“We knew it was going to be a defining moment in the life of the band”: Taking Back Sunday relive the dramatic impact of Louder Now
Taking Back Sunday’s Adam Lazzara and Mark O’Connell remember their game-changing album Louder Now as it celebrates its 15
th anniversary…
Photos: Derrick Santini
There’s one precise moment that sums up the surreal impact that Louder Now had on Taking Back Sunday. The band’s third album – their first on a major label – had been released at the end of April 2006, and singer Adam Lazzara was back in Los Angeles, where they’d recorded it the previous winter. His computer was broken, so he ventured to the Apple Store in The Grove, a popular shopping district in the city. The vocalist, who was living in Brooklyn, NY at the time, didn’t see it when he walked into the shop, but there was a giant cutout of an iPhone by the entrance, and his face was on the screen.
Aberdien (The Friday Night Boys)
Andrew Goldstein was only 20 when he formed
the Friday Night Boys, so it’s easy to mistake the band as his musical debut. Prior to taking on pop punk, though, Goldstein had previously dabbled in
Aberdien. He even released a full-length,
Kaleidoscope, as part of the project.
The Movielife (Taking Back Sunday)
Taking Back Sunday are certainly god-tier, so we won’t fault you for assuming that they just materialized out of the heavens. The reality is even more interesting, though, if only because it gives us more damn good music to stream. The band’s founder,
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arrived. 14-year-old reyes was transported to the hospital where he remained for the weekend. he would later die from his injuries. our media partner is reporting that as the boy was being beaten, the boy s father stood nearby, putting the boy in a fight for his life that ended tragically. we believe the case is gang motivated. it is an area known for a high level of criminal street activity. cops won t say if they were able to communicate with the victim, or if he was able to identify his attackers, but police say they are actively following leads. residents know that gangs are a problem here. and my older is a boy. this mother of three says she worries about her son because wearing the wrong color could lead to trouble. if they are wearing the wrong clothing, they get labeled even if they are not even affiliated with any street gangs or anything like that. police stopped short on sharing exactly how everything went down. but at the school he attended, officials