Senses Fail
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Senses Fail performing at Warped Tour in 2009
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States |
| Genres | Post-hardcore,emo,hardcore punk |
| Years active | 2002–present |
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| Website | sensesfail |
| Members | Buddy Nielsen Gavin Caswell Chris Hornbrook |
| Past members | James Gill Dave Miller Mike Glita Heath Saraceno Garrett Zablocki Jason Black Dan Trapp Matt Smith Zack Roach |
Senses Fail is an American post-hardcore band that formed in River Vale, New Jersey in 2002. The band have seen many lineup changes; the only founding member still in the band being lead singer James "Buddy" Nielsen. The lineup currently consists of Nielsen, guitar players Zack Roach and Matt Smith, bassist Gavin Caswell and drummer Chris Hornbrook. The band's releases include the EP From the Depths of Dreams (2002, reissued 2003) and the full-length albums Let It Enfold You (2004), Still Searching (2006), Life Is Not a Waiting Room (2008), The Fire (2010)Renacer (2013) and Pull the Thorns from Your Heart (2015).
Senses Fail began on October 17, 2001 after Garrett Zablocki posted an advertisement on the Internet to recruit members for the band. The advertisement attracted attention from Buddy Nielsen, who then began writing with Zablocki. Later Zablocki contacted Dave Miller to join the band who also brought along his friend, James Gill. After a short time with another drummer the band came across Dan Trapp, who was only 14-years-old at the time. Before the band signed to Drive Thru Records, James Gill was kicked out of the band due to irreconcilable differences; he was replaced by Tokyo Rose ex-drummer Mike Glita.
The band took their musical influences of punk rock and hardcore punk and mixed them with poetry, emotion, literature, religion, eastern philosophy and spirituality to create their own sound and image. The name Senses Fail, lead singer James "Buddy" Nielsen explains, "In Hinduism, they believe that being alive is hell, and the only way to reach Nirvana is to ultimately have no attachments to anything. So, people go out and live in the middle of the woods and they don't eat and don't drink. They just meditate because they've reached such a high level where they're not attached to love, relationships or anything. And if you want to reach the highest level of being and see God, you have to have all your senses fail."
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