37 - Taking Back Sunday

You could slit my throat. And with my one last gasping breath I'd apologize
For bleeding on your shirt.

At number 37 is another Long Island emo band in Taking Back Sunday. While Brand New (see #89) writes better lyrics, TBS makes better songs.

Wiki - Taking Back Sunday is an American rock band from Amityville, Long Island, New York, formed in 1999. The current members are lead vocalist Adam Lazzara, rhythm guitarist Eddie Reyes, lead guitarist/vocalist John Nolan, bassist Shaun Cooper, and drummer Mark O'Connell. They have released four studio albums, with their most successful being 2006's Louder Now which has sold over 900,000 copies and peaked at #2 on the United States' Billboard 200, closely followed by Where You Want to Be which peaked at #3 in 2004. They have also had twelve singles, one extended play, one live album and a compilation album. "MakeDamnSure" is their highest charting single to date, peaking at #8 on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in 2006 and #48 on the Billboard Hot 100. The band released their latest album, New Again, on June 2, 2009.

Discography -

Tell All Your Friends (2002)
Where You Want to Be (2004)
Louder Now (2006)
New Again (2009)

Members
Adam Lazzara – vocals, occasionally guitar (2001–present), bass, backing vocals (2001)
John Nolan – guitar, vocals, keyboards (1999–2003; 2010–present)
Eddie Reyes – guitar (1999–present)
Shaun Cooper – bass (2001–2003; 2010–present)
Mark O'Connell – drums, percussion (2001–present)

Former members
Matt Rubano – bass, backing vocals (2003–2010)
Fred Mascherino – guitar, vocals (2003–2007)
Matthew Fazzi – guitar, backing vocals (2008–2010)
Jesse Lacey – bass, vocals (1999–2001)
Steven DeJoseph – drums, percussion (1999–2001)
Antonio Longo – lead vocals (1999–2001)

Best songs -

10 Twenty-Twenty Surgery
9 Spin
8 Sink Into Me
7 MakeDamnSure
6 What's It Feel Like to Be A Ghost
5 Cute Without the 'E' (Cut From the Team)
4 This Photography is Proof
3 A Decade Under the Influence
2 Set Phasers to Stun
1 You're So Last Summer


And I know it's impossible, but at 2:00-01 I'm just to the right of this, 5 peopleish back to the right of the Lil Wayne looking security guard.


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