Bayside is an American rock band signed to Victory Records from Bayside, Queens, New York, from which their named is derived. They have released four full length albums on Victory, as well as a live album and an acoustic album, which is my personal favorite.
Bayside formed in the winter of 2000. They came up with their name when driving around, they passed the Bayside train station and thought it was a good idea. They self released a 5 song demo and signed to Dying Wish Records to issue their first release, Long Stories Short EP, in 2001. The band also released a split with Name Taken in 2003 on the same label before signing to the much larger Victory Records later that year.
Sirens and Condolences was released in early 2004 on Victory Records, and it was followed by their self-titled release in 2005. Following the death of their drummer John "Beatz" Holohan in a car accident that involved the entire band, Bayside issued the appropriately titled Acoustic, which featured a tribute to Holohan and acoustic renditions of some of their songs. The song "Winter" is dedicated to him.
On September 30th, 2008, they released their 4th full-length studio album Shudder. Also, their live CD Live at the Bayside Social Club was released on the same day. It was recorded on August 17th, 2008 at S.I.R. Studios in New York, where a few lucky fans from the Bayside Social Club were given the chance to attend the private show. With the release of both albums, Bayside has completed their five album contract with Victory Records.
I was introduced to Bayside a few years ago, and I was that into them at first until I heard their acoustic CD, which may be my favorite CD of all time now. The music they released before signing to Victory is not that great, but I think everything from Sirens and Condolences on has been brilliant, and I recommend this band to everyone that likes the same style of music as I do. Check out the music sampler below to see how good they are, and eventually I want to do an acoustic playlist which will probably feature several tracks of the acoustic CD so stay tuned for that.
Members
Anthony Raneri - Lead vocals and rhythm guitar, (2000-present)
Jack O' Shea - lead guitar and backing vocals (2003-present)
Chris Guglielmo - drums (2006-present)
Nick Ghanbarian - bass guitar, Backing vocals (2004-present)
Discography
Long Stories Short [2001]
Bayside/Name Taken Split [2003]
Sirens and Condolences [2004]
Bayside [2005]
Acoustic CD/DVD [2006]
The Walking Wounded [2007]
Shudder [2008]
Live at the Bayside Social Club [2008]
Thursday, January 8, 2009
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