Editing Taking Back Sunday (section)

{{Short description|American rock band}}
{{about|the band|the album|Taking Back Sunday (album){{!}}''Taking Back Sunday'' (album)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See :WikiProject Musicians -->
| name              = Taking Back Sunday
| image             = Taking Back Sunday - Rock am Ring 2018-4736.jpg
| caption           = Taking Back Sunday live at [[Rock am Ring]] 2018
| landscape         = yes
| background        = group_or_band
| origin            = [[Amityville, New York|Amityville]], New York, U.S.
| genre             = {{flatlist|
* [[Emo]]
* [[emo pop]]
* [[post-hardcore]]
* [[pop-punk]]
* [[alternative rock]]
}}
| years_active      = 1999–present
| label             = {{flatlist|
* [[Fantasy Records|Fantasy]]
* [[Victory Records|Victory]]
* [[Warner Bros. Records|Warner Bros.]]
* [[Sire Records|Sire]]
* [[Hopeless Records|Hopeless]]
}}
| spinoffs          = {{flatlist|
*[[Brand New (band)|Brand New]]
*[[Straylight Run]]
*[[The Color Fred]]
}}
| website           = {{URL|takingbacksunday.com}}
| current_members   = * [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]]
* [[Adam Lazzara]]
* Shaun Cooper
| past_members      = [[List of Taking Back Sunday band members|Band members]]
}}

'''Taking Back Sunday''' is an American [[Rock music|rock]] band from [[Amityville, New York|Amityville]], New York, formed by guitarist Eddie Reyes and bassist [[Jesse Lacey]] in late 1999.<ref name=":1" /> The band's current members are [[Adam Lazzara]] (lead vocals), [[John Nolan (musician)|John Nolan]] (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals) and [[Shaun Cooper (musician)|Shaun Cooper]] (bass guitar), accompanied by Nathan Cogan (guitar) for their live performances. The band's former members include Lacey, Reyes, drummer Mark O'Connell, bassist Matthew Rubano, and guitarist-vocalists [[Fred Mascherino]] and Matthew Fazzi.<ref name=":1" />

Lacey quit Taking Back Sunday in 1999 and in 2000 formed the rock band [[Brand New (band)|Brand New]], with whom Taking Back Sunday would become embroiled in a highly publicized feud.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Teo |first=Mark |date=2017-08-28 |title=Retracing the Brand New and Taking Back Sunday beef |url=https://ontheaside.com/music/retracing-the-brand-new-taking-back-sunday-beef/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20190522082245/https://ontheaside.com/music/retracing-the-brand-new-taking-back-sunday-beef/ |archivedate=2019-05-22 |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=A.Side |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-04-11|title=When your head goes through the windshield: the 10 best moments of the TBS/Brand New feud|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/the_10_best_moments_of_the_taking_back_sunday_brand_new_feud/|access-date=2022-01-28|website=Alternative Press Magazine|language=en}}</ref> Lazzara joined prior to the release of the band's 2002 debut album ''[[Tell All Your Friends]],'' while Nolan and Cooper left the band in 2003 to form [[Straylight Run]] before returning in 2010. The band's breakthrough album, 2006's ''[[Louder Now]]'', featured the popular lead single "[[MakeDamnSure]]", sold over 900,000 copies, and peaked at No. 2 on the United States [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], surpassing the band's previous ''Billboard 200'' peak in 2004 at No. 3 with ''[[Where You Want to Be]]''. They released their eighth studio album, ''[[152 (album)|152]]'', in 2023.

Taking Back Sunday has been referred to as "one of the more visible groups of the early-2000s emo boom."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Spano |first=Charles |title=Taking Back Sunday Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/taking-back-sunday-mn0000158656 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref>