Pencey Prep
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Pencey Prep performing at the Wayne Firehouse, 2000.
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Belleville, New Jersey, US |
| Genres | Emo, punk rock, post-hardcore |
| Years active | 1998–2002 |
| Labels | Eyeball Records |
| Associated acts | My Chemical Romance, Leathermouth, Fairmont, Brine and Bastards, I am a Graveyard |
| Website | www |
| Past members | Tim Hagevik Frank Iero John McGuire Neil Sabatino Shaun Simon |
Pencey Prep was an American rock band from Belleville, New Jersey, which included Frank Iero prior to his joining My Chemical Romance.[1]
Contents
Background
Several of the Pencey Prep members came from local punk bands, Frank Iero from Sector 12 and Neil Sabatino from Stick Figure Suicide.[2][3] While a student at Rutgers University, Iero was guitarist and lead vocalist for Prencey Prep.[3] Between 2000 and 2001, Pencey Prep signed with Eyeball Records.[4] Like their label-mates Thursday, Pencey Prep was considered part of New Jersey's growing post-hardcore and punk scene.[5] They performed across the United States alongside Atom & His Package and Nada Surf.[2] Pencey Prep released their only album to date Heartbreak in Stereo in 2002;[6] it was later re-released under Eyeball Records in 2004.[7] Low attendance during a three-week tour in the midwest and fighting within the band led to the bands demise,[8] and by May 2002 the members of Pencey Prep parted ways.[9]
According to the band's Myspace page, the name is taken from the book The Catcher In The Rye; Pencey Prep was the name of the school that the main character Holden got expelled from.[9]
After Pencey Prep
Shortly after their 2002 release Pencey Prep disbanded and Iero played with the bands I Am A Graveyard, and Give Up The Ghost,[3] before ultimately landing a spot as rhythm guitarist with My Chemical Romance.[10][11] He signed with My Chemical Romance days before they began recording their 2002 debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love, also released under Eyeball Records.[3] The experience Iero gained from playing live with Pencey Prep, according to Laura La Bella's biography My Chemical Romance, "[became] invaluable when the band eventually booked live shows other than basement parties."[3] Keyboardist Simon went on to tour with My Chemical Romance, as well as co-author the 2013 comic-book series The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys with Gerard Way.[12]
Sabatino left Pencey Prep in 2001 and started Fairmont, originally a solo acoustic project; however, McGuire joined on bass shortly afterwards.[13] Looking back at the early days of Sabatino's band Fairmont, he concedes "I so desperately wanted it to be my former band Pencey Prep, I built the band up to being a five-piece with two guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals and a screamer. That lineup lasted very briefly.. ..I had felt in a way that I was being fake and trying to write heavy music just to fit in with the rest of the New Jersey scene of the time."[13] In 2007, McGuire joined Iero to form the hardcore band Leathermouth.[14]
Band members
- Tim Hagevik - drums
- Frank Iero - lead vocals, guitar
- John McGuire - bass, backing vocals
- Neil Sabatino - guitars, backing vocals
- Shaun Simon - keyboards
Discography
- Trying to Escape the Inevitable (2000)
- Long Walk to Forever (2000)
- Heartbreak in Stereo (2002)
References
Citations
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Online sources
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External links
- Official Pencey Prep website
- Pencey Prep discography at Discogs
