The Faint

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The Faint
File:TheFaintLive2008-01.jpg
The Faint live on tour 2008
Background information
Origin Omaha, Nebraska
Genres Indie rock, post-punk revival, dance-punk, new wave
Years active 1995–present
Labels Blank.wav, Saddle Creek
Associated acts Vverevvolf Grehv, Broken Spindles, Depressed Buttons, Digital Leather, TIT
Website www.thefaint.com
Members Todd Fink
Jacob Thiele
Dapose
Clark Baechle
Past members Conor Oberst
Matt Bowen
Joel Petersen

The Faint is an American indie rock band. Formed in Omaha, Nebraska, the band consists of Todd Fink, Jacob Thiele, Dapose, Joel Petersen and Clark Baechle. The Faint was originally known as Norman Bailer and included Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes, with whom the Faint toured in 2005). He quit shortly after the band was formed,[1] though the Faint continued to share a spot with Bright Eyes on Saddle Creek Records.

History

Growing up, Fink, Petersen, and Baechle skateboarded in their free time until Fink developed knee problems, which shifted their hobbies towards making music.[2] The band originally consisted of Clark Baechle, Todd Fink (formerly Todd Baechle), and Joel Petersen. They signed to Saddle Creek Records and released a few singles, but were unable to establish widespread sales. After adding Matt Bowen, the Faint released Media. At the end of 1998 Jacob Thiele joined the band, and shortly thereafter Matt Bowen was replaced by Ethan Jones. They toured the U.S. playing what would become the songs that would comprise the next album, Blank-Wave Arcade which had a more dance and techno influenced sound and was an underground hit.[3] Before recording the album, however, Jones left the band and was replaced on bass guitar by Joel Petersen, who played both bass and guitar on the album. Partway through the creation of Danse Macabre, the Faint added Dapose, a death metal guitarist formerly of LEAD. Their next album, recorded with Mike Mogis and released in 2004, was called Wet from Birth.

In May 2008, the Faint announced that they had split from Saddle Creek and that their fifth studio album would be self released under their own label, blank.wav. The album, entitled Fasciinatiion, was released on August 5, 2008 in the U.S. The first single from the album is "The Geeks Were Right" which was released on Boys Noize Records. It was also announced that the band would tour North America with British electronic group Ladytron during the spring.[4]

Since the release of Fasciinatiion, three of the band members, Clark Baechle, Todd Fink and Jacob Thiele have been quietly, with little advertising, performing under the name Depressed Buttons, playing remixes of other artists, and DJing for various small clubs and venues.

The band performed an original song "Teach Me Teacher" on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! in the third season episode "School" originally aired September 19, 2010.[5]

On October 30, 2012, Saddle Creek Records released a deluxe edition of Danse Macabre with the original album remastered, bonus and unreleased tracks, and a DVD of archival footage, live projections from that era's tour dates, and live footage.[6] The band announced that it would play "Danse Macabre" in its entirety along with fan favorites during a tour of 24 cities across North America.[7]

Band members

  • Todd Fink — vocals, keyboards (1995–present)
  • Jacob Thiele — keyboards, backup vocals (1999–present)
  • Dapose (Michael Dappen) — guitars (2001–present)
  • Clark Baechle — drums, percussion (1995–present)

Former members

Discography

Albums

Singles and EPs

Splits

Remixes

Compilations

Other projects

Vverevvolf Grehv

Vverevvolf Grehv (pronounced as Werewolf Grave) is the brainchild of Dapose. The music of Vverevvolf Grehv combines the brutality of death metal, the tempos of speed metal and the sonic decimation of noise with the complexities of electronic music genres such as snare rush and IDM. He is influenced by Merzbow’s work, the writings of Howard Bloom, and numerous classical composers. Vverevvolf Grehv lives and works in Omaha Nebraska. Vverevvolf Grehv is touring this fall as the opening act for Skinny Puppy on the band's "In Solvent See" tour.

Albums

See also

References

  1. ↑ The Faint // Profile, The Faint, (2005-01-27)Template:Accessdate
  2. ↑ The Faint // Youtube Interview, BeatLawrence Interviews the Faint, (2007-10-21)Template:Accessdate
  3. ↑ Lazy-i // Interview, The Faint: men in black, (2001-08-15)Template:Accessdate
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Yo Gabba Gabba!
  6. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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