Senses Fail

Senses Fail
Background information
Origin	Bergen County, New Jersey  United States
Genre(s)	Emo 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 Mike Glita Dan Trapp Heath Saraceno
Former members
Dave Miller James Gill

Senses Fail is a Ridgewood, New Jersey based band that draws heavily from the punk, emo,^[1] screamo,^[2] and hardcore genres. Their main influences are Jimmy Eat World, Fairweather, Grade, The Promise Ring, Jawbreaker, Saves the Day,^[2] Thursday, and The Get Up Kids.

History

The history of Senses Fail starts with Buddy Nielsen, in 2002 recruiting members through an advertisement on the Internet a year before the formation of the band. The current drummer, Dan Trapp, read the article and brought friends Dave Miller and Garrett Zablocki from two bands he had played with previously. Later, the bass player Mike Glita, former drummer for Tokyo Rose joined the lineup^[3].

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 July 18th 2007 Senses Fail announced via MySpace that they would be writing songs again over the summer. A deluxe version of Still Searching is due to be released on November 13, with new art, behind-the-scenes dvd featuring footage from the band's headlining tour last fall, four additional previously digital-only songs (Stretch Your Legs To Coffin Length, Cinco De Mayo are two of them), and two new songs 'Battel Hymn' and 'Champagne'^[4].

On October 5, 2007, Senses Fail began a tour starting in Las Vegas, Nevada. They will be Co-Headlining the tour with New Found Glory. Also in the tour is Set Your Goals. They will be going to 33 cities. The tour ends on November 24, 2007 in San Diego, California.

Members

• James "Buddy" Nielsen - Vocals
• Garrett Zablocki - Lead Guitar, Vocals
• Mike Glita - Bass, Vocals
• Dan Trapp - Drums, percussion
• Heath Saraceno - Guitar, Vocals

Former members

• Dave Miller - Guitar
• James Gill - Bass guitar

Discography

Albums

Album cover	Release date	Title	Label	U.S. Billboard peak	U.S. sales
Image:Depthsof.jpg	August 13, 2002	From the Depths of Dreams EP	ECA Records Drive-Thru Records		280,000[citation needed]
Image:Enfold.jpg	September 7, 2004	Let It Enfold You	Vagrant Records	#34	360,000[citation needed]
	October 10, 2006	Still Searching	Vagrant Records	#15	250,000[citation needed]

Singles

Non-album tracks

• "Bastard Son" – released exclusively on iTunes, b-side from From the Depths of Dreams (2002)
• "Bad Reputation" – released on the original soundtrack to Bad News Bears (2005)
• "Stretch Your Legs to Coffin Length" – released on the "Calling All Cars" iTunes single (2006)
• "Cinco de Mayo" – released as a digital download that was received for free with Target purchases of Still Searching (2006)

Connections with other media

• 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, or a reference to, the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.^[5]
• A poster of Let It Enfold You's CD cover can be seen in an episode of House and in the movie Transformers.
• 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.

• The song Buried A Lie will be featured in Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party for the Wii console.
• An unannounced Senses Fail song will be featured in Burnout Paradise.
• The song Can't Be Saved will be featured in Guitar Hero III Legends of Rock as a secret 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

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