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The Falcon

Group Members:

Neil Hennessy, Todd Mohney, Daniel Andriano, Brendan Kelly

Similar Artists:

Descendents, The Suicide Machines, Teenage Bottlerocket, Screeching Weasel, The Tim Version, The Bouncing Souls, The Lillingtons, Enemy You, Link 80, Less Than Jake

Formal Connection With:

Slapstick, The Lawrence Arms, Alkaline Trio, Rise Against, Colossal, The Broadways, Tuesday
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Unicornography

Biography

Even without considering themselves such, the Falcon is still something of a Chicago punk rock supergroup, resulting from the union of vocalist/guitarist Brendan Kelly (the Lawrence Arms, Slapstick, the Broadways), bassist Dan Andriano (Alkaline Trio, Slapstick, Tuesday), drummer Neil Hennessy (the Lawrence Arms, Colossal), and guitarist Todd Mohney (Rise Against). Friends from over the years, the members of the Falcon initially came together after Kelly had written some songs that he didn't feel quite fit his current band, the Lawrence Arms. He got talking to Mohney about starting a band together, but aside from coming up with their name, not much happened until about a year later. Needing a bassist, Kelly showed Andriano the songs while hanging out one day and he immediately signed on. A phone call to Hennessy later cemented the group. Haphazardly recording their rowdy debut EP themselves with no budget, the resulting God Don't Make No Trash or Up Your Ass with Broken Glass was finally issued in December 2004 on Red Scare (the label's first release); the guys also donated a track to Fat Wreck's 2005 compilation Protect: A Benefit for the National Association to Protect Children. Members all continued work with their separate bands before getting back together to record their follow-up release, the rawkin' full-length Unicornography, which appeared in late September 2006. By that point, the Falcon was down to being a trio with Mohney gone from the lineup. ~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide
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The Falcon
Origin Chicago, Illinois, United States
Genre(s) Punk rock
Years active 2004–present
Label(s) Red Scare Industries
Associated acts Slapstick
The Broadways
Baxter
The Lawrence Arms
Sundowner
Alkaline Trio
Website MySpace
Members
Brendan Kelly
Neil Hennessy
Dan Andriano
Eli Caterer
Chris McCaughan
Former members
Todd Mohney

The Falcon is a Chicago-based punk rock supergroup. The band features The Lawrence Arms members Brendan Kelly (guitar and vocals) and Neil Hennessy on drums, as well as Alkaline Trio's Dan Andriano (vocals and bass). Todd Mohney, former member of Rise Against, played guitar on the 2004 EP but could not attend the recording session for the band's first full length Unicornography[1], and his spot was temporarily filled in by Kelly and Hennessy.

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History

Kelly, the creative force behind the band, has said in interviews that the line-up would almost definitely change in order to tour successfully. Specifically, he cited Andriano's role in the Alkaline Trio as making the bass player's availability for touring limited. Kelly and Andriano previously played together from 1993-1996 in the ska/punk band Slapstick.

In December 2004, the band released the EP God Don't Make No Trash -or- Up Your Ass With Broken Glass. An interesting trait of the EP is that, like the name of the EP, each song has two different names in a style mimicking that of Rocky and Bullwinkle episode titles. The EP received a number of positive reviews.

On September 26, 2006, the band released their first full-length album Unicornography. The album has a very fast paced, hard sound with strong raspy vocals, in comparison to The Lawrence Arms older works, and is more similar in tone and style to their 2006 album, Oh! Calcutta!. The album also features re-recorded versions of the songs "I'm So Happy I Could Just Cry Myself to Sleep -or- The Routes We Wander" and "Building the Perfect Asshole Parade -or- Scratching Off the Fleas", both of which were originally featured on the band's 2004 EP. In 2007 they made their first music video for the song "The La-Z-Boy 500".

Discography

Albums

Music Videos

Year Title Album Other information
2008 "The La-Z-Boy 500" Unicornography

Compilations

  • Protect: A Benefit For The National Association To Protect Children (2005) Fat Wreck Chords with the song "Building The Perfect Asshole Parade -or- Scratching Off The Fleas"
  • Plea For Peace Vol. 2 (2007) Asian Man Records with the song "Blackout"

Uses in media

The song "Blackout" was featured in the 2007 EA Sports skateboarding video game "Skate."

See also

Slapstick Family Tree

References

  1. ^ ThePunkSite.com | The Lawrence Arms Interview - Brendan Kelly

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