- October Fall
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October Fall Also known as Silver Lining Origin Des Plaines, Illinois United States Genres Post-hardcore (older material)
Pop punk
Piano rock
PowerpopYears active 2003–2007 Labels Decaydance/Fueled by Ramen Associated acts Cute Is What We Aim For Members Pat D'Andrea
Clark Harrison
Nick Scalise
Owen Toomey aka O-Boats
Greg ShanahanPast members Jack Marin
Nick ColemanOctober Fall was a piano fueled pop punk band from Chicago, Illinois. They came together in the summer of 2003, with Pat D'Andrea (vocals/guitar) and Clark Harrison (guitar) as the original members. These two were originally played together under the name Silver Lining. Soon after, the rest of the band was added: Nick Coleman (drums), Owen Toomey (piano), and Jack Marin (bass). Nick Coleman was replaced by Nick Scalise (drums), and Jack Marin was replaced by Greg Shanahan (bass).
In 2005, the band opened on a tour with Ashlee Simpson, and later that year toured with The Click Five.[1] In the spring of 2006, they toured with Fall Out Boy and The All-American Rejects on the Black Clouds and Underdogs tour.
They were signed to Decaydance, a Fueled By Ramen imprint headed by Pete Wentz (bassist of Fall Out Boy). Their debut CD, A Season in Hell (named as an homage to the movie Eddie and the Cruisers), was released in February 2006.
On October 1, 2007, the band announced that they had gone their separate ways.[citation needed]
Rumors surfaced that the band had gotten back together but those rumors were proven false.
In the fall of 2007, Clark Harrison and Nick Foxer (formerly of the All American Rejects) formed a band called Phonocast, based in southern California where both musicians now live.[2]
Pat D'Andrea (now going by Johnny D'Andrea) formed Archie Star, in which he shares lead vocals with his sister, Ria. The band released their album, Carry Me Home in November 2008.
Nick Scalise and Greg Shanahan are now part of the band Mathletes, who recently put their self-titled EP up for free download [3]
Contents
History
Early years
Their roots may be in the Chicago scene, but for the members in October Fall—vocalist-guitarist guitarist Pat D'Andrea Clark Harrison, pianist Owen Toomey bassist Greg Shanahan and drummer Nick Scalise-pop is their passion.
As a child, there was always music playing in the D'Andrea house. Johnny Cash, Tom Petty and Stevie Ray Vaughan all became trusted friends, especially when D'Andrea is transferred from a public high school to a private Catholic high school made him the dreaded "New Kid". D'Andrea would sit in his bedroom playing guitar outlet and accidentally writing songs while attending one of his sister's musicals D'Andrea met a fellow maverick Clark Harrison and the two began jamming together as Silver Lining with high ambitions and a bud ing arsenal of songs, the duo snArt changed its name (to October Fall) and solidified a line-up of Chicago best and brightest players (Toomey Scalise and Shanahan)
After selling out shows to just open the band the whole town took notice[citation needed] and it was one of the scene's most beloved alumni, Fall Out Boy's Pete Wentz, who wrote the band to his Fueled By Ramen imprint Decaydance From there, the band prepared to record their debut album and soon hit the road with Ashlee Simpson
The inspiration for the title of October Fall's debut A Season in Hell "comes from a cult classic movie Eddie and the Cruisers actually premiered in theaters before any of the band members (all of which are still in their teens) were born even
A Season in Hell (2006)
In the summer of 2005 förbudetd migrated westward to record at The Green Room in Los Angeles, Californian with producer Mike Green (Yellowcard Rufio Paramore) But the songs they were traveling with were not the songs that ended up on a season in Hell a collection of 11 tracks all infused with equal parts pop and circumstance
"Walking" song set October Fall's sound movement is a piano-driven rocker about a girl who can not look himself in the mirror not satisfied with simply writing about Heartaches and Heart Breaker "Hey Hey" deals with the harsh tale of a turbulent friendship A Season in Hell "also features guest appearances by Fall Out Boy Patrick Stump (the "Second Chance") and Paramore's Hayley Williams (on "Keep Dreaming Upside Down")
Post-breakup (2007)
On October 1, 2007, the band announced that they had gone their separate ways.[citation needed]
Rumors surfaced that the band had gotten back together but those rumors were proven false.
In the fall of 2007, Clark Harrison and Nick Foxer (formerly of the All American Rejects) formed a band called Phonocast, based in southern California where both musicians now live.[4]
Pat D'Andrea (now going by Johnny D'Andrea) formed Archie Star, in which he shares lead vocals with his sister, Ria. The band released their album, Carry Me Home in November 2008.
Nick Scalise and Greg Shanahan are now part of the band Mathletes, who recently put their self-titled EP up for free download [5]
Band members
- Current members
- Pat D'Andrea - lead vocals, Guitar (2003–2007)
- Clark Harrison- lead guitar, backing vocals (2003–2007)
- Nick Scalise - Drums, percussion (2005–2007)
- Owen Toomey aka O-Boats - piano, backing vocals (2004–2007)
- Greg Shanahan - bass, backing vocals (2005–2007)
- Former members
- Nick Coleman - Drums, percussion (2004–2005)
- Jack Marin - bass, backing vocals (2004–2005)
Discography
Main article: October Fall DemosAlbums
Date of release Title Label Billboard 200 peak February 21, 2006 A Season in Hell Decaydance Records/Fueled by Ramen - EPs
- Taking Shape EP 2005
Album appearances
Fueled By Ramen & Decaydance Winter '05/'06 iTunes Sampler
- Released: Nov 22, 2005
- Label: Fueled By RamenDecaydance Records
- Tracks: "Walking (Unreleased)"
Trivia
- Guitarist Clark Harrison was a winning contestant on Fox Kids' Moolah Beach
- Jack Marin, original bassist, played bass in Cute Is What We Aim For for a short time after parting ways with October Fall.
- Drummer Nick Scalise has a solo project called Sexy Is My Middle Name
- Pat D'Andrea appeared in an episode of the TV series 'Switched'. Then reappeared one year later in a reunion episode.
- Nick Scalise and Greg are joined on a new band called "Mathletes"
References
- ^ Biography, Allmusic.com.
- ^ [1] Phonocast page at MySpace.com
- ^ http://blackgoldsociety.com/mathletes/
- ^ [2] Phonocast page at MySpace.com
- ^ http://blackgoldsociety.com/mathletes/
External links
Categories:- Musical groups from Chicago, Illinois
- American pop punk musical groups
- Decaydance Records artists
- American post-hardcore musical groups
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