Formed in 1999 Amityville NYs Taking Back Sunday took their version of melodic hardcore from bands like Lifetime Endpoint and Sunny Day Real Estate as well as guitarist Ed Reyes emo band the Movielife The bands first demo a five-song CD was released …

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…

Post-hardcoreemo-pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001 Originally called A Day in the Life the Dayton OH collective saw numerous lineup changes and shifting music styles before settling on its current formation Composed of …

Born in the suburbs of Chicago lead singer Tom Higgenson was originally fascinated with the drums performing in various pop and rock bands in high school One of these groups was Harveys Daughter where he met bass player Ken Fletcher The group disband…