| Senses Fail | |
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| Origin | Bergen County, New Jersey |
| Genre(s) | Hardcore Post-hardcore |
| Years active | 2002–Present |
| Label(s) | Interscope|Geffen, Inc./Vagrant/(formerly with Drive-Thru) |
| Website | http://www.sensesfail.com/ |
| Members | |
| Buddy Nielsen Garrett Zablocki Dan Trapp Heath Saraceno |
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| Former members | |
| Dave Miller James Gill Mike Glita |
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Senses Fail is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based band that draws heavily from the punk, screamo, and hardcore genres. Their main influences are Jimmy Eat World, Fairweather, Grade, The Promise Ring, Jawbreaker, Saves the Day, Thursday, and The Get Up Kids.
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History
The history of Senses Fail starts with Garrett Zablocki, in 2002 recruiting members through an advertisement on the Internet a year before the formation of the band. The current singer, Buddy Nielsen, read the article and Garrett brought his friend Dave Miller from a band he had played with previously. Later, the bass player Mike Glita, former drummer for Tokyo Rose (band) joined the lineup[1]. Their first release, on August 16 2002, was a six-track EP on ECA Records, From the Depths of Dreams. This was re-released on April 29 2003, on Drive-Thru Records, with two extra tracks. Their first full-length album, Let It Enfold You, was released on September 7, 2004 on Vagrant Records. It was also re-released, with five bonus tracks: three acoustic versions of songs on Let It Enfold You, a new track named American Death and a cover of the song Institutionalized, which was originally by Suicidal Tendencies.
In 2005, the band's web site announced the departure, by mutual agreement, of guitarist Dave Miller. He was replaced by Heath Saraceno, previously the guitarist/vocalist of the band Midtown. Subsequent interviews with band members have made it clear that Miller did not leave voluntarily. The band has played on the Warped Tour in 2004-06 and the International Taste of Chaos tour in 2006. In November 2006-February 2007, they did a headlining tour with such bands as Saosin, Alexisonfire and The Sleeping, and then completed the North American version of the Taste of Chaos Tour that featured such bands as The Used, 30 Seconds to Mars, Saosin, Chiodos, Aiden, and Evaline. They performed in a number of European festivals (as well as a couple of headlining shows) in April 2007, and played a short U.S. tour (including part of the Zumiez Couch Tour) with From Autumn to Ashes in June. On October 5, 2007, Senses Fail began a 33-city co-headlining tour with New Found Glory which started in Las Vegas, Nevada. Also in the tour was Set Your Goals. The tour ended on November 24, 2007 in San Diego, California. On November 13, 2007, Senses Fail released a deluxe version of Still Searching, which featured new art, behind-the-scenes DVD featuring footage from the band's headlining tour last fall, two additional previously digital-only songs, three new songs, and a cover of The Cranberries's song 'Salvation'[2]. On December 8th, 2007, Senses Fail's bassist Mike Glita left the band to pursue his side project (Knights in Paris). He has announced, on myspace, that he will join the band Vampire for Hire, and continue to pursue the side project. The band will continue and have started writing for their follow-up album to Still Searching. They have announced one show for January 24, 2008 in New York. It is unclear if Glita will be replaced for that show, or if they will play as a four-piece. They are also booked to play the Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey in May. The band will begin recording their next album in March 2008.
Members
- Buddy Nielsen - Vocals
- Garrett Zablocki - Lead Guitar, Vocals
- Dan Trapp - Drums, percussion
- Heath Saraceno - Guitar, Vocals
Former members
Discography
Albums
| Album cover | Release date | Title | Label | U.S. Billboard peak | U.S. sales |
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August 13, 2002 | From the Depths of Dreams EP | ECA Records Drive-Thru Records |
280,000 | |
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September 7, 2004 | Let It Enfold You | Vagrant Records | #34 | 360,000 |
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October 10, 2006 | Still Searching | Vagrant Records | #15 | 750,000 |
Singles
Non-album tracks
- "Bad Reputation" – released on the original soundtrack to Bad News Bears (2005)
Trivia
- The band is mentioned in MC Lars's song "Signing Emo."
- The title of the song "All the Best Cowboys Have Daddy Issues" is a reference to the title of an episode from the first season of Lost.
- The song and album "Let It Enfold You" is named after a poem by Charles Bukowski.
- The song "Institutionalized" is featured in the video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. It is a cover of the 1983 hit originally sung by Suicidal Tendencies.
- Contrary to popular belief, the song "Rum is for Drinking, Not For Burning" is not a quote from, nor a reference to the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.[3]
- A poster of "Let It Enfold You's" CD cover can be seen in an episode of House
- A poster of "Let It Enfold You's" CD cover can be seen inTransformers.
- A poster of "Still Searching's" CD cover can be seen in License to Wed.
- A poster of "Senses Fail" can be seen in Al Holden's room in an episode of One Life to Live.
- A dance version of "Buried A Lie" is featured in Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party for the Wii console.
- The song "Calling All Cars" is featured in Burnout Paradise.
- The song "Can't Be Saved" is featured in Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock as a bonus track.
External links
- Senses Fail Official Website
- Senses Fail on MySpace
- Senses Fail on Bebo
- Senses Fail Official Fan Page
- Senses Fail Interview with Ultimate Guitar/UWO Gazette
References
| Senses Fail | |
| Buddy Nielsen | Garrett Zablocki | Dan Trapp | Heath Saraceno | |
| Dave Miller | James Gill | Mike Glita | |
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| Discography | |
| Albums: Let It Enfold You | Still Searching | |
| EPs: From the Depths of Dreams | |
| Singles | |
| "Bloody Romance" | "Buried a Lie" | "“Rum Is for Drinking, Not for Burning" | "Calling All Cars" | "Can't Be Saved" | "The Priest and the Matador" | |
| Other articles | |
| Damon Atkinson| One Eight Seven |
