Senses Fail

Senses Fail

Senses Fail is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based band that draws heavily from the punk, emo, 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.

History

The history of Senses Fail starts with a bunch of guys 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.

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'.

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, now known as Love Automatic, and continue to pursue the side project.

Current Plans

The band will continue and have started writing for their follow-up album to Still Searching. They played one show on January 24, 2008 in New York at the Knitting Factory. Jason Black of Hot Water Music played bass as a replacement for Mike Glita. Senses Fail are also booked to play the Bamboozle Festival in East Rutherford, New Jersey on May 4.

The band will begin recording their next album in April 2008 and are aiming for a September 2008 release date. Buddy recently talked about the direction of the new album.

“There is a real sense of urgency in the songs we’ve been writing,” says singer James “Buddy” Nielsen. “We’re just now starting to find the direction for this record and you’re definitely going to hear a more aggressive side of Senses Fail. The songs have a lot of grit and power and remind me of how I felt when we wrote From The Depths of Dreams. We are all very excited to get in the studio with Brian again and make the best music we’ve ever made.”

Members

• Buddy Nielsen - Vocals
• Garrett Zablocki - Lead Guitar, Vocals
• Dan Trapp - Drums, percussion
• Heath Saraceno - Guitar, Vocals

Former members

• Dave Miller - Guitar
• James Gill - Bass Guitar
• Mike Glita - Bass Guitar

Discography

Albums

Release date	Title	Label	U.S. Billboard peak	U.S. sales
August 13, 2002	From the Depths of Dreams EP	ECA Records Drive-Thru Records		280,000
September 7, 2004	Let It Enfold You	Vagrant Records	#34	360,000
October 10, 2006	Still Searching	Vagrant Records	#15	750,000

Singles

Year	Title	Chart Positions			Album
		US Hot 100	US Modern Rock	US Mainstream Rock
2003	"Bloody Romance"				From the Depths of Dreams
2004	"Buried a Lie"				Let It Enfold You
2005	"Rum Is for Drinking, Not for Burning"
2006	"Calling All Cars"				Still Searching
2007	"Can't Be Saved"
	"The Priest and the Matador"

Non-album tracks

• "Bad Reputation" – released on the original soundtrack to Bad News Bears (2005)
• "Bastard Son" – released in a rare single EP including a demo recording of Rum Is For Drinking, Not For Burning(2006)

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 title of the song "Lost and Found" is another reference to the Lost episode titled, ...And Found.
• The song and album "Let It Enfold You" is named after a poem by Charles Bukowski.
• The song "Institutionalized" is featured in the video games 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. Buddy claimed at an acoustic performance in Warped Tour 2006 that it is a reference to his grandfather, who had a wooden leg, hence the pirate comparisons.
• 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 Dominator and 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