North Carolina has spawned its share of great musicians but none of them has been underestimated for too long. Adam Lazzara the amazingly hot lead singer of Taking Back Sunday lived in High Point before moving to Long Island, N.Y.
Taking Back Sunday has had the success of many other typical rock bands. They started out in N.Y. in 1999 with Antonio Longo on lead vocals, Jesse Lacey on bass and backing vocals, John Nolan on guitar, Eddie Reyes on guitar, and Stevie DeJoseph on drums. After a few other line-up changes, the final member of the band are; lead singer Adam Lazzara, bassist Matt Rubano, guitarist Eddie Reyes, drummer Mark O’ Connell and new guitarist and back-up vocalist Matthew Fazzi. Fazzi is replacing Fred Mascherino, who left the band in 2007 to work on his solo project, The Color Fred.
Taking Back Sunday has had the success of many other typical rock bands. They started out in N.Y. in 1999 with Antonio Longo on lead vocals, Jesse Lacey on bass and backing vocals, John Nolan on guitar, Eddie Reyes on guitar, and Stevie DeJoseph on drums. After a few other line-up changes, the final member of the band are; lead singer Adam Lazzara, bassist Matt Rubano, guitarist Eddie Reyes, drummer Mark O’ Connell and new guitarist and back-up vocalist Matthew Fazzi. Fazzi is replacing Fred Mascherino, who left the band in 2007 to work on his solo project, The Color Fred.
The rock band released their first full length album, Tell All Your Friends in 2002 with Victory Records. With that album they got a feel of the spotlight in the alternative rock scene.
In 2004 they were the opening act for Blink-182 and the co headliners for the Vans Warped Tour. On July 27 that year they released their second album, Where You want To Be. The album debuted in the charts at three, the following year it went gold. The single “A Decade Under the Influence”, made the album a major success along with the song “This Photograph Is Proof (I know you know)”. Three songs off of the album were featured in block buster movies that year.
With the success of their second album, the third came out on top. Louder now was released April 25 2006 with the bands new label Warner Bros. Records. It sold over 600,000 copied and landed at two in the Billboard charts. The first single off the album, “MakeDamnSure” spiraled to number one on the charts. They even had the song “What it Feels Like to be a Ghost” featured on the Transformers movie soundtrack. The album showcased the bands raw talent with Lazzara vocals and Mascherino’s screaming back ground vocals. Not only was the album amazing, but during their live shows they give their songs the true justice they deserve.
The following year the band joined My Chemical Romance, HIM, and Placebo as opening acts for the Linkin Park Tour Projekt Revolution. Their performance was one of the many highlights of the show. Lazzara drew the crowd in with his on stage antics and ability to swing the microphone around without hitting anyone. Even though their set was short, it was worth standing in blistering hot weather for.
In late 2008 the band started working on their fourth studio album, New Again. They’ve been performing in secret shows across the states to promote the album. On May 9 they will be on the stage again with My Chemical Romance at Madison Square Garden.
On the band’s blog Rubano said that, “On this record, we challenged ourselves to write the best songs we possibly could while trying new things in an effort to push the envelope in terms of what it means to sound like Taking Back Sunday. I think this record has an honesty and an urgency that we haven't achieved before.”
In 2004 they were the opening act for Blink-182 and the co headliners for the Vans Warped Tour. On July 27 that year they released their second album, Where You want To Be. The album debuted in the charts at three, the following year it went gold. The single “A Decade Under the Influence”, made the album a major success along with the song “This Photograph Is Proof (I know you know)”. Three songs off of the album were featured in block buster movies that year.
With the success of their second album, the third came out on top. Louder now was released April 25 2006 with the bands new label Warner Bros. Records. It sold over 600,000 copied and landed at two in the Billboard charts. The first single off the album, “MakeDamnSure” spiraled to number one on the charts. They even had the song “What it Feels Like to be a Ghost” featured on the Transformers movie soundtrack. The album showcased the bands raw talent with Lazzara vocals and Mascherino’s screaming back ground vocals. Not only was the album amazing, but during their live shows they give their songs the true justice they deserve.
The following year the band joined My Chemical Romance, HIM, and Placebo as opening acts for the Linkin Park Tour Projekt Revolution. Their performance was one of the many highlights of the show. Lazzara drew the crowd in with his on stage antics and ability to swing the microphone around without hitting anyone. Even though their set was short, it was worth standing in blistering hot weather for.
In late 2008 the band started working on their fourth studio album, New Again. They’ve been performing in secret shows across the states to promote the album. On May 9 they will be on the stage again with My Chemical Romance at Madison Square Garden.
On the band’s blog Rubano said that, “On this record, we challenged ourselves to write the best songs we possibly could while trying new things in an effort to push the envelope in terms of what it means to sound like Taking Back Sunday. I think this record has an honesty and an urgency that we haven't achieved before.”
The first single, “Sink Into Me” will be released for radio airplay April 27. The album will be out in stores June 2.
For the spring they will be headlining a tour in the U.S. with Anberlin and Envy On The Coast. They will also be playing at The Bamboozle festival in May and The Bamboozle Left festival in April.
For the spring they will be headlining a tour in the U.S. with Anberlin and Envy On The Coast. They will also be playing at The Bamboozle festival in May and The Bamboozle Left festival in April.
Video for "Sink into me"
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