in England in April of 2006. []
  • TBS has appeared on the soundtracks for Spiderman 2, Elektra, Fantastic 4, and Transformers. []

  • Discography:
    2001 – Taking Back Sunday, EP
    2002 – Tell All Your Friends (March 26)
    2004 – Where You Want To Be (July 27)
    2006 – Louder Now (April 25)
    2009 - New Again (June 2)
    2011 - Taking Back Sunday (June 28)

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  • The band released a follow up to their debut on March 26, 2002 on Victory Records. []
  • TBS released their self-titled EP in 2001, when the band had all its original members, though it received little attention or fanfare. []
  • In 2003, members John Nolan and Shaun Cooper left the band and formed Straylight Run. []
  • The band had a small stint on the 2003 Vans Warped Tour. []
  • Because of the hit single A Decade Under the Influence, their second album, “Where You Want To Be,” debuted on the Billboard 200 chart at #3, with sales of 163,000 copies. []
  • The band opened for Blink-182 on the Vans Warped Tour in 2004. []
  • Their third album “Louder Now” was released on April 25, 2006. []
  • TBS received mainstream exposure by appearing on talk shows such as Jimmy Kimmel Live and Late Night With Conan O’Brien. []

  • Band Members:
    Adam Lazzara – lead vocals
    John Nolan – vocals/guitar
    Eddie Reyes – guitar
    Shaun Cooper – bass
    Mark O'Connell – drums


    Former Members:
    Jesse Lacey – bass, back-up vocals
    Antonio Longo – vocals/drums
    Fred Mascherino – guitar, vocals
    Matt Rubano – bass, vocals
    Matt Fazzi - guitar, vocals

    []
  • Videos include: Great Romances of the 20th Century, Timberwolves At New Jersey, Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team), You're So Last Summer, A Decade Under the Influence, This Photograph Is Proof (I Know You Know), Set Phasers to Stun, MakeDamnSure, Twenty-Twenty Surgery, Liar (It Takes One To Know One), and Sink Into Me. []
  • While the band is classified as emo, they do not like being called that. []
  • Fred Mascherino is on Peta2's Sexiest Vegetarians List for 2006. []
  • The band's song A Decade Under the Influence is on "Totally Hits 2004: Vol. 2." []

Quotes

  • Adam Lazzara: (on guitarist Fred Masherino quitting the band) We are sad to see Fred go and we wish him well with his new project. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (on his departure from Taking Back Sunday) After Louder Now, I think the band was headed somewhere I didn't want to go, musically. Louder Now was a rock album, and there were some songs that I had written that were more pop than anyone else wanted to go. There is a direction Taking Back Sunday has been on since before I joined, and it will continue. When you're in a band that has history, then that band sometimes carries responsibilities and weight with it. And as much as I enjoyed it, I just needed to move on from something that happened so long ago. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (on his departure from Taking Back Sunday) I hoped to write another record, for sure. But there wasn't a lot of writing going on between the five of us, honestly, we weren't really coming together. I felt like it was just a good time to move on, because I was pretty sure I could never make another record with these four guys. []
  • Adam Lazzara: (while playing “Rock n’ Ring, a heavy metal festival in Germany) There’s lots of metal going on. Lots of really tough bands playing. And then there’s us. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (On the affects of touring) It can be damaging to live like this, being away from home. The space and distance affects us so much it even seeps into the music. I feel like Louder Now is a much darker record than Where You Want to Be, especially on tracks like Liar (It Takes One to Know One). The overall tone, mood, and lyrics give you a deeper feeling. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (On being constantly on tour) You seriously forget your address and home phone number. []
  • Adam Lazzara: (on Louder Now) It’s the record we have always wanted to make. It completes the spectrum. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (On Louder Now) We were always told that our live show had more energy than our records. On Louder Now we wanted to capture that energy. []
  • Fred Mascherino: (on Louder Now) We didn’t want something that people would listen to in 10 years and say, "That’s from 2006 when all the records sounded like that." We wanted people to listen to it in 10 years and say, "Hell, yeah, turn that up!’” []
  • Fred Mascherino: (on writting "Louder Now") I would say in the first four days we were writing, we had five songs. And then we went about three weeks without writing anything. []
  • Matt Rubano: See, in this band we’re really all about helping each other, be it shaving, playing music, feeding one another, if somebody’s, like, needs some help eating. We try to, like, do it all. []
  • Adam Lazzara: (on the song “MakeDamnSure”) You can make sure of something, but if you make damn sure of something, then there’s gonna be no avoiding it. []
  • Adam Lazzara: The goal has been to get the music to as many people as possible. []
  • Adam Lazzara: The main goal was to give back a little of what music has given us. There are certain bands that I grew up listening to, and still listen to now, that if it wasn’t for them, I don’t feel like I’d still be alive. Hopefully, somebody can go buy our records and get the same feeling. []
  • former member John Noland: (on being called "emo") I've said it many times before... I think it is a ridiculous term and it's basically a meaningless thing. []

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