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Amityville, NY. A city that has been synonymous with nothing but horror since the 1979 release of "The Amityville Horror" is about to be redefined. 5 young men from Amityville have taken it upon themselves to spread the word that Amityville is not just another fabled town from a classic horror movie, a-la Crystal Lake (Friday The 13th) or Riverside (A Nightmare On Elm Street). For future generations, Amityville will be known as the small town that brought the world TAKING BACK SUNDAY.
Originally formed in November of 1999, Taking Back Sunday became complete in December of 2000 when bassist Adam Lazzara moved to the vacated Vocalist position. Shaun Cooper was added on bass, and 2 months later, the band recorded their first demo, a highly touted 5 song CD that was released in February of 2001.

Some of today's biggest bands have been exploding from Long Island. Ed Reyes, guitarist of Taking Back Sunday has been a part of some of the most influential bands to rise from there. He was an original and founding member of the new emo pop upstarts Movielife and was also a part of the original line up on one of the most influential emo bands in the history of the genre, Inside. Although his presence in these bands was short-lived, his inspiration has stayed with them to this day.


The band has an eclectic past, listing influences ranging from Modest Mouse, Lifetime and Fugazi to Quicksand, Nirvana and The Who. Taking Back Sunday's sound echoes bits and pieces of all of the aforementioned acts, but truly brings forth a style that is 100% their own. Lazarra's catchy choruses and the powerful guitar lines of Eddie Reyes and John Nolan make draw forth images of what would be born of a marriage between Thursday and Saves The Day. Mark O'Connell's intense drum beats and Shaun Cooper's rhythmic bass bring the songs together for the perfect marriage of emo, rock and pop. The songs feature passionate, heartfelt lyrics that any listener easily identifies with.
After almost a year of fine-tuning, self-promotion and performing, including a three week US tour with Alabama's North Star, as well as shows with the likes of At The Drive-In and Alkaline Trio, Taking Back Sunday was ready for a full time label. In December 2001, Victory Records snatched up the budding young stars and gave them a home. The band immediately ventured into New Jersey's Big Blue Meanie Recording Studios with producer Sal Villanueva and engineer Tim Gilles (Thursday's 'Full Collapse') to begin work on their debut album, which will be entitled "Tell All Your Friends". The album is set for a Spring 2002 release. (FROM VICTORY RECORDS)

TAKING FROM THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE...
 

Taking Back Sunday may be the biggest band you've never heard. The Amityville, Long Island, emo-hardcore band has sold over 100,000 copies of its debut album, Tell All Your Friends, without commercial airplay and, until now, very little MTV support. Their secret? Touring, touring, touring.

Anyone who's seen a recent TBS gig, like their recent opening stint for the Used or during one of their smaller headlining shows, will vouch for the band's live appeal. The group plows through a set of mosh-worthy emo, featuring enough pop hooks to get the audience singing along in a Dashboard-like frenzy. Hearing thousands of kids screaming self-loathing romantic diatribes like "You could slit my throat, and with one last gasping breath/I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt" is unforgettable, if somewhat disturbing.

The audience participation recently started to get out of hand. One New York show had more fans diving off stage than on the floor -- and it was an acoustic performance. For singer Adam Lazzara, who had been injured in a freak stage accident last fall, it was sort of a wake-up call. "Since I was hurt, we've toned things down a lot," he says. "I'm more conscious of people coming on stage and jumping into the crowd. I can see fans when people jump on them. It's really sad. I want to pat them on the head or something."

The band formed just two years ago after Lazzara, a North Carolina resident, became obsessed with the Long Island hardcore scene that sprouted contemporaries like Glassjaw and the Movielife. After commuting for several shows, he decided to move in-state and form a band with some like-minded musicians in the New York punk scene. Victory Records soon took notice, and the band released Friends last year to critical acclaim.

Though the group has developed a steady fan base through constant touring, Taking Back Sunday recently upped their profile with a video for the single "Cute Without the E (Cut From the Team)." But the Fight Club-inspired vignette met with some resistance. "We were going to have a bunch of guys fighting a bunch of girls in this basement, and the girls wouldn't always win," Lazzara says. Though it would have accurately reflected the rather vicious love-hate nature of his lyrics, the director and record company didn't go for it (a re-edit features more of an overall three-minute homage to the David Fincher film).

With MTV2 and MuchMusic now behind the band and a headline tour on the way in March (not to mention a headlining spot on the Warped Tour this summer), the band has only one worry: themselves. Both Lazzara and guitarist/co-lyricist John Nolan have found girlfriends. "It's funny, because we're really stoked about it," the singer admits. "But I haven't written a love ballad . . . yet."

See an exclusive live performance of "Cute without the E" <http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/playvideo.asp?cid=1900>

KIRK MILLER
(February 25, 2003)