Taking Back Sunday Band • Page 478

Yea have you even ranked the blink records?

 

It's the only rite of passage on this site

 

Haha hey I am very familiar with most of their peers!!

I didn’t really feel strongly about New Again one way or the other. Definitely didn’t think it was as good as the three preceding it but I might put it above the self titled and Tidal Wave. 152 was alright, I feel like it’s going to be more of a grower for me. The way I get into artists for the first time is just listening through each album in a row and then taking the time to dive back into them individually once I have a sense of the full picture of the discography

 

Chorus Rites of Passage:

1. Rank blink discography
2. Get threatened for Skiba-era placement
3. Participate in thread inside jokes that are no longer funny
4. Engage with Ryan on the YC thread
5. Block 3 users
6. Be blocked by 3 users
7. Attempt to change your phone settings to get dark mode without subscribing

 

I pop into the Blink threads now and then, but they move to fast for me to keep up.

 

152 is the best TBS record. WYWTB is a close second, but I think the edge goes to 152. Not a single miss on it.

 

Was gonna say that this happened to me too, although I listened to Thursday's two biggest albums before I got into TBS. What really got me into the band, I shit you not, was watching the "MakeDamnSure" video because I thought Adam looked cute in the thumbnail. And then I listened to Louder Now. And then I watched this old old video of the band hosting Warped Tour Weekend in 2004. And then I got Tell All Your Friends on CD, got tickets for the Summer Gods Tour, listened to TAYF, and then went to the concert and fell in love.
Oh, and I met Mark and Adam, too. They were super nice.
And then I fell into the rabbit hole and became a real fan.

 

Pretty surprised they're doing this after those allegations came out.

 

I thought the same thing but it’s possible they aren’t aware not sure how much traction it got. Still sucks

 

this band loves to tour with the same bands OVER and OVER.

 

what if I just want a Nathan coaster

 

Allegations against who? I missed something

 

If I recall correctly, Quinn took to Twitter or Reddit or something like that heavily implying that Bert abused him while in The Used.

Others may be able to clarify

 

Honestly, based.

 

Dude’s gone above and beyond the call of duty for 14 years now and co-wrote “Quit Trying”. He deserves it.

 

Has there ever been merch of a touring band member? And I'm talking about for any band.

 

Someone please rescue Fred from Say Anything

 

I had such (unfounded and unrealistic) high hopes that this would happen for a WYWTB 20th show/tour, but looks like we'll be waiting until the Louder Now 20th.

 

I think Fred working with TBS is a ship that has sailed. He left the band of his own accord due to whatever reasons he had, and they’ve moved on and seem to be happy without him. He was in the band for…4 years and has since been out of the band for close to 17. He seems to be fine with his choice to be in Say Anything.

as for tbs touring with the used, I’m going out on a limb here and saying that as a group of 40-45 year old men who have families, they do not spend that much time online (John is the only one who even semi-regularly posts on instagram or Twitter about things that aren’t related to the band) and therefore likely do not know about any allegations. If I didn’t have friends who kept up with the used, I would have missed it entirely and, even then, if you didn’t know the name of Bert’s book or whatever, the implication is very vague.

 

0% chance of Fred playing in TBS again lol

Fine I'll give it 0.5%

 

The only person likely to play in TBS again is Eddie, and even that seems like a real long shot at this point.

 

Yea I can think of 3 people who will never play in TBS ever again

 

I have 4... don't forget JL