Taking Back Sunday Lyrics

Taking Back Sunday Info:

From:
Long Island, New York

Genres:
Alternative rock, emo, post-hardcore, pop punk

Years active:
1999-present

Associated acts:
Brand New, The Color Fred, Facing New York, The Movielife, Straylight Run, Envy on the Coast, Terrible Things, Happy Body Slow Brain, Breaking Pangaea

Name Origin:
The band is named after a song by the Long Island band 'The Waiting Process'.

Members:
Eddie Reyes -
rhythm guitar
(1999-present)

John Nolan -
lead guitar, keyboards, vocals
(1999-2003, 2010-present)

Adam Lazzara -
lead vocals, harmonica, additional guitars
(2001-present), bass, vocals (2001)

Mark O'Connell -
drums, percussion
(2001-present)

Shaun Cooper -
bass
(2001-2003, 2010-present)

Past Members:
Antonio Longo -
lead vocals (1999-2001)

Jesse Lacey -
bass, vocals (1999-2001)

Steven DeJoseph -
drums, percussion (1999-2001)

Fred Mascherino -
lead guitar, vocals (2003-2007)

Matt Rubano -
bass, backing vocals (2003-2010)

Matthew Fazzi -
lead guitar, keyboards, vocals (2008-2010)

Taking Back Sunday Quotes:
No one was really in any kind of band that went anywhere. All of us basically did the same stupid high school bands, you know, play with your friends and different shows locally, but never really made it anywhere. We all have that going on; I've had bands since I was 14 years old. Some of us did well from Long Island, but it never went anywhere for anyone else and Adam was in North Carolina doing the same thing as the rest of us. It was just amazing that we all came together when we did. We're all friends of friends; we were all looking for something and it ended up happening very coincidentally and very amazingly.
John Nolan

Yeah. At first we thought we would be back on the tour in two weeks. We didn't know the extent of what happens if you have your hip dislocated. We figured a couple of weeks and you're as good as new, which obviously was not the case. Then as time was going on, we realized it just wasn't going to happen. It wasn't feasible. They (Ed and Floyd) stayed on and kept selling the merchandise. I think it was hard, for those guys, just in general, to be out on the road just two people. It's hard enough when you have a group of guys, then when you put just two of them together for that length of time, I am not sure I could handle it.
John Nolan

Well ... I can only speak from our experience and I think we've been really lucky in touring with bands that we have clicked with and just hit it off. Just about every tour we've been on we've made pretty close friends with most of the people in the bands.
John Nolan

I'm personally indifferent. I stand behind anyone who would decide to take a stand on that and I wouldn't feel opposed to it all but to me it doesn't seem like a pressing issue in my life. Adam, our singer, was a vegetarian for a while. But after a while, he ended up soft. He went back to eating chicken, just not all the way back to hamburger and steak.
John Nolan


Taking Back Sunday Awards
2006
MTVu Road Woodie Award for "MakeDamnSure"

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