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Bayside
Background information
Origin	Long Island, New York
Genres	Punk rock, alternative rock
Years active	2000 – Present
Labels	Wind-Up Records
Website	www.myspace.com/bayside
Members
Anthony Raneri Jack O'Shea Nick Ghanbarian Chris Guglielmo
Former members
Andrew Elderbaum Jason Enz Chris Jackson J. R. Manning Mike Kozak Jim Mitchell Vinny Daraio John "Beatz" Holohan (deceased) Gavin Miller

Bayside is an American rock band from Long Island, New York which formed in the Winter of 2000. The band has released four full length albums since they signed on to Victory Records. The band consists of Anthony Raneri as lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist, Jack O'Shea as lead guitarist, Nick Ghanbarian as bassist, and Chris Guglielmo as drummer.^[1].

History

The Beginning

Bayside formed in the winter of 2000 out of Queens, New York. Their name originated from Raneri's hometown of Bayside, Queens.^[2] They self released a 5 song demo and signed to Dying Wish Records to issue their first release, Long Stories Short EP in 2001. The band also released a split with Name Taken in 2003 on the same label before signing to the much larger Victory Records later that year. Sirens and Condolences Bayside's debut full length album, was released on January 27, 2004 through Victory Records. The album features the song "Masterpiece". They followed their debut album up with their self-titled album Bayside which was released on September 1, 2005 by Victory Records.

John "Beatz" Holohan's Death

John "Beatz" Holohan was killed in a car accident that involved the entire band. On October 31, 2005, at approximately 3:13 AM in Cheyenne, Wyoming, after leaving their Boulder, Colorado show, the band's vehicle hit a patch of ice, skidded off the road, and flipped over. Holohan was killed and Bayside bassist Nick Ghanbarian was seriously injured when he was ejected through one of the van's windows. He broke his L-4 (lumbar vertebrae) which required surgery. Bandmates Anthony and Jack escaped with minor injuries. Bayside issued the appropriately titled Acoustic, which featured a tribute to Holohan and acoustic renditions of some of their songs. The song "Winter" is dedicated to him.

Walking Wounded

After the death of John "Beatz" Holohan, Chris Guglielmo became their new drummer. On July 22, 2007, the band re-released their album The Walking Wounded. The new edition contains bonus live acoustic tracks as well as a bonus DVD. The DVD includes live acoustic recordings, music videos, and documentaries.

Shudder/Live at the Bayside Social Club

On September 30, 2008 the band released its fourth full length album, Shudder and live album Live at the Bayside Social Club. Prior to its release, singer Anthony Raneri described the album as having a more punk sound than their previous record The Walking Wounded.^{[citation needed]}

On September 5, 2008, the album was leaked onto various file-sharing sites. The first single, "No One Understands" generated significant attention from fans through the band's MySpace page. The band had also played "I Think I'll Be OK" at shows during the summer of 2008.

Around September 22, 2008, the album was put up to stream on the band's official MySpace page. On October 4, 2008, the music video for the song "No One Understands" was posted for viewing on the band's official MySpace page.

Present

The band made its 3rd performance at The Bamboozle Festival at Giants Stadium on May 2. ^[3] According to recent interviews with the band, with the release of Shudder, the band has finished their contract with Victory Records.^[4] The band released a cover of "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston for Fearless Records Punk Goes Pop 2.^{[citation needed]}

Bayside finished their fourth stint on the Vans Warped Tour this summer and on tour finishing up their final shows of 2009. There has been much publicized about Bayside's post-Victory Records future but as of now there has been no announcement made as far as where the band's new home will be. The band plans on beginning work on their new album which they plan on releasing in 2010. With no hints at a title, studio, producer or even a label for the project, Alternative Press Magazine has already named the mystery Bayside album one of the most anticipated albums of 2010 in their annual feature.

By way of his blog, twitter account and various interviews, there has also been talk about a solo release from frontman Anthony Raneri. On December 4, 2009, at 12:00 am he released a demo version of "The Ballad of Bill the Saint" on his personal Myspace page, the first recorded song from his upcoming solo album.^[5] Additional information regarding the album's release remains undisclosed. Bayside has recently finished demoing the first and second batch of songs for their upcoming album. The demos were named the "Babylon Sessions".

On March 10, 2010, the Alternative Press website released news that Bayside has signed to the record label Wind-Up Records, projecting their next release to be fall of the same year.^[6]

Members

Current members

• Anthony Raneri - Lead vocals and rhythm guitar, (2000-present)
• Jack O' Shea - lead guitar and backing vocals (2003-present)
• Chris Guglielmo - drums (2006-present)
• Nick Ghanbarian - bass guitar (2004-present)

Former members

• Mike Kozak - guitar (2000-2002)
• J. R. Manning-guitar (2002-2003
• Chris Jackson - bass (2000-2001)
• Andrew Elderbaum - bass (2001-2004)
• Vinny Daraio - drums (2000-2001)
• Jason Enz - drums (2001-2003)
• Jim Mitchell - drums (2003-2004)
• John "Beatz" Holohan (Deceased) - drums (2004-2005)
• Gavin Miller - drums (toured early 2006)

Album personnel appearances

Member	Studio album				Instrument
	Sirens and Condolences	Bayside	The Walking Wounded	Shudder
Anthony Raneri	Y	Y	Y	Y	Lead vocals/guitar
Jack O'Shea	Y	Y	Y	Y	Lead guitar
Andrew Elderbaum	Y	N	N	N	Bass guitar
Nick Ghanbarian	N	Y	Y	Y	Bass guitar
Jim Mitchell	Y	N	N	N	Drums/percussion
John "Beatz" Holohan	N	Y	N	N	Drums/percussion
Chris Guglielmo	N	N	Y	Y	Drums/percussion

Discography

Albums

Compilations

• From Brooklyn With Love (Dying Wish Records, 2002) - Song featured: Count The Score
• Punk vs. Emo (2003) - Song featured: Loveless Wrists
• Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute (Dying Wish Records, 2003) - Song featured: Chemistry
• Dead And Dreaming: An Indie Tribute To Counting Crows Tribute (The Vinyl Summer Records, 2004) - Song featured: A Long December
• 'Resident Evil: Extinction' Official Soundtrack (Lakeshore Records, 2007) - Song featured: Duality (Project Alice String Remix)
• Warped Tour 2007 Tour Compilation (Sideonedummy Records, 2007) - Song featured: Duality
• Punk Goes Pop 2 (Fearless Records, 2009) - Song featured: Beautiful Girls (Cover)
• Take Action! Vol. 8 (Hopeless Records, 2009) - Song featured: You've Already Been

Singles

Videography

• Loveless Wrists (2003)
• Masterpiece (2004)
• Devotion and Desire (2005)
• Duality (2007)
• Carry On (2008)
• DVD Documentary (2008)
• No One Understands (2009)

References

External links

• Official website