Taking Back Sunday

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albums

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- Louder Now
- Released 2006

- Tell All Your Friends
- Released 2002

- Where You Want To Be
- Released 2004

- Tell All Your Friends (Bonus Tracks)
- Released 2005

biography

Formed in 1999 in Amityville, NY, Taking Back Sunday modeled their interpretation of melodic hardcore after bands like Lifetime, Endpoint, and Sunny Day Real Estate, as well as guitarist Ed Reyes' emo outfit the Movielife. After the release of a five-song demo and a year's worth of touring (including shows with At the Drive-In and Alkaline Trio), Taking Back Sunday signed to Victory Records and entered New Jersey's Big Blue Meanie Recording Studios alongside producer Sal Villanueva and engineer Tim Gilles. The result, Tell All Your Friends, layered Adam Lazzara's emotional vocals and the dual-guitar assault of Reyes and John Nolan, fashioning a classic hardcore sound with pop songwriting components. The debut album was released in March 2002 and is the only official album to display the founding lineup.

The group spent the rest of that year and much of 2003 touring, but when Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper left the band (which was rounded out by drummer Mark O'Connell), Taking Back Sunday's future was left in doubt. However, guitarist/vocalist Fred Mascherino (ex-Breaking Pangea) and bassist Matt Rubano (ex-Schleigho) filled out the lineup in time for the band's fall 2003 tour and subsequent recording sessions. The sophomore effort, Where You Want to Be, arrived in summer 2004 and debuted at number three on Billboard's Top 200, establishing Taking Back Sunday as a forerunner in the wave of commercial emo bands. It also introduced the vocal interplay of Lazzara and Mascherino, a combination that would briefly become one of the band's sonic calling cards. TBS toured steadily behind the album, headlining a sold-out North American tour and hitting the usual Warped Tour stops as well.

In the wake of Where You Want to Be's success, Taking Back Sunday signed with Warner Bros. in June 2005 and co-headlined several shows with Jimmy Eat World. Ever the hard workers, they returned to the studio in August to commence work on their third full-length album. Produced by Eric Valentine (Third Eye Blind, Queens of the Stone Age), Louder Now debuted at number two upon its release in April 2006. The album was a darker, more aggressive effort that tapped into the band's live energy, which was further displayed on the concert CD/DVD package Louder Now: Part Two. Despite the band's mounting profile, however, Fred Mascherino exited the lineup in October 2007 and launched a solo career. Several months later, former Facing New York member Matt Fazzi was announced as Mascherino's replacement, and the revised band spent the bulk of 2008 writing new material and playing sporadic shows. New Again, the first album to feature Fazzi's contributions, was readied for release in summer 2009, prefaced by a lengthy American tour during the spring months. ~ Charles Spano, All Music Guide

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- - tbsnewagain: Up way too early to catch the bus from Secaucus to Manhattan. Stoked to get to my destination!
  - - 11/7/2009
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  - tbsnewagain: Up way too early to catch the bus from Secaucus to Manhattan. Stoked to get to my destination!

- - tbsnewagain: Signing at Mohegan Sun at the Spin Street Stage after the rock and roll show. Come meet us along with R2D2 and C3PO.
  - - 11/6/2009
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  - tbsnewagain: Signing at Mohegan Sun at the Spin Street Stage after the rock and roll show. Come meet us along with R2D2 and C3PO.

- - tbsnewagain: Had a blast tonight in Michigan. Off to West Virginia... -Faz
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  - tbsnewagain: Had a blast tonight in Michigan. Off to West Virginia... -Faz

- - tbsnewagain: @stefFtw We never meant to offend. Truth is we waited til the day before and that was the only costume we could find 12 outfits of.
  - - 11/4/2009
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  - tbsnewagain: @stefFtw We never meant to offend. Truth is we waited til the day before and that was the only costume we could find 12 outfits of.

- - tbsnewagain: first date with The All-American Rejects. Huge ginormo man date that is. Michigan, what is up?
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  - tbsnewagain: first date with The All-American Rejects. Huge ginormo man date that is. Michigan, what is up?

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- - Sink Into This
  - - By RevolveEsoteric
    - 7/4/2009 04:09:08
  - TBS came back better than before. The new album is
    wonderful.
    
    @Azarak24: it could turn into it, but it'll probably be the
    best smelling defecation around. Maybe you need that to not make the ugly face
    you're making smellin' the dung of other not-so-brilliant artists. No diss.
    Respect.
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- - Spelling Error
  - - By OrionsBelt13
    - 6/15/2009 21:32:23
  - Congratulations person below me, you fail.............that's all I have to say. Have a good day!
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- - suck
  - - By Azarak24
    - 3/22/2009 15:05:28
  - this band can turn into a pile os horse dung for all i care
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- - Carpathia
  - - By Nizio
    - 3/19/2009 02:50:16
  - I love this new song from new again TBS new ablum to be released June 2 its downloadable from frostwire at least and i love it hope you people do too it's on youtube too w00t
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrWo2rqKmA&annotation_id=annotation_210894&feature=iv
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- - milk sucks, fan blows....
  - - By jmandrums
    - 2/8/2009 22:29:10
  - i'm startin to get sick of all these peoples talkin about TBS's bittersweet relationship with Brand New (and Straylight Run is somewhere in the equation) and how their bassist (or vocalist) slept with some guy from Brand New's girlfriend. quite frankly, it doesn't make any sense peoples is arguing about. people need to care about the music, not the drama...nuff said
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