Straylight Run
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Straylight Run performing at the 2009 Soundwave festival in Sydney, Australia. Left to right: John Nolan, Shaun Cooper, and Will Noon.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Baldwin, New York, United States |
| Genres | Indie rock, emo |
| Years active | 2003–2010 |
| Labels | Universal, Republic, Victory |
| Associated acts | Taking Back Sunday, Breaking Pangaea, Destry |
| Website | myspace |
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Straylight Run is an indie rock band based in Baldwin, New York. The band has released two albums Straylight Run and The Needles the Space as well as three EPs Prepare to Be Wrong, About Time and Un Mas Dos. In 2010, the band announced that they would be going on indefinite hiatus, but might reunite in the future. Two of the members, John Nolan and Shaun Cooper, are currently in Taking Back Sunday.
When he was still a member of Taking Back Sunday, John Nolan wrote several songs that he didn't feel would go well with the band. After their departure, John and Shaun Cooper recorded several demos with Taking Back Sunday drummer Mark O'Connell. The band began to take its present form when drummer Will Noon was invited to join after his former band, Breaking Pangaea, broke up. Breaking Pangaea's former lead singer was Fred Mascherino, who later took Nolan's place in Taking Back Sunday. Shortly thereafter, John's sister, Michelle DaRosa, joined Straylight Run.
The band gained popularity after posting six demo songs for free download on their official site. By September of that year, they were playing to sold-out crowds in various cities in the Northeastern United States.
The band's name was taken from the final section of William Gibson's cyberpunk science-fiction novel Neuromancer.
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