Taking Back Sundays New Album Received Much Success Touring With This Group

Taking Back Sunday, formed in 1999 and hailing from Amityville, Long Island (New York), have indeed had a very successful career up to date. Despite many line up changes and other set backs, the band have continued to produce a powerful emotive sound and sensational live performance.

Taking Back Sunday was originally founded by Eddie Reyes on guitar, and included Antonio Longo on vox, Jesse Lacey on Bass, John Nolan on guitar (and backing vox) and Mark O' Connell on drums. Their first album was released in 2001, eponimously titled the Taking Back Sunday EP. The album was only ever sold at live shows and received moderate success. During the release, the line up of the band changed as well, with Antonio Longo (on vox) being replaced with Adam Lazzara, and Shaun Cooper replacing Jesse Lacey on bass.

The band soon headed back into the studio, and recorded their follow up album Tell All Your Friends. It was produced by Sal Villaneuva, and released by Victory Records in 2002. They then toured with bands like The Used and Jesse Lacey's new band Brand New. 2003 saw Taking Back Sunday perform on the Vans Warped Tour, and their new album received much success.

The future of the band was in doubt, however, when John Nolan and Shaun Cooper left soon after to form their band called Straylight Run. Fred Mascherino joined the band on vox and guitar, and Matt Rubano came on board as the new bassist. But 2004 saw the band back in full form, being one of the headliners of the Vans Warped Tour as well as opening for Blink 182.

July 27, 2004 saw the release of their next album Where You Want To Be (Victory Records.) Success of the single A Decade Under The Influence pushed them into the spotlight, and was the cause of the album debuting at #3 on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart. The album received wonderful success with 163 000 units being sold. The band also appeared on TV shows like Jimmy Kimmel Live! and Loveline. Their song This Photograph is Proof appeared on the SpiderMan 2 soundtrack, and Your Own Disaster appeared on the Elektra soundtrack. Error:Operator was featured on the movie Fantastic Four as well as in the video game.

April 25, 2006, Taking Back Sunday released the album Louder Now, which was their first major label release (Warner Bros. Records.) The album was more gritty in its sound, keeping in line with their highly acclaimed live performances. They appeared on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, as well as on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

The band's first DVD (Louder Now : Partone) was released in December 2006, and included behind the scenes tour footage. July 2007 saw Taking Back Sunday perform at the Live Earth event, and in October 2007 Victory Records released the CD Notes From the Past, which included previously unreleased songs.

In the same month, however, Taking Back Sunday announced that they were working on their new album due for release in 2008, despite that Fred Mascherino (the lead vocalist) had decided to leave the band and work on his solo career and album (The Color Fred.) Fred left on good terms, and the band promises to continue to impress with their upcoming album and plans for the new year.

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