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Bio from Wikipedia. Not the real Saves The Day account. You can find it here: www.purevolume.com/savestheday


Saves The Day originally performed in the New Jersey area under the name Sefler as a five-piece band. The name change came sometime around late 1997. Of the original lineup, only Chris Conley remains today. The band has gone through numerous lineup changes over the years and has only recorded two consecutive albums (Through Being Cool and Stay What You Are) with the same lineup, with Conley and guitarist David Soloway the only permanent fixtures.

The band in its original form drew heavily from influential melodic hardcore bands, with their early sound often likened to that of fellow New Jersey group Lifetime. The band's first proper release, Can't Slow Down, was recorded and released via Equal Vision Records in 1998 while the members were still in high school.

Using the band's own resources, they released a 5-song acoustic EP, I'm Sorry I'm Leaving in early 1999. Later that year, they released their second full-length with Equal Vision, Through Being Cool, which saw the band further refining their melodic hardcore sound. The band began drawing attention from some of the larger independent labels, eventually signing with Vagrant Records.

In 2001, the band began moving away from their hardcore punk roots with the release of Stay What You Are. The album had a poppier feel with more intricate guitar work and arrangements rather than the previous power chord-based sound. The band scored a major hit with a video for the song "At Your Funeral," and made appearances on several late night talk shows. The band also released a video for "Freakish," featuring Muppet-esque puppets, in April of 2002. Shortly after the album's release, guitarist Ted Alexander left the band and Conley took over guitar duties. This was original drummer Bryan Newman's last recording with the band, who also left shortly after the album's release.

With the success of Stay What You Are, the band signed with major label Dreamworks Records who would co-release their next album with Vagrant, who still had the band under contract. With the 2003 release of In Reverie, the band further experimented with their sound and featured less macabre lyrics than their past albums. The drastic change in sound was divisive among fans, and the album received little support from Dreamworks. The song "Anywhere With You" was released as a single, but went largely unnoticed. Conley later had the following to say about the album:

"[Dreamworks] completely abandoned it three days after it was released, saying that we made the wrong record." [1]

Shortly after its release, Dreamworks was absorbed by Interscope Records, who would eventually drop the band from its roster.

The band fulfilled their contractual obligations with Vagrant with the 2004 release of Ups & Downs. The album was a collection of b-sides and also included the I'm Sorry I'm Leaving EP and some material from the band's days as Sefler. The album was dedicated to former bassist Sean McGrath, who died in 2004 at age 28 after a 2-year battle with intestinal cancer. McGrath recorded with the band on Can't Slow Down and left during the writing of Through Being Cool. The band was relatively inactive in 2004, during which time they set up their own studio, the Electric Ladybug.

In early 2005, the band began writing their follow-up to In Reverie without a label. During the writing process, longtime bassist Eben D'amico left the band. He was replaced by Glassjaw bassist Manuel Carrero. Conley offered frequent updates on the recording process via the band's website, at one point describing the new album's sound as "The Beatles From Hell". The band finished the new album, titled Sound The Alarm, in October 2005, still without a label to release it.

The band announced on January 30, 2006 that they had re-signed with Vagrant, who would release Sound The Alarm in April. The album marked a return to the band's darker lyrics and drew more from their hardcore influences than In Reverie had. During the Sound The Alarm recording sessions, the band also recorded an EP of acoustic versions of several songs from past albums, which was sold on tour throughout 2006 as Bug Sessions: Vol. 1.

The band toured extensively throughout 2006 and early 2007 in support of Sound The Alarm. In February 2007, they announced they already demoed several new songs for a new album, already titled Under The Boards. They plan to begin recording at Electric Ladybug after their co-headlining tour with Say Anything, aiming for a release in September 2007 and also a follow-up to their Bug Sessions acoustic EP, appropriately titled Bug Sessions: Vol. 2.

On March 28, 2007, after 4 1/2 years with the band, drummer Pete Parada announced he would be leaving Saves The Day. In July 2007, it was announced that Parada will replace Atom Willard as the drummer for The Offspring[2]. Drum duties are now being filled by Carrero's Glassjaw bandmate Durijah Lang. While talking to a fan recently, Chris said that "Durijah is here to stay."