Line #71 Music/TakingBackSunday


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mi0004505414_2.jpg]]
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3	->''"The truth is you could slit my throat''
4	->''And with my one last gasping breath''
5	->''I'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt"''
6	-->--"You're So Last Summer"
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8	Taking Back Sunday (or TBS for short) is a PostHardcore[=/=]{{Emo\|Music}}[=/=]AlternativeRock band from Long Island, NY. They are most famous for their intense, confessional lyrics, their use of complex vocal lines with multiple vocalists, and their [[RevolvingDoorBand frequent lineup changes]].
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10	Guitarist Eddie Reyes, who was already a veteran of the Long Island punk scene, formed the band in 1999 with vocalist Antonio Longo, bassist Jesse Lacey (who later went on to form Music/BrandNew), drummer Stephen [=DeJoseph=], and guitarist/singer John Nolan. After releasing a fairly obscure EP and several lineup changes, the band replaced Longo with Adam Lazarra, Lacey with Shaun Cooper and [=DeJoseph=] with Mark O'Connell (the latter two changes occuring during recording of the EP, leading to two different lineups performing on the EP). With this lineup, the band released ''Tell All Your Friends'', a hugely influential slice of post-hardcore that spawned four singles and was a critical darling.
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12	But this lineup was too good to last, as John and Shaun both left the band in 2004 to form the indie rock band ''Straylight Run''. They were replaced by Fred Mascherino and Matt Rubano, respectively. This lineup recorded two albums together: ''Where You Want to Be'' in 2004 and ''Louder Now'' in 2006, which both helped propel the band into the mainstream. However, conflicts between Fred and the rest of the band forced the band to [[HereWeGoAgain change lineups again]], as Fred was replaced by Matthew Fazzi. They recorded ''New Again'' in 2009, but it received middling reviews and the band now [[CreatorBacklash considers it to be their weakest album]].
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14	Seemingly spent creatively, Taking Back Sunday decided to go back to their roots in a big way: they reunited the ''Tell All Your Friends'' lineup, bringing John Nolan and Shaun Cooper back to the fray in 2010. They recorded their fifth and SelfTitledAlbum in 2011, which expanded the band's songwriting while still keeping their signature sound. The band managed to keep this lineup until 2018, and releasing another two albums with this lineup, ''Happiness Is'' in 2014 and ''Tidal Wave'' in 2016. The lineup came to an end with Reyes' departure in 2018. He was not replaced.
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17	'''Discography''':
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19	* ''Tell All Your Friends'' (2002)
20	** "Timberwolves At [[{{Joisey}} New Jersey]]"
21	** "Great Romances of the 20th Century"
22	** "Cute Without the 'E' (Cut from the Team)"
23	** "You're So Last Summer"
24	* ''Where You Want to Be'' (2004)
25	** "[[ShoutOut Set Phasers To Stun]]"
26	** "This Photograph is Proof (I Know You Know)"
27	** "A Decade Under the Influence"
28	* ''Louder Now'' (2006)
29	** "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"
30	** "[=MakeDamnSure=]"
31	** "My Blue Heaven"
32	** "Twenty-Twenty Surgery"
33	* ''New Again'' (2009)
34	** "Sink Into Me"
35	** "Carpathia"
36	* ''[[SelfTitledAlbum Taking Back Sunday]]'' (2011)
37	** "Faith (When I Let You Down)"
38	** "This is All Now"
39	** "You Got Me"
40	* ''Happiness Is'' (2014)
41	** "Flicker, Fade"
42	** "Stood a Chance"
43	* ''Tidal Wave'' (2016)
44	** "[[TitleTrack Tidal Wave]]"
45	** "You Can't Look Back"
46	** "Death Wolf"
47	** "Call Come Running"
48	* ''152'' (2023)
49	** "The One"
50	** "S'old"
51	** "Amphetamine Smiles
52	** "Keep Going"
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54	!!Taking Back Sunday contains examples of:
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56	* AlbumTitleDrop:
57	** Their first three albums all have this somewhere. ''Tell All Your Friends'' is dropped on "Cute Without the 'E'," ''Where You Want To Be'' on "Set Phasers to Stun," and ''Louder Now'' on "What's It Feel Like to Be a Ghost?"
58	** The lead single for their seventh album, ''Tidal Wave'', is this as well.
59	* AntiLoveSong: Listing each one would take forever, so it's better to just say "Almost all of them."
60	* ArcWords: "Nothing" and "anything" in ''Happiness Is''. There's even a song called "Nothing At All". Also, the name "Jenny" in ''New Again''.
61	* BalladOfX: "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva" (who was the producer of ''Tell All Your Friends'').
62	* BreakupBreakout:
63	** Jesse Lacey formed Brand New after leaving TBS, and there is still much debate over which band is more popular.
64	** Also John Nolan and Shaun Cooper with Straylight Run, although they have since returned to TBS.
65	* BreakupSong: Several of their songs, particularly older ones.
66	* CallAndResponseSong: Part of their signature style early on - seen most notably in "One-Eighty by Summer" and "Head Club".
67	* CarefulWithThatAxe: Many songs on their first album.
68	* CatScare: "[=MakeDamnSure=]" starts off with Adam Lazzara taking a deep breath, making the listener think he's going to [[CarefulWithThatAxe do a savage scream.]] [[spoiler: The first verse has a light-hearted melody.]]
69	* ConceptVideo: Most of their videos, most notably "Cute Without The 'E'," being an obvious nod to ''Film/FightClub''.
70	* CoverVersion: One of [[Music/{{Descendents}} Suburban Home]], used in [[VideoGame/TonyHawksProSkater Tony Hawk's American Wasteland]].
71	* DrugsAreBad: "Where My Mouth Is", which is about Adam's drug abuse, doesn't portray drugs in a very positive light.
72	* FantasticDrug: In the music video for "Faith", the OMGWTFTBSCAT snorts... [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments catnip]].
73	* LoudnessWar: "The Ballad of Sal Villanueva" stands out the most, especially when you realize that every other song on ''Tell All Your Friends'' is mixed rather quietly.
74	* MoodWhiplash: "Spin" from ''Louder Now'' is perhaps their heaviest song. By contrast, the next track on the album ("Divine Intervention") is an acoustic ballad.* NewSoundAlbum: ''Tidal Wave'' is a Heartland Rock album, of all things.
75	* NonAppearingTitle: Quite a few including the entirety of their first two albums, given that most of their song titles are hard to fit into actual lyrics. It's easier to list the exceptions, which include (but aren't limited to): "My Blue Heaven", "[=MakeDamnSure=]", "Twenty-Twenty Surgery", "What's it Feel Like to Be a Ghost", "Liar", "Miami", "Sleep", "If You See Something, Say Something", "Swing", "Cut Me Up, Jenny", "Where My Mouth Is", "Catholic Knees", "Call Me In the Morning", "It Doesn't Feel a Thing Like Falling", "Faith (When I Let You Down)", "We Were Younger Then", "Beat Up Car", "Stood a Chance", "Tidal Wave", "You Can't Look Back", "Holy Water", "In The Middle Of It All", "We Don't Go In There", "I'll Find A Way To Make It What You Want", "Keep Going", "Lightbringer", "Juice 2 Me", and "New Music Friday."
76	* OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: Adam and Michelle Nolan.
77	* OutOfGenreExperience:
78	** "El Paso".
79	** Most of ''Tidal Wave''.
80	** Most of ''152'' as well, as it deviates more into a more modern, poppier sound.
81	%%* PornStache: [[http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h12/marsarmygurl/Adam%20Lazzara/untitled3kc.jpg Adam]].
82	* PrecisionFStrike: Their first (and as of right now, only) use of profanity was one "bullshit" in their new song "Better Homes and Gardens".
83	* RealTrailerFakeMovie: The video for "Timberwolves At New Jersey."
84	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: "This is All Now", to a religious person.
85	* RevolvingDoorBand: They were this up until 2010 when "classic" members (and usually assumed by most to be original members) John Nolan and Shaun Cooper rejoined the band after leaving in 2003 to form Straylight Run, less than a year after the release of debut album ''Tell All Your Friends''. In the years between their foundation in 1999 and the reunion of the TAYF era lineup, the band had EIGHT departures of band members.
86	* SignatureMove: Adam has a thing for swinging his microphone. As a TakeThat to TBS, Brand New once made a t-shirt that said, "Microphones are for singing, not swinging", in reference to the move.
87	* StalkerWithACrush: "[=MakeDamnSure=]" and "Cut Me Up Jenny"
88	* SelfBackingVocalist: Usually averted, as their intricately harmonized vocals are always done by Adam and their current co-vocalist/guitarist.
89	* SelfTitledAlbum: Their fifth studio album was one. Also, their very first release was a self-titled EP.
90	* ShoutOut: The video for "Cute Without The 'E'" was a blatant shout out to ''Film/FightClub.''
91	* TakeThat:
92	** "There's No 'I' In Team" is a less than loving response to Music/BrandNew's "Seventy Times 7."
93	** "Capital M-E" was a response to public comments made by Fred Mascherino, the guitarist for ''Where You Want To Be'' and ''Louder Now''.
94	* ThreeChordsAndTheTruth: "Cute Without the 'E'" uses multiple variation on TheFourChordsOfPop, both in tempo and progression, to sound more musically complex.

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