Yawn. A Taking Back Sunday without Fred Mascherino is a Taking Back Sunday that I'm not interested in, so I'm indifferent.
I think this can only go to good places. Nolan is an amazing musician and i am saddened that Rubano left but it's just odd how that worked out for the other original bassist to come back also.. Either way, my favorite was Fred TBS and I saw that live right before he split so i am happy. Looking forward to this though, Fazzi and Rubano were cool as hell.
I don't understand everyone's hype with Fred... I am a huge TBS fan. Seen them so many times. Both with and without Fred, and I've gotta say I never really noticed a difference. What really makes a difference with them is the venue. In small tight venues with lots of fan, they do amazing. But in big amphitheaters or at festivals where the majority of the people watching only know a few songs, they tend to sound blah. But with or without Fred I saw no difference... All he did was guitar and back up vocals and I think the Fazz picked up fine. Plus Freds solo stuff was really bad in my opinion. I hope to get at least one more album out of TBS before they end forever. Hopefully something with the lyric style of the first album but the sound of New Again. As long as they avoid the Louder Now era I will be happy.
Louder Now was the best era in my opinion. Fred was great IMO. I also saw him one last time before he split. Happy about that. I dont really care about Fazz since I didn't care for New Again. But Rubano will be missed for me
[YOUTUBE]PRSBiOc-8x4[/YOUTUBE] The video ends on this poignant note: “Sometimes it takes some time to remember where you were headed in the first place and the people you intended to go there with. There’s no hard feelings. Just the future.”