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Taking Back Sunday get "Louder Now," face personal challenges
After Shaun Cooper and John Nolan left Taking Back Sunday, the band replaced them with guitarist/vocalist Fred Mascherino and bassist Matt Rubano. The new lineup recorded 2004’s Where You Want To Be and 2006’s major-label debut, Louder Now. Tensions within the band started growing during the recording process for the latter, although TBS soon had something […]
A Peek Into Taking Back Sunday's Early Days--In Their Own Words
Before Taking Back Sunday settled into the Taking Back Sunday lineup you know and love, they had a slightly different configuration: Eddie Reyes’ pal Antonio Longo was the vocalist—and a kid named Adam Lazzara was on bass. Of course, the latter eventually settled into the frontman role after Longo departed from the band, Shaun Cooper […]
Sneak Peek at the Oral History of Taking Back Sunday
After John Nolan and Shaun Cooper left Taking Back Sunday in 2003, the band was reeling. Vocalist Adam Lazzara was torn up about the departures and about the end of his relationship with Nolan’s sister, Michelle. Meanwhile, drummer Mark O’Connell faced the toughest decision of his career. Should he join his close pals Nolan and […]
What A Mess: Dance Gavin Dance's Jon Mess opens up
Fans champing at the bit for DANCE GAVIN DANCE’s upcoming Downtown Battle Mountain II release were thrown into a panic this month when talented, yet notoriously flaky singer Jonny Craig—only recently returned to the band after being unceremoniously booted in 2007—tweeted, “I'm sorry everyone but I'm going to be taking a very very very long […]