Group

Taking Back Sunday

From: Rockville Centre, United States
Since: 1999–present
Rating: ★ 4 (3 votes)
Releases: 39

emo
rock
alternative rock
pop punk
post-hardcore
punk
punk rock

About

Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, New York, formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist Jesse Lacey in late 1999 before rounding out the band with vocalist Antonio Longo, lead guitarist John Nolan, and drummer Steven DeJoseph. The band's current members are Adam Lazzara (lead vocals), John Nolan (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals) and Shaun Cooper (bass guitar), accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar), Mitchell Register (drums), and former member Fred Mascherino (guitar and vocals) for their live performances. The band's other former members include drummer Mark O'Connell, bassist Matthew Rubano, and guitarist-vocalist Matthew Fazzi.

Lacey quit Taking Back Sunday in 1999 and in 2000 formed the rock band Brand New, with whom Taking Back Sunday would become embroiled in a highly publicized feud. Lazzara joined prior to the release of the band's 2002 debut album Tell All Your Friends, while Nolan and Cooper left the band in 2003 to form Straylight Run before returning in 2010. The band's breakthrough album, 2006's Louder Now, featured the popular lead single "MakeDamnSure", sold over 900,000 copies, and peaked at No. 2 on the United States Billboard 200, surpassing the band's previous Billboard 200 peak in 2004 at No. 3 with Where You Want to Be. They released their eighth studio album, 152, in 2023.
Taking Back Sunday has been referred to as "one of the more visible groups of the early-2000s emo boom." The staff of Consequence ranked the band at number 38 on their list of "The 100 Best Pop Punk Bands" in 2019.

From Taking Back Sunday on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Members

John Nolan 1999–2003, 2010–now guitar, keyboard, lead vocals
Adam Lazzara 2000–2001, 2001–now background vocals, bass guitar, lead vocals
Shaun Cooper 2001–2003, 2010–now bass guitar
Mark O’Connell 2001–now percussion, drums (drum set)
Jesse Lacey 1999–1999, 1999–2000 · original member · former background vocals, guitar, bass guitar
Steven DeJoseph 1999–2001 · former percussion, drums (drum set)
Antonio Longo 1999–2001 · former lead vocals
Eddie Reyes 1999–2018 · original member · former guitar
Fred Mascherino 2003–2007 · former guitar, lead vocals
Matthew Rubano 2003–2010 · former background vocals, bass guitar
Matthew Fazzi 2008–2010 · former guitar, keyboard, background vocals