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Boys Night Out (band)
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Boys Night Out is a Canadian
emo
/post-hardcore
band from Burlington, Ontario
.
influenced by fellow Burlington hardcore
act Grade
. Following the release of this demo, the band signed to One Day Savior Records and subsequently released the Broken Bones & Bloody Kisses EP.
Interest in the band was immediate, and a short while later they signed to New Jersey
-based Ferret Records. Their debut full-length album, 2003's Make Yourself Sick
, was a shock to some fans. It was much lighter and pop-punk-oriented, but with the same heavy screaming and guitars found on earlier releases. The band toured heavily in support of the record with acts such as My Chemical Romance
, Catch 22
, Saves the Day
, and a stint on the Warped Tour
circuit. Boys Night Out also was featured in the Nintendo
Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy
, Motion City Soundtrack
, The Starting Line
, and Panic! at the Disco
.
The band's next effort, 2005's Trainwreck
, is a somewhat more subdued, experimental concept album
based on a man's loss of sanity. Trainwreck opens with a doctor dictating his notes into a tape recorder. The album chronicles the arrest, trial, treatment and subsequent release of a man who, in a waking dream, murders his wife and then cuts both his hands off with a machine at his work so that he can not kill again. Kara Dupuy's vocals act as the deceased wife's voice heard by the patient throughout the album.
The band released their third album, Boys Night Out
, on June 26, 2007. The first single from the album is "Up with Me".
In 2009, Lovat-Fraser and Davis joined producer Scott Komer to form a band called Hard Calibers. The main purpose of the band was to record a version of ESRT Page 14 by Justin Veatch of the Ivoryton Piano Factory. The song is featured on a compilation album of music by Veatch, who died in 2008 at the age of 17.
According to their Myspace, Boys Night Out will be aiming to play their first show in two years in Toronto, Canada using the original five members, playing Broken Bones And Bloody Kisses and Make Yourself Sick straight through. However, it is unclear as to whether this will be a final show or the continuation of the band as stated in the post. The show has been scheduled for October 24, 2009 at the Opera House in Toronto.
A post by Connor regarding the band's status recently appeared on the Boys Night Out Facebook group, stating:
"No breakup. No lost members. No getting dropped.
We're just taking it easy for a while. Once we finished our contract with Ferret we opted to leave the label. We've been touring non-stop for the past few years and we're all feeling the wear and tear of constant life on the road. We started this band as a means of escape from everyday life...this is a return to that frame of mind. Easy like Sunday morning. It's pretty refreshing to just sit back and write songs without pressure from all sides telling you that there HAS to be a new record on day x. Before we release another full-length we're going to take our time to make sure that it's as wickedly radical and gnarly as it can possibly be. So, yeah...that's the gist of it. You won't be seeing us playing a whole lot of shows in the coming months - and we definitely won't be playing extended tours - but we're still alive and kickin'."
The band's song "I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face in Other Peoples Business" was used on the last episode of an anime titled Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
.
, she had recently become engaged and chose to pursue a new life off the road.
In March, 2006, Andy Lewis, left his former band, The Fullblast, to join Boys Night Out on guitar.
In late 2006, Brian Southall left the band to join The Receiving End of Sirens
. He was replaced with Ben Arseneau, the original drummer.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
emo
Emo
Emo is a style of rock music and its associated subcultureEmo may also refer to:- Businesses :* Emo , an Irish oil company and filling station chain* Emo Speedway, a racetrack in Emo, Ontario...
/post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
band from Burlington, Ontario
Burlington, Ontario
Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...
.
Career
The band formed in a 2001 when lead vocalist Connor Lovat-Fraser and current guitarist Jeff Davis started collaborating on ((songs)). The work eventually led to the four-song You Are My Canvas demo, an EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
influenced by fellow Burlington hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
act Grade
Grade (band)
Grade was a Canadian hardcore/emo group. Grade's first release was the Grade/Believe split which was released in 1994 on a small Canadian label - Workshop Records. And Such Is Progress followed in 1997 and Separate the Magnets was released in 1998, earning them critical praise and high profile...
. Following the release of this demo, the band signed to One Day Savior Records and subsequently released the Broken Bones & Bloody Kisses EP.
Interest in the band was immediate, and a short while later they signed to New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
-based Ferret Records. Their debut full-length album, 2003's Make Yourself Sick
Make Yourself Sick
Make Yourself Sick is the full-length debut album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out.-Tracks:# "I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face in Other People's Business" - 4:00# " Let's Do Something Different" - 3:27...
, was a shock to some fans. It was much lighter and pop-punk-oriented, but with the same heavy screaming and guitars found on earlier releases. The band toured heavily in support of the record with acts such as My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance is an American alternative rock band from New Jersey, formed in 2001. The band consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, guitarists Ray Toro and Frank Iero, and bassist Mikey Way and have a diverse sound incorporating elements of punk, emo, glam metal, and progressive rock...
, Catch 22
Catch 22 (band)
Catch 22 is an American ska punk band from East Brunswick Township, New Jersey.The band was formed by guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tomas Kalnoky and drummer Chris Greer who recruited trumpeter Kevin Gunther, who was working in a local record store...
, Saves the Day
Saves the Day
Saves the Day is an American rock band from Princeton, New Jersey, formed in 1994. The band consists of lead vocalist and guitarist Chris Conley, guitarist Arun Bali, bassist Rodrigo Palma, and drummer Claudio Rivera....
, and a stint on the Warped Tour
Warped Tour
The Warped Tour is a touring music and extreme sports festival. The tour is held in venues such as parking lots or fields upon which the stages and other structures are erected. The BMX/skateboarding shoe manufacturer Vans, among others, has sponsored the tour every year since 1995, and it is...
circuit. Boys Night Out also was featured in the Nintendo
Nintendo
is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel....
Fusion Tour with Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy
Fall Out Boy is an American rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of vocalist, guitarist and composer Patrick Stump, bassist and lyricist Pete Wentz, guitarist Joe Trohman, and drummer Andy Hurley. The band released five studio albums from 2003–2008...
, Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...
, The Starting Line
The Starting Line
The Starting Line is an American pop punk band based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that formed in 1999.- Formation and history :In 1999, the band that would become The Starting Line was initiated in Churchville, Pennsylvania via an e-mail from guitarist Matt Watts to vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli...
, and Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco is an American alternative rock duo, formed in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2005. Since its split, the band's line-up includes Brendon Urie and Spencer Smith . Former members Ryan Ross and Jon Walker left the group in 2009...
.
The band's next effort, 2005's Trainwreck
Trainwreck (album)
Trainwreck is the second full-length album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is a tightly-knit concept album that follows the loss of sanity of one man following the murder of his wife he committed in his sleep.-Track listing:...
, is a somewhat more subdued, experimental concept album
Concept album
In music, a concept album is an album that is "unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative, or lyrical." Commonly, concept albums tend to incorporate preconceived musical or lyrical ideas rather than being improvised or composed in the studio, with all songs contributing...
based on a man's loss of sanity. Trainwreck opens with a doctor dictating his notes into a tape recorder. The album chronicles the arrest, trial, treatment and subsequent release of a man who, in a waking dream, murders his wife and then cuts both his hands off with a machine at his work so that he can not kill again. Kara Dupuy's vocals act as the deceased wife's voice heard by the patient throughout the album.
The band released their third album, Boys Night Out
Boys Night Out (album)
Boys Night Out is the eponymous third full-length album from Canadian emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It was released on June 26, 2007, their third release on Ferret Records.-Track listing:#"Get Your Head Straight" - 2:49...
, on June 26, 2007. The first single from the album is "Up with Me".
In 2009, Lovat-Fraser and Davis joined producer Scott Komer to form a band called Hard Calibers. The main purpose of the band was to record a version of ESRT Page 14 by Justin Veatch of the Ivoryton Piano Factory. The song is featured on a compilation album of music by Veatch, who died in 2008 at the age of 17.
According to their Myspace, Boys Night Out will be aiming to play their first show in two years in Toronto, Canada using the original five members, playing Broken Bones And Bloody Kisses and Make Yourself Sick straight through. However, it is unclear as to whether this will be a final show or the continuation of the band as stated in the post. The show has been scheduled for October 24, 2009 at the Opera House in Toronto.
A post by Connor regarding the band's status recently appeared on the Boys Night Out Facebook group, stating:
"No breakup. No lost members. No getting dropped.
We're just taking it easy for a while. Once we finished our contract with Ferret we opted to leave the label. We've been touring non-stop for the past few years and we're all feeling the wear and tear of constant life on the road. We started this band as a means of escape from everyday life...this is a return to that frame of mind. Easy like Sunday morning. It's pretty refreshing to just sit back and write songs without pressure from all sides telling you that there HAS to be a new record on day x. Before we release another full-length we're going to take our time to make sure that it's as wickedly radical and gnarly as it can possibly be. So, yeah...that's the gist of it. You won't be seeing us playing a whole lot of shows in the coming months - and we definitely won't be playing extended tours - but we're still alive and kickin'."
The band's song "I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face in Other Peoples Business" was used on the last episode of an anime titled Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad
BECK is a manga by Harold Sakuishi published by Kodansha in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. It was adapted as an anime television series with the title BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad...
.
Lineup changes
In early 2006, Kara Dupuy left Boys Night Out. As seen on the live show footage of Dude, You Need to Stop DancingDude, you need to stop dancing
Dude, You Need to Stop Dancing is a DVD release from rock band, Boys Night Out. The DVD has three different sections. The first shows the band's two videos up until that point. The second section is a mockumentary about the band breaking up...
, she had recently become engaged and chose to pursue a new life off the road.
In March, 2006, Andy Lewis, left his former band, The Fullblast, to join Boys Night Out on guitar.
In late 2006, Brian Southall left the band to join The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens
The Receiving End of Sirens is a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2003.-Overview:The band played on the 2005 Warped Tour and has toured with such acts as Gatsbys American Dream, A Wilhelm Scream, 30 Seconds to Mars, Funeral for a Friend, Saves the Day, Senses Fail, Thrice, and New...
. He was replaced with Ben Arseneau, the original drummer.
Current members
- Connor Lovat-Fraser – lead vocals, keysKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, programming - Jeff Tarbender Davis – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, backing vocals - Dave Costa – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals - Ben Arseneau – drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, percussion - Andy Lewis – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
s, backing vocals
Former members
- Kara Dupuy – keyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
- Rob Pasalic – guitar, vocals
- Shawn Butchart – guitar
- Brian SouthallBrian SouthallBrian Michael Southall is an American guitarist, drummer, keyboardist, vocalist, producer, and band manager. He is known for playing in bands fordirelifesake, Boys Night Out, and The Receiving End of Sirens. He is currently the guitarist and keyboard player of post-hardcore supergroup Isles &...
– drums - Chris Danner – drums
- Adam Kingsbury – drums
Albums
- Make Yourself SickMake Yourself SickMake Yourself Sick is the full-length debut album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out.-Tracks:# "I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face in Other People's Business" - 4:00# " Let's Do Something Different" - 3:27...
(Ferret, 2003) - TrainwreckTrainwreck (album)Trainwreck is the second full-length album from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is a tightly-knit concept album that follows the loss of sanity of one man following the murder of his wife he committed in his sleep.-Track listing:...
(Ferret, 2005) - Boys Night OutBoys Night Out (album)Boys Night Out is the eponymous third full-length album from Canadian emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It was released on June 26, 2007, their third release on Ferret Records.-Track listing:#"Get Your Head Straight" - 2:49...
(Ferret, 2007)
EPs
- You Are My CanvasYou Are My CanvasYou Are My Canvas is a demo by the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. All of the tracks made it onto later releases, although some in different versions. The demo version of "Sketch Artist Composite" doesn't differ too much from the version that made it onto Broken Bones and Bloody Kisses. The...
(Independent, 2001) - Broken Bones and Bloody KissesBroken Bones and Bloody KissesBroken Bones and Bloody Kisses is the debut EP from the emo/post-hardcore band Boys Night Out. It is notable for its morbid and macabre lyrics and themes.-Tracks:# "Where We Breathe" - 3:06# "The Only Honest Lovesong" - 3:07...
(One Day Savior, 2002) (Additionally released on vinyl, limited to 300 copies.) - Fifty Million People Can't Be WrongFifty Million People Can't Be WrongFifty Million People Can't Be Wrong is a digital-only EP released by Boys Night Out on February 6, 2007. The album contains two new songs and three re-recorded songs off the Broken Bones and Bloody Kisses EP....
(Ferret, 2007)
Demo
- First Demo (Independent, 2000) - Early version of "Sketch Artist Composite" (3:27) and "Anatomy of the Journey" (2:21). May be digital only.
Music videos
- "I Got Punched in the Nose for Sticking My Face in Other Peoples Business" (Make Yourself Sick, 2003)
- "Medicating" (Trainwreck, 2005)
- "Up With Me" (Boys Night Out, 2007)
Compilations
- Dead and Dreaming: An Indie Tribute to Counting Crows (Victory, 2004) - "Walkaways"
- Skate & Surf Fest Vol. 1 (High Roller Studios, 2005) – "I Got Punched In The Nose For Sticking My Face In Other People's Business" (live video)
- Progression Through Aggression Vol. 2 (Ferret, 2005) – "Composing"
- Take Action! Volume 4 (Sub City RecordsSub City RecordsSub City Records is a record label which was created by Hopeless Records to raise funding and awareness for non-profit organizations. Sub City has been active for eleven years now, and has now over 30 releases....
, 2004) – "Medicating" - Vans Warped Tour 2005 (SideOneDummy RecordsSideOneDummy RecordsSideOneDummy Records is a Los Angeles-based independent record label whose roster focuses mostly on punk and related genres. Founded in 1995 by Joe Sib and Bill Armstrong, who continue to run it today, the label has built a reputation for its diverse roster of artists ranging from third wave ska...
, 2005) – "Composing"
External links
- Ferret Records official website
- Trash the Stage interview with Jeff Tarbender Davis
- REDEFINE Magazine interview with Jeff Davis
- Boys Night Out on MTV Overdrive