Brand New

Brand New are an Emo/Rock band from Long Island, New York. The band presently consists of:

Related Topics:
Emo - Rock - Band - Long Island - New York

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• Jesse Lacey (lead vocals, guitar and piano)
• Vinnie Accardi (guitar and backup vocals)
• Garrett Tierney (bass)
• Brian Lane (drums).

Jesse Lacey is credited with writing the band's lyrics.

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In the late 1990's Jesse Lacey, Garrett Tierney and Brian Lane were all members of The Rookie Lot, a Post-Hardcore band largely influenced by groups like Lifetime, along with guitarists Alex Dunne and Brandon Reilly, the latter would later be a member of the band The Movielife.

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The Rookie Lot - Post-Hardcore - Lifetime - The Movielife

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After The Rookie Lot had split, Jesse and Brian started playing and writing together again while Garrett joined soon after. Then a young Vinnie Accardi joined, completing the band's current line-up. After recording, producing and releasing their first four-track demo, the band began rigorously touring around Long Island scene. Soon enough the band found themselves playing with bands such as Midtown, Good Charlotte, New Found Glory, and Glassjaw. Brand New have since done a short stint on the Warped Tour in 2003, and have previously toured with Dashboard Confessional, Incubus and Finch. They also toured with blink-182, supporting them on one of their tours of Australia in 2004.

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Demo - Good Charlotte - New Found Glory - Glassjaw - Warped Tour - 2003 - Dashboard Confessional - Incubus - Finch - Blink-182 - Australia - 2004

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In 2001, Brand New released their first full-length album, Your Favorite Weapon. Soon after, they released two songs on a split EP with Safety In Numbers.

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2001 - Your Favorite Weapon - EP

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They followed up 2001's Your Favorite Weapon with Deja Entendu in June, 2003 to much critical acclaim. A limited edition EP, entitled The Holiday EP, was also later released in 2003, available only to the band's Street Team members. Additionally, during 2003 their debut album was remastered and rereleased.

Related Topics:
2001 - Deja Entendu - June - 2003 - The Holiday EP

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Sic Transit Gloria... Glory Fades, the first single from Deja Entendu, is a shortened version of the palpal term Sic transit gloria mundi, and is quite possibly derived from the quote in the film Rushmore. The title of that album is French for "heard before", a comment on how the band believes that modern music sounds the same.

Related Topics:
Sic transit gloria mundi - Rushmore

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Between May 2004 (with the release of the UK Quiet Things That No-One Ever Knows CDS B-Sides) and June 2005, no new material was released by the band and no new information was publically released to fans. They were, however, in that time signed by Interscope Records, a major label.

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In June 2005, Brand New launched a new official website which they promised to update more often and announced they have been recording, and additionally confirmed rumours that the lead singer has been "sick", "had surgery", there "were multiple things wrong with " but stated that "most of them have been fixed".

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The band is currently working on their third album, which is rumoured to be released in 2005. There are currently 10 working titles for the third album. One of them is rumored to be "Fight Off Your Demons" based on the URL of their new site http://www.fightoffyourdemons.com; the band has neither confimed nor denied the rumor.

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